Race hustlers have a new cause to rant about: Karmelo Anthony's verdict by an "all-white jury"

FRISCO, TX — America’s professional outrage industry went into full DEFCON 1 Tuesday after a Texas jury took approximately the length of a Chick-fil-A drive-thru order to convict Karmelo Anthony of murder, prompting activists to declare the verdict proof that the nation remains irredeemably racist.

Anthony was convicted for fatally stabbing high school athlete Austin Metcalf at a 2025 track meet after what witnesses described as a brief dispute that could have ended with literally anyone just walking away. Instead, Anthony reportedly chose the “escalate directly to homicide” option.

Video footage showed Anthony refusing repeated requests to leave the opposing team’s tent before pulling out a knife and turning a teenage argument into an episode of “Law & Order: Critical Race Unit.”

Naturally, race hustler activists immediately clarified that the real victim here was the guy holding the knife.

Dallas activist and Next Generation Action Network founder Dominique Alexander condemned the verdict as “flawed” and “unjust,” warning that “Black America should be very upset about what went on today.”

According to Alexander, the conviction proves that “black lives do not matter in the criminal justice system,” apparently because juries are now expecting people not to stab other people to death at school sporting events.

Alexander also insisted he was not “playing the race card,” moments before unfolding the race card, laminating it, and slamming it onto the table hard enough to crack the wood.

Meanwhile, self-proclaimed “Prince of Pan-Africanism” Dr. Umar Johnson compared the case to the Dred Scott decision because apparently every criminal conviction involving a black defendant is now legally equivalent to antebellum slavery.

Johnson declared on Instagram that Anthony had been “lynched by an all-white jury,” despite the inconvenient detail that the case involved a public trial, defense attorneys, evidence, witnesses, and significantly fewer ropes than most lynchings historically featured.

Celebrity race hustler attorney Ben Crump also weighed in, saying the case raises “hard questions about fairness, justice, and whose actions earn the benefit of understanding.”

Many observers agreed the question was indeed difficult, particularly the part where one teenager stabbed another teenager in the chest and then activists spent months explaining why society should be more understanding about it.

CNN contributor Areva Martin argued the verdict “raises questions” and predicted appeals related to the exclusion of black jurors.

“Faith in our courts requires more than a conviction or an acquittal,” Martin said. “It requires confidence that every defendant was afforded a fair trial.”

Critics noted that the defendant did, in fact, receive a fair trial, complete with attorneys, evidence review, witness testimony, and the radical legal principle that murder is generally frowned upon.

Martin also defended Anthony’s actions by suggesting he feared for his life, despite testimony that Metcalf explicitly said he did not want to fight him.

Legal scholars confirmed this marks the first known case where hearing “I don’t want to fight” was interpreted as an imminent threat requiring immediate stabbing.

Not every black commentator joined the outrage parade, however. Judge Glenda Hatchett said she saw no “basis for self-defense” and questioned why Anthony simply didn’t leave the tent when asked.

“He was not supposed to be in the tent,” Hatchett said. “He was asked to leave the tent. Why not just leave the tent?”

Civil rights leaders across the country immediately condemned Hatchett for recklessly introducing personal responsibility into the conversation.

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Erdogan Says Israel’s ‘Aggression’ Threatens Turkey, Entire Mediterranean Region, And Also His Own Long List Of Grievances

ANKARA—Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Wednesday that Israel’s continued existence poses an existential threat to Turkey, the Mediterranean, world peace, small puppies, and probably his approval ratings.

Erdogan also said there were initiatives, led by Israel, to destabilize the Mediterranean region and warned that "nobody should chase adventures" or join Israel's "boat of mischief." He was not referring to Greta Thunberg and her scumcrumpet voyagers.

The NATO member, which has spent years perfecting the art of being furious at Jews while cozying up to every Islamist troublemaker in the region, blasted Israel as the biggest obstacle to peace. Turkey has helpfully halted all trade with Israel and demanded the international community do something, preferably involving strongly worded letters and zero self-reflection.

"The attacks by (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu and his network of murder on Lebanon and Syria have brought the issue to a point where it also threatens Turkey," Erdogan told lawmakers from his ruling AK Party in parliament, and added that Ankara's security was tied to that of these two countries.

Erdogan also said Israel was leading a "sneaky effort" to destabilize African countries and the Mediterranean by igniting "the fire of discord" on the ethnically split island of Cyprus. "These small entities, whose ambitions far exceed their size, have boarded Israel's boat of mischief, taken on the role of Zionist subcontractors, and are pursuing some pipe dreams in the Eastern Mediterranean," he said, without elaborating, thinking his audience were idiots.

Turkey blames Israeli provocations for starting US-Iran war and for rainy days and Mondays.

"Nobody should chase adventures... I want everyone to know that if the rights of Turkey and Turkish Cypriots are violated in the Eastern Mediterranean, our response will be very clear and very strong."

Turkey, Iran's neighbor, has blamed Israel's "provocations" for starting the US-Iran war, because apparently nothing bad ever happens in the Middle East unless the Jews make it happen. Erdogan [who obviously read Surah Al-Ma'idah in the Qur'an] on Wednesday urged world powers to take a clearer stance against Israel, saying it was emboldened by the "silence of the international community."

"Pulling Israel back to within the bounds of the rule of law has become a shared duty not just for certain countries, but for all of humanity," he said.

