Daily News Roundup

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Adam Tomkins contributor to Law & Liberty: If we want free speech, we will just have to put up with its vices, its drawbacks and its inconveniences, fake news and disinformation included.

Sanford D. Horn contributor to The Federalist: As we head into 2024, let’s fight like hell, in unison — Democrats, Republicans, independents, even the apathetic who don’t vote — to maintain the freedoms we cherish. Remember the words of President Ronald Reagan: “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it along to our children in our bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”

John & Nisha Whitehead contributors to The Rutherford Institute: We must never forget that the government no longer exists to serve its people, protect their liberties and ensure their happiness. Rather, “we the people” are the unfortunate victims of the diabolical machinations of a make-works program carried out on an epic scale whose only purpose is to keep the powers-that-be permanently (and profitably) employed. This is how tyranny rises and freedom falls.

Daniel Greenfield contributor to Frontpage Magazine: The root cause of the border crisis isn’t south of the border: it’s up north in Washington D.C.

J. Robert Smith contributor to American Thinker: With the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary looming, more than the traditional silly season in politics has begun. A dangerous year is about to unfold, with dangers to follow. Not since 1860 has the nation faced a presidential election so consequential and so fraught with perils.

Inez Feltscher Stepman contributor to The American Mind: A final note of caution to temper the policy optimism: there is no “one weird trick” to fix the generational wars to come. Even if the Right breaks its addiction to losing and aggressively transforms our education system and institutions, the country will still have to digest a generation and a half of radicals like a snake eating an ox. Millennials are the largest generation in history at 72 million and change, and when no longer counterbalanced by aging Boomers, they will come into an enormous amount of wealth and power, likely dashing hopes of a “woke retreat.”

Greg Moo contributor to American Thinker: Watching thousands of illegals daily pour across America’s southern border forces recognition that this mass invasion didn’t just pop out of the woodwork or happen organically. The magnitude and duration of this invasion demands answers to four core questions: 1) Who organizes these people? 2) Who provides water, food, and critical support for these hundreds of thousands of people? 3) Who arranges and distributes the go-to-this-enabler contact lists these invaders are given and then carry with them so they know with whom to connect when they step off free-pass buses and gratuitously ticketed airplanes? And 4) Who recruits, coordinates, and supports the many enablers named on these contact lists — located in cities across America — who connect the invaders with free-to-them services and unending support?

Brian Karem Playboy Magazine WH correspondent & CNN analyst told CNN host: “I’m also convinced that at some point next year, since the federal government already controls Alcatraz, they’ll just reclaim it as a prison and there will be only one prisoner held there and he’ll have a two-hole golf course if he wants his Secret service entourage,” Karem said during the interview, adding: “And the only condition is that twice a day for two hours, he has to stand in a cage in an orange suit while tourists pay 20 bucks to have their picture taken with him. I’m holding onto that.”

Mike McDaniel contributor to American Thinker: The New York Post notes that the British restaurant chain Prezzo recently conducted a survey. The survey asked 2000 people how relaxed they felt when dining out. A whopping 86% of Gen Z adults (if the term ‘adults’ is indeed applicable) said that they suffered from ‘menu anxiety.’ Thirty-four percent of that group said that they got so worked up that they asked a fellow diner to speak to the server for them. Forty percent become so anxious at the prospect of talking to the wait staff that they avoid going out to dinner altogether if they cannot read the menu before arriving at the restaurant. One concern is the cost of the meal, which has some legitimacy to it. Another is the possibility that one might regret one’s order, which is lame. The Post said that a similar U.S. study showed that three out of ten Americans now live with the burden of menu anxiety. As in the UK, the bulk of those suffering from this nightmare are members of Gen Z.

