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At a recent city council meeting in Dearborn, Michigan, a local Christian man objected to naming a street after Osama Siblani — a Lebanese-born American who publishes the Arab American News and has made remarks supportive of terror groups.“As a Christian, I would like to encourage peace. I’m not just being, like, you know, pro-Israel in this and, you know, fight back and that sort of thing, but I would like to encourage peace and not violence,” the local man explained.The mayor of Dearborn, Abdullah Hammoud, responded that the man should close his eyes when he drives down the street to not see the street names.“And I think it’s quite hypocritical to know that you’re approaching this podium, when you yourself have videos on YouTube standing in front of my mosque saying the cruelest of things about Muslims, about the religion of Islam, because you are a bigot, and you are a racist, and you are an Islamophobe,” Hammoud said.“And although you live here, I want you to know as mayor, you are not welcome here, and the day you move out of the city will be the day that I launch a parade celebrating the fact that you moved out of the city, because you are not somebody who believes in coexistence,” he continued.“You’re somebody who tries to preach it, but in fact, you do everything but that,” he added.BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales is floored by the mayor’s response.“An American Christian going to a meeting, addressing the city council respectfully, was told by the Muslim mayor, ‘You’re not welcome here in America,’” Gonzales says.“We’re going down a dark path, my friends, especially considering Dearborn City Council and school boards are now dominated by Muslim officials,” she continues.“All the rest of us who are here, who love our values, who love our culture, who love our country, who love our founding principles, we’re all expected to give up our traditions,” she says. “But if you criticize that man’s mosque, you are a xenophobe. You are a bigot.”Want more from Sara Gonzales?To enjoy more of Sara's no-holds-barred take to news and culture, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

The new U.S. House Jan. 6 select subcommittee is putting on a full-court press to recover the documents, videos, transcripts, and other information its predecessor Democrat-run Jan. 6 committee either discarded or otherwise failed to turn over for two successive GOP-led Jan. 6 investigations.The new House Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6, 2021, sent out seven demand letters Thursday to the U.S. Department of Justice, the University of Virginia, and five other contract vendors that worked with the now-defunct Jan. 6 Select Committee appointed in 2022 by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).‘To date, Representative Thompson has failed to account for the missing footage and data.’“The failure of the former January 6th Select Committee to properly archive more than a terabyte of data not only violated House Rules, it undermined the integrity of their entire investigation,” Subcommittee Chairman U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Georgia) told Blaze News in a statement. “My select subcommittee is determined to uncover the videos, digital data, transcripts, and summaries the former committee hid from the American people.”The biggest request was made to Attorney General Pam Bondi for what could be a mountain of data from the DOJ.RELATED: Bobby Powell gave his last breath working to expose Jan. 6 corruption Photo by Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images “To assist in our oversight, we respectfully request that you produce to the Select Subcommittee all materials provided by the Justice Department to the January 6th Select Committee in the 117th Congress,” Loudermilk wrote to Bondi, “including all documents and communications between or among the January 6th Select Committee and the Justice Department.”The work of the GOP-led House Jan. 6 investigation in the 118th Congress was stymied by more than 1 terabyte of missing digital data, including video footage of depositions and witness interviews. Loudermilk said former Select Committee Co-Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) conceded in a July 2023 letter that he withheld that information from materials put into the archive.“To date, Representative Thompson has failed to account for the missing footage and data,” Loudermilk wrote.A letter was sent to Design in DC LLC, which was paid more than $2 million by the select committee for consultant services. Loudermilk requested all video and audio received by the company pertaining to Jan. 6, “including but not limited to video recordings of witness interviews, transcribed interviews, and depositions,” the letter said. The “digital experiences” company provided website and application development, Loudermilk said.Polar Solutions Inc. of Gaithersburg, Md., was also sent a letter requesting all materials from or to the Jan. 6 select committee. Polar was paid more than $2.7 million in contractor fees by the select committee. The company conducts financial investigations and provides management and training programs, Loudermilk said.The same request was made of PATCtech of Plainfield, Indiana, which was paid more than $400,000 for providing “high-tech forensic services.”RELATED: Restoration of military honors for Ashli Babbitt strikes back against a tide of Jan. 6 lies Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes appears on a video screen above members of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, July 12, 2022.Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images“According to Denver Riggleman, a former representative and a former senior technical adviser for the January 6th Select Committee, PATCtech was instrumental in synthesizing and processing the vast amounts of telecommunications data collected and provided to the January 6th Select Committee,” Loudermilk wrote.The letter asked for documents, transcripts, and cell data provided to the company by the select committee and any audio files and video footage of witness interviews or depositions.Demand letters also went to Broadcast Management Group Inc. in Washington, D.C., which helped stage public hearings for national broadcast; Country World Productions, now part of Verbit in New York City, which provided stenographic reporting, closed-captioning services, and advertising; and the University of Virginia, paid $60,000 to help the committee map out telephone call data.The DOJ and contract vendors were asked to submit all data to the select subcommittee by Oct. 2.The new select subcommittee was appointed Sept. 11 by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). Republican members include Loudermilk, Rep. Morgan Griffith of Virginia, Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas, Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana, and Rep. Harriet Hageman of Wyoming.House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) appointed members including Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas, and Rep. Jared Moskowitz of Florida. Swalwell served on the previous Jan. 6 select committee in the 117th Congress.