Illegal Immigrants at NJ ICE Facility Launch Bold Hunger Strike Demanding Better Food, Faster Release, And Perhaps A Participation Trophy

NEWARK, NJ—In a shocking display of intestinal fortitude (or lack thereof), roughly 300 illegal immigrants at Delaney Hall, a private ICE detention center, have bravely refused to eat since Saturday, May 23, to protest such unimaginable horrors as spoiled food, inadequate medical care, overcrowding, and the soul-crushing inconvenience of being detained after entering the country illegally.

Sources say the courageous strikers are demanding better treatment, speedier hearings, or immediate release so they can get back to the important business of whatever it was they came here to do. Organizers described the conditions as "basically Auschwitz with worse Wi-Fi," though witnesses noted the facility still provides three meals a day, meals that are apparently not quite up to the standards of a Michelin-starred sanctuary city restaurant.

Border Czar Tom Homan, unfazed as usual, offered the following compassionate, empathetic response:"Look, I've done this since 1984. Hunger strikes never work," Homan said. "We're not going to change what we do because someone goes on a hunger strike. As a matter of fact, if it gets bad enough and the physicians feel like they're putting themselves in extreme danger, medical danger, then we'll force-feed them. We'll get a court order and force-feed them."

"Hunger strikes do not work. So they can put themselves in a position where they're not eating, but it's not going to cause them to be released," he said. "We are going to continue to arrest people. We'll continue to detain people. As far as complaining about ICE contract facilities, well, guess what? We're building our own warehouse facilities. We will have the federally-owned detention facilities by the thousands of beds. So look for the future."

"And I've said from day one, we need to own more of these facilities when we operate them on federal land," he added. "And that way, we're not dealing with all this crap from the local politicians and the state and the governors because this is a federal facility on federal land. That's the direction we need to go to. And that's the direction we're heading in."

At press time, the hunger strikers were reportedly considering escalating their protest by dramatically sighing and rolling their eyes, while Homan reminded everyone that the border is secure, deportations are happening, and maybe next time just don't get caught.

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Student who filmed 'Eff the Jews" sign claimed he's a 'citizen journalist'

So, Dave Portnoy's got a heart, right? Trying to play the wise elder instead of torching these kids’ futures. He’s like, “The more I thought about it, these are young f***ing morons who did this, they’re drunk, do you really want to ruin somebody’s life?” 

Fair point, Dave. Kids do dumb s**t when they’re hammered.

Instead of dropping the hammer, he’s thinking, “Maybe that’s not the best course of action, maybe I can use this as a teaching moment...let’s try to turn a hideous incident into a learning experience.” Noble, right? 

He’s got these two chowderheads pegged as the main culprits, sits ’em down, and says, “I’m sending these kids to Auschwitz, they’ve agreed to go.” Ballsy move, shipping ’em off to face history head-on. Respect.

But then—plot twist—this kid Khan, one of the two, starts backpedaling like he’s auditioning for a legal drama. Portnoy, who’s not here for the BS, calls him out in a later video, saying Khan’s “no longer taking any responsibility” and “lawyering up and blaming it all on his friend now.” Weak sauce, Khan. 

Portnoy’s pissed because he had these guys on the phone, and both were like, “I talked to both of them on the phone, both of them took accountability, both of them were like ‘yes, we did this’.” Straight-up owning it, or so he thought.

Then Khan drops this now-deleted social media post, trying to spin himself as some innocent bystander. He’s all, “As part of my regular series of posting videos of my experience as a college student in Philadelphia, I documented what took place as a citizen journalist. Neither I, nor anyone whose username tagged in the video I posted, paid for or requested that sign. The credit card and ID on the table were not mine either. I abhor hate in all its forms. I was raised to be respectful and amicable to all people.” 

Oh, come on, dude. “Citizen journalist”? That’s the best you got? Sounds like a kid caught with his pants down when mom walks into the room, swearing he was just “documenting” the crumbs.

Portnoy isn’t buying it. Calls it “a full 180” from Khan’s original mea culpa. Says he’s got a recording of this kid dodging blame, claiming he was “pressured into it.” Portnoy’s like, “I’m trying to make this a teachable moment. I’m not going to send him [to Poland] now...I don’t need you lying. Do you think everyone’s stupid?” 

Portnoy’s out here trying to turn a s***show into a life lesson, and Khan’s playing dodgeball with accountability.

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Jewish celebs encourage Jews to wear Stars of David for Holocaust Remembrance Day

Int'l March of the Living at Auschwitz Nazi death camp 5/6/24 
(Photo: Reuters)

Several Jewish celebrities are urging other Jews worldwide to show their Jewish pride by wearing their Stars of David openly. This is part of a video campaign for International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, celebrating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Comedian Elon Gold, actor Jonah Platt, rapper Kosha Dillz, actress Tracy-Ann Oberman, and other Jewish stars are involved in the "Let Your Star Shine" campaign, which is run by Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA), a major UK charity fighting antisemitism.

These celebrities are asking people to send selfies of themselves proudly wearing their Stars of David to CAA, who will then share these images on their social media. Others in the campaign include musician Westside Gravy, food writer and chef Alissa Timoshkina, artist Avraham Vofsi, chef and activist Ben Rebuck, comedians Josh Howie, Zach Margolin, and Judy Gold, entrepreneur Karen Cinnamon, and journalist Nicole Lampert.

