Anti-Israel/anti-Semitic violent protesters at Barnard College arrested

More protests broke out on Thursday at Barnard College, in New York City, after a group of more than 50 anti-Israel Jew-hating Islamists took over a building on campus the day before.

The NYPD made several arrests after the protests reignited, with about 100 anti-Israel protesters gathering in front of the entrance to Barnard, once again wearing masks and keffiyehs and chanting, "Free Palestine," a place that only exists in their minds.

Tension rose and became more chaotic as protesters marched from Barnard to CUNY's City College campus, to protest outside Gov. Kathy Hochul's event at CUNY, which was canceled due to the anticipated protest and her fear of getting involved.

The protesters were heard chanting criticisms of Hochul and "NYPD KKK," and tried to breach police barricades and get close to officers' faces. The irony is that the Jew-hating protesters are indistinguishable from the KKK when it comes to their racist hatred.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), spoke out against the protests.

"ENOUGH IS ENOUGH," Johnson wrote in a post on X.

"Pro-Hamas mobs have NO place on our college campuses. Barnard College & Columbia University must put an end to the anti-Semitic chaos on campus."

Robin Levine, Barnard’s vice president for strategic communications, confirmed that a faculty member was injured during Wednesday's protest and sent to the hospital, but did not offer further details, in spite of her being Jewish but not wanting to get labeled Islamophobic.

"They encouraged others to enter campus without identification, showing blatant disregard for the safety of our community," Levine said in a previous statement.

The school warned that if the students were not gone by 9:30 p.m., officials would be forced to take "additional, necessary measures to protect our campus." 

Power hoses might suffice.

The protesters began leaving the building by 11 p.m., according to reports by FOX 5 New York as it was for many, their bedtime.

The students were protesting the expulsion of two students who stormed a Columbia University classroom in January and allegedly threw around flyers filled with hateful, anti-Semitic speech.

Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine, a place they cannot show us on a map, displayed videos on X of masked students in a hallway on Wednesday, beating on drums and chanting on megaphones.

The account also posted a list of demands accompanied by "WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL OUR DEMANDS ARE MET. FREE PALESTINE."

If they get arrested, they will stop.

The demands include an "immediate reversal of the two Barnard students’ expulsions" and "amnesty for all students disciplined for pro-Palestine action or thought. Drop all the charges now!" 

Sorry, children, but people who commit crimes must be held accountable, as I hope you soon find out in a more personal way.

The protesters also requested a public meeting with Dean Leslie Grinage and President Laura Rosenbury, and the abolition of the "corrupt Barnard disciplinary process," demanding complete transparency for current, past and future disciplinary proceedings.

The students vowed that they will continue to disrupt the campus until these demands are met, so they obviously need to be held accountable.

We shall see, but don't hold your breath.

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Trump, JD square off with Zelenskyy in heated White House meeting with press in attendance

I can't remember a meeting between heads of state being so heated as today's meeting with Volodomyr Zelenskyy, President Donald Trump, and Vice President JD Vance. The meeting devolved into Trump making the point that Zelenskyy never thanked the US for all the money and weapons we gave Ukraine, and this was backed up by Vance. 

I felt as if there was too much transparency at this meeting, ostensibly aimed at working on a new mineral deal with Ukraine.

“Do you think that it’s respectful to come to the Oval Office of the United States of America and attack the administration that is trying to prevent the destruction of your country?” Vance asked Zelenskyy. “Right now you guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems.

“You should be thanking the president for trying to bring an end to this conflict,” the Vice President added, noting that Zelenskyy was “forcing conscripts to the front lines because you have manpower problems.”

“During war, everybody has problems, even you, but you have a nice ocean and don’t feel now, but you will feel it in the future,” Zelenskyy replied.

Zelenskyy then invited Vance to visit Ukraine, and Vance accused Zelenskyy of embarking on propaganda tours, which of course they are.

“You don’t know that,” Trump said, cutting in as Zelenskyy continued to try to interrupt. “Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel. … You’re in no position to dictate what we are going to feel. We are going to feel very good. … You’re right now not in a very good position. You’ve allowed yourself to be in a very bad position and [Vance] happens to be right about it.”

“You don’t have the cards right now,” Trump added. “With us you start having cards. You’re gambling with the lives of millions of people. You’re gambling with World War III, and what you’re doing is very disrespectful to the country.”

Vance then cut in, asking Zelenskyy if he had said “thank you” at all during the meeting. It was like he was speaking on behalf of the average American whose money went to fund Ukraine's war with Russia and also his way of supporting Trump.

“You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October,” Vance said. “Offer some words of appreciation to the United States of America and the president who is trying to save your country.”

Zelenskyy responded by accusing Vance of speaking “very loudly,” at which point Trump cut in to defend Vance.

“Your country is in big trouble,” Trump said.

“I know,” Zelenskyy agreed.

The two began arguing about the billions of dollars and military equipment the United States provided to Ukraine.

“It’s going to be a very hard thing to do business like this,” Trump said.

Vance then suggested it would have been better to litigate the disagreements in a meeting, rather than in front of reporters, which is true. There are some things that should go on behind closed doors and the way Zelenskyy was embarrassed, this was one of those times.

“I think that it’s good for the American people to see what’s going on. That’s why I kept this going so long,” Trump said. “You have to be thankful, you don’t have the cards.”

“I am very thankful,” Zelenskyy said.

Trump said that “attitudes have to change” adding that the heated exchange is “great television.”

But is it wise diplomacy? Now both leaders are at loggerheads and neither one wants to give in. 

The meeting began on less fiery terms, with Trump assuring reporters that his recent tensions with Zelenskyy — most notably when Trump referred to Zelenskyy as a “dictator” — had “worked out great.”

Trump added that he had “very good discussions” with Russian President Vladimir Putin and that he’s going to try to bring the war “to a close.” He also called Ukrainian soldiers “unbelievably brave” and said he gives credit to Ukrainian generals.

“I hope I’m going to be remembered as a peacemaker,” Trump said. “This would be a great thing if we can do this. I’m doing this to save lives more than anything else. Second, to save money, but I consider that to be far less important.”

Trump also said that the United States would continue to send arms to Ukraine, but said “hopefully we won’t have to send much, because I’m looking forward to getting [the war] done quickly.” Hopefully, Zelenskyy will get the hint.

Prior to arriving at the White House, Zelenskyy met with a bipartisan group of senators where they discussed military assistance for Ukraine and ending the war. He is expected to do an event with the Hudson Institute at 4:00 p.m.

When greeting Zelenskyy to the White House as he exited his car, Trump quipped “he’s all dressed up today!” Zelenskyy was wearing a black sweater and baggy black pants.

Zelenskyy left the meeting without signing the mineral deal.

That seems to suck for both countries, but mostly for Ukraine.

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Hamas planned an attack on Israeli embassy in Germany

At long last, the wheels of justice have begun to grind in Germany, where four Hamas operatives—men who have marinated for years in the rancid ideology of global jihad—are finally facing trial. These are not mere footnotes in the annals of terror; they are protagonists in a chilling plot to strike at the heart of Western civilization, targeting high-profile symbols of freedom across Germany.

“For the first time in Germany, people are facing charges of participating as members of the foreign terrorist organization Hamas,” declared prosecutor Jochen Weingarten as the proceedings opened on Tuesday. And what a rogues’ gallery they assembled for the occasion: Ibrahim El-R and Abdelhamid Al A., both Lebanese-born; Mohamed B., hailing from Egypt; and Nazih R., a Dutch citizen. 

