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We’re now‚ as a country‚ presented with a question: At what point do we reclaim our status as a sovereign nation that takes itself seriously? READ MORE from Scott McKay: Obama’s Awful Elite Unveiled by Rasmussen That question has been presented to us by categorically the most pristine kakistocrat in all of our governing class‚ this being Ilhan “Bro-Fo” Omar‚ the Somali Islamist Muslim‚ likely violator of our immigration laws‚ who serves as a member of the House of Representatives from a majority-white district of Minnesota and is now openly advocating for the United States government to become a vassal state of Somalia. So much fo the oath of office‚ folks. Exactly what are we as a country to make of this?: Ilhan Omar‚ an American congresswoman‚ tells Somalians that she is Somalian first‚ Muslim second‚ and… [no‚ American wasn’t even mentioned]. Oh‚ and she says that her primary job in Congress is to protect Somali interests. pic.twitter.com/ex5IlkAkR2 — Marina Medvin (@MarinaMedvin) January 28‚ 2024 This was three days ago‚ as of this writing‚ and it did not go unnoticed: Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis called Tuesday for Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar to be expelled from Congress‚ denaturalized as a U.S. citizen and deported back to Somalia in response to a speech where she said her primary job in Congress is to protect Somali interests. Omar has faced criticism from Republicans in Congress as well after a Jan. 27 speech has gone viral of her remarks to Somalian leaders in Minnesota. Omar was speaking in Somali in her speech and did not mention her support for the U.S. and instead said she was “Somalian first‚ Muslim second” and that she was “here to protect the interests of Somalia from inside the U.S. system‚” according to a translation of her speech shared on Twitter by Ambassador Rhoda J. Elmi‚ the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs of Somaliland. Omar also reportedly said: “While I am in Congress‚ no one will take Somalia’s sea. The United States will not back others to rob us. So‚ do not lose sleep over that‚” Newsweek reported. Our buddy John Daniel Davidson at the Federalist was similarly unimpressed: In light of Omar’s candidness‚ it’s fair to ask: Why is she allowed to serve in Congress? Why is she even allowed to remain in the United States? Omar is an immigrant and a U.S. citizen‚ but clearly she is not an American. She appears to have no allegiance to her adopted country — a country that took her in‚ sheltered and protected her‚ provided a safe haven from the chaos and violence of her homeland‚ and elevated her to a position of power and influence. Omar herself is of course an antisemite and a radical leftist. Her remarks are only important because they illustrate how her presence in the United States is a searing indictment of our entire immigration system and much of our foreign policy over the last 40 years. We should never have allowed people like her into our country‚ and by “people like her” I don’t have race in mind. I mean people whose national allegiances lie with other lands and other people‚ and whose priorities and way of life are incompatible with American republicanism and our national character. Davidson is absolutely correct that Omar is not an American in any meaningful sense of the word. From her dismissive comments on 9/11 to her equating American actions with the atrocities of the Taliban and Hamas‚ and now to this‚ it’s very obvious that she’s anti-American. And‚ of course‚ it’s fairly apparent she isn’t even compliant with the immigration laws that allowed her here in the first place: Persistent claims that leftist congresswoman Ilhan Omar married her own brother to get around US immigration laws may be legitimized by what appears to be a conclusive DNA test. The results of the test assert that there is a 99.999998% chance that Omar and her second husband Ahmed Elmi are siblings. The report‚ drawn up by Endeavor DNA Laboratories does not name either Omar or Elmi‚ instead referring to them as ‘Sibling 1’ and ‘Sibling 2.’ DailyMail.com understands that Omar is Sibling 1. It says that Sibling 1’s sample was garnered from a cigarette butt and Sibling 2’s from a drinking straw. Omar has never before been known publicly to be a smoker‚ although her third husband Tim Mynett is. However‚ a grainy picture of her with a cigarette in her mouth‚ said to have been taken outside her home in Washington‚ D.C. appears as part of the evidence gathered in an intensive investigation by a shadowy conservative group. The case for Omar’s incestuous marriage took a hit when the Minnesota GOP operative pushing it was arrested and eventually put away for sex trafficking‚ which only confirms what everybody knows — the political ruling class in this country is utterly and pervasively depraved‚ and this truth cuts across partisan lines. It doesn’t invalidate the obvious fact that Ilhan Omar doesn’t give a fig about the laws‚ mores‚ values‚ intellectual foundations‚ or people of the United States of America. Marrying your brother to get him into the country so that he can rate cheaper college tuition is something almost nobody would do. But Ilhan Omar will do things others refuse. And that is a quality that is more important to have as a member of the political class‚ and particularly on the Democrat side of that elite‚ than intelligence‚ virtue‚ creativity‚ honor‚ or work ethic. Which is true in all corrupt‚ tyrannical political operations. There must be people willing to dive deeper into the muck than the rest. But that brings us back to the question: She has robbed us of any possible delusions about whom she is. What do we do about it? Should we follow Ron DeSantis’ advice and go the entire way? Should she be dumped out of Congress‚ denaturalized‚ and sent back to the failed state to which she clearly owes more allegiance than the country that has given her the comfortable‚ privileged‚ and strangely powerful life she currently enjoys? Sadly‚ nobody really thinks that’s in the offing. Should she at least be removed from Congress? It wouldn’t seem as though that would be so high a hill to climb. Omar is certainly an embarrassment to the Democrats. Several of them are Jewish; given her constant stream of anti-Semitic comments‚ you’d have to think they’d vote her off the island in order to save themselves the grief she otherwise brings down on them. And‚ yet‚ that hasn’t materialized. Could it be that a sitting congresswoman gives a public speech‚ recorded and published on the web‚ that openly proclaims allegiance to a country not the United States and further dictates that American interests must be subsumed to the interests of that other country most demonstrably not an ally of ours — and no negative consequences flow? Would she even be voted out of office in Minnesota’s 5th District? I noted before that the district is majority white. Some 60 percent of its population is white‚ while 17 percent is black and 10 percent Hispanic. Its per-capita income was $48‚938 according to 2022 Census data. Its median household income was $77‚732. Those numbers reflect a higher-than-average per-capita income and a lower-than-average median household income‚ a dichotomy explained by a low marriage rate (only 40 percent of the district is married) and a low fertility rate. It isn’t some great mass of Somali immigrants who make Ilhan Omar the congresswoman from Minnesota’s 5th District. It’s left-leaning‚ childless‚ mostly single white people who are doing that. And she’s now telling them in no uncertain terms that she doesn’t represent them. She’s far more interested in Mogadishu than she is in Minneapolis. Nobody in a position to do anything about it — at least‚ as of this writing‚ it looks like nobody — seems to want to address that. The old saying goes that you get what you tolerate. Are we really going to continue to tolerate Ilhan Omar? And if we are‚ then what exactly is our claim to status as a nation at all‚ much less a great nation? Davidson wrote that the Ilhan Omar story cuts to a fundamental problem with our immigration system if someone so hostile to our founding principles as she would be offered the opportunity to become a citizen. He’s right‚ but it’s worse than that. We’re not even asking that members of Congress be held to their oaths of office. Those clearly mean nothing to Omar‚ and by allowing her to stay in power‚ we’re signaling that they mean nothing to us either. At a bare minimum‚ the National Republican Congressional Committee should be working to make Ilhan Omar — not to mention the utterly corrupt and painfully obnoxious Cori Bush — the face of their opposition in House races this fall. If there is no political will to lance this boil on the body politic‚ it has to‚ at least‚ be politically monetized. But can we count on that? We’ll see. I wish there were more reason for optimism on that score. 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President Joe Biden met with voters in Columbia‚ South Carolina‚ on Saturday evening. He used the occasion to scream the lie that President Donald J. Trump rejected a visit to a World War I military graveyard in France because‚ Biden claimed‚ he couldn’t care less about those buried there. READ MORE: Washington Is Waging a War: First Nixon‚ Now Trump “Donald Trump‚ when he was Commander-in-Chief‚ refused to visit a cemetery — U.S. cemetery outside of Paris for fallen American soldiers. And he referred to those heroes‚ and I quote‚ as ‘suckers’ and ‘losers‚’” Biden said. He then yelled uncontrollably: “He actually said that! He said that! How dare he say that? How dare he talk about my son and all [inaudible] like that?” A river of lies rolled out of Biden’s mouth. And he knew it. I spent Labor Day weekend 2020 indoors‚ chained to my computer‚ writing article after article in order to dismantle Jeffrey Goldberg’s lie-filled fantasy in the Atlantic about this imaginary episode. Even more wildly‚ Goldberg baselessly asserted that Trump avoided the cemetery “because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain.” In fact‚ Trump wanted to lay a wreath at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery on Nov. 10‚ 2018. However‚ rain and a low cloud ceiling endangered helicopter travel there.  