Mamdani's administration has its first serious scandal

A New York City employee says she was fired after she reported an anonymous complaint about her boss, Commissioner Sharun Goodwin, and the agency’s general counsel, Wayne McKenzie.

The story centers on Department of Probation investigator Ebony Huntley, who alleged that Goodwin had a “prior intimate relationship” with McKenzie that would “present a conflict of interest and impact impartial decision-making,” according to Politico.

Huntley also alleged that human resources director Zenia Melendez had a history of “verbal and physical violence” toward staff members. The whistleblower said she followed the required process when she submitted the complaint to the city’s Department of Investigation, which informed her that it was looking into the matter.

But the day after she submitted the complaint, she was called into a meeting with McKenzie, who said, “I cannot have a person like Ebony working for me. Effective immediately, you are terminated.”

But that wasn’t the end of the story. Huntley responded to her firing with a wrongful termination lawsuit. She told a reporter, “It’s sh*tty, because I did what I was supposed to do.”

This is the first major scandal to hit Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration, even after he promised to bring a “new era” of clean and transparent government after years of corruption allegations under his predecessor, Eric Adams.

Mamdani said he takes “any allegation of misconduct incredibly seriously” but did not comment on the details while the investigation proceeds. “I’m not going to be weighing in on any ongoing investigation. However, New Yorkers should rest assured that there is an investigation.”

A spokesperson for the Department of Probation told Politico the agency is “committed to fostering a professional, respectful and accountable workplace for all employees” and that the “allegations in this lawsuit will be duly addressed as the legal process runs its course.”

Also, the department said Goodwin and McKenzie “will have no role or oversight to any potential investigation to avoid any conflict and to preserve independence.”

Other than the Huntley lawsuit, the Mamdani administration has faced other controversies in its first 100 days. These involve key appointees and policies. Catherine Almonte Da Costa, who the mayor appointed as director of appointments, resigned only a day after she was announced. It happened after antisemitic comments she made on social media ten years ago surfaced.

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Ali Larijani [aka Lory Jane] threatened Trump and POTUS answered: BAHDAHBING!

Ali Larijani, one of the most powerful mullahs in Iran's theocratic clown show, got himself taken out by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) after spending months yapping threats at President Donald Trump and U.S. service members like he was auditioning for a starring role in his own demise. Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar confirmed the strike, pointing out that Larijani had a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head.

“Ali Larijani had a $10 million prize on his head. We did it for free,” Sa’ar said.

The 67-year-old hardliner had popped up as Tehran's go-to mouthpiece after getting tapped to head the National Security Council in the wake of that 12-day war mess. He was fingered for running the regime's savage January crackdown on protests, which racked up over 30,000 dead by some counts. The U.S. slapped sanctions on him for being one of the first to “call for violence” against the demonstrators.

In the lead-up to his dirt nap, Larijani was all over social media, slinging increasingly unhinged warnings at the United States, including direct threats against President Donald Trump and promises to “hunt down” American troops.

This guy was a regime lifer, holding down gigs like head of Iran's state broadcaster, chief nuclear negotiator, security adviser to the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and speaker of parliament until 2020. He was tight with the IRGC, that delightful U.S.-designated terrorist outfit, and even commanded during the Iran-Iraq War.

Sure, some left-wing journalists tried to paint him as the pragmatic type you could sit down and negotiate with, but in January he was out there saying Iran would have “no choice” but to go nuclear if the U.S. or Israel hit them. On March 1, after the U.S. strike, he declared Iran “will not negotiate with the United States.”

Since January, The New York Times was claiming he was basically running Iran because Khamenei handed him the wheel amid the protests and the looming war vibes with the U.S. and Israel. Just last week, Larijani was posting pics and videos from a Quds Day protest in Iran, mingling with the crowds like he was untouchable and the regime was rock-solid.

“Mr. Hegseth! Our leaders have been, and still are, among the people. But your leaders? On Epstein’s island!” he tweeted.

In another post about the protest, he blathered that the combo of brave people, brave officials, and brave leaders “cannot be defeated.”

Larijani never bothered toning down the crazy. In the weeks before the IDF turned him into yesterday's news, he was flooding social media with tough-guy threats aimed at the U.S. military, regional allies, and President Donald Trump. Here are some highlights from the greatest hits collection:

“We will make the Zionist criminals and the shameless Americans regret their actions. The brave soldiers and the great nation of Iran will deliver an unforgettable lesson to the hellish international oppressors.” (2/28/2026)

“To the countries of the region: We are not seeking to attack you. But when the bases located in your country are used against us, and when the United States carries out operations in the region relying on these forces, then we will target those bases. For these bases are not part of the land of those countries; rather, they are American soil.” (3/1/2026)

America and the Zionist regime have scorched the heart of the Iranian nation. We will scorch their hearts… (3/1/2026)

“TRUMP HAS BETRAYED “AMERICA FIRST” TO ADOPT ‘ISRAEL FIRST.’” (3/2/2026)“Iran, unlike the United States, has prepared itself for a long war…We will fiercely defend ourselves and our six thousand years old civilization regardless of the costs and will make the enemies sorry for their miscalculation.” (3/2/2026)

