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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Politics
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Soros-backed Philly DA could face uphill battle for re-election if GOP write-in scheme succeeds
In the six-to-one Democrat stronghold of Philadelphia, winning a seat as a Republican is tough to say the least. There hasn't been a Republican mayor since Bernard Samuel in the 1950s, for example. So it may not be that surprising that the local GOP has a plan it hopes will give a Democrat primary challenger to incumbent District Attorney Lawrence Krasner a crucial second round against the Soros-backed prosecutor should he get knocked out in Tuesday's primary election. Krasner is facing fellow Democrat and former judge Pat Dugan, who also has the support of several Democrat ward committees and Philadelphia political stalwarts like state Sen. Tina Tartaglione, plus a slew of union groups like IAFF and the Teamsters. In his pitch to voters, Dugan drafted a "geographic prosecution plan" to crack down on crime in the city. 2024: The Year Law And Order Was Restored By Voters "This plan is about more than just fighting crime—it's about rebuilding communities. [It] will hold criminals accountable, provide second chances when appropriate, and ensure every neighborhood feels the impact of a fair and just system they can trust and believe in again," Dugan said in a statement on his campaign site. Read On The Fox News App Krasner, seeking a third term, has been lambasted for his progressive criminal justice policies and faced impeachment proceedings from Republicans in the now-Democrat-controlled State House of Representatives. In 2023, a Commonwealth Court judge ruled the GOP-controlled Senate cannot hold a trial because the House's articles of impeachment didn't meet the bench's standards. One top Republican, 2022 gubernatorial nominee Sen. Doug Mastriano, notably opposed Krasner's impeachment, quipping, "Philadelphia: They want Krasner – they like him. That's a huge mandate." While there was a drop in homicides year-over-year in 2023, Philadelphia saw a spike from 351 the year he took office in 2018 to 562 in 2021. Krasner also ceased charges for certain offenses like marijuana possession, eliminated cash bail for some offenders and has sought generally more lenient sentences than conservatives want. In the city where then-Mayor James Kenney did a dance on social media to celebrate its inception as a sanctuary city, Krasner has followed up by refusing to honor ICE detainer requests, saying that letting the feds tell him who to jail is unconstitutional. Philadelphia Da Krasner Slammed By Murder Victim's Sister: We're Fed Up Krasner's backing from about $1.45 million in political action committee support tied to Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros has also led to criticism. Last week, Dugan told PhillyVoice the city is feeling "Krasner fatigue" after eight years. "Many people come up to me and tell stories about how upset they are with some of the policies with the DA's office," he said. Republicans, largely out of power in the city for decades outside of two at-large city council seats that they – or independents – must statutorily be elected to, see Dugan's candidacy as an opportunity to oust Krasner and have a way to give him a second chance should he fail in Tuesday's primary. The city's Republican Party funded a website advising voters to write-in Dugan on the Republican line. By law, if Dugan receives 1,000 write-ins, he will be named the Republican general election nominee unless he declines the opportunity. That would give more city voters a chance to turn out Krasner in the November general election. "This is about making crime in Philadelphia illegal," PhillyGOP chair Vince Fenerty told the South Philly Review. Fox News Digital reached out to both Krasner and Dugan via their campaigns for comment but did not hear back by the publication article source: Soros-backed Philly DA could face uphill battle for re-election if GOP write-in scheme succeeds
New York Post
07-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Why Justice must bring the hammer down on EVERY corrupt Soros prosecutor
Attorney General Pam Bondi and Justice Department civil-rights chief Harmeet Dhillon just put one 'Soros DA' on warning; let's hope they keep it up. The target: Hennepin County, Minn., District Attorney Mary Moriarty's directive seemingly ordering up selective prosecutions, according to race. Sounds too crazy to be true, but the woke warrior copped to it in (so to speak) black and white: Her so-called 'Negotiations Policy for Cases Involving Adult Defendants' says 'racial identity . . . should be part of the overall analysis,' and prosecutors 'should be identifying and addressing racial disparities at decision points, as appropriate.' Advertisement In other words, a literal two-tiered justice system based on skin color, with whites and Asians presumably getting the short end of the stick. Of course, the Soros-backed Moriarty has already implemented two-tier justice. Advertisement Witness her letting anti-Tesla terrorist Dylan Bryan Adams walk after he vandalized Teslas all over town to the tune of $20,000 in damages, while going hard after other car vandals for doing less harm. And her fondness for giving violent killers sweetheart deals so they can stay free to walk the streets, like one of the sociopathic teens who slew Zaria McKeever on the orders of her jealous ex. Moriarty's obscene 'policy' generalizes the same sick principle — i.e., one rule for people dumb enough to be law-abiding, another for the politically favored and nakedly criminal. Advertisement Having public officials entrusted with the administration of justice give in to their hard-left ideology, as Moriarty clearly has, is ruinous to public trust. Kudos to Bondi and Dhillon for launching a probe that could result in federal civil-rights charges: Prosecutors are not above the law. Here's hoping the Justice Department now has its eyes on all the other Soros DAs around the country and the massive damage they've done and will go on doing to everyday Americans until they're stopped.
