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George Soros Paying Student Agitators to Whip Up Anti-Israel Protests

26th April 2024

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My, what a surprise. Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.

George Soros and his far-left movement is paying student agitators to co-opt and amplify anti-Israel protests at colleges across the country, the NY Post reports.

The protests, which began at Columbia University, have expanded nationwide – with copycat tent cities erected at colleges including Harvard, Yale, Berkeley in California, the Ohio State University and Emory in Georgia, with organized branches of the Soros-funded Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) having organized them.

 

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President of Columbia University, Noted Scholar

26th April 2024

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Rep. Schiff Reportedly Robbed in San Francisco, Forced to Attend Ritzy Campaign Dinner With No Suit to Wear

26th April 2024

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Couldn’t happen to a more appropriate guy.

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Germany’s Radical Law Allows Parents to Trans Their Infants From Birth

26th April 2024

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When it comes to gender politics, many in opposition acknowledge that adults have the ability to choose for themselves whether they pursue hormone therapy or body-mutilating operations, because adults can better weigh the risks of their decisions.

Children, on the other hand, are quite different from adults. Opponents of gender ideology are steadfast in the fight to keep these ideological procedures away from children because they understand how vulnerable children are to the manipulative nature of so-called gender-affirming care. Far too many kids have already become victims of medical experiments as it is.

This is what makes a law recently passed in Germany even more infuriating.

Think of it as evolution in action. Tim Poole (hunt for him on YouTube) made the point in a recent podcast that pro-trans activists are essentially engaging in genocide, since the trans-conversion process takes normal people and changes them medically so that they can no longer reproduce.

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Scientists Say They’ve Discovered Ancestral Home of All Human Beings

26th April 2024

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A pretty big claim.

The team shared their findings after studying DNA, but other researchers have cast doubts.

Oh, yes, we have doubts.

Professor Vanessa Hayes, a geneticist at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, and her team analysed 1,217 samples of mitochondrial DNA, which is passed down from mother to child.

The DNA came from people living in southern Africa, with Hayes noting that ‘we have known for a long time that modern humans originated in Africa and roughly 200,000 years ago’.

‘Known’? No. We’ve supposed that modern humans originated in Africa, and the evidence we have certainly points that way, but only ‘journalists’ assert that we ‘know’ something like that.

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Colleges Turn to Police to Quell Anti-Israel Protests

25th April 2024

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With graduations looming, student protesters doubled down early Thursday on their discontent of the Israel-Hamas war on campuses across the country as universities, including ones in California and Texas, have become quick to call in the police to end the unrest.

Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.

Colleges have been spineless surrender-monkeys toward left wing riot-protesters since the late 1960s. As a result, ‘activists’ have continued to push the envelope on what they can get away with, resulting in the BLM/AntiFa insurrections we all saw in recent years. Has the limit been reached? Is the envelope going to start pushing back? Could be….

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The Starter Husband

25th April 2024

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  1. Marry a rich guy.
  2. Divorce him and take half of his stuff.
  3. Rinse and repeat.

Shout out to Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, the poster children for the Get A Prenup movement.

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How Biden’s Paroles of Migrants Could Prompt Illegal Voter Registration

25th April 2024

The Foundry.

The Biden administration’s expanded mass parole program for illegal immigrants could threaten lawful voter registration, election law and border experts contend.

Under President Joe Biden’s parole system—which targets illegal aliens from Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras—up to 30,000 migrants per month who wouldn’t normally qualify for a visa may use a U.S. government app on their cellphones to gain parole and either cross the border or fly into the United States.

“That means they are eligible to work and eligible to get a Social Security number. It just massively increases the number of Social Security numbers for people who are not here legally,” Cleta Mitchell, chairwoman of the Election Integrity Network, told The Daily Signal.

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Watch: Migrants Gone Wild on Streets of Midtown Manhattan

24th April 2024

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A pack of illegal aliens viciously fought each other with sticks, belts, and whatever they could get their hands on outside a migrant hotel in Midtown Manhattan.

Footage of the fight was uploaded on X on Sunday. The scenes show parts of Manhattan transformed into what appears to be third-world-esque as law and order lapses under a city controlled by rogue Democrats.

