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Title: Muslims run for office in record numbers but the path is uphill
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The Seattle Times
URL Source: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation ... umbers-but-the-path-is-uphill/
Published: Jul 22, 2018
Author: PHILIP MARCELO and JEFF KAROUB
Post Date: 2018-07-22 12:58:30 by Hondo68
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Keywords: D&R war on Christians, 3 Muslim Republicans, foreign policy blowback
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A liberal woman of color with zero name recognition and little funding takes down a powerful, long-serving congressman from her own political party. When Tahirah Amatul-Wadud heard about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s stunning upset over U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley in New York’s Democratic primary last month, the first-time candidate saw parallels with her own longshot campaign for Congress in western Massachusetts. The 44-year-old Muslim, African-American civil-rights lawyer, who is taking on a 30-year congressman and ranking Democrat on the influential House Ways and Means Committee, said she wasn’t alone, as encouragement, volunteers and donations started pouring in. “We could barely stay on top of the residual love,” said Amatul-Wadud, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal’s lone challenger in the state’s Sept. 4 Democratic primary. “It sent a message to all of our volunteers, voters and supporters that winning is very possible.” Many, like Amatul-Wadud, hope to ride the surge of progressive activism within the Democratic Party that delivered Ocasio-Cortez’s unlikely win and could help propel the Democrats back to power in November. Still, the path to victory can be tougher for a Muslim American. Some promising campaigns already have fizzled out while many more face strong anti-Muslim backlash. In Michigan, Democrat candidate for governor Abdul El-Sayed continues to face unfounded claims from a GOP rival that he has ties to the controversial Muslim Brotherhood, even though Republican and Democratic politicians alike have denounced the accusations as “conspiracy theories.” In Rochester, Minnesota, mayoral candidate Regina Mustafa has notified authorities of at least two instances where anti-Muslim threats were posted on her social media accounts. And in Arizona, U.S. Senate candidate Deedra Abboud received a torrent of Islamophobic attacks on Facebook last July that prompted outgoing U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake, the Republican lawmaker Abboud is hoping to replace, to come to her defense on Twitter. “I’m a strong believer that we have to face this rhetoric,” said Abboud, who has also had right-wing militant groups the Fraternal Order of Alt-Knights and the Proud Boys stage armed protests her campaign events. “We can’t ignore it or pretend like it’s a fringe element anymore. We have to let the ugly face show so that we can decide if that is us.” There were as many as 90 Muslim-Americans running for national or statewide offices this election cycle, a number that Muslim groups say was unprecedented, at least in the post-9/11 era. But recent primaries have whittled the field down to around 50, a number that still far exceeds the dozen or so who ran in 2016, said Shaun Kennedy, co-founder of Jetpac, a Massachusetts nonprofit that helps train Muslim-American candidates. Among the candidates to fall short were California physician Asif Mahmood, who placed third in last month’s primary for state insurance commissioner, despite raising more than $1 million. And in Texas, wealthy businessman Tahir Javed finished a distant second in his Democratic primary for Congress, despite an endorsement from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York. Nine candidates for Congress are still in the running, according to Jetpac’s tally. At least 18 others are campaigning for state legislature and 10 more seek major statewide and local offices, such as governor, mayor and city council. Even more are running for more modest offices like local planning board and school committee. The next critical stretch of primaries is in August. In Michigan, at least seven Muslim Americans are on the Aug. 7 ballot, including El-Sayed, who could become the nation’s first Muslim governor. In Minnesota, the decision by Keith Ellison, the nation’s first Muslim congressman, to run for state attorney general has set off a political frenzy for his congressional seat that includes two Muslim candidates, both Democrats: Ilhan Omar, the country’s first Somali-American state lawmaker, and Jamal Abdulahi, a Somali-American activist. But historic wins in those and other races are far from assured, cautions Geoffrey Skelley, an associate editor at Sabato’s Crystal Ball, a nonpartisan political analysis website run by the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. Omar’s chances of emerging from a field of five Democratic candidates in Minnesota’s Aug. 14 primary was bolstered by a recent endorsement from the state Democratic Party, but El-Sayed is an underdog in his gubernatorial race, he said. Other Muslim-American candidates might fare better in Michigan, which has one of the nation’s largest Arab-American populations, Skelley added. There, former state Rep. Rashida Tlaib has raised more money than her Democratic rivals in the race to succeed Democratic Rep. John Conyers, who resigned last year amid allegations of sexual misconduct. Former Obama administration official Fayrouz Saad is also running as a Democrat in the wide open race to succeed Republican Rep. David Trott, who isn’t seeking re-election. Either could become the first Muslim woman elected to Congress, which has only ever had two Muslim members: outgoing Ellison and Rep. Andre Carson, an Indiana Democrat seeking re-election. Saad, who served most recently as director of Detroit’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, recognizes the importance of representing her community in an era of rising Islamophobia. The 35-year-old broke from the conservative Republican politics of her Lebanese immigrant parents following the 9/11 attacks because she felt Arabs and Muslims were unfairly targeted. “I felt the way to push back against that was to be at the table,” said Saad, adding that her parents’ political leanings have also since moved to the left. “We have to step up and be voices for our communities and not wait for others to speak on behalf of us.” But not all Muslim candidates feel that way. In San Diego, California, 36-year-old Republican congressional candidate Omar Qudrat declined to comment on how Islamophobia has impacted his campaign, including instances when his faith have been called into question by members of his own political party. Instead, the 37-year old political newcomer, who is one of at least three Muslim Republicans running nationwide this year, provided a statement touting his main campaign issues as faces Democratic U.S. Rep. Scott Peters in November: addressing San Diego’s high number of homeless military veterans, improving public education and expanding economic opportunities for city residents. “Running for public office is about advancing the interests of your constituents and the American people,” Qudrat’s statement reads. “Nothing else.” Poster Comment: Another fine mess, that our meddling nanny state government has gotten us into. 
