Updated November 13 Tuesday marked the start of “freshman orientation” in Washington, D.C., where new members of Congress arrived to meet their colleagues and learn how the House and Senate actually work. Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minneapolis and one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, quickly met up with some of…
A Democratic congresswoman described Israel’s nation-state law as “apartheid” at a Palestinian rights event, Mondoweiss reported last week. Accepting a leadership award at the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights conference on September 30, Rep. Betty McCollum said that Israel’s policies were “brutal” and “cruel” and explained her bill to end U.S. funding for the detention…
Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) is denying allegations of abuse against a former girlfriend, just days before he runs in Minnesota’s primary for attorney general, ABC News reported Monday. Austin Monahan, the son of Ellison’s former girlfriend Karen Monahan, shared a post on his Facebook page detailing physical abuse by the congressman during the relationship. Monahan wrote…
A popular Minneapolis rabbi known for his student outreach work is facing charges stemming from a child sex sting conducted by Minnesota law enforcement in January and early February. Rabbi Aryeh Cohen was arrested February 1, after exchanging messages with a federal agent posing as a 15-year-old for over a week, according to the criminal…
Former Sen. Al Franken said he misses his old job and hasn’t decided whether he plans to run for office again, WCCO reported Monday. He returned to Minnesota for the dedication of a new school, marking his first public appearance in the state since resigning from the U.S. Senate in January, following allegations from more…
(JTA) — A Somali-American candidate for Congress in Minnesota has rejected accusations that a 2012 tweet accusing Israel of “evil doings” amounts to anti-Semitism. Ilhan Omar, now a state representative, responded to recent criticism of the tweet by calling the Jewish state “the apartheid Israeli regime.” Omar, who is among several Muslim women in the U.S….
An anti-Semitic flyer was posted Monday on a bulletin board at the University of Minnesota. The flyer, which has been removed, claimed that Jewish politicians like Bernie Sanders and Chuck Schumer were behind political gun control efforts. It also featured anti-Semitic caricatures of scheming Jews with beards and long noses. It was listed as having…
Michele Bachmann declared she is not running to replace Al Franken’s Senate seat, less than a month after telling a televangelist that she was looking into it, the Washington Post reported. Bachmann told a conservative radio host in Minnesota that she “wasn’t hearing any call from God to do this.” “I took it to the…
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