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<title>IDF Launches Strikes Against Hamas Inside Rafah</title>
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<description>The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted precision strikes against the Hamas terrorist organization inside the Gazan city of Rafah on Monday night. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s Office said that the War Cabinet backed the operation in Rafah. &#8220;The War Cabinet unanimously decided that Israel continues the operation in Rafah to exert military pressure on ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted precision strikes against the Hamas terrorist organization inside the Gazan city of Rafah on Monday night.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Office said that the War Cabinet backed the operation in Rafah.
“The War Cabinet unanimously decided that Israel continues the operation in Rafah to exert military pressure on Hamas in order to promote the release of our hostages and the other goals of the war,” the statement read.
The operation took place after Hamas accepted the terms of an imaginary ceasefire agreement on Monday that Israel never agreed to.
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Footage from the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing where gunfire can be clearly heard in the background. <a href="https://t.co/RsvPJO4vSj">pic.twitter.com/RsvPJO4vSj</a>
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeTruzman/status/1787617498164314422?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
Video circulated of IDF soldiers praying before the offensive began:
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Our warriors pray and blow the Shofar before entering Rafah…
Am Yisrael Chai! 🇮🇱✡️🇮🇱✡️🇮🇱✡️🇮🇱✡️ <a href="https://t.co/KJaia5Au2R">pic.twitter.com/KJaia5Au2R</a>
— Hillel Fuld (@HilzFuld) <a href="https://twitter.com/HilzFuld/status/1787581233871921469?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Later reports indicated that Israeli forces had been able to make headway in Rafah.
“Things in the City of Rafah and the remainder of Southern Gaza have been Strangely Quiet over the last 2 Hours; the last we had heard the Israel Defense Force had either just Captured or was about to Captured the Rafah Border Checkpoint between Egypt and Gaza, but since then there has been pretty much nothing from Palestinian or Israeli Sources,” one such report read.
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Things in the City of Rafah and the remainder of Southern Gaza have been Strangely Quiet over the last 2 Hours; the last we had heard the Israel Defense Force had either just Captured or was about to Captured the Rafah Border Checkpoint between Egypt and Gaza, but since then…
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) <a href="https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1787646469022839273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 7, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<title>Biden Fans Get Roasted For Celebrating Bogus ‘Ceasefire’ Deal</title>
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<dc:creator>Virginia Kruta</dc:creator>
<description>A few of President Joe Biden’s fans got roasted on Monday after cheering reports of a ceasefire deal between Israel and the terror group Hamas — only to find out the deal was bogus. The Biden camp was quick to celebrate reports of the alleged ceasefire agreement — but apparently no one stopped to see ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[A few of President Joe Biden’s fans got roasted on Monday after cheering reports of a ceasefire deal between Israel and the terror group Hamas — only to find out the deal was bogus.
The Biden camp was quick to celebrate reports of the alleged ceasefire agreement — but apparently no one stopped to see whether or not the deal was legitimate before boasting about it on social media.
“BREAKING Hamas has reportedly accepted a cease-fire. Looks like all the work that President Biden and Secretary Blinken have done behind the scenes has paid off,” Chris Jackson posted via X.
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🚨 BREAKING Hamas has reportedly accepted a cease-fire.
Looks like all the work that President Biden and Secretary Blinken have done behind the scenes has paid off.
🙏 <a href="https://t.co/UfAsYXhKHd">pic.twitter.com/UfAsYXhKHd</a>
— Chris D. Jackson (@ChrisDJackson) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisDJackson/status/1787524330672226548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“Hamas just announced that accepts a ‘ceasefire’ proposal that is not even on the table (‘Israel ends the war and restores Hamas rule’). The Biden campaign immediately started celebrating it,” Dr. Eli David posted, adding, “You can’t make this up.”
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Hamas just announced that accepts a “ceasefire” proposal that is not even on the table (“Israel ends the war and restores Hamas rule”).
The Biden campaign immediately started celebrating it 👇
You can't make this up 🤡 _ <a href="https://t.co/xv9bnKO6r5">pic.twitter.com/xv9bnKO6r5</a>
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrEliDavid/status/1787546341490462989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“Team Biden is reckless and irresponsible,” Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) added. “It’s also important to remember that the Biden Administration’s soft on Iran policies emboldened Hamas. October 7th would have never happened if Trump was still in the White House.”
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Team Biden is reckless and irresponsible.
It’s also important to remember that the Biden Administration’s soft on Iran policies emboldened Hamas.
October 7th would have never happened if Trump was still in the White House. <a href="https://t.co/stl2PaGuNs">https://t.co/stl2PaGuNs</a>
— Jim Banks (@Jim_Banks) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jim_Banks/status/1787556104005681568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“What’s the Hamas deal Israel is not agreeing to? 33 hostages released DEAD OR ALIVE. Read that again — DEAD OR ALIVE. Who in their right mind would agree to this?!” Another post read.
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What's the Hamas deal Israel is not agreeing to?
33 hostages released DEAD OR ALIVE.
Read that again – DEAD OR ALIVE. 
Who in their right mind would agree to this?!
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href="https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1787624454752731203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro weighed in as well, saying, “Israel: Here are the terms of our proposed ceasefire.
Hamas: No. We will fire rockets at your soldiers at a humanitarian aid entry. 
Israel: Okay, we’re going into Rafah. 
Hamas: We accept a ceasefire we negotiated with ourselves. 
Media: Hamas accepts ceasefire! They want peace!”
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Israel: Here are the terms of our proposed ceasefire. Hamas: No. We will fire rockets at your soldiers at a humanitarian aid entry. Israel: Okay, we're going into Rafah. Hamas: We accept a ceasefire we negotiated with ourselves. Media: Hamas accepts ceasefire! They want peace!
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1787547414909657324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Within hours, Israel had confirmed that no ceasefire agreement had been reached and had begun to launch initial strikes on Rafah, which is rumored to be the last remaining stronghold for Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
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<title>New Poll Shows Americans Overwhelmingly Want Disney To Return to Family-Friendly Entertainment</title>
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<dc:creator>Katie Jerkovich</dc:creator>
<description>A new poll shows Americans overwhelmingly want Disney to return to family-friendly “wholesome” entertainment and stop making programming about “sexuality&#8221; and pushing its LBGTQ agenda. In a national survey by Rasmussen Reports, 1,255 American Adults were polled by telephone and online whether they agreed or disagreed with the following statement: &#8220;Disney should return to wholesome ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[A new poll shows Americans overwhelmingly want <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney</a> to return to family-friendly “wholesome” entertainment and stop making programming about “sexuality” and pushing its LBGTQ agenda.
In a national survey by <a href="https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/entertainment/may_2024/71_want_disney_to_return_to_family_friendly_entertainment?utm_campaign=RR05062024DN&utm_source=criticalimpact&utm_medium=email">Rasmussen Reports</a>, 1,255 American Adults were polled by telephone and online whether they agreed or disagreed with the following statement: “Disney should return to wholesome programming and allow parents to decide when their children are taught about sexuality?”
The result found that “71% of American Adults agreed” that Disney should return to “wholesome programming” and give the power back to parents to decide when their “children are taught about sexuality.” That number included 53% who “strongly agreed” with that statement. Twenty-two percent disagreed with this sentiment and that also included 10% who “strongly disagreed.”
Another <a href="https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/questions/questions/may_2024/questions_disney_gay_april_21_23_2024">question</a> asked those polled about Disney executive Karen Burke’s statement in 2022 — that “the company has ‘many, many, many LGBTQIA characters in our stories” — “Is such programming appropriate for children under age 12?”
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71% Want Disney to Return to Family-Friendly Entertainment
While LGBTQ activists are happy with Disney’s gay “inclusion” agenda, most Americans wish the entertainment giant would go back to it’s family-friendly roots.
More At Rasmussen Reports:<a href="https://t.co/Tjx2Ewi1Od">https://t.co/Tjx2Ewi1Od</a> <a href="https://t.co/ewoVTi91KZ">pic.twitter.com/ewoVTi91KZ</a>
— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1787494425452802415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
“Fifty-four percent” of those who participated in the survey believe such programming is not “appropriate for children under 12.” Thirty-three percent thought it was appropriate and another 13% said they were “not sure.” The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
The result of the poll appears to be a shift of 20% in the culture in two years over the entertainment giant’s agenda to include gay and transgender characters in children’s programs.
In 2022, <a href="https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/entertainment/april_2022/americans_divided_over_disney_s_lgbtq_push">Rasmussen Reports</a> asked 1,000 American Adults, via telephone and online, if the “emphasis on ‘inclusion’ and ‘diversity’ by companies like Disney” was making children’s entertainment better or worse?
“Forty-five percent said that the push for “inclusion” is making kids’ entertainment worse, while 28% of <a href="https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/questions/april_2022/questions_disney_inclusion_march_31_and_april_3_2022">American Adults</a> believe the emphasis on DEI issues by Disney is making children’s entertainment better. 
That poll was taken between March 31 and April 3 in 2022. The margin of sampling error was +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
Disney has faced backlash at the box office following its push of LGBTQ representation.
Disney Pixar studio’s, “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pixars-elemental-with-non-binary-character-flops-at-box-office-with-2nd-worst-opening-in-studio-history">Elemental,”</a> included a “non-binary” character and the movie had one of the worst openings in the studio’s history, earning just $29.5 million at the domestic box office. “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-strange-world-on-track-to-lose-100-million">Strange World”</a> involved a same-sex teen romance and was also a box office flop for the company.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/who-is-disneys-new-star-wars-director-the-queen-of-raunch-comedy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Who Is Disney’s New ‘Star Wars’ Director, The ‘Queen Of Raunch Comedy’?</a>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 18:20:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>AOC Torched After Praising U.S. Hold On Israel Military Aid</title>
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<dc:creator>Virginia Kruta</dc:creator>
<description>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) took some heat on Sunday for an X post supporting the Biden administration&#8217;s decision to put a hold on some military aid headed for Israel. Ocasio-Cortez shared a report from Axios — which noted that it was the first time since Hamas launched unprovoked attacks on Israel on October 7th that ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) took some heat on Sunday for an X post supporting the Biden administration’s decision to put a hold on some military aid headed for Israel.
Ocasio-Cortez shared a <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/05/05/israel-us-ammunition-shipment-hold?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Axios — which noted that it was the first time since Hamas launched unprovoked attacks on Israel on October 7th that the United States had stopped a shipment of ammunition headed to Israel, and that Biden’s concerns about an Israeli offensive in Rafah could be behind the decision.
“The United States has an obligation to uphold its own laws and to respect human rights globally. Amidst the Israeli gov’s siege on Gaza, blocking humanitarian aid, and threats on Rafah, withholding US military aid is a major development towards ceasefire,” Ocasio-Cortez posted via X.
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The United States has an obligation to uphold its own laws and to respect human rights globally.
Amidst the Israeli gov’s siege on Gaza, blocking humanitarian aid, and threats on Rafah, withholding US military aid is a major development towards ceasefire.<a href="https://t.co/MY2WFn94rb">https://t.co/MY2WFn94rb</a>
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1787151463275233326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Critics quickly pointed out the fact that Hamas terrorists — in addition to starting the current war with the October 7th terror attacks — could easily bring about a ceasefire simply by releasing all of the remaining hostages.
“AOC, On Holocaust remembrance day you spread blood libels, intentionally obscuring the truth: Hamas launched rockets from Rafah at the Kerem Shalom crossing today. The only siege is of Hamas, holding their own people— and 133 Israeli hostages— captive,” Hen Mazzig posted.
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AOC,
On Holocaust remembrance day you spread blood libels, intentionally obscuring the truth: Hamas launched rockets from Rafah at the Kerem Shalom crossing today.
The only siege is of Hamas, holding their own people— and 133 Israeli hostages— captive.
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) <a href="https://twitter.com/HenMazzig/status/1787155589023584390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“Do you have a comment on how Hamas bombed the Kerem Shalom crossing – where Israel had based its aid efforts out of? You sent this after that happened,” Bethany Mandel added.
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Do you have a comment on how Hamas bombed the Kerem Shalom crossing – where Israel had based its aid efforts out of? You sent this after that happened.
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) <a href="https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/1787189804561576310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“Biden & Schumer are dancing to the Squad’s anti-Israel hatred,” Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) replied.
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Biden & Schumer are dancing to the Squad’s anti-Israel hatred. <a href="https://t.co/0R66m2d22R">https://t.co/0R66m2d22R</a>
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1787346465255194769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Marc Leibowitz commented, “When the lunatic fringe applauds @JoeBiden’s withholding of ammunition from @Israel while she is fighting a multi-front war following the 10/7 atrocities on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, you know that there is zero distinction between the adults in the room and the nuts.”
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When the lunatic fringe applauds <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a>'s withholding of ammunition from <a href="https://twitter.com/Israel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Israel</a> while she is fighting a multi-front war following the 10/7 atrocities on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, you know that there is zero distinction between the adults in the room and the nuts. <a href="https://t.co/U9sh4jBgxX">https://t.co/U9sh4jBgxX</a>
— Marc Leibowitz (@Marc_Leibowitz) <a href="https://twitter.com/Marc_Leibowitz/status/1787409482546348431?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“I feel like someone once got impeached for being accused of withholding congressionally mandated foreign aid for political reasons. But apparently it’s something to brag about now?” NYC Councilwoman Vickie Paladino said.
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I feel like someone once got impeached for being accused of withholding congressionally mandated foreign aid for political reasons.
But apparently it’s something to brag about now? <a href="https://t.co/2EBKfyOwqm">https://t.co/2EBKfyOwqm</a>
— Councilwoman Vickie Paladino (@VickieforNYC) <a href="https://twitter.com/VickieforNYC/status/1787558925966966966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<title>‘Sopranos’ Star Says Biden Administration Has Been Used To ‘Divide People’</title>
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<dc:creator>Katie Jerkovich</dc:creator>
<description>“Sopranos” star Drea de Matteo said President Biden’s administration has been used to “divide people” and called the focus on left-wing issues a distraction from more important matters. Speaking recently to Fox News’ “The Story,” the 52-year-old actress said others in Hollywood fear that if they speak out about Biden being a divisive leader, something ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[“Sopranos” star Drea de Matteo said President Biden’s administration has been used to “divide people” and called the focus on left-wing issues a distraction from more important matters.
Speaking recently to Fox News’ “<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/sopranos-star-says-biden-presidency-vessel-divide-us-comments-hollywoods-fear-roil-critics?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-foxnews&utm_content=later-42816985&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkin.bio">The Story,</a>” the 52-year-old actress said others in Hollywood fear that if they speak out about Biden being a divisive leader, something will happen to them personally.
“Life imitating art, just for speaking out to the feds or whatever, you know?” de Matteo said, referencing her character being killed on the hit show after saying too much.
“But yeah, I’m sure that it was hijacked a long time ago. It’s new to me in the last three years to not be able to have a voice — not that I even tried to,” she added. “I accidentally fell into this big-mouth role that I have now, and, man, the far-left is going to own me soon.”
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‘Sopranos’ star doubles down against pro-Biden celebs: ‘The far left own Hollywood’ <a href="https://t.co/EqdsIEgysc">https://t.co/EqdsIEgysc</a>
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“I feel like the Biden administration was used to divide people,” the actress continued. “I think that the division in America is beyond — and I don’t think that we know really where it’s coming from. I doubt that it’s just an old man [Biden] who doesn’t even know he’s reading half the time. I don’t think he’s making any of these executive decisions on social issues.”
The “Desperate Housewives” star then called on Americans to “come together” and fight back for their constitutional rights which she said are slowly being “stripped away day by day.”
“I’ve been called every name under the sun,” de Matteo said. “White nationalists — like, crazy things, but, you know, we forget about Guns n’ Roses, the Sex Pistols, Velvet Revolver. Madonna wore crosses on everything.”
“I don’t know why the words ‘freedom’ and ‘God’ are sort of reasons for discrimination,” she added.
“Now, these are four-letter words somehow, and I don’t know how we got here. It’s too much,” the Emmy-winning star continued. “There’s no balance.”
During de Matteo’s recent appearance on Donald Trump Jr.’s “Triggered” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sopranos-actress-says-people-in-hollywood-are-too-petrified-to-cross-liberals-on-social-issues">podcast</a>, the actress echoed a similar sentiment and said the Biden administration has tried to perpetuate a “bulls***” message of “unity” and has used “social issues as pawns to further their administration.”
“This administration has just been hammering all of these things and people in Hollywood are petrified,” de Matteo said. “What, are you going to speak out against race, and sex, and all of that stuff?
“People are afraid to have those conversations, because first of all, you never win with a liberal,” she added. “You’re just never gonna win.”
Daniel Chaitin contributed to this piece.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sopranos-actress-says-people-in-hollywood-are-too-petrified-to-cross-liberals-on-social-issues" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘Sopranos’ Actress Says People In Hollywood Are Too ‘Petrified’ To Cross Liberals On Social Issues</a>
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<title>Howard Stern Loses It Over Claims WH Planted Questions In His Biden Interview</title>
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<dc:creator>Virginia Kruta</dc:creator>
<description>Radio shock jock Howard Stern lashed out at critics who suggested the White House had fed him questions ahead of his sit-down interview with President Joe Biden. Stern called out YouTuber David Pakman, who said that Stern&#8217;s interview had been a good one but wondered whether the White House had prompted him to ask specific ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Radio shock jock Howard Stern lashed out at critics who suggested the White House had fed him questions ahead of his sit-down interview with President Joe Biden.
Stern called out YouTuber David Pakman, who said that Stern’s interview had been a good one but wondered whether the White House had prompted him to ask specific policy questions, and denied that Biden’s staff had <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/radio/youve-got-to-fcking-be-kidding-me-howard-stern-goes-off-over-claims-he-asked-biden-planted-questions-from-wh/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">any influence</a> over what he’d chosen to discuss.
Pakman had suggested Biden’s team was behind him asking about a new policy regarding airline cancellations — namely that the airlines would have to immediately refund ticket prices for canceled flights — but Stern said that the question had actually been prompted by a conversation he had with someone on his show staff.
“Here’s what happened. When Joe Biden came in, the day before [producer] John Hein and I were talking about some of the accomplishments that we admire that have gone on in the past four years, and John says to me, ‘Hey, Howard, did you hear what Joe Biden did with the airlines?'” he said.
“Cut the conspiracies,” Stern said in response to rumors that Biden had been wearing an earpiece during their conversation. “You’ve gotta f***ing be kidding me! First of all, we controlled all the audio.”
Stern went on to say that when he requested the interview, he had not wanted it to turn into a long back-and-forth on political issues and policies.
“My whole goal was not to sit there and talk politics. I’m not into that. I don’t want to debate policy,” he explained. “My only agenda [was] I would like to get to know the president because I suspect he’s a very meaningful, very thoughtful guy.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-fables-salacious-photos-life-saving-feats-and-other-tall-tales-from-howard-stern-interview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stern’s interview</a> netted a series of wild claims from Biden, ranging from his time as a lifeguard — when he said that he saved half a dozen lives — to his assertion that he had been sent “salacious” photos from women shortly after his first wife died.
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<title>More Americans Trust Trump Over Biden To Handle Economy, Immigration, Crime</title>
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<dc:creator>Spencer Lindquist</dc:creator>
<description>More Americans trust former President Donald Trump to handle the three critical election year issues of the economy, immigration, and crime than trust Joe Biden, a recent poll revealed. The ABC News/Ipsos poll found that Trump enjoys a significant lead on the three crucial issues, with the former president enjoying a 14 point lead on ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[More Americans trust former President Donald Trump to handle the three critical election year issues of the economy, immigration, and crime than trust Joe Biden, a recent poll revealed.
The <a href="https://www.langerresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/1232a22024Election.pdf">ABC News/Ipsos poll</a> found that Trump enjoys a significant lead on the three crucial issues, with the former president enjoying a 14 point lead on the economy and inflation, as well as a whopping 17 point lead when respondents were asked which candidate they trust more to handle immigration. Trump is also up 8 points over Biden when respondents were asked about crime and safety.
Polls have found that the three issues are among the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/voters-say-immigration-is-top-issue-facing-country-biden-faces-widespread-disapproval-on-immigration">top concerns</a> for voters as we near the November presidential election, with this ABC/Ipsos poll largely reaffirming previous findings. The survey found that 88 percent of respondents said that concerns over the economy were an important factor in their voting decision, while 85 percent said the same for inflation. Crime and immigration were also found to be highly important for Americans’ voting decisions, coming in at 77 percent and 69 percent respectively.
The poll also found that Trump had an 8 point lead when voters were asked who they trust to handle the war between Israel and Hamas. Biden, meanwhile, had a 5 point advantage on healthcare and a 12 point lead on abortion.
Trump led the Democratic incumbent in the poll overall, coming in at 46 percent support compared to Biden’s 44 percent when the survey excluded those who said that they do not plan on voting in the November election. Respondents were also asked to indicate which of the two candidates has better “mental sharpness” and “physical health,” with Trump beating Biden by 19 points and 22 points on the two questions.
The ABC/Ipsos poll, which garnered responses from 2,260 Americans from April 25th to April 30th, is just the latest public opinion survey that shows the Democrat incumbent at a significant disadvantage. Polls have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-leads-biden-in-crucial-midwestern-swing-state-poll">found</a> that Trump holds a lead in Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, the seven crucial swing states that will almost certainly decide the November election.
A series of polls have found Biden underwater with voters on critical issues like immigration. Just <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/poll-just-20-percent-of-voters-say-united-states-has-control-over-its-borders">20 percent</a> of voters said that the United States currently has control over its own border in one recent poll. Other <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/voters-say-immigration-is-top-issue-facing-country-biden-faces-widespread-disapproval-on-immigration">surveys</a> have found that voters believe immigration is the biggest problem facing the country and that Biden has his lowest issue-specific approval rating on his performance on the border.
Americans also appear to view Trump’s immigration policies favorably, with just over 50% saying that they <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/over-half-of-americans-support-mass-deportations-of-illegal-immigrants">support the mass deportation</a> of illegal immigrants in a recent poll.
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<title>Kim Kardashian Gets Mercilessly Booed At Tom Brady Roast</title>
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<dc:creator>Katie Jerkovich</dc:creator>
<description>Kim Kardashian was mercilessly booed at Netflix’s Tom Brady’s roast after taking the stage and attempting to start her bit on Sunday night. During the 43-year-old reality star’s appearance at “The Greatest Roast Of All Time: Tom Brady,” Kardashian was initially greeted with applause — but that was quickly drowned out by loud boos. “Thank ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kim-kardashian">Kim Kardashian</a> was mercilessly booed at Netflix’s Tom Brady’s roast after taking the stage and attempting to start her bit on Sunday night.
During the 43-year-old reality star’s appearance at “The Greatest Roast Of All Time: Tom Brady,” <a href="https://x.com/barstoolsports/status/1787288243957887110">Kardashian</a> was initially greeted with applause — but that was quickly drowned out by loud boos.
“Thank you,” Kardashian replied to the applause then attempted to roast Brady but once the boos got so loud and drowned her out, she only laughed and said, “All right, all right, all right.”
One of the comedian’s attending the event, Kevin Hart, could be overheard off camera reacting to the boos and said, “Whoa, whoa.”
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Kim Kardashian getting the Goodell treatment <a href="https://t.co/ZIToNkavKJ">pic.twitter.com/ZIToNkavKJ</a>
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Once the boos died down thanks to Hart, the “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star was finally able to start her jokes, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/kim-kardashian-booed-tom-brady-roast-1235890710/">Hollywood Reporter</a> reported.
“I know there were some rumors that we were [dating], and I’d never say if we did or not,” Kardashian joked about Brady. “I’d just release a tape.”
“But I do know it would never work out,” she added, noting Brady’s “high cheekbones” and “silky hair. You remind me too much of my stepdad [Caitlyn Jenner] now.”
“Honestly, it’s hard for me to watch people roast you. But I think enough of my family members have helped defend former football players,” Kardashian continued referencing her late-father Robert Kardashian, who was on O.J. Simpson’s murder trial defense team.
Comedian <a href="https://x.com/_MLFootball/status/1787451691207377031">Tony Hinchcliffe</a> gave a jab at Kardashian during his time at the roast of Brady.
“She’s [Kardashian] had a lot of Black men celebrating her end-zone,” Hinchcliffe said. “Kim, word of advice, close your legs. You have more public beef than Kendrick [Lamar] and Drake.”