These men, armed with European residency permits—those golden tickets of trust so generously bestowed—turned their privileges into weapons of betrayal, weaving a network of arms caches across the continent like some grotesque parody of a treasure hunt.

Their ambitions were as grandiose as they were depraved. 

The Israeli Embassy in Berlin, the US Air Base in Ramstein, and Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport—all were marked for carnage. These were not random targets but deliberate strikes at the symbols of Jewish resilience, American power, and European openness. It’s the kind of audacity that would make even the most jaded observer pause and marvel at the sheer scale of their malevolence.

The plot began to take shape in the spring of 2019, when Ibrahim El-R slipped into Bulgaria—a nation still wrestling with its own shadows—to establish a depot brimming with ammunition and firearms, including a Kalashnikov rifle, that old standby of the terrorist class. Months later, he ventured to Denmark, emptying another cache and ferrying at least one pistol back to Germany. The weapons slumbered, biding their time, until August 2023, when Ibrahim returned to Bulgaria mere weeks before Hamas unleashed its barbarism on Israel on October 7th. 

As war erupted in Gaza, the puppet masters in Hamas flicked the switch, activating their European sleeper cell.

Over the summer, this quartet of would-be executioners crisscrossed from Berlin, scouring Poland for yet another elusive arms stash—a quest that, mercifully, ended in failure. One can almost picture them, traipsing through Eastern Europe, clutching their jihadist scavenger maps, only to come up empty-handed. 

The irony is as thick as it is gratifying.

Their dreams of bloodletting, however, were not to be. In December 2023, German authorities swooped in, apprehending three of the plotters on home soil, while the fourth, Nazih R., was nabbed in the Netherlands and extradited in February 2024. 

It’s a rare moment of competence in a Europe too often paralyzed by its own delusions of moral equivalence.

This trial is more than a legal reckoning; it’s a stark reminder of the enemy within—men who exploit the liberties of the West to sow chaos and death. Their targets—the embassy, the air base, the airport—speak volumes about their intent: to shatter the fragile threads that bind our societies. That they failed is a relief, but that they came so close is a warning we ignore at our peril.

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USAID bribed Time Magazine with $4 million to name Zelenskyy "Person of the Year"

As Elon Musk's team known as DOGE sniffs out the rot in government, it has been discovered that USAID paid Time magazine $4,000,000 to name Volodymyr Zelenskyy "Person of the Year." This might be surprising to some people as Ukraine's leader isn't gay or a transgender, but should we really be surprised?

Is there any media outlet on the left that wasn't on USAID's payroll?

If it weren’t for Trump and DOGE, most people would still have no idea how much money the… pic.twitter.com/lYz8hFuykX

— Johnny Midnight ⚡️ (@its_The_Dr)

Thankfully, DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) has put the rot in the sunlight where people can now see it for themselves. Had they not, we taxpayers would never know how much our government wastes.

BBC,CBS, TIME, and Politico, are just some of the media that got paid for telling us what to think.

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IDF to resume the eradication of Hamas: cutting off aid and bombarding Strip with boots on the ground

Israeli decision-makers plan to resume the Gaza war in four to six weeks with shock and awe, sending in tens of thousands of troops to conquer the entire strip in a single coordinated offensive against Hamas terrorists.

Incoming military chief of staff Eyal Zamir has, at the direction of Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, started developing the plan, according to several current and former Israeli officials with knowledge of high-level discussions.

Israel plans to deploy more soldiers in Gaza than it had previously used--more than 50,000 troops, before relocating civilian Hamas supporters to humanitarian zones. The IDF will then wage a 

Under the plan, Israel will deploy more troops to Gaza than it has to this point in the war—over 50,000—before relocating the civilian population to humanitarian zones and waging a merciless ground campaign against Arab terrorists across the rest of the Gaza Strip.

“We’re going to see four to five divisions simultaneously attack in the north, in the center, and in the south, to occupy every area and clear out the enemy,” Hezi Nehama said. He is a former IDF colonel who co-authored the Generals’ Plan, an influential proposal for a staged siege of Gaza. “It will look different than what we saw in the war until now.”

“It’s going to be decisive,” said Amir Avivi, a former Israeli brigadier general who has advised the Israeli government and military during the war. “Israel will use every tool it has to conquer Gaza and eradicate Hamas.”

It's about time. In the past, the fighting always ended with Hamas and Israel's enemies still intact. This needs to change and Israel must protect itself from future attacks. They need to control all of Gaza and rid the country of Hamassholes, Hezbollah, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and their ilk.

The plan begins with a wave of airstrikes on Gaza and a reduction of humanitarian aid to Gaza, the sources said. “There will be no aid outside the humanitarian zones,” said Kobi Michael, a former head of the Palestinian desk at the Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry and before that a senior Israeli military intelligence official. 

After all, what army in human history supplied their foes with supplies? And the world expects this from Israel because the world is rooting for the other teams.

“This will prevent Hamas from continuing to steal all the humanitarian aid and will increase pressure on the group through the local population,” Michael added.

Nehama said Israel plans to expand an existing humanitarian zone in Al-Mawasi in southern Gaza into a single giant refuge. Other sources said there would be several humanitarian zones.

The IDF raised its alert and readiness level along the Gaza border on Sunday, and Hamas has also reportedly started making preparations for renewed fighting.

Zamir, the incoming military chief of staff, estimates that the plan, which he will present to Netanyahu and Katz after taking office next Thursday, can be completed in six months or less, according to Nehama.

The plan could be paused if Hamas agrees to release more of the 59 Israeli hostages still held in Gaza, 35 of them confirmed dead, or to disarm and leave Gaza in exchange for an end to the war, the sources said. But the chances of the latter happening is as likely as Mahmoud Abbas converting to Judaism. 

Israeli decision-makers agree and don't believe Hamas is ready to make such compromises. After all, the hostages are the only bargaining chip for the terrorists and if they release them, then Israel can go all-out war on the terrorists.

Israel’s plan to resume the war comes on the heels of a string of military and diplomatic successes that leave the Jewish state less constrained than at any previous point in the past 17 months of war, thanks to President Trump. 

Hezbollah agreed in November to a humiliating ceasefire with Israel, easing pressure on Israel’s overstretched army, but it's not crazy to think given enough time to regroup, resupply and replenish troops that Hezbollah will stay out of the anti-Zionist fray.

“We always had divisions in the north, and now we don’t need divisions in the north because Hezbollah is not a threat,” said Nehama. “So we can take those divisions and put them all in Gaza at the same time, and this is very important.”

In January, President Trump began reversing former alleged president Joe Biden’s efforts to restrain Israel and accommodate its genocidal enemies.

Trump has aligned more closely with Israel against Hezbollah and Iran and ended the Biden handler[s] restrictions on U.S. military aid to Israel.

In Gaza, meanwhile, Trump has taken an even harder line than Bibi, pushing the prime minister to resume the war with Hamas and resettle Gazans abroad.

During Netanyahu’s visit to the White House earlier this month, Trump told the prime minister to “do whatever you need to do” to defeat Hamas, according to an Israeli military official who described the meeting on condition of anonymity. But, the official said, Trump gave Netanyahu just 150 days to finish the job.

And this appears to be Bibi's plan.

Israel’s government, meanwhile, has replaced a number of top security officials who resisted deeper involvement in Gaza, including former defense minister Yoav Gallant and outgoing military chief of staff Herzi Halevi, with generals who are considered more hawkish. They had the same historical cyclic strategy to fight, stop, wait, and fight again after the enemy has regained its military strength. 

