{"id":43797,"date":"2019-02-14T10:44:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T15:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=43797"},"modified":"2019-02-14T10:45:57","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T15:45:57","slug":"why-the-entire-political-media-class-just-tried-to-end-ilhan-omars-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=43797","title":{"rendered":"Why The Entire Political-Media Class Just Tried To End Ilhan Omar\u2019s Career"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2019\/02\/12\/why-the-entire-political-media-class-just-tried-to-end-ilhan-omars-career\/\">Why The Entire Political-Media Class Just Tried To End Ilhan Omar\u2019s\u00a0Career<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/medium-7.jpg?fit=1200%2C763&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, now we all know what happens when a public official criticizes AIPAC. And of course, that was the whole idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Listening and learning, but standing strong \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7TSroSf8h1\">pic.twitter.com\/7TSroSf8h1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1095046561254567937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1095046561254567937\">has published an apology<\/a>&nbsp;for making self-evident observations about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), an immensely influential lobbying firm which, like all lobbying firms, works to influence government policy toward a specific agenda, in this case the interests of the Israeli government. She issued the apology after hours upon hours of shrill, hysterical shrieking accusations of antisemitism from the entire establishment political-media class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re lucky enough to have been away from Jack Dorsey\u2019s insufferable hellsite for the last 24 hours I\u2019ll type out a very quick recap of the shit show which you are free to scroll past, or read about it more in-depth by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/blogs\/ali-abunimah\/ilhan-omar-under-attack-telling-truth-about-israel-lobby\">clicking this hyperlink<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It all started when journalist Glenn Greenwald\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1094727576013193216\">criticized\u00a0GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy<\/a>\u00a0for threatening Omar and fellow first-term Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib if they didn\u2019t stop speaking out about the behaviors of the Israeli government, in which Greenwald said \u201cIt\u2019s stunning how much time US political leaders spend defending a foreign nation even if it means attacking free speech rights of Americans.\u201d Omar\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1094747501578633216\">retweeted<\/a>\u00a0Greenwald\u2019s post with the comment\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s all about the Benjamins baby,\u201d meaning $100 bills. Everyone lost their shit over a topic that is associated with Jewishness being mentioned in the same breath as a comment about money, despite the self-evident fact that using money to influence policy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2019\/02\/11\/ilhan-omar-israel-lobby-documentary\/\">is precisely the thing<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig\">lobby groups do<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some blue-checkmarked whatever person named Batya Ungar-Sargon&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bungarsargon\/status\/1094756291803791360\">tweeted<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cWould love to know who @IlhanMN&nbsp;thinks is paying American politicians to be pro-Israel, though I think I can guess. Bad form, Congresswoman.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why The Entire Political-Media Class Just Tried To End Ilhan Omar\u2019s\u00a0Career Well, now we all know what happens when a public official criticizes AIPAC. And of course, that was the whole idea. 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