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Obama Barred A Member Of The Israeli Knesset From Visiting The U.S. In 2012

Many critics called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s move to bar two Democratic congresswomen from entering Israel “unprecedented” — but just 7 years ago, former President Obama barred a member of the Israeli Knesset from entering the U.S.

When news broke out that Benjamin Netanyahu wouldn’t allow Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, mainstream media and political figures alike were quick to voice their criticisms.

The Democrats were outraged by Israeli Prime Minister’s move so they took to social media to express their anger.

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However, The Daily Wire’s editor-in-chief Ben Shapiro reminded former Vice President Joe Biden of the Obama administration’s move to ban Israeli Knesset member Michael Ben Ari in 2012.

Ben Ari, who belonged to Israel’s National Union coalition of right-wing parties, requested a U.S. visa in order to attend two conferences — a request which was denied by Obama’s administration in February of 2012. The American consulate denied the visa on the grounds that Ben Ari “belonged to a terrorist organization.”

The American consulate never publicly released the name of the supposed terrorist organization to which they believed Ben Ari belonged, but he told Israeli outlet Haaretz that he suspected that it was his association with the far-right political movement Kach, that was considered a terrorist organization and had been banned in Israel 18 years prior in 1994.

Ben Ari responded to the Obama’s administration move saying, “The U.S. government, who receives with open arms [Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad, who calls for the destruction of Israel, [Palestinian President Mahmoud] Abbas, who planned the murder of children in Jerusalem, and [Israeli Arab MK] Ahmed Tibi, who enthusiastically encourages shahids, chose to bar me from meeting with Jewish communities in the U.S. and to encourage aliyah to Israel, with claims that I am a terrorist.”

Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin called the move “unacceptable,” stating it in a letter to then U.S. Ambassador Dan Shapiro, “National Union is a completely legitimate faction of the Israeli parliament, and Ben Ari an elected representative of the State of Israel, a close American ally. To impugn him as belonging to a terrorist organization and bar him from visiting the country is unacceptable.”

Ben Ari, now a part of the far-right Otzma-Yehudit party, was also banned from running for office in March of 2019. The High Court of Justice voted 8-1 to ban Ari, citing his “anti-Arab ideology,” and marking the first time an individual candidate has been banned from elections. The court, however, approved a far-left Jewish candidate and an Arab party slate.

“Over My Dead Body” Lindsey Graham Warns Mazie Hirono Over SC Threat

“This has been a dream of the Left for decades, is to increase the number of judges on the court,” Lindsey Graham said of the threat by Senate Democrats to restructure the court.

“Pack them with liberal judges so the court can do through the legal system what they can’t do through the ballot box,” he continued.

“The dream of every leftist is to have a liberal court enacting laws from the bench. The dream of every conservative is to have judges who will interpret the law, not make the law. So when you hear expanding the court that is code for liberals packing the court.”

“Over my dead body, it’s not going to happen,” Sen. Graham said before adding,

“When they want to do away with the Electoral College, that’s telling every rural American to go to hell. That would mean that Los Angeles and New York would decide who’s the president, the Electoral College allows rural America to have a say about picking the president,” he said.

Fox News reported that the ominous and unusual warning was delivered on Monday as part of a brief filed in a case related to a New York City gun law. Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard Blumenthal, Mazie Hirono, Richard Durbin, and Kirsten Gillibrand, referenced rulings by the court’s conservative majority in claiming it is suffering from some sort of affliction which must be remedied.

“The Supreme Court is not well. And the people know it,” the brief said. “Perhaps the Court can heal itself before the public demands it be ‘restructured in order to reduce the influence of politics.’”

Dramatic changes to the Supreme Court have also been proposed by several Democrats vying for their party’s 2020 presidential nomination, with “court-packing” being a common — though highly controversial — suggestion.

Increasing the number of justices on the court would allow President Trump to shift the balance on the bench by loading up justices of his or her preference…

…The Democratic senators’ brief was filed in the case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. City of New York, which dealt with legal limitations on where gun owners could transport their licensed, locked, and unloaded firearms.

They are urging the court to stay out of the case brought by the NRA-backed group, claiming that because the city recently changed the law to ease restrictions, the push to the Supreme Court is part of an “industrial-strength influence campaign” to get the conservative majority to rule in favor of gun owners.