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Outmatched or Outsourced? Why Parents’ Values Fail to Transmit to Their Children

24th April 2024

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recent study seem to indicate that they are, especially for their daughters. But there’s a better explanation, one articulated millennia ago by God’s Word.

According to a 2023 poll by the Survey Center on American Life, 62% of U.S. adults raised by Democratic parents were Democrat, while 57% of U.S. adults raised by Republican parents were Republican. The overall partisan gap is substantial, but not huge; however, it grows much larger among women aged 18 to 29.

Among the youngest group of U.S. adults, 69% of men and 73% of women raised by Democrats are Democrats, while 67% of men and only 44% of women raised by Republicans are Republicans.

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Columbia Law Students Tell Jewish Classmates Police Presence on Campus Makes Them Feel Unsafe

24th April 2024

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school to bring police to campus to ensure their safety because the presence of law enforcement “makes students of color feel unsafe,” screenshots obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show.

In one message, second-year law student Aya Hashem admonished her Jewish counterparts for advocating for police presence on campus, saying it “makes students of color feel unsafe and feel as though we’ve learned nothing since George Floyd.”

“No single group’s safety is more important than another’s lol,” Hashem wrote in a message on Monday to a GroupMe chat group that includes all members of Columbia Law School’s class of 2025.

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Everyone Believes It

24th April 2024

ZMan is not happy.

The mostly online wars over what has come to be called “woke culture” obscures a reality that lies behind the fads and programs. That reality is an ideology that evolved in the last century and now defines the ruling class of America in a way that the people in the ruling class do not understand. It is just an assumed part of the culture they were selected into and conditioned to accept. They believe what they believe because everyone they know believes it.

 

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These Are the Worst States to Be a Gun Owner in 2024

24th April 2024

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The Usual Suspects are well represented.

Hawaii is the #1 worst state for gun owners due to strict purchasing and carry laws, as well as defying the Supreme Court on the individual’s right to carry.

California is the #2 worst state for gun owners due to its permit-to-purchase and reciprocity laws.

New York, Illinois, and New Jersey take the #3, #4, and #5 spot in our list of worst states for gun ownership due to strict purchasing and carrying requirements.

 

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Cannabis Use Greatest Among Lower-Income and Less Educated

24th April 2024

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This is news?

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Biden’s America: 40% of Renters Think They’ll Never Own a Home, Up From 27% Last Year

24th April 2024

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Which Major City Will Completely Collapse First – Los Angeles, Chicago, Or New York City?

23rd April 2024

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In 2024, virtually all major U.S. cities have certain things in common. First of all, if you visit the downtown area of one of our major cities you are likely to see garbage, human excrement and graffiti all over the place. As you will see below, some of our core urban areas literally look like they belong in a third world country. Most of our politicians don’t seem too concerned about doing anything to clean up all the filth, and so it shouldn’t be a surprise that rat populations are absolutely exploding all over the country. In some of our largest cities, the total rat population is numbered in the millions. Meanwhile, rampant theft, out of control violence, endless migration, predatory gangs and the worst drug crisis in the entire history of our nation have combined to create a “perfect storm” of social decay that is unlike anything that any of us have ever seen before. Millions of law-abiding citizens and countless businesses have been fleeing America’s largest cities, and property values in our core urban areas have been absolutely crashing. We really are in the early stages of a full-blown societal “collapse”, and things just keep getting worse with each passing day.

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The War On Cars

23rd April 2024

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In a fit of self-loathing, the European Union has begun to destroy the economic engine that pays its bills. Some of this is well known, but some is not, and it will astonish you.

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BlackRock Triples Larry Fink’s Home Security as Anti-Woke Backlash Accelerates

23rd April 2024

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BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink’s efforts to push ‘wokesim’ or environmental, social, and governance policies across corporate America have been in reverse in recent years amid the backlash from Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill and 19 state attorneys general in conservative states, including Arizona and Texas, who have been fed up with ESG-related policies hurting the economy.

Supposedly, the backlash by anti-woke activists has forced BlackRock to triple Fink’s home security spending. Financial Times says the CEO has become “a target for anti-woke activists and conspiracy theorists.”

According to FT’s numbers, the $10.5 trillion money manager spent $563,513 to “upgrade the home security systems” at Fink’s residences during 2023, on top of $216,837 for bodyguards.

