Congress quietly pulls bill criminalizing anti-Israeli boycotts following GOP backlash



The House pulled a controversial bill that would criminalize anti-Israel boycotts from the votes schedule this week after several Republicans publicly criticized the bill for violating the First Amendment.

The bill, known as the IGO Anti-Boycott Act, would penalize Americans who participate in anti-Israeli boycotts if they are "imposed by" international organizations or governments like the United Nations or the European Union. The resolution, which was spearheaded by Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York, would fine Americans who violated the bill up to $1 million and could impose prison time of up to 20 years.

'It was a ridiculous bill that our leadership should have never scheduled for a vote.'

The bill was originally set for a vote on Monday but was quietly removed from the votes schedule after Republican lawmakers and conservative voices spoke out against it, arguing that it was a slippery slope.

"H.R. 867, up for a vote tomorrow, aims to curb antisemitism but threatens First Amendment rights," Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida said Sunday before the bill was removed from the schedule. "Americans have the right to boycott, and penalizing this risks free speech. I reject and vehemently condemn antisemitism but I cannot violate the first amendment."

"It is my job to defend American’s rights to buy or boycott whomever they choose without the government harshly fining them or imprisoning them," Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia said Sunday. "But what I don’t understand is why we are voting on a bill on behalf of other countries and not the President’s executive orders that are FOR OUR COUNTRY???"

Prominent conservatives like Charlie Kirk also came out against the bill, arguing that the legislation would foster more prejudice rather than reduce it.

"Bills like this only create more antisemitism, and play into growing narratives that Israel is running the US government," Kirk said in a post Sunday. "In America you are allowed to hold differing views. You are allowed to disagree and protest. We've allowed far too many people who hate America move here from abroad, but the right to speak freely is the birthright of all Americans. This bill should not pass. Any Republican that votes for this bill will expose themselves. We will be watching very closely."

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who has previously criticized and voted against similar resolutions, cheered the decision to remove the bill from the schedule Sunday night.

"Thank you for your vocal opposition on this platform," Massie said. "It was a ridiculous bill that our leadership should have never scheduled for a vote."

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‘Golden future, brand-new light’: What does ‘Trump Gaza’ really mean?



In a strange move, President Trump posted an AI-generated video to his social media that appeared to advertise “Trump Gaza,” complete with a golden idol of Trump.

And the lyrics were interesting, to say the least.

“Donald’s coming to set you free / Bringing the light for all to see / No more tunnels, no more fear / Trump Gaza is finally here. Trump Gaza shining bright / Golden future, brand-new light / Feast and dance, the deed is done / Trump Gaza is number one,” the AI video sang.

The social media post has prompted questions and disbelief, though Allie Beth Stuckey of “Relatable” isn’t surprised. “If you have been paying attention to Donald Trump over the past few years, of course Donald Trump posted this,” she says.


The imagery in the video gets even stranger, showcasing an AI version of Elon Musk surrounded by money falling from the sky, Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump shirtless on the beach sipping cocktails, and two transsexuals in bikinis with male faces and beards roaming the sandy shore.

“Are these transsexuals?” Stuckey asks. “These appear to be men with beards with the bodies of women. Genuine women, okay, we’re not talking about the cross-sex hormone nonsense, but we’ve got bearded ladies who are scantily clad.”

The video was a follow-up to Trump’s February 4 press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu, where he proposed that the U.S. take over the Gaza Strip and relocate Palestinian residents to neighboring countries, with the goal of providing them with safe, stable living conditions.

He also proposed that the U.S. would rebuild war-torn Gaza.

“It’s unclear how exactly that would work. Most of the response that I’ve seen from conservatives is like, ‘Yeah, I don’t really want to do that, I don’t really want America to be involved in that, I don’t know if that’s going to create a long-term solution,’” Stuckey explains.

“But Donald Trump, you have to remember that he is a developer. That he is thinking, ‘How can I make this better, how can I make this more prosperous, how can I make this more comfortable for people?'” she continues.

“He kind of sees this, I think, as a project, but also it is probably some kind of geopolitical strategy that we don’t completely understand,” she adds.

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Who raised Joe Biden to lack character and morality? Mark Levin has the answer.



“Joe Biden lacks character” and “a moral basis,” says Mark Levin.

But you already knew that.

What you might not know, however, is who raised our president to be this way. We’re not talking about his familial lineage, though. We’re talking about the people who molded him into the man we fervently pray doesn’t win a second term.

“Joe Biden was raised essentially in the United States Senate,” where it’s customary to “wheel and deal,” “propagate arguments,” and “use rhetoric” to push agendas, says Mark Levin.

According to him, this the job of a senator:

  • “You run TV ads when you're running for office that smear your opponents and lie about who you are and twist words.”
  • “You raise enough money where they really can't keep up with your lies.”
  • “You make deals with union members in Wilmington in order to carry the rest of the state.”
  • “You pass whatever legislation you have to to have this army of supporters, whether it's the NEA, AFT, the AFL-CIO.”
  • “You throw in with the racists and the segregationists early in your career because you really need the white vote.”
  • “When the state turns more and more minority and less and less white majority, you switch sides. Now, you're a bigot who attacks the founding of the nation, who insists that there's no equality.”

Sound familiar?

“There's a whole sick level of experience going on here that is now projected onto Israel,” Levin says.

That’s why Biden “[gives] support to Iran,” “withholds weapons from [Israel],” is “prolonging the war by giving [Gaza] aid,” and demanding that Israel “[divides the] country up and give part of it to the enemy.”


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School’s out in Gaza. Here’s how students are spending their summer. (Viewer discretion advised.)



Put Hamas and Hitler into a Venn diagram, and you’ll find that the two have far more commonalities than differences.

One of those commonalities is how children spend their summers.

Mark Levin plays a disturbing clip showing the similarities between Hitler youth summer camps and Hamas summer camps – and ultimately the way both exploit children in warfare against the Jewish nation. Warning: The following video contains disturbing and graphic content.

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“School's out in Gaza, and for thousands of teenagers here, this is how the holidays are spent: in preparation for the next conflict with Israel,” the commentator says over footage of young boys in combat training.

Similarly, “the Nazi youth movement took over all the summer camps” because “Hitler realized that youngsters were the future of his movement.”

The German children who attended these summer camps “learned to use a compass and a map, to cross enemy territory, to camouflage themselves, and to make covert approaches.”

The Gazan boys are training to use firearms and “rehearse a cross-border raid to kidnap Israeli soldiers” at their summer camp, which is run by Hamas, the terrorist group that rules over Gaza.

“The similarities are chilling and horrifying.”

“Our media should be teaching us – all of us – exactly who these people are, what they're learning, what's in their books, what's in their movies, and then we will have a very good grasp of reality,” says Levin.

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