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Gavin Newsom Taunts Texas on Redistricting, but Can't Deliver on Threat |
2025-07-15 |
[Breitbart] California Gov. Gavin Newsom taunted Texas over redrawing its congressional districts, suggesting he would retaliate — though California, with an independent redistricting commission, has no legal way of doing so. Last week, Newsom posted a clip of an interview on X in which he said that California “is watching — and you can bet we won’t stand idly by” as Texas redrew congressional districts in a special session of the legislature. Newsom failed to note that redistricting is only one of 18 items on the agenda for the special session; that the state was responding to a U.S. Department of Justice demand that it redraw the districts, because they were allegedly drawn in an unconstitutional manner; and that the Texas legislature does not meet year-round. “These guys — they’re not fucking around,” Newsom said, claiming that he was trying to “raise the bar of bipartisanship in California,” while noting that his state had an independent redistricting commission. In his post on X, Newsom hinted that California might find a way to respond to the redistricting in Texas. However, as the San Francisco Chronicle explained, Newsom does not have the power to retaliate: California’s laws constrain Newsom from responding in kind to any efforts in Texas to redraw maps to favor Republicans. Voters in California took that power from the state Legislature in 2008 and handed it to an independent redistricting commission, which draws the lines for California’s congressional and state legislative districts. Though Newsom is correct that Democrats dominate the Legislature, they do not dominate the redistricting commission. By law, the commission comprises five Democrats, five Republicans and four commissioners not affiliated with either party. It is possible that Newsom may have been thinking of the way in which Democrats have gamed the nominally “independent” commission to make California districts more favorable to Democrats. The left-leaning news outlet ProPublica documented how Democrats “fooled” the commission by organizing local groups to testify about district boundaries who did not actually represent communities, but were working for the party. Newsom may have given the game away, telling the truth about the “independent” commission. Still, he lacks the power, legally to do anything about what Texas does to redraw its districts. As for “raising the bar of bipartisanship,” Democrats recently stripped key Republicans of their committee posts in the state legislature. California also opposes excluding illegal migrants from the Census, because then it would lose more congressional seats than it already has in recent years due to slow growth relative to states like Texas. Related: Redistricting: 2025-04-03 A Seemingly Inebriated Kamala Harris Chimes in on the Wisconsin Election, and She Really Shouldn''t Have — RedState Redistricting: 2025-04-01 Musk announces bombshell DOGE investigation into 'strangely wealthy' Congress members after Pelosi and Dems beat the market Redistricting: 2025-02-03 NY Dems working to keep Stefanik's House seat vacant for months in latest scheme against Trump: assemblyman |
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Lawsuit Incoming: AOC Directly Calls Trump A ‘Rapist’ |
2025-07-14 |
![]() Continuing the trend of Democrats suddenly caring about the Jeffrey Epstein case after four years in power doing nothing, AOC wrote the following… “Wow who would have thought that electing a rapist would have complicated the release of the Epstein Files?” Wow indeed. The last time someone branded Trump a “rapist,” he sued them and settled for $15 million plus a million more in legal costs. In that case, anchor George Stephanopulous, who claimed Trump was convicted of rape during a broadcast, had backing from ABC News. She’s used to slandering anyone she likes in Congress. None of them really care about transparency in the Epstein case and never have. Its just more rampant TDS. ![]() Tom Homan, serving as Border Czar in the Trump administration, recently confirmed that AOC is under federal investigation for allegedly employing an undocumented immigrant on her congressional staff, raising questions about potential violations of immigration laws amid their ongoing public disputes over enforcement policies. Related: Tom Homan 07/12/2025 Trump Directs DHS, ICE to Arrest Rioters Throwing Objects at ICE: ‘Never Want to See a Car Carrying a Law Enforcement Officer Attacked Again' Tom Homan 07/10/2025 New York Man Charged with Threatening to Murder ICE Agent and His Children Tom Homan 07/01/2025 Migrant kids trafficked to pedophiles under Biden are being rescued by ICE, border czar Tom Homan tells ‘Pod Force One' Related: AOC 07/06/2025 NORAD intercepts plane in Trump's Bedminster no-fly zone: 'No excuses' AOC 06/30/2025 Trump's Description of Ilhan Omar is 100% Spot-On AOC 06/20/2025 Dem Rep. Jackson: State Dept. Social Media Vetting of Visa Applicants ‘Too Subjective' and Also Needs to Be Broader |
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2025-07-15 | |
