From "Fed Up" to Disillusioned and Disenchanted, Part II

When I said in the last paragraph of Part I that I blame the Democrats for any similarities between America today and 1930's Germany, I was neither kidding nor exaggerating.  You see, the Democrats do not push back against the rampant Jew hatred sweeping our country.  They endorse it.  Think I'm wrong?  

Everyone remember Graham Platner?  The Senate candidate in Maine who sported a Nazi SS Totenkopf tattoo.  Did that stop Democrats from supporting him?  Of course not.  Bernie Sanders (an Independent who caucuses with the Democrats), Elizabeth Warren, Sheldon Whitehouse and Ruben Gallego - all United States Senators who supported Platner.  Who else supported him?  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.   Because, hey, why not support an apparent Nazi lover if it helps the Dems to take back the Senate.  Platner was forced to drop out following allegations of sexual harassment.  The Nazi tattoo was just fine.

Let's be realistic.  Who do you think the socialists vote for - Democrats or Republicans?  How about the Antifa crowd?  Or the intifada supporting Jew haters?  How about the Democratic Socialists of America?  They all vote Democrat.  What about the Islamists?  Isn't it obvious?  Mamdani ran as a Democrat.  El-Sayed ran as a Democrat.  Which brings me to another member of the extended family.  This family member would support the Islamist El-Sayed in order for the Demcorats to take back the Senate.  I need to be very clear about this - supporting an apparent Nazi sympathizer, supporting an Israel hating (and in my opinion Jew hating) Islamist is justified, because Trump is worse than the Nazis and the Islamists?

These people are out of their minds!  I am not going to suggest that they do not know what the Nazis did.  That they do not know about the Holocaust.  Do they know about the Islamists?  How could they not?  The 25th anniversary of 9/11 is coming up.  The 3rd anniversary of 10/7 is coming up.  How could they not know about these things?  Do they not know anything about El-Sayed, or does it not matter?  That he does not believe that Israel has the right to exist as the one Jewish state in the world.  I never heard him object to the multitude of Islamic run states.

I do know that El-Sayed supports Sharia law.  And he claims that those who favor legislation banning Sharia law do so because of white supremacy; and because they fight Muslims like they did with every other minority fighting for their rights.  Which is nonsense, because those other minorities wanted to simply participate in the American system on an equal footing with others, under our laws and Constitution.  Sharia law opposes our system of government and does not provide the same rights given by our Constitution.  

I did discuss El-Sayed in my August 12th post.  But it seems that many of his family members have ties to radical Islamist organizations.  We know El-Sayed is buddies with Hasan Piker.  Among other things previously mentioned in my posts, Piker is to have said "motherfuck the Constitution and motherfuck this country."  And, "I wipe my ass on the Constitution."  And El-Sayed will be speaking at the annual Islamic Society of North America convention, meeting September 4 through Sptember 7.  Speakers will include a Holocaust denier.  And a cleric who forced his 13 year old niece to marry; and who says others should do the same.  And who also advocates for men deciding if their wives can go to college.  Not to mention saying that the Quran condemns Jews.

But, give El-Sayed a break.  He says he does not necessarily endorse other speakers or what they say.  Sure, I buy that.  At what point does what someone else says become so offensive to you that you refuse to appear with them?  And, let's be honest.  If these speakers were condemning blacks the way they were condemning Jews, would El-Sayed go anywhere near them?   

While my family members and other Leftists focus on Trump, their narrow vision prevents them from seeing the true threat to America and the Jewish people.  I wonder if they have any idea how so many college kids came to hate Israel and the Jews.  One organization (AISH, although AI reports similar numbers) tells us how much money Arab countries have "invested" in US universities.  Here's a breakdown of their "donations" from 2000:  Qatar, donated close to $5 billion; Saudi Arabia, about $3 billion; the UAE, over $1 billion; Kuwait, over $1 billion; Egypt and Oman, over $100 million each; and even the non-existent State of Palestine, donated over $10 million.  You know, Palestine, which has no money to feed their people.

Who thinks these countries, often setting up Middle Eastern studies departments at American universities, are promoting American values?  Things like respect for the Constitution, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, equal rights for all people, including women.  Yet, these are the people many on the Left prefer over Trump.  As readers know, I've had my own complaints about Trump.  But there is simply no comparison to the harm being caused, and which will continue to be caused, by the Leftists/Socialists/Islamists vs. Trump.  