BIDEN’S DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: PERSECUTE YOUR OPPOSITION, PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP & HIS FORMER TRUMP EMPLOYEES, SUPPORTERS & WH STAFF

Sundance: It’s the Same People – Politico Confirms Robert Mueller Agents/Lawyers Are Jack Smith Agents/Lawyers

I have long been saying the Jack Smith special counsel team is the reassembly of the Robert Mueller team. Today, inside an article {SEE HERE} outlining other ancillary matters about the 2020 election challenges, Politico inadvertently confirmed my suspicions. First, the non-pretending BIG PICTURE. The Clinton exoneration FBI Team became the Trump investigation FBI Team (Crossfire Hurricane) -which then became the Robert Mueller FBI Team (exact same people, plus some additions) – which then became the J6 Investigation FBI Team (exact same people, plus some additions) – which then became the Jack Smith FBI Team (same exact people). Not only is it one long continuum, but it’s also the EXACT SAME PEOPLE.

Read more: https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/01/04/its-the-same-people-politico-confirms-robert-mueller-agents-lawyers-are-jack-smith-agents-lawyers/

(H/T CFP) Kelly: NEW: Trump’s lawyers ask Judge Chutkan to consider contempt of court charge against Special Counsel Jack Smith for defying stay order on Jan 6 trial. Smith continues to file motions while case is on hold awaiting immunity ruling:

Read more: https://twitter.com/julie_kelly2/status/1742926457763172405

Gerstein & Cheney: Arrest footage of Trump co-defendant provides glimpse into Jack Smith probe

“They were f–king relentless,” former Black Voices for Trump director Harrison Floyd said of his confrontation with FBI agents dispatched by the special counsel. […] During a tense confrontation with FBI agents who were trying to serve a subpoena, Harrison Floyd — a 2020 Trump campaign aide — considered grabbing one of the agents’ guns, Floyd told local police officers who arrived at his door shortly afterward. His exchange with the local police was captured in body camera footage obtained by POLITICO through a public records request. The footage shows the aftermath of a heated encounter between Floyd and two FBI agents dispatched by Smith. In the video, a winded, bare-chested Floyd complains to police in Rockville, Maryland, that he has just been accosted by a pair of men who pursued him into his apartment building. One flashed a gun, prompting Floyd — a Marine Corps veteran and mixed martial arts fighter who saw combat in the Iraq War — to consider wrestling it away, Floyd says in the video. […] Grand jury subpoenas are not typically public. But in the bodycam video, one of the Rockville officers who answered Floyd’s 911 call can be seen holding up the subpoena and leafing through each page, with the text visible. The subpoena demanded  . . .

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/04/harrison-floyd-trump-bodycam-footage-jack-smith-00133933 

GLOBALISM (GREAT RESET/NEW WORLD ORDER) & TRANS HUMANISM (AI HUMANS 2.0) ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED

Bilger: ChatGPT tells jokes about Jews, won’t produce jokes about Muslims

The popular AI chatbot ChatGPT won’t generate jokes about Muslims – but Jews, Christians, and atheists are all fair game, a University of Chicago professor found. Emeritus ecology Professor Jerry Coyne’s discovery is just one of many examples of bias in the artificial intelligence program. A study by British researchers, published earlier this year, found ChatGPT has a “systematic political bias” toward the left. […] In a series of screenshots, Coyne showed how ChatGPT generated jokes about Jews, Christians, Hindus, and atheists, but refused to do so with Muslims out of “respect to all cultures and religions.” “Why do you tell Jewish jokes but not Muslim jokes?” Coyne asked. “I am to be sensitive to cultural and religious differences avoiding jokes that might perpetuate stereotypes or cause offense,” the program responded.

Read more: https://www.thecollegefix.com/chatgpt-tells-jokes-about-jews-wont-produce-jokes-about-muslims/

THE CORRUPT & DANGEROUS U.S. INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES & THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE APPARATUS

Revolver.news: Regime Desperate to Tie Up Fedsurrection Loose Ends With Latest Epps Sentencing Document

Earlier this week, the Department of Justice published a sentencing memo recommending that Ray Epps serve six months in prison on misdemeanor charges related to his behavior on January 6th. Back in September, we reported on the bizarre situation in which Ray Epps, nearly three years after January 6th, is hit with a misdemeanor charge for which the DOJ notifies him in advance and to which he pleads guilty. […] For a sense of perspective regarding the DOJ’s 6-month prison recommendation for Ray Epps, consider that Enrique Tarrio, who wasn’t even in DC on January 6th, was sentenced to 22 years in prison.

