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THIS SHOULD BE THE CONVINCING REASON WHY JEWS SHOULD STOP VOTING DEMOCRAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Vered Weiss, World Israel News
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer faced criticism after denouncing Democrat Haley Stevens for endorsing Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers following a dispute with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed over an anti-Israel ad.
“This is a despicable betrayal from Rep. Stevens,” Schumer wrote on X.
“Senate Democrats are united in our support for Abdul El-Sayed, because we know he will fight for the economic interests of working families in Michigan, unlike Mike Rogers, who is a tool of Donald Trump and billionaire donors.”
Stevens endorsed Rogers after El-Sayed, who narrowly defeated her in the August primary, disinvited her from his campaign after she urged him to condemn an ad by Rebel PAC depicting a couple blaming aid to Israel for their inability to afford groceries.
“Our Democratic nominee for Senate said I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away,” Stevens said in a video announcing the endorsement. “And he’s right. And that’s why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today.”
I know I’m already depending on my social security and Medicare, so Speaker Mike Johnson this is for you. Concerning Social Security payments, my contributions were made for 47 plus years on every salary I received. Those jobs may not have always been the work I wanted to be doing at the time, BUT I always had a job. The Social Security check is now (or soon will be) referred to as a "Federal Benefit Payment?" I'll be part of the one percent to forward this.
I am forwarding it because it touches a nerve in me, and I hope it will in you. Please keep passing it on until everyone in our country has read it.
The government is now referring to our Social Security checks as a "Federal Benefit Payment." This isn't a benefit. It is our money paid out of our earned income! Not only did we all contribute to Social Security, but our employers did too. It totaled 15% of our income before taxes.
Congress took our money and used it elsewhere. They forgot (oh yes, they knew) that it was OUR money they were taking. They didn't have a referendum to ask us if we wanted to lend the money to them. And they didn't pay interest on the debt they assumed. And recently they've told us that the money won't support us for very much longer. And now, to add insult to injury, they're calling it a "benefit", as if we never worked to earn every penny of it.
Just because they borrowed the money doesn't mean that our investments were a charity!
Let's take a stand. We have earned our right to Social Security and Medicare. Demand that our legislators bring some sense into our government.
Find a way to keep Social Security and Medicare going for the sake of that 92% of our population who need it. Then call it what it is: Our Earned Retirement Income.
99% of people won't Cut and Paste this to their timelines. Will you?
Please, for the sake of our country, Copy & Paste. It's important.
Congresswoman Omar's father, Colonel Nur Omar Mohamed served under Somali Dictator Siad Barre who murdered 200,000 Somalis. Omar's father was reported entering the U.S. under false pretenses.
Oil prices jumped sharply Friday to their highest levels in weeks, as investors assessed the impact of both the Iran and Ukraine-Russia wars on global energy supplies.
Brent crude oil spiked above $109 per barrel, its highest level since mid-September. The oil price benchmark — widely considered to be among the most important figures in global energy — was just a few cents away from its highest level in five months.
U.S. crude oil, which also steers gas prices, rose to $100 per barrel. It was the first time West Texas Intermediate crude had crossed that threshold, closely watched by both traders and the public, since September.
Friday’s price jumps will likely add to already elevated gasoline prices for U.S. consumers in coming days. As of Friday morning, regular gasoline averaged $4.32 per gallon nationwide.
At midafternoon trading levels, oil prices were poised to gain about 5% over the course of the week.
Diesel futures also jumped by more than 1% Friday. The cost of this commercial fuel critical for farming and other industrial sectors has risen even faster than regular gasoline in recent months.
Diesel fuel is over $6.00 a gallon. Gasoline, in some parts of the U.S. is over $6.30 a gallon. Aviation fuel is as much as $9.87 a gallon. Due to this high cost of fuel, U.S. citizens are having trouble in making ends meet. This is disastrous! Iran war, or no Iran war, there is no excuse for high oil prices except to make the rich - richer. President Trump's campaign promise was to "drill baby drill." The U.S. currently controls the largest oil reserve in the world in Venezuela. The U.S. should be flooding the market with oil products. Low oil prices not only will benefit the U.S., but it would also hinder our enemies and adversaries from making profits from oil to fund their spending; especially their defense spending to terrorize us and other allied countries.