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“Our Cities Turn Into War Zones Every Night”

23rd April 2024

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From coast to coast, radical prosecutors and progressive politicians have been pushing illogical criminal justice policies that not only have backfired but transformed many once-safe Democrat-controlled cities into crime-ridden hellholes.

Go down the list of cities. Whether it’s New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, DC, Chicago, or San Francisco, and the list goes on and on – these metros are plagued with violent crime, out-of-control youth, carjackings, murders, drug crises, the homelessness crisis, theft waves, and unvetted migrants.

 

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Planned Parenthood Abortions Among ‘Top Four Leading Causes of Death’ in America

23rd April 2024

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Abortions conducted by Planned Parenthood are a leading cause of death in the United States, with the organization recommending the procedure to pregnant clients 97 percent of the time, according to Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America group.

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Many in Gen Z Ditch Colleges for Trade Schools. Meet the ‘Toolbelt Generation’

22nd April 2024

NPR.

Sy Kirby dreaded the thought of going to college after graduating from high school. He says a four-year degree just wasn’t in the cards for him or his bank account.

“I was facing a lot of pressure for a guy that knew for a fact that he wasn’t going to college,” Kirby says. “I knew I wasn’t going to sit in a classroom, especially since I knew I wasn’t going to pay for it.”

Instead, at the age of 19, Kirby took a job at a local water department in southern Arkansas. He said the position helped him to develop the skills that helped him start his own construction company.

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Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Pulls the Plug on Columbia Donations, Citing ‘Virulent Hate’ on Campus

22nd April 2024

Washington Free Beacon.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft on Monday said he will no longer donate to his alma mater Columbia University due to the “virulent hate” on campus against Jewish people amid widespread anti-Israel protests.

“The school I love so much—the one that welcomed me and provided me with so much opportunity—is no longer an institution I recognize,” the NFL team’s billionaire owner said in a Monday statement, noting he is “deeply saddened at the virulent hate that continues to grow on campus and throughout our country.”

“I am no longer confident that Columbia can protect its students and staff and I am not comfortable supporting the university until corrective action is taken,” Kraft added.

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Columbia Bars Jewish Professor From Campus

22nd April 2024

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While pro-Hamas demonstrations continued on campus, Columbia University on Monday barred a Jewish professor who had demanded New York City Mayor Eric Adams “do something” to quell the antisemitism that has erupted at the school.

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Inside the Gen Z Sex War

22nd April 2024

UnHerd.

Women to the Left, men to the Right. And heaven forbid there is any crossover. These days, young people are floundering in their sex-based political silos wanting different things: girls are still seeking equality and boys miss being the good guys. This isn’t a battle of the sexes — we’re too far apart to fight.

To find the roots of this catastrophic division, let’s take a look at what it’s like to be a young woman looking for men on a dating app. Dive in and you will there find that the feminisation of the public cultural sphere — a response to the cult of toxic masculinity — has divided many men in to defiant and defensive conservatives (bad) and a privileged club of sympathetic male faux-feminists (also bad). Apps have given women the power to shun those who hold the wrong views: “Never kissed a Tory” is a mainstay of girls’ Hinge profiles; “conservative” rarely is.

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The New Jihadists Are Our Kids

22nd April 2024

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Coeur d’Alene, an Idaho city with a population of over 50,000, had too many churches. Alexander Scott Mercurio, a new teen convert to Islam, had a plan to “fix that real soon.”

Ramadan was almost over and Mercurio was unhappy because he believed that he was a bad Muslim who hadn’t even assaulted, let alone killed any Christians, and would go to hell.

“I am a hypocrite who has not even spat in the face of a kafir (non-Muslim),” he complained in online chats. “Let alone spilled their blood and induced terror into their hearts and minds.”

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At Yale, Anti-Israel Protesters Injure Jewish Student and Tear Down American Flag From War Memorial As Administrators Stand By

22nd April 2024

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Mammas, don’t let your children grow up to be Yalies.

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NYC High School Soccer Game Canceled After Group of About 30 Migrants Refuse to Leave The Field — Even After Cops Showed Up

22nd April 2024

New York Post.

Thank you, Joe Biden.

These days, why would they be bothered by the cops showing up? Said cops were probably instructed to make sure that no vulgar ordinary citizens disturbed the privileged ‘migrants’.