“Trump’s wishful thinking has dragged the whole region into an unnecessarily war and now he is rightly worried about more American casualties. It is indeed very sad that he is sacrificing American treasure and blood to advance Netanyahu’s illegitimate expansionist ambitions.” (3/2/2026)

“The story has not ended yet, and the martyrdom of Imam Khamenei will come at a heavy price for you, God willing.” (2/4/2026)

“Some American officials have said that they intend to enter Iran on the ground with a few thousand troops. The valiant children of Imam Khomeini and Imam Khamenei are waiting for you to expose those corrupt American officials with a few thousand killed and captured. The land of Iran is no place for the hellish dance of demons.” (3/5/2026)

“It has been reported to me that several American soldiers have been taken prisoner. But the Americans claim that they have been killed in action. Despite their futile efforts, the truth is not something they can hide for too long.” (3/7/2026)

“When the enemy attacks us from bases in the region, we respond — and we will continue to respond. This is our right and a standing policy. Regional countries must either prevent the US from using their territory against Iran, or we will have no choice but to do it ourselves.” (3/7/2026)“Some American soldiers have been captured. They are lying that 5-6 American soldiers have been killed. Later, they will inflate the number of deaths under the pretext of an accident too.” (3/7/2026)

“We won’t let #Trump off the hook; he must pay the price—he’s martyred our leader and our people. This isn’t a simple matter; we won’t let it go until we retaliate in kind.” (3/7/2026)

“The Ashura-loving nation of Iran does not fear your hollow threats. Those greater than you could not eliminate the Iranian nation. Watch out for yourself lest you be eliminated!” (3/10/2026)

“Trump has said ‘we can take apart Iran’s electric capacity within one hour, but we have not done it.’ Well, if they do that, the whole region will go dark in less than half an hour and darkness provides ample opportunity to hunt down US servicemen running for safety.” (3/12/2026)

“Trump says he is looking for a speedy victory. While starting a war is easy, it cannot be won with a few tweets. We will not relent until making you sorry for this grave miscalculation. #TrumpMustPay” (3/12/2026)

Talk about going out on a high note of delusional bluster. The IDF just sent the invoice for that $10 million bounty, courtesy of the free market in consequences.

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Four arrested after Rotterdam synagogue explosion: Ashah Al Yamin claims responsibility

Four young men, aged seventeen to nineteen, were arrested in Rotterdam after an explosive device detonated at a synagogue in the heart of the city. No one was injured, thank God, though the blast at around 3:40 a.m. left its mark on the building and, one suspects, on the nerves of every Jew in the Netherlands.

The terrorism suspects, all from Tilburg, were apprehended when police stopped a car prowling suspiciously near another synagogue. The driver's description matched one of the perpetrators from the earlier attack. One can only imagine the scene: young men in a vehicle, perhaps flushed with the adrenaline of what they had just done, now suddenly confronted by officers who had pieced it together with commendable speed.

A group calling itself Ashab Al Yamim, a hitherto unknown Shi'ite terror outfit, has claimed responsibility. 

This is no idle boast; the same shadowy organization has recently launched a series of assaults on Jewish institutions, including a bombing at a synagogue in Liège, Belgium, and another attack in Greece. One is tempted to ask: where do these groups spring from, fully formed, with videos and statements ready to hand out? While the name translates roughly as "Companions of the Right,"  their actions suggest something altogether darker: proxies, perhaps, in a wider campaign of intimidation that has escalated since the joint US-Israeli operations against Iran commenced in late February.

It is difficult not to see a pattern here. Jewish communities across the West find themselves under siege. 

Earlier this week, a synagogue in Michigan was rammed by a vehicle in an incident involving an active shooter. In Canada, several synagogues have endured targeted shootings over the past month. And now this in Rotterdam, arson by explosion, claimed by a new Shi'ite entity whose emergence coincides precisely with heightened tensions in the Middle East.

The police, to their credit, have increased surveillance at other synagogues throughout the city and launched an extensive investigation. [What can their motive possibly be?] 

Whether the four suspects intended further targets remains unconfirmed, but the question hangs in the air: how many more such plots are being hatched, even as we speak?

One cannot help but reflect on the broader malaise. Europe, once so proud of its post-war tolerance, now watches as its Jewish citizens, citizens who have every right to worship in peace, are forced to live behind heightened security, metal detectors, and armed guards. The euphemisms of "heightened concerns" and "increased surveillance" mask a grim reality: Jews are once again being hunted in the streets of European cities, this time under the banner of a resurgent ideological war exported from the Middle East.

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As any great historian of totalitarianism might have observed, the first step toward barbarism is the normalization of targeting a particular group. 

We are well past the first step now. The question is whether the West still possesses the moral clarity, and the will, to confront it before the next explosion claims not just windows and doors, but lives.