Netanyahu hits back at 'anti-Semitic' Erdogan, 'oppressor,' genocide against Kurds. 

In an X/Twitter post, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit back at Erdogan, saying, "The anti-Semitic dictator Erdoğan, who is committing genocide against the Kurds, backing the Hamas terrorist organization, oppressing his own people, and imprisoning his political rivals, is the last person who should be lecturing the State of Israel."

"The State of Israel and the IDF, the most moral military in the world, will continue to act decisively against Iran and its proxies, which threaten the Middle East and the entire world," Bibi added.

At press time, Erdogan was reportedly preparing a strongly worded speech about how only Turkey is allowed to have ambitions in the Mediterranean, because reasons.

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Belfast goes thermal after Sudanese migrant arrested in brutal knife attack

In the latest grim chapter of a story that much of Europe has grown wearily familiar with, a Sudanese asylum seeker stands accused of attempting to murder a Belfast man by stabbing him and blinding him in one eye. The attack, captured in horrific graphic footage that spread like wildfire across the internet, has ignited not merely outrage but actual violence on the streets of Northern Ireland, violence that reveals the brittle fault lines beneath the surface of a society long lectured about the blessings of diversity.

Hadi Alodid, 30, charged with attempted murder and possessing a knife after Monday night attack.

First responders rushed to a Belfast neighborhood after violence erupted following a stabbing that seriously injured a local man.

Alodid appeared via video link in Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, where he was remanded in custody. Prosecutors allege he blinded Stephen Ogilvie in his left eye during the assault. He faces charges of attempted murder, threatening to kill a radiographer, and possessing a knife. 

Speaking through an Arabic interpreter, Alodid declined legal representation and entered no plea.

The assault took place shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Monday in north Belfast. Police describe Ogilvie, a man in his forties, as suffering serious injuries to his face, neck, back, and eyes. A kitchen knife was recovered from the scene. Bystanders, including one wielding a hurling stick, intervened with what PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson rightly called “heroic” action. Their courage, it seems, was all that stood between the victim and a worse fate.

Yet the aftermath has been uglier still. 

Burned-out cars and boarded-up houses now scar McMaster Street in east Belfast. Masked men, acting in the shadows, set fire to homes they believed housed immigrants. They torched bins, attacked a bus, and hurled objects at police. Firefighters had to rescue people from blazing buildings. This is not the ordered protest of concerned citizens; it is the chaos that follows when trust in the authorities has collapsed and communities feel abandoned to their fate.

Authorities initially identified Alodid as Somali before correcting his nationality to Sudanese. He entered Northern Ireland from the Republic in 2023, claimed asylum, and was granted a five-year permit to remain, another reminder of how porous borders and generous asylum policies have reshaped these islands. Henderson insisted there was “no information to suggest that this was a terrorist-related incident.” You got to wonder what definition of terrorism is being employed when knives, blindings, and street disorder become routine features of urban life.

Anselme Shima, a resident originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, captured the fear now stalking ordinary people: “I’ve lived on my street for almost 10 years, I have a good relationship with my neighbors, but last night was a horrific one. We don’t know what to do. I’m scared. Seeing this, I’m wondering if I’m next.”

First Minister Michelle O’Neill of Sinn Féin described the unrest as “thuggery.” “Groups of masked men burning families out of their homes is nothing less than disgusting cowardice,” she said. 

Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly of the Democratic Unionist Party added: “taking frustration at the evil actions of a person out on those who had no part in it is utterly wrong.” Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the original stabbing “sickening” and condemned the subsequent violence: “The scenes in Belfast last night were shocking and completely unacceptable. 

There is no justification for the violence and disorder that we saw threatening our communities, nor for those who encouraged it, online or elsewhere. It is clear that people were targeted last night because of their background and I will not tolerate it.”

These are fine words, as such statements always are. Yet they arrive after years of policy that has treated mass immigration, chain migration, and lax asylum procedures as moral imperatives rather than experiments with profound and often irreversible consequences. The open border between Northern Ireland and the Republic, central to the fragile peace process that ended “The Troubles”—is now under scrutiny, as it should be. Working-class areas, where former paramilitaries still hold sway, have borne the brunt of this latest disorder.

This case echoes another recent horror: the murder of freshman student Henry Nowak in Southampton last year. Nowak, who was White, was stabbed repeatedly by Vickrum Digwa, a Sikh man who falsely claimed to have been the victim of a racist assault. Police initially treated the dying Nowak as a suspect. Digwa was convicted of murder and sentenced to life with a minimum of 21 years. Such stories accumulate, each one dismissed in isolation by officials desperate to avoid acknowledging a pattern.

The amplification of these events online by figures like Tommy Robinson is predictable. What is less discussed is why such voices find resonance: precisely because the institutions charged with maintaining order have spent years prioritizing narrative over reality. When communities watch their streets change beyond recognition, when stabbings and riots follow in predictable succession, and when the response is platitudes about “thuggery” rather than honest reckoning, unrest is not an aberration, it's the inevitable consequence of elite denial. 

Northern Ireland, like so much of the United Kingdom and Europe, is discovering the hard way that you cannot import large numbers of people from profoundly different cultures, place them under strained welfare systems, and expect social cohesion to magically endure. The bill for that illusion is now being paid in blood and fire.

