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2025-03-19 |
[NYPost] A Moslem charity with links to Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... was awarded more than $7.2 million in taxpayer cash, which has now disappeared, according to a watchdog group. An "immediate investigation" needs to be launched into The Council on American-Islamic Relations ![]() ’ (CAIR) Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, chapter’s use of funds, according to the watchdog, who sent a complaint to the Department of Justice Thursday. According to the Intelligent Advocacy Network (IAN), a California-based, non-partisan advocacy group, the money was given to the chapter to help re-settle impoverished im In what appears to be a sleight of hand, the money — $7,217,968.44 — was sent to CAIR-Greater Los Angeles and not to CAIR-CA, which was the only group eligible to receive it, according to the complaint. The Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Moslem organization, which is not a registered non-profit and not eligible to handle charitable donations, received the entire pot of money according to the complaint, viewed by The Post. "These sub grants from CAIR-CA to CAIR chapters raise serious legal concerns about whether CAIR simply shifted more money to itself," the complaint said. CAIR Los Angeles also appeared to divide the federal grant and "sub-granted" to other groups, including CAIR’s chapters in San Diego and the Socialist paradise of San Francisco ![]() Those CAIR chapters were not registered with the IRS ...the Internal Revenue Service; that office of the United States government that collects taxes and persecutes the regime's political enemies... and once they receive cash, have no public responsibility to declare where it is spent, the complaint charges. "There’s no transparency," said Julie Marzouk, a founding board member of IAN who scoured public documents to trace the cash. "This is part of a consistent pattern from CAIR — to muddy the waters and limit the public’s ability to track the money." Marzouk and her group have also asked the federal government to revoke CAIR-CA’s accreditation, which it needs to receive grants under the DOJ’s refugee program. The accreditation allows groups to represent low-income im "It’s a privilege, not a right, and a group needs to follow appropriate rules of conduct," she said. Although dispersing the money to its sub-groups isn’t illegal in itself, CAIR-CA is supposed to keep an account of where the dollars are going. CAIR-CA’s accreditation expired last month and needs to be renewed if they want to continue receiving funds, according to the complaint. "[CAIR’s] misuse of federal grant funding and support for Hamas, a US-designated foreign terrorist organization, do not meet the ethical and legal requirements necessary for EOIR [Executive Office of Immigration Review] accreditation," the complaint said. "A formal forensic audit followed by a proper DOJ investigation is necessary to evaluate the full extent of CAIR-CA’s financial misconduct, compliance breeches and support for terrorism." CAIR did not respond to The Post’s request for comment. IAN also wants a probe into $2.6 million that CAIR-CA received from California’s Department of Social Services in funding for the state’s "Stop the Hate" program in 2022. The grant was awarded to CAIR "omitting California," the complaint said, adding that the state was so confused it "sought clarification on the entity name." In California, CAIR leaders have lobbied against Holocaust education in the Senate, and pushed for anti-Israel measures, such as boycotts, at the municipal level, said Marzouk. Some CAIR leaders praised the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks against Israel. Zahra Billoo, the executive director of CAIR in San Francisco minimized Hamas atrocities against Israelis, declaring that the world was "witnessing decolonization," according to the Anti-Defamation League. In earlier statements, Billoo warned about Jewish organizations. "We need to pay attention to the Anti-Defamation League," said Billoo during a 2021 panel discussion sponsored by the American Moslems for Paleostine. "We need to pay attention to the Jewish Federation. We need to pay attention to the Zionist synagogues. We need to pay attention to the Hillel chapters on our campuses, just because they are your friends today, doesn’t mean that they have your back when it comes to human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... Hussam Ayloush, the executive director of CAIR-CA, said that Israel had no right to defend itself after Oct. 7 and yet Paleostinians have the right to "pick up arms" In January, he concluded a sermon in Los Angeles by asking worshippers to join CAIR for a monthly fee to fight against President Trump’s executive orders that would impact the Moslem community, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute. Last month, The Post revealed that CAIR Inc., the Moslem’s charity’s national chapter, settled a lawsuit brought by a former board member and employee rather than open its books to reveal sources of foreign funding. Evidence in past court proceedings