![]() white people, white supremacy, whiteanything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nastyto the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects... and the detriment of President Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... , Just the News has learned. The "grand conspiracy" case was opened several weeks ago after new FBI Director Kash Patel took over, and it could get a significant boost if Trump were to declassify two secret tranches of evidence that identify a potential ignition point to the alleged conspiracy in the summer of 2016, according to several people directly familiar with the inquiry, who spoke to Just the News on a condition of anonymity. The first piece of evidence is a classified annex to a years-old inspector general probe of Crooked HillaryClinton ...former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, Conqueror of Benghazi, Heroine of Tuzla, formerly described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world,usually described by the rest of us as The Thing That Wouldn't Go Away. Politix is not one of her talents, but it's something she keeps trying to do... ’s improper email server sought by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley. That annex is believed to show that credible information about possible wrongdoing was intentionally ignored by the FBI. The second tranche of evidence was identified by former Russiagate Special Counsel John Durham in his final report. The evidence was dubbed in the report as the "Clinton plan intelligence," and it was also placed in a classified annex kept from the American public and even many members of Congress. Excerpts from the publicly-available and unclassified Durham report show that U.S. spy agencies were aware that Clinton’s 2016 campaign was concocting a bogus Russia collusion narrative to harm Trump’s election chances before the FBI opened its now-discredited Crossfire Hurricane probe, in part using evidence created by the Clinton campaign or offered by Clinton associates. Both pieces of evidence have remained sealed from public view for nearly a decade and are highly classified because they reveal sensitive intelligence-gathering methods, officials said. The FBI declined comment. | |
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Blue city officers flocking to cop-friendly red states, police leader says: ‘Why would anyone stay?' |
2025-07-15 |
![]() Joe Gamaldi is the national vice president of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP). He is an active lieutenant with the Houston Police Department, and he said police in blue cities are tired of facing hostility from local leaders. "What we've seen is really a mass exodus of police officers leaving far-left cities for basically greener pastures," he told Fox News Digital. "Because, ultimately, people want to feel appreciated for what they do, and when you have a boss — in this case, mayors or city councils, who regularly call you a piece of crap to the public — why would anyone stay?" Florida is one example of a Republican-led state that has benefited from the mass departures. According to a 2024 statement from former Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, the state welcomed 5,000 law enforcement recruits between 2022 and last year, and 1,200 of them came from out of state. "Florida is the most pro-law enforcement state in the nation because we back our blue," Moody said at the time. "We’ve been spreading the word about all the great incentives to join our ranks, and individuals like the new Sarasota recruits have answered the call, leaving behind places where their service was not as appreciated as it is here." She said she was "as inspired as ever to continue doing all we can to show our support to those who bravely protect and serve" after seeing the influx of police officers into the state. Gamaldi said officers are also moving to cities that may lean blue but are in red states and still have the support of elected leadership and the community, adding officers are "voting with their feet." "We're also seeing it [in] Texas in Houston, which is a city that leans a little blue, but they have been supportive of police officers," he said. "The mayor there has given a massive raise to police officers. You're seeing officers go there. You're seeing officers go to Dallas. So, you're seeing all these communities, and there's one common thread. It's ‘We support police officers.'" Gamaldi emphasized that the trend began after the 2020 defund the police movement and said, in many cities, law enforcement officers are afraid to do their jobs in "critical incident" situations, even when they do them by the book. "I think you can look no further than Seattle, Portland, Chicago [and] New York," he said. "All of these cities have basically told their police officers, 'We don't support you. We're not gonna be there for you when you need us. We're gonna try to defund you when given the opportunity.' "I mean, my goodness, right now, one of the mayoral candidates for New York has actively said he wants to defund and dismantle the police department," Gamaldi said, referring to socialist Zohran Mamdani, who has been open with his anti-police rhetoric. |
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Tom DeWeese - Individual Choice VS Government Tyranny: The Debate Goes ON |
2025-07-14 |