When it was the retired Super Bowl-winning QB’s turn, he also took a turn jabbing at Kim with a reference to the reality star’s ex-husband and father to their four kids, rapper Kanye West 
“Thank you so much for being here,” <a href="https://x.com/ShooterMcGavin_/status/1787317505905594374">Brady</a> told the reality star. “I know Kim was terrified to be here tonight. Not because of this, but because her kids are home with their dad.”
Over on social media, it appeared many people felt the same way about the reception of Kardashian during the roast.
“Kim Kardashian got booed so bad last night at Tom Brady’s Roast that Kevin Hart had to step in and tell people to stop,” one person wrote with a laughing, crying face emoji.
Another added, “Kim Kardashian getting publicly booed at Tom Brady’s roast is one of the greatest things to ever happen ever.”
While a third person wrote, “Kim Kardashian being booed restores my faith in America.”
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<dc:creator>Ben Shapiro</dc:creator>
<description>Right now, there&#8217;s a very easy political win for President Joe Biden on the table that has two political facets. Number one would be rejecting these insane anti-American protesters on America&#8217;s college campuses. Facet number two would be supporting America&#8217;s democratic ally, Israel. That would be a dual win for the Biden administration, but Joe ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Right now, there’s a very easy political win for President Joe Biden on the table that has two political facets. Number one would be rejecting these insane anti-American protesters on America’s college campuses. Facet number two would be supporting America’s democratic ally, Israel.
That would be a dual win for the Biden administration, but Joe Biden won’t take the win.
If these protesters were protesting for “white supremacy,” Biden would have no problem whatsoever condemning the message of the protest.
But he won’t condemn these. He’s even having trouble condemning the actual protesters themselves, even though they are incredibly well organized. The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/student-campus-protests-veteran-activist-groups-17ccd094" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on this last Friday: “The recent wave of pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses came on suddenly and shocked people across the nation. But the political tactics underlying some of the demonstrations were the result of months of training, planning and encouragement by longtime activists and left-wing groups.”
This is the typical way that the Left works. They’ve been inter-community organizing since the 1960s and Saul Alinsky. There’s a reason Barack Obama was a community organizer. There’s a reason that the 1960s large-scale college organizations were able to push the Democratic Party far to the Left. There’s a reason they had extremely well-organized protesters and well-funded protests during BLM.
The Left knows how to do this. Agitation is an actual business to them. 
<h4><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1958-follow-the-member-exclusive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WATCH: The Ben Shapiro Show</a></h4>
It is not like the Republicans when they get together for a tea party, or even conservatives or Republicans who believed the election was stolen in 2021 and randomly got together on January 6 in a disorganized, ridiculous way and attempted to move into the Capitol building.
But the Left is well-organized. These people are drilled. They’re on message. This is, in fact, an army of activists that has been generated by actual funding and staffing.
The issue is that Biden is not going to cut off his funders — and he is being supported by the same people who are paying for these protests.
The polling data does not support what he’s doing as a matter of politics. It is incredibly stupid to steer away from the center, where Biden needs votes. But he wants the cash. And he is being supported by the same exact people who are funding all of these protests. An article published yesterday by <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/05/pro-palestinian-protests-columbia-university-funding-donors-00156135#:~:text=The%20donors%20include%20some%20of,Voice%20for%20Peace%20and%20IfNotNow." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico</a> explains this trail:
<blockquote>President Joe Biden has been dogged for months by pro-Palestinian protesters calling him “Genocide Joe” — but some of the groups behind the demonstrations receive financial backing from philanthropists pushing hard for his reelection.
The donors include some of the biggest names in Democratic circles: Soros, Rockefeller and Pritzker, according to a POLITICO analysis. 
Two of the organizers supporting the protests at Columbia University and on other campuses are Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow. Both are supported by the Tides Foundation, which is seeded by Democratic megadonor George Soros and was previously supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It in turn supports numerous small nonprofits that work for social change.
Soros declined to comment. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has previously funded the Tides Foundation and other groups, said it no longer has active grants to Tides. It also does not support Jewish Voice for Peace or IfNotNow.
Another notable Democratic donor whose philanthropy has helped fund the protest movement is David Rockefeller Jr., who sits on the board of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. In 2022, the fund gave $300,000 to the Tides Foundation; according to nonprofit tax forms, Tides has given nearly $500,000 over the past five years to Jewish Voice for Peace, which explicitly describes itself as anti-Zionist.
Several other groups involved in pro-Palestinian protests are backed by a foundation funded by Susan and Nick Pritzker, heir to the Hyatt Hotel empire — and supporters of Biden and numerous Democratic campaigns, including $6,600 to the Biden Victory Fund a few months ago and more than $300,000 during the 2020 campaign.</blockquote>
So why exactly are all of these funds giving money to JVP? Why are they doing all of that? The answer is because the Left believes that these are the leaders of the future. Just as the old crazies took over the campuses in the 60s and then became the powerhouses, administrators, and faculty, now they are hoping to build a new Democratic Party on the back of the radicals.
And Joe Biden is too weak to actually do anything about it.
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<title>Terror Group Hezbollah Praises Protests On College Campuses: It’s Causing Biden To Cave On Israel</title>
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<dc:creator>Daily Wire News</dc:creator>
<description>A top leader in one of the world’s largest terrorist organizations praised the left-wing pro-Hamas protests that have erupted on college campuses across America over the last two weeks, saying that they are causing President Joe Biden to weaken his support for Israel. The remarks late last week from Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[A top leader in one of the world’s largest terrorist organizations praised the left-wing pro-Hamas protests that have erupted on college campuses across America over the last two weeks, saying that they are causing President Joe Biden to weaken his support for Israel.
The remarks late last week from Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem were <a href="https://www.memri.org/reports/hizbullah-deputy-sec-gen-sheikh-naim-qassem-we-salute-americans-who-are-taking-stand-support">translated</a> by the Middle East Media Research Institute.
“Biden is under internal and external pressure because of his policy and approach,” he said. “The pressure within America is more significant. He is at risk of losing the elections because of Gaza.”
“When the American people take a stand in support of Gaza … we salute and applaud them,” he continued. “We appreciate and value this very much. … The [campus protests] are important, especially because they will have an impact on the U.S. elections. They will have an impact on the American position. Even if Biden says that he will not be influenced by this, he will whether he likes it or not. We will see him taking actions because of the protesters’ influence on him.”
He said the Iranian-backed terror group, which is based in Lebanon, hopes that the protests so drastically shift public sentiment in the U.S. that “America will no longer support Israel to such an extent.”
“Without support, Israel is nothing,” he continued. “We would not have to work hard in order to destroy Israel. Without support, it will be destroyed.”
WATCH:
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Hizbullah Deputy Sec.-Gen. Sheikh Naim Qassem: We Salute the Americans Who Are Taking a Stand in Support of Gaza; Their Protests Are Important Especially Because They Will Have a Great Impact on the U.S. Elections <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hizbullah?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hizbullah</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lebanon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Lebanon</a> <a href="https://t.co/7aLICGvpep">pic.twitter.com/7aLICGvpep</a>
— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1787468277125443696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<title>‘End the Occupation of Harvard Yard:’ President Threatens Anti-Israel Students Squatting In Encampment</title>
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<dc:creator>Kassy Akiva</dc:creator>
<description>Harvard University has threatened students squatting in the anti-Israel encampment in Harvard Yard with eviction from their dorms, prevention from taking their exams, and being barred from campus if they do not leave. After allowing the encampment to thrive for nearly two weeks, Harvard interim president Alan Garber called it a “significant risk to the ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Harvard University has threatened students squatting in the anti-Israel encampment in Harvard Yard with eviction from their dorms, prevention from taking their exams, and being barred from campus if they do not leave.
After allowing the encampment to thrive for nearly two weeks, Harvard interim president Alan Garber called it a “significant risk to the educational environment of the University.”
“Those who participate in or perpetuate its continuation will be referred for involuntary leave from their Schools,” Garber <a href="https://www.harvard.edu/president/news/2024/encampment-in-harvard-yard/">wrote</a>. “Among other implications, students placed on involuntary leave may not be able to sit for exams, may not continue to reside in Harvard housing, and must cease to be present on campus until reinstated.”
Garber said the encampment has forced exams, important activities, and events to be moved elsewhere and has affected students’ ability to “sleep, study, and move freely about the campus.”
“The encampment favors the voices of a few over the rights of many who have experienced disruption in how they learn and work at a critical time of the semester,” Garber wrote. “I call on those participating in the encampment to end the occupation of Harvard Yard.”
Garber said that while he supports free speech, it is not “unlimited” at the private school.
Garber added that there have been reports of some of the protesters harassing other community members. 
“When Harvard staff have requested to see IDs in order to enforce our policies, supporters of the encampment have at times yelled at them, tried to encircle them, and otherwise interfered with their work,” Gaber wrote. “We have also received reports that passers-by have been confronted, surveilled, and followed. Such actions are indefensible and unacceptable.”
According to Garber, the protesters have been “informed repeatedly” that their actions violate policies and will be “subject to disciplinary consequences,” and some students have been given disciplinary notices. 
With commencement approaching, Garber called the ongoing violation of Harvard’s policies by having the encampment “more consequential.”
“Thousands of family members, friends, and loved ones will soon join us to celebrate the achievements of graduate and undergraduate students who have earned the right to walk in Commencement,” he wrote. “This celebration is the culmination of years of hard work and accomplishment. The members of the Class of 2024 deserve to enjoy this milestone uninterrupted and unimpeded. It would be especially painful if students who graduated from high school or college during the pandemic were denied a full graduation ceremony for a second time.”
Several universities around the country have canceled their main commencement ceremony because of anti-Israel protests including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/columbia-university-nixes-main-commencement-event-after-protest-chaos">Columbia University</a> and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/usc-cancels-main-commencement-ceremony-after-far-left-extremists-disrupt-campus#">University of Southern California</a>.
Harvard Divinity School student Shabbos Kestenbaum, who along with other Jewish students <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jewish-students-sue-harvard-for-failing-to-stop-anti-semitism-while-threatening-discipline-for-fatphobia">filed a lawsuit</a> against Harvard for enabling anti-Semitism told The Daily Wire that Garber should’ve acted sooner.
“It took Alan “Do-Nothing” Garber close to two weeks to denounce what students had been experiencing every day: lawlessness, anti-Semitism, and intimidation,” Kestenbaum said. “Yet, while he acknowledges the threat these protestors pose, he still refuses to immediately and forcibly remove them.”
Kestenbaum added that some of the flags he and other pro-Israel students placed on campus were vandalized over the weekend. 
“Last Friday, we planted 1,200 Israeli and American flags in honor of the 1,200 Jewish, Muslim, and Christian victims of the October 7th Hamas invasion of Israel,” he said. “Within 24 hours, at least three different people had vandalized or removed the flags and our hostage posters. It is telling that at Harvard University you can chant slogans calling for ethnic genocide against Jews with no consequences, while planting an American flag will be denounced.”
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We placed 1,200 American and Israeli flags on Harvard’s campus to honor the 1,200 victims of the October 7th invasion. Within 24 hours, it was vandalized three separate times. Harvard’s response? Nothing. <a href="https://twitter.com/yaf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@yaf</a> <a href="https://t.co/z0wxPFZb68">pic.twitter.com/z0wxPFZb68</a>
— Shabbos Kestenbaum (@ShabbosK) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShabbosK/status/1787567912787562742?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<title>The Left Suddenly Forgets About Gaza And Spends Two Days Outraged Over A Frat Boy’s Joke</title>
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<dc:creator>Matt Walsh</dc:creator>
<description>As soon as the hobo encampments began popping up on university campuses all over the country, it was only natural to wonder how long these students could hold out before something else grabbed their attention. College kids aren&#8217;t known for their commitment to anything, especially right before the beginning of summer vacation. And it was ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[As soon as the hobo encampments began popping up on university campuses all over the country, it was only natural to wonder how long these students could hold out before something else grabbed their attention.
College kids aren’t known for their commitment to anything, especially right before the beginning of summer vacation. And it was never clear exactly how stinking up a few random quads, and holding out for “humanitarian aid” in the form of a Chipotle burrito bowl, was ever going to affect what’s happening in the Middle East.
Of course, the whole operation, as I’ve <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-the-proof-that-the-free-palestine-movement-is-just-blm-repackaged" target="_blank" rel="noopener">outlined</a> previously, was never even about Gaza or Israel in any way. Instead, it’s about repackaging anti-white hatred into yet another astro-turfed national campaign of riots and civil disorder, just in time for the presidential election. So at some point, it stood to reason, these kids would stop pretending to care about the war in Gaza altogether. They’d drop the act and move to something else.
Over the weekend, as if on cue, the pivot took place.
All at once, on campuses and inside newsrooms all over the country, Left-wing outrage over the Middle East subsided. And it was replaced with abject horror concerning a new, supposedly far greater crime against humanity. This act of pure, unadulterated evil took place, if you can believe it, on the campus of the University of Mississippi. And it was all recorded on video.
If there are children in the room, avert their eyes. If you have a sensitive stomach, turn away now. This is footage of the atrocity that was caught live, on camera. Brace yourself:
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A white Ole Miss frat boy dances like a monkey and makes monkey noises near a Black woman who was protesting for Palestine.
Is this heart warming? (Video: <a href="https://twitter.com/StaceyJSpiehler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StaceyJSpiehler</a>)<a href="https://t.co/MgKqIVI3DH">pic.twitter.com/MgKqIVI3DH</a> <a href="https://t.co/0FsAamDMPw">https://t.co/0FsAamDMPw</a>
— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) <a href="https://twitter.com/ashtonpittman/status/1786223536446525567?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2024</a></blockquote>
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If you’re anything like me, you probably missed the part of that footage you’re supposed to be angry about. For such a supposedly earth-shattering event, it’s tough to spot.
Instead, what you see is a bunch of frat bros who probably aren’t even that political. They’re probably just tired of the narcissistic and highly fragrant Leftists who have been defiling their campus. They’re pro-America more than anything else. The American flag overalls are a pretty big clue there. Beyond those overalls, what’s the big deal, you might ask?
Leave it to the crack reporting team of the Mississippi Free Press to explain why exactly we should be outraged. As one of that papers’ reporters put it, <a href="https://x.com/ashtonpittman/status/1786223536446525567" target="_blank" rel="noopener">quote</a>: “A white Ole Miss frat boy dances like a monkey and makes monkey noises near a Black woman who was protesting for Palestine.”
If you go back and look at the tape, and focus entirely on the right-hand side of your screen, you’ll see about two seconds of a student jumping up and down while flailing his arms and making a face. We’re supposed to conclude that this student was “dancing like a monkey” and therefore was insinuating that black people are like monkeys. And in turn, we’re supposed to be extremely outraged by this.
<h4><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1362-the-left-suddenly-forgets-about-gaza-and-spends-two-days-outraged-over-a-frat-boy-s-joke-member-exclusive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WATCH: The Matt Walsh Show</a></h4>
There are a lot of logical leaps here, which I’ll get to in a second. The path from normal to outraged requires you to jump across five different widely spaced Lilly pads. But first, it’s important to understand that this was the unanimous reaction from the Left. Even as a supposed “genocide” is going on in the Middle East, this is what they’ve now decided to hyperventilate over.
Jemele Hill got the lynch mob started. She <a href="https://x.com/jemelehill/status/1786418824826515931" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>: “What fraternity does he represent? That fraternity’s national leadership needs to be contacted immediately and that frat should be barred from campus.”
CNN, NPR, Newsweek, the Associated Press and pretty much every other outlet <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/04/us/mississippi-campus-protest-gaza-black-student/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published</a> self-serious pieces about this supposedly racist “confrontation.” A former DNC field director named Adam Parkhomenko wrote that this incident is yet more proof that America is a “racist country.” The NAACP chapter at Ole Miss bemoaned the “abhorrent but also entirely unacceptable” and “deeply disheartening” behavior in the footage.
The Guardian reported that “some said” that Mississippi’s governor reminded them of a “segregationist” because he put out a tweet praising the students in the video. The Daily Beast called the clip “gross.” Left-wing lobbyist Nina Turner wrote: “This is a video showing anti-Blackness.” Turner also <a href="https://x.com/ninaturner/status/1786401098917445851">scolded</a> Congressman Mike Collins, who had praised the students in the video: “Representative, that is a white man making monkey gestures at a Black woman. And these protesters are NOT terrorists. Don’t play games. Check yourself.”
To be clear, it’s not just commentators on the Left who are saying things like this. Some conservative pundits joined in as well. For example, Rob Smith <a href="https://x.com/robsmithonline/status/1786820766161310173" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>: “The Ole Miss incident was incredibly racist. I don’t care what ‘influencers’ say or post, I care what elected officials do. @RepMikeCollins is an absolute clown for posting what he posted. I said what I said. Cry more.”
Former RNC chairman Michael Steele <a href="https://x.com/MichaelSteele/status/1786791495527190682" target="_blank" rel="noopener">agreed</a>: “@RepMikeCollins this is not ‘taking care of business’; and if you think it is, exactly what is the business you are referring to? Your casual approval of racist behavior and the need you seemingly feel to brag about it is an abject failure of your leadership as a member of the United States Congress and not a proud moment for you or #OleMiss.”
So, this is yet another moment where several commentators on the Right join in with the outrage mob on the Left, which is something that never happens the other way around. And in response to this outrage from all sides, the student’s fraternity, Phi Delta Theta, has <a href="https://twitter.com/ashtonpittman/status/1787212259682308527" target="_blank" rel="noopener">kicked</a> him out. Ole Miss has opened a “student conduct investigation,” which sounds ominous. Instead of everyone just ignoring this episode and moving on, because there’s about ten million more important things happening, it’s following the standard cancellation template from 2020. This student’s being doxxed online and threatened. His picture is all over. Organizations are cutting ties. You know the drill.
The other familiar part of this story is that, once again, the mob is claiming that out-of-context video footage tells us everything we need to know about the particular incident. But as a basic factual matter, it’s not even clear that this student was making monkey noises. Again, he’s featured in the video for something like 1.2 seconds. I never noticed the “monkey noises” until everyone pointed it out. Without that prompting, I’m not sure I ever would have interpreted it that way.
More to the point, there’s something funny and ironically racist about Leftists always trying to connect monkey noises to black people. This is a recurring theme, and you have to wonder why that is.
They did the same thing in late 2022 when someone allegedly made monkey noises at a girls’ high school volleyball game in Texas. You probably don’t remember that whole debacle, because the narrative was embarrassing for everyone involved and the media immediately dropped it.
So to refresh your memory, here’s the allegedly racist footage, which was uploaded by a mother in the stands. 
Watch and listen, and see if you can detect the monkey noises here:
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1. Hi Friends and Family, sadly my post is not one of celebration. This past Friday my daughter's Varsity Team Paetow High School(Katy,TX) played against Jordan High School (Katy,TX), and were heckled and harassed with the student section making monkey sounds towards our black <a href="https://t.co/b5Lp0t0uij">pic.twitter.com/b5Lp0t0uij</a>
— Lakeesha Kemp-Adams (@KeeshaKA) <a href="https://twitter.com/KeeshaKA/status/1566569267331571716?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2022</a></blockquote>
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You’ll notice that no one in the stands or on the court reacted in any way to these allegedly racist monkey noises. In fact, not even the players who were supposedly being targeted by these chants reacted. It was only after this woman got home and uploaded this footage, saying she heard a racist monkey chant, that some sort of investigation was launched by the school district. The story fizzled though, because if you listen to that footage, it’s not remotely clear what this woman is talking about. People do all kinds of chants at sporting events and they make all kinds of noises for all kinds of different reasons.
So for all we know, that’s what’s happening at Ole Miss. Maybe this frat kid saw a large, irate woman intentionally antagonizing him (and all of his friends). And maybe he decided to jump up and down to yell and mock her — not because she’s black, but because she’s being antagonizing and annoying. It’s even possible he had no animus towards this woman whatsoever. After all, during this same interaction, the frat bros also referred to this large black protester as “Lizzo.” And as we’ve been told relentlessly, Lizzo is the paragon of female beauty. All women should aspire to look and act like Lizzo. So maybe in this instance, imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. Who knows.
But here’s the important point. Even if this student did what they accuse him of — even if he was imitating this Lizzo look-alike in a disparaging way — then at worst, he’s guilty of making an inappropriate joke. You can call it racist or bigoted if you want to feel more oppressed. It doesn’t matter. Whatever you call it, this is not the sort of thing that a kid should have his life destroyed over. There are much worse sins than engaging in a mocking dance for two seconds, no matter how “bigoted” that dance might allegedly be. And the response to this student should reflect that.
In fact, at a public university like Ole Miss, it’s also not clear that the school has any right to punish him at all. The First Amendment allows students at public universities to exercise their right to freedom of speech — which includes speech that many people find bigoted or offensive.
There’s been a lot of that kind of speech on college campuses in the last few weeks, if you haven’t noticed. And there’s no argument that this Ole Miss incident is somehow uniquely offensive and horrible, because pretty much every day, college kids are caught on camera doing something far worse than this.
The pro-Palestine protesters have said plenty of vile things. One activist <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/24/us-news/ny-reps-lawler-desposito-rip-columbias-anti-israel-protestors-for-supporting-hamas-absolute-abomination/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">held</a> up a sign at Columbia saying Jewish students should be Hamas’ “next target.”
Someone just <a href="https://www.masslive.com/news/2024/04/reporter-questions-who-said-kill-the-jews-at-northeastern-pro-palestine-rally.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">yelled</a> “Kill the Jews” at a rally at Northeastern University the other day. It’s <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/04/27/protests-campus-arrest-northeastern-upenn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not clear</a> who exactly said that, but you’d think there’d be some proportional amount of interest in answering that question. And of course, there’s systematic anti-white and anti-Asian bias at all of these schools, in both admissions and hiring. And that impacts a lot more lives than whatever this frat boy was doing for two seconds.
So if we’re going to destroy this one kid’s life over this two-second dance, then we should also expel all of these protesters and fire every administrator in every one of these schools. Until we do that, then no one should even pretend to care about this one Ole Miss frat boy being “bigoted” or whatever. It’s so disingenuous it’s actually nauseating.
This is a point that goes without saying, but if this was a black student making racist statements and gestures at a white frat boy, none of these people would give a damn. The outrage mob would either ignore it or outright defend it. We know that’s the case because they don’t give a damn when white people are beaten to a pulp on camera. 
For example, here’s a story that precisely no one on the Left cares about. Remember the black guy in Brooklyn who was arrested for sucker punching a 57-year-old white woman in the face, breaking her jaw? He’s reportedly a habitual offender who’s done this several times. Here’s that footage:
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It’s another “random, unprovoked attack.” They just assume that none of these videos of black people punching white people can possibly be racially motivated. They’re all just random. The frat kid’s dance is immediately determined to be racist, but a black person going around punching white people is just acting “randomly.” Well maybe the monkey noises — if they were monkey noises — were also random. Random things happen all the time, apparently.
Anyway, that assault happened in March. What happened next?
In a rare move in New York, prosecutors upgraded this guy’s charges to a felony. They also wanted to put him in jail before trial. But the judge overseeing this case, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Matthew Sciarrino, rejected the prosecutors’ bail request. So he’s back out on the street where he can punch more white women. And if you have a problem with that, you should know that the judge doesn’t care. He just <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/05/04/us-news/nyc-judge-matthew-sciarrino-retiring-to-florida-just-days-after-setting-free-deranged-brute-who-broke-mom-of-threes-jaw/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">retired</a> to Florida. That’s not an exaggeration. The judge has left the state. He’s fled the hellhole of New York — which he helped turn into a hellhole — for a state that actually enforces laws.
I could give about a million more examples of anti-white violence that’s not simply tolerated, but endorsed by the most powerful institutions in this country. And none of it gets a fraction of the attention of one white student doing a dance for two seconds at Ole Miss. But I don’t need to go through all of these examples because it’s not 2020 anymore. There’s no excuse for anyone on the Right to fail to recognize what’s going on here. When one side is allowed to commit racial violence with impunity, while the Lynch mob assembles to punish the other side for mockery and jokes, that’s a pretty big clue that no one really cares about the mockery and jokes. It’s all a power play. Unless conservatives want a beat-for-beat replay of 2020, which is clearly what the Left wants at this point, then it’s well past time we stopped pretending otherwise.
