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I don't know what I like better here: The content of this cartoon -- call it anti-Semitic all you want, it's completely true -- or that people I used to work with who were spared termination during the mass layoff that cost me my job are in hot water for it!

No, Democrats Aren't Anti-Israel

Here's the thing people like New York Times columnist Bret Stephens don't seem to get: Rep. Ilhan Omar has been soundly criticized and forced to apologize for her words -- the worst of which were in old tweets. That's not exactly letting her off the hook. And it's a lot more than we can say for the endless line of lawmakers who have said equally offensive things -- on the House and Senate floor! -- about blacks, gays, trans people, Hispanics, women and so on. But you know what's a lot worse than inflammatory words and an insincere apology? (Ask "Barney Fag" about those.) Actual policies to discriminate against said groups, like the stream of racist voter-suppression laws that have gone on the books since the Voting Rights Act was gutted; recent legislation designed to chip away at newly gained LGBTQ marriage rights and our ability to adopt children; and the constant legislative attack on women's right to choose. What anti-Semitic laws have anyone proposed let alone enacted? 

As for the people who are less critical of Rep. Omar, they are asking two things: Are we sure you're not using her as a smokescreen to not address the horrendous policies of Trump pal Benjamin Netanyahu? (I’m sorry, but you don’t have to be a rightwing zealot with all that entails to be pro Israel.) And above all, what is it about Rep. Omar -- as opposed to Steve King, Dick Armey and all of the other ones -- that she's being held to such a higher standard of reprimand than critics of other groups? Gee, I wonder ...

P.S. Speaker Pelosi seems determined to forge ahead with this resolution condemning anti-Semitism and bigotry -- all part of Dems' master plan to self-destruct in time for the 2020 election. Stephens writes, "if Pelosi can’t muster a powerful and unequivocal resolution condemning anti-Semitism, then Omar will have secured her political future and won a critical battle for the soul of the Democratic Party. At that point, the days when American Jews can live comfortably within the Democratic fold will be numbered" to which I say -- once I stop laughing: Does anyone really believe this nonsense at all?

OK, fine. Now can this stupidity please go away?

Page 1 Roundup (10/29)

The Daily News: All 11 victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting identified after 'darkest day' in city's history

Heartbreak.

Anchor Rosanna Scotto's son is DA's star witness in James Rackover murder case

New York Post: Victims of deadly Pittsburgh synagogue shooting identified

The New York Times: Quiet day at a Pittsburgh synagogue became a battle to survive

The Wall Street Journal: Knowing the 13 secret steps into Harvard doesn’t make admission any easier

Headstones Vandalized at Philadelphia Jewish Cemetery

I'm sure this incident -- which comes after hundreds of headstones were toppled earlier this month at a Jewish cemetery in Missouri -- has nothing to do with the fact that the president's top adviser ran a "news" site geared toward white supremacists. Read HERE.

Dog-Whistler-in-Chief Finally Addresses Attacks on Jews

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Gee, I wonder what Trump supporters hear when he says "the media" is the enemy? It's not like they sent pictures of ovens to Jewish journalists for the past 24 months. 

And to be honest I'm surprised he addressed the issue at all today, given his eloquent words about it last week: 

Mr. Trump's statement follows a week in which Jews and civil rights groups had pressed him to directly address the recent wave of anti-Semitic incidents. When asked how the government would address an uptick in anti-Semitism at a press conference last week, Mr. Trump spoke about his electoral college victory and his Jewish family members. Later in the week, he told a reporter from a Jewish publication who asked about anti-Semitism to sit down.