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Breaking: CENTCOM launches self-defense strikes against Iran

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces launched self-defense strikes against the Islamic state at 5:00 p.m. ET today at the direction of our Commander in Chief, President Donald Trump. This comes in response to a downing of a U.S. Apache helicopter yesterday.

The mission is stupidly proportional to this unjustified aggression. I say stupidly because when someone hits you in the nose, you don't just hit him in the nose in retaliation--you beat the crap out of him. 

There were two servicemen in that helicopter that were rescued at sea and are doing fine.

CENTCOM described the strikes as defensive and would be proportional, as I stated.

There have been several explosions in the port city of Sirik and nearby areas of Hormozgan Province like Kuhestak and Minab, as Iranina media noted blasts in the area.

Sirik is a small, strategically located port town on Iran's southern coast in the Strait of Hormuz region.

Some reports also reference military activity near Bandar Abbas, a major Iranian naval port.

There are reports of many KC-135s flying over the Middle East as I write this, indicating a likely scenario where fighter aircraft are ready to go.

More details to follow.

What ceasefire?

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BREAKING: Jury reached a verdict in the Karmelo Anthony murder trial

Anthony is now facing life in prison.

A Collin County, Texas jury on Tuesday found 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony guilty of murdering 17-year-old high school athlete Austin Metcalf, bringing an end to one of the most closely watched murder trials in the country.

Anthony, who was 17 at the time of the killing, was tried as an adult. He now faces anywhere from five years to life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder.

Just before the verdict was read, CBS reporter J.D. Miles noted that more than two dozen deputies had been stationed outside the courtroom as tensions mounted. A crowd gathered outside the courthouse chanting, “Free Karmelo.”

The case exploded into the national spotlight after Anthony, who is black, fatally stabbed Metcalf, who was white, during a track event in Frisco, Texas in April 2025. The story gained traction not only because of the circumstances surrounding the killing, but because much of the corporate press seemed strangely uninterested in covering it. Had the racial dynamics been reversed, everyone knows the media cycle would have looked very different.

The trial itself moved quickly. Jury selection began June 1 and the proceedings wrapped in just nine days. Throughout the trial, prosecutors presented video footage and witness testimony showing Anthony initiated the confrontation with Metcalf and that deadly force was not justified. Even testimony from defense witnesses undercut the self-defense narrative pushed by Anthony’s legal team.

Anthony notably declined to testify in his own defense.

The racial narrative promoted by Anthony’s family also fell apart once witnesses took the stand. Several black teenage witnesses called by the prosecution testified that Anthony was in the wrong and described Metcalf as a respected friend and leader.

One of the most emotional moments came when a young male witness who knew both teens broke down in tears while describing the killing.

“That was my brother, that was my brother that got stabbed,” he said.

Investigative journalist Sarah Fields, who attended the trial, reported that the witness was directly asked whether the case was about race.

“No,” the teen responded. “Austin was a leader and he protected us.”

Video evidence further dismantled claims that Anthony had been cornered or threatened by a mob. Footage showed Metcalf confronting Anthony alone. According to witness testimony, Metcalf explicitly told Anthony he was not going to fight him.

Meanwhile, supporters of Anthony have maintained a presence outside the courthouse since the start of the trial, with some making inflammatory racial remarks and publicly attacking the victim. Authorities increased security around the courthouse early Tuesday morning amid concerns about possible unrest following the verdict.

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SPLC CEO Suddenly Develops Deep Respect For Attorney-Client Privilege After Jim Jordan Starts Asking Questions

The Southern Poverty Law Center’s interim president and CEO discovered Tuesday that the English language apparently contains no suitable words for “no” after House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan began asking inconvenient questions about the organization’s alleged extremist infiltration program.

Bryan Fair spent most of the hearing performing what legal experts are calling “Olympic-level verbal dodgeball,” repeatedly responding with some variation of “our counsel in the Middle District of Alabama will address that allegation” anytime Jordan asked whether the SPLC had, hypothetically speaking, funded activities that sounded suspiciously like the plot of a rejected FBI screenplay.

Jordan walked Fair through allegations laid out in a superseding federal indictment claiming the SPLC used donor cash to bankroll confidential “field sources” embedded in extremist groups. According to the indictment, those operatives allegedly did far more than quietly observe. They reportedly hosted rallies, expanded hate group chapters, recruited members, and even purchased materials for cross burnings. Because apparently “monitoring extremism” now comes with an event planning budget.

Fair declined to directly deny any of it.

“It seems to me if the answer is no, you could just say no,” Jordan told Fair after the latest round of interpretive legal theater.

Fair responded with the now-classic Washington defense strategy of saying absolutely nothing while using the maximum number of syllables possible.

The hearing became even more entertaining when Jordan rattled off a list of alleged shell companies with names sounding less like legitimate businesses and more like aliases used by cartoon villains trying to evade IRS audits: Fox Photography, North West Technologies, Tech Writers Group, Rare Books Warehouse, Imagery Ink, J&J Electronics, Center Investigative Agency, and Kelly’s Marine.

Jordan suggested the companies may have been used to funnel roughly $4 million to field operatives while conveniently obscuring the paper trail. Fair insisted any knowledge he had came through privileged conversations with attorneys, which critics noted is an impressive amount of legal confidentiality for someone who supposedly runs the organization.

Then came the awkward moment.

