🚨 THE ABDUL EL-SAYED STORY JUST GOT MUCH HARDER TO DISMISS The New York Times is now reporting that Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed signed a 2012 letter supporting Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s “revolutionary decisions” during the Muslim Brotherhood’s brief rule of Egypt. The letter called on Morsi to “purge the media and the police as quickly as possible.” It was published just days after Morsi issued a sweeping decree shielding his decisions from judicial review — a move condemned at the time as an authoritarian power grab. El-Sayed has denied having ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, and his campaign declined to answer the Times’ questions about the letter. At some point, the question becomes unavoidable: How many documented connections does it take before voters are entitled to start asking whether there is a pattern? @realDailyWire @KassyAkiva

🚨 ILHAN OMAR “NOT SURE” IF SHE MARRIED HER BROTHER? Asked directly whether she was related at all to former husband Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, Omar initially denied the longstanding allegation — then added an extraordinary qualifier: “Not to my knowledge.” That is a remarkably less categorical answer than simply saying, “No, we are not related.” NOTE: This was Omar’s first major public interview after federal agents searched her Washington home in an immigration-fraud investigation that could potentially have consequences for her citizenship. Omar denies wrongdoing. If this interview was meant to put the controversy behind her, “not to my knowledge” is unlikely to end the questions.

🚨 PALESTINIANS SET FIRE TO TOMB OF BIBLICAL HIGH PRIEST Palestinian arsonists set fire this week to the Tomb of Eleazar the Priest in central Samaria. The IDF says troops responded to the scene, but the suspects had fled before they arrived. Police and forensic teams have opened an investigation. Within hours, the Samaria Regional Council and volunteers restored and repainted the site. Eleazar, the third son of Aaron, succeeded his father as High Priest of Israel. They tried to burn the site. By the end of the day, it was standing restored.