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<title>Hamas Accepts Imaginary Negotiation Deal That Israel Never Offered: Reports</title>
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<dc:creator>Ryan Saavedra</dc:creator>
<description>The Hamas terrorist organization played the mainstream media on Monday by claiming that they accepted the ceasefire agreement offered by Israel. The claim instantly went viral on social media and dominated breaking news headlines across the media landscape as the war in Gaza enters its seventh month. Israeli officials quickly came out and disputed Hamas’ ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Hamas terrorist organization played the mainstream media on Monday by claiming that they accepted the ceasefire agreement offered by Israel.
The claim instantly went viral on social media and dominated breaking news headlines across the media landscape as the war in Gaza enters its seventh month.
Israeli officials quickly came out and disputed Hamas’ claims, noting that the Palestinian Islamic terror group agreed to things that were never offered by Israel.
Hamas agreed to a deal that it came up with Egypt that did not include any discussion with Israeli officials, The Times Of Israel reported.
Israeli officials said that Hamas lied in an effort to control the media narrative and to falsely portray Israel as the side that is refusing to negotiate even though Israel has made highly generous offers, including releasing dozens of convicted Palestinian terrorists and criminals for each hostage released by Hamas.
Israel said that proposal that Hamas accepted was “far reaching” and could never be accepted.
The White House said that they were looking over the bogus offer that Hamas accepted but would not give further comment.
Israeli officials, media figures, and advocates pushed back on news reports that falsely conveyed the situation.
“Let us all be very clear on what is happening right now: Hamas has not agreed to any known proposal for a ceasefire,” <a href="https://twitter.com/AviMayer/status/1787541294526734466">said</a> Jerusalem Post editor-in-chief Avi Mayer. “Its announcement that it has agreed to ‘a ceasefire’ is meaningless, an obvious ploy and delay tactic meant to prevent the imminent military operation in Rafah.”
Former Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy <a href="https://twitter.com/EylonALevy/status/1787538855161131456">posted</a>: “It looks like Hamas didn’t agree to ‘the ceasefire.’ It agreed to ‘a ceasefire,’ i.e to a proposal Israel hasn’t agreed to and maybe hasn’t even seen. That’s not how negotiations work, but it is how media manipulation works.”
“This reported Hamas approval looks like textbook deception: approving a deal that isn’t on the table in order to apply pressure on Israel to accept Hamas terms,” said former IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus.
Other notable responses included:
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Sorry, folks. Hamas agreeing to a ceasefire plan than was not approved by Israel is not breaking news.
— Jonathan Schanzer (@JSchanzer) <a href="https://twitter.com/JSchanzer/status/1787549117566091316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Hamas fires from Rafah, then immediately “accepts” a ceasefire that is not the deal that is on the table, secure in the knowledge that Westerners want to be manipulated in this war. The correct policy is to stop this charade and destroy them. <a href="https://t.co/Wq8e77ZCbf">https://t.co/Wq8e77ZCbf</a>
— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardHanania/status/1787539673419849863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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🚨 Breaking: Hamas accepted the ceasefire proposal they negotiated with themselves
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrEliDavid/status/1787549462044246467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<title>House Judiciary To Begin Contempt Proceedings Against Garland Over Biden Docs Probe Audio</title>
<link>https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-judiciary-to-begin-contempt-proceedings-against-garland-over-biden-docs-probe-audio</link>
<dc:creator>Daniel Chaitin</dc:creator>
<description>The House Judiciary Committee is poised to initiate contempt of Congress proceedings against Attorney General Merrick Garland in a clash over recordings from special counsel Robert Hur&#8217;s investigation into President Joe Biden&#8216;s handling of classified documents. With no apparent breakthrough in negotiations between House Republicans and the Department of Justice (DOJ) for lawmakers to get ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The House Judiciary Committee is poised to initiate contempt of Congress proceedings against Attorney General <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/merrick-garland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Merrick Garland</a> in a clash over recordings from special counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>‘s handling of classified documents.
With no apparent breakthrough in negotiations between House Republicans and the Department of Justice (DOJ) for lawmakers to get the audio files, a source confirmed to The Daily Wire that a markup is being planned for May 16, which is Thursday of next week.
House Oversight Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) and Judiciary Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-republicans-give-ag-merrick-garland-one-more-chance-to-deliver-audio-from-biden-docs-probe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent a letter</a> to Garland a few weeks ago, saying they were giving him 10 more days to fully comply with their February subpoenas or face contempt of Congress proceedings.
“Your response to the subpoenas remains inadequate, suggesting that you are withholding records for partisan purposes and to avoid political embarrassment for President Biden,” the pair wrote, according to a <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/16/jim-jordan-james-comer-robert-hur-transcript-joe-biden/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">copy of the April 15 letter obtained</a> by The Daily Caller.
The lawmakers warned they would have “no choice but to invoke contempt of Congress proceedings” unless they were given the audio recordings of Hur’s interview with Biden and of the special counsel’s interview with Biden’s ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer.
“To avoid this, the Committees expect you to produce all responsive materials no later than 12:00 p.m. on April 25, 2024,” Comer and Jordan added.
The two chairmen had previously set an April 8 deadline, warning their committees would “consider taking further action, such as the invocation of contempt of Congress proceedings” without full compliance.
Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/garland-risks-contempt-of-congress-as-doj-spurns-house-gop-demand-for-biden-audio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent</a> a letter to the lawmakers on April 8, saying a transcript for the two-day interview with Biden already provided to them should be sufficient. A transcript of Hur’s interview with Zwonitzer was also given.
The DOJ is “concerned” about the demands “that is cumulative of information we already gave you” and they indicate lawmakers want it for “political purposes” rather than “legitimate oversight or investigatory functions,” Uriarte said.
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Hur’s report, which was released in February, criticized Biden’s retention of classified records while out of office, yet the prosecutor declined to recommend charges.
The report described Biden as a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” whom a jury likely would not convict “of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness.”
Hur also found that Zwonitzer deleted recordings of conversations he had with Biden upon learning about the documents inquiry.
However, the ghostwriter provided “plausible, innocent reasons” for his actions during the interview and Hur said he ultimately determined the evidence would not suffice for a conviction on obstruction of justice.
Biden and the White House have pushed back against Hur’s characterizations in his report, but Garland insisted that it would have been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/garland-says-censoring-hurs-biden-docs-report-would-have-been-absurd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“absurd”</a> for someone in his position to have edited or censored the special counsel’s explanation.
During testimony to Congress in April, Garland <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1780261901768831242" target="_blank" rel="noopener">acknowledged</a> his agency sent correspondence “explaining our position with respect to the recordings” and noted the “longstanding practice” of keeping witness records confidential to not “chill” future investigations.
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<title>Trump Responds To Report That Anti-Israel Campus Protests Are Funded By Biden Donors</title>
<link>https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-responds-to-report-that-anti-israel-campus-protests-are-funded-by-biden-donors</link>
<dc:creator>Leif Le Mahieu</dc:creator>
<description>Former President Donald Trump said Monday that he wasn’t surprised that the anti-Israel protests that have broken out across the country have been in part funded by donors to President Joe Biden. Trump briefly spoke about the protests outside the courtroom for his New York criminal trial, commenting on a POLITICO report released on Sunday ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> said Monday that he wasn’t surprised that the anti-Israel protests that have broken out across the country have been in part funded by donors to President Joe Biden. 
Trump briefly spoke about the protests outside the courtroom for his New York criminal trial, commenting on a POLITICO report released on Sunday indicating that leftist donors were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/some-of-bidens-biggest-backers-are-funding-anti-israel-protests-rocking-universities-report?topStoryPosition=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">providing financial support</a> to activist groups like Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow. The donors include figures like George Soros, Bill and Melinda Gates, David Rockefeller Jr., and the Pritzker family.
“It also came out that the protesters, many of the protesters, are backed by Biden’s donors,” Trump said. “OK, are you listening Israel? I hope you’re listening Israel. I hope you’re getting smart. But they are backed by Biden’s donors, that’s where the money’s coming from. And I’m not surprised at all.”
Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow, responsible for organizing protests at universities such as Columbia, are both supported by the Tides Foundation, which is funded by Soros and Gates. Tides also receives money from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, directed by a board that includes David Rockefeller Jr. Nick Pritzker, a wealthy entrepreneur and heir to the Hyatt Hotel empire, and his wife Susan are also donors to Tides.
The former president also commented on news that Columbia University would be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-calls-on-columbia-board-to-remove-president-after-main-graduation-gets-cancelled" target="_blank" rel="noopener">canceling</a> its main commencement ceremony, saying, “that shouldn’t happen.” 
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PRESIDENT TRUMP: Columbia just canceled their commencement…That shouldn't happen. It also just came out that many of the protesters are backed by BIDEN’S DONORS. <a href="https://t.co/6vCXRbK96x">pic.twitter.com/6vCXRbK96x</a>
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On Sunday, Trump said that Biden was the reason for the unrest that has rocked American campuses the last several weeks.
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“The primary reason for all of these terrible protests is Crooked Joe Biden. He is unable to talk, unable to reason, unable to put two simple sentences together, unable to even climb 3 steps to a helicopter, or the main stairs to Air Force One. In other words, his mind and body are shot,” he posted on Truth Social. 
“Now we have the protests, and Crooked Joe Biden doesn’t know what to do — Next will be World War Three, and everything else! We are a Nation in Serious Decline, a Failing Nation, but we will not be a Failing Nation much longer,” Trump added. “Four years ago we were a GREAT NATION, AND WE WILL SOON BE A GREAT NATION AGAIN!!! MAGA2024.”
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<dc:creator>Katie Jerkovich</dc:creator>
<description>Kate Beckinsale shut down plastic surgery rumors and said the “insidious bullying” over time takes a toll on her mental health — following a hospital stay in March for an undisclosed health issue. In a lengthy post on Sunday on Instagram, the 50-year-old actress posted two videos, one of her twenty years ago and another ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kate-beckinsale">Kate Beckinsale</a> shut down plastic surgery rumors and said the “insidious bullying” over time takes a toll on her mental health — following a hospital stay in March for an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kate-beckinsales-no-context-hospital-photos-sound-alarm-bells-from-fans">undisclosed health issue</a>.
In a lengthy post on Sunday on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C6lgGS4r9k5/?img_index=7">Instagram</a>, the 50-year-old actress posted two videos, one of her twenty years ago and another more recent, and said that the only reason she looks different is that she’s aged. However, she was adamant that she had not undergone any surgery to change her looks and asked people to stop bullying her.
“Every time I post anything — and by the way, this has been the case since I was about 30 — I am accused of having had unrecognizable surgery/using Botox using fillers/being obsessed with looking younger, and it’s really such a tiresome and subtly vicious way to bully a person,” Beckinsale wrote.
“I don’t actually do any of those things — I’ve even gone to the trouble of having a plastic surgeon categorically state that I don’t and haven’t, and still, every time there’s a chorus of ‘my God, you’re unrecognizable,’” she added. “‘Oh my God PLASTIC, oh my God, you don’t even look like yourself anymore,’ it happens constantly and it’s usually women that are doing it.”
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Kate Beckinsale pens furious post hitting back at ‘insidious bullying’ by trolls who accuse her having plastic surgery and being ‘unrecognisable’: ‘Please stop now’ <a href="https://t.co/5j0qoILAjO">https://t.co/5j0qoILAjO</a>
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“Life happens — obviously I have aged, everybody ages,” Beckinsale continued. “I’m not too concerned about aging — because I found my father dead at the age of 5, I spent most of my teenage years and a good deal of my 20s absolutely crippled with severe anxiety and panic attacks that I was going to die of a heart attack too, and went to emergency rooms often, and was almost, at that time of my life, completely immobilized by that anxiety.”
The “Click” star noted that the difference in the two videos was things like how she had “paler” skin because she “lived in the UK” or used to pluck her eyebrows too much, and most noticeably had a “fuller face” because she was younger.
She closed out her post noting that she’s fully aware that even saying all this “will have absolutely no effect” on those bullying her.
“It isn’t going to stop,” Beckinsale wrote. “But I’m also posting it because whatever someone looks like, accusing them constantly of things they haven’t done, or being obsessed with youth when actually, currently I’m obsessed with surviving loss, is bullying. Please stop now.”
The “Serendipity” star’s post comes as her family has been dealing with the loss of her step-father, British TV director Roy Battersby. He died in January of a “massive stroke” while battling cancer, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2024/03/11/entertainment/kate-beckinsale-hospitalized-thanks-mom-for-support/">Page Six</a> noted. He was 87.
At the time, Beckinsale shared a video of her stepfather and wrote on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C2JKFepJxNw/">social media</a>, “I have no words yet . Thank you [<a href="https://www.instagram.com/katebeckinsale_slovakia2/">katebeckinsale_slovakia2</a>] for making this beautiful thing. I fought for you with everything I had. Oh Roy, I am so sorry I lost.”
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<title>13 Federal Judges: We Won’t Hire Columbia U Students Unless ‘Serious Consequences’ For Protesters, ‘Significant Changes’ In Faculty</title>
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<dc:creator>Hank Berrien</dc:creator>
<description>In a letter to Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, thirteen federal judges, outraged by what they termed the “explosion of student disruptions, anti-semitism, and hatred for diverse viewpoints on campuses” at the university, declared they would not hire anyone who joins the Columbia University community — whether as undergraduates or law students — beginning with ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In a letter to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/columbia-university">Columbia University</a> President Minouche Shafik, thirteen federal judges, outraged by what they termed the “explosion of student disruptions, anti-semitism, and hatred for diverse viewpoints on campuses” at the university, declared they would not hire anyone who joins the Columbia University community — whether as undergraduates or law students — beginning with the entering class of 2024.”
“As judges who hire law clerks every year to serve in the federal judiciary, we have lost confidence in Columbia as an institution of higher education. Columbia has instead become an incubator of bigotry,” the judges stated.
The judges asserted that if the university were truly serious about restoring its once fabled reputation, it would implement “serious consequences for students and faculty who have participated in campus disruptions and violated established rules concerning the use of university facilities and public spaces and threats against fellow members of the university community.”
“Universities should also identify students who engage in such conduct so that future employers can avoid hiring them,” they wrote. “If not, employers are forced to assume the risk that anyone they hire from Columbia may be one of these disruptive and hateful students.”
“Speech is not violence, and violence is not speech,” they continued. “Universities that are serious about academic freedom understand the difference, and they enforce the rules accordingly. It has become clear that Columbia applies double standards when it comes to free speech and student misconduct. If Columbia had been faced with a campus uprising of religious conservatives upset because they view abortion as a tragic genocide, we have no doubt that the university’s response would have been profoundly different.”
“Recent events demonstrate that ideological homogeneity throughout the entire institution of Columbia has destroyed its ability to train future leaders of a pluralistic and intellectually diverse country,” they contended, “Both professors and administrators are on the front lines of the campus disruptions, encouraging the virulent spread of antisemitism and bigotry. Significant and dramatic change in the composition of its faculty and administration is required to restore confidence in Columbia.”
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<title>MIT Threatens To Suspend Any Anti-Israel Protesters Who Fail To Leave Encampment</title>
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<dc:creator>Kassy Akiva</dc:creator>
<description>Massachusetts Institute of Technology students residing in the anti-Israel encampment were offered two options today: leave the encampment, or stay and face suspension. In a letter from Chancellor Melissa Nobles, students were told to leave the encampment by 2:30 P.M. or face suspension. As the deadline passed, most students had cleared the encampment, though a ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Massachusetts Institute of Technology students residing in the anti-Israel encampment were offered two options today: leave the encampment, or stay and face suspension.
In <a href="http://links.mit.edu/nl3/uIOqQjeSSSDJdTVzaf72yQ?m=AUUAAEAirOkAAcrtIx4AAAA8rC0AAAAAGqoAJds3AAiQzwBmORQIkJS2ESWMQxezQjNZUZc0ZwAIIWc&b=0417d8f6&e=b5b76cf7&x=Emty2kPoijDLUwsR3im7oQ">a letter</a> from Chancellor Melissa Nobles, students were told to leave the encampment by 2:30 P.M. or face suspension. As the deadline passed, most students had cleared the encampment, though a handful of individuals remained, according to Daily Wire sources on the ground at the university.
Students who agree to swipe their ID card for a time stamp and voluntarily leave will be given a written warning to not further violate any policies. If students who have already been sanctioned by the school leave by the deadline, it will be seen as a “significant mitigating factor” when the school reviews their case.
For those who do not leave and have not yet faced sanctions, they will be placed on “academic suspension” and be barred from classes, exams, or research activities until the end of the semester but will be allowed to live in their dorms and use dining halls. Those who are sanctioned will be required to leave campus entirely. 
“You will also be prohibited from participating in commencement activities or any cocurricular activities,” Nobles wrote. “You will also not be permitted to reside in your assigned residence hall or use MIT dining halls. You must leave campus immediately, but you will continue to have access to services at MIT Health.”
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Here are the four student squatters refusing to leave MIT’s anti-Israel encampment by the 2:30 deadline. 
According to the school’s email giving ultimatums, they will be suspended. <a href="https://t.co/gIKZfvF2mX">pic.twitter.com/gIKZfvF2mX</a>
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MIT president Sally Kornbluth shared the letter, writing that she decided the university must “take action to bring closure to a situation that has disrupted our campus for more than two weeks.”
“I know many of you feel strongly that the encampment should be allowed to continue indefinitely – that the protest is simply a peaceful exercise of the right to free expression, and that normal rules around campus conduct shouldn’t apply in the face of such tragic loss of life in Gaza,” she wrote.
She explained that the encampment situation is disruptive and “highly unstable.”
“And no matter how peaceful the students’ behavior may be, unilaterally taking over a central portion of our campus for one side of a hotly disputed issue and precluding use by other members of our community is not right,” Kornbluth wrote. 
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RIGHT NOW: MIT president Sally Kornbluth gave a 2:30PM deadline for students to leave the anti-Israel encampment or face suspension. 
As of now, four students are linking arms and refusing to leave. The rest are congregating at the entrance of the encampment. <a href="https://t.co/sIuF34wvGC">pic.twitter.com/sIuF34wvGC</a>
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She added that people unaffiliated with the college are getting involved and planning protests and that MIT staff and police have had to work to “defuse several tense confrontations.”
On Friday after the Israeli American Council held a pro-Israel rally across the street from the encampment, some pro-Israel demonstrators tried to enter the encampment. In one interaction, Harvard Divinity Student, Shabbos Kestenbaum, wea denied entry until police escorted him in.
“I want to let all of you know that you’re not going to intimidate Jewish people,” he told the campers. “You can hide behind your masks as long as you want, we will not be scared.”
In a video inside the encampment that went viral over the weekend, anti-Israel protesters chanted “from water to water, Palestine is Arab” and “from water to water death to Zionism.”
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Translated and subtitled at <a href="https://twitter.com/MIT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MIT</a> — calls to murder Zionists and martyr oneself for the cause of destroying Israel. 
I’m so heartbroken that there exists such unbridled hate on my campus. I’m so out of energy 💔 <a href="https://t.co/ujWAKe5h2v">pic.twitter.com/ujWAKe5h2v</a>
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Jewish MIT student Talia Khan who has been at the forefront of raising awareness about the anti-Israel sentiment taking over her campus welcomed MIT cracking down on the encampment.
“I am grateful to see that MIT is finally stepping up and enforcing its rules for the first time in 6 months,” she told The Daily Wire. “I truly hope that it follows through. Only time will tell if Sally really has a spine.”
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<title>Chicago Teachers Union Demands Extra $50 Billion To Fund Abortions, Migrant Services As Students Score Lower</title>
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<dc:creator>Mairead Elordi</dc:creator>
<description>The Chicago Teachers Union is demanding another $50 billion in its contract negotiations for things like free abortions, migrant services, and LGBT training, all while students continue to score poorly. The union&#8217;s contract demands, which have not been publicly released but leaked recently, include a minimum 9% pay increase every year through fiscal year 2028 ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Chicago Teachers Union is demanding another $50 billion in its contract negotiations for things like free abortions, migrant services, and LGBT training, all while students continue to score poorly.
The union’s contract <a href="https://files.illinoispolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/FILE_0918.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demands</a>, which have not been publicly released but leaked recently, include a minimum 9% pay increase every year through fiscal year 2028 and <a href="https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-demands-include-45-days-off-9-new-ways-to-take-off/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more</a> days off.
The average Chicago teacher’s salary is currently $93,182, according to the Illinois Policy Institute, a conservative nonprofit think tank. It would rise to $144,620 by 2028 under the union’s demands.
Other demands <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-teachers-50b-demands-includes-pay-hikes-abortions-migrant-accommodation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">include</a> free abortions for public school employees, free mass transit for all public school students and employees, and $2,000 for each migrant to help with things like academics and mental health counseling. The union also wants to <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/03/50-billion-chicago-teachers-union-contract-demands-higher-pay-and-lower-expectations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">turn</a> unused school facilities into homeless migrant housing.
The teachers union also wants school employees to receive mandatory LGBT training and require every school to have at least one gender-neutral bathroom. It also demands the school board ensure no school employee is forced to tell parents about a student adopting a new gender identity.
The budget for Chicago Public Schools is <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/10/editorial-stacy-davis-gates-chicago-teachers-union/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">already</a> $9.4 billion this year, up almost 30% from $7.4 billion just five years ago. The teachers union’s current contract expires at the end of June.
The union’s president, Stacy Davis Gates, defended the aggressive demands.
“We are asking you to give us an opportunity to tell our story,” Davis Gates said <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/10/editorial-stacy-davis-gates-chicago-teachers-union/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">during</a> a speech in March. “It will cost $50 billion and three cents. And so what, that’s audacity. That’s Chicago.”
Davis Gates, a vocal critic of private schools, sent her freshman son to a Catholic school last year, sparking outrage from her critics.
In defense of her decision, Davis Gates criticized school choice, blaming such policies for the lack of resources at Chicago’s public schools.
“It was a very difficult decision for us because there is not a lot to offer black youth who are entering high school” in Chicago, Davis Gates <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-teachers-union-president-defends-sending-son-to-private-school-after-backlash" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the time.
Chicago’s Democratic mayor, Brandon Johnson, is a former teacher and organizer for the Chicago Teachers Union. He helped organize the union’s 2012 strike.
The teachers union also donated heavily to Johnson’s campaign, prompting critics to question the mayor’s impartiality in the contract negotiations.
Mailee Smith, an Illinois parent and director of the Illinois Policy Institute, called it the union’s “most radical agenda yet” but said the demands were to be expected.
“CTU’s leadership has a long history of progressive activism,” Smith <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6352409450112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News. “It focuses on power and politics over what’s best for teachers and students.”
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She added that the union has fought against linking teacher evaluations to pay or benefits.
“In fact, in these contract demands they are trying to water down evaluation criteria for teachers,” Smith said.
Last year, Chicago Public Schools <a href="https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?ID2=1709930" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spent</a> nearly $22,000 per student, much <a href="https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/public-school-spending.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">higher</a> than the national average of $14,347.
Meanwhile, in 2022, <a href="https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/dst2022/pdf/2023011XC8.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">only</a> 12% of Chicago’s eighth graders were proficient in math, and <a href="https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/dst2022/pdf/2023010xc8.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">only</a> 19% were proficient in reading.
The district serves about 322,000 students across 644 schools.
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<title>Maxine Waters: Trump Supporters Are ‘Training Up In The Hills’ To Engage In Violence If He Loses</title>
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<dc:creator>Virginia Kruta</dc:creator>
<description>Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) claimed on Sunday that former President Donald Trump&#8216;s supporters were &#8220;training up in the hills somewhere&#8221; — and even planning which communities they were &#8220;going to attack&#8221; — so that they would be ready to engage in violence if he lost his 2024 re-election bid. Waters joined MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) claimed on Sunday that former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>‘s supporters were “training up in the hills somewhere” — and even planning which communities they were “going to attack” — so that they would be ready to engage in violence if he lost his 2024 re-election bid.
Waters joined MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart on “The Sunday Show” to discuss Trump’s recent interview for TIME Magazine, and she said that her plan was to ask President Joe Biden and the Justice Department how they planned to prepare for violence from “right-wing organizations.”
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“This is a man who we better be careful about,” Waters warned. “And I tell you what I’m going to do. I’m going to ask the Justice Department, and I’m going to ask the president to tell us what they’re going to do to protect this country against violence if he loses.”