Mamdani's wife is clearly an anti-Semite and more

Last week, New York City Democrat-socialist Mayor Comrade Zohran Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji, suddenly found herself getting more public attention than the administration probably wanted. It turned out she had liked dozens of social media posts celebrating the October 7, 2023 terror attacks in Israel. Not just vague political commentary either. Some of the posts cheered the slaughter of dogs and even the kidnapping of a 12 year old Israeli boy who was tied to a tree and horrible things were done to him.

Naturally, the media and Team Mamdani rushed in with the usual cleanup routine. They waved away concerns about her social media activity by reminding everyone that she is a "private citizen" who supposedly has no influence on the mayor's policies. Funny how that works. 

Why is it that nobody in the press ever seems eager to extend that same courtesy to the private spouses of conservatives like Justices Alito and Thomas.

Now we are learning that Duwaji’s antisemitism might not be some random social media hiccup. It appears to be more of a lifestyle choice. She provided illustrations for a book compiled by Palestinian American author and "journalist" Susan Abulhawa.

Abulhawa, for those keeping score at home, has quite the résumé when it comes to ugly rhetoric. She has referred to Jews with slurs like "rootless parasites." I guess Abulhawa doesn't believe that after thousands of years with roots in Israel, it doesn't count as roots.

As Levine points out [below], Abulhawa often tries to hide behind the usual rhetorical fig leaves, directing her insults toward "Israel" or "Zionists." Sometimes, however, the mask slips and she says exactly what she means, as she does here:

Of course, the Mamdani administration quickly dismissed the concerns. A spokesperson explained, "As is common for freelance illustrators, the First Lady was commissioned to illustrate an excerpt of Abulhawa's book by an outside publisher. She has never engaged with or met Susan Abulhawa, nor had she seen the tweets in question."

That explanation did not change the basic facts. Rama Duwaji, the first lady of New York City, provided a featured illustration for an essay by an author who called Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023 attack "spectacular," has frequently decried what she describes as "Jewish supremacist vampires," and said Jewish Israelis are "rootless soulless ghouls."

Duwaji, wife of Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D-NY), created a drawing for "A Trail of Soap," an essay in the collection Every Moment is a Life compiled by Abulhawa. The essay, published last month in Everything Is Political, which is an offshoot of the self described "environmental & social justice nonprofit organization" Slow Factory, tells the story of a Gazan woman searching for a bathroom in the territory.

Abulhawa, an author and anti Israel activist, has a long record of cheering on terror and demonizing Jews. Just days after Oct. 7, she wrote an op ed in Electronic Intifada where she called the massacres "a spectacular moment that shocked the world" and suggested that Israel, the real victim, allowed the attack to happen. 

Earlier this week, Duwaji and Mamdani hosted Hamas supporter Mahmoud Khalil for dinner at Gracie Mansion.

There is definitely a theme here.

While they scream that President Trump and Republicans are "Nazis," this is who Democrats embrace and elevate: antisemites and anti Israel activists. New York is home to the largest Jewish population outside of Israel. They have every right to know whether their mayor and his wife despise them, or support people who do.

Can you guess the truth?

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Republican beats Democrat in deep blue state after his social media history gets uncovered

A Republican pulled off a genuine shocker in deep-blue Northern Virginia on Tuesday, snagging a county-level seat that nobody saw coming after the Democrat nominee's ancient social media skeletons came tumbling out of the closet.

Jeannie LaCroix, 64, won the special election for a Prince William County Board of Supervisors seat, beating Democrat Muhammed Sufiyan Casim, 36, a Muslim Pakistani immigrant. The turning point? Revelations that Casim, back in his 20s in the 2010s, had posted a bunch of racist, misogynist, and antisemitic stuff online, as Potomac Local News laid out.

Casim tried to clean it up in an interview with the Prince William Times. "I wasn’t realizing the cultural weight and the context, so I used that word foolishly, but not in a derogatory or prejudicial way," he said, explaining that he had used the N-word to refer to his black friend. "Back in those days, a lot of kids would use that word both with kids of African American origin and people of any brown ethnicity." He also suggested he had just been copying the behavior of "kids" of "brown ethnicity" at the time.

In a March 2 X post where he confirmed he wasn't dropping out, Casim went the victim route, blaming the rhetoric of the former Republican chairman of the Board (who left office seven years ago) for emboldening neo-Nazis, then adding, "As a Muslim-American who has experienced what it’s like to live in America after 9/11, discussions around cultural sensitivity are very important to me."

LaCroix took 43.7% of the vote to Casim's 37%, with write-ins grabbing 19.2%, per the Prince William County Office of Elections via Potomac Local News. The Republican rode the wave of a fractured Democratic side. Pamela Montgomery, who lost the primary to Casim, jumped in as a write-in just a week before Election Day because of those decade-old posts. She even led in fundraising despite the late start.

"For Democrats, confronting racism is not optional. It is foundational," Montgomery, who is Black, wrote in a letter published by the Prince William Times on Election Day. "When racist language surfaces, especially from someone seeking public office, the response should be clear: acknowledge it, condemn it, and demand accountability."