Driving to the cemetery was a no go. As I learned during a July 2020 diplomatic mission with then–National Security Adviser Robert C. O’Brien‚ the 90-minute ride along tight‚ winding rural roads between Paris and Château-Thierry would have been too slow and congested for a presidential entourage‚ especially in an emergency. So‚ the cemetery visit got scratched‚ to Trump’s frustration. Then-President Donald Trump at the American Commemoration Ceremony at Suresnes American Cemetery‚ Nov. 11‚ 2018 (Shealah Craighead/The White House) However‚ the next day‚ Trump honored some 1‚500 war dead at the Suresnes American Cemetery‚ closer to Paris. As NBC News reported‚ Trump delivered remarks “under a steady rain without an umbrella‚” with no overriding concern for his hair. Later‚ beneath an umbrella‚ Trump walked alone among the tombstones. Goldberg limply offered four anonymous sources for his fake “story.” In contrast‚ at least 11 named members of Trump’s Paris team back his version of events. So does an email from an unidentified military aide. So do weather data. Trump’s next-day agenda also discredits Goldberg’s synthetic tale. First lady Melania Trump was in Paris with her husband. She corroborated the truth: Bad weather‚ not her husband’s alleged selfishness‚ ruined the Aisne-Marne trip. I cited her and quoted‚ by name‚ these 10 aides who were in France with Trump: John Bolton‚ Johnny DeStefano‚ Zach Fuentes‚ J. Hogan Gidley‚ Jordan Karem‚ Derek Lyons‚ Stephen Miller‚ Sarah Huckabee Sanders‚ Dan Scavino‚ and Dan Walsh. They all agree that Goldberg’s “news” was fake. A 5:59 a.m. email from a “United States Marine Corps Military Aide to the President‚” whose name was redacted‚ said‚ “We are a BAD WX call for today’s lift‚” referring to bad weather. A WeatherBELL Analytics meteorological report confirmed these conditions. And Trump’s public schedule indicates that he could have flown home that Nov. 11 about 1 p.m. local time. But rather than doze off in luxury on Air Force One‚ Trump spent another two and a half hours in Paris so that he could stand in a downpour and salute the dead American veterans whom Goldberg claimed Trump disrespected. Regarding sources‚ the score is Trump 14‚ Goldberg 4. How dare Biden terrify America’s beloved veterans with this grotesque pile of lies as high as the Eiffel Tower? Biden also asked Palmetto State voters‚ “How dare he [Trump] talk about my son and all [slurred speech] like that?” This may shock Joe Biden‚ but unlike those who rest in peace at Aisne-Marne‚ Beau Biden did not die during World War I. The president’s late son passed away on May 30‚ 2015 — nearly 97 years after the Great War ended.  The younger Biden did not die in combat‚ either. Beau Biden succumbed to brain cancer at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda‚ Maryland. He was just 46. His untimely death was unfair‚ painful‚ and tragic.  Nevertheless‚ how dare Biden seek political advantage by abusing Beau Biden’s memory and lying‚ once again‚ that his son died in battle when‚ in fact‚ he expired in a hospital bed? The man who promised to unite America divides America‚ yet again‚ between Left and Right and‚ now‚ veterans vs. non-veterans. This despicable man should be ashamed of himself. Alas‚ that requires an emotion that Joe Biden buried years ago.   Deroy Murdock is a Manhattan-based Fox News contributor. READ MORE from Deroy Murdock: Lloyd Austin’s Dereliction of Duty: Deputy Hicks Vacations; Biden‚ Blinken‚ Sullivan Out of Loop How Do You Kill Democracy? Vote Democrat. Biden Pays the Ayatollahs‚ Yet Again The post Saturday Night Lies: Biden Screams Hoax About Trump and Fallen Vets appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