“I want to know about all of those right-wing organizations that he’s connected with, who are training up in the hills somewhere and targeting, you know, what communities they’re going to attack,” Waters continued, presenting no evidence to support her claims.
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The California congresswoman has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-maxine-waters-calls-attacks-members-trump-ryan-saavedra" target="_blank" rel="noopener">made headlines</a> in the past for suggesting that members of the former president’s administration deserved to be accosted in public.
“Already, you have members of your Cabinet that are being booed out of restaurants … who have protesters taking up at their house, who say, ‘No peace, no sleep! No peace, no sleep!'” Waters said, adding, “God is on our side!”
“Let’s make sure we show up wherever we have to show up and if you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them, and you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere,” she continued.
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<title>Judge Fines Trump Over Comments On Hush Money Case, Issues Threat Of Future ‘Incarceration’</title>
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<dc:creator>Leif Le Mahieu</dc:creator>
<description>Former President Donald Trump was fined $1,000 on Monday by the judge overseeing his New York criminal trial who said Trump had made comments on the case that violated the court&#8217;s gag order. Judge Juan Merchan, who announced the fine, said he might have to order Trump to be imprisoned if the gag order was ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> was fined $1,000 on Monday by the judge overseeing his New York criminal trial who said Trump had made comments on the case that violated the court’s gag order. 
Judge Juan Merchan, who announced the fine, said he might have to order Trump to be imprisoned if the gag order was violated again. Last week, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-hits-trump-with-fines-threatens-jail-time-over-gag-order?topStoryPosition=4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was fined</a> $9,000 over social media posts that Merchan said violated the directive.
“It appears that the $1,000 fines are not serving as a deterrent. Therefore going forward, this court will have to consider a jail sanction,” Merchan wrote in a <a href="https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/DOcontempt_5-6-24FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">court order</a>. “Defendant is hereby put on notice that if appropriate and warranted, future violations of its lawful orders will be punishable by incarceration.”
Merchan said Trump violated the gag order when the former president criticized the jury’s composition, saying that it was mainly composed of Democrats. 
“You know [the judge is] rushing the trial like crazy. Nobody’s ever seen a thing go like this. That jury was picked so fast — 95% Democrats. The areas mostly all Democrat. You think of it as a — just a purely Democrat area. It’s a very unfair situation, that I can tell you,” Trump said in an <a href="https://americasvoice.news/video/Fl5de625uPnASso/?related=playlist">interview</a> with Real America’s Voice last month. 
“Defendant violated the Order by making public statements about the jury and how it was selected. In doing so, Defendant not only called into question the integrity, and therefore the legitimacy of these proceedings, but again raised the specter of fear for the safety of the jurors and of their loved ones,” Merchan wrote in his order. 
Merchan did not fine Trump for several other comments on the case he made that prosecutors alleged violated the gag order.
The fine comes as Trump is on trial over alleged hush-money payments made to Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. The case was brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who is charging Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records. 
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Merchan issued a gag order against Trump in March that barred him from commenting on potential witnesses, jurors, court staff, and attorneys. Later, after Trump pointed out Merchan’s daughter’s history working for elected Democrats, Merchan expanded the gag order to cover members of his family.
Speaking outside of the courtroom on Monday morning, Trump said that his constitutional rights had been taken away from him by the judge. 
“It’s a ridiculous case. I did nothing wrong. Absolutely nothing wrong,” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112394542376341289" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “He’s taken away my constitutional right to speak. I was in Miami this weekend, and reporters are asking me questions, the same questions like you are asking me, and I have to say I have a gag order, I can’t speak about it. Never happened before ever.”
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<title>Fulton County DA Fani Willis May Get Subpoenaed In Georgia Senate Inquiry</title>
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<dc:creator>Daniel Chaitin</dc:creator>
<description>Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor leading a 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump and his allies, may get subpoenaed as part of a state-level investigation. State Sen. Bill Cowsert, a Republican leading the special committee investigating the DA, recently said a subpoena may be necessary if Willis does ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Fulton County District Attorney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fulton-county-prosecutors-have-another-recording-of-trump-pressuring-georgia-house-speaker-to-overturn-election-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fani Willis</a>, the Georgia prosecutor leading a 2020 election interference case against former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> and his allies, may get subpoenaed as part of a state-level investigation.
State Sen. Bill Cowsert, a Republican <a href="https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2024/02/10/georgia-republicans-say-willis-inquiry-isn-t-a--witch-hunt-" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leading</a> the special committee investigating the DA, recently said a subpoena may be necessary if Willis does not accept an invitation to appear before the panel, according to local <a href="https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/georgia-senate-special-committee-third-meeting-fani-willis-fulton-county-district-attorney-investigation/85-57d6112f-ba12-48cb-bb6e-9f7994382f03" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC affiliate WXIA-TV</a>.
“She’s a key part of the investigation and her viewpoints are valued by us,” Cowsert said. “We need to hear what she has to say and her explanation and what she thinks the appropriate rules ought to be going forward so that we don’t have this kind of scandal giving Georgia a black eye in the future.”
The GOP-led special committee is probing the use of state funds arising from the controversy over Willis’s romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she hired for the 2020 election case. Upon its conclusion, the committee is expected to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/26/politics/fani-willis-nathan-wade-georgia-state-senate-investigation/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">submit a report</a> with recommendations.
In March, a judge allowed Willis to press forward with the case after the prosecutor, Nathan Wade, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nathan-wade-steps-down-as-special-prosecutor-in-trump-georgia-case-following-judges-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resigned</a>. The other option was for Willis herself to step down. Willis has <a href="https://www.11alive.com/article/news/special-reports/ga-trump-investigation/fulton-county-da-court-appeals-decline-review-disqualification-ruling/85-43861f0b-9934-4ab7-8d21-591ab3332656" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requested an</a> appeals court uphold the ruling after the defense <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/29/trump-fani-willis-nathan-wade-georgia-election/77209956-ee03-11ee-8f2c-380a821c02db_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sought a review</a>.
Before the Senate special panel held its third meeting on Friday to hear testimony from Fulton County Chairman Robb Pitts and others, Willis criticized the GOP-led investigation while at a community event, saying, “Isn’t it interesting when we’ve got a bunch of African American DAs, now we need daddy to tell us what to do.”
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Willis, who is black, is already facing a threat of being held in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fani-willis-responds-to-jordans-demand-for-docs-after-contempt-threat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contempt of Congress</a> over a subpoena seeking records after the Washington Free Beacon <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-unveils-audio-of-staffer-warning-georgia-prosecutor-of-federal-money-being-misspent-ahead-of-firing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published</a> audio of an employee telling her about the potential misuse of federal funds weeks before the worker was fired.
The DA has <a href="https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/rep-jim-jordan-subpoenas-fulton-da-produce-documents-tied-alleged-relationship/TX7JF5XDFZHD3MMY2SBI32XPPQ/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected</a> suggestions of wrongdoing and, in response to House Judiciary Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH), rejected the notion that she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fani-willis-responds-to-jordans-demand-for-docs-after-contempt-threat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defied the subpoena</a> while saying she was still providing documents.
Willis recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fani-willis-misses-da-debate-gets-replaced-by-empty-podium" target="_blank" rel="noopener">skipped</a> a debate, leaving her challenger for the Democratic Party’s nomination in the DA race, attorney Christian Wise Smith, to face off against an empty podium. Her office declined the invitation, citing concerns about Willis being limited in what she could say regarding ongoing litigation. The primary is set for May 21.
As Trump seeks a second White House term, the former president has broadly denied wrongdoing across multiple cases, including the one led by Willis, and claimed that prosecutors are engaged in a politically motivated “witch hunt” against him.
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<title>Speaker Johnson Calls On Columbia Board To Remove President After Main Graduation Gets Cancelled</title>
<link>https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-calls-on-columbia-board-to-remove-president-after-main-graduation-gets-cancelled</link>
<dc:creator>Daniel Chaitin</dc:creator>
<description>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) called for Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to be removed from her position after her Ivy League school announced the cancellation of its main commencement ceremony after pro-Palestinian protests disrupted the New York City campus. &#8220;Because it is abundantly clear that President Shafik would rather cede control to Hamas supporters ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) called for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/columbia-university" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Columbia University</a> President Minouche Shafik to be removed from her position after her Ivy League school announced the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/columbia-university-nixes-main-commencement-event-after-protest-chaos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cancellation</a> of its main commencement ceremony after pro-Palestinian protests disrupted the New York City campus.
“Because it is abundantly clear that President Shafik would rather cede control to Hamas supporters than restore order, Columbia’s Board of Trustees should immediately remove her and appoint a new president who will,” Johnson <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1787493055563514059" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement. “Our once great universities desperately need strong moral leadership, now more than ever.”
Johnson led a House delegation to Columbia University last month and called on Shafik to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-calls-on-columbia-president-shafik-to-resign-very-weak-inept-leader" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resign</a> if she could not “immediately bring order to this chaos.” He also pledged that the Congress would “not be silent” as reports of anti-Semitic harassment led to concerns about the safety of Jewish students.
The Columbia University Board of Trustees released a statement shortly after the visit, saying that it “strongly supports President Shafik as she steers the university through this extraordinarily challenging time,” <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/speaker-johnson-calls-columbia-university-president-resign-threatens-f-rcna149249" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to NBC News</a>.
“During the search process for this role, President Shafik told us that she would always take a thoughtful approach to resolving conflict, balancing the disparate voices that make up a vibrant campus like Columbia’s, while taking a firm stance against hatred, harassment and discrimination. That’s exactly what she’s doing now,” the board said.
“We are urgently working with her to help resolve the situation on campus and rebuild the bonds of our community; we encourage everyone who cares about Columbia to join us in that effort,” the board added.
Since that time, Shafik said talks with student organizers had broken down, and Columbia <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/columbia-university-will-not-divest-from-israel-president-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">would not divest</a> from Israel as the protesters had demanded. At Shafik’s request, the New York Police Department <a href="https://abc7ny.com/columbia-university-protests-protesters-occupy-hamilton-hall-hours-after-encampment-deadline/14744812/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent officers</a> to clear Hamilton Hall, which protesters had seized, and a lawn encampment. She also asked the police to stay on campus for a couple of weeks. The university also noted students participating in the protests <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/29/columbia-protest-new-york-00154939" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faced suspensions</a>.
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Columbia announced on Monday that instead of holding a main graduation event on May 15, feedback from deans and colleagues working with student leaders led to the decision to make school-level ceremonies the “centerpiece” of commencement events away from the lawn where protesters had set up camp.
Johnson argued that “Shafik and Columbia University administrators have displayed a shocking unwillingness to control their campus.”
He added, “They’ve allowed outside agitators and terrorist-sympathizing students and faculty to rewrite campus rules and spew vile, anti-Jewish aggression. Now, thousands of students who’ve worked hard to achieve their degrees will not get the recognition they deserve.”
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<title>Pro-Hamas Activists Taunt Jews on Holocaust Remembrance Day At Auschwitz</title>
<link>https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-hamas-activists-taunt-jews-on-holocaust-remembrance-day-at-auschwitz</link>
<dc:creator>Hank Berrien</dc:creator>
<description>On Monday, as Jews marked Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, the day commemorating the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust, pro-Hamas activists taunted Jews at the 36th International March of the Living at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland. Participants in the march, who included 56 survivors of the Holocaust, walked the two-mile ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Monday, as Jews marked Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, the day commemorating the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust, pro-Hamas activists taunted Jews at the 36th International March of the Living at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland.
Participants in the march, who included 56 survivors of the Holocaust, walked the two-mile path from Auschwitz to Birkenau, where one million of the six million murdered Jews were killed. The activists waved Palestinian flags and a banner emblazoned “Stop genocide in Gaza” and shouted “Free, free Palestine” while one yelled, “How dare you disrespect the victims of the Holocaust by cheering, as a new genocide is happening in Gaza. Your mothers are watching you! Show some respect!” The Times Of Israel <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/a-few-activists-at-auschwitz-wave-palestinian-flags-and-claim-genocide-in-gaza/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, adding, “The participants of the March of the Living respond with a thunderous singing of ‘Hatikvah,’ Israel’s national anthem.”
The International March of the Living released a statement saying, “The half a dozen protestors who perversely saw this as an opportunity to voice hatred against Israel and the Jewish people serve as a timely reminder of the importance of Holocaust education and remembrance, and of teaching the dangers of hatred and extremism.“
“I feel immense anger,” an Israeli participant in the march told <a href="https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rypvbu8za" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ynetnews</a>. “If we thought never again, we received another blow to the head at Auschwitz with the realization that what was done to Jews on this cursed land, could be repeated especially after October 7. I face them fearless and proud with our national flag.”
“Poland, which until the Holocaust was the home of Europe’s largest Jewish community, numbering some 3.3 million, now counts just a few thousand Jewish inhabitants in its population,” The Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13387247/Outrage-pro-Palestine-activists-stage-Gaza-protest-anti-Semitism-March-Living-walk-Auschwitz.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>.
“This year’s March of the Living holds profound significance, as the horrors of the past intertwine with the present ongoing nightmare faced by the State of Israel. The recent incomprehensible massacre on October 7 serves as a constant reminder of the persistent threat posed by antisemitic hatred,” Dr. Shmuel Rosenman, chairman, and Phyllis Greenberg Heideman, president of the International March of the Living, <a href="https://www.motl.org/together-we-remember/">declared</a>.
“This year, more than ever, we understand why preserving the memory of the Holocaust is still essential. Fighting against the continuous and overwhelming wave of antisemitism, makes the March of the Living’s mission to remember more important and more relevant than ever. We will strenuously continue to teach about the history of the Holocaust, and we will continue to stand together against antisemitism,” they stated.
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<title>Biden, Behind In Michigan, Now Offers Auto Workers Big Money</title>
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<dc:creator>Hank Berrien</dc:creator>
<description>After a series of polls showing Trump with the advantage in the crucial swing state of Michigan, the Biden administration is now offering $100 million to auto workers and small auto suppliers. Of the last 11 polls taken in Michigan, eight showed former President Trump leading, one showed a tie, and two had President Biden ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[After a series of polls showing Trump with the advantage in the crucial swing state of Michigan, the Biden administration is now offering <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/05/06/fact-sheet-vice-president-harris-announces-more-than-100-million-to-support-american-auto-workers-and-small-auto-suppliers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$100 million</a> to auto workers and small auto suppliers.
Of the <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/latest-polls/state/general-election">last 11 polls</a> taken in Michigan, eight showed former President Trump leading, one showed a tie, and two had President Biden leading. Michigan’s 15 electoral votes could prove pivotal in the close race expected between Biden and Trump.
The two candidates know how crucial the state is. The Detroit Free Press <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/05/trump-biden-2024-presidential-election-michigan/73544990007/">noted</a> that Trump has made three visits to the state in the last 2½ months while Biden visited UAW workers in February in Warren, Michigan, Saginaw in March, and is expected to speak at the Detroit NAACP’s dinner on May 19.
On Monday, the White House announced that the Department of Energy will set aside $50 million of its <a href="https://www.energy.gov/mesc/articles/mesc-seeks-input-state-partnerships-enable-automotive-conversion-grants-small-and" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Automotive Conversion Grants Program</a> “to help small- and medium-sized suppliers convert from manufacturing internal combustion engine parts to manufacturing parts for the EV supply chain.”
Additionally, the Department of Energy “is setting aside up to $50 million of its Industrial Assessments Center <a href="https://www.energywerx.org/opportunities/iacimplementationgrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Implementation Grants Program</a> to help auto suppliers kickstart manufacturing diversification and conversion projects.”
There’s more: “The Small Business Administration will leverage its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/burgum-defends-trump-against-manhattan-criminal-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Small Business Investment Company</a> program to catalyze millions of dollars in private capital for the EV supply chain to help small and medium-sized manufacturers grow and diversify their businesses. … The Small Business Administration plans to establish a new <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/26/2024-06421/data-collection-available-for-public-comments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Working Capital Pilot Program</a> under its signature 7(a) lending program to provide lines of credit to small businesses, including auto parts manufacturers and distributors, to support their domestic or export finance needs.”
Biden’s policy vis-à-vis Israel and Hamas has been heavily influenced by his apparent desire to <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/02/bidens-betrayal-of-israel-is-dumb-politics-and-insane-policy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cater to the desires</a> of the Muslim community in Michigan. On October 30, roughly three weeks after the October 7 massacre in which the terrorist group Hamas murdered more than 1200 Israelis, Muslim leaders wrote a <a href="https://www.muslimdems.org/2023_ceasefire_ultimatum" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to Biden and the “Democratic Party leadership” titled “2023 Ceasefire Ultimatum,” in which they vowed to withhold Muslim voter support for “any candidate who did not advocate for a ceasefire.”
Within days, the Biden administration reportedly warned Israel that support for its war effort would erode.
“Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken – who departed Thursday for Israel with a message on protecting civilian lives – have all explicitly pressed the case in recent private conversations with the Israelis, telling them that eroding support will have dire strategic consequences for Israel Defense Forces operations against Hamas,” <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/02/politics/biden-administration-warning-israel-gaza-civilians/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> reported in early November.
On March 25, the Biden administration refused to veto a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate Gaza ceasefire, with no conditions for the release of hostages held by Hamas. “On April 4, in a telephone conversation with <a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-796428" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu</a>, Biden reportedly harangued Israel, all but threatening to cut off military aid to the Jewish state unless it capitulated to his demands,” The Jerusalem Post <a href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-796505" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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<title>Debunking The Argument For Columbia Journalism School’s Terrorist Propagandist Memorial</title>
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<dc:creator>Todd Bensman</dc:creator>
<description>The revered Columbia Journalism School issues this year&#8217;s Pulitzer Prizes on its New York campus this week, with an unaddressed problem next door in its own hallowed “Pulitzer Hall.” Prominently displayed inside the lobby, Columbia Journalism School has allowed a memorial shrine to fallen Gazan “journalists” who were anything but that. As I reported in ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The revered <a href="https://journalism.columbia.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Columbia Journalism School</a> issues this year’s <a href="https://www.pulitzer.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pulitzer Prizes</a> on its New York campus this week, with an unaddressed problem next door in its own hallowed “Pulitzer Hall.” Prominently displayed inside the lobby, Columbia Journalism School has allowed a memorial shrine to fallen Gazan “journalists” who were anything but that.
As I <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13371267/columbia-protest-palestine-israel-journalism-todd-bensman.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported in The Daily Mail</a> five days before the school’s 108th award ceremony, at least 15 of the journalists worked for U.S. Treasury Department-designated terrorist entity, “Al Aqsa TV,” Hamas’ primary propaganda arm. President Barack Obama <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tg594" target="_blank" rel="noopener">designated Al Aqsa TV in 2010</a> after it pressed children to become suicide bombers and learn to use the AK-47, loudly praised terrorist bombings in Israel, and routinely <a href="https://www.adl.org/resources/news/al-aqsa-tv" target="_blank" rel="noopener">urged civilian slaughters</a>. The U.S. State Department declared the station’s owner, Hamas, a Foreign Terrorist Organization in 1997, <a href="https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/fight-against-terrorism/terrorist-list/#hamas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as have dozens</a> of Western nations.
That’s not even the worst of it.
In 2016, Obama’s State Department designated the <a href="https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2016/09/262004.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">station’s director</a>, Hamas interior minister Fathi Ahmad Mohammad Hammad, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. Hammad served as a senior military commander who supervised military tunnel construction under Gaza, where Hamas is hiding 130 Israeli hostages its terrorists seized during the October 7 attack; and “coordinated terrorist cells,” U.S. government documents state.
Six more on the journalism school’s walls worked for the Hamas-owned Al Aqsa Voice Radio, a sibling of the TV station whose broadcasters have called on Gazans to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/hamas-radio-station-in-gaza-reports-on-the-sunny-side-of-islamist-movements-rule/2014/09/28/cf533106-c8b2-47ab-9c6f-1f1acc075ca3_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">act as human shields</a> for Hamas offices and routinely encourage civilian murder.
Eleven more <a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/02/26/who-are-the-killed-gazan-journalists-affiliated-with-palestinian-terror-groups/">are accused by Israel</a> of working for propaganda outlets controlled by three other groups the United States has legally declared outlawed terrorist organizations, including the ultra-violent rocket-launching Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
As it prepared to hand out Pulitzer Prizes, the journalism school ignored my emailed questions. But journalism groups, including the main one who drafted the tribute list upon which the school memorial is predicated — the Committee to Protect Journalists — trotted out an old, largely unchallenged argument for promulgating its list: they’re still journalists if they self-identified as journalists and weren’t pulling triggers. 
That line of justification occupies extreme fringes of mainstream academia counterterrorism, military, and law enforcement thinking worldwide, notably in the United States. The U.S. homeland security establishment regards the pen and camera of terrorist propagandists as deadly as fingers on triggers — and would kill or prosecute half of those on Columbia Journalism School’s wall if given a chance. 
Indeed, the U.S. Homeland Security and presidents on both sides of the aisle regard propagandists for designated terrorist groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda as dangerous enough to assassinate abroad with Hellfire missiles. Inside the United States, the establishment prosecutes and imprisons propagandists like those on Columbia Journalism School’s walls whenever possible. American journalism institutions are so far out of step with the rest of the civilized world that an argument can be made that their political stunts aid and abet the murder of real people.
<h4>The line of argument journalism groups use to defend their tribute lists</h4>
The binary “if-not-combatant-then-hero” argument is hardly new. It last flew in 2013, overcoming Jewish and pro-Israel groups that <a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20140204-us-newseum-withholds-tribute-to-palestinian-journalists-under-pressure-from-the-pro-israel-lobby/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bitterly complained</a> when the now-defunct Newseum in Washington D.C. included two Al-Aqsa TV cameramen on a highly prominent KIA memorial list projected on a 74-foot First Amendment tablet facing Pennsylvania Avenue. They’d been killed in an outbreak of violence between Hamas and Israel.
Dozens of journalism groups, including the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), vigorously argued that the two cameramen weren’t carrying weapons or conducting surveillance when Israel bombed their vehicle, which they’d marked as TV press. The Newseum initially pulled the names but then <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/05/13/should-the-newseum-consider-cameramen-for-hamas-run-tv-to-be-journalists/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bought into the narrative</a> that these two cameramen weren’t carrying weapons and therefore <a href="https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4378438,00.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">belonged back in</a> the tribute.
Now the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is pushing the same narrative for its new 2024 tribute list upon which the journalism school’s Pulitzer Hall memorial is based.
“CPJ does not support journalists engaged in breaking the law,” the group told me in an email containing a recycled earlier statement about its tribute list. “In the cases we have documented, multiple sources have found no evidence to date that these journalists were engaged in militant activity.”
On that basis alone, the argument follows, they were legitimate journalists who died in noble public service. More than <a href="https://cpj.org/2024/03/news-outlets-express-solidarity-with-journalists-in-gaza/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100 news organizations</a> have joined the committee in signing a letter in February attesting to worthiness of its tribute on the sole grounds that none were throwing bombs.
It’s time to debunk the intellectual defense these journalism groups rely on to recast terrorist propagandists as noble journalists who died in public service. 
<h4>Propaganda Kills</h4>
Because they hold that propaganda kills just as surely as bullets and bombs, the United States and its Western allies have mounted <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-a-propaganda-war-us-tried-to-play-by-the-enemys-rules/2015/05/08/6eb6b732-e52f-11e4-81ea-0649268f729e_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">relentless counter-propaganda campaigns</a> against terrorist radio, television, and online media outlets just like those run by Hamas and the Palestine Islamic Jihad out of Gaza. The key feature of this campaign are assassination hunts overseas for ISIS and al-Qaeda propagandists in the long-settled academic science, rooted in <a href="https://academic.oup.com/joc/article-abstract/74/1/63/7275800?redirectedFrom=fulltext" target="_blank" rel="noopener">consistent academic studies</a>, that nonviolent propaganda for terrorist groups <a href="https://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2023/09/hahn-terrorist-propaganda.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tightly correlates</a> with attack frequency and human casualties worldwide.
“The continued presence of terrorist content on the web is a grave risk to citizens and to society at large,” the <a href="https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/internal-security/counter-terrorism-and-radicalisation/prevention-radicalisation/terrorist-content-online_en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Commission concluded</a> in one typical policy paper proposing the find and remove such content. “Terrorists misuse the internet to spread their messages to intimidate, radicalize, recruit and facilitate carrying out terrorist attacks.”
