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Hurricane Harvey may have hit Dickinson harder than any other Texas city, local press and law enforcement suggest, with severe flooding and winds resulting in upwards of 7,000 homes damaged. It was in Dickinson that the viral photo of elderly patients in a nursing home trapped in waist-high water was taken.


The American Civil Liberties Union has called the requirement a violation of the First Amendment, and ACLU of Texas Legal Director Andre Segura points out that &quot;the government cannot condition hurricane relief or any other public benefit on a commitment to refrain from protected political expression.&quot; Dickinson city attorney David W. Olson said that he was only following the statewide Anti-BDS law signed by Gov. Greg Abbott (R) earlier this year, which &quot;prohibits all state agencies from contracting with, and certain public funds from investing in, companies that boycott Israel.&quot; There is no clarification of the law's application to individuals.
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Hurricane Harvey may have hit Dickinson harder than any other Texas city, local press and law enforcement suggest, with severe flooding and winds resulting in upwards of 7,000 homes damaged. It was in Dickinson that the viral photo of elderly patients in a nursing home trapped in waist-high water was taken.


The American Civil Liberties Union has called the requirement a violation of the First Amendment, and ACLU of Texas Legal Director Andre Segura points out that &quot;the government cannot condition hurricane relief or any other public benefit on a commitment to refrain from protected political expression.&quot; Dickinson city attorney David W. Olson said that he was only following the statewide Anti-BDS law signed by Gov. Greg Abbott (R) earlier this year, which &quot;prohibits all state agencies from contracting with, and certain public funds from investing in, companies that boycott Israel.&quot; There is no clarification of the law's application to individuals.
Watch local news coverage of the discovery below. The Week Staff