Jordan asked whether SPLC fundraising surged after the 2017 Charlottesville rally, where the indictment alleges one SPLC-paid source helped coordinate transportation for participants. Fair admitted donations skyrocketed, but quickly credited Donald Trump’s 2016 victory instead. Jordan pointed out the group’s fundraising reportedly exploded from $51 million to $133 million in a single year, which observers noted is quite the financial growth strategy for an organization dedicated to “fighting hate.”

Fair eventually volunteered one clear statement, explaining the program existed “to protect our staff and to protect the public.”

Americans everywhere breathed a sigh of relief knowing the safest way to fight extremism is apparently to organize it personally.

Jordan closed the hearing with one final question, asking Fair whether he knew the president of the National Socialist Party.

Fair responded exactly as viewers expected: “That’s an allegation in the indictment that will be responded to by counsel.”

At press time, SPLC officials were reportedly considering rebranding the organization as “Lawyers Without Direct Answers.”

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Former Platner Staffer Calls BS On Dem’s “It’s Just A Military Thing” Excuse For Nazi Tattoo, Troubling Pattern Of Being A Democrat

Only an idiot would get a tattoo that [s]he had no idea of its meaning

Platner’s former political director said her boss [Vorgesetzter] knew the meaning behind his Nazi tattoo and “exhibits a pattern of dishonest behavior.” 

In a stunning act of basic human decency rarely seen in modern Democratic politics, the former political director of Graham Platner’s Senate campaign has blown the whistle on her ex-boss, alleging the aspiring lawmaker knew exactly what that SS lightning-bolt tattoo meant and has a well-established habit of, well, being the kind of guy Democrats rush to defend anyway.

In an op-ed for The Washington Post, former Maine state representative Genevieve McDonald revealed that her blind enthusiasm for the Platner campaign hit a brick wall the moment reality intruded.

“Taking the job meant leaving a position as a senior policy adviser at a government relations firm in the state, but I thought that Platner and I shared the same goal: fighting for the working people of Maine,” she wrote on Monday. “I quit the campaign in October, disturbed by what I learned about the candidate and concerned about his potential impact on the Democratic Party’s prospects in my home state.”

The op-ed serves as a dire warning to the Democratic Party as voters head to the polls on Tuesday to nominate someone—anyone—to lose to incumbent Republican Senator Sudan Collins in November.

Back in September, Platner casually informed McDonald that he had a “problematic” tattoo that might raise a few eyebrows, but assured her it was just a “military thing.” [Actually, it was a Nazi thing.]

“I believed him,” she wrote in the WAPO. “Then, I began receiving calls from Washington warning me he was not who he seemed: ‘Have you read his oppo file?’ I had not. I trusted that his out-of-state consulting team had thoroughly vetted him.”

Her account lines up with New York Times reporting that Platner was fully aware of the meaning behind his infamous Nazi SS tattoo, the same one he previously pretended was some mysterious ancient Celtic symbol for “diversity is our strength,” when, in fact, it means more like: "killing Jews is our national sport." 

McDonald finally jumped ship after old Reddit posts from 2013 resurfaced in which Platner downplayed sexual assault, because of course he did.

After departing, she turned down a $15,000 bribe to sign a nondisclosure agreement, proving she possesses more integrity than the entire DNC combined.

McDonald then took aim at the usual progressive suspects rushing to Platner’s defense, including Vermont Senator Comrade Bernie "Kill the Olagarks" Sanders, who shrugged, “Is he a saint? I guess not. I don’t know too many saints here.”

“His comment reflects one of the deepest problems in American politics today. We have learned to excuse what we should condemn,” McDonald wrote. “There are two other named candidates on Tuesday’s ballot. If Platner wins the nomination but later withdraws, Maine Democrats can hold a convention and choose a different nominee.”

“The answer to a broken political culture is not to accept it. Demand better from those entrusted with power or seeking it. Enough is enough,” she added.

Republicans, meanwhile, are sharpening their knives and stocking up on popcorn, fully prepared to turn every Platner scandal into a 30-second ad that writes itself.

With no serious opposition, Platner is heavily favored to cruise to victory in Tuesday’s primary. The only remaining mystery is how many Maine Democrats will hold their noses, vote for the guy anyway, and then spend the general election pretending they never heard of him while their Senate flip dreams go up in a cloud of swastika-shaped smoke.

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Congress Forced To Pause Entire Government After Rashida Tlaib Suffers Severe Emotional Damage From Mean Words

Tlaib famously able to touch her nose with her lips

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives was thrown into a veritable clusterfrack this week after Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), reportedly suffered a critical outbreak of democracy when Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), said things out loud that weren’t pre-approved by congressional sensitivity coordinators.

The dramatic scene unfolded during debate over a Lebanon war powers resolution, where Tlaib accused Israel of committing atrocities while demanding the United States stop supporting America’s closest ally in the Middle East.

"We must end U.S. participation in the Israeli apartheid regime’s invasion of Lebanon. The Israeli military continues to target journalists like Amal Khalil and use our tax dollars to commit war crimes," said Tlaib.

At that point, Miller apparently made the grave error of responding.

"Its members are butchers that you like to hang out with to a certain extent," charged Miller. "Yes, you advocate for terrorists on a daily basis. You advocate for a terrorist regime every single day."