has shown links between The Council on American-Islamic Relations Foundation Inc. and both Hamas and the Moslem Brüderbund. CAIR Inc. settled with Lori Saroya, months after US Magistrate Judge David Schultz ruled any assets owned by the group are all within the "scope of permissible discovery" as part of the former Minnesota chapter leader’s lawsuit against the controversial Moslem rights group. Related: Council on American-Islamic Relations: 2025-03-11 Protesters call for campus takeovers as Columbia activist threatened with deportation Council on American-Islamic Relations: 2025-03-01 Controversial Muslim charity (CAIR) accused of links to Hamas settles lawsuit rather than disclosing sources of funding Council on American-Islamic Relations: 2025-02-27 High-ranking gamer banned for pro-Israel stance could forge new legal precedent for US Jews Related: CAIR: 2025-03-11 Protesters call for campus takeovers as Columbia activist threatened with deportation CAIR: 2025-03-02 The Jew hate-Black Bloc nexus in American universities 2/23-3/1: The feds take an interest CAIR: 2025-03-01 Controversial Muslim charity (CAIR) accused of links to Hamas settles lawsuit rather than disclosing sources of funding Related: Executive Office of Immigration Review: 2024-11-21 ICE arrests 3 illegal immigrants in Mass.: 2 charged with child rape, 1 convicted of same crime in Brazil Executive Office of Immigration Review: 2017-03-18 Immigration judges headed to 12 U.S. cities to speed deportations Executive Office of Immigration Review: 2010-10-17 Immigration cases being tossed by the hundreds Related: Zahra Billoo 12/23/2021 US Muslim activist continues attacks on ‘Zionists’ as she begins sabbatical Zahra Billoo 12/11/2021 California Muslim leader warns about ‘polite Zionists,’ drawing rebuke from ADL Zahra Billoo 03/28/2021 Kamala Harris Once More Involved with Questionable Figure, This Time with Anti-Semite Tamika Mallory Related: Hussam Ayloush 02/18/2019 Ilhan Omar To Fundraise for Islamic Terrorist-Linked Paleo Organization Hussam Ayloush 11/29/2018 CAIR Executive Director Calls for ‘Murderous' Israeli Leadership to Be ‘Terminated' Hussam Ayloush 11/11/2016 CAIR Leader: Overthrow the U.S. Government Related: Lori Saroya 03/01/2025 Controversial Muslim charity (CAIR) accused of links to Hamas settles lawsuit rather than disclosing sources of funding Lori Saroya 12/01/2024 Islamic Advocacy Group C.A.I.R. 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Harris campaign dishes out six-figure donations to groups who support defunding police, reparations | ||
2024-10-31 | ||
The Harris campaign gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to a handful of Black advocacy groups who are mobilizing Black voters ahead of November's election next week, according to FEC filings released last week. Black Voters Matters Fund, which received $150,000 from the Harris campaign on Sept. 19, has repeatedly called for defunding the police and has been vocal about pushing for reparations. "The answer to police violence against communities of color is not more money for police," the group wrote in February 2023. "It's time to defund the police and redirect those resources into building strong, healthy communities." In 2020, the group also tweeted, "We are proud to be partner in the #DemocracyFrontlinesFund, created to leverage millions of new dollars to fund Black-led organizers fighting for free and fair elections, and working to defund prisons and police." "There are more than 3,000 sheriffs in the US, nearly all are elected, the group said in another post. "We are working to defund sheriffs and build voter power. Reimagining the system also comes with taking action!" The group's co-founder Latosha Brown, who has been a frequent visitor to the Biden-Harris White House, has repeatedly posted about the group's reparations push and said in a 2021 X post that she has been working on the issue for 27 years. "We deserve to be compensated for the literal blood, sweat and tears our ancestors were forced to put into this country," Black Voters Matters Fund posted in May. In another post last year, the group called reparations "crucial for acknowledging past injustices and moving towards a more just and equitable future." Black Church PAC, which also received $150,000 from the Harris campaign last month, has multiple controversial religious leaders on its board and recent social media posts show it is partnering with a defund the police group to help with "Get out the vote" efforts in Georgia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. "We’re mobilizing 100K Strong: Knock for Change, Vote for Justice volunteers across GA, PA, and NC to knock on doors and have REAL conversations with REAL voters about the REAL issues that matter most," the Black Church PAC posted last week on social media. The post also mentioned that they were partnering with Until Freedom, which was co-founded by disgraced Women's March leaders Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour. Until Freedom has repeatedly advocated for defunding and abolishing the police and sells a "defund the police" shirt on its website. Mallory previously