Former state trooper John Nagel pointed the finger at his opponent, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and the Democratic Party for allowing Somali-American gang-linked violence to escalate in the Twin Cities.
Residents of Eden Prairie and surrounding Twin Cities suburbs have been left fearing for their safety after a string of gang-related incidents this month, including the shooting of two teens shot outside an Eden Prairie high school football game and more than 100 shell casings recovered in a Bloomington neighborhood.
"Where is Ilhan Omar in all of this?" Nagel, a Minnesota native who spent 30 years as a state trooper, asked in an interview with Fox News Digital. "I would think that as a congressman that represents this particular area that she'd be at these meetings or she'd have a statement or she’d be sitting down and saying, ‘Hey, how can we help this? How could we stop this?’ And I don't see her."
OMAR'S GOP CHALLENGER COMES OUT FIRING WITH VOW TO CLEAN UP 'MESS' IN DEEP BLUE DISTRICT: 'PEOPLE ARE FED UP'
John Nagel blamed his opponent, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and the Democratic Party for not doing enough to stop violence tied to Somali-American gangs in the Twin Cities. (Fox News Digital ; Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)
Nagel accused other Minnesota Democrats, including Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, of having their "heads in the sand" and preventing law enforcement from stopping the violence before it got out of control.
"They're being restrained by politicians, people that are trying soft on crime, people that're trying to send somebody other than a police officer to take care of issues, and it's not working," Nagel said.
Looking at the responses of statewide leaders, including Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison, Nagel said the majority of Democrats "don’t want enforcement."
"The people do," he said. "They're tired of it."
Democrats have been too lenient on crime for years, according to Nagel, which he said has "emboldened" gang members to break the law without serious consequences.
"Because of how the Democrats have run Minnesota over the years, these gang members and then just crooks in general, they’re emboldened by this," he said.
ILHAN OMAR ON TRACK FOR FIFTH TERM AS MINNESOTA VOTERS MAINTAIN FAR-LEFT STREAK
A portrait of Mary Moriarty at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minn., on Wednesday, December 7, 2022. (Jenn Ackerman /for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher spoke at a press conference this week, highlighting that a "big chunk of the problem" is failing to hold gang members accountable, saying Moriarty's office needs to be more "aggressive" with prosecuting juveniles.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Daniel Borgertpoepping, a spokesperson for Moriarty’s office, said that no cases related to the Bloomington incident have been submitted for charging consideration, but "they’ll be thoroughly reviewed" if they are.
Adam Abdihakeem Adam, 18, was charged on Friday in connection with the Eden Prairie homecoming football game shooting with two counts of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon and second-degree riot.
"Mr. Adam will be held accountable," Moriarty said in a press release Friday. "Violence in our communities is completely unacceptable and it requires a professional, coordinated response, which happened here."
Fletcher also pushed back on "East African" being used to generalize the gang members’ ethnicity, adding that "98% of these gang members are Somali" and that the broader label isn’t "fair."
"I think we just have to say what it is and not run away from the term," he said.
AMY KLOBUCHAR CALLS FOR MAJOR ANTI-TERRORISM INVESTMENTS AFTER ALLEGED MALL OF AMERICA PLOT
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz proposed a $10 million emergency relief package for small businesses impacted by the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. (Jerry Holt/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)
Nagel said people are afraid of being called "racist" for referring to the gangs as Somali, arguing that law enforcement is simply going after those committing the crimes rather than blaming an entire community.
"I mean, we have Latino gangs and Asian gangs and Black gangs, and we have Somali gangs. This is not being prejudicial."
He said it’s a "Somali problem" because that’s "who's showing up."
"It's ridiculous," he said. "I'm a police officer. I don't care who you are. I don't care what color you are."
Nagel said a "gang task force" could be part of the solution and argued, "We don't need to pass any more laws. We don't need any more people asking for money to help their group. We need to take the laws that we have and prosecute people."
As gang violence spills into Minnesota communities, Nagel said it can’t continue to go on like it has.
