When a generation begins or ends often clicks into focus only in retrospect. Even so, the passing of Sheldon Adelson at the age of 87 clearly marks the end of a chapter. He was a casino mogul who made big bets on Republican politics in the United States and Bibi Netanyahu in Israel, as well…
In an op-ed in Hungary’s pro-government outlet Origo, a Hungarian minister compared George Soros to Hitler on Saturday, calling the Hungarian-born Jewish philanthropist and Holocaust survivor “the liberal Führer” before retracting his comment and deleting his Facebook page. “Europe is George Soros’ gas chamber,” wrote Szilard Demeter, ministerial commissioner and head of the Petofi Literary…
George Soros, the billionaire Jewish philanthropist, is back in campaign news again — as if he ever left. This time he has popped up in a controversial race in coastal Georgia, but the Philadelphia-based group behind the ads says it is targeting at least 40 candidates nationwide. In Georgia, Democratic lawyer Shalena Cook Jones is…
Eric Early, a Republican candidate for Congress in California, Tweeted this weekend about the philanthropist George Soros, a Holocaust survivor — who Early called “a Nazi sympathizer” and “a danger to our nation.” As the Forward, the Anti-Defamation League, and other sources have all ably documented, there is no truth behind the spurious claim that…
(JTA) — The latest prominent American to advance conspiracy theories about Jewish philanthropist George Soros: Ginni Thomas, a conservative activist and the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Ginni Thomas shared a meme on Facebook Wednesday claiming that Soros’ family is “evil” and “really running” the Democratic party. The meme, first posted by a…
An essay written by a former national security adviser to President Trump about an impending Democratic coup tied to George Soros has swept online spaces popular with conspiracy theorists and QAnon believers, and also penetrated more mainstream publications over the last two weeks. The Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a London-based think tank that studies extremism,…
Editor’s note: Almost every day, political figures and commentators on the right accuse George Soros of nefarious behavior. This week, the RNC removed a speaker due to her support for the QAnon conspiracy theory and assertion that George Soros is involved in a supposed Jewish cabal with designs to run the world. For context, the…
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani stepped up his criticism of George Soros on Monday, saying in a Fox News Channel interview that the billionaire financier and political megadonor “is intent on destroying our government, for some sick reason of his that goes back to his sick background.” It is is unclear what exactly…
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