Bernie Sanders has made an odd calculation in his quest for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. He all-but-ceded support from Jewish Democrats during the weekend by announcing anti-Semitic activist Linda Sarsour again will serve as a campaign surrogate.

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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will not be an official partner with the U.S. Census Bureau for next year's national population count.

CAIR issued a statement Wednesday touting a formal partnership, which it said aimed "to promote American Muslim participation in the 2020 Census and to better represent the most diverse Muslim population in the world."

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Federal law enforcement knows enough about the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to order its agents not to engage with the group outside of criminal investigations. But despite that, the U.S. Census Bureau believes the conservative, Sunni-dominated Islamist organization is a trustworthy organization to partner with in next year's national population count.

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U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib held a news conference Monday to condemn the Israeli government for last week's decision banning the congresswomen from entering the country. Many observers cite President Trump's pressure as the main reason behind Israel's last-minute decision to ban the congresswomen. However, other key factors are at play – including the fact that the congresswomen's itinerary was organized by a group with a history of glorifying terrorists.

The trip, titled "U.S. Congressional Delegation to Palestine," did not include any scheduled visits with Israeli officials.

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In politics, once can be an oversight. But twice is a pattern. When U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., was photographed with an avowed Hizballah supporter in January – just after being sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives – she claimed she didn't know the guy or what he stood for. But just two months later, Tlaib did it again. In a March photograph just discovered by the Investigative Project on Terrorism, Tlaib poses with Nader Jalajel, a Palestinian activist who last year mourned the death of a terrorist who led a shooting attack that murdered a rabbi.

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