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
If Trump Wants To Back Blue, Start With These Unjust Prosecutions
If President Trump wants to implement the pro-police policies he outlined in his April 29 Executive Order, a good start would be dropping two unjust (but ongoing) federal prosecutions of police. The two flimsy and politically motivated cases - in Kentucky and Massachusetts - are left over from the Biden Justice Departments war on cops. Trump can make good on his law enforcement-first approach by putting an end to these egregious charges brought by Biden officials (including a now-disgraced Soros DA) and career bureaucrats. Trumps EO, "Strengthening and Unleashing Americas Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens," lays out the White Houses refreshingly pro-law enforcement approach. In addition to directing more federal resources to local law enforcement, it orders the Justice Department to provide much-needed legal resources to aid the defense of wrongfully accused cops. The executive order builds on concrete actions the administration has already taken in pausing burdensome consent decrees and pardoning unjustly prosecuted police officers like D.C. Police Officer Terence Sutton. But Trump doesnt have to pardon these officers if he keeps his own Justice Department from repeating the same injustices inflicted on Sutton. Like in that case, politics is driving these prosecutions - facts be damned. And worse, these interim U.S. attorneys (who hold office until Trumps picks are confirmed) are doing it all under the noses of a pro-police president and attorney general. In Massachusetts, a police sergeant with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police, which patrols Bostons subway system, faces federal charges for filing a false report - a rarely charged offense - related to a subordinates minor use of force on a homeless man in 2018. Sgt. David Finnerty, who as shift supervisor was not present and did not participate in the incident, could get 20 years in prison for allegedly lying on the report. State charges were originally brought in 2019 by Bostons Soros-backed local prosecutor, Rachael Rollins, who had unilaterally decriminalized most public order offenses. After Rollins charged Finnerty and another officer, she got Bidens nod to be Bostons chief federal prosecutor in 2021. The next year, Rollins successor as district attorney dropped the case after uncovering computer evidence that Finnerty had not made the false report edits. But Rollins, who has a long history of anti-police animus, wasnt finished. The Soros-funded DA went after Finnerty again for the same offense in federal court, despite the new exculpatory evidence. But Finnertys pursuer resigned in disgrace in 2023 after being found to have engaged in influence-peddling, corruption, and - yes - perjury. Yet, Rollins case against Sgt. Finnerty remains, more than three months after Trump took office. Career lawyers at the Justice Department plan to try the zombie case in the coming weeks. In another egregious example of anti-police prosecutions, three Kentucky State Troopers face decades in federal prison over force incidents. The indictment was sought by Michael A. Bennett, the U.S. attorney who took office under Biden. Shockingly, the charges were brought in March 2025 - under the Trump administration - since Bennett remains in charge. Notably, Bennetts office also led the questionable investigation into the Louisville Police Department, alleging systemic police abuses to justify federal meddling. Thankfully, a federal judge and the Trump Administration kiboshedthat effort. The federal case largely stems from two incidents in the spring of 2020. During an April arrest for a domestic violence bench warrant, the troopers James Wright and Thomas Czartorski struck the wanted man and took him to the ground. Czartorski, who struck the suspect on the leg with a flashlight, lost his job and later pleaded guilty to perjury for denying, in a civil suit deposition, that he struck the man. Wright, who was cleared in an internal affairs investigation and local prosecutors declined to charge, now faces 25 years in federal prison. Lewis is accused of tasing a suspected drunk driver, but was also cleared by police investigators and never charged at the state level. After the federal indictment, the decorated officers (Wright was nominated for Trooper of the Year) were immediately suspended. In the four officers cases, local officials already imposed consequences (Czartorski) for misconduct or found no basis for prosecution, yet in the wake of the 2020 anti-police unrest, the Biden Justice Department persisted. The Trump DOJ should not be carrying out an unethical Soros prosecutors vendetta in Boston, nor should it allow Biden holdovers to go after cops in Kentucky unjustly. Just like it did with unnecessary police consent decrees, Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi should put an end to these egregious political prosecutions of police in Kentucky and Massachusetts. Jason Johnson is the president of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund, which advocates for pro-police policies and provides legal aid to wrongfully accused officers. Johnson is the former deputy commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Alex Soros fumes at left-wing climate group over 'Palestine' obsession: 'What the hell'