Witnesses say the Capitol immediately entered DEFCON 1 after a Republican criticized a Democrat too directly.

Tlaib reportedly shouted across the chamber, though congressional stenographers were unable to translate the remarks because they were delivered at the frequency usually associated with malfunctioning smoke detectors.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Are we getting a little emotional?" chided Miller.

Congressional sources confirmed this sentence caused more destruction to the institution than the national debt, insider trading, and 40 years of continuing resolutions combined.

Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-CA) desperately attempted to restore order before the House descended into full therapy session.

"Colleagues, this is a serious topic. We will debate it respectfully and deliberately," admonished Obernolte.

Tlaib then invoked the sacred congressional ritual known as "words taken down," a process originally created so lawmakers could survive exposure to opposing opinions.

"Yes, Mr. Speaker, I am. That is a direct attack on my character. I please request to strike the words down," said Tlaib.

The House immediately suspended all legislative activity while officials launched an emergency investigation into whether anyone’s feelings had been insufficiently validated.

For nearly an hour, Congress halted debate, amendments, and votes to determine whether Miller’s remarks violated the chamber’s strict rules prohibiting members from saying what everyone just heard them say.

Eventually, Obernolte ruled against Miller.

"The words of the gentleman from Ohio contain an allegation that the gentlewoman from Michigan is a ‘butcher’ and affiliated with a terrorist organization," said Obernolte. "Such remarks impugn the patriotism and loyalty of the member of the House."

The ruling effectively sentenced Miller to congressional solitary confinement for the remainder of the day, though lawmakers noted that punishment still falls short of forcing him to watch MSNBC.

But Republicans were not backing down.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL) delivered a message from Miller after House leadership confiscated his speaking privileges like a middle-school principal taking away a vape pen.

"‘Yes, I said it. I own it. And I stand by it,’" Mast declared.

Mast then attempted to enter articles regarding Tlaib’s alleged associations into the congressional record, but Tlaib objected faster than CNN fact-checkers during a Trump speech.

Meanwhile, lawmakers also discussed whether artificial intelligence could someday referee congressional disputes.

"AI is actually very good at this," said Obernolte. "You give it a rules manual and then you give it a specific instance and say ‘Is this in compliance with rules or is this a violation of the rules?’"

Experts agreed Congress would likely embrace AI immediately once they discovered it could automatically censor Republicans without requiring overtime from parliamentary staff.

At press time, House Democrats were reportedly drafting new rules prohibiting "microaggressions," "hostile eye contact," and "excessive disagreement."

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Penn Station stabbing suspect in custody, at least for now

Comrade Zohran Mamdani

Five commuters were stabbed at New York’s Penn Station late Sunday night in what authorities are calling a “random attack” by a “deranged man,” which in modern New York political terminology means “a vibrant expression of urban diversity.”

The suspect is in custody, at least until the city’s revolving-door justice system remembers that accountability is problematic and decides he deserves a taxpayer-funded second, third, or seventeenth chance, depending on his melatonin level and political affiliation.

The bloody attack has once again raised concerns about public safety in the city, particularly with President Trump scheduled to be directly above Penn Station tonight at Madison Square Garden for Game 3 between the Knicks and Spurs. Apparently, even attending a basketball game in Manhattan now comes with the ambiance of a live-action crime documentary.

Five victims were hospitalized, including one with serious injuries.

The rampage reportedly began shortly after 7 p.m. at the busy Midtown transit hub. According to officials, victims suffered injuries ranging from minor to severe before Amtrak police apprehended the suspect.

An Amtrak spokesperson confirmed the arrest, while stunned commuters posted images online showing police tending to bleeding victims in the station.

 
The New York Times reported that six individuals were stabbed, including the suspect himself, who reportedly suffered “minor injuries,” proving once again that in New York, the criminal often winds up getting nearly as much sympathy as the people he attacked.

New Yorkers also learned from the Daniel Penny saga that intervening to stop violent chaos can be a faster route to prosecution than actually committing the violence. So naturally, most commuters now keep their heads down and pray they are not the next contestant in Gotham’s nightly lottery of urban disorder.

Meanwhile, Democrats continue insisting Americans should abandon their cars and embrace public transit while refusing to address the violent crime, rampant homelessness, untreated mental illness, and general lawlessness that make many people avoid public transit in the first place. 

It's beginning to sound like London's mayor trying to ban knives because they're used in terrorist [Islamist] attacks on Londoners.

Naturally, Mayor Zohran Mamdani responded with the kind of sterile bureaucratic statement that sounds like it was generated by an AI trained entirely on diversity seminar pamphlets.

“I’ve been briefed on the horrific stabbing at Penn Station. Based on the information available right now, six people were stabbed and the alleged perpetrator is in custody following a swift response from the Amtrak Police Department,” he wrote on X. 

He almost added: "My heart goes out to the real victim in this incident, the man who was fed up with the system and went on a stabbing spree."

“My heart is with everyone who was injured, [whatever that actually means] their loved ones, and all those shaken by this unacceptable violence. I’m wishing each of the victims a full and speedy recovery. I’m grateful to the Amtrak Police Department and the first responders who acted quickly to apprehend the suspect and provide emergency care. There are currently no impacts to Amtrak service. My administration is in contact with Amtrak officials as they investigate this incident.”

