Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Ted Cruz on Ukraine 'blatantly interfered' in 2016 election

 https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/dec/12/ted-cruz/checking-ted-cruz-whether-ukraine-blatantly-interf/

During a television interview, Cruz said that "Ukraine blatantly interfered in our election."

Cruz’s claim is based on the existence of two social media posts and one op-ed from 2016 written by different Ukrainian officials criticizing Trump. He also highlighted reports about efforts by some Ukranians to discredit Paul Manafort, then Trump’s campaign chairman. 

However, multiple intelligence officials said there is no evidence Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election. 

We rate this claim False.

A scholar sees a common root for antisemitism and racism: ‘Christian supremacy’

https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-scholar-sees-a-common-root-for-antisemitism-and-racism-christian-supremacy/

 Other writers and scholars would note how antisemitism shaped white nationalism. But Teter, professor of history and the Shvidler Chair of Judaic Studies at Fordham University, saw something else: how centuries of Christian thought and practice fed the twin evils of antisemitism and racism.

Russia says Zelensky heads ‘Nazi regime’ with ‘blood ties to Israel’

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/russia-says-zelensky-heads-nazi-regime-with-blood-ties-to-israel/

“The president of the Nazi regime in Kyiv has blood ties to Israel. He came to an Arab political event and not only lied outrageously about the roots of the conflict but also dared to condemn the neutral Arab position on this issue,” the embassy tweeted Saturday, referencing Zelensky’s attendance at the Arab League summit in Jeddah.

CNN's Amanpour publicly apologizes for saying Dee family was killed in a 'shootout'

 https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-743921

In her on-air apology, Amanpour said: “On April 10, I referred to the murders of an Israeli family: Lucy, Maia and Rina Dee, the wife and daughters of Rabbi Leo Dee. I misspoke and said they were killed in a ‘shootout’ instead of a shooting. I have written to Rabbi Leo Dee to apologize and make sure that he knows that we apologize for any further pain that may have caused him.”

Monday, May 22, 2023

Russia Goes After Donald Trump's Enemies

 https://www.newsweek.com/russia-donald-trump-enemies-sanctions-response-ukraine-1801818

Most notably, they include Letitia James, the state attorney general of New York who has launched a civil business fraud lawsuit against Trump and his company.

In February 2022, the former president hit out at James and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg—who are both Black—saying two New York investigations into his businesses were "racist" attacks against him. "After five years of constant bombardment, this political and racist attack must stop. Look to the murderers, drug dealers and rapists instead," Trump said in a statement.

Also on the list is Jack Smith, the Justice Department special counsel who has launched an investigation into Trump's alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election result as well as his handling of classified documents post-presidency.

The Girl Who Told the Truth

 https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/girl-told-truth/

The bottom line was, if you believed Gabby, Shelby, Hunter, and Carly, you thought justice had been done. If you didn’t believe them, you tended to agree with longtime local defense lawyer Bobby Mims. “In my thirty years of practice,” he told me nine years ago, “I’ve never seen anything like that—an absolute, honest-to-God frame-up.” (At the time, Smith County assistant DA Murphy denied this claim. “There was no type of frame-up in these cases,” he wrote me.)

So Glenn Beck Calls George Soros a Nazi Collaborator? Marty Peretz Said It First

 https://forward.com/opinion/133132/so-glenn-beck-calls-george-soros-a-nazi-collaborat/

Here’s some of the material that’s missing from the Fox-Beck transcript of the first show. Notice the scary music with the kettle drums and the screaming mobs as he takes us back history to the birth of George Soros. Note, too, that he provides a list of countries where Soros “collapsed” the regimes, without once mentioning that they were dictatorships in the former Soviet Union and communist Eastern Europe. He makes the $600 billion that Soros spent over the last 30 years promoting democracy and human rights in the former communist world sound like a conspiracy to subvert democracy and establish himself as some sort of emperor. It would be almost funny if it weren’t so outrageous.

The Troubling Truth About The Obsession With George Soros

 https://www.forbes.com/sites/sethcohen/2020/09/12/the-troubling-truth-about-the-obsession-with-george-soros/?sh=47684aad4e2e

Without question, there is a place for disagreement with any one individual’s politics, and Soros should not be immune to criticism. But the animosity against Soros goes far beyond criticism of any other billionaire funder of political efforts, and perhaps beyond all of them put together. The truth is there is only one sordid reason for why attacks on George Soros are constantly trending, and it is not because of his money or his politics.

It is because he is Jewish.

'Dripping with poison of antisemitism': the demonization of George Soros

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/24/george-soros-antisemitism-bomb-attacks

“If you can take people’s anger at the people in power, take people’s sense of being beaten down and ripped off, take people’s sense that the economy is screwing them over, that their sense of entitlement is at risk, and blame it on the Jews or certain wealthy Jews, then that’s very helpful for deflecting people’s anger away from the actual systems of power.”

The Vilification of George Soros In Israel

 https://momentmag.com/the-vilification-of-george-soros-in-israel/

the accusation that a Hungarian-born Jew who escaped the Holocaust was a Nazi was beyond reason. Whether or not they knew it, the people who applauded were echoing a vicious lie likely invented in the 1990s by known anti-Semite and conspiracy-spinner Lyndon LaRouche, Jr.

Did George Soros Help Nazis Confiscate Jewish Property?

 https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-george-soros-help-nazis-confiscate-jewish-property-1801194

George Soros did not help Nazis confiscate Jewish property. During the World War II, he was given a false identity to avoid Nazi persecution of Hungarian Jews. A man who was paid to pretend that he was Soros' godfather, and helped hide the then-14-year-old boy, was on one occasion ordered to take inventory of a Jewish aristocrat. Soros was brought along but was not involved in the confiscation.

Social media users falsely link George Soros and the Nazis

 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/11/21/fact-check-false-claim-george-soros-collaborated-nazis/8306094001/

Soros and his family, who are Jewish, escaped persecution during the Holocaust by using false identity papers. There is no evidence Soros aided the Nazi regime, which ended when he was 14. 

False claims about George Soros

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-false-george-soros-claims-idUSKBN23P2XJ

SOROS IS NOT A FORMER NAZI
Reuters debunked a false claim that a photograph shows a young Soros in a Nazi uniform (here). During the time Nazis were active, Soros would not have met the age requirements to be in the Schutzstaffel. Soros and his family were Hungarian Jews who lived in Budapest during the war, disguising their identities for safety. In 1947 at the age of 17, Soros moved to London to attend university (more  here). 

By the time Soros was 17, the fall of Nazi Germany had already happened. Soros could not possibly have been involved in the Nazi party which was active between 1920-1945. He is also a Hungarian Jew, further disproving this theory. In a 1998 60 Minutes interview (youtu.be/AiqHiQYuoOs) Soros says his father forged his family’s identity to protect them. Soros, as a teenager, was placed under custody of a government official with the premise of being his godson. During this time, Soros witnessed (but did not actively participate in) the confiscation of Jewish property (here). In the interview, Soros says he doesn’t feel guilt looking back at these events, mentioning that he was a child at the time and that he was a “spectator” to something that would have happened regardless of his presence.

The Sex Scandal That Shook a Texas Town Was All a Big Lie

 https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-to-create-a-sex-scandal-inside-the-made-up-texas-pedophile-sex-ring?ref=home?ref=home

If that weren’t disheartening enough, though, How to Create a Sex Scandal then addresses the question why Margie went through all this trouble in the first place with the most depressing answer imaginable: money. Which just serves as a reminder: When greed and God get together, look out.