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Joined February 2009
Dear House Democrats: Don’t stress. The Trump Justice Department officials aren’t investigating Ilhan Omar. They are investigating Ilhan Nur Said Elmi.
175 House Democrats fire off a letter demanding the Trump administration halt its federal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar's immigration history, arguing the probe amounts to election interference with her re-election just one week away. The letter, led by Rep. Pramila Jayapal, blasts DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Attorney General Todd Blanche, accusing them of weaponizing law enforcement against a sitting member of Congress. Federal agents executed a search warrant on Omar's D.C. home on Oct. 12, seizing phones and notebooks as part of a probe into whether Omar or her father lied about her birth year on immigration paperwork when her family fled Somalia in the late 1990s. The core question: if Omar was 18 or older when her father obtained citizenship — not 17 as previously claimed — she would not have automatically qualified for citizenship through him and would have needed to file her own application. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer has called for Omar to be jailed and deported if the allegations are proven true. Story here: foxnews.com/politics/175-dem…
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If your friend votes for anyone in the DSA, they are not compassionate. They are evil. I have seen walking skeletons. Starvation is a terrible way to die.
You see that dip in global life expectancy in the 1950s? That was caused by one man, Mao Zedong. Mbappe should have apologised only for not being ruder about him.
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This is insurrection as the votes are counted. Again, this is why serious people do not take the Israeli opposition seriously.
Eisenkot to the heads of the security establishment: “Bibi is a prime minister without legitimacy. Stand firm; you have my backing.”
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Good thing Indivisible Illinois is at the ready to protest in Chicago on Saturday, November 7!
Markey Reveals Color Revolution Plan: Unions & Workers to Shut Down Nation? Senator Markey must have participated in the organized Ed Holder Election War Game Exercises. In a interview conducted today, Senator Ed Markey stated that lawyers were already drafting an emergency case to bring before the U.S. Supreme Court both before and immediately after the election. He added that thousands of lawyers were being prepared for deployment to key polling stations across multiple states. Markey further said preparations needed to include readiness for a national strike on Election Day, with millions of people taking to the streets to protest what he described as an attempted electoral crime. He specifically called for workers, unions, and businesses to shut down in a manner similar to the response in Minneapolis following the deaths of Alex Freddi and Renee Goode. Markey argued that the president was growing increasingly desperate because Republican fortunes had slipped, citing repeated visits to Texas to protect an otherwise safe Senate seat and campaigning in historically safe Republican states such as Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa. The Senator predicted that an anticipated large Democratic victory would prompt some Republicans in the House and Senate to distance themselves from the MAGA agenda rather than become “sacrificial lambs.” Markey expressed concern that desperation could lead to the deployment of ICE agents or the military, and he said the public mobilization would demonstrate outrage to the Supreme Court if an emergency petition were filed. This is why voters must choose common sense candidates in this midterm cycle. The modern Jacobins are out for blood, and only a decisive choice at the ballot box can save our republic.
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Replying to @GovernorVA
@GovernorVA has armed security in these parks and trails by @VSPPIO It’s illegal for regular Virginians to carry firearms for protection in the same trails under @vademocrats Guns for CIA Abby… none for you
Hitting the trails in Richmond! As a family, spending time outdoors was always a huge priority. And even though life is pretty busy at the moment, we find time to explore trails when we can 🌲🌻🌿🐞
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The 9/11 memorial has been vandalized. This is the Mamdani effect.
Earlier today, the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero in Manhattan was defaced with graffiti. I wear on my wrist the names of over a hundred friends and colleagues who lost their lives in the attacks twenty five years ago. 1/2
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We @CivilRights are sending the largest number of election observers to the polls on Election Day this Nov. @TheJusticeDept will be eyes and ears for any violations, and may take legal action afterwards. Stay tuned!
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One Minneapolis Precinct already has 101% voter turnout and it's not even election day yet. It's called democracy.
"Vote early and vote often" - Peggy Flanagan.
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NEW TV AD: Minnesota needs a course correction. And we need it now.
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Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy says he removed Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee because she couldn’t be trusted to not share Top Secret information with Muslim Allies overseas “I removed Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs, because you get top-secret information there, and sharing it, and her beliefs — I literally had to take that to the floor, and I remember having to get the members, work them to get the vote to actually remove, and now when you look in hindsight, I was correct” Can someone please explain to me if we can’t trust Muslims in Congress because of “their beliefs” then how is Abdul El-Sayed allowed to run for senate?? Why is any Muslim allowed to run for office?? No Muslim should be allowed to hold any office in America government
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She’s about to lear the hard way.