came under fire for her close ties to Farrakhan and calling him the "GOAT," which means "greatest of all time." Her social media profiles are also littered with social media posts showing her attending Nation of Islam events and praising Farrakhan. "One of the reasons why I support Kamala Harris is because I know about the things she was doing while she was in the Senate," Mallory said during a "Breakfast Club" interview a couple of months ago. Mallory also pushed back against people who claim Harris doesn't support reparations, saying she's heard Harris say "over and over again" that she supports reparations. While Harris has been coy about what her reparations plan would look like while campaigning for president, she previously told The Root during her failed 2019 campaign that she believes "there has to be some form of reparations" for Black Americans. The Black Church PAC board includes several pastors who have either called for defunding police, reparations or have praised Farrakhan, including Pastors Jamal Bryant, Frederick D. Haynes III and Michael McBride. McBride, the lead pastor of The Way Christian Center in Berkeley, California, ranted in support of defunding police in 2020, saying on a livestream that defunding the police "ain't a slogan" and that it is a "declaration of a future that we deserve." "We do not deserve police departments to have 40, 50, 60% of the general funds of every single black majority, brown majority city in this country while we don't have food, while we don't have housing, while we don't have equitable education, but we got an expanding police budget," McBride said. "Yes, we want these [police] departments to be shrunk," McBride added. The Harris campaign also doled out $2,050,000 to the civil rights group National Urban League; $300,000 to the Power Rising Action Fund, an "intergenerational power force of Black women from various sectors"; and $250,000 to the National Action Network, which was founded by controversial MSNBC anchor Al Sharpton, whose ties to Farrakhan go back decades.
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2024-08-03 |
[NYPOST] A pair of black female activists, who have met with Vice President Harris several times and previously vowed to get “real serious” about helping her become the next president, could alienate some of the “White women for Kamala” supporters with their past rhetoric as they mobilize ahead of November’s election. Cora Masters Barry, Widow of late D.C. mayor Marion the bitch set me upBarry ![]() an appointee of Democrat D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and longtime civil rights activist, and Melanie Campbell, who leads the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, have visited the White House more than 50 times combined during the Biden administration, including nearly a dozen visits with Harris or her staff, a Fox News Digital review found. Weeks before President Biden and Harris were sworn into office in 2021, Barry and Campbell participated in a public Zoom call in which they made controversial statements about Trump supporters and used an expletive against White voters, specifically White women, which could cause some internal clashes as different coalitions mobilize to try to get Harris into the White House. Approximately 164,000 White women hopped on a Zoom call last week, which was organized by Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts and other female celebrities. The call, titled “White Women: Answer the Call,” reportedly raised millions of dollars for Harris’ campaign and could be a major fundraising force over the next few months. Related: Muriel Bowser 06/11/2024 The Pelosi Insurrection: "My Story Hasn't Changed" - Officer Sund Responds to Pelosi's Lies About National Guard (Video) Muriel Bowser 05/09/2024 Cops clear anti-Israel encampment, arrest 33 at DC campus as mayor's hearing canceled; 2600 arrested on 50 campuses thus far Muriel Bowser 05/09/2024 GWU anarchists call for beheadings of school administrators amid anti-Israel encampment Related: Melanie Campbell 03/28/2021 Kamala Harris Once More Involved with Questionable Figure, This Time with Anti-Semite Tamika Mallory Melanie Campbell 02/23/2013 Obama Gets Economic Advice from Al Sharpton, Other 'African American Leaders' Related: Moms Demand Action 07/31/2024 Celeb-led 'White Women for Kamala' is cringe city Moms Demand Action 02/24/2022 Constitutional Carry Passes in Alabama House of Representatives Moms Demand Action 12/12/2019 Bloomberg: When I'm President I'll Pack the Supreme Court With Anti-Gun Justices Related: Shannon Watts 07/31/2024 Celeb-led 'White Women for Kamala' is cringe city Shannon Watts 10/23/2019 Giffords Begins Massive Push To Back Anti-Gun Candidates In 2020 Shannon Watts 12/31/2015 Trump spox catches flak for bullet necklace: 'Next time I'll wear a fetus' |
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US Muslim activist continues attacks on ‘Zionists’ as she begins sabbatical |
2021-12-23 |
