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HR 867: Silencing dissent against the Zio-Con Marxist/MIGA-Coup

What is it that America doesn't understand about this?

"Critics warn the bill threatens the constitutional rights of Americans. The penalties under
the legislation include civil penalties, criminal fines of up to $1 million and imprisonment
of up to 20 years for supporting calls to boycott Israel."

A 20-year felony jail sentence for criticizing Israel?

WTF Cuckold America?

FROM Newsweek (Must read):

newsweek.com

Prominent figures from within President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" or "MAGA" movement
came out against the bipartisan IGO Anti-Boycott Act, House Resolution 867—saying it would criminalize
boycotts and free speech against Israel.

After the backlash, a pending vote slated for Monday was canceled. "It's beyond outrageous and offensive
that House leadership bowed to extreme-right forces and pulled this commonsense, bipartisan bill that makes
antisemitic and hate-driven boycotts illegal," a spokesperson for Representative Josh Gottheimer, a New
Jersey Democrat, who introduced the legislation told Newsweek Monday morning.

Newsweek also reached out to Representative Mike Lawler, a New York Republican, who introduced the
legislation with Gottheimer, for comment.

Why It MattersCritics of the H.R. 867 say the legislation goes against the right to free speech established in
the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Its supporters say it targets antisemitic actions, including
boycotts of Israel.

The bill has bipartisan support but also faces bipartisan opposition.

What To KnowAccording to the lawmakers who introduced the bill, Lawler and Gottheimer, H.R. 867 "amends
the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 to include international governmental organizations (IGOs) in existing
anti-boycott laws."

The congressmen said in a January press release that the change "targets harmful and inherently antisemitic"
boycott efforts undertaken at IGOs while also "extending protections already in place for boycotts instigated by
foreign countries."

However, critics warn the bill threatens the constitutional rights of Americans. The penalties under
the legislation include civil penalties, criminal fines of up to $1 million and imprisonment of up to
20 years for supporting calls to boycott Israel.

A number of prominent MAGA lawmakers said Sunday they planned to vote against the legislation. After the
public backlash, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, who had opposed the bill on
X, formerly Twitter, wrote that the vote was canceled.

"I'm told we are no longer voting on this. It's been pulled," she wrote in an X post.


The legislation came amid ongoing protests against Israel, with university campuses in the spotlight due to
students demonstrating against and criticizing the Middle Eastern ally of the U.S.
Supporters of the protests say they are standing up for Palestinian rights amid Israel's war in Gaza. Critics of
the protests, which often call for boycotting Israel, saying the demonstrators are antisemitic and threaten
Jewish students. Meanwhile, some Jewish students and groups also participate in the protests against Israel.
Israel's current war against Hamas, which the U.S. designates as a terrorist organization, began in the
aftermath of the Palestinian militant group's October 7, 2023, attack that left more than 1,200 people dead in
Israel. Since the war started, more than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed and over 100,000 injured.




Protesters carry a banner with the acronym BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) during a demonstration
held in Madrid on March 8. Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images

What MAGA Critics of H.R. 867 say...

Representative Anna Paulina Luna, a Florida Republican, on X: "H.R. 867, up for a vote tomorrow,
aims to curb antisemitism but threatens First Amendment rights. Americans have the right to boycott, and
penalizing this risks free speech. I reject and vehemently condemn antisemitism but I cannot violate the first
amendment."

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, on X: "I will be voting NO. It is my job to
defend American's rights to buy or boycott whomever they choose without the government harshly fining or
imprisoning them. But what I don't understand is why we are voting on a bill on behalf of other countries and
not the President's executive orders that are FOR OUR COUNTRY???"

Representative Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, on X responding to Greene: "I agree with

@RepMTG. I'll be voting No on this bill as well."

Former Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, on X: "If this bill becomes law, how many Israeli
products do I need in my home to avoid fines or prison? If I leave an Israeli-made product outside my home, is
it the 2025 version of lambs blood that keeps my family safe?"

Steve Bannon, a prominent Trump ally and host of the War Room podcast, shared Gaetz post on Gettr,
and wrote: "Fact Check: TRUE"

What Supporters of H.R. 867 Say...

A Gottheimer spokesperson to Newsweek on Monday: "Who was behind
this effort [to block the legislation]? None other than a member of Congress who once claimed that Jews have
space lasers and another who refused to condemn Hamas. Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and
Thomas Massie should be ashamed of themselves. Democrats and Republicans must work together to
combat efforts to isolate, delegitimize, and demonize the Jewish community and our key democratic ally,
Israel."

Lawler in a January statement: "I'm proud to reintroduce the IGO Anti-Boycott Act, a bipartisan effort to
protect U.S. citizens, businesses, and our allies, particularly Israel, from discriminatory boycotts. This bill
closes a critical loophole by ensuring that international organizations cannot enable harmful BDS [Boycott,
Divestment and Sanctions] efforts. This legislation is essential to safeguarding Israel's security and economy
from unjust attacks"

Gottheimer in a January statement: "International organizations can't get away with targeting our key
democratic ally, Israel. That's why we are introducing the bipartisan IGO Anti-Boycott Act to counter the
blatant anti-Israel bias in international organizations like the United Nations, which has a long history of
targeting the Jewish state. Democrats and Republicans must continue working together to combat efforts
to isolate, delegitimize, and demonize our key ally, Israel."

American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in a January statement: "AIPAC strongly supports the
IGO Anti-Boycott Act which makes clear the U.S. will not countenance U.N. instigated boycotts of our ally
Israel."

What Happens NextH.R. 867 was slated to come up for a vote in the House of Representatives on Monday.
However, Greene said on Sunday that the legislation has now been "pulled" and its fate is unclear.


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What is it that you don't understand now, about the MARXIST/MIGA COUP?

First, they banned the left on college campuses, saying they couldn't protest against the Gaza genocide.

Now, led by Christian-Zio cuck-governors DeSantis and Abbott, they're trying to pass this to silence the right.

.... just before the moneychangers pull the plug on the entire bankrupt financial system, and we get drawn
into another war for Israel with Iran, leading to WW III.

CAN YOU SAY HEGELIAN LEFT--RIGHT MINDF@CK?

Like I said, we voted out the Marxist-Lenninists and voted in the MIGA-Trotskyites...

And by now, it should be clear they both hate White, Christian, Conservative America and the West.

That they EVEN ATTEMPTED to float this bill, tells you how mindfu@ked and cucked they think you are.

This was an attempted "flag plant" on America's 50-yard line by an international parasitic, criminal mafia
that has wandered from nation to nation, creating division and chaos from within in order to control trade,
money, and political power for over 2,000 years - including the murder and genocide of over 120 million of
their fellow citizens in the 20th Century alone through their Marxist, Communist, and Socialist fronts.

In my still constitutionally protected opinion:

I think the entire world just reached peak Zio-Con Mindfu@kery...

SOTB

PS: It's clearly time for an actual "America First" 3rd Party in America

It's now time for a political toxic cleanse in order to break free from the parasite.
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