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While discussing the ongoing NYPD clearing of the virulent anti-semitic protest at Columbia University, MSNBC host Alex Wagner and her guest, New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg, noticed the historic parallels between this moment and 1968- and where it ultimately led. Watch the aforementioned exchange, which closed the show’s live coverage of the protest clearing,
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Top O’ the Briefing Happy Wednesday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. Palquinniss was unwavering in his obsession to bring exotically-scented artisanal unguents to the global fitness market.  Advertisement Near the beginning of Monday’s Briefing, I wrote that I knew that we would get around to talking about the anti-Semitic “Free Palestine” protests on America’s college
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Actor/playwright/woke sermonizer John Leguizamo joined the bitter harridans at ABC’s The View, delighting them with his own performative bitterness and racial grievance. He was also there, ironically, to promote his own show on a new streaming platform called The Network. I say “ironically” because Leguizamo has achieved obvious professional success, transforming himself from comedic role
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A coalition of red states is suing the Biden administration to stop its attempt to extend Title IX protections to “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.” Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana and Idaho have filed lawsuits that seek to prevent the Department of Education (DOE) from imposing new Title IX regulations intended to protect members of the LGBT
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It wasn’t exactly a mea culpa. But on today’s Morning Joe, Scarborough did a modified walk-back of his strong criticism that we noted yesterday of campus protesters and the failure of administrators to discipline them, and how it will all lead to Biden  losing in November.  Scarborough mentioned that after his comments yesterday, he had received critical comments from “well-intentioned”
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Fox News analyst Gregg Jarrett accused prosecutors working for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of using an approach that led to the 2020 rape conviction against disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein being overturned. The New York Court of Appeals ruled in a 4-3 decision Thursday that the judge overseeing the trial mistakenly allowed testimonies from women
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China’s Ministry of State Security vowed on Monday to stop “Taiwan independence” in a rare message from the country’s top spy agency, the South China Morning Post reported. China rejected Taiwan’s elections in January as voters elected William Lai Ching-te, a major member of the Democratic Progressive Party, as the next president of the island. Weeks
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National Public Radio’s coverage of the anti-Israel agitators who’ve taken over progressive college campuses while spouting violent rhetoric at Jewish students has been no better than its tax-funded partner PBS (both outlets reside under the taxpayer-supported auspices of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.) NPR’s Friday coverage flattered the protesters, suggesting they were laser-focused on concrete
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My friend and colleague Stephen “Vodkapundit” Green has said that Joe Biden has the “merde touch”; in other words, everything he touches turns to something foul-smelling and flushable. This includes the supply chain, which the Biden administration has tried to sabotage at every turn. Advertisement Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has been far more concerned with
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Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to influence the outcome of the 2024 rematch between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, but it’s still not evident from whom he will pull more support. Since Kennedy switched his party affiliation from Democrat to independent in October, polling has largely suggested he’s more
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Top O’ the Briefing Happy Monday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. Truvallyen spent every third Thursday immersed in a mud bath before a weekend spent fronting his death-metal Enya cover band.  Advertisement Millions of thanks to my friend Chris Queen for filling in last week whilst Stephen Green and I were enjoying sunshine, beer, and
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Gary Varvel Gary Varvel is the editorial cartoonist for The Indianapolis Star. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1957, Varvel was drawn to cartoons as a child when he saw a copy of MAD magazine. His freshman year at Danville High School in Danville, Indiana, Varvel won his first cartoon contest held by the school newspaper.
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Before 2011, earmarks were a frequent source of corruption and furthering of personal agendas by Members of Congress. In 2011, Congress passed a temporary ban on earmarks, which every session of Congress renewed–until recently. In January 2021, after a decade-long moratorium, Congress returned earmarks under the guise of “Community Project Funding.” Aptly known as “pork-barrel
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Last week, NBC News reported that after months of feeling frustrated by the polls, Joe Biden is now expressing confidence that he’ll beat Donald Trump. “The turnabout in Biden’s mood has been propelled in part by recent polling that shows him gaining ground against former President Donald Trump, these people said,” NBC News reported.  Advertisement
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Tuesday’s edition of the PBS NewsHour took a deep-dive look at the anti-Jewish, pro-Hamas protesters camped out at Columbia University, with some “protesters” spewing eliminationist rhetoric at Israel and telling Jewish students to “go back to Poland.” One girl stood in front of a group of Jewish counter protesters holding a sign that read “Al
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Amid anti-Semitic demonstrations on American college campuses, multiple attacks on Jews and Jewish institutions, and increased violence (especially in New York City), it’s a good time to remember group that was established to “combat anti-Semitism in the public and private sectors of life in the United States of America.” This organization “rejects all hate and
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