It has been a roller-coaster few weeks for famed Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio. On May 2, the 9th Circuit vacated an injunction prohibiting Arpaio and fellow Maricopa County, Arizona police officers from raiding workplaces to enforce anti-identity theft laws. Then on Friday, Arizona District Court Judge G. Murray Snow held Arpaio...
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British Labour Party Anti-Semitism – ‘like lifting up a stone and having insects crawl out’

In the latest of a series of damaging embarrassments, Britain’s Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has suspended two Labour MPs for anti-Semitic comments. Naz Shah and Ken Livingstone were suspended for suggesting Israel should be relocated to the United States, and suggesting that Hitler was a Zionist.
Labour...
Anti-Israel Propaganda Reaches Public Schools

While anti-Israel propaganda is common on college and university campuses, there appears to be a filtering down to the public education system.
We already have seen attempts to proselytize students into becoming “freedom fighters for Palestine” at an Ithaca, NY, third grade class. Now the Newton (MA) Public Schools are embroiled in controversy over...
Alan Dershowitz cleared of accusations in “Orgy Island” case

As we reported in early January 2015, famed attorney and Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz was dragged into a controversy regarding Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious “Orgy Island,” Dershowitz presumed innocent in zero-sum defamation game:
Alan Dershowitz, along with others including Prince Andrew of Britain, were accused in a court filing involving convicted sex...
BBC Finds Footage of Traitor Kim Philby

The BBC aired footage of notorious MI6 traitor Kim Philby briefing agents of East Germany’s Stasi secret police on Monday. Philby and his “Cambridge five” cohort of British double-agents working for Soviet bloc organizations eviscerated Britain’s intelligence organs and stunned Britain between his recruitment in the 1930s and his flight to...
Britain Rocked By Revelation Of Taxpayer-Funded Palestinian Terror

Great Britain’s Foreign Office and Department for International Development (“DFID”) have funneled million of Pounds, at least, to terrorists. The
US Eases And Imposes Iran Sanctions On Same Day

In another demonstration of President Obama’s inability to formulate a coherent policy in the face of fresh Iranian violations of missile test bans, the United States both imposed new sanctions on and eased trade with Iran on the same day on Thursday.
Iran’s renewed aggression is unmistakable even to those whose willful...
Illinois Names Names under anti-BDS law
Illinois has become the first U.S. state to identify specific companies it will no longer invest state assets in because they engage in the Boycott, Divest and Sanction (“BDS”) campaign. LI has discussed various state anti-BDS laws here.
The Illinois Investment Policy Board included eleven companies on its new “Prohibited Investment List”...
6th Circuit Dings IRS in Tea Party Targeting Case
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a blistering rebuke of the IRS today in Tea Party groups’ suit against IRS targeting.
The opinion by Chief Judge Raymond Kethledge on behalf of a three-judge panel opens:
Among the most serious allegations a federal court can address are that an Executive agency has targeted...
Acknowledge The Armenian Genocide, Too

The subtext in Secretary of State Kerry’s agonizing over whether to label ISIS’s systematic, premeditated rape and slaughter of Christians, Yazidis and Shi’ites in Syria is what it means for the million-and-a-half skeletons in Turkey’s closet. There is little objective doubt that during World War I, Turkey murdered around 1.5 million...
When Does Heckling Become Harassment?

Last week’s protests and mini-riot that prompted Donald Trump to cancel a rally in Chicago were the latest example of a concerted effort to disrupt candidates’ campaigns.
As Trump edges closer to locking up the Republican nomination, such agitation will likely grow more frequent and more extreme. The questions, then, are what...
Palestinian Bassem al-Tamimi lead plaintiff in suit against dozens of Americans for supporting Israel

A group of Palestinians led by professional provocateur and propagandist Bassem Al-Tamimi has filed suit against a slew of Americans, American businesses, American organizations, international businesses and Israeli entities. The Complaint is embedded at the bottom of this post.
Altogether nineteen Plaintiffs have brought claims against fifty-three defendants. Plaintiffs’ attorneys are Martin...
RNC Rule 40 may create an absurd undemocratic result, and should be changed

The Rules Of The Republican Party deal with the organization and operation of the Republican Party, including everything from apportioning delegates to the national convention, to how to change the rules themselves.
What if I told you that the RNC had a rule that under some circumstances could result in no candidate’s...
Another big legal loss for BDS, this time in Spain

Opponents of the Boycott, Divest and Sanction (“BDS”) campaign against Israel won a significant tactical victory in hostile territory last month.
In January, the city of Aviles, Spain – just inland of the Bay of Biscay on the northern shore of the Iberian Peninsula – passed a resolution adopting BDS. The Association...
Trump Admits Times Report, Says Status Of Illegals Is “Negotiable”

For months now, Donald Trump has spouted the same line on immigration, promising to build a border wall and deport people here illegally. Last night, he admitted he would not deport the 11 million people in the United States illegally. It was posturing.
Trump appeared on Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News. ...
9th Circuit Affirms Iran’s Terror Victims Can Seize Funds
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a judgment allowing victims of Iranian terror to attach a judgment owed to Iran. This is separate from the Bank Markazi case argued before the Supreme Court last month.
In this case – Ministry Of Defense And Support For The Armed forces Of The...
George Galloway booed at Brexit rally
Apparently, some Brits, too, are fed up with the anti-Semitism permeating the halls of power in England.
Last week, I wrote about recent instances of anti-Semitism on Britain’s campuses and how it reflects...