Read more: https://revolver.news/2024/01/regime-desperate-to-tie-up-fedsurrection-loose-ends-with-latest-epps-sentencing-document/

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CANDIDATES

Heine: Nikki Haley Ruffles the Feathers of Iowa Voters With ‘Insulting’ Remarks in New Hampshire

OP presidential candidate Nikki Haley ruffled the feathers of Iowa voters during a campaign event in New Hampshire Wednesday when she told N.H. Republicans, she’s counting on them to “correct” the results of the upcoming Iowa caucuses.“We have an opportunity to get this right. And I know we’ll get it right, and I trust you. I trust every single one of you. You know how to do this. You know Iowa starts it. You know that you correct it,” she said as the New Hampshire voters laughed and applauded in approval. “And then my sweet state of South Carolina brings it home. That’s what we do,” she added to more laughter and applause. […] Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R), who has endorsed Republican contender Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, slammed Haley’s comments in a post on X. “I trust Iowans to make their own decisions. No ‘corrections’ needed!” Reynolds wrote.

Read more/Watch the 31 second Haley video: https://amgreatness.com/2024/01/04/nikki-haley-ruffles-the-feathers-of-iowa-voters-with-insulting-remarks-in-new-hampshire/

Sundance: Obama Campaign Strategist David Plouffe Recommends New Hampshire Democrats “Tactically” Vote for Nikki Haley

When you understand how the UniParty operates, and then you hear something like this from David Plouffe, immediately you begin to wonder if the DNC decision to forego a New Hampshire Dem primary might have been part of a larger strategy. New Hampshire is not holding a Democrat primary this year, and Obama’s campaign strategist sees an opportunity with the open primary for Democrats to meddle in the Granite State election outcome by supporting Nikki Haley.

Watch the prompted video interview: https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/01/05/obama-campaign-strategist-david-plouffe-recommends-new-hampshire-democrats-tactically-vote-for-nikki-haley/

BIDEN/HARRIS/OBAMA’S AMERICA LAST REGIME: RADICAL TRANSFORMATION OF FOREIGN POLICY

Fleitz: Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program is Accelerating Because of Joe Biden

According to a new International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report, Iran increased the rate of its production of near weapons-grade uranium (60% uranium-235) in late November 2023. This increase ended a slowdown of Iran’s 60% uranium enrichment that began in mid-2023 and increased the number of nuclear weapons it could theoretically make and the amount of time to construct them. Iran’s recent ramp-up of uranium enrichment followed warnings last year that the number of nuclear weapons Iran could construct has become dangerously high.

A March 2023 assessment report by the Institute for Science and International Security indicated that Iran could enrich enough weapons-grade uranium (90% uranium-235) for one nuclear weapon in 12 days. In mid-November, the Institute assessed Iran was capable of making enough weapons-grade uranium “for six nuclear weapons in one month, eight in two months, ten in three months, eleven in four months, and twelve in five months.”

Read more: https://amgreatness.com/2024/01/05/irans-nuclear-weapons-program-is-accelerating-because-of-joe-biden/

BIDEN/HARRIS/OBAMA’S AMERICA LAST REGIME: RADICAL TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICA

Ballasy: Colossal Waste: Feds made $236 billion in ‘improper payments’ last year, watchdog reports

Since 2003, there have been more than $2.4 trillion of improper payments made across the federal government, according to the GAO, and that figure does not include the fiscal year 2023 amount. The government watchdog defines “improper payments” as payments that should not have been made or were made in the incorrect amount, and says they “have consistently been a government-wide issue despite efforts to identify their root causes and reduce them. In fact, the government still doesn’t fully understand the size of federal improper payments, partly because it doesn’t have complete, reliable, or accurate estimates.” In fiscal year 2022, the amount of improper payments was $247 billion. The United States government programs that typically account for the most improper payments include Medicare, Medicaid, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Social Security.