Noticeably absent from the statement was any serious plan to stop criminals from terrorizing commuters in the first place. But perhaps that would conflict with the Mamdani governing philosophy that crime is less a criminal issue and more a misunderstood form of economic self-expression.

Under the progressive worldview, the real villain is not the guy stabbing strangers at Penn Station. It is apparently “systemic inequity,” “housing insecurity,” or insufficient access to taxpayer-funded artisanal co-ops.

And because this is New York City, there is a very good chance the suspect already has a rap sheet long enough to qualify as serialized fiction. Odds are he has been arrested repeatedly, released repeatedly, and excused repeatedly, all in the name of “equity” and “criminal justice reform.” After all, isn't he the real victim here?

At some point, normal people begin to notice the pattern. The city arrests violent offenders, progressive activists demand compassion, leftist judges release them, politicians hold press conferences, and commuters continue bleeding on subway platforms while the ruling class lectures everyone about the importance of taking mass transit to save the planet.

Maybe this is all a secret plan to lower the planet's population for the sake of the environment. Who knows?

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BREAKING: Massive earthquake kills dozens, injures over 200 in Philippines

Dozens of people were killed and more than two hundred injured on Monday after a powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck the Philippines.

The tremor struck south of the island of Mindanao, shaking at least twenty-two million people with severe or moderate force. Officials confirmed at least thirty-two deaths, more than two hundred injuries, and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of residents in what was described as the strongest earthquake to hit the country in nearly four decades.

The quake prompted tsunami warnings across the region, although American officials quickly stated that Hawaii faced no threat. Warnings were also issued for nearby areas including Taiwan, Japan, Guam, and Papua New Guinea.

"The national government is moving and we will not leave Mindanao behind," said Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. "I am in constant communication with our regional offices and local chief executives on the ground."

Mindanao is the second-largest island in the Philippines and is home to more than twenty-seven million people. Earthquakes are common in the region. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, at least thirty-five earthquakes measuring above magnitude 7 have struck the area since 1900. 

Marcos Jr. also announced that he had ordered "the suspensions of all classes in all levels across affected areas in Mindanao until further notice. The safety of our children comes first."He urged residents to take tsunami warnings seriously, telling them to "move to higher ground now. Do not wait. Your life is more important than anything left behind."

The U.S. Geological Survey estimated a 42 percent chance that the death toll would fall between ten and one hundred people, and a 32 percent chance that fatalities could range from one hundred to one thousand. The agency also estimated a 39 percent probability that economic losses would total between one hundred million dollars and one billion dollars. Officials said the earthquake was caused by thrust faulting, a process in which one section of the Earth's crust moves upward over another along a fault line.

One local resident told The New York Times that he rushed to higher ground with his young daughter after the earthquake struck.

"I was very scared, my knees were trembling," Julius Golez said. "We were crying; so many other people were also crying."

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Israel and Iran announced Monday that they would stop attacking each other, bringing a temporary end to the Middle East’s newest round of “No, YOU calm down first.”

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Israel has decided to stop its attacks on Iran following pressure from President Trump and ongoing ceasefire negotiations, according to Israeli and regional officials cited by the Times of Israel.

Sources say the arrangement was reached after both countries simultaneously realized they were running low on missiles and emotionally exhausted government spokesmen who claimed they were "too pooped to pop."

A regional official said the United States informed Iran there would be no further Israeli strikes if Tehran halted its missile attacks. Iran later announced it would stop attacks if Israel ended its offensive, marking the first time in modern diplomacy that two enemies settled a conflict with the international equivalent of “Fine, whatever.” 

Anyone with a functioning cortex knows this is only a temporary ceasefire and Iran will be the first to break it when they think Trump is looking elsewhere.

An Israeli official told Hebrew media that the decision to pause strikes came at Trump's request, reportedly after the president spent several hours on the phone saying, “Guys, seriously, knock it off. I’m trying to enjoy my Monday, and the Knicks are leading in the finals.”

At the same time, the official stressed that Israel's campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon will continue, because apparently the Middle East still believes in having side quests.

“The sense is that this round of fighting is behind us,” the official said. “We are awaiting a final decision from the political leadership.”

Citizens across the region celebrated the news by cautiously checking whether anyone meant it this time, deciding those chances are about equal to finding a beached whale in Times Square.

The development comes after Iran launched its first direct missile attack on Israel since the ceasefire took effect, prompting Israeli retaliatory strikes on military targets inside Iran and reminding the world that ceasefires in the region often come with optional terms and conditions.

According to reports, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump spoke by phone Monday before Tehran signaled it was prepared to halt attacks if Israel ceased operations tied to the latest escalation.

At publishing time, both nations had reportedly resumed yelling at each other online and fired off offensive emojis.

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IDF confirms strikes on Iran, explosions reported across multiple Iranian cities

The Middle East remains a giant powder keg, and on Sunday, Israel reminded the Iranian regime that if you FA you're gonna FO.

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that Israeli warplanes struck targets in western and central Iran following Tehran’s latest barrage of ballistic missiles aimed at northern Israel. The IDF released a brief statement confirming the operation.

“A short while ago, the Israeli Air Force struck targets belonging to the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran,” the military said, adding that more details would be released later.

Reports quickly surfaced of explosions rocking multiple Iranian cities. Reuters, citing local media, said blasts were heard in Tehran, Tabriz, and Isfahan, a sign that the strikes were not isolated or symbolic.