"We need enforcement, we need arrests, and we need incarceration," he said. "Otherwise, this is going to continue to spiral."
Nagel will face off against Omar and Independent candidate DeVelle Jackson in the upcoming midterm elections for the U.S. House seat representing Minnesota's 5th Congressional District.
EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD READ THIS:
The loyalty of these individuals remains solely to Islamist rule and their version of Sharia; it will never transfer to America.
By Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute
Coming from a Muslim family and being raised in Syria and Iran, I am all too aware of politicians and influencers such as Abdul El-Sayed, Zohran Mamdani, and others who carry that same formative identity.
Americans should be clear-eyed: Islamist politicians and influencers in the United States will never place their first loyalty with America. It will not happen. Do not even think about it.
For some, the feeling goes further into genuine hatred of America, Western civilization, and the freedom individuals have to choose how they live.
The pursuit of office and influence is driven by the aim of advancing their core identity, not of strengthening the nation that granted them the opportunity.
The first reality is that when you grow up under Islamist religion, teachings, and doctrine, as I did, your identity is not your nationality.
It is not “American” or “German” or any other geographic label. It is entirely the particular version of Sharia and Islamic doctrine you were taught.
That is where all allegiance is rooted. Everything else—citizenship papers, the Constitution, the flag—is secondary, to be used to protect and expand this primary identity.
The second reality is the doctrine of exclusive truth we were taught. We were raised to believe our path is the only correct one and that everyone else is on the wrong path, destined for hell because they are not favored by Allah.
Shia Islam was presented as the final, perfect religion; all others as incomplete or corrupted. This premise produces a sharp view of the world as “us versus them.”
We were taught that a person who does not affirm the shahada—”Ashhadu an la ilahaillallah wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan rasulullah, wa ashhadu anna ʿAliyyan waliyyu Allāh” (“I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and I bear witness that Ali is the wali (friend/guardian) of Allah”)—before the end of his days, or who never believed it in the first place, does not enter heaven.
This teaching instills in one a sense of moral superiority: we are the good; everyone else, unless he converts, is deficient.
From this vantage point, America, which predominantly does not adhere to these beliefs, is the realm of the wrong path, the infidel way.
That worldview is what underlies statements such as the claim that America “deserved” 9/11.
Please pause for a minute and consider the human reality of that day: people trapped on upper floors of burning towers, choosing to leap to their death rather than be consumed by fire, falling through the air while others below watched in horror.
To look at such suffering and declare it “deserved” requires a depth of inhumanity, a contempt for the victims as human beings with feelings, passions, and wishes, just as they have.
Such a statement is possible only when these victims are first reclassified as people on the wrong path, people who do not merit ordinary human sympathy, or even as less than people at all: merely objects.
Many who hold such views will not advertise them while they are still accumulating power.
Historically, the pattern begins with promises of a better life: socialism, free necessities such as water and electricity, benefits such as housing for the poor, women’s rights, full religious and ethnic rights, and so on, just as the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, promised the people of Iran.
When power is secured, the actual program is revealed. Lies and deception, called taqiyya, in the service of imposing their preferred version of Islamism and sharia, are treated as desirable.
The loyalty of these individuals remains solely to Islamist rule and their version of Sharia. It will never transfer to America. The conflict is inevitable and built-in.
It means that American values such as freedom of speech, equal rights for women, freedom of religion (or from religion), and the right to leave a faith without penalty directly contradict core elements of the identity they carry.
In the Islamic framework, a woman’s testimony or inheritance is worth half that of a man; the only fully legitimate religion is their own; apostasy is punishable by death and criticism of their religion is a capital offense.
Freedom of expression and conscience as Americans understand them do not exist. America, by embodying the opposite, becomes an existential affront to the identity itself. Hatred follows automatically.
These individuals also show little gratitude or appreciation.
The same voices that say America deserved 9/11 or that gain influence and prosper in America rarely acknowledge that America gave their family a home, the freedom to criticize anything without going to prison, and the generous chance to move up.
In their countries of origin, criticism of rulers or doctrine can cost you your liberty or life. Yet the narrative remains that only their Islamist beliefs and ideology delivered success.
