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Friday, January 31, 2025
Will He Apologize, Or Double Down Again?
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Thursday, January 30, 2025
One Senator (Also A Doctor!) Lays It All Out For You
Watch Sen. Rand Paul Goes Off On Hysterical Big Pharma Captured Confirmation Committee While Defending RFK Jr.
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) January 30, 2025
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Everyone Needs To See These Figures!
From "a midwestern doctor" via X:
The hostility @RobertKennedyJr experienced at his hearing was directly proportional to how much Pharma money each Senator received. In fact, each of them simply repeated the same attacks we just saw flood the mass media (all of which were blatant lies).
ZOA Blasts Senate Dems For Blocking Vital Bill
The ZOA is disappointed that every Democratic Senator [the exception of Senator and ZOA honoree John Fetterman (PA); [Jon Ossof (GA) didn’t vote] voted [on a procedural vote] to block the current strong, much needed pro-Israel, pro-American International Criminal Court (ICC) sanctions bill that was supported by every Republican Senator, which was passed by the House of Representatives on a bipartisan basis on January 9, 2025.
The ICC has no legitimate jurisdiction over the U.S. or Israel for multiple reasons. First, the U.S. and Israel did not sign and ratify the Rome statute which created the ICC, and are thus not subject to its jurisdiction. Second, under the Rome statute, ICC jurisdiction is limited to nations that are “unwilling or unable to genuinely carry out the investigation or prosecution.” Israel and the U.S. both have robust legal systems that carry out their own investigations and prosecutions. Third, the ICC’s claim that a “State of Palestine” accepted the Court’s jurisdiction and therefore the ICC has authority to prosecute Israel for war crimes in Gaza is erroneous, because there is no “State of Palestine.”
Yet, in violation of the most basic legal principle – which forbids a court from acting against parties over which the court has no jurisdiction, the ICC continues to lawlessly prosecute and issue arrest warrants over parties outside its jurisdiction. Basically, the ICC is a dangerous, lawless “kangaroo court.”
The ICC’s unlawful investigations and arrest warrants can subject U.S. and Israeli citizens to arrest in numerous countries, without the basic protections provided by U.S. law.
On March 5, 2020, the ICC Appeals Chamber authorized a still-open investigation of alleged war crimes since 2003 in Afghanistan, including war crimes allegations against U.S. personnel – despite the ICC’s lack of jurisdiction over the U.S.
And, on November 21, 2024, the ICC issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant – despite the ICC’s lack of jurisdiction over Israel. The ICC classified the warrants as “secret” and disclosed no “witnesses” – thus denying Israeli officials with the basic civil right of confronting their accusers. Further, the ICC based its arrest warrants on the ICC’s alleged “reasonable belief,” rather than on evidence; and used the wrong legal standard (international humanitarian law) instead of the applicable standard (laws of war). The ICC’s lawless arrest warrants against Israeli leaders raise the risk that the ICC will be emboldened to issue arrest warrants against U.S. soldiers or political officials.
Strong law is needed: During President Trump’s first term in office, Trump issued Executive Order 13928 (June 11, 2020), which sanctioned and blocked entry into the United States of ICC officials. Unfortunately, shortly after becoming president, Biden issued Executive Order 14022 (April 1, 2021), revoking and terminating the sanctions on the ICC. President Trump’s Day One Executive Orders revoked Biden’s revocation of Trump’s sanctions order.
ZOA has been urging the Senate to pass the strong, effective House bill, to avoid the possibility that a future administration will again revoke Trump’s sanctions executive order. Passing a law will end “executive order ping-pong.” (See “ZOA Congratulates Pres. Trump on his Inauguration and Strongly Praises Pres. Trump’s Day One Pro-Israel, Pro-Jewish Executive Orders,” Jan. 22, 2025.)
Unfortunately, the Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) are reportedly attempting to water down the ICC sanctions bill passed in the House, to exempt allied countries and tech companies from sanctions. If Sen. Shaheen’s amendments are inserted into the bill, then, for instance, it seems that no sanctions would be placed on a country that arrests U.S. or Israeli soldiers or officials on an illegitimate ICC arrest warrant. Sen. Shaheen’s amendment would thus make the sanctions bill largely ineffective to stop the ICC’s illegitimate actions.
ZOA is still hopeful however that an acceptable solution can be found. ZOA’s Government Relations office is speaking with Democratic Senators, in the hopes to find bipartisan Senate support for a strong ICC sanctions bill.
