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Q&A: Jewish staffer for Rep. Omar decries religion-based hatred

WASHINGTON — In the hours after House Republicans voted to remove his boss from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Jeremy Slevin, a Jewish American and senior adviser to one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, posted to Twitter.

Tribune News Service

Jewish Omar staffer targeted over boss's comments decries religion-based hatred - Roll Call

Accused of betraying his faith for working for Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Muslim, Jeremy Slevin decries religion-based hatred.

Roll Call

What the Biden administration has – and hasn’t – done in response to the Ohio train derailment

Pete Buttigieg said he planned to visit East Palestine

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Ohio derailment prompts calls to investigate federal oversight of freight trains

The 150-car Norfolk Southern train was hauling at least five tanker cars containing the hazardous gas vinyl chloride.

Axios

Ohio train disaster follows deregulation

The East Palestine derailment is the "latest in a long string of corporate malfeasance"

Salon

Joe Rogan criticized for an antisemitic trope he used in defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar

Another week, another Joe Rogan controversy.

Los Angeles Times

Ilhan Omar and Joe Rogan, A Short Play

Scene 1: One day on Twitter Glenn Greenwald: Republicans criticizing Rep. Omar for saying Israel has hypnotized the world shows that members of Congress prefer Israel's interests to Americans' right to free speech. Rep. Omar: It's all about the Benjamins. Scene 2, later on Twitter< The crowd: That's antisemitic! You…

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Police violence upended the lives of these families attending Biden’s State of the Union

Mothers, fathers and siblings of Black victims of police brutality will attend prime-time address

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene lashes out at AOC in Twitter spat: ‘Like a teenaged girl’

Disagreement came as House voted to remove Ilhan Omar from committee

The Independent UK

AOC fires back at Marjorie Taylor Greene in Twitter spat

Disagreement came as House voted to remove Ilhan Omar from committee

The Independent UK

Robin Abcarian: What got Rep. Ilhan Omar kicked off that House committee? Payback and prejudice, not antisemitism

The idea that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who has essentially given aid and comfort to those who supported an insurrection against the United States government, would accuse anyone of being un-American is as rich as it is Orwellian.

Los Angeles Times

Behold, the new Republican culture war

Republicans' only agenda is to make sure the rich get richer — and to distract us with manufactured moral outrage

Salon

Editorial: McCarthy’s House of ill repute: Booting of Omar from committee is an embarrassment

With a party-line vote, the House has removed Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee, the latest disgrace for a chamber where Speaker Kevin McCarthy has ceded control to his party’s militant fringe.

Tribune News Service

Democrats’ Ilhan Omar defence weakened by party’s own attacks over Israel

Party’s criticism of Omar’s Israel position has greased the path for Republicans to oust her from the foreign affairs committee

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Says US Insists on Direct Negotiations

US is proceeding with its negotiations and talks with Iran, including its insistence on direct negotiations with Tehran, announced Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. Amir-Abdollahian is touring Latin America, starting in Nicaragua and then moving to Venezuela, where he arrived Friday. Mehr News Agency reported that the FM met with…

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AOC and Marjorie Taylor Greene resume their bitter feud, George Santos weighs in

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her nemesis Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene are trading nasty insults again — and Rep. George Santos jumped into the fray between the bickering lawmakers.

The Independent UK

Two Republicans left House floor calling Ilhan Omar committee removal the ‘stupidest vote in the world’

Two conservative Republicans cricitised the House’s vote to remove Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Roll Call

‘My voice will get louder and stronger!’ — Congressional Hits and Misses - Roll Call

Highlights include the House GOP flexing their slim majority with messaging bills and ousting Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from a key panel.

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House Republicans Vote Ilhan Omar to Foreign Affairs Committee Just To Kick Her Off the Next Day

Plus: Judge strikes down Super Bowl censorship law, report details how much inflation was driven by stimulus spending, and more...

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Mace secures McCarthy’s pledge on ‘due process’ vote

WASHINGTON — The House in the coming weeks could formalize a method for stripping members of committee posts, according to a deal Rep. Nancy Mace said she hashed out with Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the hours before Thursday’s vote to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from House Foreign Affairs.

The Guardian - US

Ilhan Omar’s removal from panel was ‘stupidest vote’, says Republican – report

Ken Buck reportedly makes remark in Capitol Hill elevator as another Republican, Mike Simpson, agreed

Salon

GOPers beg reporters not to tell on them

Two House Republicans didn't want GOP leaders to know they slammed the vote to oust Ilhan Omar in an elevator

Roll Call

Spartz won't run for Senate – or reelection to the House – in 2024 - Roll Call

Citing the demands of being a working mother, Rep. Victoria Spartz of Indiana won't run for public office in 2024.

Roll Call

Photos of the week ending February 3, 2023 - Roll Call

This week was all about getting committees organized, removing Rep. Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs and the National Prayer Breakfast.

The Guardian - US

Republicans have a serious antisemitism problem. It isn’t Ilhan Omar

The GOP’s animus is based on what the outspoken, Black, African, female, Muslim congresswoman is and what she does

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