[IsraelTimes] Zahra Billoo claims she is in the ’middle of a prolonged Zionist onslaught’ after criticism of comments she made about American Jewish organizations A Moslem civil rights leader who stirred outrage when she said "polite Zionists" like Jewish federations "are not your friends," continued her critique of "Zionists" as she announced that she is going on a sabbatical. "I am still in the middle of a prolonged Zionist onslaught," wrote Zahra Billoo, director of the the Socialist paradise of San Francisco ...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964... office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations ![]() , in a Facebook post on Sunday. She added that she believes there is an "Islamophobic, pro-Israel campaign" to "place moles in our organization and others." Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt criticized the post on Twitter on Monday, saying Billoo’s words "link Zionism with Islamophobia ...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do... In a Nov. 27 speech to a pro-Paleostinian group, Billoo named the ADL, Jewish Federations, "Zionist synagogues" and Hillel as organizations that practice this insidious form of "polite" Zionism. "They will take your friendship and throw your Paleostinian brothers and sisters under the bus," she said. While noting that the named groups have stood with the Moslem community over issues including former US president Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... ’s proposed ban on immigration from Moslem-majority countries, she nevertheless concluded, "They are not your friends." Greenblatt called those remarks "textbook antisemitic conspiracy-laden garbage... it sounds like something you would expect from white supremacists." The San Francisco-based office of the Jewish Community Relations Council and other Jewish groups also condemned Billoo’s comments. In response, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, defended Billoo, saying Greenblatt was using "false claims of antisemitism to smear Moslems — especially Moslem women, for some reason — who challenge support for Israeli apartheid. And your dishonesty undermines the fight against real antisemitism." Billoo’s sabbatical appears to be unrelated to the controversy. In her Facebook post on Sunday, Billoo said she had advocated for some time for staff to take sabbaticals and was ready to launch one when the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague) ![]() pandemic broke. "Our organization and community needed us more than ever before," she wrote. In 2019, Billoo was removed from the board of the Women’s March after just two days. She had in past statements likened the Israeli army to the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... terrorist group. While CAIR mainly advocates for Moslems, it occasionally notes and speaks out against antisemitic attacks across the United States. On Tuesday, the group condemned the distribution of antisemitic flyers in Boise, Idaho, and in Montgomery County, Maryland, and also noted its past condemnation of similar incidents in Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, and North Carolina. Related: Zahra Billoo: 2021-12-11 California Muslim leader warns about ‘polite Zionists,’ drawing rebuke from ADL Zahra Billoo: 2021-03-28 Kamala Harris Once More Involved with Questionable Figure, This Time with Anti-Semite Tamika Mallory Zahra Billoo: 2020-06-18 The George Floyd Riots: The Leftist/Islamic Partnership in Action |
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Congressional Black Caucus chairwoman Joyce Beatty is arrested in Senate office building by Capitol Police during a march demanding they pass the For the People Act |
2021-07-16 |
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Police arrested Congressional Black Caucus chair Joyce Beatty on Thursday afternoon after she led pro-voting rights protesters into a Senate office building. Officers moved in as Beatty, 71, and a handful of other activists, including Women's March co-founders Linda Sarsour and Tamika Mallory, chanted, 'Fight for justice,' and, 'End the filibuster.' Capitol Police later said they had arrested nine people for 'demonstrating in a prohibited area on Capitol Grounds.' |
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Last week, real estate website Dirt.com reported that the "37-year-old social justice visionary" Khan-Cullors had bought a $1.4 million compound in Topanga, a remote Los Angeles neighborhood nestled deep in the Santa Monica mountains. In L.A. terms, $1.4 million is not necessarily extravagant, though the activist took criticism for spending what would be a fortune in most other real estate markets, and for buying in a largely white neighborhood after urging people to "buy black." However, it turns out that Khan-Cullors also owns a house in the predominantly black neighborhood of Inglewood — among several other homes. The New York Post reported Saturday that she bought a $510,000 home there in 2016, which is worth about $800,000 today. She also bought a $590,000 home in South Los Angeles that is worth $720,000 today, and bought a ranch in rural Georgia for $415,000 last year, "featuring a private airplane hangar with a studio apartment above it." The Post added that Khan-Cullors and spouse Janaya Khan