[American Liberty] In the Fall of 2006, I received a most unexpected invitation to travel to Cambridge University in Great Britain and take part in a debate before a 200-year-old debating society called the Cambridge Union. The issue we were to debate — "This House believes that the United Nations is a dead loss!" There was an issue I could easily get behind. My opponents in the debate included Simon Hughes, a member of Parliament and President of the Liberal Democrats; Lord David Hanney, Former UK Ambassador to the UN; and Salil Shetty, Director of the UN’s Millennium Campaign. The two other debaters that were supposed to be on my side were both pro-UN leftists. So, it was a typical five to one debate. I was the first speaker and that meant I opened the debate. I said in my opening statement, "The UN’s only answer is government control — and confiscation of individual wealth and property. Nowhere is there mentioned in a single UN document that I have read an advocacy for the right to own private property. In fact, quite the opposite is the case as nearly every UN document, report, working paper, program, treaty, protocol, declaration, and resolution is dedicated to the confiscation, redistribution, regulation, and tax of someone’s private property." To tepid applause I ended my opening statement by saying, "The United Nations is not ’dysfunctional’ as some ’reformers’ have claimed. It is a criminal enterprise in which no moral nation should participate, let alone perpetuate." When it came time for Liberal Democrat, Simon Hughes to address the issue, he got right in my face and said, "I believe in redistribution of wealth!" Unfortunately, at that time I was not used to the debate format and didn’t directly respond. Basically, I said "whose wealth — yours or theirs — as I pointed to the audience. He ignored me. But if I were given the chance to repeat the experience today, this is what I would say: People have dreams and plans for their lives — how they want to live, what they want to accomplish. It’s what drives them to move forward. They study, learn, and work toward the goal. And as they begin to achieve it, along comes YOU — the government powermonger boldly declaring, "I’ll take half." By what right? What did your government policy contribute by helping them achieve their goals that would grant you the right to take half of everything they have worked to create? When organized crime — the Mafia — takes this exact same action, we arrest them. But, if you wear a government hat — well, its accepted as OK. But in reality, it’s the same theft, the same abuse of power over someone’s life, and it’s all done at the point of a gun! Whether it’s considered legal or not just depends on who is holding the gun! In the 1960s, some lower-income individuals from Liverpool, England had a dream. But they had to struggle every day to provide for their needs and meet unexpected demands to keep moving forward. To their benefit they had incredible talent and determined motivation to keep going against the odds. They called themselves The Beatles, and as they rose to success and achieved the wealth they had earned completely on their own, the British government declared that up to 90 percent of the Beatles earnings belonged to "the common good," rather than the individual dreams and goals of The Beatles, who’s talent and drive had independently and legally earned it. No entity, especially government, deserves to grab 90 percent of anything created by an individual. That’s why George Harrison wrote the song TAXMAN containing the line, "be thankful I don’t take it all." After the Cambridge Union debate our hosts held a reception to give the audience a chance to meet and talk with the debate participants. As it turned out, I was the only debater to attend the reception. Apparently being in control of Parliament or being a member of the House of Lords makes you too special to rub elbows with the lower classes whose dreams you intend to redistribute for your own grab for power. However, I will never forget, as I walked into the reception, the young female Cambridge student who walked up to ask me a question. She asked, "you really don’t believe in redistribution of wealth?" I answered, "No, it’s theft." She responded, "but if you have more than you need, shouldn’t you share it with others?" I answered, "Why should I?" This is what she had been taught through the approved curriculum of one of the most prestigious schools in the world. She had no idea how individuals pursuing their dreams created a free society. Involuntary sharing, forced sacrifice, and accepted despair were to be the plight of the masses in the collective planned by the redistributing elites. And that’s the redistribution of wealth in which Simon Hughes so passionately worked to enforce on his subjects. I began to explain to her the ideals of free enterprise controlled by individual choice in order to guarantee quality. The free market is the root of innovation and progress. I told her how private property ownership is the most powerful source of individual freedom. It’s the means for individuals to build their personal wealth. Moreover, if you don’t have your own property to stand on, how do you have the power of free speech? I asked her if she had dreams for her life. She said of course she did. And I asked, will you achieve them through a government committee? She looked at me with a puzzled look. I explained, "only you know what interests you, what drives you to get up in the morning and push forward to your dream. While your dream motivates you, the government simply doesn’t care." As I went through these details, more than fifty others attending the reception began to gather around and listen. Some asked questions. More conversations broke out among them. I smiled as I noted that right there in the middle of Merry Olde England, the ideals of John Locke and Thomas Jefferson were being debated. Finally, my young student said, "What an interesting point of view. How can I learn more." I suggested that she read the works of free-market economists like Milton Freedman and Hernando DeSoto. And if she wanted to understand the fate of freedom lovers who found the moral strength to overcome the darkness and suffering as they were forced to live under government tyranny, I provided examples. These included the works of Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and his book The Gulag Archipelago. In addition, I recommended the tiny little book by Ayn Rand called Anthem which in fictional form clearly demonstrates the dangers of governments erasing the history of previous cultures, or controlling every action of individuals, right down to eliminating individuality by replacing their names with government issued numbers. Each of these examples counter economic policies and controls over individuals as they are currently being pursued by the United Nations. As I finished, seeing her intent interest and the positive reaction of those gathered around, I knew at that moment that I had won the debate! |