Complaint Filed Against Dem Senator For Unauthorized Practice Of Law & Threatening The Supreme Court

Give it to the Democrats to pull a shady move and actually threaten the Supreme Court with restructuring in their latest arrogant act.

Well, Judicial Watch busted one of the Dems – Senator Whitehouse with unauthorized practice of law with the threat. The complaint reads: “Judicial Watch files this unauthorized practice of law complaint against Rhode Island bar member U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse for filing a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of four clients while maintaining inactive status. In addition, the brief Senator Whitehouse filed was unbecoming of the legal profession as it is nothing more than an attack on the federal judiciary and an open threat to the U.S. Supreme Court.”

“According to the Rhode Island Judiciary website, Senator Whitehouse maintains inactive status. As an inactive member of the Rhode Island bar, Senator Whitehouse cannot practice law in Rhode Island. However, on August 12, 2019, Senator Whitehouse did just that. He filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Senators Mazie Hirono, Richard Blumenthal, Richard Durbin, and Kirsten Gillibrand. The filing of a brief – let alone all that is required to file a brief – on behalf of clients is indisputably the practice of law.”

“To be clear, Senator Whitehouse may not have spoken to his clients, researched the law, or written the brief in Rhode Island. However, he provided a Providence, Rhode Island address to the Rhode Island Judiciary. In addition, there is no dispute that Senator Whitehouse is a Rhode Island resident and spends a substantial amount of his time in Rhode Island. If Senator Whitehouse is practicing law in another jurisdiction, it is merely incidental or temporary. Under the rules, Senator Whitehouse was practicing law in Rhode Island.”

“In addition, to Judicial Watch’s knowledge, Senator Whitehouse is not authorized to practice law in another jurisdiction. Senator Whitehouse lists a Washington, D.C. address on the brief; yet, according to the District of Columbia Bar website, Senator Whitehouse is not a member of the DC Bar. Therefore, if Senator Whitehouse claims he was not practicing law in Rhode Island but in Washington, D.C., he violated the “Unauthorized Practice of Law” rule of D.C.”

Not only that he was practicing law without the proper authorization, Senator Whitehouse also violated the Rhode Island Rules of Professional Conduct by attacking the federal judiciary and openly threatening the U.S. Supreme Court. The brief concludes:

“The Supreme Court is not well. And the people know it. Perhaps the Court can heal itself before the public demands it to be “restructured in order to reduce the influence of politics.” Particularly on the urgent issue of gun control, a nation desperately needs it to heal.”

In other words, if the U.S. Supreme Court doesn’t rule the way Senator Whitehouse and his clients prefer, they will use their power as Senators to restructure the Court.

A threat like that violates the spirit if not the letter of Rhode Island’s Rules of Professional Conduct. As the preamble explains:

“A lawyer should use the law’s procedures only for legitimate purposes and not to harass or intimidate others.”

“A lawyer should demonstrate respect for the legal system and for those who serve it, including judges.”

“A lawyer should further the public’s understanding of and confidence in the rule of law and the justice system.”

Any lawyer should “maintain a professional, courteous and civil attitude toward all persons involved in the legal system.”

Attacking the federal judiciary and openly threatening the Supreme Court is unbecoming for a member of the legal profession as well as a sitting U.S. Senator. Senator Whitehouse’s assertion, without basis, that the Court doesn’t rule on the merits of cases but rather on partisan beliefs undermines confidence in the legal system.

It’s one thing for a politician to make such a claim on the campaign trail, it’s another for a lawyer to make such a charge as part of a legal proceeding. Doing so, Senator Whitehouse has violated the rules of professional conduct.

Dem Senator Apologizes For Staging Mock Assassination Of The President At His Fundraiser

A Democratic state senator from Illinois has issued an apology for staging a mock assassination of the President at one of his fundraisers.

The secret service no doubts will not find this very funny. Sen. Martin Sandoval was pictured standing next to a man who had constructed the fake attack so his apology rings hollow.

“I don’t condone violence toward the President or anyone else. I apologize that something like this happened at my event,” he said. A bit late though.

The Daily Mail reported that the man wearing the Trump mask appears to grab his chest and lean back as if he is imitating being shot by the person holding the gun.

The performance was reportedly acted out in front of guests at Sandoval’s fundraising event, according to WCIA.

Pictures from the performance sparked outrage online and Sandoval has since released a statement apologizing for the ‘unacceptable’ actions of the guests at his event.