Israel has got to stop trying to be the good guys in order to win the love of the world. It isn't going to happen anyway, so they need to finish the job and let the haters hate.

An Israeli government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that in recent cabinet meetings, ministers have “completely rejected” Halevi’s approach to Gaza and accused him of “doing everything he can to prevent victory in the war,” the World Israel News reported. 

“Behind the scenes, there are discussions with Zamir, which are much more constructive,” the anonymous official said. “We hope to see him take leadership of the military and execute his plans.”

In a meeting early February with Netanyahu, Katz and Yaron Finkelman, the head of Israel’s Southern Command, Zamir rejected Halevi’s latest proposal for the Gaza war as too timid, according to Nehama and another former Israeli military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

“The next chief of staff didn’t like what he heard,” Nehama said. “He told the prime minister and the defense minister that he would present them with another plan, much more aggressive and decisive with many more troops involved.”

As I said before, the ridiculous cycle of war between Israel and her enemies has got to end here and now. The Jewish State needs to end the war by ending Hamas and all others who would see the demise of the Jews in Israel and then globally. 

It must end now. 

Am Yisrael Chai.

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Heads explode as Trump gives DOGE more power

President Donald J. Trump has signed an executive order Wednesday to “further reign in government waste and officially implement” the Department of Government Efficiency’s “cost efficiency initiative.”

Hoo boy--you can hear the flatulence-sounding explosions going off in Eric Swalwell's circle of Chinese Communist friends and others.

Trump's order requires each agency head to work directly with the DOGE team and find where government contracts and grants can be modified or even canned altogether. And this is to "commence immediately" with the aim to reduce federal spending or “reallocate spending to promote efficiency and advance the policies” of the Trump administration.

President Trump signed the order after holding the first cabinet meeting of his new administration, during which his senior adviser, Elon Musk, who influences DOGE’s actions, spoke at length about the department’s goals, causing Democrat hands to be wrung and tsk-tsks to be made.

“The overall goal here with the DOGE team is to address the enormous deficit,” Musk told Trump cabinet members on Wednesday. “We simply cannot sustain as a country two-trillion-dollar deficits. Just the interest on the debt now exceeds the Defense Department spending.”

Musk, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO said that DOGE is working as “a support function for the president and for the agencies and departments to help achieve those savings to effectively find 15% reduction in fraud and waste.” 

Trump’s executive order seeks to increase DOGE’s ability to drastically reduce federal spending. The order requires “Each Agency Head, in consultation with the agency’s DOGE Team Lead, [to] conduct a comprehensive review of each agency’s contracting policies, procedures, and personnel.”

Per the president’s order, the DOGE team is required to provide the DOGE administrator with “a monthly informational report on contracting activities” that includes “all payment justifications provided pursuant to that process, to the extent consistent with law.”

Earlier this month, the White House clarified that Elon Musk is not the DOGE administrator. On Monday, they announced that Amy Gleason, a healthcare executive with experience in both the Trump and Biden administrations, holds the position. From 2018 to 2021, Gleason was part of the U.S. Digital Service (USDS), which later transformed into DOGE.

President Trump recently issued a new directive for DOGE, building on an executive order he signed earlier this month. That order instructed federal agency heads to “coordinate and consult” with DOGE during hiring and to “limit hiring to essential positions.”

Some critics are growing worried about DOGE and Musk’s expanding influence within the Trump administration. On Wednesday, a reporter asked Trump if any cabinet members were “unhappy” with Musk’s involvement. Trump replied that some might “disagree a little bit,” but he went on to say, “For the most part, I think everyone is not only happy, but thrilled.”

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IDF will not withdraw from the Philadelphi corridor

Israel has decided not to pull its forces out of the Philadelphi corridor, which is the border area between Egypt and Gaza, even though this was part of the ceasefire deal with Hamxs, an Israeli official told ABC News.

"We will not allow Hamxs murderers to once again roam our borders with pickup trucks and guns, and we will not allow them to rebuild strength from smuggling," the official explained in a statement. This shows Israel’s worry about Hamxs regaining power if they leave the area.

The Philadelphi corridor has been a major issue in talks between Israel and Hamxs for months before they agreed to the ceasefire. Israel’s refusal to leave could cause problems with both Hamas and Egypt, who helped make the ceasefire happen, especially since the peace is already shaky.

According to the ceasefire plan, Israel was supposed to start leaving the Philadelphi corridor and all of Gaza on Saturday, the final day of the first phase. They were given eight days to fully withdraw from the corridor.

For Hamxs, having Israel leave the corridor is a must. They wouldn’t agree to any ceasefire that let Israeli troops stay there.

Israeli leaders have said lately that they think their army needs to stay in the Philadelphi corridor to stop weapons from being smuggled into Gaza from Egypt. Israel has already destroyed tunnels there to try to stop this.

Defense Minister Israel Katz recently told local leaders that he saw tunnels going under the border when he visited the corridor.

But not everyone agrees. Former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant disagreed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who insists Israel must stay in the Philadelphi corridor and the Netzarim corridor (which splits Gaza into north and south) to keep the country safe and meet military goals.

Back in August, Herzi Halevi, who was then the head of Israel’s army, said holding onto Gaza or the Philadelphi corridor shouldn’t be a reason to ruin a possible deal with Hamas. He believes the army can handle things even if Israel leaves Gaza and gives up control of the corridor.
The first part of the ceasefire ends this Saturday.

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USAID workers are packing up their stuff

USAID workers will be given a quarter of an hour to clear out their work areas as the agency comes to an end. For many college students, a quarter of an hour, they believe, is 25 minutes, which also implies how well the Department of Education has been doing lately.

Thousands of USAID workers who have been terminated or placed on leave as part of the Trump administration's getting rid of the agency are being told to clear out their workspaces between Thursday and Friday.

USAID has placed 4,080 staffers who work across the globe on leave Monday. That was joined by a “reduction in force” that will affect another 1,600 employees, a State Department spokesman said in an emailed response to questions. 

The agency is one of Trump's and the Department of Government Efficiency's biggest targets thus far in the project of Elon Musk to dramatically cut the size of the federal government. USAID will leave only a fraction of its employees on the job and the way things look, it may only be the toilet cleaners and window washers.

Trump and Musk have moved swiftly to shutter the foreign aid agency, calling its programs out of line with the president’s agenda and explaining that its $40,000,000,000 annual budget is wasteful in its role in foreign aid.

When you allocate $20,000,000 to produce a "Sesame Street" show in Iraq, known as "Ahlan Simsim Iraq," some may consider that wasteful spending initiated by the Biden administration. While they claim the show promotes inclusion and mutual respect across ethnic and religious groups, it seems that Hamas and other Islamic nations didn't get the message. DOGE argues that it represents frivolous spending and questions its relevance to U.S. taxpayers and its tangible impact. In other words, just because it sounds good doesn't mean it's doing any good anywhere other than lining the pockets of certain individuals.

Then we have up to $10,000,000 in USAID-funded meals that reportedly ended up with the Nusra Front, an al Qaeda-linked terrorist group who enjoy killing people for religious reasons. Obviously, this is not merely wasteful spending, but clearly a potentially harmful misdirection of funds that also raises concerns about oversight and accountability within USAID.

Then there's the smaller projects such as a $2,000,000 grant for Moroccan pottery classes, and the same amount to promote tourism in Lebanon. WTAF? How are they connected to American interests?

DOGE argues they show a pattern of funding niche projects over more important domestic priorities.

Let's never forget how important the left sees DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) as being part of hiring practices like the one we had for a US Vice President last administration.