Alex Soros, the son of notorious billionaire George Soros and chair of the Open Society Foundations, took aim at a left-wing climate group, saying: "All they do is talk about Palestine." In an interview with New York Magazine in which he detailed his plans to fund efforts to foil the Trump administration's agenda, Soros expressed his frustration with the leftist environmentalist group "Sunrise Movement," which is heavily funded by Soros-backed organizations. "What the hell did they do, by the way?" Soros, who is Jewish, complained. "We gave them money, and now all they do is talk about Palestine. It's ridiculous." During the 2020 election season, Sunrise Movement, whose website says it wants to "force the government to end the era of fossil fuel elites," received nearly a third of its funding from the Soros-backed Democracy PAC and Sixteen-Thirty Fund, totaling $750,000. Musk Claims George Soros, Linkedin Co-founder Reid Hoffman Are Funding 'Protests' Against Tesla Shortly after receiving these funds, Sunrise stepped into a massive controversy sparked by its Washington, D.C., chapter posting an antisemitic statement in which it vowed to boycott any events co-sponsored by "Zionist" Jewish groups. Read On The Fox News App In an October 2021 statement on "future coalition spaces with Zionist organizations," Sunrise DC said it was declining to participate in a D.C. statehood rally specifically because of the inclusion of the Jewish Council on Public Affairs, the National Council of Jewish Women and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, which it said "are all in alignment with and in support of Zionism and the State of Israel." Sunrise DC called Israel a "colonial project" that "treats all Palestinians, as well as Black and brown Jewish-Israelis, as second-class citizens." The group went on to ask the event organizers to remove the Jewish groups from participation, saying that the D.C. statehood movement is "incompatible with Zionism." The statement was quickly slammed as blatantly antisemitic. Former Biden Official 'Pleased' Trump Admin Tackling Antisemitism One user named Blake Flayton, a Jewish podcaster, called out the group, commenting, "You are intentionally pushing Jewish people outside of your movement." "You are associating Jews in the United States with the actions of Israel," added Flayton. "This is antisemitic. You are antisemites." In a follow-up post published several days later, Sunrise DC apologized for singling out the three Jewish organizations while not mentioning other groups associated with the event "with similar positions." The group doubled down on its stance against Zionism, calling it an "ideology that has led to Palestinians being violently pushed out of their homes since 1948." The group said it was "committed to learning and growing as we continue to stand against Zionism, antisemitism, anti-Palestinian racism, and all other forms of oppression." Antisemitic Incidents Break Record For 4Th Straight Year, Adl Finds This post was also widely panned as antisemitic, with one user named Joel Petlin commenting that Sunrise was "trying to get out of a hole they dug for themselves by digging it deeper." "*We apologize for singling out 3 Jewish organizations when we should've singled out everyone who doesn't hate Israel* is not actually an apology. It's just doubling down on Antisemitism," said Petlin. This past October, Sunrise Movement published a long Instagram post railing against Israel, saying, "Climate justice means freedom for Palestinians." "Why? Because Israel's ongoing oppression of Palestinians means they will suffer some of the most devastating impacts of climate change, and Israel's constant bombing harms the climate, ultimately harming us all," Sunrise Movement continued. "While committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, the Israeli military – which is backed and armed by the US – has released more carbon emissions than 20 of the world's most climate-vulnerable nations combined. Democrats and left-wing leaders have long called criticisms of George Soros, who is a Hungarian-born Jew, antisemitic attacks. However, the Soros family's funding of progressive anti-Israel agitators across the country, including those who mobilized at New York City's Columbia University, has raised eyebrows as well. Fox News Digital previously reported on Israel's minister of diaspora affairs and social equality, Amichai Chikli, saying that Alex is a mirror image of his father's anti-Israel agenda. Cair Panelist Accuses Trump Admin Of Using Ai And Antisemitism Against Free Speech When asked if Alex will continue to fund anti-Israel entities that bash the Jewish state, Chikli said it "looks like the son is a replica of his father. We have no expectation that his son will be a big Zionist." Chikli noted that the Soros foundation "gives money to radical small Palestinian organizations in Israel that describe Israel as a colonial state and a moral sin." Fox News Digital reached out to Open Society Foundations and the Sunrise Movement for comment, but neither responded in time for publication. Benjamin Weinthal and Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this article source: Alex Soros fumes at left-wing climate group over 'Palestine' obsession: 'What the hell'