“I don’t condone violence toward the President or anyone else. I apologize that something like this happened at my event.” He said.

The event was held at the Klein Creek Golf Club in west suburban Winfield and donors paid at least $250 to attend.

Both republican and democratic supporters have weighed in on the images, including Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker who blasted them in a statement on Saturday.

“As our nation grapples with the epidemic of gun violence, purposely pointing a fake gun at anyone is insensitive and wrong.” She said.

“I condemn actions like the ones displayed in the pictures because they lack the civility our politics demands.”

One of President Trump’s closest aides, Kellyanne Conway, brought the pictures to attention and posted them for her followers on Sunday.

She retweeted them and captioned the post: “Every Democrat should be asked if they support or disavow this.”

Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider, said: “The apology from Sen. Sandoval for the detestable pictures from his event depicting an assassination of President Trump is too little, too late.”

Mifsud’s Attorney Confirms Mueller Team Lied That He Was a Russian Operative – He Is Western Intelligence Operative

This morning, investigative reporter John Solomon from The Hill joined “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo and discussed John Solomon’s latest interview with CIA operative Joseph Mifsud’s attorneys.

According to Mr. Mifsud’s attorneys their client was working for the CIA and was not a Russian operative as reported by the Mueller witch hunt team of liars, as the Gateway Pundit reported.

“We know that there were informants thrown at certain Trump campaign people, like George Papadopoulos. George Papadopoulos was on this show and he told me directly on this show that Mifsud was the guy they wanted him to meet in Italy,” said Maria Bartiromo.

“That is the individual who told him that Russia has emails on Hillary Clinton. Why is that important, John?” Bartiromo asked.

“Well, I interviewed Mr. Mifsud’s lawyer the other day, Stefan Rowe, and he told me and also provided me some deposition evidence to both Congress and myself that his client was being directed and long worked with Western intelligence.” John Solomon said.

“And he was being directed specifically, he was asked to connect George Papadopoulos to Russia, meaning it was an operation, some form of intelligence operation. That was the lawyer’s own words for this.” He added.

“If that’s the case that means the flash point the started the whole investigation was in fact manufactured from the beginning.” He concluded.

This indicates that Robert Mueller and his band of angry Democrats lied in their final report on operative Joseph Mifsud.

Joseph Mifsud was NOT a Russian operative as the Mueller report claimed he was. Mifsud worked for Western intelligence — and now his attorney has confirmed this information.

NRA Shuts Down Beto O’Rourke After He Attacks Them In Anti-Gun Propaganda

Dem. presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke recently showed up at a gun show amid his calls for gun confiscation and it didn’t go well for him.

The former Democratic lawmaker learned that many of the anti-gun lines that he had been peddling were flat-out lies because gun owners responsibly purchase their firearms, careful to abide by the laws Congress has put in place.

Not willing to admit his error, Beto O’Rourke took to social media to continue pushing his anti-gun propaganda.

“We won’t solve the challenges we face with half steps, half measures, or half the country. That’s why we’re going everywhere, including to gun shows, to meet Americans where they are—and bring them into our campaign,” he tweeted.

“In Arkansas, I listened to gun owners and sellers—and appreciated hearing their perspectives. But as the plan we released yesterday says, if I’m president, you wouldn’t be able to buy weapons of war for $395. You wouldn’t be able to buy them at all,” O’Rourke added in another tweet.

The NRA didn’t wait long and responded to the pair of tweets, reminding Beto O’Rourke that he is polling at 2% (29% behind front-runner Joe Biden) in a Fox News poll. A Post and Courier poll has Beto O’Rourke garnering only 1%.

Beto O’Rourke quickly responded with a poll that showed many Americans agreed with “assault weapon” bans.

The NRA asserted that some of these anti-gun critics are not well versed on gun terminology, sharing a video of one critic who argued against “fully semi-automatic rifles.”

In another tweet, Beto O’Rourke argued the cost of purchasing life-saving insulin was higher than the cost of an AR-15.

“Insulin costs $450 a month. An AR-15 costs $395 for a lifetime. It shouldn’t be more affordable to kill than to stay alive,” O’Rourke said in the series of tweets.

Beto O’Rourke wasn’t the only Democratic presidential candidate to try and peddle the anti-guns lines as Sen. Kamala Harris similarly took to social media and claimed that people could buy a firearm online without being subject to a federal background check.