Examples include $1.5 million to promote LGBTQ+ advocacy in Serbia and $5.5 million for similar efforts in Uganda and Jamaica, countries with restrictive laws on these communities. DOGE views these as wasteful and ideologically motivated, aligning with Trump’s executive order to end DEI programs in federal agencies. A $70,000 grant for a DEI musical in Ireland further fuels this narrative, seen as an extravagant use of funds with little strategic value. 

Although the programs mentioned above, ranging from millions to tens of millions, are only a fraction of USAID's budget, DOGE sees them as symbolic of broader inefficiency.

The agency’s total cuts under DOGE are reported at $6.5 billion to $8 billion, with USAID leading the list of contract cancellations. Critics argue these cuts, while impactful in scale, often lack a nuanced assessment of the programs’ long-term benefits, such as the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, which DOGE axed despite its efficiency in optimizing food aid distribution.

In a report earlier this month from the Congressional Research Service, they say that  congressional authorization is required “to abolish, move, or consolidate USAID.” 

However, the Republican majorities in the House and Senate have made no pushback against the administration’s actions, just like the Democrats do when they have control of the House and Senate.

There’s virtually nothing left to fund, anyway: The administration now says it is eliminating over 90% of USAID’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in U.S. assistance around the world. That's good for the taxpayers, good for the economy, and good for America.

It’s unclear how many of the more than 5,600 USAID employees who have been fired or placed on leave work at the agency’s headquarters building in Washington. A notice on the agency’s website said staff at other locations will have the chance to collect their personal belongings at a later date.

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Dem with alleged ethical misconduct and more, questions Musk's loyalty to US as an immigrant

One can only wonder how Rep. Marcy Kaptur (Dummy-OH) deals with the taste of her foot in her mouth. On Wednesday made comments questioning Elon Musk's allegiance to the United States since he has been a citizen [that is, he consciously chose to be a US citizen rather than having it happen to him] for "only" 22 years.

"Mr. Musk has just been here 22 years," Kaptur said outside the Capitol on Wednesday. "And he’s a citizen of three countries. I always ask myself the question, with the damage he’s doing here, when push comes to shove, which country is his loyalty to? South Africa? Canada? Or the United States? And he’s only been a citizen, I’ll say again, 22 years."

Had Elon chose to misuse money slated for, say, Trump's campaign contributions, as Kaptur allegedly did, that wouldn't have been a problem for her. 

See, in 2009, the oxymoronically named Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) referred a case to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct regarding Kaptur. The referral focused on earmarks she wrote for clients of a lobbying firm, PMA Group, during the 2008 and 2010 campaign cycles. She received contributions from PMA's political action committee (PAC), its employees, and PACs of PMA clients for whom she secured earmarks. Hmm, very interesting.

The question was whether Kaptur solicited or accepted these contributions in exchange for official acts, potentially violating federal law (18 U.S.C.). It was ultimately dismissed without charging her but it raises questions about her ethics.

In 2022 during her campaign against Republican J.R. Majewski, Kaptur's campaign highlighted Majewski's misrepresentation of his military service. This led the National Republican Congressional Committee to pull nearly one million dollars in ad funding for his race. But posts on X alleged that Kaptur had facilitated the theft of a veteran's military records to discredit Majewski, and again, no concrete evidence supports this claim, just as no evidence supports Kaptur's claim that Elon Musk's loyalties are not with the United States.

Kaptur's shifting loyalty to her Democrat then- President Joe Biden seems somewhat hypocritical when she has the audacity to label Musk as disloyal to his chosen nation. In mid-2022, she praised Biden during his visit to Ohio tied to the American Rescue plan. By August, her loyalty was a thing of the past. Her campaign ads said she "doesn't work for Joe Biden" and was "fighting back" against the Biden administration, particularly regarding trade issues with China.

This pivot, coming amid Biden’s disasterous approval ratings, was seen by many as opportunistic distancing from an unpopular president, despite her earlier support, highlighting tensions within the Democratic Party ahead of the midterms and her lack of spine and courage.

Kaptur has served in Congress since 1983, and drew immediate criticism on social media from conservatives pointing out her hypocrisy and using language that Republicans would be attacked for using.

"Just like @elonmusk, I immigrated LEGALLY and pledged my full loyalty to America," Ohio GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno posted on X. "But Democrats just see us as cheap labor who pick their crops and mow their lawns. If you step out of line & question their liberal narrative, they say you don’t belong here. It’s disgusting."

"Rep Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) is now a nativist when it comes to Elon Musk," Greg Price of the White House Rapid Response team posted on X.

The White House’s official rapid response account also posted on X, saying, "@RepMarcyKaptur is now questioning the loyalty of American citizens. This is a new low."

Kaptur's hypocrisy is almost laughable when it comes to Musk. Her own Polish immigrant heritage should advise her but her self-serving ambitions seem to cloud her judgment.

"A really bad thing for Marcy Kaptur to say," Taxpayers Protection Alliance President David Williams posted on X. "Is she really saying this about immigrants?

"Marcy Kaptur’s disgusting remark questioning Elon Musk’s loyalty based on his immigrant background exposes the Democrat Party’s descent into nativist rhetoric – the very thing they claim to oppose," NRCC spokesman Mike Marinella told Fox News Digital in a statement.

"Their hypocrisy is clear: they champion open borders when it benefits them but resort to xenophobic attacks when an immigrant doesn’t align with their political agenda."

"Only immigrant the Democrats aren’t for," National Review editor Ramesh Ponnuru posted on X.

"This is the attack they want to make?!" Republican communicator Matt Whitlock posted on X. "That Elon has only been a citizen for 22 years? The Trump administration continues to be blessed with the absolute dumbest opposition I’ve ever seen."

Kaptur, 78, apparently with a matching IQ, previously signed onto a House resolution in 2019 condemning President Trump for alleged xenophobic comments.

"This resolution states that immigrants and their descendants have made America stronger and naturalized citizens are just as American as those whose families have been in the United States for generations," the resolution stated.

"It also expresses a commitment to keep America open to those who lawfully seek refuge from violence and oppression and those willing to work hard to achieve the American Dream, regardless of race, ethnicity, faith, or country of origin."

It's obvious that the only immigrants Democrats support are the ones who cross the border illegally.

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Big brave man threatens to kill children in Jewish school over Gaza war

Well, isn’t this just the picture of modern tolerance? A gentleman—aged 31, naturally a beacon of moral clarity—decides to pen a little love note: “What is happening in Gaza is not okay. I am going to shoot three children from your school. I have been watching them for a while. Enough, you will pay in blood.” 

Charming, really. A regular poet laureate of our enlightened age. Apparently, this humanitarian soul dashed off his missive in early February, targeting a Jewish school in Amsterdam—because, of course, nothing says “justice for Gaza” like threatening to murder children in the Netherlands. 

Subtlety, it seems, is not his forte.

The Dutch police, ever diligent, inform us they’re on the hunt for this misunderstood philosopher, who’s currently sunning himself in Turkey—presumably working on his tan while plotting his next ode to peace. Arrested? Oh, heavens no. That would be far too proactive. No word yet on whether they’ve bothered to send an extradition request to Ankara, but I’m sure they’re drafting it with all the urgency of a bureaucracy planning its next coffee break.

Meanwhile, the Cheider School in Amsterdam—yes, the one with the temerity to keep existing—soldiers on under “tight security.” How reassuring. 

One imagines the children practicing their sums while glancing nervously at the windows, wondering if today’s the day their would-be avenger drops by to “make things right.” Growing concerns about antisemitism in Amsterdam, you say? Gosh, I wonder what could possibly be fueling that.