This race filled the vacancy left by Democrat Margaret Franklin, who resigned after winning a Virginia House of Delegates seat in January. Franklin had crushed Casim in the Dem primary for that state House spot by more than 2-to-1.

Prince William County is the kind of affluent, diverse D.C. suburb that Democrats usually own. Kamala Harris carried it by 18 points in 2024, and Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger won it by 34 points in November 2025. The northeastern precincts around Woodbridge are some of the bluest in the whole county, per 2024 VoteHub data.

LaCroix's win stands out as one of the rare flips from blue to red in a special election during President Donald Trump's second term. Meanwhile, over the past year, Democrats have been flipping multiple state legislative seats in areas Trump carried by double digits in 2024.

Sometimes the past really does refuse to stay buried, especially when it's dumb stuff someone posted online in their 20s. And sometimes voters decide that "I was young and foolish" doesn't quite cut it when you're running for office. Who knew accountability could swing both ways?

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DHS Drops the Hammer: Mahmoud Khalil's Algerian Vacation Is About to Get Real

Last week, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals did what appellate courts occasionally remember to do: side with sanity and smack down a lower-court judge who thought he could play king of the immigration hill. The ruling was a clean win for the Trump administration in the long-running deportation saga of former Columbia University darling Mahmoud Khalil.

Khalil, the 30-year-old Syrian-born so-called Palestinian activist who's spent the better part of the last year lawyering his way out of consequences, got nabbed by ICE back in March. He cooled his heels in a Louisiana detention facility until June, when a New Jersey judge decided he was special and ordered him sprung. 

Turns out, that judge was swinging way above his pay grade. The appeals court politely informed him that no, he didn't have the authority to issue such a ruling. Shocking, I know, but judges have been misjudging their absolute power since there had been laws on the books.

Now comes the fun part. A top Department of Homeland Security official spilled the beans to NewsNation's Katie Pavlich: Khalil's about to get rearrested and shipped off to beautiful, sunny Algeria.

Mahmoud Khalil, the Syrian-born activist the Trump administration has sought to deport over pro-Palestinian demonstrations he helped organize in New York, will be retaken into custody and sent to the North African country of Algeria, a top official with the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday.

Khalil and his attorneys have spent months playing constitutional whack-a-mole with the White House's efforts to remove the green card holder, who is of Palestinian heritage, insisting it would violate the Constitution. An appellate court decision last week, however, was widely seen as a victory for the Trump administration.

"It looks like he'll go to Algeria. That's what the thought is right now," said Tricia McLaughlin, DHS assistant secretary for public affairs.

"It's a reminder for those who are in this country on a visa or on a green card. You are a guest in this country, act like it," McLaughlin said.

The Trump team has been saying since early last year that Khalil was providing support to Hamas and that he got creative with the truth on his residency paperwork. Khalil, never one to go quietly, has countersued the administration for $20 million, claiming false imprisonment and "malicious prosecution." Because nothing says "I'm being persecuted" like organizing campus chaos and then crying foul when the bill comes due.

Look, this isn't rocket science. You come here as a guest, whether on a visa or a green card, and decide the best use of your time is helping organize protests that cozy up to terrorist sympathizers and generally make life miserable for everyone else, don't be surprised when the door hits you in the butt on the way out. McLaughlin nailed it: act like a guest. Or don't. 

But Algeria is waiting, and it doesn't do campus tents and chants.

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Score one for borders, rule of law, and not letting Ivy League protest tourism turn into permanent residency. Welcome back to reality, folks. It's refreshing out here.

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MS Synagogue Arson Suspect Laughed While Confessing

The suspect in the arson attack on Mississippi's oldest synagogue, Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, has confessed to setting the fire because of the building's "Jewish ties." According to the FBI affidavit, he even laughed about the act, declaring that "he finally got them." 

What a racist cretin.

The accused cretin, Stephen Spencer Pittman, targeted Beth Israel and the associated Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life in the early hours of January 10. 

Security footage captured a man pouring what appeared to be gasoline inside the synagogue. Pittman later admitted to his father that he had committed the crime, referring to the buildings as the "synagogue of Satan." He described the details with amusement: stopping at a gas station for fuel, removing his license plate, smashing windows with an axe, dousing the interior, and igniting the blaze with a torch lighter.

A genius among cretins.

The father's intervention thankfully proved decisive. Pittman texted him beforehand, sending a photograph of the synagogue with the message "there's a furnace in the back." When his father pleaded with him to come home, the young man replied defiantly that he was "due for a home run" and that he "did my research." 

Physical evidence corroborated the confession: burns on Pittman's body [as he was just learning how to use fire] text messages, and location data placed him at the scene.

He now faces federal charges of maliciously damaging or destroying a building by means of fire or an explosive.

The destruction was severe. The library and administrative offices were heavily burned. Two Torah scrolls were destroyed entirely, and five others damaged. One of the surviving scrolls had endured the Holocaust and had been preserved in a glass case, a quiet testament to resilience now scarred once more.