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Trump Calls 'Epstein List' Democrats' Fabrication Against Him | |
2025-07-14 | |
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![]() "For years, Epstein, over and over again. Why release documents written by [former US President Barack ] Obama, corrupt [former Secretary of State] Hillary [ Clinton ]... They created the Epstein dossier, like they created the Hillary Clinton fake and the [former British intelligence officer] Christopher Steele dossier that they used against me," he wrote on the social network Truth Social. The head of the White House clarified that the Democrats invented the Epstein dossier together with the former heads of the CIA and FBI and representatives of the administration of former President Joe Biden. According to him, if there was anything in the documents, they would have been published. As reported by the Regnum news agency, the US Justice Department and the FBI had previously concluded that there was no evidence that Epstein, who was convicted of sexual crimes against minors, blackmailed influential people and kept a so-called client list. On July 8, the White House denied the existence of Epstein's "compromising list." However, American entrepreneur Elon Musk expressed doubt and said that Americans would not be able to trust the US president if he refused to publish documents on the case. | |
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2025-07-14 |
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[IsraelUnwired] While most eyes are fixed on the war in Gaza, few realize that the real battle for Israel’s future is being fought by Netanyahu and Trump in the shadows, and this may be the most explosive story you haven’t heard. Prime Minister Netanyahu’s latest trip to Washington, his third this year and second meeting with former President Donald Trump on this trip itself, sparked intense speculation: Was it about Gaza? Iran? A future regional deal? Yes, all that—but ultimately, something deeper is unfolding. These meetings aren’t just about military coordination or diplomatic pressure. It reflects a shared understanding: no external victory is possible without also confronting internal dysfunction.
Let’s zoom out. From the very start of the war, a coordinated bloc of senior legal officials, top IDF officers, and mainstream media figures — Israel’s unelected elite — has worked systematically to hijack the war narrative, destabilize Netanyahu’s government, and prevent a decisive victory in Gaza.
Netanyahu, understanding this dynamic, pursued a war strategy that included limited, tactical ceasefires — not as surrender but as a way to save lives while undercutting the protest movement that had co-opted the hostage issue. The results are clear: what once paralyzed the country has become a fringe cause, as the public increasingly sees through the exploitation of genuine pain for political gain.
Just listen to Brigadier General (res.) Erez Wiener, former head of planning in the IDF Southern Command, who revealed: "We should have started by evacuating Gaza City. But we didn’t. Because the Military Advocate General said: ’You can’t force civilians to evacuate — and you must keep supplying them with aid.’ Then we’re told: go in and fight, but under those conditions. The result? More fallen soldiers."
This isn’t a political opinion. It’s operational reality from someone who helped run the war effort. And the same unelected legal elites who have paralyzed our war effort have been waging a crusade against IDF soldiers, including the ones who served at the Sde Teiman prison. The legal establishment accused them of abuse, relying on testimony they told a Hamas terrorist to say, and a video—exposed to have been doctored with no proof whatsoever of any wrongdoing. Yet, the blood libel was launched into the world. This same legal elite have ignored the far more troubling misconduct inside their own ranks. There has been no investigation into the legal insiders allegedly involved in doctoring and leaking that video of prisoner treatment—a manipulated video that was leaked to the media on a silver platter. That clip reached billions of viewers worldwide, fueling a modern-day blood libel, and just days ago, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese cited it as "proof" that Israeli soldiers systematically sexually harasses Hamas terrorists in custody. The video’s leak didn’t just smear Israel’s name, it endangered our global legitimacy, demoralized our soldiers, and handed Hamas a diplomatic victory. Yet while soldiers face public crucifixion, those within the legal system who enabled this international scandal remain untouched, protected by the very legal institutions now claiming to defend "ethics" and "rule of law." What kind of justice system holds soldiers to impossible standards in combat in a just war but shields those sabotaging the war effort from within? Israeli attorney Efraim Dimri recently said in an interview that he has proof that ties the Biden administration directly to the legal persecution of the IDF soldiers in Sde Teiman prison.
