Iowa Senate Hopeful Zach Wahls Promoted Anti-Police Bail Fund That Helped Free Career Criminal Who Tried Burning Down Courthouse

Iowa Democratic Senate candidate Zach Wahls promoted an anti-police bail fund that helped free dozens of Black Lives Matter rioters arrested in the wake of George Floyd's death for attacking officers, vandalizing businesses, and smashing the windows of a courthouse in downtown Des Moines. One of the freed agitators attempted to set the courthouse on fire.

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‘Legislative Terrorists’: Eric Schmitt Expects Democrats To Shut Down Government To Rig Midterms

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., said Monday that he anticipates Democrats are planning to shut down the government just ahead of the midterms, calling them “legislative terrorists” who will hurt Americans in an effort to rig the election. Speaking with a group of reporters on Capitol Hill, Schmitt said the potential for a […]

Washington State Democrats Find New Way To Defund The Police

'Gross miscarriage of justice'

In Social Media Posts, Abdul El-Sayed’s Longtime Spox Defended Looting of American Cities, Savaged ‘White Ann Arbor’ People, and Signal Boosted Message Slamming Police Departments As ‘The Biggest Gangs in America’

While the left-wing insurgent candidate in Michigan’s Senate primary, Abdul El-Sayed, has tried to scrub the internet of his attacks on the police, his communications director hasn’t even gone that far.

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Dems Great Texas Hope Says He Doesn’t Want Police Protecting Schools

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New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani (D.) is sinking a quarter of a billion dollars into his new Office of Community Safety—which is intended to deploy social workers to respond to hate crimes, mental health crises, and other events typically handled by police—as the city faces a historic budget crisis.

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Meet Mamdani's International Affairs Commissioner, a Defund Police Activist Who Endorsed Free Health Care for Illegal Aliens

The official representing New York City on the international stage under Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D.) is a defund-the-police radical who campaigned for lieutenant governor on a platform that included billions of dollars in giveaways to illegal aliens, including free health care.

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Mamdani Hires Slew of Anti-Israel Activists, Including Brooklyn Borough Director Who Praised 'Heroes' Ripping Down Israeli Hostage Posters and Adviser Who Led College Divestment Movement

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani (D.) has stocked a variety of operational roles in his administration with a cadre of anti-Israel extremists, including a man who called people who ripped down flyers of Israeli hostages "heroes" and a woman who led a college divestment movement, among other radicals.

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'Money hungry Jews': Mamdani appointee abruptly quits after her anti-Semitic online posts resurface



An appointee for New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, abruptly resigned after the Anti-Defamation League of New York and New Jersey exposed her past anti-Semitic social media posts.

On Wednesday, Mamdani announced that Catherine Almonte Da Costa would be his director of appointments.

'As this has become a distraction from the work at hand, I have offered my resignation.'

The ADL responded to the nomination by highlighting Da Costa's numerous anti-Jewish online comments.

"Her social media footprint includes posts from more than a decade ago that echo classic antisemitic tropes and otherwise demean Jewish people. ... We appreciate Da Costa has relationships with members of the Jewish community, but her posts require immediate explanation — not just from Ms. Da Costa, but also from the Mayor-Elect," the ADL wrote.

The ADL continued, "Vetting the appointment of city leaders will be Ms. Da Costa's responsibility and the Jewish community deserves to know: 1) Were these comments previously identified by the Mayor-elect's team? If so, why were they excused? 2) What will be the policy of the new Administration if comments like these are discovered during the vetting process?"

The ADL's post included screenshots of three X posts from Da Costa's account, which has since been removed.

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Zohran Mamdani. Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images

"Money hungry Jews smh," Da Costa apparently wrote in January 2011 on then-Twitter, presumably using an abbreviation for "shaking my head," an expression of disapproval.

"Woo! Promoted to the upstairs office today! Working alongside these rich Jewish peeps," she apparently wrote later that year.

"Far Rockaway train is the Jew train," a third post read from June 2012.

In 2020, Da Costa posted anti-cop sentiments, calling for the defunding of the New York Police Department by $1 billion in the upcoming fiscal year to "get cops out of our schools & subways," the New York Post reported.

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L to R: Zohran Mamdani, Jahmila Edwards, Catherine Almonte Da Costa. Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images

Da Costa announced her resignation on Thursday, following the resurfaced posts.

"I spoke with the mayor-elect this afternoon, apologized, and expressed my deep regret for my past statements," Da Costa said. "These statements are not indicative of who I am. As the mother of Jewish children, I feel a profound sense of sadness and remorse at the harm these words have caused. As this has become a distraction from the work at hand, I have offered my resignation."

In a separate statement, she contended that her "tweets from well over a decade ago ... do not in any way, shape, or form reflect who I am or my views and beliefs today."

Mamdani called Da Costa's past remarks "unacceptable," adding that the posts "absolutely do not represent him or the values of his administration."

"Catherine expressed her deep remorse over her past statements and tendered her resignation, and I accepted," he added.

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