I’m told that Moshe Kahlon, head of Israel’s Kulanu party and minister in the new Israeli government, has sent a letter to US Ambassador Shapiro, distancing himself and his party from fellow Kulanu MK Michael Oren’s criticism of President Obama. A fellow reporter in Israel tells me this has just been reported on Israel’s Channel 2.
I’ve been meaning to write a few posts on Israel over the last ten days because of a series of related developments tied to BDS, the Adelson-Netanyahu alliance and the broader issue of Israel’s and Zionism’s battle for hearts and minds around the world but also specifically on the slippery ground of American college campuses. But I was drawn to do so tonight because of the dramatic reappearance of Michael Oren, historian, former Israeli ambassador to the US and now a member of Benjamin Netanyahu’s rightist coalition, as an MK for the centrist/center-right Kulanu party.
Gov Brownback of Kansas says the massive sales tax increase he just signed doesn’t count as a tax increase.
Anything short of complete Obamacare repeal remains a tough sell for Republicans: “I’m not sure how I go back and tell people that I ran trying to undo Obamacare, and that the first real chance I get, I vote to extend one of the most heinous parts of the law,” said Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC).
Meet the married gay Mormon men (and their wives) who are begging the Supreme Court to save ‘traditional’ marriage.
These are men who are open about being gay but nonetheless have decided to marry women. A group of them have filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court asking the Court to rule against gay marriage in the upcoming case because it undermines their marriages.
He may have run a hilariously “CRAPPY” moving company, but federal prosecutors allege the Arizona man charged in the Muhammad cartoon contest shooting is “off-the-charts dangerous” and wanted to attack the Super Bowl in Glendale earlier this year.
Sanders-supportin’ Neil Young did not appreciate Donald Trump’s unauthorized use of his song.
Wait, what?
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), who used to run the Benghazi racket for House Republicans, gets escorted out of the secret deposition of Sid Blumenthal by inquisition chair Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) moments after Issa snuck into the secreting meeting
Not only did Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem allegedly help plan the failed attack on Pam Geller’s Garland, Texas Muhammad cartoon contest. Yelp reviewers said his moving service was like the worst ever.