“Guns shouldn’t be a click away for any domestic terrorist with a laptop. The new executive action I announced this week will help close the online sales loophole. As president, I will act to keep guns out of the wrong hands.” She claimed.

Dana Loesch blasted the “false & irresponsible claim” and reminded the California lawmaker what the law actually says: “Purchases made over the Internet must still go through a FFL, this is federal law: 18 U.S.C. 922(a)(2)(A), 922(a) (3), 922(a)(5) and 922(e), 27 CFR 478.31 and 478.30.”

“If this law is violated it is not a ‘loophole,’ it is a criminal act,” she added.

Rashida Tlaib Want’s People To Boycott Bill Maher’s Show After He Called Her Out

It seems like Rep. Rashida Tlaib knows nothing else but to play the victim and call for boycotts. Tlaib is not happy about Bill Maher calling out for her boycott against Israel, and now she wants to boycott his show.

The Hill reported that Rep. Rashida Tlaib suggested that viewers should boycott comedian Bill Maher’s late-night HBO show over his vehement criticism of the international movement to boycott Israel.

Rep. Tlaib, who was denied entry to Israel last week over her support of the movement, stated that she was “tired of folks discrediting a form of speech that is centered on equality and freedom.”

“Maybe folks should boycott his show.” Rep. Tlaib posted.

“I am tired of folks discrediting a form of speech that is centered on equality and freedom.” she wrote on Twitter.

“This is exactly how they tried to discredit & stop the boycott to stand up against the apartheid in S. Africa,” Rep. Tlaib Rashida added. “It didn’t work then and it won’t now.”

Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s comments came just days after Israel abruptly announced that it would bar her and Rep. Ilhan Omar from entering the country during their upcoming trip overseas.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the move, citing Israeli law prohibiting entry into the country for individuals who support a boycott of Israel.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s Grandmother Breaks Silence On Trump: ‘May God Ruin Him’

Even though Rashida Tlaib refused to go visit her grandmother choosing instead to showboat and in other ways destroy her credibility, the situation over there is tough but we must not forget our history – there is a good reason those territories are occupied – they were killing Israeli’s with suicide bombers and rocket attacks.

Rep. Tlaib will not tell you that and sadly most people in America have forgotten history. And this is not ancient history, but very recent history.

With that said, some media outlets caught up with Rep. Tlaib’s grandmother and she had a message for President Trump.

Sitting under an olive tree in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Muftia Tlaib scoffs at the attention she has recently received from the president of the United States, as AOL reported.

“May God ruin him,” she says.

Muftia Tlaib is the grandmother of congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, at the center of an affair that has drawn President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu together against U.S. Democrats.

On Thursday, bowing to pressure from President Trump, Israel barred a visit by Rep. Rashida Tlaib and fellow Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar that it had initially said it would allow.

The next day, Israel said it would let Rep. Tlaib visit her family in the West Bank on humanitarian grounds – but Rep. Tlaib rejected the offer, saying that Israel had imposed restrictions meant to humiliate her.

On Friday night, the President tweeted: “Rep. Tlaib wrote a letter to Israeli officials desperately wanting to visit her grandmother. Permission was quickly granted, whereupon Tlaib obnoxiously turned the approval down, a complete setup. The only real winner here is Tlaib’s grandmother. She doesn’t have to see her now!”

Ninety-year-old Muftia Tlaib, sitting in her garden in the village of Beit Ur Al-Fauqa, was not impressed. “Trump tells me I should be happy Rashida is not coming,” she said. “May God ruin him.”

The White House Suspends CNN Reporter’s Press Pass

President Trump’s new press secretary dropped the hammer on CNN’s Brian Karem, and officially suspended his press pass.

Brian Karem will appeal or sue, but his actions when he got into it with Sebastian Gorka in the Rose Garden were a bridge too far.

“Mr. Karem’s conduct, taken as a whole, was unacceptable and disruptive, and requires a response to ensure that it does not happen again,” said Stephanie Grisham, announcing the move.

Stephanie Grisham claimed that her range of potential responses included “permanently revoking his hard pass, providing a written warning, and taking no action.”

But Grisham said Karem’s behavior while bad did not warrant a permanent ban, “permanent revocation would be too great a punishment…Taking no action, on the other hand, would be insufficient.”