So, we have one of the two major parties in this country, the Democrats, siding with those who hate America, hate Israel and hate the Jews.  So, if America today bears any resemblance to 1930's Germany, it is not because of Trump.  It is because the Leftists and Islamists are discriminating against Jews, harassing Jews and attacking and even killing Jews.  Just like in 1930's Germany.  With rank and file Democrats going along with their leadership.  Other than John Fetterman, I've seen precious little pushback against the Leftists and Islamists.  So, in case anyone was wondering why I might be disillusioned and disenchanted. 

     

From "Fed Up" to Disillusioned and Disenchanted, Part I

Lately, I'm just beside myself.  When I wrote the recent 3 part post "I'm Fed Up!  Why Aren't You?" I was, well, fed up.  But it is draining to maintain that level of intensity.  A long time friend recently texted me to say:  "Unlike you, I am not energized by current events; I am exhausted by them...(but) I admire your energy on this stuff."  But, honestly, sometimes I, too, feel drained.  This is one of those times.

What am I to make of a member of my extended family, who said I never asked how they were feeling after Trump won (I know this person is on the Left), and after the Palisades and Altadena fires (I had no idea they had any connection to those areas other than living in LA County).  Conspicuous by its absence was how this Jewish family member felt after the events of October 7.  When Hamas carried out the brutal rape, torture and murder of approximately 1200 Israeli Jews - the worst massacre of the Jewish people since the Holocaust.  So maybe everyone did not react the way I did, with tears and anger and many sleepless nights.  But no reaction at all?

I don't get it.  Within a single lifetime after the creation of the modern state of Israel, Israel means nothing to you?  You have it so good here in America (a country which many of you do not even appreciate), that you are free to support one leftwing cause after the next.  Bret Stephens is a very bright Op-Ed writer, but is also a Never-Trumper.  Here is what he wrote in the November, 2024 edition of Commentary magazine:  "The resurgence of anti-Semitism in the United States has begun to force a fundamental rethink of the way in which at least some American Jews contemplate their place in society:  I call them "October 8 Jews" - those who woke up the day after the attack with a clear understanding of who our friends are not."  He is talking, of course, about how much of America and the world turned on not just Israel for daring to fight back, but on all Jews everywhere. 

Then Stephens said this:  "So many institutions in American life that were once welcoming places for American Jews have turned bad:  elite private schools; human-rights organizations; the literary world; social work; Mideast-studies departments; public school curriculum - the list is long.  In every one of these fields or institutions, October 8 Jews have a clear choice:  Reject, reform, or reinvent them.  What's no longer possible is to pretend that what we have now is acceptable, or that indifference and inaction are viable options."  Here's my problem with that:  how many American Jews never became "October 8" Jews.  For how many American Jews did October 7 never even register?  Because all they care about is Trump.  Trump got rid of abortion, right?  No, he didn't.  

Stephens is not exaggerating when he says so many institutions have turned against the Jews.  The head of the American Jewish Medical Association, Eveline Shekhman, testified on May 20, 2026, before the House Committee on Education and Workforce, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.  If you want to see just how bad things are in just this one sector of our society, you should Google her name and request the actual text of her testimony.  Here's one snippet:  "Immediately folowing Hamas's October 7th attacks, a coordinated cmpaign of celebration and funding of "resistance" to Israel's existence was unleashed.  Unbelievably, the healthcare sector was designated as fair game for the promotion of a campaign of demonization and distortion, in particular around the notion that any Jewish healthcare professional was "complicit" in genocide."  

Need a few examples?  A nurse in Portland said she would refuse to treat Jewish patients because she does "not take care of animals."  At a different hospital doctors and nurses were chanting "long live the intifada."  Never to be outdone, in California an antisemitic flyer was circulated with this language:  "We do not want any Zionists or former IDF soldiers who support or have participated in this genocide, taking care of our families."  How about asking Jewish healthcare professionals that they need to renounce Israel if they expect to be accepted in the workplace.  Allow me to ask all readers, Jews and non-Jews alike - do you feel safer with a Jewish healthcare professional, or one who supports the terrorist group Hamas?   

