FLASHBACK: ‘Israel supporters should die a fiery death’: Vice president of Al Jazeera America sued for $15million over ‘repeated anti-Semitic, sexist and anti-American remarks.’

(Via Brigitte Gabriel.)

YEAH, PRETTY MUCH: Upset Republican donors: Have we wasted our money?

Major GOP donors and fundraisers are wondering whether they’re wasting their money on super-PACs.

They say they’re not ready to abandon the super-PACs, but they’re starting to look for ways to make them more effective during a presidential cycle that has challenged conventions about how to spend political donations.

GOP front-runner Donald Trump’s relatively cheap campaign — contrasted with the millions of dollars spent on behalf of Jeb Bush, John Kasich, Scott Walker and Rick Perry — has left donors, fundraisers and conservative leaders questioning the value of super-PACs, which got a boost from the 2010 Supreme Court decision that allowed independent groups to raise unlimited cash.

“People are upset about the Citizens United decision; people are upset about all this money flowing into politics, but at the end of the day it has no impact,” said New York financier Anthony Scaramucci, who was a national finance co-chair for Scott Walker’s presidential campaign before moving to raise funds for Bush when Walker quit the race.

“I mean, with the free media, or whatever the term is, when they allow Trump to go on to every TV station in America — if there’s evidence that PACs are so consequential, please explain it to me,” Scaramucci said.

John Jordan, a California winery owner who is running a super-PAC to support Marco Rubio’s bid, agrees.

“Despite all the talk about money in politics, we are entering an era where big money is less and less important,” said Jordan, who nonetheless spends millions on politics, largely through his own super-PACs.

Well, guys, it’s not like I didn’t give you some solid advice before this election cycle even started. But did you listen? Noooo. Think what that money could have done if it had been properly deployed.

TODAY IN HISTORY: Racist Democrat George Wallace Sworn In As Governor of Alabama.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Europe needs our Second Amendment.

As I was saying over a decade ago, the right to be armed is the Next International Right.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: House Homeland chair warns of terror attacks at Disney, Oscars, Mall of America.

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is warning in a chilling new book that terrorists could easily hit Disney World, the Academy Awards and shopping centers like the Mall of America with killer biological attacks, killing thousands and sending the nation into a panic.

In Failures of Imagination: The Deadliest Threats to Our Homeland–and How to Thwart Them, Texas Rep. Michael McCaul outlines nightmare scenarios of attacks against the United States, and even outlines a possible Russian invasion of Eastern Europe in two years.

I’m sure it’s alarmist claptrap. When has anything like this ever happened?

FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMED: This Is the Hollowed-Out World That Outrage Culture Has Created.

I SENSE A SLIGHT TREND HERE: Last Year 99.6% of All Suicide Bombings In The World Were Carried Out By Radical Muslims.

“SMART DIPLOMACY” IN THE ERA OF HOPE AND CHANGE: How Badly Has the U.S. Been Humiliated? Let’s Count the Ways.

13 HOURS: “It’s clear that director Michael Bay has taken sides in the debate about what happened on the ground that night. Oh yes there was a ‘stand-down order’…The film depicts the men’s sense of abandonment over and over again.”

TEACH WOMEN NOT TO RAPE! (CONT’D): “She’s accused of having a romantic relationship with a female student. The claims came to light on Tuesday. The principal took immediate action.”

YES. NEXT QUESTION? ‘Power Wars’: Was Obama administration national security policy lawless?

I KNOW YOU’VE MISSED MY SHOCKED FACE: Istanbul bomber entered Turkey as refugee from Syria, PM says.

ATTACK LINKED TO THE KURDISH WORKERS’ PARTY: Car bomb attack in southeast Turkey kills 5, wounds 39.

THE WIND SHIFTS: France bans three ‘radical’ Islamic groups after attacks.

I DON’T KNOW, I KNOW THEY VIOLATED THE REMAINS OF MY PATIENCE WITH THIS PRESIDENT: Did Iran’s videos of U.S. Navy captives violate Geneva Convention?

UNSUSTAINABLE, YOU SAY? Al Jazeera America to shut down cable news channel.

SEEMS SENSIBLE: In London Met Police to increase armed officers to counter terrorism.

OH COME ON, THE MINUTE WE HEAR “EXPLOSIVE VESTS” WE KNOW WHO IS RESPONSIBLE: “We have previously received a threat from Islamic State that Indonesia will be the spotlight,” police spokesman Anton Charliyan told reporters. But he said police did not know who was responsible.

VIA RICHARD FERNANDEZ: Someone on twitter from Jakarta.

PROBABLY UNRELATED TROUBLE IN TURKEY: Turkey police HQ ‘hit by bomb blast’.

PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE “NOT RELATED TO TERRORISM” IN SIDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Sydney Opera House evacuated and Manly ferry cancelled during police operation.

AND FROM FOX NEWS: Several explosions heard in downtown Jakarta, casualties reported.

AT THIS POINT THEY’RE ALL REPEATING EACH OTHER, BUT THIS HAS A MAP:Indonesia LIVE: Six dead as serial blasts rock Jakarta; gunfight underway.

NUMBERS ARE QUESTIONABLE, BUT IT’S NOT GOOD NEWS: 4 dead in Jakarta terror bombings, 10-14 gunmen on the run.

MORE, THE GUARDIAN HAS A ROLLING REPORT: Jakarta attack: at least four reported dead as blasts and gunfire rock capital – rolling report.