#omar elected

[simply-ivanka]

The buck stops with Walz! Another corrupted Democrat!

[odinsblog]

AIPAC, a rightwing conservative, quasi-religious, foreign organization, is interfering with U.S. elections and shaping who is and who isn’t a member of Congress.

AIPAC is currently targeting progressives like Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Summer Lee, Jamaal Bowman, Greg Casar, Delia Ramirez, Maxwell Frost, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and others who do not feel beholden to Israel and are sympathetic to Palestinians.

If AIPAC was a super PAC funded by North Korea, or China, or Russia, or Iran—and interfering in elections by financing the campaigns of specific candidates—almost every member of Congress would be freaking out. And rightly so. This is no different.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar reacts after decisive primary win

FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

Aug. 13, 2024

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A Ilhan Omar yard sign seen in South Minneapolis. Omar is running against Don Samuels in the Minnesota CD5 primary.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Dean Obeidallah at The Dean's Report:

Nothing triggers Donald Trump (and MAGA) more than strong Black women. Period. Black women are at the intersection of the racism and sexism that so fuels Trump and his MAGA movement. We’ve seen this for years with Trump’s demonization of visible Black female leaders from repeatedly calling Rep. Maxine Waters “low IQ” to vile attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar including calling for her to “go back” to where she came from and worse. And in 2020, after Kamala Harris was named Joe Biden’s running mate, Trump lashed out by playing on the angry Black women trope by calling her a “mad woman,” “so angry” and even a “monster.”

But now with President Biden stepping aside and the Democratic party rallying around Harris, Trump will for be the first time called to go head-to-head with Harris—and he must be petrified.   Harris is the manifestation of all that scares Trump: She is a powerful, successful, smart Black woman. Harris is also a former prosecutor who was elected in 2004 as District Attorney for San Francisco and in 2010 she was victorious statewide when she won the race to be Attorney General for the State of California. The contrast between prosecutor Harris and convicted felon Trump is perfect. And Harris has been the administration’s point person on reproductive freedom, which again is a powerful contrast to Trump who has bragged, “I’m the one that got rid of Roe v. Wade.”

Trump knows Harris could beat him. We all saw how Trump’s frail ego reacted when Biden beat him in 2020—he attempted a coup and incited the Jan 6 terrorist attack.  The prospect of now losing to a Black woman has to shake Trump to the core—as does the prospect of ending up in prison.

That means we can expect Trump, his right-wing allies in Congress and the media to smear Harris non-stop with lies and bigotry. Mika Brzezinski shared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Monday that, “I’ve heard from inside Republican circles and right-wing media that the hate campaign against Kamala Harris has begun.”

In reality, though, the racist right wing smears of Harris began two weeks ago when GOP member of Congress Chip Roy, former Trump aide Sebastian Gorka and a NY Post columnist Charles Gasparino all labeled Harris a “DEI” hire meaning she only got her job because of diversity mandates, not because she earned it. Gorka—while on national TV--even despicably referred to Harris as “colored.” Gasparino went even further to say if Biden ended up stepping down as President, then, “Harris becomes the nation’s first DEI president by default.” To the white right, it doesn’t matter that Harris has been a public servant for more than 20 years, winning election after election from DA, to California AG to the US Senate, where she distinguished herself with her service on the Senate Judiciary and Intelligence Committees.  And of course, winning the 2020 election as VP.

Let’s be clear: Calling a person of color a DEI hire is what racism looks like.  It springs from the white supremacist myth that people of color are inherently inferior to white people, hence, we can only achieve success and visible positions with the help of a program. (I was called a “quota hire” years ago on social media by a Fox News frequent guest because at the time I was the first Muslim hired to host a national radio show.) [...] The vitriol and bigotry that will be directed at Harris over the next 100 plus days until the Nov 5 election will likely far eclipse what we’ve seen to date. It will likely be worse than what was directed at Barack Obama given Harris is a woman.