Ilhan Omar wrote an entire memoir about her life and somehow forgot to mention that her dad was a colonel for a Somali dictator. Must've been a typo.
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Ilhan Omar is a liar of unbelievable, unimaginable, proportions… her father WAS THE ONE DOING the clan cleansing. THEY WERE the ones in power. Her father COMMITTED GENOCIDE. She is appropriating her father’s victims stories. Its sick, revolting and evil👇
In her memoir, Ilhan Omar recounts how she was taught to lie about who her family was when she was a girl.
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‼️Having read all the Isaaq Genocide reports, its actually unbelievable that Ilhan Omar - the daughter of a top Colonel in the brutal military dictatorship - would have the audacity, the nerve, the cheek to portray herself as a victim.‼️ SHE WAS A BENEFICIARY OF GENOCIDE
In her memoir, Ilhan Omar recounts how she was taught to lie about who her family was when she was a girl.
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One week LCPS has money for a new social services hub and the next week it's time to close some schools bc budget. 👉 What is your mission, school board?
If they are passing out sneakers AT THE SCHOOLS, has anyone thought to ask why the LCPS school board voted to spend $1.37m on a social services hub? Why are we closing schools but building socialist communities in LCPS? How long until they start housing students at this hub?💡
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These students probably should have been in class at nearby Benito Juarez High School, but they were brawling at the BP on Ashland and Cermak instead. When a school doesn't teach anything useful, we shouldn't expect kids to show up at school.
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The Biden administration created a program out of thin air to deliberately fly in hundreds of thousands of migrants ... from 4 specific countries—where it was technically impossible to vet incoming migrants' criminal histories Haiti has a homicide rate 10 x higher than the U.S.
NEW: Multiple DHS sources confirm to @FoxNews that the suspect charged w/ murdering a Walmart manager in Philadelphia, PA on Wednesday is a Haitian illegal alien who flew into the U.S. via former President Biden's CHNV mass parole migrant flights program in 2023. Per sources, 23-year-old Destino Jean-Louis flew into the US on 11/24/2023 via Fort Lauderdale International Airport, and his legal status was revoked on 6/12/2025 after President Trump terminated the program. According to investigators, Jean-Louis had previously been married to the victim he killed as part of an immigration-related sham marriage arrangement that was designed to help get him get a green card in the US. But after DHS denied the application in July, the victim, Latosha Cooper, withdrew the petition and cut off contact with him, and Jean-Louis became angry. He is accused of shooting Cooper in the head outside of the Walmart on Wednesday after finding out about her work schedule. He previously worked at the Walmart with her. The DA in Montgomery County, PA has now charged him with murder.
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The star of the Keith Ellison fraud tape, Salim Said, to be sentenced tomorrow morning at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis.
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Vote. For. This. Woman. She’s not a typical politician. I honestly feel like she cares about serving the people. VA-02 deserves to keep this leader. Don’t elect the fraud who doesn’t even live in the district… VOTE KIGGANS.
📺 CLOSING AD ALERT: America doesn’t need more division and fighting…. America needs more people willing to serve. As a Navy Helicopter Pilot, Nurse Practitioner, Navy Wife, and Mom to 4 awesome kids, I understand the importance of that service. I work for you, not Washington, and always will. GO VOTE VIRGINIA!!! 🇺🇸
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Long before I had the privilege of serving Virginia in Congress, I learned the value of hard work through jobs that demanded long hours and persistence. I worked as a short-order cook, sold baseball tickets, spent time in a tomato cannery, and worked on a fishing boat. Later, I served as an environmental health specialist, working directly with communities and families across Virginia. Those experiences taught me the dignity of honest work, the responsibility that comes with earning a paycheck, and the importance of respecting those who work hard to provide for their families. For many Virginians, a little more in each paycheck can mean groceries, gas, or greater peace of mind. I understand that because I have lived it. That is why I bring the same diligence to public service that I brought to every job before Congress. I listen carefully, work hard, and never forget whom I serve. I am proud to serve Virginia, and I hope to earn your vote this November.
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