Khan-Cullors declared in 2015 that she and the other Black Lives Matter co-founders were "trained Marxists" who are " super-versed" on "ideological theories." Last year, as Breitbart News noted, the radical activist signed a content production deal with Warner Bros. Television Group. what dreck could these assholes produce? The news of Khan-Cullors’s real estate purchases prompted some activists called for a financial investigation of the Black Lives Matter movement. Khan-Cullors is hardly the first to cash in. Tamika Mallory, notorious for her support of the antisemite Louis Farrakhan, has scored product endorsements. Nor would Khan-Cullors be the first Marxist to succeed in the real estate market with multiple homes. In 2014, Breitbart News reported on local landlords in Santa Monica, California, who are avowed supporters of the Castro regime in Cuba. Related: Patrisse Khan-Cullors: 2020-06-27 4 Things the Liberal Media Won't Tell You About Black Lives Matter Related: Topanga: 2017-11-07 Daily Depraved Digest Topanga: 2009-01-27 Ten Things You Can Do To Save The Planet: a "Go-Green" Guide for Hollywood Topanga: 2007-07-07 Get ready for ... stop sign cameras Related: Patrisse Cullors: 2021-04-10 Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has purchased a $1.4m home in a wealthy secluded area of Los Angeles Patrisse Cullors: 2020-11-25 BLM demands that Biden support 'roadmap for prison abolition' Patrisse Cullors: 2020-11-12 Black Lives Matter Pens Letter To Joe Biden And Kamala Harris: 'We Want Something For Our Vote' | |||
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Kamala Harris Once More Involved with Questionable Figure, This Time with Anti-Semite Tamika Mallory |
2021-03-28 |
[Townhall] Vice President Kamala Harris has been making news lately for her meetings with certain figures which can make for quite the head scratcher. On Wednesday, Harris gave the opening remarks at the 2021 Black Women's Roundtable "Women of Power" Summit. What's particularly noteworthy about that is the summit also features Tamika Mallory, a vocal anti-Semite who was too extreme for even the Women's March, which she co-founded. The summit is led by Melanie Campbell, who defended her when Mallory faced criticism. |
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Zahra Billoo, Newest Anti Semite in Women's March Org is 'retired' |
2019-09-20 |
![]() The organization announced 16 new members [including] ... Zahra Billoo...[who] once called herself "a proud anti-Zionist." ... Billoo tweeted early this morning the Women's March booted her off its board. Related: Women''s March: 2019-09-18 New Women's March board member calls Israel: "Racist State" Women''s March: 2019-08-25 Gillette ‘Shifting Spotlight from Social Issues’ After Anti-Masculinity Ad Disaster Women''s March: 2019-03-26 Womens March co-founder blames 'Jewish establishment' for New Zealand massacre |
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New Women's March board member calls Israel: "Racist State" | |
2019-09-18 | |
[Jpost] Three of the founding and most prominent board members of the Women’s March stepped down from their positions, the organization announced Monday. But that was not the only shakeup for the group ‐ 17 new board members have been appointed. One of them, Zahra Billoo, a lawyer who serves as executive director of the the Socialist paradise of San Francisco ...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964... Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations ![]() , has repeatedly made comments sharply critical of Israel. On Twitter, Billoo has said several times that Israel engages in war crimes and terrorism, and that it is an "apartheid, racist state." The three women who resigned in July ‐ Linda Sarsour,
In one tweet from 2015, Billoo wrote that she was "more afraid of racist Zionists who support Apartheid Israel than of the mentally ill young people the #FBI recruits to join ISIS ![]() Last year she tweeted that her comments on Israel led to an interfaith group withdrawing an award it was set to give her. In a series of tweets, Billoo wrote the unnamed organization told her "that pressure opposing my award was mounting. The organization’s institutional funding was being threatened and their Jewish members were threatening to leave." But Billoo also has ties to the Jewish community. In 2015, she wrote an article in the Huffington Post about her decision to speak at a conference organized by the American Jewish Committee that said while her views on Israel differed from those of some in attendance, she also shared many of their goals on other issues. "Some of us may disagree on politics in the Middle East, but there is no disagreement that the rise of Islamophobia ...