With Kamala Harris becoming the de facto Democratic nominee to face off against Donald Trump, the 2024 election will be the prosecutor v. felon election.

It’s important to vote for the Prosecutor! #Harris47 #Harris2024 #YesWeKam

See Also:

Michelangelo Signorile: Joe Biden completely recast the 2024 election and Donald Trump can't handle it

[bhaskarlive]

J&K polls: Cong leader threatens to contest as Independent against Omar Abdullah

In an unexpected turn of events, the Congress district president of J&K’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday threatened to fight as an Independent candidate against National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah if denied candidature by the party.

Omar Abdullah is fighting the Assembly elections from the Ganderbal Assembly constituency while Gujjar leader, Mian Meher Ali is fighting the election as the NC candidate from the Kangan (ST) constituency of the district.

Source: bhaskarlive.in

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Omar Abdullah to contest Assembly Polls from Ganderbal constituency

SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and vice president of National Conference (NC), Omar Abdullah will contest the upcoming Assembly elections from the Ganderbal constituency. This announcement was made by Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, a Lok Sabha member, and Nasir Aslam Wani, NC provincial president on Sunday in the presence of Omar Abdullah and Mian Altaf Ahmad, senior NC leader and MP…

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Omar Abdullah: चुनावों के तुरंत बाद आर्टिकल 370 को खत्म करने के खिलाफ पारित करेंगे पहला प्रस्ताव; उमर अब्दुल्ला

Omar Abdullah: नेशनल कॉन्फ्रेंस के नेता उमर अब्दुल्ला ने कहा कि जम्मू-कश्मीर में विधानसभा चुनाव के बाद अपने पहले फैसले में आर्टिकल-370 को खत्म करने के केंद्र के फैसले के खिलाफ पार्टी प्रस्ताव पारित करेगी.  पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री उमर अब्दुल्ला ने कहा कि विधानसभा चुनाव के बाद जम्मू-कश्मीर विधानसभा अपने पहले काम के रूप में क्षेत्र से राज्य का दर्जा और विशेष दर्जा छीनने के केंद्र सरकार के फैसले के खिलाफ…

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Ilhan Omar wins Democratic nomination, solidifies US House liberals’ position

US Representative Ilhan Omar secured the Democratic Party’s nomination after losses in party primaries by two fellow members of a group nicknamed “The Squad,” according to Reuters.

Omar defeated former Minneapolis City council member Don Samuels in the Democratic Party primary in Minnesota’s 5th District. She beat Samuels by a 56.2%-42.9% margin, according to the Minnesota Secretary of State’s tally.

According to federal campaign disclosures, she raised $6.8 million after the 2022 election, more than double the re-election fundraising of a typical House member and significantly more than Samuels’ $1.4 million. Ryan Dawkins, a political science professor at Minnesota’s Carleton College, noted:

Because Omar had a tough primary last cycle [the 2022 election], she was prepared this time around with a strong ground game and excellent fundraising numbers that far outpaced Samuels.

The Minnesota lawmaker, one of four progressive women whose 2018 election created The Squad, is expected to win the November 5 election. Control of Congress will be at stake as Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump seek the presidency.

Fellow Squad members Representatives Jamaal Bowman of New York and Cori Bush of Missouri have lost their party primaries over the past few months. They faced opponents who received significant support from the pro-Israel fundraising group AIPAC.

Democrats’ position

Bowman, Bush, and Omar opposed President Joe Biden’s support for Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza.

They also reflect that the Democratic Party has abandoned some of its most left-leaning ideas, such as calling for government-backed health care for all Americans or talking about ending police funding. The absence of a significant 2024 Democratic primary before Biden withdrew his candidacy last month, handing the torch to Harris, meant that more left-leaning candidates, such as independent Senator Bernie Sanders, did not participate in the debates.