And this isn’t even the city’s first rodeo this month. 

Just a few weeks back, two IDF soldiers—daring to take a holiday, the audacity—were hounded out of town after an anti-Israel outfit called “Israel Genocide Tracker” decided to play vigilante. They splashed the soldiers’ photos and personal details across the internet, branding them genocidal monsters for the crime of, what, serving in a tank battalion? The group’s X post was a masterpiece of restraint: “After participating in the Gaza genocide… this Israeli tank commander… enjoyed taking selfies with them—landed in Amsterdam today for a vacation.” The horror! A man in uniform taking selfies! Surely the Hague should be notified.

Lest we forget, December brought us that delightful scene of Israeli football fans being chased through Amsterdam’s streets by a mob wielding knives and a charming disregard for basic human decency. Beaten, hunted, dodging cars trying to mow them down—oh, and a spot of attempted kidnapping for good measure. 

Some ended up barricading themselves in shops, presumably wondering why they didn’t pick Mallorca instead. Danny Danon, Israel’s UN ambassador, called it a “pogrom,” and you can almost hear the eye-rolls from the progressive salons: “Pogrom? How gauche. Surely just a spirited protest gone awry.”

So here we are. A city once famed for its canals and liberalism now moonlighting as a stage for anti-Semitic melodrama. Threats to shoot schoolchildren, soldiers doxxed for daring to breathe European air, football fans turned into prey—all under the banner of some twisted moral crusade. 

“The Western world needs to wake up now!!” Danon cries. Wake up? Oh, Danny, they’re wide awake—they’re just busy drafting hashtags and perfecting their sanctimonious frowns. Welcome to 2025, where the past isn’t just prologue; it’s the bloody encore.

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Poopy-mouth Dem Rep. tell Musk to eff off and gets ripped a new one on social media

Classy Texas Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett got her clock rewound on social media after her ghetto mouth got her in trouble. She told Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head and wealthiest man on planet Earth to "f**k off." Her inappropriate verbiage is making her a star among fellow ghettonians and all around miscreants.

"F**k off," the nasty babe told reporter Joe Gallina outside Capitol Hill on Tuesday when asked what she would tell Elon Musk if she could tell him anything.

Crockett’s lazy filthy mouth and lack of a introspection  immediately drew blowback from conservatives on social media, who took issue with her disgusting verbiage and tone.

Here is what a few conservatives on X had to say:

"The face of the American left, ladies and gentlemen," conservative account Johnny MAGA posted on X. 

"Classy," conservative commentator Benny Johnson also posted on X. 

"Jasmine Crockett = trash," comedian Tim Young posted on X. 

"Please make Jasmine Crockett the spokesperson of the Democrat Party," former GOP congressional candidate Kathleen Anderson posted on X.

Fox News Digital reached out to Crockett's office for comment and they told the media outlet to 'f**k off.' Just kidding--they simply didn't respond.

Many on the left in Congress are afraid of DOGE and pretty much anything that challenges mediocrity with meritocracy. They and their voters are not used to being required to account for the existence of their jobs and are therefore protesting Musk's people cutting wasteful spending.

However, in a recent poll, amplified by Musk on social media, the outcome suggests a majority of the American people support DOGE's mission.

The Harvard CAPS-Harris poll revealed a majority of Americans support reducing wasteful government spending. Most voters agree there should be a government agency dedicated to efficiency and that DOGE is helping to make major spending cuts, the non-probability-based poll found.

This scares the f**k out of DEI supporters and leftists, if you don't mind me saying so.

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US Intelligence Chief says Islamic terrorism most urgent security threat

Islamic terrorism has been a staple of the religion since the inception of the religion. The goal has always been global conquest and the establishment of a world caliphate where every human being worships Allah or pays a tax known as jizya, or be killed. It's convert, pay or die, especially Jews.

Thus, there is no such thing as "radical" Islam, because taken literally, Islamic scripture demands Muslims to create a world caliphate by the means explained above. Terrorists, therefore, are simply following the teachings of the Qur'an, Hadith, and Reliance on the Traveller, [Umdat al-Salik wa Uddat al-Nasik], the teachings of jurisprudence and worshipping.

Groups such as CAIR, ISNA and others need to be classified as terrorist organizations because they all share the same goal of creating a world caliphate.

US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard warned in a recent interview that “radical Islamist terrorism” poses the greatest threat to the safety of the American people, potentially shedding light on her priorities as she starts the job of leading the vast American intelligence community. If she would have removed the word 'radical,' she would have been more accurate in her description of orthodox Islam as the teachings are clear.

Here comes the disclaimer: not all Muslims are terrorists or anti-Semites; but most terrorists are Muslim and anti-Semites through generational teaching. 

While speaking with Fox News host Lara Trump, Gabbard dismissed the declaration made in 2021 by the useless and then-Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that white supremacists pose the greatest national security threat to the United States. 

While difficult to pin down a precise percentage since not all white supremacists would admit to it, one such tracking of hate groups comes from the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center. They identified 165 active white nationalist groups in 2023, although membership estimates are unclear. However, older figures such a a 2018 claim on X suggested about 2,000 white supremacist groups. If we compare the U.S. population of about 330 million people, the fraction falls around 0.0006% and even if membership has since grown and doesn't count unaffiliated scumcrumpets, it's still very likely to fall under 0.01%.

Instead of pretending that it's white people who are the nation's biggest security threat, Gabbard asserted that Americans face a greater safety threat from “radical Islamist terrorism.”

“We look at the past four years of open borders, where we had tens of millions of people coming across our borders, many of whom we don’t know who they are or what their intentions are, very specifically the threat of radical Islamist terrorism ​​here within our country is higher than it’s ever been before, not only because of [former US President Joe] Biden’s open borders, but because of his and his administration’s fear of being called Islamophobes,” Gabbard said when asked what the chief threat is to the American people’s safety.

After the October 7, 2023 Arab massacre of Israelis, Gabbard's statement seems to be the only honest one we've been hearing.

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VA Dem compares DOGE job cuts to killing Jews in Europe

"Job cuts? Really?"

"First they came for the gays, but I wasn't gay so I did nothing. Then they came for LGBTQ+1 but I had no idea what it all meant, so I did nothing. Then they came for job cuts; but I was unemployed and not looking, so I did nothing. Then they came for my soul, but I was a Democrat and only pretended to have one, so I did nothing." Anonymous, aka Me

A hyperbolic Virginia state delegate compared DOGE cuts to the Holocaust because it wasn't an actual person he could compare to Adolf Hitler, so one of the world's most evil point in history was used to compare President Trump's work with Elon Musk to decrease budget spending and bring down the nation's debt.

Republicans called this dilution of what actually was the Holocaust "utterly insensitive and hyperbolic." Yeah, just a tad hyperbolic you might say.

Brandon Cole, (Dummy--Fredericksburg) lifted the famous quote from the German pastor Martin Niemöller who spoke out against the Nazi regime. Cole's use of the Holocaust is a frequently used, disgusting ploy by the Democrats to imply how immoral the GOP is, but in truth, saving the nation's future generations from crushing debt is the moral thing to do. And what does it have to do with killing Jews, Gypsies and gays anyway?

House Minority Leader Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock) said Cole should apologize to Holocaust survivors and "every citizen of Virginia" for associating DOGE's targeting of useless government jobs to the extermination of millions of Jews by German Nazi turds [my words, not is].

