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Israel must 'open its eyes' as House votes on US-Israel aid, JCFA pres. tells 'Post' - interview

"It's clear that the Democratic Party has moved consequentially to the left, and that they are much more heavily influenced by people on the progressive flank," Diker told the Post.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Dr. Dan Diker, President of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA)
US Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) speaks to the press as he exits a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington.

House rejects bill to strip Israel aid despite over 100 Democrats voting to cut funding

The House voted 314 to 104 to defeat the measure, offered as an amendment to a State Department spending bill by Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky.

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Jay Clayton, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Trump spy nominee Jay Clayton faces tense hearing after refusing to say Joe Biden won in 2020

Clayton said only that Biden had been "certified" as president, while also insisting, "I am not an election denier."

|ByREUTERS
US Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) speaks during a press conference alongside lawmakers and university union members following pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, Capitol Hill, Washington.

Cori Bush vows to deliver 'knockout' punch to AIPAC in upcoming congressional primary rematch

Now, as AIPAC has rapidly transformed into a radioactive bogeyman among Democrats and Bush’s fellow progressives have mounted an ascent across the party, Bush is out for revenge.

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Senate GOP Twitter account stops following virulently antisemitic account after reporter’s query

The most recent tweet from Nov. 1 2016 reads,"Obnoxious Jews Cause Decline in Bud Light Sales."

FEBRUARY 3, 2022ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
TWITTER’S LOGO is seen on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange last week.

GOP Sen. Linsey Graham is reliably unreliable - opinion

Graham defines being a Republican today as being unswervingly loyal to Donald Trump – not the party and certainly not the principles on which our democracy rests.

FEBRUARY 2, 2022ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM, then-chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, speaks during the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett in 2020.

QAnon forces shut-down of butterfly center amid sex trafficking claims

A Republican congressional candidate, MAGA supporters and QAnon conspiracists blamed a butterfly center for trafficking sex workers across the border with Mexico.

JANUARY 28, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A US border patrol agent looks over the Rio Grande river at the border between United States and Mexico, in Roma, Texas, US, May 11, 2017

Bob Dole: A Republican who would never make it in today's GOP - opinion

Dole actively advocated for food stamps, child nutrition, persons with disabilities, veterans and international relief, all anathema in today’s GOP.

DECEMBER 8, 2021ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
THEN-US PRESIDENTIAL nominee Bob Dole addresses the B’nai B’rith International Convention in Washington in September 1996, pledging a stronger and closer relationship with the Netanyahu government.

Book burning in America: The theme of the GOP cultural war - opinion

Book banning and burning are as old as time, but they’re getting a new life thanks to former US president Donald Trump’s MAGA movement.

DECEMBER 1, 2021ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
VIRGINIA GOVERNOR-ELECT Glenn Youngkin addresses an election night event last month.

Protesters posed as neo-Nazis to target the GOP nominee in Virginia’s governor race

The protest Friday against Glenn Youngkin, who is running for governor against former governor Terry McAuliffe, was organized by the Lincoln Project, a group of anti-Trump Republicans.

NOVEMBER 1, 2021BySHIRA HANAU/JTA
White supremacists stand behind their shields at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, US, August 12, 2017

Is Donald Trump sabotaging the Republican Party? - opinion

The twice-impeached former president calls his GOP critics RINOs – Republican in Name Only – but he himself may be the genuine article.

OCTOBER 27, 2021ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
FORMER US PRESIDENT Donald Trump attends his first post-presidency campaign rally, in Wellington, Ohio, in June.

GOP support for Trump 2024 is growing - poll

The share of Republicans who say Donald Trump should continue to be a major national figure has grown by 10 percentage points – from 57% to 67%, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.

OCTOBER 7, 2021ByHALEY COHEN
Former US President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, US February 28, 2021.

GOP congressman compares COVID to Holocaust, prompts intern resignation

But Massie’s example got an extra burst of attention after one of his interns resigned in a letter that he posted to Twitter, where it went viral.

AUGUST 28, 2021ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
Rep. Thomas Massie

GOP rep. says Capitol rioters treated worse than Guantanamo Bay prisoners

"They are treating those people worse than they treat the terrorists at Gitmo (short for Guantanamo)," the GOP representative claimed.

AUGUST 16, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US REP. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) arrives to take her oath of office as a member of the House of Representatives, in Washington, DC, on January 3.