This is not the first time Beth Israel has faced such hatred. In the 1960s, the Ku Klux Klan bombed the synagogue because of its courageous stand during the civil rights era. History repeats itself in the most depressing ways by the lowest functioning people in our society.

Jackson Fire Chief RaSean Thomas spoke for many when he said: "We stand with this community and affirm that hate has no home here. Jackson is stronger when we stand together."

On Monday, yellow police tape still cordoned off the entrances. Broken glass and soot marked the scene, yet people had already begun to lay flowers at the threshold, small gestures of solidarity amid the wreckage.

Beth Israel remains Mississippi's only synagogue in Jackson, and it is closed indefinitely while repairs begin.

Such attacks don't occur in isolation. Antisemitic incidents have surged dramatically in recent years, from the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in 2018 to the Bondi Beach terror attack just before Christmas. The Anti-Defamation League recorded over 9,000 documented antisemitic incidents in 2024 alone, the highest figure since tracking began in 1979.

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This arson in Mississippi is another grim marker. It reveals not merely one disturbed individual, but a broader sickness: the willingness of some to target Jews precisely because they are Jews, to revel in destruction, and to frame it as some form of justice. 

The laughter in the confession is chilling, a reminder that hatred often arrives wearing a smile. Yet the congregation endures, as it has for over a century and a half, determined to rebuild and to continue bearing witness in a world that too often requires such witness.

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Pakistani DM wants Turkey to 'kidnap' Bibi Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif. (photo: Halil Sagirkaya/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images, Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images, SHUTTERSTOCK).  

Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has called upon the United States and Turkey to carry out what can only be described as an act of international vigilantism: the abduction of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 

Speaking on Geo TV, Pakistan's largest television channel, Asif branded Netanyahu "the worst criminal of humanity," a phrase so hyperbolic it might have been lifted from the most fevered corners of anti-Western propaganda. Of course, the real reason may have something to do with Bibi being Israeli and Jewish.

The remarks came in the immediate aftermath of the United States' capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, an event Asif appeared to regard as a convenient precedent. "Turkey may abduct Netanyahu, and we Pakistanis are praying for it," he declared, his words carrying the unmistakable weight of official endorsement.

Asif invoked the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court against Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in November 2024, insisting that nations must now enforce justice themselves. The ICC's action, he suggested, provided moral and legal cover for extraordinary rendition. He speculated openly about Turkey seizing Netanyahu and transporting him to Ankara, a fantasy that reveals far more about the speaker's worldview than it does about any realistic prospect of international law.

This outburst occurred during a live broadcast that ended abruptly: the anchor, sensing the perilous direction of the conversation, announced that Asif would not remain on air after the break. One can only imagine the discomfort in the studio as a senior minister of a nuclear-armed state casually advocated for the kidnapping of the leader of another sovereign nation.

Such rhetoric is not merely inflammatory; it is a symptom of a deeper malaise in parts of the Muslim world, where Israel is cast not as a state defending itself against existential threats but as the singular embodiment of evil, as Islamic scripture frames it.

Asif's claim that "no community has done what Israel has done to Palestinians in the last 4,000-5,000 years" collapses under even the slightest scrutiny, yet it persists because it serves a political purpose: to deflect from the failures of governance, the corruption, the sectarian strife that plague so many states in the region.

The deterioration in Israel-Turkey relations since 2024, marked by trade freezes and airspace closures, provides the backdrop for this fantasy of abduction, but it does nothing to justify it.

What we witness here is the normalization of extremism in high office: a defense minister openly wishing for the forcible removal of a democratically elected leader, cloaked in the language of human rights and international justice.

The civilized world must confront this for what it is: not a legitimate call for accountability, but a dangerous incitement that erodes the very norms Asif pretends to uphold. 

When ministers speak of kidnapping heads of government, the boundary between statecraft and terrorism begins to dissolve. And once dissolved, it is not easily restored.

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SHOCKING: Radical Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani's First Act – Guts Protections Against Antisemitism and Embraces BDS on Day One

In a brazen assault on Jewish safety and Israel's legitimacy, newly sworn-in New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the self-proclaimed democratic socialist and fierce anti-Israel activist, wasted no time on his very first day in office to revoke key executive orders that protected Jews from surging antisemitism and barred city agencies from supporting the hateful Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against the Jewish state.

Mamdani's Day 1 directives rescinded former Mayor Eric Adams' adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, the gold standard used worldwide to identify and combat Jew-hatred, including modern forms that demonize Israel. 

He also lifted the city's prohibition on boycotting or divesting from Israel, effectively green-lighting BDS efforts to isolate and delegitimize the world's only Jewish nation.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sounded the alarm, declaring: "We are deeply troubled that, on his first day in office, Mayor Mamdani weakened protections to fight antisemitism." 

In a joint statement with other pro-Jewish organizations, the ADL warned: "Revoking these executive orders removes key tools for addressing antisemitism, including BDS-driven efforts that seek to demonize, delegitimize and isolate the world’s only Jewish state."

