The AP is reporting that Israeli law enforcement has caught the person who has been calling bomb threats into Jewish Community Centers, synagogues, and Jewish American civic organizations throughout the US. JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Thursday arrested a 19-year-old Israeli Jewish man as the primary suspect in a string of bomb threats targeting …
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The Taoiseach Lays the Smack Down: Enda Kenney’s 2017 St. Patrick’s Day Address
At yesterday’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration featuring the Irish PM, Enda Kenny, the President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Taoiseach made his feelings known about the President’s, and by extension, the Republican Party’s current policy preferences on immigration. Kenny’s White House remarks received praise almost everywhere, including in Ireland, where …
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Late Night Open Thread: We’ve Made Progress, Despite Everything
The first line of LBJ's remarkable speech introducing Voting Rights Act before Congress, 52 years ago today https://t.co/vvXIAYxR7V pic.twitter.com/ZcQhBPXo4J — Ari Berman (@AriBerman) March 16, 2017 There’s been lots of change for the better just in my lifetime — too much for the Angry White Men fronting the Republican party right now. I keep reminding …
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You Gotta Have Your Priorities
This just makes me want to scream: Thousands of rape investigations are bogged down in Texas because of untested evidence, but a lawmaker has proposed a bill that would use public crowdfunding to help pay for testing and fix the backlog. In the first legislation of its kind, the lawmaker, Representative Victoria Neave, a Democrat …
Open Thread: 990 Reasons (But A Bigot Ain’t Got One)
From the Washington Post, “IRS punishes Richard Spencer’s white-nationalist group for failing to file returns“: The nonprofit organization run by prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer has been stripped of its tax-exempt status after failing to file financial returns for three years. The Washington Post reported in December that Spencer’s think tank, the National Policy Institute, …
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Open Thread: Rep. Steve ‘Pigmuck’ King Will Not Be Out-Bigoted
[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Steve King of this morning turns to the Steve King of 48 hours ago: “Hold my beer.” https://t.co/TkN8j9gsXL — Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) March 14, 2017 CNN: [Warning: autoplay] … King, a Republican, was on the radio responding to a question about Univision anchor Jorge Ramos’ comment to Tucker Carlson on Fox …
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Rep. Steve “Pigmuck” King Lets His White-Nationalist Freak Flag Fly — Again
Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies. https://t.co/4nxLipafWO — Steve King (@SteveKingIA) March 12, 2017 Rep. Pigmuck really does want to keep his title as Worst Person in Congress. I was kinda hoping, even in today’s Republican party, he’d be forced to backtrack a …
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