Jay Leno no longer delves into political humor. He told Piers Morgan: “I just stopped doing politics in my act altogether because‚ you know‚ when I did The Tonight Show‚ the idea was you made fun of both sides equally.… They would both be angry‚ and I’d be‚ ‘That’s good.’” READ MORE from Daniel J. Flynn: Javier Milei: The Ricky Linderman America Needs But in the decade since Leno left NBC’s late-night lineup for good‚ the world has undergone a massive transformation. A sizeable number of people regard commercials‚ awards shows‚ and even sports as important not as an end in themselves but as a means of advancing a political-cultural agenda. “Now‚ you’ve got to take a side‚ and people are angry if you don’t‚” Leno told Morgan. “I find when I start to tell a political joke‚ they want to know the punchline before — is this pro or against — you know? So‚ I just‚ I just stopped doing it. I just want people to come and laugh and have a good time.” Think about what he said. People want to know the punchline before hearing the joke. In a social situation‚ when a loudmouth interrupts you by telling the punchline prematurely‚ you understand that he ruined your telling of the joke (or that you recycle stale jokes). People now demand this rudeness. They want to know that Donald Trump or the conservative punching bag of the moment gets pummeled before the act starts. They know what’s coming. This explains why so much of modern comedy fails to cause laughter. What does the most Norm Macdonald Norm Macdonald joke share in common with this one from Christina Mariani and this one with a prolonged punchline from Hans Kim? They all contain the element of surprise. We laugh in part because they succeeded in misdirecting us. Saturday Night Live‚ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert‚ The Daily Show‚ and so much else that fails lacks this component. The audience‚ which laughs out of ideological solidarity rather than anything inherently humorous‚ can anticipate‚ like any other cliché‚ what follows. Seth Meyers‚ who knows about this phenomenon‚ coined the portmanteau “clapter.” It describes audiences approving of the comedian’s message but the humor of it not quite affecting them. They laugh as a sort of clapping. They approve but do not find it funny even if they pretend they do. Unfunny comedians rely on clapter as a crutch. Jon Stewart‚ who returns to host The Daily Show every Monday — it’s an election year‚ you know — made a career on clapter. So did John Oliver. It’s almost a prerequisite to hosting a late-night comedy program. (READ MORE from Daniel J. Flynn: Trump’s Primary Win Exposes General Election Vulnerability) Clapter does not describe all politically themed jokes. Here Dave Chappelle uses Donald Trump as the punchline. It works because one could vote for or against Trump and still appreciate the humor. Funny knows no party. The ideal comedy club does not remain innocent of political humor but instead steers away from politics that uses humor as the Trojan horse to convert a captive audience. That’s dishonest and boring. As with the misguided Bud Light promotion of transgenderism‚ it represents a corruption of purpose. Everything is politics to whom politics is everything. “I’m not trying to influence you‚” Leno confessed. “That’s why Rodney Dangerfield and I were great friends. I knew Rodney Dangerfield for 40 years. I have no idea if he was Democrat or Republican. It was just about the jokes.” Nobody knows how Fatty Arbuckle or Redd Foxx voted‚ either. That’s normal. It’s weird that we know how Jimmy Kimmel‚ Chelsea Handler‚ and Amy Schumer vote. Leno invoked Rodney Dangerfield a second time near the close of the Piers Morgan Uncensored interview. He recalled Dangerfield suffering a stroke from which he never really recovered on his program. On Dangerfield’s death bed‚ where he could hear but not speak‚ the comedian’s wife asked her husband to squeeze Leno’s finger as a sign of his awareness. He faintly did. Leno then said‚ “Rodney‚ that’s not my finger.” Dangerfield‚ almost vegetative by this point‚ then moved his shoulder in a manner that grabbed everyone’s attention. Comedy brings joy to death beds. Politics brings death to comedy. The post Jay Leno: Mix Politics With Comedy‚ and You Get Politics appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) now warns that Iran has enough nuclear material to make several atomic bombs. Iran is the only non-nuclear weapon state to enrich uranium to near full weapons-grade levels‚ and it continues to deny inspectors access to its facilities to verify that it is‚ as it claims‚ complying with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT)‚ to which it acceded under Iran’s last shah‚ Reza Pahlavi. In 2012‚ I published a scenario titled “The Day America Died.” Set in April 2013‚ it had Iran destroy Tel Aviv and Haifa (intentionally) and render all Jerusalem uninhabitable (unintentionally; it only wanted to destroy West Jerusalem). Israel launched a retaliatory nuclear strike. The first-ever nuclear war set off mass panic in Western capitals‚ causing a global economic crash‚ disintegration of our alliances‚ and spurring rapid nuclear proliferation. The likely effects of such an attack were supported by this summary of the radii of various kinds of destruction generated by detonations of atomic (A-bomb) and thermonuclear (H-bomb) weapons. (RELATED: We Are at War With Iran’s Mullahs) I intended my scenario as a warning to anyone who might think that the U.S. would survive the destruction of Israel largely intact‚ showing in graphic detail how America would be irremediably devastated. Recent events show that the risk of an Iran nuclear strike against Israel are growing‚ with no effective action being taken by the Biden administration. Consider: Team Biden undermines an Israeli prime minister it detests‚ whilst making no effort to bring down the Iranian clerical fascist regime; Team Obama hailed the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as blocking all of Iran’s four paths to a nuclear weapon;  After U.S intelligence discovered Iran’s violations of the JCPOA‚ President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal; The belief that a nuclear-armed Iran can be deterred is highly dubious; Israel’s small size and population — its consequent lack of geostrategic depth — means it cannot survive as a functioning country after even a small number of nuclear detonations on or over its major cities; Iran’s threat to Israel is real and growing (see my recent American Spectator article)‚ and thus Iranian leaders may vastly underestimate the devastation they would face after a nuclear attack on Israel‚ tempting them to strike; It is hardly coincidental that Iran accelerated its uranium enrichment in November 2020‚ after Biden won the 2020 presidential election. No American leader will say‚ openly‚ that America would survive the destruction of Israel. But allowing Iran to arrive at the cusp of nuclear weapons status‚ given the fallibility of assessments as to clandestine advances in nuclear weapons development‚ recklessly risks America’s future as a free and prosperous society. If our country seems divided now‚ just wait: After a nuclear Holocaust in Israel‚ our country will be torn asunder. (READ MORE from John C. Wohlstetter: Israel at War: Two Essential Benchmarks) Let Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have the last word — which should be taken as a final warning: Our fight is your fight … part of the larger struggle between the pro-American forces in the Middle East and the anti-American terror axis led by Iran…. [If Iran develops nuclear weapons]‚ every American will be held hostage to an ideological enemy with an implacable hatred for America. If we lose‚ you lose. If we win‚ you win. It increasingly appears that the administration intends to pursue its twin Middle Eastern obsessions: making a deal with Iran and forcing Israel to accept a West Bank–Gaza Palestinian state‚ run by the Palestinian Authority or its successors. Two terrorist statelets and Iran’s longtime proxy‚ Hezbollah‚ effectively controlling Lebanon will collectively surround Israel. This will fatally undermine America’s security position in the Middle East and hand Iran an unearned spectacular triumph‚ ending any serious efforts to prevent Iran from crossing the nuclear weapons threshold and possibly leading to the full horror detailed in my 2012 scenario. If such comes to pass‚ America will never recover its position as leader of the free world. Hell will break loose globally‚ with sauve qui peut the emergent disorder of the day. John Wohlstetter is author of Sleepwalking With the Bomb (Discovery Institute Press‚ 2d. ed.‚ 2014). The post Can America Survive Israel’s Nuclear Destruction? appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

It was totally unexpected‚ and the journalists present still can’t believe it. The president came out of the White House looking‚ as usual‚ like an astronaut floating in the ether. With narrowed eyes‚ a foggy mind‚ and his guard down‚ he answered questions about the immigration disaster. And‚ for once‚ perhaps the first and last time‚ he told the truth: “I’ve done all I can do.”  That’s right. To “be able” can mean two things. It can refer to the fact that it is possible for someone to do something‚ or for something to happen. It also can mean that someone knows how to do something. In the case of the Biden administration‚ as far as immigration is concerned‚ it is impossible for someone to do something; and‚ if they do‚ it is impossible for it to work‚ because in order to do so‚ they have to know how to do it. READ MORE from Itxu Díaz: A Nation Adrift Must Become Great Again If you look closely at Joe Biden’s track record‚ you will discover that his main problem‚ beyond immorality and lies‚ is that he is not able to do his job. It is possible that the president is able to do other things. For example‚ he is able to pet dogs (unfortunately‚ he also knows how to pet non-dogs without asking permission). He’s able to walk in a straight line‚ although in recent years he is forgetting how. Years ago‚ he was able to play soccer‚ perhaps as a child‚ although we already know that he was born 80 years old in the third century B.C. Biden is also able to choose good ice cream. And he brags about being a wrestling expert‚ although in the event of a political summit match‚ I’d bet my paycheck on a Trump victory. The president knows quite a bit about cars‚ or at least he likes to make his people think he knows quite a bit about cars. And he is definitely able to keep quiet‚ especially when you ask him anything to do with his son Hunter’s scandals.  