Facing immediate backlash from the Jewish community and civil rights groups, Mamdani arrogantly dismissed concerns about the IHRA definition, claiming it doesn't truly protect Jews while ignoring warnings from leading Jewish organizations.

"When we speak about the IHRA definition that you asked about, you know, protecting Jewish New Yorkers is going to be a focus of my administration, and I also know that a number, as you said, of leading Jewish organizations, have immense concerns around this definition," Mamdani said Friday in Brooklyn.

"What we will do is actually deliver on our commitment to protect Jewish New Yorkers in a manner that is able to actually fulfill that," he added.

Deflecting questions about the suspicious timing, signing these revocations mere hours after taking office, Mamdani evaded direct answers, instead justifying his sweeping purge of Adams-era orders.

"As the new mayor of a city, you have to sign a continuation of all prior executive orders or a revocation or an amendment of all of them. And, so, what we did was sign an executive order that continued every executive order that predated the moment when our former mayor was indicted, a moment when many New Yorkers lost even more faith in New York City politics and the ability of city government to actually prioritize the needs of the public," Mamdani responded. "And what we will now do is showcase that new era to protect each and every New Yorker and to deliver for those same New Yorkers in a manner that they have not seen under prior administrations."

This outrageous move comes from a mayor with a long record of hostility toward Israel, now empowered to endanger New York's large Jewish community amid record-high antisemitic incidents. While Mamdani claims he'll "protect Jewish New Yorkers," his actions speak louder: siding with BDS radicals and scrapping proven tools against hate.

New Yorkers, especially Jews, deserve better than this dangerous capitulation to anti-Israel extremism and socialism on Day One. The fight against this betrayal has only begun.

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NYC's New Far-Left Mayor Zohran Mamdani Wastes No Time: Revokes IHRA Antisemitism Definition on Day One

The BDS-Backing Islamist Takes Over City HallJanuary 2, 2026

In a move that shocked precisely no one paying attention, New York City's newly sworn-in far-left antisemitic Mayor Zohran Mamdani revoked the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism just hours after taking office on January 1st.

The IHRA definition, widely adopted globally to combat rising anti-Jewish hatred, has long been attacked by anti-Israel activists who argue it stifles legitimate criticism of Israel's policies in Gaza and elsewhere.

Key examples under the definition include "calling for, aiding, or justifying the killing or harming of Jews in the name of a radical ideology or an extremist view of religion" and "accusing Jews as a people of being responsible for real or imagined wrongdoing committed by a single Jewish person or group, or even for acts committed by non-Jews." 

It also classifies as antisemitic "[deny] the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavour."

Mamdani has a history of rejecting Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state, previously stating: "I would not recognize any state's right to exist with a system of hierarchy on the basis of race or religion."

The radical democratic socialist, who became the city's first South Asian and Muslim mayor, issued an executive order scrapping the IHRA adoption while rolling back several other measures from former Mayor Eric Adams.

A vocal supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign targeting Israel, and thus the Jews, Mamdani also overturned Adams' executive order opposing BDS efforts.

However, one concession: The Mayor's Office to Combat Antisemitism will reportedly stay open and function similarly to its operations under Adams. Rabbi Moshe Davis, the current director and a former Adams aide, told The Times of Israel he has received no contact from Mamdani's team and is uncertain about his future in the role. [He plans to sleep with one eye open and his doors double-locked.]

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Critics are already sounding the alarm over what this signals for Jewish New Yorkers under Mamdani's administration, especially amid ongoing concerns about surging antisemitism in the city. 

And this is just Day One. 

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Guilty verdicts in ISIS plot cops say could have been 'the deadliest terrorist attack in UK history'

Sahih Muslim 2922 (narrated by Abu Huraira):
"The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews."

Three men just got slapped with guilty verdicts for what could have been the deadliest Islamic terror attack on UK soil, an ISIS-inspired plot to gun down as many Jews as possible in Manchester.

Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, were convicted at Preston Crown Court of prepping a marauding firearms assault on Jewish targets. Saadaoui's brother, Bilel, 36, got nailed for failing to spill the beans on the scheme and nobody is going to catch him at a local bar mitzvah anytime soon.

These jihadist clowns were dead set on replicating the 2015 Paris massacre, admiring ISIS thug Abdeslam Abaaoud. Saadaoui even bragged to an undercover cop about wanting to slaughter "young, old, women, elderly, the whole lot," calling Christian victims "a bonus." This is equal opportunity hatred by a trio of losers who are simply following specific scripture.

Prosecutors laid it out: Saadaoui [aka Wally Vowels] forked over a deposit for four AK-47s, two pistols, and ammo, funded by selling his house and business. They scoped out Dover ports thinking they were surveilling weapon smuggling routes.

Greater Manchester Police's Assistant Chief Constable Rob Potts  said of this nightmare that it "could have become the deadliest terrorist attack in U.K. history," with "catastrophic" fallout on crowded Jewish sites.

The plot got busted in May 2024 when Saadaoui was nabbed mid-handover in an undercover sting. MI5 apparently linked him to a British ISIS recruit from way back.

