How can pro-Hamas indoctrination be so effective among a generation of our "best and brightest"? Between Ilhan Omar and the videos of Hamas on that Oct 7th, we have all seen who they have stood by, TD
The Federalist Papers
She did not emerge from nowhere. She emerged from a political ecosystem that has made anti-Zionist rhetoric increasingly normalized within Democratic coalition politics. Jeffries knows this. His statement does not engage it.
"A Democratic candidate for Congress proposed turning a Texas immigration detention facility into a prison for Americans targeted by their religious identity. She is still in the runoff. Her party condemned the words and moved on to blaming someone else.
"This is not a fringe story. It happened in a real primary, in a real congressional district, and the candidate is still on the ballot.
Key Facts
• Maureen Galindo, a sex therapist and housing activist, is the Democratic primary runoff candidate in Texas’ 35th Congressional District.
"• Galindo posted on Instagram that she would convert the Karnes ICE Detention Center “into a prison for American Zionists and former ICE officers for human trafficking.”
• Her post continued: “It will also be a castration processing center for pedophiles, which will probably be most of the Zionists.”
"• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries stated: “This vile language by her is disqualifying and has no place in American politics, and certainly not in the Democratic Party.”
• Jeffries and DCCC Chair Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) issued a joint condemnation, but in the same statement blamed Lead Left PAC, a group whose metadata PunchBowl News linked to a Republican fundraising platform. Who controls the PAC has not been independently confirmed.
• As of publication, Galindo has not withdrawn from the runoff." . . .
The Bottom Line
A congressional candidate proposed ethnic imprisonment. The party leader called it disqualifying, blamed an outside group, and moved on. The candidate is still running.
Condemning the words is not the same as answering for how she got there. The Democratic Party owes its voters that answer. So far, it has not given one.
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Douglas Murray: The New York Times feeds anti-Jew hatred with a horrific lie "Nicholas Kristof raped my dog. At least that is what I have heard, from an anonymous source. A source who is intensely hostile to the New York Times columnist. And that’s good enough for me. Now I come to think of it, my pet pug has had a strange look on his face lately.
"As it happens, the rumor that I have just attempted to spread is far less lurid and fanciful than the one that the New York Times chose to spread around the world this week.
"In a piece that has already been widely debunked, Kristof claimed that Israeli prison guards routinely use rape as a method of torture on Palestinian prisoners. The piece portrayed Israeli prison guards and soldiers as rapists, sadists and akin to Nazi prison camp guards. Perhaps even worse.
"Kristof’s most grotesque claim is based on an anonymous source who is described as a “journalist” from Gaza. According to this source, while being held in an Israeli prison in 2024, the Gazan man was stripped naked, blindfolded and handcuffed. Then “a dog was summoned.” The dog’s handler — who we are helpfully told was speaking Hebrew — then encouraged the dog to “mount him.” . .
.Meantime, I am sure we can all look forward to the Gray Lady’s next piece pondering the inexplicable rise of Jew-hatred in the United States.They might find the causes are closer to home than they know.
How Shiri Bibas, sons Ariel and Kfir were 'brutally murdered' by Hamas in Gaza
Silenced no more: The Israeli women who documented Hamas's October 7 sexual crimes
"Israel must rebuild support among Democrats
The mystery of Palestinian publicity: Why Jews are losing in the court of public opinion "Fair is fair. When it comes to publicity, to verbiage, to shaping world opinion, to swaying college campuses, to harvesting votes at the United Nations, Iran, the Palestinians, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis run rings around the Israelis in particular and the Jews in general.
"This is a puzzle. The Jews are the “People of the Book,” a phrase that connotes learning, intelligence, creativity. Relative to their numbers, they are wildly overrepresented in literature, fiction, film, theater, philosophy — every craft devoted to persuading an audience. By every measure of talent and training, this is a contest they ought to win walking away. Instead, in the war of words that surrounds the shooting war, they are being routed.
"What does their handiwork look like? Consider the evidence." . . .
"One of the reasons for the Jewish loss in the area of verbiage is that quite a few Jews themselves are on the other side. The most famous one of all is perhaps Sanders, a U.S. senator. But there are others:" . . . (Emphasis mine, TD)
Where Does Israel Go to Get Their Apology? . . . "The reality is that almost without exception, anybody labeled a "journalist" in Gaza is associated with Hamas. They have to be, because Hamas will kill anybody who would report anything they dislike. Many of them are active members with combat or leadership roles.
"It's difficult to believe that anyone familiar with the situation is unaware of it. It's not a secret, after all. The Associated Press shared offices with Hamas for years in Gaza, and has been censoring its stories about Gaza because the alternative is having its stringers killed. " . . .
"June 1: Hamas admitted that Abdullah Breis was a commander posing as a “journalist”— it is no longer “Israel says so” evidence."
Aizenberg on X: "June 1: Hamas admitted that Abdullah Breis was a commander posing as a “journalist”— it is no longer “Israel says so” evidence.