In short‚ he is able to do a few laudable things. But he is unable to take effective measures to tackle the border crisis. He does not know how; he cannot. In his incompetence‚ he has done all he can. But the problem is exactly the same as it was. In fact‚ it is worse. Another example. The United States is suffering an alarming crisis of deaths from fentanyl overdose. I suppose the government is more interested in talking about deaths from COVID or climate change — I imagine this alludes to people who die from a stray spark from an electric car battery — but the fact is that the upward curve of fentanyl fatalities is frightening. It is a public health emergency. All Biden has done to address the problem is talk to the Chinese and beg them not to send to Mexico the raw materials from which the drug cartels then manufacture fentanyl. Really? With the damn Chinese Communist regime? (RELATED: Take an Exclusive Look Inside Itxu Díaz’s New Book: I Will Not Eat Crickets: An Angry Satirist Declares War on the Globalist Elite) It’s a typically incompetent way of solving things. You have Mexico much closer than China‚ and yet you go begging your greatest enemy to help you. And you refuse to wring the Mexicans’ necks‚ because the idiot they have for president might do a number on you in the middle of an election year — you know‚ left-handed cockfighting.  The drug issue is the same case as immigration — and‚ by the way‚ the two issues are related. The answer is identical: He doesn’t know how the hell to fix the problem.  Biden told the truth today because he admitted‚ for once‚ unwittingly‚ his infinite incompetence. Trump has a plan against drugs. Trump has a plan against immigration. A concrete‚ savage‚ and probably effective plan. But Biden has nothing. He has a commitment — I don’t know if verbal or written in Chinese ink — from the Communist dictator‚ that he will try to control the raw materials coming out of his country: a futile attempt‚ because even if he did‚ shipments depend fundamentally on local governors‚ who don’t give a damn about national agreements with the United States. Not to mention that‚ as in every communist paradise‚ more than one governor will be involved in the corruption of exporting the dirty stuff to manufacture fentanyl.  Maybe we should start admiring Biden as an exotic animal‚ an object of study for science. We thought Jimmy Carter had broken the mold‚ but we were wrong. The forms of human stupidity are unexpected and infinite. It will be very difficult for the White House to ever again be inhabited by such an incompetent and impotent individual.  Joe Biden‚ after all‚ was born to fulfill the old prophetic dream of H.L. Mencken: “On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last‚ and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”  Translated by Joel Dalmau. Buy Itxu Díaz’s new book‚ I Will Not Eat Crickets: An Angry Satirist Declares War on the Globalist Elite‚ here today! The post Stop the Press! Joe Biden Didn’t Lie. appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

Is the Chinese Communist Party guiding “progressive” groups in the United States to push CCP propaganda and anti-Semitism? That’s what the New York Times alleges in a recent bombshell investigation. Here’s what you need to know‚ what the Times missed‚ and why it matters. READ MORE: Aristotle Never Existed?: The Chinese Aversion to History As the authors write‚ U.S. millionaire and socialist benefactor Neville Roy Singham is running a “lavishly funded influence campaign” whitewashing China’s crimes‚ radicalizing America’s youth‚ and calling for the global allies of Hamas to unite and topple Israel as well as the United States. If that’s not bad enough‚ the driving force behind these attacks against our nation and close ally is the CCP’s media empire‚ with hefty donations from multiple sources‚ including Goldman Sach’s philanthropy fund. Sadly‚ this story will not come as a surprise to students of history. Communist dictatorships have long laundered their propaganda through to proxies in the West while subjugating their own people. Cuba routinely funds radical groups and provides safe harbor to terrorists while jailing any who dare speak out about the abysmal conditions on the island. The Soviet Union treated Jews as second-class citizens at home while stoking