Prosecutor Harpreet Sandhu KC told the jury this wasn't some innocent outing: the plan "hardly had the innocence of a teddy bear picnic." These anal sphincter breaths were out for Jewish blood.

Manchester's no stranger to Islamist terror: The 2017 Arena bombing killed 22, the deadliest since 7/7. And just recently, a Yom Kippur attack outside a synagogue left two Jewish men dead. This foiled rampage zeroed in on north Manchester's heavy Jewish areas, cranking up the alarm over jihadists repeatedly targeting the same community.

No wonder British Jews are fed up. 

A December 2025 Campaign Against Antisemitism poll shows 51% don't see a long-term future in the UK, 61% have thought about bailing in the last two years, and 96% say Jews are less safe post-October 7, 2023. Fifty-nine percent hide Jewish symbols in public out of fear. Trust in cops and courts is abysmal, with only 14% believing police protect Jews enough, and even lower for prosecutors and judges.

In a sane world, this would wake everyone up to the resurgent ISIS threat and the exploding anti-Semitism that's making Europe a nightmare for Jews again. But let's be real: the usual suspects will probably downplay the Islamist angle while lecturing about "Islamophobia." Pathetic. 

Good on UK counter-terror for shutting this down before bodies hit the ground.

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Outrage: Over 300 Rabbis and Jewish Leaders Demand UN Fires Official Who Denied Hamas’ Oct. 7 Rapes

In a blistering open letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, more than 300 prominent rabbis, scholars, and Jewish leaders, including former U.S. antisemitism envoy Deborah Lipstadt, are calling for the immediate removal of Reem Alsalem, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls.

Their reason for the move is because Alsalem publicly denied that Hamas terrorists committed rape and gang rape during the October 7, 2023 massacre in Israel, despite two separate UN reports finding "reasonable grounds" to believe sexual violence occurred in multiple locations.

Just two weeks ago, anti-Semite Alsalem posted on X: "No independent investigation found that rape took place on the 7th of October."

That claim didn't just spark outrage, it ignited a full-throated rebuke from Jewish leaders who say the Jordanian-born rapporteur is actively aiding Hamas' war crimes by whitewashing them. "The targeted sexual abuse of Israelis by Hamas and its supporters is one weapon in the arsenal of those seeking Israel's obliteration," said Amy Elman, a Kalamazoo College professor who organized the letter. "It's outrageous that deniers such as Reem Alsalem are aiding and abetting the sexual violence by claiming it never happened. These apologists should be ashamed of themselves."

Elman, who has written extensively on anti-Semitism and state responses to sexual violence, co-organized the petition with Rafael Medoff, director of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies.

Among the heavy-hitting signatories: Lipstadt, Jewish Women’s Archive CEO Judith Rosenbaum, pioneering Orthodox theologian Rabbi Irving Greenberg (former chairman of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum), Reconstructing Judaism president Rabbi Deborah Waxman, and Hebrew College president Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld.

Medoff pulled no punches on the double standard at the United Nations.

"If a UN official made such a remark concerning rape victims from any other ethnic or religious group, there would be an international uproar," Medoff said. "The same standard should apply to Israeli Jewish women who were sexually assaulted by Hamas terrorists."

The controversy exploded after Alsalem appeared on a Substack podcast claiming the world had fallen into an Israeli "trap" by believing reports of "barbaric sexual violence" committed by "barbarian Palestinian men." This was in spite of the fact that several jihadi attackers actually bragged about the sexual assaults along with other atrocities they perpetrated.

Alsalem used the platform to question the credibility of the UN's own March 2024 report and claimed Israel was using the rape allegations "in order to then justify the genocide."

Yes, the UN's own expert on violence against women accused Israel of weaponizing rape claims to justify… defending itself against the terrorists who actually committed the rapes. This isn't the first time the UN has faced accusations of turning a blind eye to Hamas' atrocities. But having the official responsible for protecting women worldwide openly deny those atrocities is a middle finger to women and is a new low, even for an organization with a long history of Israel-bashing.

The Jewish leaders' message to Guterres is clear: Reem Alsalem has to go--immediately.

Because when the United Nations employs someone who denies the rape of Jewish women by Hamas terrorists, it's not just a betrayal of Israeli victims — it’s a betrayal of every woman, everywhere.

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Tucker Carlson and his lies about Israel

The new face of anti-Semitism

Tucker Carlson, holed up in his glowing bunker of a studio like a fox news exile plotting his comeback, couldn't resist the siren call of fellow Jew-hater, Nick Fuentes. 

Of course he couldn't. The guy's got a nose for controversy like a bloodhound sniffing out fresh outrage. So there they are, jawing away on Tucker's streaming fever dream, and wouldn't you know it, right on cue, Tucker drops his patented Israel nuke: It's all bad, all wrong, all evil, boiled down to this gem, that Israel basically thinks Palestinians aren't even human if they're born that way.

Look, this is a gut-punch lie so ugly it makes your teeth ache. 

