Let me start here by saying I’m a Laura Loomer skeptic.

Beyond the fact that she’s further to the right that I care to go, I don’t think that her stunts — such as chaining herself to Twitter headquarters to protest her ban from the platform or interrupting Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey at a congressional hearing before that — lend any credibility to conservative causes.

While I don’t think she should have been banned from Twitter, I also think that her incessant self-promotion and dubious sourcing don’t lend her any credibility.

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However, I don’t want to see Laura Loomer tased for one of her stunts. That’s where Montel Williams and I apparently differ.

So, in case you don’t follow Loomer, she’s a well-known provocateur on the right who likes to record herself in spectacles that attempt to expose the fallacies of liberalism. In this case, I must give her some credit for originality: She recorded herself and a group of what she said were illegal aliens jumping the fence at Nancy Pelosi’s Napa Valley estate.

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However, since Nancy Pelosi is so welcoming, she said that “everyone is welcome here.” Loomer and her companions then set about putting up a canopy for a sanctuary inside Pelosi’s estate.

Legal? Not particularly, but neither are border crossings and Democrats seem to be fine with them. However, while I’m sure Montel wouldn’t institute a policy of tasing everyone who crossed the border illegally, he certainly seemed fine with it happening to Loomer.

“RT if you think Napa police should tase Laura Loomer…I’m tired of this child,” Montel wrote on Twitter.

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Philippines arrests, hands over to China corruption fugitive

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA, Philippines — Jan 16, 2019, 12:31 AM ET

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Philippine officials have turned over to China a former government official wanted for alleged economic crime and corruption.

Xie Haojie (SHEE'-ye hao-JEE'-ye) was arrested on Sunday in Manila in an operation coordinated with Chinese authorities.

The 49-year-old is wanted back home on charges of corruption that amounted to $210 million.

Officials from the Philippine Bureau of Immigration handed him over Wednesday to China's authorities in Manila for deportation.

Li Shulei, vice chairman of China's National Supervisory Commission, says the case involved a huge amount of money that made Xie "a very terrible social influence."

Xie was presented to the media in the Philippines but did not make any statement.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/philippines-arrests-hands-china-corruption-fugitive-60409060

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Malaysia says it won't host any more events involving Israel

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia — Jan 16, 2019, 12:39 AM ET

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Malaysia's foreign minister says the government will not budge over a ban on Israeli athletes in a para swimming competition and has decided that the country will not host any events in the future involving Israel.

Malaysia, a strong supporter of the Palestinian plight, is among the predominantly Muslim countries that do not have diplomatic relations with Israel. The government has said Israeli swimmers cannot join the competition in July that serves as a qualifying event for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said Wednesday that the Cabinet affirmed last week that no Israeli delegates can enter Malaysia for sporting or other events. He said the Cabinet has also decided not to host any more events involving Israel "to reflect the government's firm stance over the Israeli issue."

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/malaysia-host-events-involving-israel-60409195