Read more: https://justthenews.com/government/congress/federal-government-reports-236-billion-improper-payments-fy2023

Stepman: The Left’s Winter of Rage

From the Summer of Love to the Winter of Rage, the Left has now mastered the use of unleashing uncontrolled mobs on society to get its way. “It seems clear that progressive activists have established ‘Palestine’ as this year’s rallying cry, and it is therefore likely that the momentum of these protests, with their consistently violent edge, will continue into next year’s election,” independent journalist Julio Rosas wrote at the end of November. It seems Rosas was on to something. Since that time, pro-Palestinian protests—many of which have been highly disruptive and violent—have plagued American cities. From New York to Chicago to San Francisco to Portland, almost every American city has been hit by unlawful pro-Palestinian protests.

Read more: https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/01/04/lefts-winter-rage-copies-2020-playbook/

Stepman: The Revolt of the Kids

An announcement for those with their heads still in the sand: there’s something up with the youths these days. They might be more fragile and less cool than the James Dean version of Hollywood legend, but they’re rebels with a cause. The kids are here, they’re queer, and they’re out to decolonize the West. Two-thirds of young Americans ages 18 to 24 believe that Jews are “oppressors,” though 73 percent of voters overall disagree. Unsurprisingly, then, the same age cohort takes the Frantz Fanon view of the October 7 massacre, with a strong majority explicitly agreeing that the 1,200 murders and 250 kidnappings of mostly civilian Israelis—an attack they themselves agree was genocidal, per another poll question—are “justified” by the grievance of Palestinians against Israel. […] The protestors of the Left, cast in the mold of the Red Guard, can seemingly be called upon to flood the streets for any Current Thing that fits into their catechism of oppressor and oppressed. They also believe this country is firmly in the “oppressor” category. It’s important not to mistake protestors’ ignorance of basic facts—like which river and which sea are supposed to serve as the limits of a “liberated” “Palestine”—for a lack of determination about their general worldview. It’s equally crucial not to indulge in the comfortable presumption that this same vanguard would not excuse the same kind of violence if it were visited upon the broader American public.

Read more: https://americanmind.org/salvo/the-revolt-of-the-kids/

DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: CHILDREN ARE THE TARGET OF THE DARKNESS AFFECTING OUR NATION

Aoraha: Perry High School shooter Dylan Butler kills Iowa sixth-grader and injures four other students – and the principal – before turning gun on himself and leaving behind explosive device

The teenage Iowa school shooter – who killed one child and injured five others, including his principal – turned the gun on himself after his rampage, cops said. Dylan Butler, 17, who was a senior at Perry High School, opened fire on Thursday morning – shooting dead a sixth grader who attended Perry’s Middle School.

Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12927213/Suspected-Iowa-school-shooter-Butler.html

(H/T CFP) Libs of TikTok: BREAKING: Perry High School sh**ter identified. This is allegedly his tiktok account which was already scrubbed. He posted this photo before the sh**ting from the school bathroom. He appears to be part of the LGBTQ community with the flag in his bio. In another post he put the hashtag #genderfluid. In another video he acted out a sh**ting exchange. Obviously a broken, mentally ill person. [Will the MSM bury this transgender shooter story?]