Israel denying Palestinian humanity? Get real. If anything, Israel's bending over backward, hell, breaking its own back, to prove the exact opposite. And it's costing them dearly. Why do you think they're sending 18-year-old kids into Gaza's rat-maze hellholes, knocking on doors one by one instead of turning the place into a parking lot with B-52s? 

The IDF's playbook on urban fighting is a masterclass in restraint no one's ever bothered to write, it's all there in the reports, black and white, lives saved amid the rubble. Meanwhile, Hamas straps their own kids into suicide vests and hunker down in hospitals, betting Israel has a conscience that Hamas sure as hell doesn't. 

It's genius, if you're a demon.

Nah, what Tucker's really circling here, without ever landing the punch, is the nightmare Israel stares down every damn day just to stay alive. Palestinian kids aren't raised on fairy tales; they're force-fed a jihadist fever dream from the crib, taught to hate Jews and to crave their blood like it's manna. That's the poison pill, folks. And yeah, let's call it what it is: Islam is the fuse on that bomb.

Tied right into this mess are the Palestinian moms who don't just shrug off their boys blowing themselves up; they throw parties when the body count's Jewish. We're still waiting, breath held, for Tucker's deep-dive special on that little slice of hell.

And don't get me started on October 7, 2023: that bloodbath where Hamassholes and their civilian co-scum cheering squad stormed in like it was open season on rape, beheading, and baby-killing, then FaceTimed home to brag about it. 

Parents? They didn't call the cops, they called their parents to brag about the Jews they killed. They popped champagne. This isn't some "cultural difference," it's straight venom from the Quran and Hadith central casting: Sahih Muslim 6985, which polls say 73% of Palestinians nod along to like it's gospel truth.

That's the rot Tucker dances around, twists into pretzels, and shoves under the rug. That's the "issue" that hasn't earned a single pixel on his grievance treadmill. That's the clear indication that Carlson is no better than Fuentes when it comes to the "Jewish Question."

Tucker calls himself a Christian.  But where's the episode torching Islam's endless war on believers like him?  Kidnappings in Pakistan, Christian girls snatched, assaulted, and "converted" at gunpoint? Not a peep by the former Fox News host.

Crickets. The Islamic playbook green-lighting that filth? Not a peep. He could drag Uzay Bulut from FrontPage Mag on air to spill the beans, but nope. If Tucker gave a damn about his own flock, he'd be all over this like wet on water.

Here's the kicker that really twists the knife: This Bible-thumper rants nonstop about ditching Israel and America's "endless wars" for it, but he conveniently Photoshop's out how Judaism's the bedrock of his whole faith. 

Maybe someday he'll Zoom in Brant Pitre to crack open Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper. They could even tackle Paul in Romans laying it out: God's deal with Israel? Eternal. No take-backs. (Romans 9–11).

But let's not kid ourselves, don't hold your breath for that kumbaya. The real head-scratcher, the one that gnaws like a bad tooth, is what these blind spots say about Tucker's engine. What's really revving under the hood of this Israel obsession? 

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Bipartisan lawmakers give strong warning to Biden amid Iran attack

Republican and Democrat lawmakers were quite vocal with alleged President Joe Biden after Iran, in an unprecedented event, attacked Israel with dozens of drones on Saturday. Since then, Iran has fired over 350 weapons aimed toward Israel, in which 99% of them were destroyed.

Biden's brilliant response to Iran a day before they launched the attack was "don't." This caused the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini to quake in his winter lungi. Not.

Biden is as intimidating as the character Bernie from "Weekend at Bernie's." World leaders not only fail to see him as a convincing threat, they tend to see him as barely sentient and often incontinent.

After Iran's attack, Republicans criticized him for his impotent global policies.

For starters, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) blamed the Biden Administration, saying that Biden’s lack of threat toward Iran aggravated the country's attack.

Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) stated that Biden drives the U.S. towards WWIII, adding that Americans need Trump back in office more than ever.

And GOP firebrand Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz pointed out important differences concerning U.S. foreign policy between the Trump and Biden administrations. (Guess who's the one that earns global respect, or at least fear.)

Former National Security Advisor Mike Flynn blamed the Biden Administration for the attack, saying that D.C. Democrats are funding the attacks on foreign countries.

And let's not forget that Biden handed Iran a big sack of money, which he hope will feed Iran's hungry LGBTQ community.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) did not hold back on his thoughts either as Israel braced for an attack.

“Iran has encircled Israel and has been attacking our Israeli allies from almost every front for months. They have launched attacks from Syria, Iraq, Yemen, the West Bank, Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon, and of course the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Now they have escalated by launching attacks directly from Iranian territory," Cruz said in a statement. "These attacks are enabled and financed by deliberate policy choices made by Joe Biden and Biden officials, who have allowed roughly $100 billion to flow to Iran since 2021. Americans and Israelis have been made catastrophically more vulnerable by these policies."

So the attack happened and Israel's military defense along with the help of the U.S., UK, France, Jordan and the Saudis, pushed Iran back over 10 yards with fourth down coming up.

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