But Trump is the new Hitler, right?  Because what's happening in our country is no different from what happened in 1930's Germany.  But it's not because of Trump.  It is because of the Democrats and the Leftists and the Islamists.  As John Podhoretz wrote, also in Commentary magazine:  "The analogy to 1933 is there, because the mob is there, because the Jew-haters are there, because the genociders are waiting for their chance.  But miraculously - and I think I mean that literally, that "miraculously" there is a force staying their hand.  And it isn't the monster of their nightmares.  It's the president himself, who has empowered his Justice and Education Departments to fight for the rights of Jewish students on campus.  It's the president himself, who targeted the worst anti-Semite in Congress for defeat in the Arkansas primary.  It's the president himself, who has become the best friend the Jewish state has ever had."  To which I would add - it's the president who is doing his best to keep America the best place in the world (outside of Israel) for the Jewish people.         

The Real Abdul El-Sayed

Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed won the Democratic primary for the US Senate from the state of Michigan on Tuesday.  He will be running against Republican Mike Rogers in the November general election.  What do we know about El-Sayed?  Like all progressive/Leftists, he does not think much of Israel.  He accuses Israel of genocide (which is nonsense - see my 8/5/26 post "The Jew Haters Keep Repeating The 'Genocide' Lie").  And, of course, he wants to cut all aid to Israel, even for defensive systems such as Iron Dome, which saves Israeli lives.  But who cares about them, right?  

Nor does he believe that Israel has a right to exist as a Jewish state.  But I have not found anything to suggest he opposes countries governed by Islamic or Sharia law.  In fact, he has strongly opposed states that have banned Sharia law.  I wonder how many Leftists would make excuses if their daughters had to live under Sharia law.  

Has anyone else listened to El-Sayed's victory speech?  I can best describe it as mean and mean-spirited.  In addressing the Republican candidate, Mike Rogers, here is what El-Sayed had to say.  "I know you're going to say no because you're a coward.  Five debates.  All right?  You and I both know that you will wither in front of your own crimes, but I'm gonna make sure all Michiganders know about them.  By the time we're done, you are not going to have safe quarter from people holding you accountable for what you've done."  No safe quarter?  Really?  You looking to have a violent mob act as judge, jury and executioner?  What crimes has Rogers committed?  El-Sayed doesn't say.  But like all good Leftists, the accusations alone prove guilt.  Then punishment follows.  Think Communist Russia (the USSR).

So who are the people in El-Sayed's circle?  Well, his father was the president of the Michigan chapter of CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations), and a founding member of the ISNA (Islamic Society of North America).  CAIR was an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land terrorism trial.  El-Sayed's wife is a psychiatrist.  It has been reported that her practice does not accept Medicare, Medicaid or even private insurance.  Ironic, in that El-Sayed advocates for universal health insurance coverage.  Maybe not a surprise.  El-Sayed has mocked Mike Rogers for owning property in Florida, while El-Sayed owns property in Dubai and India.  

We also know that El-Sayed is buddies with Hasan Piker, the America-hating and Israel-hating current king maker in the Democratic Party.  Recall that Piker is the guy who said that America deserved 9/11.  El-Sayed excused that by saying it was a dumb statement, and that Piker said he could have phrased it better.  I don't see any better phrasing of "America deserved 9/11."  Especially from someone who has a framed picture of the burning Towers hanging in his home/office.  And, Piker said "it doesn't matter if rape happened on October 7th (2023, during the Hamas attack on Israel).  As for those Democrats who voted for El-Sayed's opponent in the primary, Haley Stevens, Piker said those voters were "unbelievably Islamophobic pieces of shit."  I'd say Mr. Piker does a good job of making people fearful of Muslims.  

What else has El-Sayed said?  Well, he has supported defunding the police.  And, I've noticed that Leftists and Islamists have much in common.  Such as not having fun.  El-Sayed:  "Football is very much associated with a particularly masculine and oftentimes toxically masculine culture."  Would he want to ban football?  Probably, in my opinion.  During a 2018 run for governor, he told a filmmaker who was taking pictures in his home, to not take any pictures of his bookshelves.  One book on the shelf was apparently "Cutting The Fuse" (2010).  That book takes the position that suicide terrorism is caused by foreign military occupation, not by Islamic fundamentalism/extremism.    