Attorney Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, left, who is challenging incumbent U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., greets residents of an apartment complex while campaigning in Springfield, Mass., on June 18. Muslim Americans are running for elected office in numbers not seen since before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (Charles Krupa/AP) The path to victory can be tougher for a Muslim American. Some promising campaigns already have fizzled out while many more face strong anti-Muslim backlash.
"It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world": it was George Washington's Farewell Address to us.
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The inaugural pledge of Thomas Jefferson was no less clear: "Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations-entangling alliances with none."
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
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Washington and Jefferson supported tariffs unlike new world order sell outs like you doper.
Washington and Jefferson supported tariffs Yes but they were the ONLY tax. And it made sense at the time since the USA was a new country that hadn't built up our infrastructure yet, roads, bridges etc, so we needed imported goods until we got our industrial base going full tilt boogie.
To solve the country's problems - and promote further growth – one of those proposals under Washington, offered in 1791, included a tax "upon spirits distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same" - largely, a tax on whiskey. Unlike tariffs, which were generally taxes on imports and exports, the tax on spirits was a direct tax on spirit distillers inside the country. To collect the tax, Hamilton created a federal agency (the precursor to today's Internal Revenue Service). The majority of distillers in the country were farmers who felt betrayed by the tax. Nearly a quarter of the nation's distilleries were located in western Pennsylvania: they vowed to kill the tax. The easiest way to kill the tax was to simply not to pay it - but others went further and opposed the tax with violence, attacking tax collectors, leading to the so-called Whiskey Rebellion. To deal with those who resisted, Washington issued a stern warning in 1792, advising the protestors to pay their taxes. It was the equivalent of shaking a finger at those who refused to pay. Washington didn't take additional measures - and the protestors considered this a victory. With that, the protestors became emboldened and engaged in more violent protests. In 1794, the protestors set fire to the home of John Neville, a western Pennsylvania tax supervisor. Faced with threats of more violence, Washington felt he had no choice other than to call up the militia. A militia of nearly 13,000 was sent to keep the peace, staying several months. The military presence worked and eventually, the Whiskey Rebellion came to an end. Afterward, numerous men were rounded up and tried for treason: two, John Mitchell and Philip Weigel, were found guilty though eventually pardoned. With the relatively painless putdown of the rebellion, many declared a victory for Washington's administration: he had proved that he could both keep the peace and exercise the authority of the federal government. In his farewell address to the nation, President Washington stood firm to the principles of revenue and taxation, calling public credit "a very important source of strength and security." He warned that our country should "use it as sparingly as possible, avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace." Washington went on to say that to deal with inevitable wars and other expenses, "it is essential that you should practically bear in mind that towards the payment of debts there must be revenue; that to have revenue there must be taxes." However, he reminded his country that tax policy should be thoughtful, declaring, "no taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant." He urged taxpayers to be accepting of the need to raise revenue but cautioned that the process should be dictated according to the needs of the people.
And Vice President Aaron Burr shot Hamilton dead in a duel. It goes to show you how popular you revenuer canaries are.
And Vice President Aaron Burr shot Hamilton dead in a duel. It goes to show you how popular you revenuer canaries are.
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#2. To: A K A Stone (#1)
#6. To: hondo68, A K A STONE (#2)
Washington and Jefferson supported tariffs Yes but they were the ONLY tax.
That is not true. You seem unable to ever get anything right. What’s the problem with you? Let’s look only at Washington who publicly grappled with tax policy in the late 18th century – and he put this new nation's ability to deal with crisis to the test. At the end of the revolutionary war, the United States found itself $43 million in debt. By 1791, the nation's debt was estimated at $71 million (roughly $1.752 billion in today's dollars). T0
This information was paraphrased and condensed for the article:
How Former President Washington Dealt With The First Real Tax Crisis In America.
#7. To: Gatlin (#6)
To collect the tax, Hamilton created a federal agency (the precursor to today's Internal Revenue Service).
#8. To: hondo68 (#7)
To collect the tax, Hamilton created a federal agency (the precursor to today's Internal Revenue Service).
It is truly amazing how you can lie and make up shit. Their duel had NOTHING to do with TAXES. Hamilton and Burr had been enemies for a long time, and had challenged each other to duels before, although this was the first time they had traded shots. The fatal 1804 duel resulted from Burr's loss in the New York election for governor.
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