Read more: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1742970126440210543.html

WAR IN ISRAEL

Glick: Rising from the Ruins of a Generation of Failed Doctrines

Two underlying assumptions guided Israel’s security establishment for the past generation. The first asserted that with the end of the Cold War, the era of conventional wars had ended. In the present age, brains, rather than brawn, would rule the roost. The primary author of the “small and smart IDF” doctrine was Ehud Barak, who served as Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces when the Berlin Wall crumbled. In later years, the slogan was finessed. A generation of IDF Chiefs of General Staff organized around the vision of a “small, technological and lethal army.” As Maj. Gen. Yitzhak Brick, (retired) who served as the IDF ombudsman for 10 years, has documented, operating under the spell of Barak’s doctrine, the IDF shut down multiple reserve divisions. It cut its artillery forces by 50%. Armored brigades were shut down. The reserve force was reduced by 80% between 2003 and 2017. The non-commissioned officer corps was gutted. The bulk of the IDF budget and nearly all the U.S. military aid were diverted to the Air Force—the strategic arm of the “small, technological and lethal” IDF.

Read more: https://carolineglick.com/rising-from-the-ruins-of-a-generation-of-failed-doctrines/  or  https://www.jns.org/rising-from-the-ruins-of-a-generation-of-israeli-doctrine/

The Caroline Glick Show: Amb. Friedman: Trump told Israel, “Do Whatever is Necessary” to Win the War |

Caroline Glick sits down with Former US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman to discuss the current state of antisemitism in the United States and the current weak US policy towards Israel. Amb. Friedman posits that both issues can be vastly improved by re-establishing the power of deterrence and that Hamas would never have attacked Israel if America’s and Israel’s strength were firmly established in the region.

Watch the 50 minute interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSn62SDwmH8&t=11s

Ala Mohammed Mushtaha: My Father Is an Imam in Gaza. Hamas Kidnapped Him for Refusing to Be Their Puppet.

On Saturday, December 30, our front door was busted down, and twenty masked men barged in and took my father, a widely respected and deeply learned imam here in Gaza. One dragged him by his head, and another grabbed him by his beard. My younger brother tried to intervene and reason with the kidnappers, but they beat him. I have a medical condition that makes it hard for me to breathe, so all I could do was watch as the horror unfolded. I know that if Hamas kills my father, they’ll say that the Israeli army did it. But my father was very keen that even if he died, we should make known the despicable demands they made of him. It was his last request to us, literally as he was being carried out of the door, that should he die, we should publicize the real reason for his death, and it is this: He wouldn’t preach what Hamas told him to. He refused to tell Gazans that violent resistance, and obedience to Hamas, is the best way out of our current hell. This story starts before October 7, and even before 2007, when Hamas took control of Gaza. […] But now we have reached a time when nearly everyone in Gaza is saying Hamas caused the death of 20,000 people in Gaza and the injury of 50,000 more.

Read more: https://www.thefp.com/p/imam-father-gaza-kidnapped-by-hamas

MEDICAL RESEARCH

Chasan: Ever wonder why urine is yellow? Researchers say they’ve figured it out.

Researchers identified the enzyme responsible for urine’s color, unraveling a mystery that’s puzzled scientists for years, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature Microbiology. “It’s remarkable that an everyday biological phenomenon went unexplained for so long, and our team is excited to be able to explain it,” Brantley Hall, an assistant professor in the University of Maryland’s Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, said in a news statement. Urine is a combination of water, electrolytes and waste that your kidneys filter out from your blood. More than 125 years ago, scientists identified urobilin as the yellow pigment in urine, but they didn’t know what was responsible for the urobilin’s production. It turns out urine’s color is connected to […] The discovery of the bilirubin reductase enzyme could help researchers learn more about gut health, inflammatory bowel disease and jaundice, researchers said.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-makes-urine-yellow-according-to-researchers/

PEACEFULLY & PATRIOTICALLY HAVE YOUR VOICES HEARD

OAN’s Stella Escobedo: California Mom And Activist Who’s Fed Up With Liberal Extremism Runs For State Assembly

Denise Aguilar is a California mom, activist, and co-founder of Freedom Angels. She’s been fighting for parental rights in the state for 10 years. Now she’s running for California Assembly District 13. One America’s Stella Escobedo spoke to Aguilar about her campaign.