And it’s not just about the military. The U.S. Department of Justice recently issued a second official notice to the far-left Israeli NGO Blue and White demanding documentation about tens of millions of dollars it received from the Biden administration.
And now, even the ideological architects of Israel’s activist legal system are admitting the stakes. Former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak, who reshaped Israel’s judiciary in the 1990s, recently said last week: "If Netanyahu leaves political life, there would be no justification for continuing the trial... If he retires from politics, I think it’s not a bad idea that the trial should also come to an end." That’s a stunning statement. If the charges against Netanyahu are real, they should proceed, regardless of politics. And if they’re not, they should be dropped now. Instead, we’re told that if Netanyahu walks away, the system will quietly let the charges go. That’s not the rule of law—it’s political leverage. This is why the Netanyahu—Trump alignment matters. Not because of personalities or partisan politics—but because both leaders now face the same challenge: unelected deep state institutions that have drifted from their mandates, acting as power centers unto themselves. This isn’t about Left or Right—it’s about democratic accountability. When unelected legal officials override government decisions on life-and-death military policy, that’s a crisis. When US-funded NGOs run political pressure campaigns to topple our government, especially during wartime, that’s a threat. When top military brass ignore binding cabinet decisions, that’s not "independence"—it’s insubordination. We’ve seen this before. In 1982, during the First Lebanon War, internal pressure campaigns and foreign condemnation — fueled by the Sabra and Shatila massacre by Lebanese Christians — led to Israel’s premature ending of the war. Then too, rising casualties and media pressure were weaponized to halt a war mid-fight. Netanyahu remembers that moment well. He’s determined not to let history repeat itself. He has already delivered major blows to Iran’s proxy network, damaged Iran’s nuclear and ballistic weapons programs, weakened Hamas’s military infrastructure, and resisted global pressure for a premature ceasefire. But to finish the job, he must also take back control at home. That means restoring civilian authority over military and legal bodies. It means confronting insubordination directly. And it means telling the public a hard truth: We are not struggling slowly in Gaza because of Hamas’s strength, but because of deep state senior positions who weaken our resolve, handcuff our army, and try to divide our people in wartime. This is not just a war against terrorists in tunnels. It’s a war against fear, dysfunction, and the deep-state machinery—in both Jerusalem and Washington—that has worked to erode the authority of Israel’s elected governments and sabotage their ability to act. Now, Netanyahu and Trump are doing more than comparing notes, they are forging a joint strategy to confront and dismantle the unelected power centers that have hijacked policy in both countries. The parallel power structures that allowed U.S. State Department—funded NGOs to operate freely in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, without oversight or accountability, are finally being brought to an end. This isn’t about defending one leader or another. It’s about defending democracy itself—the right of free nations to be governed by those the people choose, not those the system protects. No more legal vetoes on war policy. No more foreign-funded interference. No more unelected elites dragging nations into paralysis and defeat. What began as meetings in Washington DC may well be remembered as the start of a coordinated effort to reclaim democratic control, to stop the sabotage, protect sovereignty, and chart a path forward based on strength—not submission. The world is watching. And this time, the people, not the unelected deep state bureaucrats, must win. | |||||||
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Now we see why Newsom was so upset about this raid.
The President of Glass House Farms, the cannabis farm that federal immigration authorities raided in California on Thursday despite protests, has donated thousands to Democrats in California. Co-founder, president, and board director Graham Farrar, who self-identifies on social media as residing in Santa Barbara, California, has made numerous political donations to the Santa Barbara County Democratic Central Committee’s federal political action committee and Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., according to Federal Election Commission records. According to California public campaign finance records, he also donated $10,000 to California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2018, and his most recent public political donation was to California Democratic Assemblymember Gregg Hart in July 2023. Read the rest at the link
… The migrant who fell 30 feet? He wasn’t just a worker—he was a “runner,” the middleman moving crypto-backed wages between the cartel-linked farm and a fintech app used to quietly launder payouts as “agricultural remittances.”
