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Mamdani’s rationale for arresting Netanyahu: a) there is a warrant for his arrest b) he’s doing bad things right now regardless. Why doesn’t @LuluGNavarro (or anyone) ask him if he would order the arrest of Putin who hits both marks or countless others (Xi, Erdogan) who hit b)?
Today, the House adopted by amendment calling on the U.S. to defend religious freedom and equal access at the Temple Mount. Jews are denied the freedom to pray at their holiest site while Muslims & Christians worship freely. They deserve that same right. This should not be controversial.
Like anyone who’s spent any time around politics, I have many Lindsey Graham stories. This is perhaps my favorite… I was covering Congress (Best! Beat! Ever!) for the NYT when the Mother Emanuel shooting happened in Charleston. It was summer, but I was wearing pants and a sweater that day because it was always SO freezing in the Capitol. Anyhow, news of the shooting came down, and the DC Bureau chief called me with an order: Get yourself to Charleston ASAP and glue yourself to Graham’s side. She wanted a piece on the senator grappling with the unimaginable. So I headed straight to the airport, arriving in Charleston with just my backpack and what I’d be wearing to work that day, and linked up with Graham. He had me meet him at a restaurant, where I told him I needed to shadow him for the next 48 hours. And he looked at me, with amused distaste, and said: “You are sticky. And you are icky. If you want to shadow me, go buy some nice new clothes—maybe a dress—and take a shower, and then we’ll talk.” (He was not wrong; I was sweaty and gross). So I drove to a local big box store, bought a dress (he seemed to have a strong preference for a dress), and spent the next few days with him, resulting in this piece (which, for reasons not worth getting into, ended up being fairly different than the original assignment): nytimes.com/2015/06/20/us/…
The more we learn about Ro Khanna's West Bank misadventures, the fishier the whole thing smells. The fact that the incident took place the same week Graham Platner—with whom Khanna had very closely aligned himself—imploded makes it even more suspect. This feels like a setup.
POTUS is absolutely right. Whoever provides secure and safe passage of commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz should be compensated for this service. Iran has always been the GUARDIAN of the Strait and will remain so FOREVER. 20% is of course too much. We will be fair
South Africa must be sanctioned for allowing this to happen. Does it make sense? Absolutely not.
BREAKING NEWS | Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa signs consitutional amendment law that extends Presidential term to 7 years, scraps direct Presidential election.
