By Patrick Goodenough | May 19, 2021 | 4:47am EDT
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., talks to President Biden on the tarmac of the Wayne County Airport in Detroit, Mich. on Tuesday. Also pictured is Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – President Biden publicly expressed his admiration for Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Tuesday, calling her a “fighter” and saying he would do all he could to ensure the Palestinian American lawmaker’s relatives in the West Bank were “well.”
The remarks, during a visit to a Ford factory in Dearborn, Mich., follows days of criticism by Tlaib and other progressive House Democrats of the administration’s approach to the conflict in Israel and Gaza – including the blocking of a U.N. Security Council joint statement calling for an immediate ceasefire.
Social Media Hails Moment Hijab-Wearing US Official Sameera Fazili Delivers White House Briefing
The New Arab, February 25, 2021
A hijab-wearing US official spoke at a White House press briefing on Wednesday, prompting social media users to hail the moment as symbolic, after years of Islamophobia normalised by the previous administration.
Sameera Fazili, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, addressed reporters on President Joe Biden‘s executive order to address electronic chip shortages and other critical supply chain issues.
Fazili, a graduate of Harvard University and Yale Law School, was appointed to the key position in the new administration last month. The National Economic Council deals with the economic policymaking process and provides policy advice to the president.
Heartless: Left Glories in GOP Megadonor Sheldon Adelson’s Death
12 Jan 2021
After the Monday night passing of billionaire philanthropist Sheldon Adelson known for his contributions to conservative and pro-Israel causes blue check leftists took to Twitter to bash, mock and rejoice.
“CASINO MAGNATE, TRAITOR, REPUBLICAN DONOR SHELDON ADELSON DEAD AT 87,” wrote author Eric Garland, in a mock headline.
CASINO MAGNATE, TRAITOR, REPUBLICAN DONOR SHELDON ADELSON DEAD AT 87 https://t.co/POBAt5NuxD
“Warmonger Sheldon Adelson, billionaire donor to Trump and #Israel, is dead,” wrote political cartoonist Carlos Latuff, with attached depictions of Adelson which resemble historic antisemitic ones.
Warmonger Sheldon Adelson, billionaire donor to Trump and #Israel, is dead.@Mondoweisspic.twitter.com/Qv4sQv2rPC
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Two Muslim men say they were booted off an Alaska Airlines flight in February because of text messages they sent in Arabic.
The men, identified as Abobakkr and Mohamed, were on a business trip when they boarded an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to San Francisco on Feb. 17, the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Washington state chapter said in a statement.
Abobakkr was in his first-class seat texting a friend before taking off. A passenger nearby noticed the text messages and reported them to a flight attendant despite not knowing Arabic, according to CAIR.
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Alaska Airlines has launched an internal investigation into a February incident in which two Sudanese Americans were removed from a flight. Photo Credit: Heather Dunbar/Shutterstock.com
Alaska Airlines says that it has launched an internal investigation into an incident from February, when two Sudanese Americans were removed from a flight headed to San Francisco from Seattle after a nearby passenger became suspicious of one of the men s Arabic-language texts.
The announcement of the internal probe came more than 10 months after the incident and followed a decision by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which is providing legal representation to the two men, to go public about the matter in a Dec. 18 press release.