2002 rehash of Netanyahu pushing for War - 1 million plus Iraqi's died that time due to his lies about WMD's

House Speaker Confirms He'll Invite Netanyahu To Address Congress

Late this week House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed that he will go through with inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington in order to address a joint session of Congress, and to emphasize solidarity with Israel amid its ongoing war against Hamas.

Johnson's Thursday statement suggests the invitation has already been extended: "I would love to have him come in and address a joint session of Congress. We’ll certainly extend that invitation," he said to NBC News. "We’re just trying to work out schedules on all this."

Johnson has in turn recently been asked by Israeli officials to speak at Israel’s parliament, the Knesset.

Even though all of this has come in direct response to Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's scathing anti-Netanyahu speech issued earlier this month, Schumer now says he welcomes the idea of Netanyahu addressing Congress.

Schumer had said Israel risks becoming a "pariah" under Netanyahu's failed policies, and highlighted the soaring Palestinian civilian death toll in the war against Hamas. He even called for new elections in Israel.

"Israel has no stronger ally than the United States, and our relationship transcends any one president or any one Prime Minister," Schumer has responded in a statement. "I will always welcome the opportunity for the Prime Minister of Israel to speak to Congress in a bipartisan way."

It must be remembered, however, the Netanyahu once addressed Congress - all the way back in 2002 - where he helped the Bush administration deceive the American public concerning Saddam Hussein and WMDs.

He had testified during that appearance over two decades ago, "There is no question whatsoever that Saddam is seeking, is working, is advancing towards to the development of nuclear weapons."

Netanyahu had also dubiously said, "If you take out Saddam, Saddam’s regime, I guarantee you that it will have enormous positive reverberations on the region."

That alone should disqualify him from ever being welcomed to speak to Congress and the American people again. But apparently both sides of the aisle are welcoming Johnson's plan.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/house-speaker-confirms-hell-invite-netanyahu-address-congress

Bezos's Ex Donates $640 Million - With Most Going To Far-Left Groups Boosting Migrant Criminals, Trans Athletes

Jeff Bezos' ex-wife MacKenzie Scott, the third-wealthiest woman in the US, has awarded $640 million in new charitable donations - with most of it going to far-left nonprofits pushing left-wing causes, including assisting migrants who commit crimes and promoting transgender biological males who compete against women, the NY Post reports.

Scott will provide 67 migrant-advocacy organizations a combined $122 million for legal aid and other assistance, according to an analysis of 361 awards she announced Tuesday through her foundation Yield Giving.

The big winners include the Florida Immigrant Coalition, which vehemently opposes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ crackdown on migrants who commit crimes; and the Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition, which is fighting that state’s efforts to increase illegal-migrant enforcement. Both scored $2 million awards. -NY Post

Scott also awarded $117 million to prisoner-advocacy groups, $72 million to 43 groups which promote "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" and supporting transgender boys who routinely ruin athletics for biological females (feminists MIA).

"Bezos’ wife is using the profits he made through capitalism to [fund] the rope that will hang capitalism," said Heritage Foundation senior fellow, Mike Gonzalez, adding "The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them," to quote Lenin.

"These things that she’s donating money to – whether it’s transgender ideas, helping illegals, prisoner rights, climate change – they’re all trying to transform our system away from capitalism," Gonzalez continued.

Scott, who was married to Jeff Bezos for nearly 25 years and has four children with him, parted ways with the Amazon. com founder with $38.3 billion in Amazon stock. In Dec. 2022 she launched a database of her charitable gifts under the name Yield Giving.

She then began soliciting applications from community-led nonprofits in need of financial assistants - which were required to have budgets ranging between $1 and $5 million, and missions "to advance the voices and opportunities of individuals and families of meager or modest means," according to the website.

According to the Post, the $640 awarded by Yield Giving during this first round of donations is more than double what Scott had initially pledged - with 361 of the 6,530 charities which applied receiving awards of either $1 million or $2 million.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/bezoss-ex-donates-640-million-most-going-far-left-groups-boosting-migrant-criminals-trans

Michigan Man Sues To See Election Records After His Freedom Of Information Requests Were Denied

Michigan’s Democrat Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is being sued for working with local officials to stonewall a citizen’s efforts to access public election records from the Nov. 8, 2022 general and the May 2, 2023 primary elections.

Ms. Benson has a record of resisting transparency dating back to the 2020 presidential contest, after which she ordered local clerks to delete all electronic poll book (EPB) data from that election. In Nov. 2022, just days after the midterms, she ordered local clerks to deny public information requests to examine certain election data stored on their EPBs.

EPB files are an original public record and a component of the electronic voting system audit trail.

“When she (Ms. Benson) realized that some public officials were properly releasing this information under FOIA (Freedom of Information Act), she ordered them to delete the data,” claims Macomb County resident Michael Butz in a brief he filed in Macomb County Circuit Court on March 11, 2024.

Mr. Butz asked the court to deny “any interjection of responsibility” into this case by the secretary of state (SOS) and to deny the defendant municipal clerks’ rejection of his FOIA requests.

The memos and emails supporting Mr. Butz’s claims concerning Ms. Benson are attached to the brief.

Mr. Butz told The Epoch Times he is still awaiting the defendants’ response to his filing.

“Jocelyn Benson and her Michigan Bureau of Elections directors are violating Michigan and United States Codes and statutes with their unlawful election processes, procedures, and instruction manuals…In fact, the Michigan Court of Appeals recently agreed,“ Mr. Butz said. “These are ongoing acts of malfeasance against the people of Michigan.”

The Michigan Secretary of State’s Office said it does not comment or answer questions about ongoing or pending litigation.

The case was filed against municipal election officials from several Macomb County localities for allegedly violating Mr. Butz’s right under FOIA to inspect and copy public election information.

Though Ms. Benson is not a named defendant in the Butz lawsuit, she successfully petitioned the court to designate her as a defendant-intervener.

The brief alleges that Ms. Benson interfered with the clerks’ responses to Mr. Butz’s initial FOIA requests by directing local officials as to what data should or should not be provided to him.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/michigan-man-sues-see-election-records-after-his-freedom-information-requests-were-denied