The Washington Free Beacon reported that El-Sayed, on his podcast, pushed for people to get a book called "Let This Radicalize You:  Organizing in the Revolution of Reciprocal Care."  The Free Beacon says the book tells people they should not think that violent protests are bad.  As an example, they talk about the George Floyd protests (riots really).  After noting that many people supported supported the protests, the authors say "many fewer people defended the rights of protesters who were arrested for acts of property destruction and funneled into the racist carceral system."  Maybe that is because normal people do not want to see their businesses, their neighbors' businesses and their communities destroyed.  

Here is what else the authors of that book say:  "There is no greater purveyor of violence in the world than the US government.  From war to policing to incarceration to border violence to the slashing of the social safety net, the US government kills untold millions.  The violence of the rebellion is infinitesimal smaller by comparison...The maintenance of global capitalism necessitates mass death."  Now, it's true that the producers of El-Sayed's podcast, those funding it, may have insisted on him pushing this book.  But he maintained the ability to say "no, I will not advocate for such a book."  He did not do so. 

Does anyone not see El-Sayed, and others like him (think Zohran Mamdani), as wolves in sheep's clothing?  As a Trojan horse being offered up as a gift by the Left who support these extremists, with offers of all kinds of free stuff.  In case you were wondering, the so-called mainstream Democrats are on board with these America haters.  Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) said:  "I'm very confident we're going to win in Michigan."  Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI):  "I am going to be working very hard to get a Democratic majority in the United States Senate."  

And California Governor, and likely 2028 presidential candidate, Gavin Newsom, who couldn't wait to congratulate El-Sayed on his victory:  "Congratulations Abdul El-Sayed on a hard fought victory.  Trump and the GOP are trying everything to rig the rules and silence voters - but they can't stop a Democratic Party united around working people and accountability."  Ah yes, the "big tent" party - filled with Jew haters and Israel haters and America haters. After all, as Piker said, "it doesn't matter if rape happened on October 7th."         

"As an American Jew, my first political loyalty is to American democracy."

That was the title of an Op-Ed by Jon King in a site called "Michigan Advance," following the victory of Abdul El-Sayed in the Democratic primary for US Senator in Michigan.  After reading the article, I thought it was a perfect example of those 45% of secular Jews who said they felt no connection to Israel.  But words tell the story far better than a statistic.  (See the 7/21/26 post "I'm Fed Up!  Why Aren't You?  Part I" for a discussion of the 45%.) 

King:  "I'm an American Jew, and my political loyalty is not to Democrats or to Republicans.  It is to American democracy.  Full stop."  Nowhere in this Op-Ed did King happen to mention the name Donald Trump.  But his numerous references to American democracy and a strongman seizing power, made it quite clear he was talking about Trump.  I agree with his sentence, although I would have not thought to add the word "democracy" at the end.  

King goes on to tell us that he was raised in a Jewish household, and celebrated the usual Jewish holidays, such as Passover and Hanukkah.  Then he makes this incredible statement:  "Israel matters to millions of Jews for reasons that are deeply personal and entirely understandable."  Except, he does not appear to share the view of those millions of Jews.  He explains:  "But the United States is the nation whose institutions protect my rights, my neighbors' rights and my children's future."  Okay.  But is he unable to have feelings for more than one entity at a time?  I'd bet he has feelings for more than one family member at a time.  More than one friend at a time.  Could that really be the issue?  Or is he hiding something?

He then expresses his surprise that some Michigan Jews say that they will vote for the Republican candidate, Mike Rogers, over El-Sayed, because of El-Sayed's views on Israel and the war with Gaza.  Finally, he tells us his true concern:  "Jewish history is replete with examples of what happens when strongmen seize power."  There it is - the not so subtle reference to Donald Trump.  Trump was elected.  Trump did not seize power.  If King has Hitler in mind as the comparison to Trump, I don't even know what I might say to him.  But I'd start with:  "are Jews being rounded up and sent to concentration camps?"  It is not an answer to say people here illegally are being detained for deportation.  If I recall correctly, wasn't Obama called the "Deporter-in-chief?"  Did Mr. King ever complain about Obama being a "strongman?"  I doubt it.  (As an aside, leftwing Jews are always surprised that any Jew would ever vote for a Republican.  They literally cannot comprehend it.)  

