The next time a Christian upbraids you for showing insufficient deference to FUCKING CHRISTMAS, YO!!!!!!!!!, show them this (second tweet): x Who was the first president to observe Hanukkah by lighting the National Menorah in a ceremony in Lafayette Park? Find out on the Advent Calendar! https://t.co/lchzvlRI3J pic.twitter.com/AeHzM61DtO— The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 23, 2019…
Category: Hanukkah
Trump has cited his 'Jewish friend' in same story four times, changing friend's name each time
Okay, if anyone else did this, you’d immediately have his brain checked for tumors … or prion disease … or unexploded ordnance. But when Donald Trump does it, most people just shrug. Yes, we have a president whose word is literally worthless. Isn’t that fun? Here’s the latest, from The Washington Post: Touting his accomplishments during…
Trump demands Omar resign over anti-Semitic tropes. Himself? Not so much
Never one to miss an opportunity to get his hate on, Donald Trump on Tuesday demanded Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) resign over her unfortunate “all about the Benjamins” comment. Calling her well-received apology “lame,” Trump complained, “Anti-Semitism has no place in the United States Congress. I think she should either resign from Congress or she…
Catholic News Service Celebrates Hanukkah with Snap of Frieze of Vespasian Sacking The Temple.
I’m not Jewish, so I won’t pretend to grok the full horror of this, but I’ll be glad to follow the comments and learn. Thanks to Josh Marshall this moment in cultural understanding is forever preserved. omg i RT'd it like 2 minutes before they deleted. For Flavian posterity. (appreciate the congrats) pic.twitter.com/27yMXmsi61 — Josh…