“There are so many ways in which we can honor the victims [of the Holocaust]. One of the best ways is to be a proud Jew,” said a spokesperson for CAA. “This year, we’re launching our ‘Let Your Star Shine’ campaign. We’re encouraging Jews to confidently wear their Stars of David for the whole world to see, demonstrating their Jewish pride and unwavering opposition to the rising tide of antisemitism.”

Jews around the world are invited to send their selfies with their Stars of David to contact
@antisemitism.org with the subject line: “Let Your Star Shine.”

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Report: Netanyahu will not attend 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation amid ICC arrest fears

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is no fool. He reportedly will not attend the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in Poland because he would rather not get arrested due to an obviously anti-Semitic International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant. The event, scheduled for International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, 2025, will see the presence of many world leaders, including Britain's King Charles.

Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister Władysław Bartoszewski, another tiresome Jew hater, emphasized Poland's commitment to respecting the ICC’s decisions, even though there are myriad reasons not to respect them. The warrants also include Israeli former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes related to Israel's fighting back after the October 7, 2023 massacre carried out by Hamas and Palestinians along with other Islamist jihad groups. 

The Hamas attack targeted civilians including men, women, children and even babies. Over 1,200 were killed and around 250 Israelis were taken hostage, many of whom had been killed in captivity.

The Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita reported that Israeli authorities did not even request Netanyahu's attendance, anticipating Poland's anti-Zionist stance on the ICC's bull-crap warrant.

Instead of Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar is expected to represent Israel at the ceremony. There's also mention that President Isaac Herzog does not plan to attend. This situation highlights the diplomatic tensions and international scrutiny over Israel's actions in Gaza.

These details are based on recent reports from multiple sources, including the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita and statements from Polish officials.

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AOC cannot admit she's not that smart

Rep. Alexandria Obviously-Cretinous (Socialist-NY) accused President  Trump of running concentration camps along the southern border. By making such asinine statements, based on her lack of knowledge and need to simplify her points, she pissed off a slew of people who believe that using the Nazi card diminishes what the Nazis actually did, and it is an insult to those whose families and friends had suffered at their hands.

The whiny-voice author of the Green New Deal went so far as to praise Democrat FDR in her attack on the president, but her lack of historical awareness of what Roosevelt did is amazing.

Most people with even a cursory knowledge of World War II history know that FDR put between 110,000 to 120,000 Americans of Japanese heritage in internment camps. Ironically, the same Army post that AOC is attacking Trump over is the same one FDR used: Fort Sill, in Lawton, Oklahoma.

After attacking her attackers on Twitter, she doubled down on her comments and accidentally knee-capped Obama.

And now she’s defending her baseless comments and snarking at Republicans for calling her out, especially Liz Cheney who tweeted:

Please @AOC do us all a favor and spend just a few minutes learning some actual history. 6 million Jews were exterminated in the Holocaust. You demean their memory and disgrace yourself with comments like this. https://t.co/NX5KPPb2Hl

Liz’s tweet must have cut her to the core because the bug-eyed socilist snapped at her with a simple-minded street tweet:

Hey Rep. Cheney, since you’re so eager to “educate me,” I’m curious:
What do YOU call building mass camps of people being detained without a trial?
How would you dress up DHS’s mass separation of thousands children at the border from their parents? https://t.co/OOfrrfa1Ew
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 18, 2019

I call that following the law. You're supposedly a lawmaker; if you don't like the law, then do something useful and earn your pay. But let me ask you, why didn't you and your party say anything to Obama when he put people in those cages you people are always blaming on Trump?

AOC has got to have the intelligence of a fern.

AOC wasn’t just angry with Liz, she was shrieking at all Republicans:

And for the shrieking Republicans who don’t know the difference: concentration camps are not the same as death camps.
Concentration camps are considered by experts as “the mass detention of civilians without trial.”
And that’s exactly what this administration is doing.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 18, 2019

Wrong. Auschwitz was a killing factory.

@AG_Conservative took her claims apart:

1) They are not being detained without trial. They are awaiting adjudication. Most of the delays are due to a lack of resources approved by Congress.
2) I would call them temporary detention facilities.
3) Lastly, that doesn't explain you invoking Holocaust references. https://t.co/FhGK4BuvMm
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) June 18, 2019

AOC is definitely not the brightest knife on the Christmas tree, but she's bright enough to be the spiritual head of the Democratic Party.

You want concentration camps? Go to North Korea, AOC.

 @AG_Conservative tweeted at the low-information former bartender twice more:

There are concentration camps that exist in the world today. The North Korean Gulags are a good example. The temporary border facilities we have consistently used to house immigrants while we process them at the border are not comparable. Any suggestion otherwise is ignorance.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) June 18, 2019

And one of main reasons those facilities are sub-par and adjudication is taking longer (aside from the huge influx of people crossing the border) is a lack of resources approved by Congress. AOC has repeatedly opposed providing those resources.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) June 18, 2019

At this point AOC should've just admitted she misspoke and apologize. Actually, she'd have been better off shutting up after Liz Cheney educated her.

Yeah, right--you'd have a better chance of seeing a televised Palestinian bar mitzvah.

This has not been one of AOC's finer moments … but then again, I can't think of even one.

Being snarky isn't the same as being intelligent or being correct. AOC lacks wisdom, clarity, a basic knowledge of American history and economics.

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