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							 <p>Dickinson, Texas, a suburb about 30 miles away from Houston, is requiring that applicants for relief funds in the wake of Hurricane Harvey pledge not to boycott Israel, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/10/20/texas-town-makes-hurricane-harvey-aid-applicants-pledge-not-to-boycott-israel"><em>The Washington Post</em> reports</a>. <a href="http://www.ci.dickinson.tx.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=186">The application document</a> reads: "By executing this agreement below, the applicant verifies that the applicant: (1) does not boycott Israel; and (2) will not boycott Israel during the term of this agreement."</p>
<p>Hurricane Harvey may have hit Dickinson harder than any other Texas city, <a href="http://abc13.com/damage-in-dickinson-may-be-the-worst-of-harvey-/2392906/">local press and law enforcement suggest</a>, with severe flooding and winds resulting in upwards of 7,000 homes damaged. It was in Dickinson that the viral photo of elderly patients in a nursing home trapped in waist-high water was taken.</p>
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							 <p>Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) on Sunday <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/18/kasich-congress-guns-wake-up-416859" target="_blank">urged Congress</a> and President Trump to take action on gun control <a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/756224/survivors-florida-school-shooting-are-planning-national-march-about-gun-control" target="_blank">in the wake</a> of Wednesday's deadly mass shooting at a Florida high school.</p>
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							 <p>Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people <a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/755671/suspected-shooter-from-florida-high-school-shooting-confesses-killing-17-people" target="_blank">were killed</a> in a mass shooting on Wednesday, on Sunday announced "March for Our Lives," a demonstration for new gun control legislation scheduled for Saturday, March 24, in Washington, D.C., and cities around the country.</p>
<p>"People are saying that it's not time to talk about gun control. And we can respect that," <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/florida-teen-shooting-survivors-announce-march-washington-demand/story?id=53178265" target="_blank">said Cameron Kasky</a>, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas junior who explained the event on ABC's <em>This Week</em>. "Here's a time: March 24 in every single city. We are going to be marching together as students begging for our lives," Kasky continued. "At this point, you're either with us or against us."</p>
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<p><a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/755994/mueller-indicts-13-russian-nationals-interfering-2016-election" target="_blank">Friday's indictment</a> of Russian nationals and entities by Special Counsel Robert Mueller "proves there’s no collusion <em>to this point</em>," <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-11-18-parkland-florida-deadly-school/story?id=53167442" target="_blank">Christie said</a> on ABC's <em>This Week</em>. "There's no collusion in terms of the Facebook ads, the other social media activity."</p>
<p>"Director Mueller made it very clear in the indictment that any participation by anybody — whether it was in the Trump campaign or the [Bernie] Sanders campaign, which <a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/755994/mueller-indicts-13-russian-nationals-interfering-2016-election" target="_blank">they said</a> was also being assisted by this effort by Russia — that all of that was done unwittingly," Christie continued. "No one participated in a knowing fashion. Now, we have to see where [Mueller] goes <em>next</em>, but certainly at this point, there is no allegation by Director Mueller and his team of collusion."</p>
<p>Watch a clip of Christie's comments below, or read his full interview <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-11-18-parkland-florida-deadly-school/story?id=53167442" target="_blank">here</a>. <var class="author">Bonnie Kristian</var></p>
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							 <p>President Trump posted a pair of tweets Sunday morning <a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/374429-trump-liddle-adam-schiff-finally-right-in-blaming-obama-for-russian" target="_blank">aimed at</a> Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), whom he dubbed "Liddle' [sic] Adam Schiff, the leakin' monster of no control." The president <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/965199840471810049" target="_blank">was pleased</a> with Schiff's <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/top-democrat-says-obama-shares-responsibility-russia-s-meddling-n848661" target="_blank">Friday statement</a> that Russian meddling in U.S. politics should have been addressed sooner and more forcefully by the Obama administration. However, he <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/965205208191168512" target="_blank">also suggested</a> Schiff's true motive was excusing Hillary Clinton's election loss.</p>
<p>Later Sunday, on CNN's <em>State of the Union</em>, Schiff hit back. <a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/755994/mueller-indicts-13-russian-nationals-interfering-2016-election" target="_blank">Friday's indictment</a> of Russian nationals "ought to put to rest for anyone, including the president who continues to call this a 'witch hunt,' that the evidence is now overwhelming and unequivocal and we need to move to protect ourselves from Russian interference in elections that are coming up," <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/18/schiff-trump-vindication-sneezes-416860" target="_blank">Schiff said</a>.</p>
<p>Asked whether he concurs with Trump's <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/959798743842349056" target="_blank">frequent claim</a> that his campaign has been proven innocent of collusion with Russian election meddling, <a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/374437-schiff-of-course-russian-indictments-dont-clear-trump-campaign-of" target="_blank">Schiff disagreed</a>. "No, of course not," he said. "This is a president who claims vindication anytime someone sneezes."</p>
<p>Watch an excerpt of the interview below. <var class="author">Bonnie Kristian</var></p>
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							 <p>An Iranian passenger plane heading to Tehran <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43103192" target="_blank">crashed Sunday morning</a> in a mountainous rural region. All 66 people on board, 60 passengers and six crew members, are presumed, though not confirmed, to be dead. Retrieval efforts have been hindered by the crash site's remote location and bad weather.</p>
<p>Iran has a poor record on aviation safety because international sanctions intended to restrain its nuclear development <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43103192" target="_blank">make it difficult</a> to obtain parts to keep planes in good condition. This plane, operated by Aseman Airlines, was 25 years old. The airline <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/plane-crashes-in-iran-with-about-60-on-board-1518942700" target="_blank">signed a contract</a> with Boeing last year to purchase a new fleet of as many as 60 planes, but that agreement could be jeopardized if the Trump administration seeks to exit the Iran nuclear deal. <a class="author" href=/authors/bonnie-kristian><em>Bonnie Kristian</em></a></p>
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							 <p>"Israel will not allow Iran's regime to put the noose of terror around our neck," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-israel-iran/netanyahu-says-israel-could-act-against-irans-empire-idUSKCN1G20C8" target="_blank">said Sunday</a>. "We will act without hesitation to defend ourselves. And we will act, if necessary, not only against Iranian proxies that are attacking us but against Iran itself."</p>
<p>Netanyahu alleged Iran is attempting to "colonize" Syria, which is located between the two countries, as part of a larger project "to establish this continuous empire surrounding the Middle East from the south in Yemen but also trying to create a land bridge from Iran to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza." As he spoke, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/brandishing-drone-fragment-netanyahu-warns-of-war-with-iran/2018/02/18/ab3be104-10e8-11e8-a68c-e9374188170e_story.html?utm_term=.c63c5072078b" target="_blank">he waved a piece</a> of an Iranian drone recently downed on Israeli land.</p>
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							 <p>President Trump on Twitter Sunday <a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/374427-trump-i-never-said-russia-didnt-meddle-in-election" target="_blank">denied questioning</a> whether Russia attempted to meddle in the 2016 election:</p>
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<p>However, Trump <a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/736861/trump-says-really-believes-putins-denial-election-meddling" target="_blank">also said</a> in November of 2017 he is convinced by Russian President Vladimir Putin's denial of election interference. "Every time he sees me, he says, 'I didn't do that,'" Trump said of Putin, "and I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it."</p>
<p>In other tweets Saturday and Sunday, <a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/374391-trump-lashes-out-at-fake-news-media-over-mueller-indictments" target="_blank">Trump complained</a> about press coverage of <a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/755994/mueller-indicts-13-russian-nationals-interfering-2016-election" target="_blank">Friday's indictments</a> from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe. He <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/965212168449941505" target="_blank">also argued</a> it was Moscow's goal "to create discord, disruption, and chaos within the U.S.," and he <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/965079126829871104" target="_blank">pushed back</a> on National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster's <a href="http://theweek.com/speedreads/756176/mcmaster-says-evidence-russian-election-interference-now-undeniable-trump-denies" target="_blank">Saturday remark</a> that evidence of Russian meddling "is now incontrovertible."</p>
<p>One Sunday <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/965205208191168512" target="_blank">tweet on the subject</a> ended on a plaintive note: "But," Trump asked, "wasn't I a great candidate?" <a class="author" href=/authors/bonnie-kristian><em>Bonnie Kristian</em></a></p>
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