these days the empire more closely resembles a cat herding game;

We are almost five months into 2024 and Congress has yet to do one single thing that benefits the American people – but its members sure are doing a lot to uphold Jewish privilege.

A new bipartisan bill proposed by a pro-Israel Democrat and a pro-Israel Republican would create a new federal agency, of sorts, to police “antisemitism” on college campuses and universities.

Federally sanctioned “antisemitism monitors” would be deployed all across the country to surveil and spy on students, professors, and any others who dare to express opposition to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, for instance, or who in any way question Israel’s behavior or influence over American politics.

The First Amendment would no longer apply under the newly proposed bill, which is a product of Reps. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) and Mike Lawler (R-NY).

Known as the College Oversight and Legal Updates Mandating Bias Investigations and Accountability Act, or the COLUMBIA Act, the legislation would allow the Department of Education to send a “third-party antisemitism monitor” to any college that receives federal funding. Those that refuse to comply would lose all federal funding.

“The monitor, paid for by the school, would be charged with releasing a public, quarterly report evaluating ‘the progress that a college or university has made toward combating antisemitism,'” Axios reports about the anti-First Amendment bill..........more.....