The Israeli response came only hours after Iran launched another wave of ballistic missiles toward northern Israel, continuing the regime’s long-running strategy of escalation through direct attacks and proxy warfare.

According to Reuters and Iranian state media, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed Israel used “air-launched” ballistic missiles in the operation targeting sites inside Iran.

At this stage, the full extent of the damage remains unclear, but one thing is obvious: Israel is signaling that Iranian aggression will not go unanswered. The Netanyahu government has made it abundantly clear throughout this conflict that it intends to hit back hard whenever Tehran tests the limits.

And now, with explosions reported deep inside Iran itself, the regime is getting a firsthand look at what escalation really means.

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Trump wants Israel to take the punch and not punch back at Iran

Upon learning that Iran, unprovoked, fired missiles at Israel, President Trump said: I’m calling Netanyahu ‘right now… to tell him not to retaliate’ for Iran’s missile attacks."

Thankfully there were no reports of injury or damage after ten missiles were fired at the Jewish state. Trump, ever the deal-maker, said he doesn't want the Iran deal to get "blown up." He also said that he isn't happy that Israel targeted Hezbollah in Beirut earlier.

The Transportation Ministry says that buses around the country will operate at 75% of their usual activity today amid renewed missile attacks from Iran and the cancellation of schools.

The ministry says that, in accordance with Home Front Command instructions, the light rails in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv as well as the Israeli Railways train system will operate as usual.

Schools will also be closed tomorrow.

According to Hebrew media outlets, underground light rail stations in central Israel will remain open overnight for those who want to use them as bomb shelters.

After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s phone conversation with US President Donald Trump ended,, the premier held a discussion with top security officials, according to Hebrew media reports.

Trump said earlier that he'd call Netanyahu to tell him not to retaliate against Iran’s ballistic missile attacks on the north as Washington aims for a deal with Tehran, after Israeli officials vowed a strong response to the attacks.

Following Iran’s ballistic missile attacks on Israel, the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories says crossings with the Gaza Strip will remain closed until further notice.

As much as I like most of what President Trump has done and is doing, I cannot understand how he would want Israel to be attacked, whether successfully or not, and stand by doing nothing. Israel has the absolute right to defend itself. I know if the shoe were on the other foot, aka the missiles in the other country, ours, President Trump would retaliate with shock and freaking awe.

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One killed, five wounded near Judea and Samaria, Israel's rescue services said

In the shadow of a conflict that has long tested the limits of human endurance and political illusion, assailants launched several shooting attacks close to the Israel's Judea and Samaria on Sunday, killing at least one person and wounding five others, according to Israel’s rescue services.

Israel’s police swiftly killed one jihad terrorist. 

Large numbers of soldiers fanned out across the area, searching on foot and from the air for further threats. The scattered locations of the shootings initially suggested a coordinated assault, the kind of nightmare scenario that has haunted these border communities since the horrors of October 7.

Rescue services from Magen David Adom reported the first incident at a gas station near the town of Kokhav Yair, on the Israeli side of the boundary, shortly after 10:30 a.m. Further attacks followed in quick succession: in Tsur Natan, Tsur Yitzhak, and near the settlement of Sal'it inside the West Bank itself.

The perpetrator, police later revealed, was not the imported jihadist many had instinctively feared, but a Palestinian citizen jihadi living in Israel from the nearby Arab town of Taybeh.

Local residents were ordered to remain indoors; children were held in lockdown at their schools. “Since Oct. 7, the scenario we were expecting was terrorist crossing into our towns from over the boundary,” said Oshrit Gani Gonen, the regional council head for the affected area. “I don't think that anyone imagined that we would discover the attackers were Israeli citizens.”

Here, then, is the bitter and recurring truth of this conflict: even the most vigilant defenses against the enemy without cannot fully guard against the enemy within. What was meant to be a clear frontier of threat has once again revealed itself as something more porous and more treacherous, a reminder that the ideologies which fuel this violence do not always respect the neat lines drawn on maps, nor the assumptions of those who would prefer to see it as a simple territorial dispute.

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IDF expands control in Gaza by 70%: Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Gaza, November 19, 2024. (MAAYAN TOAF/GPO)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened the weekly Cabinet meeting with the sort of grim clarity that has become necessary in a nation fighting enemies on every border. Bibi reiterated that Israel now controls more than 60 percent of the Gaza Strip and will soon control 70 percent, a reality that underscores both the scale of the campaign and the determination behind it.

Israel, he said, is engaged in a war against terrorism on multiple fronts, not as a matter of political theater, but as a matter of national survival.

“In the Gaza Strip, we are clinching Hamas from all sides. … We don’t allow them to arm themselves or harm us, and we also eliminate their senior commanders,” he said. [Notice how their leaders are getting younger and younger.]

It is worth pausing on what such statements would sound like if uttered by almost any Western nation after enduring years of rocket fire, massacres, kidnappings, and relentless terror. Yet Israel alone is routinely expected to prosecute a war while simultaneously apologizing for waging it.

Netanyahu continued by detailing Israel’s operations in Lebanon, where Israeli forces killed 350 terrorists in “the past week alone.” The Israel Defense Forces, he noted, captured Beaufort Ridge, uncovered extensive underground terrorist infrastructure, and is completing the eradication of terror villages near the border.