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A liberal arts college student is backtracking after she posted a video calling for more political assassinations and citing the influential thought of a murderous communist dictator.Julia Xu said in the video posted on social media that not everyone is entitled to free speech and that some people should be afraid of speaking their opinions in public. She said she made the comments in class the day after the death of Kirk.'It just shows that white men will always empathize with the people who look like them.'"We need to bring back political assassinations. I don't feel bad, and I don't think that everyone deserves the right to free speech," Xu said in the video. "I think some people should be afraid to express their opinion in public."She went on to say that she had been studying about the 1949 communist takeover in China and how violent revolution liberated millions of people and millions of women. Xu quoted Chairman Mao for advocating that free speech should not be a right of the enemies of revolution like imperialists and capitalists."The worst thing that was said in that class was that it was a shame that Charlie Kirk died because he was such a huge figure in the right-wing movement, and now who will be left to debate?" she continued."Of course, everyone saying this, they were all male students. There were four or five male students," Xu added. "It just shows that white men will always empathize with the people who look like them," she said.The video was eventually deleted, but many versions were widely circulated on social media.Xu is a supporter of Palestine, uses they/them pronouns, and is on the advisory board of a group that supports expanding queer, trans, and women’s studies at the school.RELATED: 'It's the death of free speech!' Jay Leno expresses his shock at killing of Charlie Kirk Xu has since said she did not mean to support political violence when she called for more political assassinations."I do not actually advocate for political assassinations. ... I did not receive agreement from my professor or other students with the opinions I expressed in class, and it was wrong to imply this in my post," she said in a statement to the New York Post."I do not condone political violence, and my comments were tactless," she added. Oberlin College President Carmen Twillie Ambar also gave the Post a statement rejecting Xu's comments."Last week, in an open letter, I wrote 'there is no place for political violence in the America that I love.' It threatens our sense of safety and well-being and it violates the sanctity of the nation's civil discourse," Ambar wrote."I want to emphasize that the views expressed in the student's post do not reflect those of the faculty member who teaches the class referenced," she added. "Nor does the student's post reflect the views of Oberlin College."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Republicans in the U.S. Senate have confirmed 48 nominations from President Donald Trump that were being stalled by Democrats.The motion to confirm the nominees passed in the U.S. Senate by a vote of 51 to 47.'We have tried to work with Democrats in good faith to batch bipartisan, noncontroversial nominees and clear them expeditiously, according to past precedent. Democrats have stood in the way at every turn.'Republicans have been criticizing Democrats for slow-walking the nominations in order to slow down Trump's political agenda."If the Senate had continued at the pace that we've been proceeding at through the month of July, there would still be hundreds of empty desks in the executive branch on President Trump's last day in office in 2029," said Republican Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota on Thursday.Among those nominations are Kimberly Guilfoyle, to become the ambassador to Greece, and Callista Gingrich, to become the ambassador to Switzerland. Guilfoyle is a former Fox News personality, and Gingrich is the wife of former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich.A Republican aide told Blaze News that the motion was one that was originally proposed by Democratic Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Angus King of Maine in 2023. Without the rule change, the Senate would be forced to hold 600 roll-call votes rather than confirm them in one large batch."Republicans aren't going to tolerate this obstruction any longer," Thune said in an op-ed at Breitbart News. "We have tried to work with Democrats in good faith to batch bipartisan, noncontroversial nominees and clear them expeditiously, according to past precedent. Democrats have stood in the way at every turn."RELATED: John Thune to use Democrats' own 'nuclear option' to defeat Senate confirmation blockade Republicans issued praise for the decision."[Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer and Dems have delayed every single Trump nominee and have even forced our committee to vote on a number of nominees for a second time. The political games end here," said Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-Idaho)."Today, the Senate voted to confirm 48 of President Trump's nominees. We aren't going to stop until he has his entire team in place to serve the will of the American people," said Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) previously criticized the move in a speech from the floor of Congress."One of the most important checks on executive power, given to the Senate in the Constitution, is the power of consent for nominees to high executive office. It prevents a president from installing in power unqualified or corrupt people," he said.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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