"Comparing the loss of some government jobs to the Holocaust is an insult to the memory of the millions who were slaughtered [by the Nazi regime]," Gilbert said.

During a hearing of an "emergency" panel addressing the effects of DOGE on the Virginia workforce, Cole claimed that his constituents are within the congressional district that has the highest concentration of federal workers in the state.

Cole misrepresents a portion of Rep. Eugene Vindman’s, (D-VA) 7th District. Democratic Rep. Don Beyer’s 8th District to the north in Alexandria houses more federal workers, according to the Virginia Public Access Project, but it isn't clear if they actually work.

"I must say that I have seen so many different people on social media rather excited about these [DOGE] cuts; rather excited about these job losses," Cole said. 

"And that reminds me of a quote from a long time ago that said: 'At first they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't Jewish. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. And then when they came for me, there was no one to speak up because everyone had been taken.'"

Seriously? 

These people are not ammunition to make your points

What an ass. If it isn't comparing Republicans to Hitler, it's comparing policies to the Holocaust. The country is tired of this lazy rhetoric and that is exactly why Trump destroyed Harris in the 2024 presidential election.

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IDF will stay in parts of Lebanon and Syria indefinitely says Netanyahu

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) will remain stationed in key areas of Lebanon and Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu said Sunday. He stated that Israel demands full demilitarization of southern Syria and refuses to tolerate any threat to the Druze community in the region.

Bibi spoke at a graduate ceremony of IDF combat officer's course and said,  “In Syria, IDF forces will remain in the Mount Hermon area and the buffer zone for an indefinite period to protect our communities and counter any threats. We will not allow forces from HTS (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, led by Syria’s new ruler Abu Mohammad al-Julani) or the New Syrian Army to enter areas south of Damascus.”

He said regarding Lebanon, that the IDF would maintain control over strategic areas on the northern border inside of Lebanon territory until the Lebanese government and military totally uphold their commitments under the ceasefire agreement.

Defense Minister Israel Katz said that “[O]ur eyes are on the entire region today, especially Syria. We are committed to ensuring that October 7 never happens again. As the prime minister said, there is a new reality in southern Syria. The IDF will not allow hostile forces to establish a presence in the security zone from here to Damascus, and we will act against any threat.”

Katz also highlighted Israel’s commitment to strengthening ties with friendly populations in the region, particularly the Druze, whom he called “brothers in arms.” He reassured that Israel is dedicated to ensuring their safety and preserving their historical connections, thus reinforcing Netanyahu's statement.

Israeli troops entered the Syrian buffer zone immediately after the fall of Bashar "The Chin" Assad's regime came to a crashing end. The troops were concerned about armed groups moving into the area and put soldiers in key positions to protect Israeli communities in the Golan Heights, while stressing that Israel will not interfere with Syrian affairs, but will operate as needed to secure the buffer zone to safeguard Israel.

After the Syrian rebels took control of the Golan and removed Assad from power, the IDF warned them not to cross the Alpha Line, marking the start of the demilitarized zone. The Northern Command raised its alert level and activated emergency defense plans in anticipation of a potential invasion from the east.

Now with almost six months after the start of what has become the Third Lebanon War, Israel is reestablishing a partial presence inside Lebanese territory. This is the first time in 25 years it has done so and five outposts will be established several hundred meters beyond the border fence. Each outpost will be manned by hundreds of IDF soldiers and they will maintain this presence until a new political directive is issued.

A similar forward defense strategy is being implemented along the Gaza border, with ongoing coordination between the Southern and Northern Commands to apply lessons from recent operations.

Netanyahu, love him or hate him, means it when he implies that never again means never again.

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Homeland Security and ICE arrest illegal aliens and the business owners who allegedly harbored them

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) recently caught eight illegal immigrants during a raid at a workplace in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. The owners of the business are now in big trouble and facing serious charges for hiring and hiding these workers, who weren’t allowed to be in the country.

This all went down at Abby’s Bakery in a border town called Los Fresnos. The authorities say the owners, Leonardo Baez and Nora Alicia Avila-Guel, knew these workers were illegal immigrants but still gave them jobs and a place to stay.

Here’s what was posted online: “NEW: ICE & HSI in the RGV conducted a worksite operation at a bakery in Los Fresnos, TX, arresting 8 illegal alien employees and charging the owners with federal felonies for harboring & aiding the illegal aliens via 8 USC 1324. This is the law Tom Homan has been repeatedly…” followed by a picture link.

An HSI special agent wrote in a legal document that the illegal immigrants even admitted the owners knew they weren’t supposed to be in the U.S. For example, one of the workers caught, Roberto Ibarra Otero, is from Mexico and didn’t have any papers to stay here legally. The authorities said, “Roberto Ibarra Otero is a citizen of Mexico with no documents to remain in the United States.”

The owners are being charged under a law called 8 USC 1324, which says it’s illegal to hide or protect people who aren’t supposed to be in the country. If they’re found guilty, they could get fined or even go to jail for up to ten years for each worker they helped.

This bust might be part of a new plan by the Trump administration to stop illegal immigration by cracking down on business owners who hire or hide illegal immigrants. Some states already have laws that make businesses use a system called E-Verify to check if job applicants are legal, but Texas only requires it for government workers and a few specific jobs. Meanwhile, states like California and Illinois actually make it harder for businesses to use E-Verify, even if they want to.

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BREAKING: MSNBC cancels race baiter's show

Perhaps the race baiting is no longer fashionable, at least on cable tv. As of today, MSNBC has canceled Joy Reid's 7 p.m. show, "The ReidOut," in a major shake-up.

This latest decision is part of a wide programming overhaul led by the new MSNBC president, Rebecca Kutler. This is Ms. Kutler's first major change at the network and appointed president this month.

The final race-baiting episode is said to air sometime this week and Reid's time slot will be replaced by a panel show featuring Symone Sanders-Townsend, Michael Steele, and Alicia Menendez, who currently hosts "The Weekend."

Although the network hasn't made it official as of this moment, the news is all over the outlets such as the former newspaper, New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, and Newsweek who cite sources familiar with the changes.

Reid is expected to remain with MSNBC in a different capacity, possibly as a contributor or correspondent, a race hustler, or just a blathering fool, though details are still unfolding. 

Although MSNBC had previously jumped ahead of CNN, they have always lagged behind Fox News because of their maniacal hatred of President Trump. People are obviously tired of their claptrap.

Charlie Kirk tweeted: J"oy Reid, aka the race lady at MSNBC, just had her show cancelled because it was unwatchable. Good riddance to the most vitriolic, lowbrow, and unhinged race hustler ever allowed on national television."

I disagree with Charlie--I always believed that Al Sharpton was the worst race hustler, but that's merely my opinion.

Sage Steele tweeted: "Sadly, every word of this is true. Maybe, just maybe, the days of making money off of race baiting and divisiveness are beginning to come to an end."

But the best response came from Megyn Kelly: "Remember when Joy Reid laughingly mocked 'white women tears' as pathetic and offensive to her? Who's crying now, Joy? Good riddance to the absolute worst person on television, shame on NBC for letting it go on this long."

This has been a long time coming and her show will be missed like fire hemorrhoids in August.

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Syria's new textbooks still crazy after all these centuries

Note the arm gesture

Let us cast an unflinching eye upon the new schoolbooks emerging from Syria, shall we? There is something deeply troubling afoot. "In the new schoolbooks, the role of women in Arab history is being deliberately downplayed; Islam relegates women to a lower rank than men." 

So it is written, and so it appears to be. 