Here's the rest of Mr. King's concerns.  After referring to his "Jewishness," which appears to be more cultural than religious, he says that it should not "obligate Jewish Americans to feel loyalty to a country they likely never lived in and increasingly may not represent the values they were raised with."  And there's the rest of it.  I have zero doubt that, as with many liberal Jews, King equates Netanyahu to Trump.  And hates them both.  Again, without mentioning Netanyahu by name.  What values do you find objectionable, Mr. King?  Does he accuse Israel of committing genocide?  Of being an apartheid state?  Is he upset by Israel defending itself after October 7, 2023, when Hamas committed the worst slaughter of the Jewish people since the Holocaust?  Maybe he objects to Israel having to fight a multi-front war against Hamas and Hezbollah and the Houthis and Iran, all at the same time, and blames Israel for all of it.  Because he appears to be indifferent to the survival of Israel.   

Clearly, Mr. King feels no religious connection to Israel.  Notwithstanding the thousands of years of connection of the Jewish people to that land.  Notwithstanding that Jerusalem is where the two great Temples stood.  Notwithstanding that is where our patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) and our matriarchs (Sarah, Rebecca and Leah) are buried - in the Cave of the Patriarchs.  Notwithstanding the frequent reference to Jerusalem in our prayers.  Okay, let's skip all that.  

Let's talk about Israel being a safe haven for the Jewish people.  Let's talk about how the Jewish people around the world celebrated the establishment of the Jewish state in 1948.  Because, unlike you, they knew how significant a Jewish state was for the Jewish people.  Israel has taken in Jewish people, not just from Europe after the Holocaust.  But from all over - when the Jews faced persecution and expulsion from other countries.  From all the over the Middle East, when the Arab countries either made life difficult after 1948, or expelled them.  The tiny state of Israel also took in the Ethiopian Jews.  They took in the Russian Jews.  Not sure why I have to explain this, but when Palestinian terrorists hijacked a French airliner filled with Jewish passengers and flew it to Entebbe in Uganda, it wasn't the French who rescued those Jews.  Nor the United States.  It was the tiny state of Israel.  

It isn't that you just feel nothing special for Israel.  You said it yourself.  "I wish the people who live in Israel and the territories it occupies ("occupies" is a telling comment right there) - Jews, Palestinians, Muslims, Christians and everyone else, peace, safety, and dignity, just as I wish those things for people anywhere."  It appears that Mr. King not only feels nothing special for the land of Israel, but also feels nothing special for the Jewish people.  Which is ironic given his earlier statement about "strongmen seizing power."  If that should happen here, where would you propose that the Jewish people flee to for safety, Mr. King?  Not Israel, because in your world there is no Israel.  Then where?  

The Jew Haters Keep Repeating The "Genocide" Lie

In the prior post, I mentioned how the DSA wants to prosecute Americans and Israelis for genocide.  I previously explained that genocide is not an applicable term for the war with Gaza, when the Gazan population has nearly doubled.  How is that a genocide?  I also discussed the hundreds of tons of food and medical supplies sent into Gaza by Israel during the war.  Who does that?  Who takes care of the civilian population like that if they are trying to annihilate them?

In much earlier posts, I discussed how the Israeli Defense Forces (the IDF) would warn people before dropping bombs.  They would drop leaflets from planes.  They would drop dud bombs on the roofs of buildings about to be bombed.  They would even make phone calls to warn people.  All of that would also give the Hamas terrorists a chance to escape, as they embed themselves in civilian homes, schools, medical facilities and mosques.  But that's what Israel would do.

I just recently watched an interesting talk by Federal Judge Roy Altman.  He discussed how the Israeli Military Advocate Generals (MAGS, but JAGS here) oversee Israeli military operations.  A pilot or drone operator may have located a Hamas target.  But if a MAG officer sees any chance that a civilian may be injured or killed, they prevent the operation from going forward.  Why would Israel have these MAGS if the goal was to eliminate the civilian population.  