One of the more prominent hunts ended with an August 30, 2016 precision airstrike by U.S.-led coalition forces that killed ISIS propaganda leader and spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, whose grisly propaganda empire in slick monthly magazines Dabiq, Rumiya and radio and TV stations was credited with drawing thousands of recruits to Syria and inspiring murderous attacks around the globe.
Foreign Policy magazine, among many other creditable sources, quoted active-duty <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/08/31/going-after-the-isis-propaganda-mastermind/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">government professionals and diplomats</a> who credited his media work and messaging with inspiring followers to kill. U.S.-led coalition forces <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/930843/statement-by-pentagon-press-secretary-peter-cook-on-precision-airstrike-targeti/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">finally killed Adnani</a> on August 30, 2016 in a precision airstrike near Al Bab, Syria.
That was hardly the first or last U.S. killing of a terrorist propagandist overseas, including American ones. In September 2011, President Obama controversially ordered a Hellfire missile strike that killed U.S. born al-Qaeda propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen, saying his body of work <a href="https://warontherocks.com/2016/01/killing-anwar-targeting-jihadi-propagandists-is-only-part-of-the-solution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killed people</a> and “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/legal-memo-backing-drone-strike-is-released/2014/06/23/1f48dd16-faec-11e3-8176-f2c941cf35f1_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posed an imminent threat of violence or death to other Americans</a>” even if he himself did not shoot the guns or detonate the bombs.
Al-Awlaki’s <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/al-qaeda-figure-seen-as-key-inspiration-for-san-bernardino-attacker/2015/12/18/f0e00d80-a5a0-11e5-9c4e-be37f66848bb_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lectures and other propaganda</a> were seen as the chief inspiration for the bloody 2015 terror attack that killed 15 people in San Bernardino, California; Hassan Nidal’s deadly 2010 attack at Fort Hood, Texas; the Faisal Shahzad attack on Times Square; the Boston bombing and dozens of others around the world that killed hundreds of innocents.
In April 2015, the CIA fired Hellfire missiles in Pakistan that <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/american-al-qaeda-leader-adam-gadahn-dead-drone-strke-state-n346891" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killed U.S.-born Adam Gadahn</a>, known as “Azzam the American” another notorious propagandist for al Qaeda whose work was considered so dangerous the U.S. government put out a $1 million reward for his arrest on treason charges in California.
In March 2017, another <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/isis-propaganda-chief-killed-strike-iraq-syria-border/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. airstrike killed</a> ISIS propaganda chief Ibrahim al Ansari in Iraq for inciting vehicle, knife and arson attacks against American citizens.
In the Israel-Gaza theater, the U.S. and Europe have left assassination operations to Israel, which is plenty enough capable of taking out these propagandists and often does so just like the Americans and European allies.
<h4>Hard Time For Terrorist Propaganda</h4>
In December 2019, a U.S. federal judge sentenced Texas-born Dallas resident Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim to a hefty 30-year prison sentence for terrorism. But Rahim didn’t earn that punishment for killing anyone himself.
He’s in prison for spreading a “warped ideology on social media” and for “promoting violence against innocent people, including Americans,” a Department of Justice <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/dallas-man-sentenced-30-years-terrorism-charges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release stated</a>. For years from his home in North Texas, Rahim moderated a “State of the Islamic Caliphate” social media channel on Zello dedicated to recruiting ISIS fighters and where he touted acts of terror.
“Kill and do not consult anyone,” he said in on 2016 message. “Kill, by any means. Smash his head on the wall. Spit in his face. Burn, I mean anything, anything. Poison anything!”
Even if America’s institutions of journalism refuse to see it, Rahim’s prosecution and 30-year sentence are but one of many emblematic examples of how the entire United States security establishment views the provision of propaganda on behalf of a designated terror organization.
So profoundly fearful of non-violent activities was Congress and the White House after 9/11 that it expanded and enhanced “<a href="https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RS/RS22222/4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">material support for terrorism</a>” statutes that carry harsh sentences that include life in prison. One of the key provisions of these laws targets anyone who knows full well that they “work “under that terrorist organization’s direction or control” and that it has been designated as a terror organization.
These criminal “material support” statutes have been used to send U.S.-based jihadists to prison hundreds of times for more than two decades, often for spreading propaganda on behalf of designated terrorist groups or doing anything at all to support their murderous missions.
The U.S. justice system has brooked no mercy for Hamas operatives inside the United States who merely raised money for Hamas. The DOJ in 2002 broke up and prosecuted the largest Hamas fundraising operation in U.S. history, the Holy Land Foundation, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-judge-hands-downs-sentences-holy-land-foundation-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dishing out</a> prison sentences ranging to 65 years for the so-called “Holy Land five” who were prosecuted in Dallas.
What does this history mean in today’s context? It means that heralded U.S. journalism institutions like Columbia Journalism School – most especially those inside the United States – should never get away unchallenged with fringe justifications for lionizing propagandists for designated terrorist groups in KIA lists and memorials.
That’s because their involvement in enabling tribute memorials qualify, on their own as twisted propaganda that helps those terrorist organizations keep killing people when the rest of the civilized world believes that is morally wrong and legally prosecutable.
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Todd Bensman is a two-time <a href="https://www.toddbensman.com/awards/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Press Club award winner</a>, graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, and 23-year veteran newspaper reporter.
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<title>Bruising Ad Hits Bob Casey, Biden Over Plan To Resettle Palestinians In U.S.</title>
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<dc:creator>Tim Pearce</dc:creator>
<description>Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania is under fire over a White House proposal to resettle Palestinian refugees in the United States. Dave McCormick, the Republican challenger for Casey’s Senate seat, released an ad blasting Casey and President Joe Biden over the proposal, which would allow Palestinians in Egypt with immediate family members with permanent ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania is under fire over a White House proposal to resettle Palestinian refugees in the United States.
Dave McCormick, the Republican challenger for Casey’s Senate seat, released an ad blasting Casey and President Joe Biden over the proposal, which would <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/palestinian-refugees-us-gaza-white-house/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allow</a> Palestinians in Egypt with immediate family members with permanent residence in the U.S. to immigrate. 
“It’s crazy,” says the 30-second ad, titled “Bob Casey is too Dangerous for Pennsylvania.” “The countries next door to Gaza say it’s not worth the risk, but Biden wants to bring them here.”
“What has Bob Casey done to stop it?” the ad continues. “Bob Casey votes with Joe Biden 98% of the time, and he refuses to stand up to Biden even when Pennsylvanians are at risk. Bob Casey is too dangerous for Pennsylvania.”
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Israel’s war against Hamas, launched after the Palestinian terrorist group’s October 7 attack on Israel, has displaced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living in Gaza. Despite Hamas’ brutality, the terror group <a href="https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/03/22/poll-hamas-remains-popular-among-palestinians/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">enjoys</a> widespread approval among Palestinians, according to polling.
Polling results from the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research released in March found that support for Hamas has increased among Palestinians since October 7, especially among those who live in the Gaza Strip. More than two-thirds, 71%, of all Palestinians support Hamas’ decision to attack Israel on October 7. During the attack, terrorists killed roughly 1,200 people in Israel and took hundreds more captive, including U.S. citizens.
“71% of Palestinians think Hamas’s terrorist attacks on October 7 were justified, and yet Joe Biden is planning to invite Gazans to make a home in America. Bob Casey, who votes with Biden 98% of the time, has been completely silent. Pennsylvanians are desperate for leaders who will put their safety and the safety of their children first. Instead, they have an empty suit,” McCormick told The Daily Wire in a statement.
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The Biden administration has increasingly pressured Israel to provide aid for Palestinians and work toward a ceasefire with Hamas. 
The other U.S. Senate seat from Pennsylvania is filled by Casey’s Democratic colleague, Sen. John Fetterman. Fetterman has distinguished himself among Democrats in recent months with his outspoken support for Israel during its war on Hamas. The senator reiterated last month that he holds Hamas responsible for the war in Gaza.
“Without a doubt, this is a humanitarian tragedy. Hamas alone owns this calamity. We must demand Hamas free the hostages and surrender — ending suffering, death and chaos,” Fetterman <a href="https://twitter.com/SenFettermanPA/status/1763576222494167533" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on X.
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<title>Columbia University Nixes Main Commencement Event After Protest Chaos</title>
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<dc:creator>Daniel Chaitin</dc:creator>
<description>On Monday, Columbia University announced it would not go forward with plans to hold the Ivy League institution&#8217;s main graduation ceremony later this month after pro-Palestinian protests caused a major disruption on the New York City campus. Instead of holding the university-wide event on May 15, the college said feedback from deans and colleagues who ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Monday, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/columbia-university" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Columbia University</a> announced it would not go forward with plans to hold the Ivy League institution’s main graduation ceremony later this month after pro-Palestinian protests caused a major disruption on the New York City campus.
Instead of holding the university-wide event on May 15, the college said feedback from deans and colleagues who have been working with student leaders led to the decision of making school-level ceremonies the “centerpiece” of commencement activities with graduates honored individually.
“Our students emphasized that these smaller-scale, school-based celebrations are most meaningful to them and their families. They are eager to cross the stage to applause and family pride and hear from their school’s invited guest speakers,” Columbia said in a <a href="https://commencement.columbia.edu/content/announcements" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
Columbia also noted that class days and school ceremonies that had been slated to take place for the South Lawn of the Morningside campus — the location where protesters had set up camp — were relocated to other locations, mostly at the Baker Athletics Complex.
The decision comes days after the New York Police Department <a href="https://abc7ny.com/columbia-university-protests-protesters-occupy-hamilton-hall-hours-after-encampment-deadline/14744812/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent officers</a> to clear Hamilton Hall, which protesters had seized, and the lawn encampment.
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik <a href="https://twitter.com/Fabien_Levy/status/1785489241167790176" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> police to remain present through at least May 17 to “maintain order and ensure encampments are not re-established.”
Last month, Columbia became an epicenter for protests in response to the Israel-Hamas war that sprung up at universities across the country. The University of Southern California already opted to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/usc-cancels-main-commencement-ceremony-after-far-left-extremists-disrupt-campus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nix</a> its main commencement ceremony.
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As prior efforts to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/04/18/columbia-student-gaza-protests-nypd/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">uproot tents and detain</a> protesters failed to quell the protests, Colombia shifted to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/columbia-university-moves-to-remote-learning-as-campus-rancor-puts-jewish-students-on-edge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remote learning</a> and <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/23/us-news/columbia-university-moves-to-hybrid-classes-for-rest-of-semester/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hybrid classes</a> at the main campus. Shafik said last week that talks broke down and Columbia <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/columbia-university-will-not-divest-from-israel-president-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">would not divest</a> from Israel as the protesters had demanded. Suspensions <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/29/columbia-protest-new-york-00154939" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took place</a> alongside the latest police crackdown.
House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepStefanik/status/1787485714235429113" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> the cancellation of Columbia’s main commencement event “an unbelievable failure of leadership after they weakly negotiated with the proHamas terrorist encampment. They have lost control of the school.”
She added on X, “Hardworking students and their families will now go without this celebratory event after years of hard work. This is a disgrace and the entire governance of Columbia has failed — the President and the entire Board.”
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<title>Idaho Quadruple Murder Suspect’s Attorney Claims Prosecution Withholding Evidence</title>
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<dc:creator>Ashe Schow</dc:creator>
<description>Defense attorneys for the 28-year-old man accused of killing four University of Idaho students have now claimed the prosecution has withheld evidence. Lead defense attorney Anne Taylor argued in court on Thursday that prosecutors didn’t turn over the full surveillance video allegedly placing the suspect’s car near the crime scene. Taylor acknowledged that she has ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Defense attorneys for the 28-year-old man accused of killing four University of Idaho students have now claimed the prosecution has withheld evidence.
Lead defense attorney Anne Taylor argued in court on Thursday that prosecutors didn’t turn over the full surveillance video allegedly placing the suspect’s car near the crime scene. Taylor acknowledged that she has received some of this evidence – but not all of it.
“The public needs to know that they’ve withheld the audio,” Taylor said, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/bryan-kohberger-lawyer-drops-bombshell-claim-against-key-prosecution-evidence">according to Fox News</a>.
The suspect, who is not being named by The Daily Wire, is accused of killing Ethan Chapin, 20; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, in the early morning hours of November 13, 2022, in the college town of Moscow, Idaho. Part of the evidence against him, according to the prosecution, is surveillance footage showing the suspect’s white Hyundai Elantra near the scene of the crime at the time the murders took place.
The defense team has argued that the suspect regularly drove around late at night looking at the stars, but was not in the vicinity of the crime.
“[The suspect] was out driving in the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 2022, as he often did to hike and run and/or see the moon and stars. He drove throughout the area south of Pullman, Washington, west of Moscow, Idaho,” Taylor wrote in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suspected-idaho-killers-defense-claims-cell-phone-data-provides-alibi-on-night-of-killings">a court filing</a> last month.
To back this up, the defense plans to call an expert witness “to show that [the suspect’s] mobile device was south of Pullman, Washington and west of Moscow, Idaho on November 13, 2022; that [the suspect’s] mobile device did not travel east on the Moscow-Pullman Highway in the early morning hours of November 13th,” according to the court filing.
But Latah County Prosecuting Attorney Bill Thompson said that the alibi was too vague and that the defense shouldn’t be allowed to call any witnesses other than the defendant to prove his whereabouts, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/bryan-kohbergers-alibi-ripped-apart-idaho-prosecutors-temper-tantrum">reported</a>.
“With the exception of the reference to Wawawai Park (which is new), the defendant is offering nothing new to his initial ‘alibi’ that he was simply driving around during the morning hours of November 13, 2022,” Thompson wrote in a filing last week.
The suspect has been charged with four counts of murder and one count of burglary relating to the killings.
Part of the evidence that led to the suspect’s arrest, mentioned in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-how-police-captured-the-man-suspected-of-killing-four-university-of-idaho-students">previously unsealed</a> probable cause affidavit, showed that police were able to narrow the timeframe of the crime to between 4:00 a.m. and 4:25 a.m. and reviewed video footage taken in the area in the time before and after the murders are believed to have occurred. Video showed a white Hyundai Elantra without a front license plate (front license plates are required in Washington and Idaho, but not in Pennsylvania, where the car was registered) in the area between 3:29 a.m. and 4:20 a.m.
The vehicle can be seen passing the off-campus residence three times before returning a fourth time around 4:04 a.m. and attempting to turn around on the road. The vehicle was next seen around 4:20 a.m. traveling away from the direction of the off-campus residence at high speed, heading in the direction of a road that eventually leads to Pullman, Washington, where the suspect attended Washington State University (WSU).
Video footage from the WSU campus showed a white Hyundai Elantra leaving the area and heading toward Moscow at around 2:53 a.m. At around 5:25 a.m., this vehicle was again observed on five cameras in Pullman and the WSU campus.
Police pulled records for white Hyundai Elantras registered at WSU on November 29 – just over two weeks after the murders were committed – and found one belonging to the man who was eventually arrested. Police reviewed the owner’s Washington state driver’s license and determined he matched the suspect’s physical description provided by one of the surviving roommates.
Police matched the suspect to the vehicle through two previous traffic stops in the months before the murders. They also learned that the suspect registered his car in Washington and received Washington plates on November 18 – five days after the murders.
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Police also reviewed cell phone data to show the suspect’s phone did not ping any cellular towers near the crime scene during the relevant timeframe, but an expanded examination of cell phone data showed the phone stopped reporting data to the network at around 2:47 a.m. At that time, the white Elantra was leaving Pullman and heading toward Moscow. The phone next pinged at 4:48 a.m. in an area south of Moscow, heading back to Pullman. Cell records also showed that the suspect left his home in Pullman around 9:00 a.m. on November 13 and traveled back to Moscow.
Cell records dating back to June 2022 showed the suspect’s phone was in the crime scene area on at least 12 occasions before the murders – all but one in the late evening or early morning hours.
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<title>Israeli Military Calls For Evacuations In Rafah Ahead Of Possible Ground Operation</title>
<link>https://www.dailywire.com/news/israeli-military-calls-for-evacuations-in-rafah-ahead-of-possible-ground-operation</link>
<dc:creator>Daniel Chaitin</dc:creator>
<description>The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) urged people in Rafah to evacuate parts of the southern city in the Gaza Strip on Monday ahead of a possible ground operation there in the fight against Hamas. An estimated 100,000 people have been instructed to make their way to Muwasi, a coastal area that the IDF designated as ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel-defense-forces-idf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel Defense Forces (IDF)</a> urged people in Rafah to evacuate parts of the southern city in the Gaza Strip on Monday ahead of a possible <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/idf-pulls-ground-troops-from-southern-gaza-stresses-war-is-not-over-until-hostages-are-free" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ground operation</a> there in the fight against Hamas.
An estimated 100,000 people have been instructed to make their way to Muwasi, a coastal area that the IDF <a href="https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1787347748737421635" target="_blank" rel="noopener">designated</a> as a humanitarian area with hospitals, tents, food, water, medication, and other supplies.
Flyers with instructions to leave and maps were <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2024/05/06/idf-urges-rafah-evacuations-drops-flyers-in-gaza-attack-imminent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly dropped</a> into eastern Rafah. The IDF’s <a href="https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1787347748737421635" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> to X said the message was also conveyed by phone and media broadcasts in Arabic.
“The IDF will continue pursuing Hamas everywhere in Gaza until all the hostages that they’re holding in captivity are back home,” the post added.
More than half the Gaza Strip’s 2.3 million population had gathered in Rafah as IDF forces engaged in a renewed armed conflict against Hamas following the group’s deadly attacks on Israel in October.
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The IDF has expanded the humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi to accommodate the increased levels of aid flowing into Gaza. This expanded humanitarian area includes field hospitals, tents and increased amounts of food, water, medication and additional supplies.
In accordance with the… <a href="https://t.co/si47k9FCCz">pic.twitter.com/si47k9FCCz</a>
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As some people reportedly <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/06/middleeast/israel-gaza-eastern-rafah-evacuation-notice-hnk-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">began to leave</a> the area, a Hamas official <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hamas-idf-call-for-rafah-evacuation-a-dangerous-escalation-that-will-have-consequences/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that a Rafah offensive would have “dangerous escalation that will have consequences.”
The call for evacuations comes after Hamas <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/world/middleeast/hamas-rocket-kerem-shalom-israel.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> responsibility for a rocket attack near the Kerem Shalom border crossing on Sunday that the IDF said killed and critically wounded a handful of Israeli soldiers.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant <a href="https://twitter.com/manniefabian/status/1787365746542002285" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin overnight that there was “no choice left” but to start the Rafah operation despite <a href="https://www.barrons.com/news/blinken-tells-netanyahu-us-still-opposes-rafah-operation-us-official-fa22cefc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opposition</a> by the Biden administration.
Peace negotiations had been taking place in Cairo, with the talks geared toward the release of hostages kidnapped in Israel in exchange for a ceasefire in Gaza, but CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/05/middleeast/israeli-hamas-ceasefire-egypt-talks-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Sunday they had shown little progress before the Hamas delegation left Egypt.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) <a href="https://twitter.com/UNRWA/status/1787375629119168663" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X on Monday it would remain in Rafah for as long as possible to provide aid to people in the area.
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UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini <a href="https://twitter.com/UNLazzarini/status/1787425918769594828" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> that an Israeli offensive in Rafah would create an “additional layer” of tragedy for people in Gaza and called for an immediate ceasefire.
In a <a href="https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1787199048400666702" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post to X</a> on Sunday, the IDF said that a Hamas command-and-control center located in central Gaza at an “active” [UNRWA] location was “precisely struck” by Israeli Air Force fighter jets.
“The location served as a staging ground for multiple attacks on IDF troops and humanitarian aid distribution efforts as well as a weapons supply facility for Hamas terrorists,” the IDF said. “Hamas intentionally positioned the command and control position in this location to jeopardize the Gazan civilians taking refuge there.”
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<title>Burgum Defends Trump Against Manhattan Criminal Trial</title>
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<description>North Dakota Republican Governor Doug Burgum defended former President Donald Trump on Sunday against the criminal charges he faces from the Manhattan District Attorney&#8217;s Office. Burgum made the remarks during an interview on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; with host Jake Tapper. &#8220;I&#8217;m a business guy. This is a business filing case,&#8221; he said. &#8220;If ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[North Dakota Republican Governor Doug Burgum defended former President Donald Trump on Sunday against the criminal charges he faces from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
Burgum made the remarks during an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” with host Jake Tapper.
“I’m a business guy. This is a business filing case,” he said. “If it was anybody other than a presidential candidate, this would be a misdemeanor. How it got turned into 34 felonies, when there isn’t even the alleged crime, which is — they haven’t even convinced anybody there was a crime.”
“But if it were, it would be a Federal Election Commission crime. And that would be pursued by the federal courts, not by a county DA in New York,” he continued. “And so I think, again, Americans, the outcome of this trial doesn’t affect them.”
He said that the trial was nothing more than “a spectacle for cable TV, but average Americans have already baked in what they think about President Trump, President Biden, they’re looking at the policies, not at the people, and they were better off under President Trump’s policies.”
Burgum said he was looking forward to next January when “Vice President Harris certifies the election for Donald Trump.”
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“I mean, the American people are the ones that get to decide these elections,” he said. “But for both parties and for all Americans, we have got to make sure that every county, every precinct is beyond reproach, that everybody can be confident in our country.”
“In North Dakota, we’re doing that,” he added. “Nobody’s questioning the results of an election in any county or precinct in North Dakota. It can be done. It’s done all over the nation, except, in some cases, we have got — we could have a handful of counties that this election could turn on again, and we have just got to make sure that, when it’s done, both sides feel good about how it was counted.”
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GOV. DOUG BURGUM: I’m looking forward to next January when Kamala Harris certifies the election for President Trump <a href="https://t.co/aumy3Nlg4D">pic.twitter.com/aumy3Nlg4D</a>
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<title>‘A Disturbing Corollary’: Biden’s Title IX Rewrite Takes Aim At Parents Too</title>
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<dc:creator>Virginia Kruta</dc:creator>
<description>In the days since President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration published sweeping revisions to Title IX rules, much of the focus has been on how the updates are likely to impact female athletes — but that&#8217;s far from the only concern. Critics quickly pointed out that those updates, which the Biden administration said were supposed to provide ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the days since President Joe Biden’s administration published sweeping <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/grotesque-betrayal-of-students-critics-blast-bidens-new-title-ix-regulations-championing-gender-identity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revisions to Title IX</a> rules, much of the focus has been on how the updates are likely to impact female athletes — but that’s far from the only concern.
Critics quickly pointed out that those updates, which the Biden administration said were supposed to provide more protections for LGBTQ students, could be used to protect trans-identifying males competing on women’s sports teams.
But according to attorney Candice Jackson, who served as Acting Assistant Secretary in the Department of Education during the Trump administration, the rule changes could lead to further complications once applied in conjunction with policies that are already in place — specifically with regard to schools being “mandatory reporters” of suspected abuse.
“A disturbing corollary of Biden’s Title IX Rule: w/policies reflecting the Ed Dept’s position that refusing to treat someone ‘consistent w/gender identity’ damages mental health, schools will now HAVE TO consider reporting ‘non-affirming’ parents to Child Protective Services,” she said in a post to X.
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Commenters made this objection to the draft rule; the Ed Dept’s disingenuous response was brushing it off by saying “Title IX doesn’t interfere w/ family life; schools don’t have to remedy harassment occurring outside school.” But schools are mandatory reporters per state laws.
— Candice Jackson (@CEJacksonLaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/CEJacksonLaw/status/1786521426620776666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“Commenters made this objection to the draft rule; the Ed Dept’s disingenuous response was brushing it off by saying ‘Title IX doesn’t interfere w/family life; schools don’t have to remedy harassment occurring outside school,'” she continued, adding, “But schools are mandatory reporters per state laws.”
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The upshot, according to Jackson’s reading of the new rules, is that the Biden administration views a failure to affirm a student’s gender identity as an action that could be damaging to that child’s mental health. Based on that interpretation, parents who are not proactive in affirming their children’s gender identities could be viewed as contributing to that damage.
And because educators are legally mandated to report any suspected abuse to Child Protective Services, they may have no choice but to report parents who refuse to help their children seek medical transition — or even those who object to schools that socially transition their children.
