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American Journalist Uygur Demands Accountability: 'Israel Owes America $300 Billion'
American Journalist Uygur Demands Accountability: 'Israel Owes America $300 Billion'

Leaders

time05-08-2025

  • Politics
  • Leaders

American Journalist Uygur Demands Accountability: 'Israel Owes America $300 Billion'

Turkish-American politician, journalist and commentator Cenk Uygur ignited online fury with a viral video demanding Israel repay decades of US aid while condemning its military campaign in Gaza. Uygur forcefully declared, 'We don't owe you anything. Israel has taken over $300 billion from America. You owe us.' His stark message resonated widely across social media platforms yesterday. Uygur aggressively challenged Israel's position regarding US support and the humanitarian crisis. He specifically questioned the allocation of American funds, stating bluntly, 'Where's my $300 billion? I want it back. You're using our money to starve children to death.' The host then cited disputed casualty figures, asserting Israel 'killed 59,000 at a bare minimum, 20,000 children at a bare minimum.' Consequently, Uygur rejected any notion of Israeli authority over US policy, asking, 'And you think you could order us around? We are the great Israelis and you must follow our orders.' @echoith الصحفي الأمريكي سينك أويغر يوجّه رسالة حازمة لإسرائيل باسم ملايين الأمريكيين سينك_أويغر رسالة_إلى_إسرائيل رسالة_أمريكية الشعب_الأمريكي TheYoungTurks CenkUygur إعلام_حر #رأي_أمريكي غزة فلسطين أنقذوا_غزة الحرية_لفلسطين ضد_الإبادة لا_للاحتلال نحن_مع_فلسطين FreePalestine StandWithPalestine JusticeForPalestine صوت_من_أمريكا إعلام_حقيقي وقف_العدوان أصوات_غربية مع_الحق ♬ original sound – Echoith – Echoith Rejecting Israeli Influence, Condemning U.S. Complicity Uygur issued a direct refusal to comply with perceived Israeli directives, declaring emphatically, 'Guess what? We're not following your orders. No one's following your orders anymore.' He sharply criticized US political and media institutions, singling out 'the coward corrupt politicians and the coward corrupt mainstream media.' Uygur maintained that ordinary citizens increasingly resist this pressure, vowing 'For the rest of us, no quarter given.' His comments frame the $300 billion in US aid as enabling actions he views as morally indefensible. This explosive rhetoric directly challenges longstanding US foreign policy supporting Israel. Uygur's demand for repayment centers on his belief that American taxpayers fund policies causing immense civilian suffering. His specific casualty claims significantly exceed verified figures reported by Gaza's Health Ministry, which documented approximately 35,000 deaths as of late May 2024, including many children. Uygur's video rapidly gained traction, reflecting deepening public anger over the Gaza conflict as his call to reclaim US aid money targets the core financial relationship underpinning the US-Israel alliance. Many viewers embraced his confrontational stance against perceived Israeli overreach and US government complicity. Simultaneously, critics immediately challenged his factual assertions, particularly the death toll statistics. The segment powerfully articulates a growing sentiment that unconditional support requires urgent reevaluation by American citizens demanding accountability. Short link : Post Views: 6

Learn not to burn, Dems must take border issue seriously and other commentary
Learn not to burn, Dems must take border issue seriously and other commentary

New York Post

time13-06-2025

  • Politics
  • New York Post

Learn not to burn, Dems must take border issue seriously and other commentary

From the left: Learn Not To Burn 'The radicals on our side are so stupid,' fumes Cenk Uygur on X. The LA protesters damaging property 'are not hurting ICE or Trump, they're hurting their own side.' 'Why do you need to burn Waymos and American flags? What does that prove, other than what Trump wants to prove, that you are against America, violent and dangerous?' And 'how does it help the community or immigrants?' While most people 'are legitimately and peacefully protesting,' the rioters 'have needlessly cost us support, even at home in LA.' 'Rule #1 of protesting: Win the crowd — at home. Win hearts and minds. Win the American people over. That's what serious people who want to win and protect our communities do.' Liberal: Dems Must Take Border Issue Seriously Advertisement 'Democrats have gotten the border issue so wrong, for so long, that it amounts to political malpractice,' mourns The Washington Post's David Ignatius. In response to pressure from its open-borders activists, party leaders 'acted as if maintaining a well-controlled border was somehow morally wrong' and 'border enforcement doesn't matter.' Even when Homeland Security Secretary 'Alejandro Mayorkas wanted tougher border policies,' the White House 'resisted strong measures.' For Dems, 'taking border issues seriously means more immigration courts and more border-control people and facilities.' Until bipartisan immigration reform passes, 'Democrats need to oppose violence, by anyone — and to help enforce immigration policies that begin with a recognition that it isn't immoral to have a border.' Conservative: Self-Deportations Will Be Crucial The 'Los Angeles riots may encourage illegal immigrants to self-deport,' muses the Washington Examiner's Michael Barone. Team Trump 'cannot expect that it can, logistically, remove all the untold millions of illegal immigrants' that poured in during the Biden years. 'But splashy raids and deportations can get hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of illegal immigrants thinking about what Mitt Romney in 2012 called 'self-deportation.'' And that's likely 'happening thanks to what has been happening in Los Angeles.' Proof lies in the drop of foreign-born workers since March. Estimates range from 'three-quarters of a million to a million — those numbers dwarf the number of annual deportations,' suggesting that 'self-deportation, together perhaps with the Department of Homeland Security's $1,000 travel stipend, is looking like a good option' — 'one that may be taken up by many more than are legally deported.' Advertisement From the Right: DOGE Bares Dem's Waste Thanks to DOGE 'we not only know the Democrats couldn't care less about waste, they revel in it,' roars the Washington Times' Rowan Scarborough. Election-denier Stacey Abrams' organization was set to receive '$2 billion for people to buy electric stoves,' and the feds 'awarded $3.7 billion climate change grants' and were 'handing out millions to a loyal Democratic Party support class: the LGBTQ+ movement.' Above all, USAID became 'a money-laden office to siphon off taxpayer funds for Democrats': '$2 million on transgender surgeries and hormone therapy,' millions to Ukrainian 'social media influencers' and much, much more. Elon 'Musk is gone. But DOGE lives on' to keep exposing 'how Democrats rip us off for their good.' Libertarian: Kill the Dept. of Education Advertisement 'Killing' the Department of Education, as President Trump ordered, 'requires congressional approval,' admits Reason's Emma Camp, but if even if it were abolished, it 'would not necessarily mean abolishing its functions.' DOE 'directs a wide range of federal programs and commanded a budget of more than $200 billion last year.' Yet if it were ditched, most of its functions would simply move to other agencies. Too bad: 'Almost everything the Department of Education does is unconstitutional,' argues Neal McCluskey, of the Cato Institute's Center for Educational Freedom, 'so almost all the spending and activities should go away.' Still, scrapping it would end 'a direct conduit to the president for education special interests,' he adds — and send a message 'that education is not a federal responsibility.' — Compiled by The Post Editorial Board

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