Twenty-five years later: The warnings remain - analysis
Instead of being grateful to America and Americans, the host society is owed no gratitude: nothing. Everything is filtered through the same Islamist identity: this life and the next depend on fidelity to it. America is never a priority.
As someone who has been immersed in both worlds, I owe America everything. I owe America my life. I would not be able to write this article without America.
There is no other country where you can enjoy what you want and be who you want the way you can in America.
It is an opulence to speak freely—to have the complete liberty to write these words or to remain silent—that only America affords.
It would be totally ungrateful—and in fact a form of seething hatred—not to see that gift and to criticize Americans while ignoring the unique freedom this country gives.
In short, do not vote for candidates whose core ideological and religious identity is built in opposition to American values and whose conception of themselves is built around Islamism, which rejects free speech, equal civic standing, religious freedom, and the liberty to leave a religion.
For them, America is not home in any deep sense. It is an obstacle.
The occasional eruption of phrases such as “America deserved 9/11” is not an aberration; it is an unveiling of a hate for America and of an extremely different hierarchy of loyalties.
Voters who want America to prosper and remain first should at least be aware of that alternative and cast their votes with appreciation.
The more I read about what happened on that plane, the more I am convinced that what happened was far beyond coincidence.
There were simply too many things that had to happen at exactly the right moment — too many lives, too many circumstances, and too many moments that came together in a way that is difficult for me to see as anything other than the hand of God.
1. 14,000 feet in less than 30 seconds.
The Boeing 737 MAX plunged nearly 14,000 feet in under 30 seconds. That is not a normal emergency descent. Aviation experts have described the aircraft’s survival as extraordinary.
2. The captain was badly wounded — but he still opened the cockpit door.
Covered in blood and seriously injured, Captain Smit Machchhar somehow found the strength to reach the door and open it. That single action allowed people outside the cockpit to intervene.
3. A passenger with no flight training reached the controls.
Israeli passenger Yaniv Hayun entered the cockpit and helped pull the aircraft out of the dive before other pilots took over.
4. Two additional Flydubai pilots happened to be on the same flight.
Not because anyone knew this was going to happen. They were there because the airline had planned for possible route extensions and crew-duty limitations. And when disaster struck, those two pilots were there to take control.
5. A dentist happened to be on board.
Dr. Shota Musaev rushed forward and treated the wounded captain, who was bleeding from injuries to his head, neck and hands.
6. Passengers found the courage to fight.
They entered the cockpit, pulled the attacker away and restrained him — some using whatever they had available, including headphones or cables.
7. A six-year-old girl’s innocent bathroom request.
Her mother accompanied her toward the front of the aircraft, heard the struggle and screaming, and alerted the cabin crew.
8. The emergency signals.
The aircraft first transmitted 7700 — the general emergency code — and later 7500 — the international code for unlawful interference, such as a hijacking. Even the aircraft’s emergency system was signaling that something was terribly wrong.
9. And then came the part that still amazes me most: the aircraft survived.
Aviation experts said the aircraft was traveling at an extraordinary speed during the descent, with parts of the rudder damaged. Yet the plane remained flyable and eventually landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. One aviation expert described the chance of survival as “pretty much close to zero.”
Think about that.
One wounded captain.
One open cockpit door.
One passenger reaching the controls.
Two extra pilots already on the aircraft.
A dentist ready to treat the wounded.
Passengers willing to fight.
A little girl’s innocent request to use the bathroom.
An emergency signal changing from “general emergency” to “possible hijacking.”
An aircraft that somehow remained intact enough to land safely.
One event after another.
Could science describe the altitude, the speed, the forces and the mechanics? Yes.
But science cannot tell me why all these people were in exactly the right place at exactly the right moment.
And as a believer, this is where my heart goes:
I see the works of God.
The God of Israel.
The God who can make a way where there seems to be no way.
The God who can preserve life in the middle of something that should have ended very differently.
I don’t know what you call it.
I call it a miracle. 📷📷
And today, I simply want to give God the glory.
Baruch Hashem.
Thank You, God of Israel, for bringing them home. 📷📷📷
Yohanna Tal