Fox News
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Alex Soros fumes at left-wing climate group over 'Palestine' obsession: 'What the hell'
Alex Soros, the son of notorious billionaire George Soros and chair of the Open Society Foundations, took aim at a left-wing climate group, saying: "All they do is talk about Palestine." In an interview with New York Magazine in which he detailed his plans to fund efforts to foil the Trump administration's agenda, Soros expressed his frustration with the leftist environmentalist group "Sunrise Movement," which is heavily funded by Soros-backed organizations. "What the hell did they do, by the way?" Soros, who is Jewish, complained. "We gave them money, and now all they do is talk about Palestine. It's ridiculous." During the 2020 election season, Sunrise Movement, whose website says it wants to "force the government to end the era of fossil fuel elites," received nearly a third of its funding from the Soros-backed Democracy PAC and Sixteen-Thirty Fund, totaling $750,000. Shortly after receiving these funds, Sunrise stepped into a massive controversy sparked by its Washington, D.C., chapter posting an antisemitic statement in which it vowed to boycott any events co-sponsored by "Zionist" Jewish groups. In an October 2021 statement on "future coalition spaces with Zionist organizations," Sunrise DC said it was declining to participate in a D.C. statehood rally specifically because of the inclusion of the Jewish Council on Public Affairs, the National Council of Jewish Women and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, which it said "are all in alignment with and in support of Zionism and the State of Israel." Sunrise DC called Israel a "colonial project" that "treats all Palestinians, as well as Black and brown Jewish-Israelis, as second-class citizens." The group went on to ask the event organizers to remove the Jewish groups from participation, saying that the D.C. statehood movement is "incompatible with Zionism." The statement was quickly slammed as blatantly antisemitic. One user named Blake Flayton, a Jewish podcaster, called out the group, commenting, "You are intentionally pushing Jewish people outside of your movement." "You are associating Jews in the United States with the actions of Israel," added Flayton. "This is antisemitic. You are antisemites." In a follow-up post published several days later, Sunrise DC apologized for singling out the three Jewish organizations while not mentioning other groups associated with the event "with similar positions." The group doubled down on its stance against Zionism, calling it an "ideology that has led to Palestinians being violently pushed out of their homes since 1948." The group said it was "committed to learning and growing as we continue to stand against Zionism, antisemitism, anti-Palestinian racism, and all other forms of oppression." This post was also widely panned as antisemitic, with one user named Joel Petlin commenting that Sunrise was "trying to get out of a hole they dug for themselves by digging it deeper." "*We apologize for singling out 3 Jewish organizations when we should've singled out everyone who doesn't hate Israel* is not actually an apology. It's just doubling down on Antisemitism," said Petlin. This past October, Sunrise Movement published a long Instagram post railing against Israel, saying, "Climate justice means freedom for Palestinians." "Why? Because Israel's ongoing oppression of Palestinians means they will suffer some of the most devastating impacts of climate change, and Israel's constant bombing harms the climate, ultimately harming us all," Sunrise Movement continued. "While committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, the Israeli military – which is backed and armed by the US – has released more carbon emissions than 20 of the world's most climate-vulnerable nations combined. Democrats and left-wing leaders have long called criticisms of George Soros, who is a Hungarian-born Jew, antisemitic attacks. However, the Soros family's funding of progressive anti-Israel agitators across the country, including those who mobilized at New York City's Columbia University, has raised eyebrows as well. Fox News Digital previously reported on Israel's minister of diaspora affairs and social equality, Amichai Chikli, saying that Alex is a mirror image of his father's anti-Israel agenda. When asked if Alex will continue to fund anti-Israel entities that bash the Jewish state, Chikli said it "looks like the son is a replica of his father. We have no expectation that his son will be a big Zionist." Chikli noted that the Soros foundation "gives money to radical small Palestinian organizations in Israel that describe Israel as a colonial state and a moral sin." Fox News Digital reached out to Open Society Foundations and the Sunrise Movement for comment, but neither responded in time for publication.
