(LA Daily News) Freshman Congresswoman [Ilhan] Omar of Minnesota urged some 400 Los Angeles-area Muslims packed inside the Woodland Hills Hilton on Saturday to stand defiant and “raise hell” in the face of discrimination they confront as Muslims in America. It’s advice […]
(Washington Post) It was supposed to be a chance for Muslim and Jewish House Democrats to ease tensions and find common ground. It ended with one lawmaker in tears. At a late-night meeting blocks from the Capitol, about a dozen lawmakers shared […]
(NY Post) Jewish voters furious at Democrats’ defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar say they’re done with the party that has held their support for generations. “We felt we had a home there,” said Mark Schwartz, the Democratic deputy mayor of solidly blue […]
(Hill) Democrats desperately want to turn the page on a painful week, but doing so is proving to be difficult. Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who has been the center of a debate on anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred that has […]
(Politico) With the fallout over Rep. Ilhan Omar’s controversial comments paralyzing House Democrats, Speaker Nancy Pelosi found herself on the floor Wednesday afternoon asking some of her closest allies what exactly she should do. For 20 minutes, Pelosi huddled with senior members […]
(Politico) House Democratic leaders are struggling to contain the controversy over Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments about Israel, with the caucus fighting behind closed doors over whether — and how — to respond. Tensions ran high at a caucus meeting Wednesday as some […]
(Politico) A vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism in response to controversial comments by Rep. Ilhan Omar is set to slip past Wednesday amid intensifying pressure from the left both inside and outside the House Democratic Caucus. An array of progressive groups […]
(Politico) Speaker Nancy Pelosi and top Democrats will take floor action Wednesday in response to controversial remarks by Rep. Ilhan Omar about Israel, the second such rebuke of the freshman Democrat from party leaders in recent weeks. Pelosi and other senior Democrats […]
(Fox) Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar denied calling for full defunding of the Department of Homeland Security on Sunday, after tweeting what had appeared to be just such a demand. The Minnesota Democrat, who has been a harsh critic of DHS, and particularly […]
(Daily Wire) Anti-Semitic Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) ran from CNN on Tuesday when the network pressed her over her support for anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns against Israel. During a segment on “The Lead With Jake Tapper,” CNN’s Manu Raju […]
(Forbes) Newly sworn-in Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota has sold her debut memoir This Is What America Looks Like to Dey Street Books. According to the deal’s announcement in Publishers Marketplace, the book “chronicles her journey fleeing war in Somalia as a […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) incorrectly attributed historic firsts to the 116th Congress during its first day in session, as pointed out by Rep. Justin Amash (R., Mich.). Listing purported reasons for the new Congress to “be proud,” Omar made […]
(Forward) Although Democrats flipped the House in Tuesday’s midterm elections, Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour said she didn’t see a “Blue Wave” — she saw a “blue dribble,” and it’s because voters didn’t vote progressive enough. In a live midterm election night special […]
(IPT) When police officers in America shoot unarmed black people, Jewish hands lurk in the background. So says Linda Sarsour, perhaps the most visible Muslim political advocate in the United States — a co-chair of the national Women’s March and a campaign […]
(Daily Wire) Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appears to be in danger of losing some of her support among liberals with her decision to increasingly align herself with anti-liberal activist Linda Sarsour. The Democratic candidate’s rift with her liberal supporters really showed itself […]
(Politico) Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are joining forces to elect an underdog but potentially history-making candidate on the ballot in Michigan next week: Abdul El-Sayed, a 33-year-old physician who would be the nation’s first Muslim governor. Sanders is spending the final […]
(MLive) New York Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez whirled through Michigan last weekend, stopping for selfies, giving impassioned speeches and stumping for gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed. Ocasio-Cortez is a rock star in progressive circles, maybe only behind Bernie Sanders, who also endorsed […]
(Breitbart) New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday urged Michigan voters to elect a “posse” of progressive candidates to help the democratic socialist “throw down” in Congress. Appearing alongside Women’s March co-founder Linda Sarsour and Democrat Michigan gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Ocasio-Cortez […]
(IPT) While polls show him lagging in third place in a three-candidate primary, Abdul El-Sayed promises to shock the political world Aug. 7 by becoming Michigan’s Democratic nominee for governor. He’s running an ambitious campaign that mirrors the success political novice Alexandria […]
(AP) A liberal woman of color with zero name recognition and little funding takes down a powerful, long serving congressman from her own political party. When Tahirah Amatul-Wadud heard about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s stunning upset over U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley in New York’s […]
(Springfield Republican) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s unexpected primary win over high-ranking Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley in New York sparked talk of another potential upset in Massachusetts. But U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, has largely dismissed the idea that the outcome in New York will […]
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