Figures such as Nazik al-Abid—once hailed as the “Joan of Arc of the Arabs” for her courageous stand for women’s rights—are now scrubbed from the pages. Queen Zenobia, that towering figure of the 3rd century, is dismissed as a relic of the Jahaliyya, the Time of Ignorance, unworthy of emulation. And Khawla bint al-Azwar, the fierce warrior of the Rashidun era who dared to believe Ali was the first rightful caliph, finds no favor in the uber-Sunni sanctum of Damascus. A Shia in all but name, she is cast out of this new pedagogical pantheon.

The excision does not stop there. 

The Assad dynasty, both father and son, has been predictably erased from any hint of praise, direct or oblique. Yet when it comes to Israel and the Jews, the venom remains untouched. 

"Multiple maps in a geography textbook for 14 – 15-year-olds present all of Israel’s internationally recognized territory as Palestine." The Golan Heights, firmly under Israeli control, are brazenly claimed as Syrian, while the cover flaunts an image of the Sea of Galilee—nestled within Israel’s borders—as though to whisper that it, too, might belong to Syria. 

Does Israel exist within its 1949 armistice lines in these texts, or has it been obliterated entirely? The answer is murky, but what is crystal clear is this: the Israel of today finds no reflection in these maps.

And then there is the matter of science—or its absence. 

"An entire chapter in a biology textbook for 13 – 14-year-olds on evolution has been removed." Why? Because evolution, we are told, is merely a “theory,” one that clashes with the immutable truths of Islamic doctrine. Best to shield the young minds from its seductive heresies until they can be sufficiently armored with faith. Secularism, it seems, is an unwelcome guest in this new scholastic order.

But it is in the reframing of “martyrdom” that the shift becomes most chilling. 

"‘Martyrdom’ will be reframed in the new textbooks from a national to a religious perspective." Out goes the notion of “a person giving away his soul to defend his homeland”; in its place, 10 grade pupils will now be taught of “a person giving away his soul for the sake of Allah.” The homeland of Syria fades into irrelevance; the call is now to martyrdom for Islam itself—to expand the umma, to strike down the infidels. 

Take Dalia al-Mughrabi, for instance, enshrined in these pages as a paragon of virtue. She, who in 1978 helped slaughter 38 Israeli civilians, including 13 children, in the Coastal Road Massacre, is held aloft as a model to emulate. 

If this is the education of the young, what future can we expect?

Behind this lurks the shadow of Turkey, Erdogan’s hand guiding the rise of HTS and its leader, al-Jolani, in their war against Assad. Ankara remains the principal foreign patron of this new Damascus regime—though one wonders how long that alliance will hold if Turkey insists on lingering in northern Syria to keep the Kurds in check. 

For now, the Ottoman legacy is gently rebranded: what was once an “occupation” in Assad’s textbooks is now a neutral “regime,” a semantic sleight of hand to appease a friend. Syria itself, as a nation, recedes from view; the spotlight falls instead on Islam and the global umma. The old hatreds endure—Jews and Western powers, those “warmongers and exploiters who suck the ‘blood of the innocents,’” remain the perennial enemies.

Al-Jolani may speak soothing words, pledging to disarm militias and forge a national army, disavowing any intent to challenge Israel’s recent gains on the Syrian Golan. And yet here are these textbooks, freshly minted, steeped ever deeper in an Islamic fervor that will shape the next generation. "Statements against Jews remain, as do those against all the Western powers." Many of these children, fed this diet of piety and prejudice, will surely emerge as jihadis—foot soldiers in a war without end.

The Israelis, wisely, keep their distance, unmoved by al-Jolani’s supposed overtures. They are right to hesitate. 

If you seek the reason, look no further than these schoolbooks. Impact-se has laid it bare: what has been kept, what has been altered, and what has worsened. This is not a curriculum of peace; it is a blueprint for something far darker. We would do well to take note and stay strong.

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Bibi furious after Gazans/Hamas make a mockery of Israeli hostages before release: terrorist release halted

Over six hundred Arab terrorists sitting on Israeli buses thought they were going to be released in exchange for six Israeli hostages. But after the obscene display by Hamas and Gazans, [but I repeat myself] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu indefinitely delayed the release of terrorist prisoners and they were returned to their cells, according to a government statement.

On Saturday, Hamas/Gazans held two separate ceremonies in which they paraded five Israeli hostages in front of cheering crowds as the Red Cross later helped the terrorists with the performance theater, signing useless paper as if to legitimize the event.

During one of the sick ceremonies, Omer Shem Tov, who was kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival on October 7, 2023, was forced to twice kiss a Hamasshole on the forehead, lest he be killed, most likely.

“In light of the repeated violations by Hamas — including the ceremonies that demean our hostages' dignity, and the cynical use of our hostages for propaganda purposes — it has been decided to delay the release of terrorists planned for yesterday until the next release of hostages is guaranteed, and without the humiliating ceremonies,” read a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office, which was released at 1 a.m. on Sunday.

Notably, the sole non-Jewish captive freed on Saturday – Hisham a-Sayyid, a Bedouin Muslim-Israeli held by Hamas for more than a decade – was privately handed over to the Red Cross without a public ceremony because he is an Arab, not a Jew. 

His crime was to set foot into Gaza.

The Hamassholes said in a statement that it transferred a-Sayyid without fanfare “out of respect for his honor and the honor of Arab-Israelis.” 

According to Hebrew-language media reports, some 600 Palestinian prisoners had already been boarded onto buses at Ofer Prison Saturday when the announcement came that their release was indefinitely postponed. The families of the terrorists were overtly upset, but not quite as much as the families of the Israelis still being held by Hamas.

After waiting for hours on the buses, the prisoners were instructed to disembark and return to their cells.

On one hand, it was the disgusting ceremony that helped Bibi decide to delay the release, but on the other hand, it was also likely that the screwed up return of the Bibas family's bodies that solidified his decision to halt future exchanges.

On Thursday, Hamas claimed that it transferred the bodies of Shiri Bibas and her young sons, Kfir and Ariel, to the Red Cross, along with the body of octogenarian hostage Oded Lifshitz.

While DNA testing confirmed the identities of Lifshitz and the Bibas children, the remains of the adult woman were found to not be of Shiri Bibas.

Late Friday evening, Hamas returned Shiri Bibas’ body and forensic analysis determined the family was brutally murdered, not killed in an IAF airstrike as Hamas claimed. It was also found that the children were beaten and strangled to death by their terrorist captors.

Defense Minister Israel Katz said that their murders will “not be taken lightly.”

Meanwhile in Lebanon, a funeral was being held at the 55,000-seat Camille Chamoun Sports City stadium on Sunday for Hashem Nasrallah attended by thousands of terrorist sympathizers in the Hezbollah-controlled suburbs south of Beirut. Israeli jets carried out strikes in Lebanon's east and south that morning and flew low over the stadium during the funeral as terrorist sympathizers scattered and running for cover. The IAF had no intention of killing the mourners because unlike them, they aren't monsters.

Am Yisrael Chai.

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CBS ratings circling the proverbial bowl of destiny

Rating fall, new hosts flop at CBS News. 

In a move that critics are calling “the journalistic equivalent of putting pineapple on pizza,” CBS News has tanked its ratings with a revamped “CBS Evening News” featuring John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois. The duo replaced longtime host Norah O’Donnell earlier this year, ushering in what the network billed as a “magazine-style, less headline-driven” format. Spoiler alert: viewers are snoozing harder than a congregation during a tax code sermon.

