Sleazy Attacks on Omar Have Become Disgusting and Dangerous

“What Peter says about Paul says more about Peter than it does about Paul,” the expression goes.

And so it is with Rep. Ilhan Omar’s attackers.

Many of us knew this all along, but too many powerful Democrats refused to defend her. Some even joined in the attack.

But the latest round of attacks, exemplified by the New York Post’s front page pictorial smear:

11.P1LCFNothing like strip quoting a Muslim woman entirely out of context and juxtaposing it to a photo known to stir up intense anti-Muslim emotions, huh?

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TODAY: Sinema Joins Republicans In Confirming Bernhardt As Interior Secretary

(Updated to include Sinema’s explanation for her support.) Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema joined every Republican and three other Democrats* this afternoon to confirm David Bernhardt as the new Interior Secretary. The final vote was 56-41. Interestingly, a dark money progressive group called the Western Values Project spent $200,000 on TV ads urging Arizona’s Republican Senator … Read more

Julian Assange of Wikileaks arrested, to face extradition (Updated)

When he was CIA Director, Mike Pompeo denounced WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a “narcissist” who works in concert with Russia, and declared “It is time to call out WikiLeaks for what it really is: a non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like Russia.” CIA chief calls WikiLeaks ‘non-state hostile intelligence service’. Maybe Pompeo should have … Read more