UPDATE: NYC High School Soccer Game Cancelled After Migrants Refuse To Leave The Field

 

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How Chinese Firms Are Using Mexico as a Backdoor to the US

22nd April 2024

BBC.

The reclining armchairs and plush leather sofas coming off the production line at Man Wah Furniture’s factory in Monterrey are 100% “Made in Mexico”.

They’re destined for large retailers in the US, like Costco and Walmart. But the company is from China, its Mexican manufacturing plant built with Chinese capital.

The triangular relationship between the US, China and Mexico is behind the buzzword in Mexican business: nearshoring.

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Man Grabbed by U.K. Police for Being Too Jewish

21st April 2024

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Insulted as “scum” and “Nazi” by pro-Palestinian protesters at a rally in London, a Jewish activist — who wasn’t part of the demonstration – is accusing police of treating him like a criminal, and calling for the city’s top cop to be fired.

UPDATE: “You Are Quite Openly Jewish”: London Police Under Fire For Confrontation With Man Near Anti-Israeli March

 

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Your Fast Food Is Already Automated

21st April 2024

The Atlantic.

Moments after receiving my lunch order, the robots whirred to life. A clawlike contraption lurched forward, like a bird pecking at feed, to snatch dishes holding a faux-chicken cutlet and potatoes, then inserted them onto a metal track that snakes through a 650-degree-Fahrenheit oven. Seven minutes, some automatic food dispensers, and two conveyor belts later (with a healthy assist from human hands), my meal was sitting on a shelf of mint-green cubbies. It was a vegan fried-chicken sandwich, a cucumber salad, crispy potatoes, and a smattering of other sides.

This is Kernel, a fast-casual venture that opened its first store, in Manhattan, this February. Its founder, Steve Ells, kicked off the lunch-bowl boom when he started Chipotle in 1993. Now, he told me during my visit, he is betting that machines will trigger a “reinvention of how a fast-food or fast-casual restaurant can run.” Robots, he prophesied, will bring faster and more accurate service at lower overhead costs. Plenty of chains have tested out semi-automated cooking, with mixed success—including deep-frying robots at Jack in the Box and robotic bowl assembly at Sweetgreen and Chipotle. But Kernel has been built from the ground up for robots. Just three employees are needed in the restaurant at any time, compared with the dozen required for a typical fast-casual restaurant. Soon many more people may be eating robot-prepared vegan chicken: Ells has raised $36 million and hopes to expand quickly, starting with several more locations throughout New York City this year.

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UK Physiotherapist Leaders Announce Goal to “Eradicate” Critics of Gender Ideology From the Profession

21st April 2024

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Apparently they don’t love Big Brother.

(One of the benefits of government-provided health care is that it’s easier to do this kind of thing.)

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Millions of New Yorkers May Be Planning to Leave

21st April 2024

Newsweek.

About 7 million New Yorkers plan to leave the state, a new survey revealed this month.

In a new Marist poll, 37 percent of New Yorkers—roughly 7 million people—said they plan to move away. The number was slightly more concentrated among Republicans, as 46 percent said they plan to leave the state compared to just 29 percent of Democrats.

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2 Dead, 8 Injured in Mass Shooting at Orange Mound Block Party

21st April 2024

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Memphis Police are responding to reports of multiple people shot in Orange Mound.

Viewer videos from the scene showed dozens of gunshots fired as a crowd gathered at the Orange Mound Community Center. People could be seen running for cover.

Sailr’s Law of Mass Shootings instructs us that if the number of wounded is greater then the number of fatalities, then the shooter(s) were probably non-white.

Coulter’s Law of Media instructs us that the longer the new media take to mention the race of the suspects, the greater the probability that the perps were non-white.

Follow along with the home game….

UPDATE: 2 Killed and 6 Injured in Shooting at Memphis Park Party, Police Say

 

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“Equity Grading”: Forced Regression Towards the Mean

20th April 2024

The New Neo.

We can’t have students feeling bad about their grades – unless they’re smart and high-achieving students. Then it’s okay.

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President Milkshake

20th April 2024

The American Mind.

After the first day of his show trial, Donald Trump cheered himself up by taking a trip uptown to a Harlem bodega. The Sanaa Convenient Store, on Broadway at 139th Street, was the site of a notorious robbery in 2022, during which the 61-year old clerk—while being beaten up by an angry patron—stabbed and killed his assailant. Jose Alba, the clerk, was hailed as a hero by most New Yorkers, except the one who decided to arrest and charge him with murder: District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the same man currently prosecuting Trump for allegedly falsifying business records.