“We are hitting them very hard, and we know that Hezbollah is on the run. We will not allow firing on our territory or on our communities, and we will act accordingly,” Israel’s leader said.

The language is direct because the reality is direct. Hezbollah is not a misunderstood social movement. Hamas is not a humanitarian organization with unfortunate side interests. These are terror entities whose stated objective is the destruction of the Jewish state and the murder of its citizens.

And still there are brainless anti-Zionists who either lie or believe that Israel is lying about the October 7 atrocities committed by Hamas in spite of the video evidence provided by the terrorists themselves.

Netanyahu also addressed the situation in Judea and Samaria, where Israeli security services continue to prevent attacks with relentless frequency.

“In Judea and Samaria, along the seam line, the IDF, the Shin Bet and the Israel police thwart hundreds of terror attacks a year,” he said.

But even the most vigilant security apparatus cannot stop every act of barbarism. Netanyahu acknowledged this painful truth while referring to Sunday morning’s terrorist attack in central Israel, which killed one civilian and wounded several others.

According to Channel 12, the attack was carried out by a lone terrorist identified as Omar Yassin, a 21-year-old resident of Taibeh, an Arab city in central Israel. Israeli forces subsequently raided his home.

Netanyahu thanked the security forces who acted swiftly to eliminate the terrorist and capture his associate, a reminder that in Israel, the distance between ordinary life and sudden atrocity is often measured in seconds, and that the burden placed upon its security services is one few other democracies could endure for long.

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Cleveland Clinic Agrees To Stop Chopping Off Kids' Twigs And Berries After DOJ Finally Notices It's Illegal

The Department of Justice announced another resolution arising from its ongoing national investigation into violations of federal law in connection with sex-rejecting procedures on minors.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation has entered into agreements with the Department and the Ohio Attorney General that include a decades-long commitment to not perform or offer sex-rejecting procedures—which include the administration of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones—for minors.

Cleveland Clinic has also agreed to pay a monetary penalty and, in a landmark commitment, dedicate additional millions to help provide essential medical care for individuals living with the harmful consequences of such misguided medical interventions performed on them as children and adolescents who are called “detransitioners”.

“The Department of Justice is steadfastly committed to protecting America’s children,” said Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward. “Just as the resolution with Texas Children’s, today’s resolution with Cleveland Clinic furthers that commitment and puts these providers on notice that this Department will vigorously enforce federal law where children are put at risk.”According to the terms of the agreements, which the Department reached in coordination with Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Cleveland Clinic - a partner in other Administration priority initiatives - will pay $308,000 to resolve allegations regarding false billings submitted to public and private payors to secure insurance coverage for sex-rejecting procedures on minors.

As part of the resolution, Cleveland Clinic has committed $2 million to provide restorative care for de-transitioners, the very victims of these predatory and dangerous practices - regardless of their insured status or ability to pay.

The agreements come less than a month after the Justice Department announced its resolution with Texas Children’s Hospital, which the Department secured through a partnership with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. As previously announced, Texas Children’s agreed to pay a $10 million penalty and, much like Cleveland Clinic’s commitment today, create the first-of-its-kind clinic dedicated to treating de-transitioners. Texas Children’s also agreed to permanently cease providing any sex-rejecting procedures to minors.

These historic commitments pair the cessation of these dangerous practices masquerading as medical treatment with substantial investments in remediating the destruction they cause and restoring the health of the victims.

In working towards this settlement, the United States acknowledged that Cleveland Clinic took significant steps entitling it to credit for cooperation with the Department in its investigation. At all times during the investigation, Cleveland Clinic remained cooperative, proactive, and solution-driven, as highlighted by its multi-million dollar commitment to providing care to the victims who most need it.

“I am grateful that institutions like Cleveland Clinic and Texas Children’s have decided to be part of the solution, not part of the problem,” said Brett Shumate, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division. “Cleveland Clinic’s commitment to providing millions of dollars towards care for de-transitioners is emblematic of just that. I am grateful for this resolution with Cleveland Clinic, but our work is far from over, and our division will continue to work tirelessly to protect America’s children and hold accountable those that have preyed on vulnerable children, whether they be pharmaceutical companies or medical providers.”

These matters and the investigations into sex-rejecting procedures on minors are being led by the Justice Department’s Civil Division Enforcement and Affirmative Litigation Branch and Commercial Litigation Branch, Fraud Section.

The claims resolved by the United States in the settlements are allegations only, and there has been no determination of liability. Cleveland Clinic has denied all allegations.

In a stunning turn of events, one of America's most prestigious hospitals has discovered that chemically castrating and surgically mutilating confused middle-schoolers might not actually be "healthcare." Sources say the clinic's doctors are shocked - shocked! - to learn that handing out experimental hormones like candy and billing insurance for it could draw federal scrutiny.

"Look, we were just following the science," said a visibly sweating hospital administrator who definitely does not want his name used. "The science that said puberty is a disease and every tomboy secretly needs a fake penis. How were we supposed to know the DOJ would get all weird about it?"

Experts remain divided on whether this sudden burst of sanity will spread to other elite medical institutions, or if they'll just wait for the next administration to green-light turning playgrounds into gender assembly lines again. For now, de-transitioners finally have a little help picking up the pieces after the medical establishment's greatest "oopsie" since lobotomies were considered progressive.

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