In a letter sent to U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on Monday, and obtained by Jewish Insider, Democratic members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee criticized the White House for not inviting any Democratic members to the opening ceremony of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem earlier this month and cited “a dangerous effort to politicize the U.S.-Israel relationship.”

The letter, signed by Reps. Eliot Engel, Ted Deutch, Brad Sherman, Albio Sires, Brad Schneider and Tom Suozzi, requests that Friedman provide the committee with any communications he received prior to the event regarding the participation of American dignitaries. “This episode raises serious concerns about how information is being relayed to our ambassadors at post, and whether our diplomats are receiving communications tainted by partisan political considerations,” the letter states.

http://jewishinsider.com/14062/dems-accuse-trump-admin-effort-politicize-support-israel/

Former ACLU president and author Nadine Strossen made the remark during a phone interview with The Daily Caller News Foundation about the ACLU’s efforts with regard to free speech on college campuses going back to the 1990s.

“I still think a lot of liberals aren’t aware [of] what a terrible president [Obama] was,” Strossen told TheDCNF, alluding to the fact that the former president used the Espionage Act to pursue whistleblowers more times than all previous presidents had combined.

http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/28/former-aclu-president-calls-obama-terrible-on-free-speech/