Though Bragg—ever amenable to pressure—dropped the charges against Alba, the case resonated as an example of the anarcho-tyranny that governs many large American cities . Crime in Manhattan, according to Bragg and his champions, is “down,” but the lived experience of the average subway rider or shopper or pedestrian says otherwise. There may be fewer arrests, but public safety remains dicey.

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West Virginia Girls ‘Step-Out’ of Track & Field Meet to Protest Transgender Competitor

20th April 2024

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On Tuesday, a United States Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a West Virginia law that bars biological boys from competing on girls’ sports teams cannot be enforced with regard to a 13-year-old who competes on the girls’ track and field team at the athlete’s middle school.

“The defendants cannot expect that [this athlete] will countermand her social transition, her medical treatment, and all the work she has done with her schools, teachers, and coaches for nearly half her life by introducing herself to teammates, coaches, and even opponents as a boy,” Judge Toby Heytens wrote in his decision, according to the Associated Press.

It’s important to note that this ruling does not impact the West Virginia law – it only applies to the individual in this particular case, since the individual began transitioning in third grade, prior to hitting puberty. However, the ruling does potentially pave the way for other, similar cases.

UPDATE: W. Va. Girls Refuse to Compete Against Trans Athlete

 

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Watch: Migrants Complain That New Yorkers Don’t Learn African Languages

20th April 2024

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A hearing held earlier this week in New York by the Council’s immigration and hospital committees saw black migrants who have arrived in the city airing their grievances about public services they have been provided, including food and accommodation, with one woman even complaining that New Yorkers won’t learn Congolese languages.

What possible reason would anybody have to do so? Just so you could deal with illegal immigrants?

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Marist Poll: New Yorkers Fed Up, Want Out

20th April 2024

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A new Marist poll shows New Yorkers have a bleak view of their state, with residents saying the economy is going down the tubes, the cost of living is unaffordable, and nearly four in 10 say they plan to move out in the next five years.

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Sick of Your Blue State? These Real Estate Agents Have Just the Place for You.

19th April 2024

New York Times.

Agents in South Carolina, the fastest growing state in the country last year, say that many newcomers are Republicans eager to leave the Northeast and West Coast.

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Thought for the Day

19th April 2024

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Foreigners Committed 77% of Solved Rape Cases in Paris in 2023

19th April 2024

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With the much anticipated Summer Olympic Games fast approaching, and with Macron’s deeply unpopular government scrambling both to ensure the security of international guests and conceal Paris’s visible degeneration, new crime figures show the capital city in a less-than-favorable light and call into question authorities’ ability to keep women safe.

The figures, recorded by Paris Police Headquarters, revealed that 77% of rape cases in the capital solved in 2023 had been committed by perpetrators who do not hold French passports, with the majority of sexual crimes transpiring in and around tourist areas like Champs de Mars—soon to be packed with visitors to the games.

French broadcaster Europe 1, which saw the Paris Police Headquarters report, revealed 97 rapes were recorded across the capital in 2023, a figure up by 2% compared to those from 2022. Before this past year, the number had stayed relatively stable since 2018. Of the total recorded cases, 30 were solved with 36 perpetrators being arrested.

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Illegal UK Immigrant Who Protested With Sign Saying “Migrants Are Not Criminals” Pleads Guilty to Rape of 15-Year-Old Girl

19th April 2024

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It would appear that at least some of them are.

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Inflation Pushing Next Generation Farmers Out of the Business: ‘Can’t Believe What Things Cost’

19th April 2024

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The ‘family farm’ is a doomed as the ‘family manufacturing company’ was when I was a child.

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‘Import a New Electorate’: Congress Alarmed by Flyers in Mexico Urging Illegal Aliens to Vote Biden

18th April 2024

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foreign meddling in U.S. elections, congressional Republicans say.

Amid the ongoing crisis of illegal immigration at the southern border, the lawmakers decried flyers posted at the migrant services center near Brownsville, Texas, that tell illegal aliens: “Reminder to vote for President Biden when you are in the United States.”