They were shutting down a pilot route used by a broader network that’s already operating in Oregon and Nevada.
It was about interrupting a pipeline. Part 2 drops soon. Why is one of the farm’s LLC owners also listed as a donor to a California immigration nonprofit with D.C. lobbying ties? 👀
[Federalist] Democrats are continuing their assault on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by faking outrage over a raid where officers saved illegal alien children from an alleged child labor operation on a marijuana farm in Southern California. ICE agents on Thursday executed a federal search warrant at a Camarillo, Ventura County, marijuana growing operation, Glass House Farms, where 10 illegal alien children were found (eight without an adult) allegedly staffing the farm. A raid of another Glass House Farms location happened in Carpinteria on the same day. According to the Los Angeles Times, officials said that 200 illegal aliens were also detained.
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NYC hopeful Mamdani’s vow to arrest Netanyahu likely oversteps what US mayors can do |
2025-07-11 |
[IsraelTimes] US federal law largely handcuffs local authorities when it comes to cooperating with the ICC. ‘It would be akin to a publicity stunt,’ says expert If Zohran Mamdani …Shiite, “Democratic Socialist of America”, red diaper nepo-baby, naturalized Indian-American who couldn’t get into Columbia because he falsely and stupidly claimed to be African-American on his freshman application despite his father being a tenured professor there… has his way, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will find himself under arrest by New York City’s finest the next time he steps foot in the city.Mamdani, the Democratic party nominee and presumed frontrunner in the city’s mayoral race, has repeatedly said he would arrest the Israeli premier should Netanyahu visit while he is running city hall, citing an International Criminal Court warrant on war crimes charges. "As mayor, New York City would arrest Benjamin Netanyahu. This is a city that — our values are in line with international law. It’s time that our actions are also," Mamdani said in a December interview with the Zeteo outlet. But as with some of Mamdani’s other campaign promises, the candidate may be overreaching on what powers he will have as mayor — even one running the largest city in the United States. "The short answer is that this would almost certainly not happen," said Prof. David Bosco of Indiana University, Bloomington, a scholar of international law who wrote a 2014 book about the ICC. The Hague-based court, formed in 2002 to prosecute crimes against humanity, war crimes and charges of genocide, issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and then-defense minister Yoav Gallant last year on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes in a bombshell accusation against Israel’s leadership. More than 120 countries are members of the court, curtailing travel for Netanyahu and Gallant to countries that have promised not to honor the warrants or are not signatories to the Rome Statute, which established the ICC, such as Israel or the US, where Netanyahu visited this week. The court does not have the power to enforce arrests itself and relies on member states to carry out arrests so defendants can stand trial in the Hague. Mamdani has acknowledged that the US is not a party to the ICC, without explaining how he would still carry out an arrest. Addressing the ICC’s lack of jurisdiction in the US during a panel at a synagogue last month, Mamdani said, "I believe our city should be in compliance with international law." Rebecca Hamilton, a professor of international law at American University and a former lawyer with the ICC, said that, in theory, countries that are not party to the court could still carry out arrests based on ICC warrants. "The court can ask any non-state party for help with an arrest warrant, and that state can decide whether or not to do so," Hamilton said. "It is just that only states that have joined the Rome Statute are under a legal obligation to execute an ICC warrant." It is up to individual countries to decide if local officials have the authority to execute an international warrant, Hamilton added. ) US federal law prohibits municipal governments from cooperating with the court, though. The American Service-Members’ Protection Act, passed in 2002, bars local authorities from cooperating with the court or providing the ICC support. "No agency or entity of any State or local government, including any court, may cooperate with the International Criminal Court," the law says. A separate federal law prohibits imprisonment, intimidation, harassment, threats and obstruction against foreign officials, including heads of state. Imprisonment of a foreign official can result in a fine and up to three years in prison. The Trump administration is also no fan of the ICC and sanctioned the court in February to penalize it for the arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant. Netanyahu is a frequent visitor to New York City, traveling there nearly every September to attend the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... General Assembly at the UN Headquarters in Manhattan. Even though Netanyahu