Not On Our Dime Bill: AOC Backs Awful, Antisemitic New York Charity Ban

One of the textbook definitions of antisemitism is holding Jews and/or the Jewish state to a standard that is applied to nobody else. Progressives in the New York state legislature are pushing legislation, the “Not On Our Dime Act,” that fits the definition to a T. As Jeff Coltin of Politico notes, the bill “is a priority of the Democratic Socialists of America and is sponsored by DSA-aligned lawmakers — Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani and state Sen. Jabari Brisport.” Introduced last spring, it has now attracted the support of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The bill is an attack on Jews, on free speech and free exercise of religion, on private charity, on private property, and on federal control of U.S. foreign policy.

Those, to its supporters, are its virtues.

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One of the textbook definitions of antisemitism is holding Jews and/or the Jewish state to a standard that is applied to nobody else. Progressives in the New York state legislature are pushing legislation, the “Not On Our Dime Act,” that fits the definition to a T. As Jeff Coltin of Politico notes, the bill “is a priority of the Democratic Socialists of America and is sponsored by DSA-aligned lawmakers — Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani and state Sen. Jabari Brisport.” Introduced last spring, it has now attracted the support of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The bill is an attack on Jews, on free speech and free exercise of religion, on private charity, on private property, and on federal control of U.S. foreign policy.

Those, to its supporters, are its virtues.