Rep. Esther Panitch

Semafor says it never took Qatari "investment." But nobody asked about that. What people want to know, and what Semafor refuses to answer, is how much Qatari money it took, on what terms, and how it shaped their coverage of Qatar. Time for @TheJusticeDept to step in.

HUGE: KIND founder and Shark @DanielLubetzky says Semafor's CEO once bragged to him about getting millions from Qatar to "train journalists," for work costing a tiny fraction of that. He says it felt to him like a bribe. Exactly what my thread laid out.

Dear fools, You know who said it was all about Netanyahu? She did. Many times. Like here: shorturl.at/c1mb8 & here: shorturl.at/DTQIQ & here: shorturl.at/2C04T & here: shorturl.at/uNDsb & here: shorturl.at/ohJQe Thank you for playing. Do better.

1/ Former Education Secretary and registered foreign agent, William J. Bennett wrote an op-ed downplaying Qatar’s influence in U.S. K-12 education. A thread 🧵

FACT: The annual funding Israel receives from the US amounts to less than one-tenth of 1% of the federal budget. Less than 1/10th of 1%. FACT: That annual funding would cover only a few hours of federal health care spending. A few hours. Yet politicians who specialize in scapegoating would have you believe that Israel is responsible for America’s affordability crisis. Like every form of scapegoating before it, it is a dangerous lie.

Hamad Al-Muftah at 9:53AM: "Hopefully, your network complies with FARA registration requirements one day." Hamad at 12:30PM: "Your network? I didn’t mention anything about your network… Interesting you’re acknowledging you’re part of that network." Qatar always lies.

Secretary, Bennett said at the beginning of article “I expected criticism when I agreed to consult with the Embassy of Qatar on its education initiatives, but I didn’t anticipate this torrent of falsehoods.” We’re very proud that Secretary Bennett is among the consultants working 24/7 with the emabssy to debunk the anti-Qatar–U.S. relationship network. Hopefully, your network complies with FARA registration requirements one day. xitter.gq/hmmm1983/status/211407…

The Hill just published an op-ed defending Qatar without divulging that its author, William Bennett, is a registered foreign agent of Doha. This should be illegal, with serious consequences for the outlets, agents, and foreign principals that fail to disclose this

"Qatar says it doesn't support the Muslim Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood disagrees." From my recent appearance on FDD's Morning Brief with @JSchanzer

Look at all that “grassroots” Big Tech funding going to anti-American DSA candidates! They’re so against “corporate money!” 🙄 These people are lying frauds through and through.

The New York Times has a new piece asking how much of the opposition to Abdul El-Sayed is anti-Muslim. Honestly, some of it is. But some of it isn't, and we shouldn't pretend otherwise. I don't care what his mother did in Egypt in the 1970s, and it’s not his responsibility what a half-sister he wasn't raised with has posted, including her praise of the 7 October massacres. But I do care that El Sayed did sign a letter supporting the Muslim Brotherhood in 2012. Pointing out he did that is not bigotry. When a man drove his truck into a Michigan synagogue with 140 children inside, El-Sayed condemned it, then released a video the next day explaining that 'hurt people hurt people' because the attacker's relatives (Hezbollah members) had been killed in Lebanon. He apologised five months later, during an election campaign, but reminding people what he said at first isn't bigotry either. He has repeatedly declined to say whether Israel has a right to exist as a Jewish state, and when he condemns terror groups like Hamas and the regime in Iran, it tends to come with a 'but.' We can condemn anti-Muslim sentiment without ignoring antisemitism. It's not hard.