will be in the city, matters like international warrants remain the purview of the federal government. "Diplomatic immunity and the conduct of foreign relations are federal matters and the federal government is given wide discretion by the courts to manage foreign policy and international legal relations," Bosco said, adding that the Trump administration and Congress have both opposed the ICC warrants. Even if Mamdani wanted to put Netanyahu in cuffs for jaywalking, US law and international custom grant diplomatic immunity to members of foreign diplomatic missions, including visiting dignitaries, preventing them from being arrested or prosecuted for ordinary crimes like traffic violations. Exceptions are only made in extreme cases, such as threats to public safety or "Even if New York authorities were somehow to attempt an arrest, it would be akin to a publicity stunt that would be immediately opposed and reversed," with backing from federal courts, Bosco said. A New York City mayor does not have the executive power to make arrests, but does rely on the NYPD. If Mamdani ordered Netanyahu arrested, the order would go to the NYPD’s deputy commissioner for legal matters, said Mitch Silber, the former NYPD director of intelligence analysis and the head of the Community Security Initiative, a Jewish community security group. The deputy commissioner would review the order’s legality and advise the police commissioner on whether the arrest could be carried out. If the arrest was not deemed legal, the NYPD wouldn’t take action, said Silber, who added that he is not familiar with the relevant federal laws and could not weigh in on the ICC’s jurisdiction in New York. "The NYPD can’t take illegal acts, even if the mayor wants them to," Silber said. "If it’s an act that they’re prohibited from doing by federal law, then they’re not going to do it because it’s going to get overturned immediately." Netanyahu would also need to be extradited to the Hague to stand trial, which would require the involvement of federal authorities, like the Department of Justice or the US Marshals, Silber said. The Department of Justice declined to comment on Mamdani’s vow to arrest Netanyahu. Mamdani’s campaign did not respond to requests for comment. While countries are technically obligated by the Rome Statute, the ICC has no enforceable way to compel states not to simply ignore its arrest warrants. In April, Hungary chose not to arrest Netanyahu when he visited, despite Hungary being a member of the court at the time. Hungary later withdrew from the ICC. During his visit to Washington, DC, this week, Netanyahu said he still plans to visit New York and that he was "not concerned" about Mamdani’s pledge to arrest him if elected. "There’s enough craziness in the world, but I guess it never ends," Netanyahu said. "It’s silly in many ways because it’s just not serious." "I’ll get him out," US President Donald Trump ...His ancestors didn't own any slaves... said as Netanyahu was speaking. Trump has been vocally opposed to Mamdani, calling him a "Communist lunatic" and threatening to arrest Mamdani if he opposes federal immigration enforcement in New York City. Mamdani, a harsh critic of Israel who has identified as anti-Zionist, is the heavy favorite to win November’s general election for mayor. He swept to victory in the Democratic primary last month with a campaign centered on addressing affordability in the city, promising to raise taxes on the wealthy to fund cheaper housing and groceries while making buses and kindergartens free. Critics say he lacks the authority to see many of his ideas to fruition on his own without the support of the New York State legislature and Governor Kathy Hochul. A poll released last month found that Mamdani’s pledge to arrest Netanyahu was not popular with New Yorkers. According to the survey, 45% of New Yorkers oppose acting on the ICC warrant, while 36% support it. The remainder were undecided or did not have an opinion. On the other hand, local or federal authorities in New York could potentially take action against the ICC’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, though sanctions currently prevent him from entering the country. Khan allegedly sexually abused one of his subordinates repeatedly, including in a Manhattan hotel in 2023, according to a May report in the Wall Street Journal. Khan canceled an investigative trip to Israel and Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... and rushed out the warrants shortly after the allegations surfaced, the report said. The report suggested Khan issued the warrants to build support for himself with anti-Israel ICC member states, and forestall his accuser, who strongly supported the warrants. The Manhattan District Attorney’s office did not respond to requests for comment on whether Khan was being investigated. Khan has denied the accusations. Related: Zohran Mamdani 07/08/2025 Democrats call for violence to counter Trump agenda and tell lawmakers to prepare to 'get shot' Zohran Mamdani 07/07/2025 Explosive report: Obama was the sleeper cell, Mamdani is the detonator to collapse America Zohran Mamdani 07/05/2025 Nearly 1/3 of New York voters support Mamdani’s statements on BDS, intifada — poll |
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