Ilhan Omar and some other team members voted against several of Biden’s priorities, including a $1 trillion infrastructure bill taking effect in 2021. They objected mainly because it was not aligned with the bill to expand social programmes, including child care, as promised.

Omar, who came to the United States as a refugee from Somalia, describes her politics as ” visionary, bold and loud”. She stated that she had allocated millions of dollars in federal funds for community development in her district.

She faced criticism for anti-Semitic remarks, and in 2023, House Republicans voted to remove her from the Foreign Affairs Committee over a 2019 social media post. It said supporters of Israel were motivated by money, not principles. Omar subsequently apologised for the post.

Read more HERE

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Mahfuz BELIEVES a 10% SHIFT in PN Votes Now To Give PH-BN KEDAH

Mahfuz Omar says PH-BN in Kedah believes a 10% shift in votes could help them wrest the state from PAS in the upcoming elections. PH-BN Combined Forces Chairman of PH Kedah, Mahfuz, stated that reclaiming votes strayed from BN and PH, combined with the shifted votes from Perikatan Nasional, could secure 16 state seats. Mahfuz Believes its possible Kedah has 36 state seats, with PH contesting…

[stuhde]

i had shared what is happening in sudan on a long facebook post last night, but it virtually received almost little to no engagement or shares from the nearly 600 “friends” i have on the site.

this morning, my great-aunt was shot by the soldiers fighting for power, and God forbid, i lose more of my family members before eid this friday.

please read below to understand what is happening and how you can help my country. i hope the tumblr community can show more kindness than the lack of support and advocacy i’ve seen elsewhere.

يا رب اجعل هذا البلد آمناً 🇸🇩

the lack of awareness and advocacy from the African, Arab, and Muslim diaspora and the human rights community has been painful.

while Western media has done little to no coverage of the ongoing conflict in the capital city of my motherland, Sudan, it appears that the rest of the world also partakes in normalizing crimes and violence against SWANA people.

violence and war hurting the SWANA region are NOT ordinary occurrences — no one, regardless of race, creed, ethnicity, religion, and gender, should experience the unprecedented amount of violence that harms my two living grandmothers, aunts and uncles, and baby cousins who live in Khartoum.

your decision to ignore reading or educating and discussing with others about what is likely to be a civil war is complicity in viewing SWANA people as individuals who regularly experience conflict and are undeserving of help.

the silence is damaging, and it is up to us as privileged members of the diaspora (or individuals living in the Western world committed to human rights) to support the people of my country and their dream for a stable, democratically elected government.

what is happening in Sudan is a fight that started on April 15 between two competing forces for power — the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) — neither groups are representative of the needs of our people. The Sudan Army is loyal to the dictator, Omar Al-Bashir, and the RSF is responsible for the genocide in Darfur.

with both power struggles backed by different Arab and Gulf nations, the two parties have been fighting for power for the last few years. While they worked together to try and end the people’s revolution, they lost. however, they are now in a constant power play of who will get to rule the nation.

this all means that war is NOT a reflection of my country — violence does not represent the SWANA people. Sudan is a nation of beautiful culture, strong women, intellectual and influential Islamic scholars, poets, and youth at the front lines of the revolution. we are a people committed to a region of peace for ourselves and the rest of the Ummah.

my family and the rest of Sudan’s innocent civilians are at the most risk, with many currently without drinking water, food to eat, electricity, and complete blockage to any mosques during the final nights of Ramadan, our holiest month of the year.

i ask that you please keep Sudan and our people in your prayers — donate to the Sudan Red Crescent or a mutual aid GoFund Me, email your representatives if you live in a country that can put pressure on either competing force of power, discuss this with your family and friends, and please do not forget to think about SWANA people — our brothers and sisters in Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, and many others need our love and support.

الردة_مستحيلة ✊🏾

#KeepEyesOnSudan

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Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Ilhan Omar, Amy Klobuchar yard signs in the windows of the Minneapolis DFL office.