For FAA Only The HIGHEST Standards Will Do!
President Donald Trump has repeatedly taken action to ensure that only the best are working as air traffic controllers.
It’s necessary to ensure that we have the highest standards with stakes as high as air travel. The New York Times found that in Fiscal Year 2023, “there were 503 air traffic control lapses that the F.A.A. preliminarily categorized as ‘significant.’”The previous administration did not prioritize raising standards among FAA employees. Instead, Fox News reported that the Biden FAA was “actively recruiting workers who suffer ‘severe intellectual’ disabilities, psychiatric problems and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative.”
President Trump put an end to that last week when he signed a presidential memorandum ordering “the Secretary of Transportation and FAA Administrator to immediately stop Biden DEI hiring programs and return to non-discriminatory, merit-based hiring.”
This is not the first time President Trump has taken decisive action to ensure merit-based hiring for air traffic controllers.
During the Obama administration, the FAA changed the hiring process for air traffic controllers. A new test meant that “applicants with a lower aptitude in science got preference over applicants who had scored excellent in science. Applicants who had been unemployed for the previous three years got more points than licensed pilots got. In other words, the FAA actively searched for unqualified air traffic controllers.” The FAA was aware that the test had “nothing to do with finding the best air traffic controllers,” but used it anyway.
Fox Business investigated the FAA hiring practices and “uncovered changes that may put the nation’s flying public at risk.”
In 2018, the Department of Transportation under President Trump’s leadership announced it would put an end to the use of the “biographical questionnaire” introduced by the Obama administration.
As President Trump said Thursday, “For an air traffic controller, we want the brightest, the smartest, the sharpest ... and that's what we're going to have.”
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
When You Break The Law, You're A CRIMINAL!
Reporter: "How many of the migrants that were deported have a criminal record?"
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 28, 2025
Leavitt: "All. Invading is a crime." pic.twitter.com/GZbrMDRc5P
And Ugly Family Feud And Old Closets
Predator? Perhaps Caroline is confusing Cousin Bobbie with Uncle Teddy. Now, there was a predator. Chappaquiddick comes to mind. Yet, Uncle Teddy was beloved by the same Senate Democrats trashing Cousin Bobbie. They slobbered all over Uncle Teddy. They hate RFK Jr. because he campaigned for Trump. Pure and simple. Pretty nasty, Caroline, especially considering there are lots of unopened closets, starting with Granddaddy Joe Sr., the Third Reich sympathizer and antisemite. https://cbsnews.com/news/caroline-kennedy-rfk-jr-predator-letter-senators/
Dem Ratings PLUNGE As GOP Reaches New High!
The Democrat Party holds a 57% unfavorable rating among voters, according to the Quinnipiac University survey released today, while just 31% of voters say they have a favorable view. Meanwhile, the Republican Party, has a 43% favorability rating among voters. So, the Democrats’ unfavorability rating is the highest since Quinnipiac pollsters began asking the question 2008 while thye percentage of voters viewing the GOP favorably is the highest over the same period. The GOP is scoring with voters while the Dems are failing!
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
THIS Is How You Answer Snarky Media Libs!
JUST IN: Stephen Miller shuts down CNN's Jake Tapper after he tried asking a "gotcha" question on illegal immigration, Miller says he can stay for 30 minutes explaining the topic so Tapper can understand.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 28, 2025
I missed these interviews.
Tapper: How are you going to avoid deporting… pic.twitter.com/3jCbo9vq2v
President Trump: Latest Hoaxes And The FACTS!
President Donald J. Trump has been subjected to more manufactured Fake News hoaxes than any president in history, and it hasn’t gotten any better in his second term.
Here are just a few:- HOAX: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), and media outlets claim President Trump’s directive to pause radical, wasteful government spending means an end to Medicaid, food assistance, and other individual assistance programs.
- FACT: Individual federal assistance programs — such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, and other important programs — are explicitly excluded, as was made clear by Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and a memo from the Office of Management and Budget. Only unnecessary spending — such as DEI, the Green New Scam, and funding nongovernmental organizations that undermine the national interest — are included in President Trump’s directive.
- HOAX: Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) and Chicago Public Schools officials claimed, without bothering to verify, that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents had conducted a “raid” at a local elementary school — a false claim echoed by media outlets, including the Chicago Tribune.
- FACT: It was actually the U.S. Secret Service investigating a threat unrelated to immigration.