The Judge also discussed the High Level Military Group (HLMG), consisting of high level retired military officers from NATO countries and other democracies.  They comment on how armies conduct themselves in modern warfare, including in urban settings.  It turns out, that the HLMG actually submitted an amicus curiae brief (friend of the court brief) to the ICC on behalf of Israel.  They said there was no credible evidence of civilians being targeted, or civilians being starved by Israel.  Unsurprisingly, the known fact that Hamas uses civilians to protect their fighters, by hiding in schools, homes, hospitals and mosques, is ignored by those who simply want to find the Jews guilty of something.   

The HLMG also argued that Israel did its best minimize civilian casualties, and to get humanitarian aid into Gaza.  The Judge also mentioned that there had been rumors of a polio outbreak in Gaza.  What did Israel do?  They sent vaccines and refrigeration equipment into a war zone, and even paused the fighting, to make sure that the children of Gaza got vaccinated.  Anyone think the Nazis would have cared about vaccinating Jewish children, knowing the intent was to kill them all.  If that is your intent, you don't care about vaccinations.

A look at AI says that the average civilian to combatant death ratio in modern urban warfare is 9 to 1.  In the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the ratio was estimated to be between 3 to 1 and 5 to 1.  In Gaza, Israel says the ratio is 1 to 1.5.  Even the anti-Israel sources have said 4 to 1, with the worst being 8 to 1.  In other words, all estimates are below the average.  That is not a very convincing argument for a genocide.

So, the lies about Israel committing a genocide will continue.  It was just repeated by Abdul Al-Sayed, the winner of the Michigan Democratic primary for the US Senate.  And, as more Leftists and Islamists win elections here, you will continue to hear those lies more frequently.  And others, like the Democrats, will use the lie to support their vote to cut off military aid to Israel.  Israel is fighting America's enemies.  We share the same enemies.  Doesn't matter.  And those like Mamdani will continue to press for the arrest and prosecution of Netanyahu.  But don't forget that the Democratic Socialists of America also advocate for the prosecution of Americans who they claim have supported Israel's so-called genocide.

The DSA And Their Supporters

The DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) has been running an increasing number of candidates for federal, state and local office.  They generally run as Democrats.  Others, not formal members of the DSA, are backed by them.  Google/AI says there are about 250 office holders nationwide who belong to the DSA.  I suspect countless more Democrat office holders support the DSA platform.  

Megan Romer is the co-chair of the DSA and was recently interviewed on Fox.  Here is what she said the DSA positions are:  abolish the Senate, replace the presidency, replace the Supreme Court, abolish our borders and abolish our prisons.  Researching further into the DSA we see these positions:  expand the House and abolish the Senate.  Then have the House select the President and the Supreme Court.  And, no surprise, abolish the Pentagon.  This sound democratic to anyone?  Or does this sound like anarchy?  If there are no police, no prisons, no borders and no defense department, I would have to suggest that people buy as many guns as they can possibly afford.  

But wait a minute.  Many Democrats oppose the private ownership of guns.  Will you still feel that way if there is no one else to defend you and your family?  But isn't this what Obama hoped for - a fundamental transformation of America.  Kamala Harris may again be the Democrat's nominee for President.  Is she on board with fundamentally transforming America?  She does want to "revisit the electoral college."  She has previously supported DC statehood, on the assumption that DC would give the Democrats an additional House seat and two more Senate seats.  If she believed Republicans would win in DC, I guarantee she would oppose DC statehood.  The same rationale now applies to her talking about statehood for Puerto Rico.  

What does Harris think about the Supreme Court?  "We need to revisit the point of expanding the court to 13 justices like we have 13 district courts."  She's a little confused.  We have 94 federal district courts.  We do have 13 federal circuit courts of appeal.  She does not explain why the number of justices has to match up with the number of circuits.  But it should be clear.  The expansion would only occur if the Democrats won the House and the Senate and the presidency.  There is no way Harris or any other Democrat would be pushing for an expanded Supreme Court unless the Democrats controlled the  Congress and the presidency.  Then, they could pass legislation expanding the size of the Court and have the president sign it.  After that, they would nominate four leftwing people to sit on the high court.  At that point, they would probably stop talking about term limits for the justices.  The Republicans currently control the House, the Senate and the presidency.  Yet, I haven't seen them push for greater control over the Supreme Court.  Wasn't it the Republicans who are supposed to be the threat to our democracy?    