“Joe Biden has sacrificed our nation’s safety and security in his pursuit to get as many people here as possible. Why? Because he believes these are future Democrat voters,” Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., told The Daily Signal.

 

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Sen. Romney Willing to Vote With Dems on Mayorkas

18th April 2024

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Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said he is willing to vote with Democrats to dismiss impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

I don’t even have to say anything, do I?

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Rasmussen Poll: 28% Would Commit Voter Fraud

18th April 2024

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A new national telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports and The Heartland Institute revealed that 28% of likely voters would be willing to engage in illegal voting activity if it would help their preferred candidate win the 2024 presidential election.

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Blue City Mayor Defunds Police Force by More Than $8 Million to Aid Migrants

17th April 2024

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A Democrat-controlled city announced $45 million in funding for programs to help deal with the skyrocketing number of migrant arrivals it is facing, resulting in over $8 million in budget cuts for the police department.

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced last week a package of $45.9 million to fully fund programs for “newcomers” for 2024 and avoid worst-case scenarios projected by the city. That’s in addition to $44 million in spending already secured for the program through previous budget moves.

Spending on migrants in the city skyrocketed last year from $2 million a month in August to $15 million in December. In January, migrant numbers peaked at around 5,000 in shelters but have since dropped to around 1,000, according to official figures.

 

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‘Free Palestine’ Bridge Blockers Get Free Bail—And the Democratic Party’s Fundraising Platform Gets a Cut

16th April 2024

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Police across the United States arrested dozens of “Free Palestine” protesters Monday as part of a “multi-city economic blockade” targeting major airports, highways, and bridges. Those defendants are set to receive free bail money and legal assistance thanks to an online fundraiser hosted by ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s primary fundraising platform that earns a cut off of each contribution.

The “bail and legal defense fund,” organized by A15 Action and Community Justice Exchange, remains live on ActBlue’s website roughly 24 hours after the protests caused chaos in cities such as San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York City. The fundraising platform—which is used by President Joe Biden and every major Democratic congressional campaign—earns a 3.95 percent transaction fee each time a donor contributes to the fund, according to its policies.

ActBlue’s website states that its fundraising platform is exclusively available to groups whose “work is not at odds with values including, but not limited to, social equality; women’s rights; LGBTQIA2S+ rights; racial justice; diversity; freedom of speech; disability rights; and respect for scientific inquiry, discovery, and data.”

The link between ActBlue raising funds for activists that deliberately “coordinate[d] to disrupt and blockade economic logistical hubs and the flow of capital” in solidarity with “Palestine” highlights the blurred boundary between the Democratic Party’s anti-Israel faction and its mainstream establishment.

ActBlue did not respond to a request for comment.

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The Biden Administration’s Top Criminal Prosecutor Helped Lead a Group That Defended Cop Killers

16th April 2024

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The Biden administration’s top criminal prosecutor served on the board of directors of a “social justice law firm” that during her tenure called to defund police departments and free cop killers from prison, records show.

Nicole M. Argentieri, the acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s criminal division, served on the board of the Legal Aid Society of New York from January 2019 to May 2022, according to the nonprofit’s tax filings. During her tenure on the board, the Legal Aid Society of New York endorsed “the movement to #DefundNYPD” and promoted a “March to Defund the NYPD” rally.

The Legal Aid Society also represented some of New York City’s most notorious cop killers when Argentieri served on the board. In 2019 and 2020, lawyers for the nonprofit represented Black Liberation Army members Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim in their parole cases. The pair were convicted of assassinating two New York City police officers in May 1971 and murdered a San Francisco police officer inside a patrol station in August 1971. They were granted parole over the objections of their victims’ families and then-New York City mayor Bill de Blasio.

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California School System Sued Over Falsified History About Israel-Hamas War

16th April 2024

The Foundry.

A California public school district that attempted to hide pro-Hamas course material from parents now faces legal action.

The Deborah Project, which describes itself as “a public interest law firm that defends the civil rights of Jews in education,” filed suit April 8 against the Berkeley Unified School District, accusing it of “intentionally trying to prevent parents from knowing what their kids are learning.”

The lawsuit, filed in Alameda County Superior Court, also accuses the school system of “teaching kids mendacious and malicious lies about [Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel] that are grossly inaccurate and, on the basis of this false information, fomenting hatred against the Jewish State.”

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