- HOAX: A “physicians advocacy group” was widely cited as opposing President Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
- FACT: The “advocacy group” is an astroturfed partisan organization funded by prominent left-wing donors — and accepts fake signatures.
VIDEO: Dr. Phil Makes Startling Discovery!
JUST IN: The first arrest in Chicago with @RealTomHoman was a convicted sex offender and internet predator from Thailand.
— Dr. Phil (@DrPhil) January 27, 2025
For full live coverage of the operation, download the MeritTV app. pic.twitter.com/KEcphUWDDJ
Monday, January 27, 2025
Vance Has A Mesage For Catholic Bishops . . .
VANCE: "I believe the US Conference of Catholic Bishops — if they're worried about the humanitarian costs of immigration enforcement, let them talk about the children who have been sex trafficked because of the wide open border." pic.twitter.com/Je2WsYXF6J
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) January 26, 2025
Trump, Indian PM Have Productive Discussion
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Columbia: Trump Scores Another Big Victory
The While House
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Sunday, January 26, 2025
Watch Our Vice President In Action: BREATHTAKING!
NEW: JD Vance continuously shuts down CBS News’ Margaret Brennan after she kept arguing in favor of illegal immigration.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 26, 2025
I could watch this all day.
Vance: We absolutely cannot unleash thousands of unvetted people into our country.
Brennan: These people are vetted.
Vance:… pic.twitter.com/mZSxg6dwyz
A Powerful Statement From The President
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Saturday, January 25, 2025
Just Another Reason To Love Our Vice President!
🇺🇸🇺🇸 https://t.co/LfKW4ZQytY
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 24, 2025
Friday, January 24, 2025
It's Happening -- And It's All Good!
🚨BREAKING: President Trump has started DEPUTIZING state and local law enforcement to help ICE protect our country from ILLEGAL ALIENS!
— Bo Loudon (@BoLoudon) January 24, 2025
God bless President Trump!
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Looking Back: Biden's Five Worst Moments . . .
Politics these days is all about the optics. But then again, hasn't imagery always been important? In fact, one of the first things we learn (and we later teach others) in public relations is the overwhelming power of imagery. So, as you look over these five worst moments of Biden's presidency, think of the awful optics and how they contributed to his downfall.
In no particular order, here are the Big Five:
1) Choosing Kamala as his Veep. Let's face it, she was a DEI choice. She was neither qualified nor ready for the job. It was all about identity politics -- and it failed miserably. And the biggest failure occurred at the end. This woman had no discernible learning curve!
2) The Afghanistan retreat. Actually, we're being kind when we call it a retreat. It was a complete sellout and an utter disaster. Not the worst moment in US history but certainly one of the worst of recent years. Those people hanging onto the plane as it left the runway! The images of the pullout will be seared into people's memory for a long time.
3) The debate collapse. OMG! Never has a presidential candidate suffered a greater collapse during a televised presidential debate -- never in 64 years! It was painful to watch and that night really marked the end of Biden's presidency. It also confirmed nearly everyone's suspicion that Biden was failing and proved that the media and the Democrats had been hiding his decline all along. A disaster, on so many levels.
4) The pardons, and the pardon lies. It wasn't just that he pardoned so many people, including hardened criminals, his son and other family members. It was that he consistently lied about it, saying that he wouldn't do it -- and then he went ahead and did it! It was deceitful, brazen, arrogant. And the pre-pardons (for what, exactly) and the sneaky pardons on the way out the door. It all smelled!
5) The stumbles, literally. The guy kept losing his way, going in or out the wrong door, tripping, falling down steps, nearly falling off a platform and on and on. These repeated scenes weakened whatever confidence people may have had in him. And sadly, it also made our country look weak, clueless and feeble.
Thursday, January 23, 2025
You'll Never Guess Where Trump Is Soaring . . .
WOW!
President Trump has a net favorability rating in . . . wait for it . . . NEW JERSEY!
Yes, the latest NJ Emerson Poll has him at 48% to 46% favorable.
Trump gets a thumbs up from New Jersey voters.
HOORAY!
Philly To Kick Off Catholic Schools Week
Hundreds of students from high schools, elementary schools, and schools of special education will package 1,500 care bags to benefit Catholic Social Services’ Martha’s Choice Marketplace and Community Farm.
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Father Judge High School – Career Pathways Academy
3301 Solly Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19136
Trump Orders Release Of All Assassination Records
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