Biden’s Title IX rewrite comes on the heels of news that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illinois-bill-changes-definition-of-abused-child-to-include-kids-whose-parents-object-to-abortion-transgender-hormones-and-surgeries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">state of Illinois</a> was already planning to revise the definition of abuse to include a refusal to accommodate gender identity — a move that could empower the state, through Child Protective Services, to remove children from homes where parents did not affirm the new gender identity or help the children to obtain puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, or even surgeries.
RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-states-file-flurry-of-lawsuits-against-biden-admin-over-transgender-title-ix-rules">More States File Flurry Of Lawsuits Against Biden Admin Over Transgender Title IX Rules</a>
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<title>Spin Cycle: Legacy Media Is So Over Campus Protests, They’re Even Talking To Republicans</title>
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<dc:creator>Virginia Kruta</dc:creator>
<description>For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed. This week&#8217;s spin revolves around the anti-Israel protests that ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[For those who don’t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week’s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
This week’s spin revolves around the anti-Israel protests that spread like wildfire across college campuses around the United States — and how unpopular those protests have become as students took control of public spaces, harassed Jewish students, barricaded themselves in campus buildings, and vandalized property. How unpopular is that, you ask? Unpopular enough that legacy outlets, if there weren’t enough Democrats willing to criticize the protesters, brought in Republicans to do it for them.
On ABC News’ “This Week,” host Jonathan Karl brought in Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) to discuss the protests, and Cotton made it clear that he had no patience for protests that were essentially parroting Hamas terrorist talking points and then hiding behind the First Amendment, claiming their destructive behavior was protected.
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On campus protests, GOP Sen. Tom Cotton tells <a href="https://twitter.com/jonkarl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JonKarl</a> that college administrators should have sent in law enforcement "the very first day they set up their tents."
“These students on campuses, they deserve our contempt. They also deserve our mockery.” <a href="https://t.co/vCkyrG8MPq">https://t.co/vCkyrG8MPq</a> <a href="https://t.co/BxoJkFEIbP">pic.twitter.com/BxoJkFEIbP</a>
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1787122770544857528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Cotton first laid into the schools for allowing the protests to carry on as long as they did, saying that the schools should have sent security in to prevent or immediately disband illegal encampments the moment the first tent went up.
“These students on campuses, they deserve our contempt. They also deserve our mockery,” Cotton said, referencing some of the “demands” — including gluten-free and vegan food delivery options — made by students who were illegally squatting in campus buildings.
Cotton also asked why schools had been so reluctant to stop the protests before they turned into full-scale occupations, saying, “Where were the liberal administrators and liberal politicians sending in the police on the very first day?”
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Sen. Tom Cotton pushes for an even stronger police response to pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses.
“Where were the liberal administrators and liberal politicians sending in the police on the very first day?" <a href="https://t.co/vCkyrG8MPq">https://t.co/vCkyrG8MPq</a> <a href="https://t.co/JzwMGbGNad">pic.twitter.com/JzwMGbGNad</a>
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1787123430413717525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) joined Margaret Brennan on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” where he complained that the protesters who were engaging in acts of vandalism and violence — and those who were sharing anti-semitic signs and slogans — were damaging the credibility of what could have been a peaceful and effective protest.
“Those few protesters who are inciting violence or engaging in that kind of antisemitism are diminishing the thousands of young people who simply want the war to end. I guess I would say, look to John Lewis or Dr. King — they, in their protests, were above reproach,” he said.
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Rep. <a href="https://twitter.com/RoKhanna?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RoKhanna</a> (D-CA) calls for college campus protesters to show "discipline" amid reports that some have called for violence: 
"Those few protesters who are inciting violence or engaging in that kind of antisemitism are diminishing the thousands of young people who simply… <a href="https://t.co/Zlt5LZfMIV">pic.twitter.com/Zlt5LZfMIV</a>
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1787195565010305317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Khanna went on to suggest that President Joe Biden should visit the campuses where protests are taking place — some of which have been deemed too unsafe for students to attend their final weeks of class or even take final exams — and equated students chanting Hamas talking points while they blocked Jewish students from walking through their “camps” to the anti-war protests of the Vietnam era.
“We have to understand this is a defining moment for this generation,” he said.
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"I think the president should and will get out there on campuses" where there are protests over the Gaza war, says Rep. <a href="https://twitter.com/RoKhanna?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RoKhanna</a> (D-CA).
"We have to understand this is a defining moment for this generation," he adds, comparing it to the protests against apartheid and the… <a href="https://t.co/jscQLFLBBz">pic.twitter.com/jscQLFLBBz</a>
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1787201543831269538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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On CNN, “State of the Union” anchor Jake Tapper brought in former Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE), who is now serving as the President of University of Florida — and Sasse argued that the First Amendment should protect speech but did not necessarily extend to actions — especially when those actions included violence and destruction of property.
Sasse noted that protests had not disrupted the commencement ceremonies on his campus, but said that “the line is between speech and action” — and students understood that. He said that rather than clear out an illegal encampment, his administration had simply made the rules clear so that they didn’t set one up in the first place.
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"I think the line is between speech and action."
University of Florida President <a href="https://twitter.com/BenSasse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BenSasse</a> reacts to the campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war in an interview with <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jaketapper</a>. <a href="https://t.co/e3L3wTKKfJ">pic.twitter.com/e3L3wTKKfJ</a>
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1787133277494456574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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On “Meet the Press,” NBC anchor Kristen Welker discussed the protests with former astronaut and Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ). Kelly said that once protesters crossed the line into taking illegal actions — engaging in violence, acts of vandalism, or other crimes — there was no reason for police not to step in and stop them.
“When they cross a line and when they commit crimes, they should be arrested. That’s the appropriate thing to do,” he said.
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WATCH: <a href="https://twitter.com/SenMarkKelly?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenMarkKelly</a> (D-Ariz.) says it’s “appropriate for police to step in” when protests on college campuses turn into “unlawful acts.” 
“When they cross a line and when they commit crimes, they should be arrested. That’s the appropriate thing to do.” <a href="https://t.co/IxqXXGeRlm">pic.twitter.com/IxqXXGeRlm</a>
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1787166425481695705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) took things a step further during his appearance on “Fox News Sunday,” telling anchor Shannon Bream that he’d support a move to revoke travel visas for any foreign students who showed support for the terrorist group Hamas.
“Joe Biden — and he hasn’t done it because he’s weak and he’s feeble — but Joe Biden very early on should have done as I asked him to do back in October, if you’re in the streets of the United States, you’re here as a visitor, on a visa,” Rubio said. “You’re not an American, you’re here on a visa and you’re here to teach or you’re here to go to school, and you’re out there chanting on behalf of Hamas and Hezbollah — these terrorist groups, who by the way also hate America — we should revoke your visa.”
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— Fox News Sunday (@FoxNewsSunday) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSunday/status/1787130829648359616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The only Sunday show to not get the memo was MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki.” The former White House Press Secretary instead continued to beat what appears to be the only drum she has — she invited Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) to join her, and they took turns complaining about what Americans could expect from another term with former President Donald Trump.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepRaskin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepRaskin</a>: "Americans are forewarned. If you look at the things he's talking about doing mass roundups and incarceration and deportations… That is an authoritarian program. That's right out of the authoritarian playbook of Mussolini and beyond." <a href="https://t.co/W5ZqTAedy6">pic.twitter.com/W5ZqTAedy6</a>
— Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) <a href="https://twitter.com/InsideWithPsaki/status/1787169580516839934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<title>Meet The Licensed Therapists Who Greenlight Sex Change Operations In The Name Of ‘Allyship’</title>
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<dc:creator>Spencer Lindquist</dc:creator>
<description>Surgical referral letters are one of the few safeguards that stand between those suffering from gender dysphoria and life-altering operations that seek to change their sex, but ideologically-motivated therapists have set out to make these letters as easily available as possible, viewing their work as a form of political activism rather than a serious medical ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Surgical referral letters are one of the few safeguards that stand between those suffering from gender dysphoria and life-altering operations that seek to change their sex, but ideologically-motivated therapists have set out to make these letters as easily available as possible, viewing their work as a form of political activism rather than a serious medical precaution.
Many surgical clinics require that those who wish to undergo double mastectomies, hysterectomies, phalloplasties, or other operations aimed at change one’s sex must first receive a letter documenting their mental health. Ideologically-motivated pro-transgender activists, however, have dropped all pretenses that these letters are genuine attempts to discern the mental state of potential patients.
Licensed therapists identified by The Daily Wire instead openly refer to letter-writing as a form of “allyship” that can be performed as an act of resistance against alleged oppression. Moe Brown, who <a href="https://learning.simplepractice.com/courses/referral-letters-for-gender-affirming-medical-care">describes</a> herself as “a Transgender Identified therapist, public speaker, and writer,” describes the letter-writing process as a form of political activism to be undertaken by allies.
Brown offers a continuing education course on surgical letter referrals with a <a href="https://learning.simplepractice.com/courses/referral-letters-for-gender-affirming-medical-care">description</a> that reads, “For every clinician that identifies as an ally for the Transgender community, this course is necessary in order to expand your allyship and support as you may be the deciding factor in the medical transition of a transgender person.”
Seattle-based therapist Shaquille Sinclair, a <a href="https://www.inclusivetherapists.com/washington/seattle/shaquille-sinclair">self-described</a> “queer Black Jamaican” who offers free transgender surgical referral letters and enjoys “working with queer/trans folks,” calls therapy a form of resistance.
“I frame the therapeutic space as entirely non-neutral. It is a place of resistance, or we get to recreate the ways we relate to systems,” Sinclair writes. He notes that his professional focuses include “abolitionism” and “black liberation” and also calls himself a “sex worker ally.”
This ideological bent is not limited to individual professionals. Organizations exist with the express intent of making these letters as readily available as possible. The Gender Affirming Letter Access Project (GALAP) opposes the requirement that people receive medical letters before undergoing sex change operations altogether, but has resolved to make letters readily accessible “before clinical practice shifts toward a more socially just model.”
GALAP describes itself as “a group of transgender, nonbinary, and allied mental health and medical providers” who advocate against the surgical letter requirement. “Putting mental health providers in a position of gatekeeping negatively impacts the client-provider relationship and leads to abuses of power,” GALAP says on <a href="https://www.thegalap.org/about">its website</a>, calling on mental health providers to “publicly commit to providing gender-affirming care for medical transition without undue gatekeeping practices.”
It is from this ideological position that GALAP operates, intending to make letters available free of charge while simultaneously advocating for letter requirements to be ditched altogether.
In other <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/los-angeles-public-schools-partner-with-couple-that-pushes-sex-change-surgery-on-children">instances</a> this ideological agenda also appears to be tethered to financial incentives. Aydin and Johnna Olson-Kennedy are a married couple in Los Angeles that have worked on both sides of the pipeline to sex change surgeries — providing both the surgical referral letters and the surgeries themselves.
Aydin, a licensed clinical social worker who identifies as transgender, <a href="https://www.aoklcsw.com/new-page-1">writes letters</a> to allow minors to undergo sex change operations for free, claiming that requiring letters at all is oppressive. “I believe the mandate for letters to access gender-affirming medical procedures is inherently discriminatory,” <a href="https://www.aoklcsw.com/new-page-2">her site reads</a>, adding that the requirement threatens to “reinforce systemic biases.” Aydin offers these letters free of charge, saying that she intends to “de-pathologize the transgender experience” and is <a href="https://www.aoklcsw.com/about-5">committed</a> to offering her “support and advocacy for the transgender community and their families.”
While Aydin Olson-Kennedy is trusted to assess the mental readiness of those who want to undergo sex change operations, she previously <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170220090227/https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2015/08/21/aydin-olson-kennedy-msw-urges-gender-surgery-for-down-syndrome-child-in-intensive-care-unit/">shared a fundraiser</a> for a child with down syndrome to receive a double mastectomy.
Aydin’s wife, Johanna Olson-Kennedy, is the medical director of <a href="https://www.chla.org/profile/johanna-olson-kennedy-md">The Center for Transyouth Health</a> at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, which sees children as young as three and has been <a href="https://www.statnews.com/2016/12/20/transgender-youth-doctors-clinics/">called</a> the largest trans youth clinic in the country. It has also partnered with the Los Angeles Unified School District to advertise its offerings to the parents of young children.
There’s also Sarah Eley, a mental health clinician who argued at a conference that mental health providers should <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/health/2022/10/12/watch-therapist-gets-sex-change-operations-approved-in-as-few-sessions-as-possible-acts-as-ally/">act as “allies”</a> when writing letters for people who want to undergo sex change surgeries. Rather than dispassionately assessing a patient’s mental health, Eley states that “our role is to really help them get to that next step in the process.”
Eley made it clear that she wants people to be able to access sex change operations as quickly as possible. “The less sessions the better,” she said, referring to mental health assessments in preparation for writing a medical letter. “In writing these letters we look at our own internal biases.” A <a href="https://www.lgbtqiahealtheducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Gender-Affirming-Surgery-Letters-Presentation2020.pdf">presentation</a> from Eley discusses “practicing allyship through letter assessments” and claims that sex change operations are often “life savers” before recommending books on “trans allyship.”
The ease of receiving surgical referral letters may have facilitated the drastic increase in operations that attempt to change people’s sex. One <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/23/health/gender-affirming-surgery-study/index.html">2023 study</a> found that the number of sex change operations performed in the United States tripled between 2016 and 2019. The number of children between the ages of 13 to 17 who’ve undergone double mastectomies has similarly grown, steadily increasing <a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-transyouth-data/">every year</a> from 2019 to 2021. The number of children between the ages of 6 and 17 who’ve undergone hormone therapy has jumped from just over 1,900 in 2017 to over 4,200 in 2021, increasing every year in between.
While the scale of sex change operations has spiked in the United States, more liberal European countries like <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230208-sweden-puts-brakes-on-treatments-for-trans-minors">Sweden</a> and <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/13/uk/england-nhs-puberty-blockers-trans-children-intl-gbr/index.html">England</a> have taken steps to limit the availability of medical interventions that seek to change the sex of patients. The Scandinavian country stopped hormone therapy for minors with few exceptions while England’s National Health Service stopped prescribing puberty blockers.
Moe Brown, Shaquille Sinclair, and GALAP did not respond to requests for comment.
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<title>Kim Godwin Steps Down As President Of ABC News</title>
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<dc:creator>Ryan Saavedra</dc:creator>
<description>Kim Godwin announced on Sunday evening that she was stepping down from her role as president ABC News — and retiring, effective immediately. Godwin, who in 2021 became the first black person to run a broadcast television news division, resigned after corporate restructuring &#8220;stripped away much of her management autonomy,&#8221; The Wall Street Journal reported. ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Kim Godwin announced on Sunday evening that she was stepping down from her role as president ABC News — and retiring, effective immediately.
Godwin, who in 2021 became the first black person to run a broadcast television news division, resigned after corporate restructuring “stripped away much of her management autonomy,” The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/media/abc-news-president-kim-godwin-is-stepping-down-28bf9617">reported</a>.
“I have decided to retire from broadcast journalism,” she said in a lengthy statement to company staff. “Anyone who’s passionate about what we do knows there’s no other business like it, so this was not an easy or quick decision. But after considerable reflection, I’m certain it’s the right one for me as I look to the future and prioritize what’s most important for me and my family.”
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Kim Godwin, the president of ABC News, has announced she’s leaving the network and retiring from broadcast news.
Godwin, who was named president in 2021, was the first black woman to lead the news division of a major network.
Her tenure has been filled with missteps and… <a href="https://t.co/kqJHN7XsEA">pic.twitter.com/kqJHN7XsEA</a>
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1787282238020956446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
Disney Networks president Debra OConnell said in a statement: “Dana and I would like to take this opportunity to express our deepest gratitude to Kim for her service as president of ABC News. Kim has navigated this team through consequential times in our world, and she did so with respect for the brand and profession – and for that and more, we thank her.”
Godwin’s decision to retire comes after she struggled to navigate the waters at the network with the news division “suffering from a cutthroat and toxic culture,” the report said.
She <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/abc-news-president-kim-godwin-president-steps-down-reports-turmoil-network">reportedly</a> angered people with her leadership style which included making “swift moves” and creating an inner circle that “alienated staffers.”
She faced considerable <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/abc-news-boss-kim-godwin-under-fire-handling-amy-robach-tj-holmes-affair-embarrassing">backlash</a> for the way that she handled the extramarital affair between co-hosts Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes on the networks’ “Good Morning America” show.
Former President Donald Trump responded to the news in a post on social media.
“Happy to report that Kim Godwin, Head of ABC, has resigned,” he said. “Could it be the unfair reporting on EVERYTHING TRUMP? In any event, GOOD RIDDANCE! Hopefully somebody else will be able to control George Slopadopolous and the rest of the Fake News Thugs over at ABC? Best wishes Kim!”
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<title>WATCH: Man Tries To Shoot Pastor During Sermon, Gets Tackled</title>
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<dc:creator>Ryan Saavedra</dc:creator>
<description>Police in Pennsylvania said that a man tried to murder a pastor at a church in North Braddock on Sunday while he delivered a sermon to his congregation. Police said that 26-year-old Bernard Junior Polite entered the Jesus Dwelling Place Church a little after 1 p.m. EST and &#8220;attempted to shoot the pastor as he ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Police in Pennsylvania said that a man tried to murder a pastor at a church in North Braddock on Sunday while he delivered a sermon to his congregation.
Police said that 26-year-old Bernard Junior Polite entered the Jesus Dwelling Place Church a little after 1 p.m. EST and “attempted to shoot the pastor as he was giving a sermon.”
“Polite pointed a firearm at the pastor, attempted to shoot, but the firearm failed to discharge,” the statement said. “A congregation member took immediate action by grabbing onto Polite. The member and the pastor were able to subdue and disarm Polite. Polite was held until Troopers arrived.”
The statement said that charges were filed for attempted homicide.
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Pennsylvania State Police say that a man tried to shoot a pastor in North Braddock while he was delivering a sermon on Sunday.
Police say the man tried to fire the gun but it did not go off.
He was later tackled and arrested. <a href="https://t.co/8lM3vaDArl">pic.twitter.com/8lM3vaDArl</a>
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1787294520977051893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
Pastor Glenn Germany, who was the target of the attempted shooting, <a href="https://www.wtae.com/article/braddock-church-gun-pulled-on-pastor/60694951">said</a>: “I’m thankful to God that I’m still here, because he definitely pulled the trigger.”
He told local media that he had never seen the suspect before that day but noticed that he had been coming in and out of the building and made direct eye contact with him.
“I started to begin to preach and all of a sudden, from my left-hand side, I saw him move from the back to the front of the church, and he set up in the front corner of the church and smiled at me,” Germany said. “All of a sudden, I just saw a gun pointing right at me. And at that point, all I could try to do is run for cover.”
He praised the member of his congregation who ran in and tackled the suspect.
“He could have lost his life in that struggle,” Germany said. “But he sacrificed himself for everyone, and he’s the hero.”
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<title>Cotton Defends Trump’s Claims About 2020 Presidential Election</title>
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<description>Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) defended this week some of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s claims about the 2020 presidential election. Cotton made the remarks during a Sunday interview with Jonathan Karl on ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week&#8221; while talking about the possibility that Cotton could be a potential vice presidential pick for Trump. Cotton said that it ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) defended this week some of former President Donald Trump’s claims about the 2020 presidential election.
Cotton made the remarks during a Sunday interview with Jonathan Karl on ABC News’ “This Week” while talking about the possibility that Cotton could be a potential vice presidential pick for Trump.
Cotton said that it would not be helpful to Trump if he was out there advocating for himself to be the VP pick.
“What Donald Trump is focused on is winning this election,” he said. “What I’m focused on is helping him win and making sure Republicans win the Congress. When he’s ready to make his decision about vice president, he will. Afterwards, he’ll make his decision about the cabinet. Until then, anyone out campaigning for the job or pushing for the job is not helpful to what we should all be focused on, which is winning the election.”
When asked whether former Vice President Mike Pence did the right on January 6th, Cotton responded: “Look, I think the Constitution was clear that neither the Congress nor the vice president had the ability to reject those electors. It’s also clear that it wasn’t going to work because Nancy Pelosi controlled the House.”
He defended Trump’s actions on that day, saying that he “put out videos and he put out statements on social media telling those rioters to stand down.”
“Jon, he says, and I agree, that the election was not fair, and it was rigged in many ways with Democratic states and cities changing election law and election practices up to the last minute, with the media, to include your network, and 51 Democratic intelligence operatives saying the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation and social media then censoring all those things,” he added. “Those were all deeply unfair.”
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“Every grandma who had a red MAGA hat that was within a country mile of the Capitol on Jan. 6 shouldn’t be sitting in pre-trial detention for a longer time than the crimes for which they might face a sentence,” Sen. Tom Cotton says of Jan. 6 defendants. <a href="https://t.co/QLRY8hxYaN">https://t.co/QLRY8hxYaN</a> <a href="https://t.co/WnDVu95JBC">pic.twitter.com/WnDVu95JBC</a>
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1787135451892986340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<title>‘Ten Years To Save The West’: An Interview With Former British PM Liz Truss</title>
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<description>The following is an edited transcript of a recent interview between Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley and former British Prime Minister Liz Truss on a Sunday Extra edition of Morning Wire. They discuss the importance of conservative leadership, the deep state, and her new book “Ten Years to Save The West.” JOHN: Joining us now ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The following is an edited transcript of a recent interview between Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley and former British Prime Minister Liz Truss on a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/ten-years-to-save-the-west-with-liz-truss-sunday-extra" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sunday Extra edition of Morning Wire</a>. They discuss the importance of conservative leadership, the deep state, and her new book “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Years-Save-West-Truss/dp/1684515513" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ten Years to Save The West.</a>”
JOHN: Joining us now is Liz Truss, former U.K. prime minister in 2022. She is the author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Years-Save-West-Truss/dp/1684515513" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ten Years to Save the West: Leading the Revolution Against Globalism, Socialism, and the Liberal Establishment</a>.” Liz, thank you for joining us.
LIZ: Great to be on the show. 
JOHN: First, You’ve had time to reflect on your time as prime minister – brief as it was – what did you learn during your term?
LIZ: Well, I think the biggest thing I learned is the sheer power of the term “establishment” and the administrative state. Before I got to that job, I had spent 10 years in the British government. I had worked in the environment department, I had been a minister in justice and when I hit a brick wall, I assumed it was because I wasn’t senior enough. So when I got to the position of prime minister and I saw my plans essentially thwarted, I really understood just how powerful the establishment and the administrative state is.
JOHN: You tried to execute your vision of Britain as a low-tax, low-regulation, high-growth country – what happened? And why wasn’t the country ready for that?
LIZ: Well, I felt that it was the only way to get Britain back on track. We’d been stagnating for a few decades, economic growth hadn’t been high enough. The government was spending almost half of our national income taxes on the federal government — taxes which are at a 70-year high. I could only see the situation getting worse, so I wanted to change the trajectory and that vision did have popular support. I won the mandate of Conservative Party members. It was popular, in terms of the public.
When we put those policies forward, they included things like getting on with fracking, holding down government expenditure, reducing taxes, and reducing regulation, the economic establishment, including the Bank of England and the Office of Budget Responsibility — which is a bit like the Congressional Budget Office in the United States — those organizations actively work to undermine the policies and undermine the policies in the market.
What do I mean by that? Well, the day before we announced our budget, the Bank of England announced that it was selling 40 billion pounds worth of government gilts (bonds). So that was making it harder for us to fund the government. They didn’t tell us there was a tinderbox of bad regulation of pension funds — pension funds that were very, very susceptible to small changes in the interest rate. We were blindsided by that. And then, when the Bank of England stepped in to fix that problem, they said they would only do it for 17 days, thereby creating a deadline in the market. All the time, while they were doing these things, they were blaming the government’s policy for what was happening, rather than acknowledging their own mistakes. So, that is essentially what happened. The problem was, I was unaware that those problems existed. So when the media, as is the habit in Britain, started its “gotcha” activities, I did not know what was going on. And that was fundamentally extremely difficult.
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JOHN: You phrased this in an interesting way in a recent speech at the Heritage Foundation. You talked about the “anti-growth” movement that’s focused on, as you put it, “redistributionism, stagnation, and the imbuing of woke culture into our businesses.” What did you mean by that? 