I'm tempted to say that the Constitution prevents these radicals from doing whatever they want.  But I suggest we not underestimate them.  The Constitution sets up the Electoral College.  The Constitution sets up the Senate.  Getting rid of those institutions would require a constitutional amendment.  As would getting rid of the presidency as know it (the DSA plan).  I'm not sure how the Democrats would deal with Article V of the Constitution, which says that "no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate."  I suppose if there is there is no Senate, then each state having zero Senators would amount to equal suffrage.  

The DSA also supports a "Free Palestine."  Of course.  And they want to prosecute both American and Israeli office holders for genocide.  Abdul El-Sayed is running to be the Democrat candidate for Senator from Michigan in today's primary.  Asked if he would support El-Sayed, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer gave the same answer as he did with regards to Graham Platner, who was forced out of the Maine Senate race.  Schumer:  "Bottom Line, we are going to win Michigan and take back the Senate and have a majority."  As for the DSA, Schumer said:  "Look, we are a big tent party, and being a big tent party is a strength, not a weakness."

I agree.  The Democrats are a big tent party.  They have plenty of room for America hating, Israel hating and Jew hating candidates.  Isn't that special?

I'm Fed Up! Why Aren't You? Part III

I'm not going to waste time talking about the so-called Squad.  You can imagine what I think about them.  A bunch of Leftists/socialists/communists and antisemitic Jew haters.  I think that covers it.  

But I do want to finish my rant with the Mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani.  I've discussed this Islamist sympathizer multiple times in the blog.  He won't condemn "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free."  Even though that means no Israel.  Because he won't accept Israel as the one Jewish state in the world.  He won't even condemn "globalize the intifada."  Shame on anyone who makes excuses for that, as the two intifadas were nothing other than the murders of Jewish civilians in Israel on buses, in cafes, at malls and even at a Passover Seder.  So, you know what I think of this piece of garbage, Mamdani.  

Anyway, a main campaign platform of his was that he would arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he dared to step foot within New York City.  He has repeatedly said he would have Netanyahu arrested after becoming Mayor.  Now, he knew he had no authority to do that.  First, he's just the Mayor of a city.  It may be our biggest city, but it's a city.  You're a Mayor.  That's it.  Not to mention that the United States wisely never signed onto the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court.

Mamdani never stopped calling Netanyahu a "war criminal."  And he accused Netanyahu of being the "architect of a horrific genocide."  He doesn't seem to care much about what happened to the Jewish people on October 7, 2023.  Only the worst attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust.  And Hamas saying they want to carry out an October 7 type of attack over and over again in order to kill all the Jewish people does not, in my opinion, bother him.

Netanyahu will likely be traveling to NYC in September for the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly.  Now, all of a sudden, after doing much consulting with law enforcement and legal counsel, Mamdani says he does not actually have any authority to arrest Netanyahu.  As younger people would say:  Duh!  Then what was this whole campaign to arrest Netanyahu really all about?  I would bet that he knew all along that he had no authority to arrest a foreign head of state.  Even while he was promising to do so during his campaign for Mayor.

Here's what I think.  As the Mayor of the city with the largest Jewish population in the world of any city outside of Israel, I believe he was trying to gin up hatred of Jews.  We know he has no problem with intifadas.  We know he has spent his time in office doing his best to make life more difficult for the Jews of New York City.  And we've seen it in the way Jews have been harassed and assaulted under his watch.  And I'm really sick of his phony smile.  If anyone thinks he is sincere, shame on you.

For those of you, Jews and non-Jews, who still don't get my concern with the growing antisemitism and Jew hatred, I'll end with this quote from an article in the Algemeiner:  "Violence against Jews rarely begins with calls to murder to Jews.  It begins with arguments explaining why this specific hatred is understandable...Every expulsion, pogrom, massacre, and genocide in history targeting Jews started with an intellectual class constructing exceptions for Jews...The hatred stops being hatred as hatred and starts being treated as understandable.  Understandable soon becomes justifiable.  And, from there, the violence:  inevitable."

For all those I just ranted on, do me a favor.  Do yourself a favor.  Wake up!