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March 2019

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that one of the most juvenile and narcissistic professions continues its rapid descent into complete parody, but here I am. Tuesday, winners of the Cronkite awards were announced and you would know that CNN won for "Excellence in Television Political Journalism," specifically for their Parkland Shooting Townhall following the Valentine's Day school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas Highschool. "Cronkite Award Winners prove facts matter," reads the official release.

The Trump administration scored a big win in the Supreme Court today in the case of Nielsen v. Preap. Equally important, the court's focus on statutory language and interpretation bodes well for the Trump administration at such point as the litigation over Trump's Declaration of National Emergency makes its way to the Supreme Court. The Opinion is complicated, with multiple concurring opinions. But at a macro level, it split on the conservative-liberal line, with Chief Justice Roberts siding with the conservatives.

The Washington Examiner reported Monday night that Democrat presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand kept a man on her payroll three months after he resigned in 2017 due to a sexual harassment claim against him. This happened a year before one aide resigned due to Gillibrand mishandling her sexual harassment claim against another top aide. Gillibrand also kept that aide on her payroll.

Last week, Israel's Ministry of Strategic Affairs hosted a three-day conference, called DigiTell19, aimed at combating the anti-Semitic boycott campaign, or BDS Movement, hosting around 90 pro-Israel social media activists and bloggers from around the world. I had the privilege of representing my grassroots group, Indians For Israel, at the event in Israel.