Tag: ilhan omar

What’s New and What Isn’t New About the Fascist Attacks on Ilhan Omar

By Erik Loomis

In General

On July 19, 2019

There’s no question about Trump’s extremely disturbing and openly fascist attacks on Ilhan Omar. But they also need a little context. There are some parts of this story that are genuinely new: primarily that a president has never before held fascist rallies where he whipped up thousands of people to delegitimize a member of Congress […]

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Ilhan Omar in a Context of a Changing Washington

By Erik Loomis

On March 7, 2019

Dayen has some interesting conclusions about the meaning of the left’s victory in rejecting the House leadership’s desire to rebuke Ilhan Omar: It is no more a trope that wealthy interests

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The Dishonest Hacks Who Attack Ilhan Omar

By Erik Loomis

On March 6, 2019

The Islamophobic attacks on Ilhan Omar for daring to question American support of Israel’s policy toward Palestine are just incredibly dishonest and hacky. Paul Waldman has a good essay on this:

Islamophobia in Action

By Erik Loomis

In General

On March 5, 2019

I am completely revolted by the treatment of Ilhan Omar by AIPAC and their hacks, by Democratic House leaders, and everyone who seeks to demonize the first Muslim woman in Congress. First, Omar hasn’t done anything wrong. See here: [email protected] made NO reference to Jews having dual loyalty. She spoke about lobbies: AIPAC, the NRA, […]