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| | ==Career== | | ==Career== |
| − | In 2008 Tlaib was Arab-American outreach coordinator for [[Barack Obama]]’s Michigan campaign and was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in representing the 12th District (Southwest Detroit).<ref>[http://www.pfawactionfund.org/newsite/candidate/Michigan People For the American Way Action Fund Michigan candidates bio]</ref> "Green jobs pioneer" and self-described [[communist]] [[Van Jones]] was the keynote speaker for the 4th annual Michigan Summit on June 12, 2010 headlining a day-long event at which Tlaib also spoke.<ref>[http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2010/06/12/news/doc4c137e8b93fa3239242038.txt Oakland Press LIVE VIDEO: From Michigan Summit on green jobs with Van Jones Published: Saturday, June 12, 2010]</ref> | + | In 2008 Tlaib was Arab-American outreach coordinator for [[Barack Obama]]’s Michigan campaign and was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in representing the 12th District (Southwest Detroit).<ref>[http://www.pfawactionfund.org/newsite/candidate/Michigan People For the American Way Action Fund Michigan candidates bio]</ref> "Green jobs pioneer" and self-described [[communist]] [[Van Jones]] was the keynote speaker for the 4th annual Michigan Summit on June 12, 2010, headlining a day-long event at which Tlaib also spoke.<ref>[http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2010/06/12/news/doc4c137e8b93fa3239242038.txt Oakland Press LIVE VIDEO: From Michigan Summit on green jobs with Van Jones Published: Saturday, June 12, 2010]</ref> |
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| | Tlaib is on the Board of the [[National Lawyers Guild]] affiliated Sugar Law Center which openly associates itself with a [[murder]]ous [[ideology]].<ref>[http://www.sugarlaw.org/board.html Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center website: ''Board'']</ref><ref>[http://www.sugarlaw.org/Sugar_Law_Newsletter_Winter_2008.pdf Sugar Law website: ''Winter 2008 Newsletter'']</ref> | | Tlaib is on the Board of the [[National Lawyers Guild]] affiliated Sugar Law Center which openly associates itself with a [[murder]]ous [[ideology]].<ref>[http://www.sugarlaw.org/board.html Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center website: ''Board'']</ref><ref>[http://www.sugarlaw.org/Sugar_Law_Newsletter_Winter_2008.pdf Sugar Law website: ''Winter 2008 Newsletter'']</ref> |
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| | In October 2010, a day before "community activists" were expected to present [[subpoena]]ed documents to a [[grand jury]] in [[Chicago]], 68 organizations and dozens of public figures demanded an end to [[FBI]] investigations and grand jury subpoenas on Chicago and [[Minneapolis]] activists (mainly connected to the Freedom Road Socialist Organization/FightBack!) accused of supporting [[terrorist]] groups in the [[Middle East]] and [[Latin America]] via a jointly signed letter. Signatories included the [[American Friends Service Committee]] (Western Region), National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, and American-Arab anti-Discrimination Committee, as well as four [[San Francisco]] Supervisors, and Tlaib. | | In October 2010, a day before "community activists" were expected to present [[subpoena]]ed documents to a [[grand jury]] in [[Chicago]], 68 organizations and dozens of public figures demanded an end to [[FBI]] investigations and grand jury subpoenas on Chicago and [[Minneapolis]] activists (mainly connected to the Freedom Road Socialist Organization/FightBack!) accused of supporting [[terrorist]] groups in the [[Middle East]] and [[Latin America]] via a jointly signed letter. Signatories included the [[American Friends Service Committee]] (Western Region), National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, and American-Arab anti-Discrimination Committee, as well as four [[San Francisco]] Supervisors, and Tlaib. |
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| − | The jointly signed letter was presented in response to the September 24, 2010, FBI Raids on the [[Illinois]] and [[Minnesota]] homes and offices of at least 14 [[activist]]s targeted for alleged “Material Support for Terrorism.”<ref>[http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=23112 US labor Against the War press release Organizations Nationwide and Key Public Figures Tell FBI: Stop Your Witch-hunt! October 20th, 2010]</ref> | + | The jointly signed letter was presented in response to the September 24, 2010, FBI Raids on the [[Illinois]] and [[Minnesota]] homes and offices of at least 14 [[activist]]s targeted for alleged "Material Support for Terrorism."<ref>[http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=23112 US labor Against the War press release Organizations Nationwide and Key Public Figures Tell FBI: Stop Your Witch-hunt! October 20th, 2010]</ref> |
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| | ===In praise of CAIR=== | | ===In praise of CAIR=== |
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| | ===Ethics problems=== | | ===Ethics problems=== |
| − | Tlaib was paid $139,873 by a [[George Soros]] group in 2016. Between 2016 and 2017, Tlaib received a total of $225,180. Tlaib did not disclose the name of the source of funds as required by the House Ethics Committee, and disclosed a lesser amount than she received.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/rashida-tlaib-misrepresented-soros-stipend-financial-disclosures</ref> | + | Tlaib was paid $139,873 by a [[George Soros]] group in 2016. Between 2016 and 2017, Tlaib received a total of $225,180. Tlaib did not disclose the name of the source of funds as required by the House Ethics Committee and disclosed a lesser amount than she received.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/rashida-tlaib-misrepresented-soros-stipend-financial-disclosures</ref> |
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