“It’s been critically panned, ratings down week by week and from this time last year,” a source dished to the Daily Mail, probably while clutching a latte and a pink slip. The show’s executive producer, Bill Owens, is reportedly drowning under the weight of his own ambition. “Bill Owens is also overstretched and feeling the pressure with this lawsuit from Donald Trump,” the insider added, referencing a $20 billion legal smackdown over “60 Minutes” allegedly turning Kamala Harris’s election-year interview into a choppy TikTok remix.

Owens, who’s been juggling “60 Minutes” like a circus clown on a unicycle, was tapped last summer to resuscitate “CBS Evening News.” Instead, the show’s ratings have belly-flopped harder than a lead balloon. Nielsen numbers from last week show a 14% year-over-year nosedive, while advertisers are fleeing faster than hipsters from a gluten-heavy buffet. For the week of February 10th, the show saw a 24% drop in the coveted 25-54 demographic. “That demographic is very important to advertisers,” a former TV news exec told Status. “The experiment is failing.”

Meanwhile, inside sources are painting a picture of chaos that would make a Three Stooges reunion look organized. “I would say it’s a five-alarm fire,” the exec whispered dramatically. Another producer chimed in, “It’s mind boggling. They took the ‘news’ out of the ‘Evening News!’ It’s not surprising the audience is leaving in droves.” Case in point: a recent Oval Office appearance by President Trump and Elon Musk got a measly 22 seconds of airtime. “This is one of the most consequential periods for news in years,” a source groaned to Status. “And [yet] they are often minimizing the biggest story of the day to 20 seconds.”

The network’s leadership isn’t exactly inspiring confidence either. Early Owens fan Adrienne Roark has already jumped ship, and rumors swirl that CEO Wendy McMahon might be next to walk the plank. “Why did McMahon and Owens decide to try to reinvent the ‘Evening News’ in this challenging moment?” an industry insider mused. “Any excuse you give the audience to change their habit is a massive risk. The habits are so fragile in this new media landscape. So if you give them an excuse to stop watching, they will.”

Still, CBS loyalists are clinging to hope like it’s the last lifeboat on the Titanic. “We are in this for the long term and are confident in our long game,” they insisted to the Mail. “We expected this.” Sure, and we expected the moon to be made of cheese. Meanwhile, ABC and NBC’s evening news programs are quietly sipping champagne as their ratings tick upward. “It’s almost impossible to build it once you’ve lost it,” a producer warned. “So to have a drop off like that suggests that this asset… is circling the drain.”
In short, CBS News has rolled the dice on a bold new format and landed on “ratings bankruptcy.” Stay tuned—next week they might replace the anchors with sock puppets and a kazoo orchestra.

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Trump's choice for Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman might shake things up

On a dreary Friday evening, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth unsheathed his blade and began the long-overdue surgery on the bloated corpus of general and flag officers who command—and, on the odd Tuesday when the mood strikes them, even deign to lead—our beleaguered Armed Forces. The initial incisions were swift and merciless: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General CQ Brown Jr., Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Lisa Franchetti, and Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Lieutenant General James Slife found themselves unceremoniously excised. In a twist that raised eyebrows, the Judge Advocates General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force—Army Lieutenant General Joseph B. Berger III, Navy Rear Admiral Lia M. Reynolds, and Air Force Lieutenant General Charles L. Plummer—were also dispatched to the professional guillotine.

No sentient observer believes this is the final act of the drama. Yet a full decapitation strike, while tempting to those with a taste for decisive action, would cast an unsightly shadow—particularly over a Congress already trembling with what one might charitably call a severe case of intestinal distress. Their panic stems not from principle but from the grim realization that program cuts are being wielded with a scalpel guided by reason, rather than the usual blunt instrument of political expediency, measured in jobs per congressional district.

The unfolding spectacle offers a few jolts to the system. Few were shocked to see CQ Brown and Franchetti toppled from their perches. They were, after all, the poster children of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion cult that Obama and Biden sought to graft onto the military’s sinews—an experiment as misguided as it was corrosive. Brown, in particular, could in certain lights be mistaken for a figure of chilling prejudice. One need only glance at his infamous memo, brazenly endorsing caps on the percentage of White pilots in the Air Force, to see the man’s priorities laid bare. Here it is, in all its ignominy, a document that speaks louder than any apologia ever could.

Dale Stark had something to say about CQ Brown in this tweet:

You mean the same CQ Brown who set an explicit goal of reducing the number of white male pilots in the Air Force? pic.twitter.com/xY2SbRHuAT— Dale Stark (@DaleStarkA10) February 20, 2025

One cannot help but marvel at the curious case of ole CQ Brown, unceremoniously ousted despite enjoying the backing of influential congressional figures and what appeared to be a chummy encounter with Trump in mid-December. There they were, the two of them, perched side by side, taking in the Army-Navy football game for a spell. Brown, ever the diligent networker, had been holding regular brain consults with Hegseth at the Pentagon. And yet, it all came to naught.

Then we have LTG Slife, a product of the USAF Special Operations fraternity. One might expect a hero's welcome for such a pedigree, but no - he was roundly despised, at least in the kangaroo court of social media, by Air Force personnel and veterans alike. Perhaps it had something to do with his penchant for bleating on as "the Air Force's most prominent voice" about so-called "institutional racism" amidst the George Floyd celebratory rioting. The scrupulous scribes at The Federalist lay it all bare in their dispatch 'Biden Nominee Claimed 'Institutional Racism' Affects The Military'.

 
As for the military JAGs, they seem to have found themselves in the crosshairs, suspected of masterminding a clandestine operation to squirrel away DEI programs and policies beneath the radar. A most intriguing development indeed, for those with an eye for the machinations of power.

Army JAG Joseph Berger “consolidated” DEI into the “Office of Professional and Organizational Development.”

Rebranding DEI is still DEI and violates Trump’s EOs. pic.twitter.com/taLhVT6q3L— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 14, 2025

Equally interesting, and in the spirit of The Apprentice was Trump's message announcing Brown's firing.

I want to thank General Charles “CQ” Brown for his over 40 years of service to our country, including as our current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He is a fine gentleman and an outstanding leader, and I wish a great future for him and his family.

Today, I am honored…— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) February 22, 2025

Here it is in total:

Today, I am honored to announce that I am nominating Air Force Lieutenant General Dan “Razin” Caine to be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Caine is an accomplished pilot, national security expert, successful entrepreneur, and a “warfighter” with significant interagency and special operations experience.

During my first term, Razin was instrumental in the complete annihilation of the ISIS caliphate. It was done in record setting time, a matter of weeks. Many so-called military “geniuses” said it would take years to defeat ISIS. General Caine, on the other hand, said it could be done quickly, and he delivered.

Despite being highly qualified and respected to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the previous administration, General Caine was passed over for promotion by Sleepy Joe Biden. But not anymore! Alongside Secretary Pete Hegseth, General Caine and our military will restore peace through strength, put America First, and rebuild our military. Finally, I have also directed Secretary Hegseth to solicit nominations for five additional high level positions, which will be announced soon. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

While Trump and Hegseth seem willing to work within the bureaucracy, the choice of a retired general to be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and with his meandering career path.

Caine is a VMI graduate and rated F-15 pilot and affiliated with the National Guard in 2009. He remained and Air Guardsman until he retired last year, though with several periods of active duty. He was Associate Director for Military Affairs with the CIA but had never worked on the Air Staff in the Pentagon, nor with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

On a positive note, retired Lt. Col. Alexander "Krispy Kreme" Vindman disapproves of his appointment, and anything that guy disapproves of is a good thing to approve of.

Let's see how this all turns out.

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