racial hatred in the United States. And now‚ while China is carrying out what experts and democratic governments alike call a cultural genocide against the Uyghurs‚ the totalitarians in Beijing are pitting Americans against each other along racial and religious lines and funding groups seeking our destruction as a nation. Recently‚ the People’s Forum (PF)‚ a self-described “incubator for working class and marginalized communities to build unity across historic lines of division‚” held workshops for the next generation of socialist revolutionaries in New York City. Speakers called for defeating “Israel and the U.S. empire” as participants were urged to “create the situation of chaos that is required of us in this moment of history.” (RELATED: The Left Is Weaponizing Fascism Against Trump) PF co-executive director Manolo De Los Santos publicly exclaimed‚ “When we finally deal that final blow to destroy Israel‚ when the state of Israel is finally destroyed and erased from history‚ that will be the single most important blow we can give to destroying capitalism.” Not so coincidentally‚ the PF is connected to the same CCP propaganda network exposed by the New York Times. The PF even shares office space with a Beijing media organization‚ where top donor and self-proclaimed communist Singham also conducts business.  During the PF’s recent workshop‚ its leaders proudly stated that “we study Lenin to make revolution.” That is a concerning statement given the history of communist revolutionary dictator Vladimir Lenin‚ who would have little doubt what the PF activists meant by “revolution.” It would look like the revolution Lenin himself implemented in 1917‚ which was characterized by 7 million dead and his infamous “hanging order” telegram calling for the murder of his class enemies (read oppressors‚ occupiers‚ etc.) by hanging and the taking of hostages — in other words‚ exactly what occurred in Israel on Oct. 7‚ and what the CCP and the PF seem to clearly support today. On Capitol Hill in December‚ the House Committee on the Chinese Communist Party met on the topic of China’s information operations. The chairman‚ Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.)‚ articulated the challenge of China’s disinformation campaign against the West. “In Xi Jinping’s view‚ the war has already started on the most important battlefield: your mind‚” he explained. “The CCP calls it cognitive domain warfare‚ part of their larger political warfare strategy.”  Unfortunately for the West‚ China’s information war has a real impact. As Beijing uses global flashpoints like Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attacks to further its malign agenda‚ the narratives the CCP is amplifying are contributing to a spike in anti-Semitism on college campuses and a 400 percent increase in reports of anti-Semitic incidents across the United States. Events like those held by the People’s Forum serve as instigators of anti-Semitism‚ not only fueling Jew-hatred but normalizing bigotry. Examples over the past many weeks include protests in New York and other major cities across the United States‚ where demonstrations against Israel also target American institutions. From transportation hubs to coffee shops to shopping malls to cancer treatment centers‚ the PF spreads its message of violence. Many say that anti-Semitism is only the first symptom of a society that fails to uphold liberal democratic values.  It’s past time to push back against China’s brazen attempts to divide America. Supporting a violent communist revolution‚ terror‚ and anti-Semitism has no place in a free and democratic society. When organizations that openly sympathize with communist and Marxist ideology gain the support of bedrock capitalist corporations‚ the long march through the institution’s pace quickens. Unfortunately‚ the ideologies that underpin PF’s mission will lead not to progress but rather to destruction‚ as lessons from Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution and China’s Cultural Revolution highlight. Corporations‚ NGOs‚ non-profits‚ and educational institutions in the U.S. must be held accountable for funding and supporting organizations that call for violence and our country’s destruction. Brandy Shufutinsky is the Director of Education and Community Engagement at the Jewish Institute for Liberal Values. Jennifer Richmond is the CEO of the Institute for Liberal Values. Ken Pope is the CEO of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.  To learn more about communism and how it is impacting America today‚ sign up for the Institute for Liberal Values and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation’s upcoming course‚ “Communism Exposed.” The post Connecting China’s CCP to American Socialists‚ Communists‚ and Anti-Semitism appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.