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How CNN, ADL & Others Amplified Smear Against Rep. Rashida Tlaib for Criticizing Campus Prosecutions

We look at the smear campaign faced by the only Palestinian American in Congress and a vocal critic of Israel, Democratic Congressmember Rashida Tlaib, after she defended the rights of student protesters. Tlaib recently criticized Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel over charges Nessel filed against 11 mostly students and alumni who were involved in a pro-Palestine encampment at the University of Michigan.

Report from Beirut: Israel Is “Targeting Everyone” in Bombing Campaign, Killing 700+ in Just Days

We get an update from Lebanon, where the death toll from Israeli airstrikes has risen to over 700 since Monday, following a series of explosions involving pagers and walkie-talkies in Beirut and southern Lebanon last week. The Israeli military reiterated its troops were preparing for a ground invasion of Lebanon if tensions continue to escalate. Multiple Israeli tanks and armored vehicles have appeared across Israel’s northern border with Lebanon.

“Crisis of Faith”: Calls Grow for NYC Mayor Adams to Resign After Historic Indictment

On Thursday, federal prosecutors announced they are charging New York City Mayor Eric Adams for a bribery and wire fraud scheme spanning nearly a decade. Adams allegedly accepted illegal campaign contributions from corporations and foreign donors, including the Turkish government. Adams is accused of manipulating regulators for the Turkish Consulate and not recognizing the Armenian genocide in exchange for campaign donations and lavish gifts.

Hezbollah’s Long War Is With America Too

In the summer of 2006, I participated in the evacuation of American citizens from Lebanon. Israel had invaded after Hezbollah abducted two of its soldiers in a cross-border raid. I was a Marine Corps officer, and our platoon was embarked on the USS Iwo Jima, an amphibious ship, for a routine deployment in the Mediterranean. My unit, the First Battalion of the Eighth Marine Regiment—“1/8,” for short—had history in Lebanon.

Israel Has Called Iran’s Bluff

At the center of current conflicts in the Middle East is a long-running staring contest between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. And Netanyahu seems to have calculated that, even if Israel moves ferociously against Khamenei’s so-called Axis of Resistance—the region-wide network of militias arrayed against Israeli and Western interests—Khamenei won’t do much in response.

The Candidates’ Policy Differences

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Kamala Harris visited the southern border in Arizona this week as immigration takes center stage in the election. Though some recent polls show Harris neck and neck with Donald Trump in key swing states, she trails him on the issue of immigration among certain voters.

The Republican Freak Show

The GOP is a moral freak show, and freak shows attract freaks. Which is why Mark Robinson fits in so well in today’s Republican Party.
Robinson, the Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina, has described himself as a “devout Christian.

Speak Like a President, Madam VP

Kamala Harris has campaigned as the tough-on-dictators candidate for president. The Democrat scores points off Donald Trump for his truckling and cringing to Vladimir Putin, for swapping love letters with Kim Jong Un.
Today—this very day—the vice president has her best opportunity to prove her toughness and assert her national-security credibility. She can issue a statement on Israel’s killing of Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader and terrorist in chief.