CNN sure wasn’t happy with the news and their lawyers are sure to be preparing a response.

“It’s official: In a letter to Playboy correspondent and CNN political analyst Brian Karem’s lawyer on Friday, White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said she had “made a final determination” to suspend Karem’s hard pass for 30 days.” CNN reported.

The White House move will be “effective immediately” and end on Saturday, September 14, 2019.

The move was very expected. The White house first notified Karem about a “preliminary decision” on August 2nd. He then had the opportunity to appeal, which he did. What’s notable is that Grisham appears to be following a process slightly different than the one used against Jim Acosta.

When the White House revoked Jim Acosta’s pass, it was without any warning. As a result, when CNN went to court, a key argument was that the move had violated the reporters’s due process rights. In this case, the White House Press Secretary appeared to have followed a system set up late last year after the Acosta legal battle which allowed for at least some due process.

Strange Jeep Followed ICIG Investigators Probing Hillary’s Email Scandal – Investigator’s House Got Broken Into, His Computers Stolen & Trash Rummaged

According to a new Senate report released by Grassley, the Intelligence Community Inspector General who was probing the Hillary Clinton email scandal, believed that one individual on their team was leaking information to the media — his legal counsel had ties to the Clintons.

Frank Rucker and a few of his fellow ICIG investigators who were probing the Hillary Clinton email scandal were also followed by a strange Jeep for several weeks, as the Gateway Pundit reported.

Recall, Frank Rucker and other ICIG investigators discovered that Hillary Clinton’s emails were hacked by China and confronted the FBI about the ‘anomaly’ they found on her server. Peter Strzok ignored the warnings from the ICIG investigators and seemed ‘indifferent’ according to the Senate report.

One of the ICIG investigator’s reported that he was followed from the State Department to his home where someone broke into his house and stole all of his computers — another investigator realized someone rummaged through his recycling bin in his home looking to find paperwork.

“[Frank] Rucker asked for a moment to consult with counsel. After conferring for a minute or so, he said that raised several other issues during his interview with DOJ-OIG, including whether somebody from ICIG was leaking to the media. Mr. Rucker said that it was a small group at ICIG that was working on the Clinton email Issue, so it was a concern for Mr. McCullough that somebody was leaking,” the Senate report said.

Paul Wogerman, the suspected leaker, who was counsel at ICIG is the son of a pastor to the Clintons.

“He said that Mr. McCullough considered pulling and examining everybody’s phone records. During the time of the Podesta hack, Mr. Rucker said that there was an email to Clinton attorney (David) Kendall referencing [redacted] and a “favorite son.” He said that Paul Wogerman, who was then a counsel at ICIG and whose father was allegedly a pastor to the Clintons was the only male employee on leave the following day when a meeting with [redacted] was supposed to take place according to the email. Therefore, he said, it was believed that Mr: Wogerman was leaking to [redacted]. He said that Mr. McCullough made a decision not to confront Mr. Wogerman. Mr. Rucker said that he does not believe that ICIG ever did an official assessment on whether Mr. Wogerman leaked classified information,” said the Senate report.

Mr.Wogerrnan reportedly “pushed very hard to be included on the investigation, but he was NOT part of it.”

As the report said, Mr. Wogerman now works at ODNI as a mole in the mission integration department. Mr. Rucker said that he has no information if anyone confronted Mr. Wogerman about it. He said that they all signed non-disclosure agreements or NDA’s regarding their work at ICIG.

Rucker also said that a strange Jeep was following him and other ICIG investigators involved in Hillary Clinton’s email probe.

“Mr. Rucker said that a few odd things were happening that were also discussed. He said that a Jeep once followed the ICIG (McCullough} from the State Department to the door of house. Mr. Rucker said that he himself had a Jeep following him at odd hours. He said that for two weeks, the same Jeep followed him on Route 50. Mr. Rucker said that he cannot recall the exact time frame of when this occurred, nor did he record the Jeep’s license plate.”

“He said that Mr. Hackett had a burglary at his home and all of his computers were stolen. He said that Mr. McCullough discovered that someone was sorting through his recycling bin at home and leaving separate stacks of items outside of the bin as if they were looking for papers,” the Senate report said.

Despite the obvious cover-up and corruption surrounding Hillary Clinton’s email investigation, there has been zero indictments of the Deep State.

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