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do... and anti-Semitism in the U.S. is, in its simplest form, the growth of hate against faith, and both our communities are impacted," Billoo wrote. The anti-Semitism accusations against the Women’s March date back to Mallory’s ties to and refusal to disavow Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who has a long history of making anti-Semitic comments. An article in Tablet last year also alleged that Mallory and Perez made anti-Jewish comments at Women’s March planning meetings. Sarsour, who is Paleostinian American, has also made statements implying feminism and Zionism are incompatible. Related: Linda Sarsour: 2019-08-25 ISIS-inspired Queens women plead guilty to NYC bomb plot Linda Sarsour: 2019-07-08 Linda Sarsour: 'Jesus Was Palestinian Of Nazareth', but DNA data says not possible Linda Sarsour: 2019-07-07 #Sudan. ‘Power will rotate between military and civilian leaders during the transitional period.’ Related: Tamika Mallory: 2019-01-20 Body Parts, Foul Language Dominate D.C. Women's March Tamika Mallory: 2019-01-19 Women's March Leader Refuses to Acknowledge Israel's Right to Exist Tamika Mallory: 2019-01-16 Women’s March names 3 Jewish women to its steering committee Related: Council on American-Islamic Relations: 2019-09-11 Speaker at 9/11 Ceremony in New York Calls Out Ilhan Omar Council on American-Islamic Relations: 2019-09-01 U.S. Census Bureau Partners With Controversial Muslim Group - Report Council on American-Islamic Relations: 2019-05-27 CAIR Report Claims Jewish Funders Supporting 'Islamophobia Network' | |
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Body Parts, Foul Language Dominate D.C. Women's March |
2019-01-20 |
![]() Pussy hats and pussy signs were plentiful at the third annual Women’s March on Friday in Washington, DC (Penny Starr/Breitbart News). The March, which was held on the National Mall in 2017 and 2018, was centered this year at the much smaller Freedom Plaza venue. The move and pared down participation came after months of negative publicity about the Women’s March’s leadership and its ties to anti-Semite Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Signs denigrating President Donald Trump were displayed at the Women’s March on Saturday in Washington, DC (Penny Starr/Breitbart News). One of the co-founders of the march, Teresa Shook, called for Tamika Mallory, Linda Sarsour, Carmen Perez, and Bob Bland to step down for promoting discrimination. The charges snowballed to cause numerous "sister marches" to cancel and many prominent sponsors, including the Democratic National Committee (DNC), to pull support. |
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Women's March Leader Refuses to Acknowledge Israel's Right to Exist |
2019-01-19 |
[National Review] Embattled Women’s March co-chairwoman Tamika Mallory refused to acknowledge the state of Israel’s right to exist during a recent interview on PBS’s The Firing Line and seemed to suggest that, unlike Palestinians, Israelis were not "native" to the region. Mallory, who has been forced in recent days to confront questions about her association with notorious anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan, acknowledged during the interview that "all people have the right to exist" but would not address the legitimacy of the Israeli state. "I’m not Jewish, so for me to speak to that is not fair . . . because I’m speaking of the people who we know are being brutally oppressed at this moment," Mallory told PBS’s Margaret Hoover. "Everyone has a right to exist. . . . I just don’t feel that everyone has a right to exist at the disposal of another group." "I believe that all people have the right to exist. And that Palestinians are also suffering with a great crisis. And that there are other Jewish scholars who will sit here and say the same," she added. "I’m done talking about this, you can move on." |
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2019-01-16 | |
Stein, a formerly Hasidic transgender woman, has worked to raise awareness for transgender people as well as those leaving ultra-Orthodox Judaism. Baskin is the former vice president of Audacious Hospitality for the Union for Reform Judaism and is a former president of the Jewish Multiracial Network. McCoy is the founder of Ayecha, a Jewish nonprofit that advocates for Jews of color. The Women’s March has come under fire in recent months due to its leaders’ handling of allegations of anti-Semitism, with celebrities and activists openly criticizing the organizers’ actions. The controversy started when organizer Tamika Mallory attended a speech by and then praised Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who has a long history of anti-Jewish and homophobic statements. More recently, a report in Tablet said that Mallory and fellow organizer Carmen Perez had made anti-Semitic statements at two Women’s March planning meetings, claims which the organizers deny. A number of organizations have dropped out as March sponsors, including the National Council of Jewish Women, Southern Poverty Law Center and EMILY’s List. Last week, the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, a major Reform congregation in New York, announced it was disassociating itself from Women’s March, Inc. A guide to who’s marching as anti-Semitism controversy roils Women’s March [IsraelTimes] Many local chapters no longer willing to be affiliated with national group over claims that they have not done enough to disavow anti-Semitism. | |
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