LIZ: What we’ve ended up with in Britain is a corporate sector big government. By that I mean the civil service and the government agencies, what we call “quangos” in Britain — quasi government organizations — and the wider media. They tend to live in London and the South East and they tend to benefit from government largesse. They don’t want the size of government to be reduced, they don’t want the subsidies to their business to be reduced, particularly if they’re in sectors like green energy. And they don’t want regulations to be reduced because they don’t want competition. So these people have been benefiting from the status quo.
The problem is, for the average person in Britain, their life isn’t getting any better. They’ve seen massive inflation, they haven’t seen their wages go up, and they haven’t seen the economy grow. It’s become harder and harder to run a small business, because of all of the red tape. So you’ve got a real disconnect between those who benefit from the current status quo of big government, high taxes, high regulation, high immigration, and the average person in Britain who is struggling because of the very high cost of living.
<h4><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/ten-years-to-save-the-west-with-liz-truss-sunday-extra" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LISTEN: Catch the full interview with former Prime Minister Liz Truss on Morning Wire</a></h4>
JOHN: In your book, “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Years-Save-West-Truss/dp/1684515513">Ten Years to Save the West</a>,” you emphasize the importance of conservative leadership, not only in England, but also the U.S. In your view, why is conservative leadership key to saving the West? 
LIZ: All of the problems we’ve got are due to bad ideas on the Left. Whether it’s Keynesian economics, the idea that the government can run the economy; whether it’s the climate change measures that are stopping us from producing enough energy; whether it’s the wokery in our schools saying that kids have 100 genders; or the DEI agenda pursued by major corporations, which means they’re not focused on delivering valuable products and delivering profits to their shareholders — they’re focused on ticking boxes and doing identity politics. All of those bad ideas have come from the Left and the issue is conservatives have not taken these ideas on enough. Instead, we’ve kowtowed to them, you know, we’ve tried to meet them halfway, and that has resulted in the current stagnation we’re experiencing, and it’s not just economic stagnation, it’s also a sense that, certainly in Britain, our country is not moving forward. People want the future to be better than the past, but it is not clear that that is happening. The other issue is the Left has been very effective at in Britain is embedding a human rights culture into our legal system, which essentially makes it very, very hard to deport illegal immigrants. The priority put on keeping illegal immigrants in the country seems to be higher than the priority of people already living in the country and people are immensely frustrated about that. Unfortunately, there are too many conservatives who want to be popular at London dinner parties, who want to get good corporate jobs, who have essentially gone along with this leftward drift. And that is the problem we’re facing. And that’s why conservatives need to fight back, in order to make our country dynamic again and put the power back in the hands of people and families rather than the power lying in the hands of unelected bureaucrats, which is where the power at the moment lies.
JOHN: And is that part of the reason you’ve been a supporter of Brexit? Does this connect politically and ideologically? 
LIZ: Yes it does, because Brexit was all about returning power from an unelected bureaucracy in Brussels to people in Britain. The problem is that while people voted for Brexit, we still have all the E.U. laws on our statute books, because the bureaucrats in London don’t want to change things. Because they are happy with high levels of regulation, it gives them more power, it gives them more influence. They do not want to see power returned to the people, and the people in Britain are very frustrated because they voted for change when they voted for Brexit in 2016. They voted again for change when they voted for Boris Johnson in huge numbers, and lots of people who didn’t normally vote conservative, people from what you would call the Rust Belt in America, voted conservative for the first time because they wanted to see a change and they wanted to see the status quo disrupted. The problem, however, is that the bureaucratic establishment, the corporate establishment in Britain, do not want to see that change happen and they’re resisting it. I’m somebody who went into government to try and change that and I got thoroughly trounced by what they did to undermine my policies.
JOHN: How do you feel about the current leadership? What direction do you feel like they’re taking the country? 
LIZ: Well, I want to see much stronger focus on conservative principles. We have to be honest with the British public. The reason why we haven’t been able to deal with illegal immigration, the reason why people’s energy bills are so high, the reason why people’s taxes are so high is that we have not taken on the administrative state, and we have not reversed all of the regulations and laws that Tony Blair put in place in Britain. I think we need to be honest with people and we need to be prepared to be much bolder in taking on these institutions that have acquired too much power in Britain. My book walks through my ten years in government and all the battles I had and the fact that, too often, decisions that used to be in the hands of elected representatives now lie in the hands of unelected bureaucrats. And the public are rightly frustrated by that, and I think conservatives have to be honest about the state we’re in and be prepared to make some very serious changes.
JOHN: You’ve talked a lot about the U.S. and what it needs to do – obviously we have a major election going on and polls show it’s a very tight race. If Donald Trump is elected, do you have hope for the U.S. to turn around some of this bureaucratic “stagnation,” as you say, in the sense that it’s difficult to make real changes in Washington? 
LIZ: I think you’ve got real problems with the administrative state here in the United States, who do not want to see the Trump agenda enacted. I want to see Donald Trump get elected as president, but that will not be enough. He needs to dismantle the administrative state. I’m very supportive of those changes because I know what it’s like to be in the trenches fighting against officialdom when you don’t have the power to change things. So, yes, he needs to win. I think if he wins and he successfully takes on the bureaucratic state, that will be a huge win for the West and it will send a signal to countries like the U.K. about what can be done.
JOHN: Final question. What is not being emphasized enough in British and American media in terms of the national political conversation?
LIZ: Well, the thing I’m trying to really highlight in my book is the way that unelected bureaucrats have seized power, in both of our countries, and the need to take them on. Too often politicians, and I’ve been there myself, get the blame for everything that happens. While that is not right, it’s also not going to help us fix our countries. We’ve seen the way woke, Left-wing ideas have taken over institutions. Look at what’s happening in universities in the United States, the appalling anti-Semitism that is being condoned by senior figures in those universities. That shows to me a system that has gone completely wrong. So, I want people to understand the scale of change we are going to need to see to deliver conservative ideas. We’re not in the 1970s or 1980s anymore. The Left has found new ways of fighting us. They’re not just fighting us in the ballot boxes, they’re fighting us in the institutions, they’re fighting us through the courts and we need to be absolutely resolute to take them on.
JOHN: Liz, thank you so much for joining us and for your analysis – and good luck with your new book.
LIZ: Thank you very much.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/ten-years-to-save-the-west-with-liz-truss-sunday-extra" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Listen to the full interview with former Prime Minister Liz Truss on Morning Wire.</a>
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<title>Tom Cotton Blasts Pro-Hamas Protesters: ‘They Deserve Our Contempt’ And ‘Our Mockery’</title>
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<description>Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) slammed the pro-Hamas protesters this week who recently took over college campuses across the U.S., saying that they deserve to be hated and to be mocked. Cotton made the remarks during a Sunday interview on ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week&#8221; with Jonathan Karl when asked about the recent encampments at dozens of ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) slammed the pro-Hamas protesters this week who recently took over college campuses across the U.S., saying that they deserve to be hated and to be mocked.
Cotton made the remarks during a Sunday interview on ABC News’ “This Week” with Jonathan Karl when asked about the recent encampments at dozens of universities.
Cotton slammed President Joe Biden for waiting too long before coming out and condemning what was happening on the campuses.
“It was two weeks after these pro-Hamas fanatics had taken over a lot of campuses, and set up these little Gazas,” he said. “He didn’t specifically speak to what they’re saying and what they’re doing. They’re chanting final solution. They’re telling Jews to go back to where they came from. They’re spray-painting buildings with vile, antisemitic hate.”
“He said, well, we shouldn’t have antisemitism or hate speech in the abstract or Islamophobia,” he continued. “Where are the encampments, Jon, on campuses spreading Islamophobia? Why is Joe Biden so equivocal? Why does he have to draw moral equivalence between thousands of students who are setting up these little Gazas all across America.”
Karl then tried to claim that Cotton was mocking the situation happening inside Gaza, to which Cotton responded that everything that was happening was Hamas’ fault.
“Yet Joe Biden, for seven months, has leaned on Israel, has pressured Benjamin Netanyahu, has told him to stand down when they get attacked by Iran, has said they can’t go into the last holdout where Hamas has its final terrorist battalions,” Cotton continued. “But, no, these students on campuses, they deserved our contempt. They also deserved our mockery. I mean, they’re out there in their N95 masks in open air, with their — with their gluten allergies, demanding that Uber Eats gets delivered to them.”
“They should not have been allowed to fester on campus for two weeks when these liberal administrators and liberal politicians refused to send in the police to clear them out the very first day they set up their tents,” he continued.
Cotton also called out Biden for not deporting foreign agitators who contributed to the situation on college campuses.
“You can protest all you want. If you want to make a fool of yourself and support a terrorist group, you can do that,” he said. “Now, if you’re a foreigner, you can’t. And where’s Joe Biden’s administration demanding that universities turn over the names of any foreign students here on a visa, revoking those visas and deporting them? That’s something that Joe Biden can do today.”
Cotton said that root of the anti-Semitic protesters was ultimately the hatred that the protesters have towards the U.S.
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<title>Trump Docs Case ‘Reeks’ Of Russia Collusion Probe, Ratcliffe Says</title>
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<dc:creator>Daniel Chaitin</dc:creator>
<description>The classified documents case against former President Donald Trump &#8220;reeks&#8221; of the FBI&#8217;s infamous Russia collusion investigation, a top official in his administration said on Sunday. Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe made the comparison to Crossfire Hurricane while speaking to Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo. Alluding to special counsel Jack Smith&#8217;s team conceding ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The classified documents case against former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> “reeks” of the FBI’s infamous Russia collusion investigation, a top official in his administration said on Sunday.
Former Director of National Intelligence <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-ratcliffe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Ratcliffe</a> made the comparison to Crossfire Hurricane while speaking to Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo.
Alluding to special counsel Jack Smith’s team <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/03/mar-a-lago-trump-classified-documents-00156124" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conceding</a> last week that documents seized by the FBI may have become jumbled despite previously saying otherwise, Ratcliffe suggested there was evidence tampering.
“What Jack Smith admitted in court this week was that, in his words, they mishandled the classified documents and misrepresented those to the court,” Ratcliffe said during his <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6352366664112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Sunday Morning Futures” appearance</a>.
Ratcliffe contended that prosecutors got “caught” when Trump’s lawyers and the other co-defendants raised the issue of scanned copies not matching up with the records of when they were taken from Mar-a-Lago in 2022.
Smith has “absolutely blown the chain of custody,” Ratcliffe emphasized.
Ratcliffe went on to say the classified documents case “reeks of Crossfire Hurricane, when the Obama-Biden administration fabricated evidence before the FISA court, lied to the court about it to pursue Donald Trump.”
He was referring to the FBI’s use of an unverified dossier that raised allegations of collusion between Trump and Russia to obtain the authority to wiretap Carter Page, who served as an aide to Trumps’ 2016 campaign.
“And now we’re seeing it again in this classified documents case. The judge could dismiss this case at any point in time, Maria,” Ratcliffe said.
He surmised the judge has not done so yet in order to let the public “see just how this case is being prosecuted, how unfairly Donald Trump has been persecuted in this matter by Joe Biden’s Department of Justice.”
Trump, who has pleaded not guilty to the charges in the documents cases and three other criminal matters as he seeks re-election, similarly reacted to Smith’s filing in Florida by claiming there was evidence tampering.
“These deeply Illegal actions by the Politicized ‘Persecutors’ mandate that this whole Witch Hunt be DROPPED IMMEDIATELY. END THE ‘BOXES HOAXES.’ MAGA2024!” he said in a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112379718145784478" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> to his Truth Social platform.
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<title>Tim Scott Rips Kristen Welker For Trying To Run Cover For Democrats’ Abortion Stance: ‘They’ve Already Voted For It’</title>
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<description>Sen. Tim Scott (R-FL) slammed NBC News host Kristen Welker this week for trying to run cover for the Democratic Party&#8217;s extreme stance on abortion. The exchange happened during a Sunday interview on &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; when Welker asked Scott about former President Donald Trump&#8217;s position of leaving the issue up to the states. &#8220;Well, ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sen. Tim Scott (R-FL) slammed NBC News host Kristen Welker this week for trying to run cover for the Democratic Party’s extreme stance on abortion.
The exchange happened during a Sunday interview on “Meet The Press” when Welker asked Scott about former President Donald Trump’s position of leaving the issue up to the states.
“Well, there’s no doubt that the Dobbs decision sent it back to the states,” he said. “So, the Supreme Court has ruled, the leading candidate, our Republican nominee, has made it very clear that this is a state’s issue. That is the decision that will be made and we will see how the states handle it. But there’s no question that President Trump has been very clear that he wants to issue left to the states, with three exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother.”
Scott said that he stands by his view that there should be a 15-week limit on abortions and that he has “certainly not changed about my position whatsoever.”
“The fact of the matter is that every single Democrat in the Senate and in the House have voted for abortion up until the day of birth,” he noted. “The former governor of Virginia has said – he was a pediatrician – even infanticide. So, stopping late term abortions is something that 90% of Americans actually believe in –”
Welker immediately interrupted and claimed: “Democrats don’t support – that’s false, senator. Democrats don’t support infanticide.”
“Kristen, they’ve already voted for it,” Scott noted.
Welker responded: “Senator, no, no, no. Senator, but as you know, late term abortions are exceedingly rare.”
“They voted for abortions up until the day of birth,” Scott said. “I’m just telling you what they voted for.”
“Kristen, you cannot deny the fact that the Democrats have voted – not talked about, but voted – for abortions until the day of birth. That is a fact,” Scott said. “You can look that up in the records of Congress. So, I’m not talking about hypotheticals. You continue to bring me hypotheticals. The truth is, and I got to say, this is kind of – kind of interesting, the truth is simple. The Democrats are radical. 90% of Americans don’t agree with them.”
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<title>Trump Accuses Democrats Of Running A ‘Gestapo Administration’</title>
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<dc:creator>Daniel Chaitin</dc:creator>
<description>Former President Donald Trump compared the Biden administration and its allies to the Nazi regime&#8217;s secret police while speaking to donors at a private event at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida over the weekend, where he appeared on stage with potential running mates and other supporters. The New York Times and Washington Post said they obtained ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> compared the Biden administration and its allies to the Nazi regime’s secret police while speaking to donors at a private event at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida over the weekend, where he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-surrounds-himself-with-potential-vps-at-mar-a-lago" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appeared</a> on stage with potential running mates and other supporters.
The New York Times and Washington Post <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/04/us/politics/trump-donors.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> they <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/04/trump-indictments-attacks-democrats-gestapo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">obtained</a> audio of the remarks in which Trump claimed the Democrats, led by President Joe Biden, are coordinating the various federal and state-level indictments he is fighting against while running another campaign for the White House in this year’s election.
“These people are running a Gestapo administration,” Trump said. “And it’s the only thing they have. And it’s the only way they’re going to win, in their opinion, and it’s actually killing them. But it doesn’t bother me.”
Trump is on trial in a 2016 election “hush-money” case in New York brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. He also faces charges in a 2020 election case based in Georgia spearheaded by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, a 2020 election case and a classified documents case led by special counsel Jack Smith.
In the criminal matters, as well as in civil litigation regarding his business and personal affairs, Trump has denied any wrongdoing. In addition to pleading not guilty to dozens of charges, Trump has claimed that prosecutors are engaged in a politically motivated “witch hunt” against him.
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Both Trump and Biden are seeking a second term, paving the way to a 2020 rematch, with some different factors this time around, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. also running a presidential campaign as an independent and getting double-digit support in some polls.
During his remarks, Trump described the Democrats as cheaters who use welfare to gain votes and disparaged Smith as “unattractive” among some expletives. He also mocked Willis over the relationship she had with a now-former prosecutor that threatened to derail their case against Trump.
CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/04/politics/trump-democrats-gestapo-rnc-retreat/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Biden campaign spokesperson James Singer issued a statement responding to Trump’s speech, claiming the remarks underscored “what we already knew: Trump’s campaign is about him. His fury, his revenge, his lies, and his retribution.”
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<title>Tim Scott: What ‘We’re Seeing On College Campuses Today Is Akin To What We Saw In The 1960s’</title>
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<description>Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said the recent anti-Israel protests on college campuses are comparable to what America experienced at universities during the 1960s with demonstrations against the Vietnam War. Scott made the remarks during a Sunday interview on NBC News&#8217;s &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; with Kristen Welker when asked if he supported the right to protest. ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said the recent anti-Israel protests on college campuses are comparable to what America experienced at universities during the 1960s with demonstrations against the Vietnam War.
Scott made the remarks during a Sunday interview on NBC News’s “Meet The Press” with Kristen Welker when asked if he supported the right to protest.
“Well, we certainly respect the right to peaceful protest,” he said. “What we’re seeing on college campuses, however, is too often not peaceful protest. There’s a reason why there’s been more than 2,000 arrests and detainments on college campuses. It’s because people are being hit. They’re vandalizing and they’re breaking into buildings.”
“What we have to understand is the anti-Semitism that we’re seeing on college campuses today is akin to what we saw in the 1960s,” he continued.
He said that Americans should be able to unite to condemn the anti-Semitism on college campuses.
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“What’s not clear is why it took so long for President Biden to come to a microphone and condemn antisemitism,” he said. “The reason, in part, is because his base refuses to let him do so. He’s pandering to politics as opposed to standing up for fairness and standing against antisemitism. I would simply say this to every college president and university in America: Your federal funding is a privilege. It is not a right. A right is for every Jewish kid on campus to walk to class safely. What is a right is for every Jewish kid to study in a library peacefully. We need to make sure that every student feels that kind of security on every campus in America.”
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<title>Stefanik Pins ‘Pro-Hamas Riots’ On ‘Biden’s Democrat Party’</title>
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<dc:creator>Daniel Chaitin</dc:creator>
<description>House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) on Sunday linked the &#8220;anarchy&#8221; of protests that have sprung up on university campuses across the country in response to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza to the Democratic Party, pinning the chaos on a leadership vacuum that she contended goes all the way to President Joe Biden. During ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[House Republican Conference Chairwoman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elise-stefanik" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elise Stefanik</a> (R-NY) on Sunday linked the “anarchy” of protests that have sprung up on university campuses across the country in response to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza to the Democratic Party, pinning the chaos on a leadership vacuum that she contended goes all the way to President Joe Biden.
During an <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6352366554112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> on Fox News, Stefanik— who is considered to be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-surrounds-himself-with-potential-vps-at-mar-a-lago" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in the mix</a> to become former President Donald Trump’s running mate — dismissed Biden taking a stand last week and saying <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/02/politics/biden-says-his-support-for-israel-remains-unwavering-amid-college-protests/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“order must prevail”</a> as coming too little, too late amid rising concerns about the safety of Jewish students and police crackdowns on some of the anti-Israel protests.
“These pro-Hamas riots, this is Joe Biden’s Democrat Party,” she said. “Joe Biden not only waited ten days to condemn. He has been silent since last December with that historic hearing, where you had three Ivy League university presidents fail to condemn the genocide of Jews. Joe Biden waited months to speak out, saying that testimony was unacceptable.”
Stefanik, who was speaking with “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo, was referring to Ivy League presidents <a href="https://stefanik.house.gov/2023/12/icymi-during-questions-from-stefanik-presidents-of-harvard-upenn-mit-refuse-to-condemn-calls-for-genocide-of-jews" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dodging</a> in a congressional hearing back in December her question of whether calling for the genocide of Jews on campuses violated their schools’ policies on bullying and harassment.
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“He didn’t even say that, actually, in his statement,” Stefanik added. “But he gave it lip service. But this is the radicalized, far-Left Democrat Party that Joe Biden owns today. It is about lawlessness. It is about anarchy. It is attacking our most precious ally, Israel. And it is hurling anti-Semitic slurs against Jewish students, as well as physical harassment, physical assault against Jewish students.”
House Republicans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-gop-unveils-chamber-wide-crackdown-on-campus-anti-semitism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> last week a chamber-wide effort to combat anti-Semitism with scrutiny of federal funding and tax benefits universities receive, as well as cracking down on foreign student visa recipients perpetuating sympathy to terrorist groups at U.S. schools. The GOP-led House then <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-bill-to-codify-definition-of-anti-semitism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> an anti-Semitism definition bill meant to guide enforcement of federal anti-discrimination laws for educational programs.
“There is a great deal that we are doing in Congress and our oversight,” Stefanik said. “And our legislative solutions will consist of pulling back federal funding, addressing the foreign dollars that are flowing into these institutions, and holding these schools accountable.”
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Stefanik also argued that leaders in the Democratic Party, including Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), have been hamstrung by political infighting.
“This is Joe Biden’s Democrat Party today, the pro-Hamas rioters on college campuses, the anarchists. And that’s why you’re seeing trepidation among Democrats from speaking out, because this is their base. And the reality is, this is why Republicans continue to poll stronger and stronger, because we represent peace and security. We represent standing up for the Constitution,” Stefanik said.
“We represent supporting our ally of Israel, and we strongly condemn anti-Semitism. There is a reason that House Republicans have led on this, and it’s because there has been a void at our universities,” she added. “There is a void at the White House, starting with the top of Joe Biden, and there’s been a void in Democrat leadership, including Chuck Schumer, which is why we have expanded the investigation and will continue to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars to yank federal funding that is propping up these institutions that are indoctrinating our next generation.”
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<title>Fellow Dem Calls On Cuellar To Resign After Indictment</title>
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<dc:creator>Daniel Chaitin</dc:creator>
<description>After being indicted on federal bribery charges last week, Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) is being called on to step down by a Democrat colleague in the House. Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN), a former long-shot candidate for president, lumped Cuellar in with former President Donald Trump and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) as part of a list ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[After being indicted on federal bribery charges last week, Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/henry-cuellar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Henry Cuellar</a> (D-TX) is being called on to step down by a Democrat colleague in the House.
Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dean-phillips" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dean Phillips</a> (D-MN), a former long-shot candidate for president, lumped Cuellar in with former President Donald Trump and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) as part of a list of politicians who he insisted should resign because they have been indicted.
“While the bar for Federal indictment is high, trust in our government is low,” Phillips <a href="https://twitter.com/deanbphillips/status/1786544184490381436" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X. “That’s why office holders and candidates under indictment should resign or end their campaigns, including Sen. Bob Menendez, Donald Trump, & Rep. Henry Cuellar.”
The Department of Justice (DOJ) <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-congressman-henry-cuellar-and-his-wife-charged-bribery-unlawful-foreign-influence-and" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Friday that Cuellar, a 10-term congressman, and his wife Imelda were charged with allegedly participating in schemes involving bribery, unlawful foreign influence, and money laundering.
Cuellar, 68, accepted $600,000 in bribes from two foreign entities — an energy company controlled by Azerbaijan and a bank headquartered in Mexico City — in exchange for official acts as a member of Congress, the DOJ said.
In a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/03/henry-cuellar-texas-azerbaijan/64373556-0966-11ef-b186-090cb777107e_story.html?ref=upstract.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> responding to the indictment, Cuellar said he and his wife were “innocent of these allegations,” taking a similarly defiant stance as Trump and Menendez have as they seek to fend off the charges they face.
“Everything I have done in Congress has been to serve the people of South Texas,” Cuellar said. “Before I took action, I proactively sought legal advice from the House Ethics Committee, who gave me more than one written opinion, along with an additional opinion from a national law firm.”
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He added, “Furthermore, we requested a meeting with the Washington D.C. prosecutors to explain the facts and they refused to discuss the case with us or hear our side.”
The DOJ said the Cuellars, who face decades in prison if convicted, surrendered to authorities on Friday and made an initial appearance before a federal judge in Houston before each being released on $100,000 bond, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/henry-cuellar-bribery-indictment-investigation-texas-ec9904da5c51d11600718a3261f73d0c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the Associated Press</a>.
Menendez, who also faces bribery-related charges, has also been pressured to step down by a fellow Democrat — Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) — amid his legal battle.
“Senator Menendez should resign,” Fetterman <a href="https://www.fetterman.senate.gov/press-releases/fetterman-calls-on-senator-menendez-to-resign/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement. “He’s entitled to the presumption of innocence under our system, but he is not entitled to continue to wield influence over national policy, especially given the serious and specific nature of the allegations. I hope he chooses an honorable exit and focuses on his trial.”
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<title>Some Of Biden’s Biggest Backers Are Funding Anti-Israel Protests Rocking Universities</title>
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<dc:creator>Tim Pearce</dc:creator>
<description>Some of President Joe Biden’s most prominent backers are funding pro-Palestinian and pro-Hamas demonstrators who are protesting U.S. support for Israel. Activist groups such as Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow are in part funded through nonprofit networks involving leftist megadonors such as George Soros, Bill and Melinda Gates, David Rockefeller Jr., and the Pritzker ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Some of President Joe Biden’s most prominent backers are funding pro-Palestinian and pro-Hamas demonstrators who are protesting U.S. support for Israel.
Activist groups such as Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow are in part funded through nonprofit networks involving leftist megadonors such as George Soros, Bill and Melinda Gates, David Rockefeller Jr., and the Pritzker family, according to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/05/pro-palestinian-protests-columbia-university-funding-donors-00156135" target="_blank" rel="noopener">POLITICO</a>.
Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow, responsible for organizing protests at universities such as Columbia, are both supported by the Tides Foundation, which is funded by Soros and Gates. Tides also receives money from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, directed by a board that includes David Rockefeller Jr. Nick Pritzker, a wealthy entrepreneur and heir to the Hyatt Hotel empire, and his wife Susan are also donors to Tides.
Tides has given more than half a million dollars to Jewish Voice for Peace over the past five years, according to POLITICO. The foundation claims Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow as “grantee partners.”
The Pritzkers also founded the Libra Foundation, which has financially supported groups such as The Climate Justice Alliance, Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity, and the Immigrant Defense Project, all of which have expressed opposition to Israel’s actions following Hamas’ October 7 terror attack. The Climate Justice Alliance has organized marches calling Biden “Genocide Joe” over U.S. support for Israel.
Protests have roiled university campuses in recent weeks, resulting in hundreds of arrests after demonstrators took over campus buildings and blocked students from attending classes. Of the roughly 300 people arrested at Columbia University last week, New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/05/01/of-the-300-pro-hamas-agitators-arrested-at-columbia-most-werent-students-n2638521" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that many of them were outside agitators, not students attending the university.
Outside activist groups trained university students for months on civil unrest, according to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/student-campus-protests-veteran-activist-groups-17ccd094?mod=hp_lead_pos1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Wall Street Journal</a>. One of the groups involved in training students, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, has expressed open support for Hamas. The Columbia University administration banned the group from campus twice, accusing it of supporting terrorism.
The protests have canceled classes, shut down campuses, and endangered Jewish students. Last week, a Jewish student was denied entry to an anti-Israel protest at MIT, but police eventually agreed to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jewish-student-needs-police-escort-to-enter-mit-anti-israel-encampment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">escort</a> him through the encampment.
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The unrest over the Israel-Hamas conflict is part of a push from Biden’s left flank to cut off U.S. support for Israel. Biden appears to have made overtures to leftists, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pentagon-estimates-gaza-aid-pier-will-cost-us-taxpayers-320m-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investing</a> hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars into building a pier to facilitate aid into Gaza and increasing pressure on Israel to provide assistance, as well.
The campus unrest has sparked a backlash from more moderate Democrats. Biden spoke from the White House last week condemning violence and illegality on university campuses. The president condemned “Islamophobia” alongside antisemitism during his remarks.
“There should be no place on any campus, no place in America for antisemitism or threats of violence against Jewish students. There is no place for hate speech or violence of any kind, whether it’s antisemitism, Islamophobia, or discrimination against Arab Americans or Palestinian Americans,” Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/05/02/remarks-by-president-biden-on-recent-events-on-college-campuses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
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<title>‘Unfortunate’: Japan Responds To Being Called ‘Xenophobic’ By Biden</title>
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<dc:creator>Daniel Chaitin</dc:creator>
<description>Japan&#8217;s government says it was &#8220;unfortunate&#8221; that President Joe Biden called Japan, a U.S. ally, &#8220;xenophobic&#8221; in remarks last week. During a campaign reception in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Biden lumped Japan in with U.S. adversaries Russia and China while arguing that immigration can help to create strong economies. &#8220;One of the reasons why our ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Japan’s government says it was “unfortunate” that President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> called Japan, a U.S. ally, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-labels-japan-xenophobic-for-not-following-his-lead-in-importing-hordes-of-third-worlders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“xenophobic”</a> in remarks last week.
During a campaign reception in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Biden lumped Japan in with U.S. adversaries Russia and China while arguing that immigration can help to create strong economies.
“One of the reasons why our economy is growing is because of you and many others. Why? Because we welcome immigrants. We look to — the reason — look, think about it,” Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/05/01/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-campaign-reception-7/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“Why is China stalling so badly economically? Why is Japan having trouble? Why is Russia? Why is India? Because they’re xenophobic. They don’t want immigrants,” he added.
“Immigrants is [sic] what makes us strong,” Biden continued. “Not a joke. That’s not hyperbole. Because we have an influx of workers who want to be here and just contribute.”
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/japanese-government-responds-biden-claim-japan-xenophobic-unfortunate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Saturday that the Japanese Embassy had given a response to Biden, alluding to a <a href="https://twitter.com/WarMachineRR/status/1786076693909619126" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defense</a> of the president given by White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in speaking to reporters.
“We are aware that the U.S. government has clarified that President Biden’s comment was made in the context of explaining that the U.S. is a nation of immigrants and that immigrants make the U.S. stronger, and that his comment was not made with the intent of undermining the importance and permanence of the Japan-U.S. relationship,” the embassy said.
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“It is unfortunate that some of the comments were not based on an accurate understanding of Japan’s policies, and we have raised this point to the U.S. government and explained Japan’s positions and policies once again,” Japanese officials added.
India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar also <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-japan-immigration-xenophobic-india-modi-biden-b7a488366c583454ed5f6b16f1c56d01" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rebuffed</a> Biden on Saturday, touting his country’s GDP growth while insisting that India is a welcoming place during an event organized by the Economic Times newspaper in New Delhi, according to the Associated Press.
“I haven’t seen such an open, pluralistic, and diverse society anywhere in the world. We are actually not just not xenophobic, we are the most open, most pluralistic and in many ways the most understanding society in the world,” Jaishankar said.
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<title>Trump Surrounds Himself With Potential VPs At Mar-A-Lago</title>
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<dc:creator>Daniel Chaitin</dc:creator>
<description>Former President Donald Trump surrounded himself with potential running mates and other allies on Saturday during the Republican National Committee (RNC) spring retreat at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Among those who joined Trump on stage in the Grand Ballroom for a lunch event were Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Tim Scott (R-SC), entrepreneur Vivek ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> surrounded himself with potential running mates and other allies on Saturday during the Republican National Committee (RNC) spring retreat at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
Among those who joined Trump on stage in the Grand Ballroom for a lunch event were Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Tim Scott (R-SC), entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, all former 2024 presidential rivals now considered to be in the running for vice president, according to a post to X from his campaign.
House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), and Reps. Byron Donalds (R-FL) and Wesley Hunt (R-TX), who have all been mentioned as part of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kellyanne-conway-offers-insight-into-trump-veepstakes-suggests-person-of-color" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Veepstakes</a> this election cycle, also attended.
Other Republicans who were present included House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Reps. Jim Banks (R-IN), who is running for Senate; Michael Waltz (R-FL); Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dave McCormick; and Ohio Senate candidate Bernie Moreno.
During the event, Trump recognized the RNC’s fundraising efforts and “enthusiasm” for his “Make America Great Again” movement, per his campaign. He spoke for around 90 minutes about the presidential race, election integrity, the economy, the border, and protests taking place on university campuses. He also touted Johnson’s work as a speaker and advocated for party unity.
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Trump recently suggested that he may select a running mate in the next couple of months before the Republican National Convention, which is scheduled to take place in Milwaukee in mid-July. “We’ll be making that decision I think closer to Wisconsin time,” Trump <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=GZhBIHr5v2U" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told FOX6 News Milwaukee</a> last week. He added, “It’s very early right now.”
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In the 2016 and 2020 elections, Trump ran with former Vice President Mike Pence, a former governor of Indiana. Pence led his own presidential campaign in the 2024 election cycle but <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mike-pence-suspends-2024-presidential-campaign" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dropped out</a> in late October before the start of the GOP primary contests.
Trump recently met with one of his other former 2024 Republican primary rivals, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Both indicated they had a productive conversation and made plans to defeat President Joe Biden in the November election.
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<title>Not Just The Phones: Ben Shapiro And Abigail Shrier Discuss Children’s Declining Mental Health</title>
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<dc:creator>Mairead Elordi</dc:creator>
<description>In a new &#8220;Sunday Special&#8221; interview, Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro spoke to author Abigail Shrier about the worsening mental health crisis among today&#8217;s youth. During their hour-long discussion, Shapiro asked Shrier about some of the themes in her latest book, “Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up,” released in February. Shrier posits ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In a new “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/resisting-indoctrination-abigail-shrier-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sunday Special</a>” interview, Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro spoke to author Abigail Shrier about the worsening mental health crisis among today’s youth.
During their hour-long discussion, Shapiro asked Shrier about some of the themes in her latest book, “Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up,” released in February.
Shrier posits that the youngest generation might be less resilient because they are encouraged to focus on their bad feelings under the guise of working them out. Therapy, she suggests, might not be helping as much as we think it is.
“Let’s talk about what’s ailing the kids,” Shapiro began, noting there has been a “systemic change in therapy” in recent years. He asked Shrier whether she believes smartphones and social media could be a significant issue for children as well.
Shrier responded that “a lot of harms” come from kids having phones, “but does it totally explain the mental health decline of young people? No, it clearly doesn’t.”
Shrier cited federal <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth/data.html#:~:text=1%20in%206%20U.S.%20children,%2C%20behavioral%2C%20or%20developmental%20disorder." target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> showing that children eight and under, who are not usually on social media, also have high rates of mental health or behavioral diagnoses.
“It isn’t just a question of the phones,” she said. “It’s also a question of the unhealthy life we’ve given kids which includes this constant therapy, this constant sense from schools, from parents, and yes from therapists that there’s something wrong with them, that they have trauma, and that they need a diagnosis and medication.”
“Shyness. We never hear a kid described as shy. They have social phobia or social anxiety,” Shrier added. “Every child who’s inattentive is told they have ADHD.”
Later in the discussion, Shapiro noted, “We’re telling kids that they ought to be coddled, because we’ve told adults that they ought to be coddled.”
“No one says to a child, ‘Shake it off. You’re fine,'” Shrier agreed. “No one is telling kids even at a small level that they can overcome minor injuries, so they don’t think they can.”
Shapiro also asked Shrier for her advice to parents currently considering where to send their children to school.
“Number one, parental authority. Kids need your authority,” Shrier said. “Make sure that we communicate our values to our kids. We’re doing a lousy job of that in the country, and we send them off to school where teachers can’t wait to pass on their values to your kids, so don’t let that happen.”
“Everyone’s obsessed with making kids. happy. We should be more focused on making them strong,” she said.
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<title>A Conversation With Coleman Hughes: Neo-Racism And Higher Education</title>
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<description>The following is an edited transcript of a recent interview between Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley and writer, podcast host, and author Coleman Hughes on a Sunday Extra edition of Morning Wire. They discuss Coleman’s new book “The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America” and how his push back on DEI is ...</description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The following is an edited transcript of a recent interview between Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley and writer, podcast host, and author Coleman Hughes on a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/arguments-for-a-colorblind-america-with-coleman-hughes-5-5-24" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sunday Extra edition of Morning Wire</a>. They discuss Coleman’s new book “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/End-Race-Politics-Arguments-Colorblind/dp/0593332458/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9._h60-qX0FVqYwEkR4727shgT8ZTliBnE-akfWHgvqRM-GrYX2xXpdDyMeBS7txWqiCrkMs40YZDOJq0H8XhQYnFpof7UfQ576iR67iozqBCKO6S_uwsf1Y_NUYhlYq0PvT1R_AJ3jFj2pKZLBtNVN_Db5KHpDQmXLpTySrfa63P672QGuKZz_0gqqqxK0WSQzJKHz8MFi_kNzmIB8C1sGgAzfFGU3mxOgyyV2l0BZCE.qFFTfmVuiIXitZcyJyxXMn-a3F612ji872fykwxuH14&qid=1714698506&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America</a>” and how his push back on DEI is making waves.
JOHN: Joining us now is Coleman Hughes, podcast host and author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/End-Race-Politics-Arguments-Colorblind/dp/0593332458/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9._h60-qX0FVqYwEkR4727shgT8ZTliBnE-akfWHgvqRM-GrYX2xXpdDyMeBS7txWqiCrkMs40YZDOJq0H8XhQYnFpof7UfQ576iR67iozqBCKO6S_uwsf1Y_NUYhlYq0PvT1R_AJ3jFj2pKZLBtNVN_Db5KHpDQmXLpTySrfa63P672QGuKZz_0gqqqxK0WSQzJKHz8MFi_kNzmIB8C1sGgAzfFGU3mxOgyyV2l0BZCE.qFFTfmVuiIXitZcyJyxXMn-a3F612ji872fykwxuH14&qid=1714698506&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America</a>.” Coleman, thanks for coming on.
COLEMAN: Thanks for having me.
JOHN: So I want to start with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sunny-hostin-gets-wrecked-after-accusing-independent-author-of-being-co-opted-by-republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an interview</a> you did with The View that went viral last month. One of the hosts, Sunny Hostin, branded you a “conservative” and suggested you’re being used as a pawn by the Right. What do you make of that encounter and the stir it caused – and how would you define your perspective ideologically?
COLEMAN: So, I’m a political independent, I’ve only voted twice. I’m 28-years-old, so that’s a function of my age. Both times I voted for Democrats – Hillary and Biden, though I’m not opposed to voting for Republicans. So those are my politics. What I make of that appearance was that Sunny Hostin, rather than address my arguments, she sought to paint me as somehow a compromised individual, either financially compromised or ethically compromised. And instead of attacking her on the same grounds, I just kind of calmly debunked her accusations and then moved back to the topic. I think the contrast between how she was arguing in such bad faith and how I just calmly responded, I think that contrast is what made the moment go semi-viral, because that’s just something you don’t see on daytime television. I think people were struck by that.
JOHN: Before we get to your book, I wanted to ask you about something else that’s been in the headlines: the anti-Israel protests we’re seeing at elite universities. You graduated from Columbia, which has been a hub for these protests. Do you see a correlation with the kinds of protests we’re seeing on campuses and the emphasis on Diversity Equity and Inclusion in academia? Is there a crossover between this Left-wing protest culture and DEI?
COLEMAN: So I think the thing people don’t understand about DEI and why people criticize DEI is that DEI is an ideology. DEI is the ideology, which says that you can divide the world into oppressors and oppressed. White people are the oppressors, Jews are the oppressors, and the oppressed are black people, brown people, Hispanics, and so forth. DEI departments and DEI bureaucracies are usually clusters of bureaucrats who basically buy into this philosophy. But it’s the philosophy itself that is the problem and that philosophy is very much synced up with the protests you’re seeing now on Ivy League campuses where Jews in general are seen as oppressors, as “colonizers,” really. That very much syncs up with the DEI bureaucracies that have generally viewed white people and Jews as oppressors who are not really subject to the same protections as students of “color.”
<h4><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/arguments-for-a-colorblind-america-with-coleman-hughes-5-5-24" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LISTEN: The Morning Wire interview with Coleman Hughes</a></h4>
JOHN: This gets us to the premise for your book, and many of the statements you’ve made publicly, which is that we need to strive for a colorblind society. First, how do you define color blindness within the context of modern society?
COLEMAN: For me, color blindness isn’t pretending not to notice race because, as adults at least, we all notice race. But, what colorblindness really should mean, at its deepest level, is that we try our very best to treat people without regard to race, both in our personal lives and in our public policy. So, I tell you I’m gonna do my best not to treat you differently because of your race. I’m going to ask that you do the same to me, and we’re both going to ask that our government does not treat us differently based upon our skin color. And whenever the government has a legitimate interest in trying to help disadvantaged people, we’d ask that they do that on the basis of class, income, wealth, socio-economic measures, rather than based on the color of my skin or my racial identity. If you’re for what I just said, you’re for colorblindness as I define it in my book.
JOHN: You contrast this colorblind ideal to the concept of what you call “neo-racism” and its emergence in contemporary discourse. How do you define neo-racism and how does it differ from traditional forms of racism? 
COLEMAN: So, the philosophy I just described as DEI is fairly close to the philosophy I call neo-racism in the book. It’s a philosophy that says Whiteness is inherently bad and anything but whiteness is inherently good, inherently morally superior. This is a philosophy that was pretty marginal in American life for many decades. You could find it in Critical Race Theory seminars for many decades, but you’d never encounter it if you were just a normal person navigating typical spaces. Until about 2013, when we all got smartphones with cameras, and everyone and their mother was on Facebook, that fundamentally changed how information spread. And that caused a scenario where people were now seeing unrepresentative, misleading clips of police firing on unarmed black Americans, preferentially promoted in their social media algorithms, which gave the false impression that racism was on the rise, when in fact, it’s been on the decline for many, many decades. When that happened, the ground became fertile in people’s minds for this philosophy of neo-racism, or DEI, to spread way beyond the narrow corners of the academy where it used to live. It then spread into your social media feeds, into your K-12 classrooms, where now you have kids essentially being taught that whiteness is a bad thing and taught to be ashamed of their race. You have black kids and Hispanic kids taught to exaggerate their victimhood and wear it as a kind of badge of pride. All of this has wreaked havoc on race relations. All of it is a backslide from what is the proper goal, namely the goal of the civil rights movement, which is to denounce racism in all its forms, whoever it’s directed at, and to emphasize our common humanity. The fact that beneath this skin, we are all more alike than we are different. The essential fact about you is not the race or the group that you belong to, it’s your personal qualities. It’s how you treat people. It’s your values and so forth. So, that’s how I describe it.
JOHN: You bring up the civil rights movement. There’s an ongoing attempt to co-opt Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In recent years. We’re being told that his message was far different than most people remember it — that he doesn’t want people judged by the color of their skin — but that he actually had a different vision, a much more DEI and sort of Marxism-aligned vision. Can you explain that debate and which side you stand on?
COLEMAN: Well, as for Marxism, it’s just a historical fact that he rejected Marxism. Anyone can read his essay called “<a href="https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/my-pilgrimage-nonviolence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">My Pilgrimage to Nonviolence</a>” where he explicitly talks about why he rejected Marxism. But on this larger question of what did Dr. King believe? Every year on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, there’s a series of articles in the Huffington Post and various liberal outlets, Left-leaning outlets, – and they’re all the same article, they all say the same thing. They say Dr. Martin Luther King was a radical and they imply that he would kind of agree with woke anti-racists like Ibram X. Kendi, Ta Nehisi Coates, the Black Lives Matter movement, and so forth. But they all do the same thing, which is they lie by doing a bait and switch. They say Martin Luther King was a radical, and then the only quotes and arguments they can pull from to prove that have nothing to do with race. They have to do with other topics, like, for instance, MLK was against the Vietnam War before that was a popular position. So he was considered an anti-war radical, he was a pacifist, which was very controversial at the time, in the mid-60s. And he was also for things like universal health care and a guaranteed minimum wage, what you would call today kind of Democratic Socialism of a Bernie Sanders variety. Again, that was very controversial then too. None of those ideas, however, have anything to do with the issues he is alleged to have been a radical on – namely, racial identity, the importance of race. He never wavered on that issue. He always felt that the important thing was common humanity, not to divide black from white, not to judge people based on the color of their skin, but rather on the content of their character and steadfastly against policies that discriminated in any direction on the basis of race. No one’s ever been able to show that he supported those things because he didn’t, and he was very clear about that. So you have many scholars on the Left saying that the Right are the people that have sanitized and co-opted Dr. King’s legacy. In fact, the opposite is closer to the truth. It’s the so-called “anti-racists” that have had to ignore half of what Dr. King said in order to make it seem like he would agree with what they’re doing today, which he wouldn’t.
JOHN: What do you see as the main drawbacks of anti-racism or neo-racism, particularly in its effects on social progress and its impact on black individuals?
COLEMAN: One of the negative effects it’s had on black people is to persuade us that current discrimination is the main cause of black standing relative to white Americans. It’s made a kind of toxic victimhood mentality the norm – where I really don’t think that that kind of a mindset, which blames white supremacy for everything, is useful. First of all, it’s not true. And so it’s a misdiagnosis of the problems that still do pervade, especially intergenerationally poor pockets of black America. The problem in those places is not white supremacy, but neo-racism has so convinced enough people that white supremacy is the problem, that all the efforts have been directed essentially at the sort of anti-racist, DEI programs that do nothing to address the root cause of the problem. The root cause of the problem with intergenerational poverty, both black, white, Hispanic, and so forth, is that we have to do a much better job helping people between the ages of 0 and 18, at the pre-K age, and at the K-12 level. Things like race-based affirmative action at the college level, corporate DEI programs, they don’t even touch the source of the issue. And yet those have been the focus because neo-racism has misdiagnosed the problem.
JOHN: What are some of the policies or approaches or even philosophies that would be helpful for addressing those ages 0 to 18?
COLEMAN: I think the most important study that I know of that points the direction of where we ought to go is by the economist Roland Fryer at Harvard. He did a study where he was able to essentially take over 11 or 12 of the lowest performing public schools in Houston. He fired half the teachers, fired almost all the principals, and extended the school day. He looked at how the best Charter Schools in New York City operated and he imported those protocols into the public schools. And he was able to raise test scores, all kinds of good results, which are extremely rare to see in public school research. I think that kind of thing is really the direction we have to be moving toward. Unfortunately, in any normal scenario, all of his interventions are impossible due to unions and so forth. I think that’s really the direction we have to go in.
JOHN: What role do elite American institutions play in perpetuating racism? You have a lot of experience in them, so do I. How can they be transformed into allies in the fight against these issues, this neo-racism?
COLEMAN: Well, unfortunately, elite institutions are the places where neo-racism has taken its firmest and deepest root. So, I’m talking about elite universities, Ivy League universities, corporations, museums, all these kinds of elite spaces – journalism and media, where it has become normal to essentially judge people based on the color of their skin. It has become unacceptable to question someone’s allegation of racism. And so it, it’s become very normal for there to be false examples of racism. It’s become difficult to speak or disagree about topics related to race for fear of one’s career, fear of getting fired, fear of getting canceled. And there has to be a critical mass of people in these institutions who say, “enough.”
JOHN: Are there alternatives now? Or do you see them in the works — these institutions or education models that are providing some hope in terms of really addressing the issues that will actually elevate people who are in poverty status?.
COLEMAN: So, at the K-12 level, you’ve seen certain charter schools that are extremely successful with precisely the kids that the system has generally given up on. Not to say all charter schools are successful, some are terrible, but the ones that are good are really good and they are better than public schools at dealing with kids that come from disadvantaged backgrounds, single parent homes, and so forth. Someone like Ian Rowe is a great resource on that issue, he runs charter schools in New York. At the college level, you have the University of Austin in Texas, which has tried to pioneer a different approach, a less ideological approach, or rather a classical liberal approach, really. An approach that values free speech and viewpoint diversity, which at this point, most of the elite colleges and universities have abandoned as an ideal – choosing instead social justice, anti-racism, anti-colonialism as their highest ideals. And, yeah, so I think those two educational models at the K through 12 level and at the college level point a direction forward. In terms of media, I write for the Free Press, which Barry Weiss started as an alternative media source, giving people really rigorous journalism, long-form journalism, investigative journalism, the stuff you can only do if you’re like a legitimate, resourced, journalism outlet – but without the woke bias, without the liberal slant that has been endemic in most journalistic institutions.
JOHN: Well, we’re certainly sympathetic to that view here – trying to provide an alternative to this liberal slant in the media is part of the reason we created this show. Coleman, thank you so much for joining us today.
COLEMAN: Thanks so much.
JOHN: That was Coleman Hughes, author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/End-Race-Politics-Arguments-Colorblind/dp/0593332458/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9._h60-qX0FVqYwEkR4727shgT8ZTliBnE-akfWHgvqRM-GrYX2xXpdDyMeBS7txWqiCrkMs40YZDOJq0H8XhQYnFpof7UfQ576iR67iozqBCKO6S_uwsf1Y_NUYhlYq0PvT1R_AJ3jFj2pKZLBtNVN_Db5KHpDQmXLpTySrfa63P672QGuKZz_0gqqqxK0WSQzJKHz8MFi_kNzmIB8C1sGgAzfFGU3mxOgyyV2l0BZCE.qFFTfmVuiIXitZcyJyxXMn-a3F612ji872fykwxuH14&qid=1714698506&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America</a>” – and this has been a Sunday // Extra edition of Morning Wire.
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