Watch the 8:08 minute interview: https://www.oann.com/video/oan-contribution/california-mom-and-activist-whos-fed-up-with-liberal-extremism-runs-for-state-assembly/

OAN’s Stella Escobedo: CA Mayor Calls On Lawmakers To Reverse ‘Free Health Insurance To All Illegal Immigrants’

On New Year’s Day, more than 700,000 illegal immigrants in California became eligible for Medi-Cal health benefits, regardless of immigration status. One America’s Stella Escobedo spoke to El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells about the ramifications of this unprecedented measure.

Watch the 12:11 minute interview: https://www.oann.com/video/oan-contribution/ca-mayor-calls-on-lawmakers-to-reverse-free-health-insurance-to-all-illegal-immigrants/

OTHER NEWS, COMMENTARY, OPINION

(12/29/2023) Wheatland: 200 Years Later, The Monroe Doctrine Is Still The Best Protector Of U.S. Interests

This month marks the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine. If celebration (or even acknowledgment) seems muted, that may be because policymakers and the public know little about the principles and grand strategy underlying the doctrine. Few likely understand the doctrine because its meaning has been distorted throughout American history, especially in the Progressive Era by Theodore Roosevelt’s corollary. Some see it, for better or worse, as the beginning of America’s commitment to maintaining an international order by arms and diplomacy. But this is incorrect. The Monroe Doctrine was not a blueprint for establishing an international order, or even for American involvement throughout the Western Hemisphere. It was an expression of the moral principles and strategic thinking that animated foreign affairs for the first century of our national existence. It is also the blueprint for returning to a realistic grand strategy that can preserve American liberty from threats foreign and domestic.

Read more: https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fthefederalist.com%2F2023%2F12%2F29%2F200-years-later-the-monroe-doctrine-is-still-the-best-protector-of-u-s-interests%2F

Tomkins: The Threat of Free Speech, Yesterday and Today

History can shine light even in the unlikeliest of places. What may appear to be the most modern and contemporary of problems may turn out to be a mere echo of the past. Fake news, disinformation, and social media may seem to pose strikingly new challenges for free speech—but despite the novelty of today’s innovative forms of online communication, the issues are very far from new. Three hundred years ago, in the early eighteenth century, one of the greatest writers of English was worrying away at the implications of legal and technological change for what were then the emergent values of free speech. That writer was Jonathan Swift.

Read more: https://lawliberty.org/the-threat-of-free-speech-yesterday-and-today/

Schachtel: Harvard’s interim president is a Bill Gates flunky who has received over $7 million from Big Pharma

So who is Alan Garber? A college classmate and longtime admirer of Bill Gates, Dr. Garber has made a killing through his appointments on the boards of pharmaceutical companies. During the Covid era, he was best known for his fear mongering proclamations, and his successful lobbying for government spending to the tune of trillions of dollars to “combat the virus.” The Boston Globe describes the academic physician as a man who “helped guide the school through the COVID-19 pandemic,” but that “guidance” doesn’t seem so independent, to put it mildly.

Read more: https://www.dossier.today/p/harvards-interim-president-is-a-bill

Hilu: ‘Karma’: Black Harvard Professor Demoted Under Claudine Gay Responds to Gay’s Resignation

A black Harvard Law School professor whom former Harvard University president Claudine Gay helped demote years ago responded to Gay’s resignation on Tuesday with one word. “Karma,” wrote Ronald Sullivan Jr. in a since-deleted post on X, formerly Twitter. Sullivan served as a defense attorney for disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein, who was later convicted of sex crimes, prompting backlash from students. After months of student outrage, Harvard in May 2019 decided not to renew Sullivan’s contract to be the faculty dean of an undergraduate residence. The student-run Harvard Crimson identified Gay, who served as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the time, as one administrator involved in the decision. […] Gay in July 2019 suspended and revoked many academic privileges of Roland Fryer, a renowned black economics professor at Harvard, after the university investigated him for […]

Read more: https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/karma-black-harvard-professor-demoted-under-claudine-gay-responds-to-gays-resignation/

Rosenberger: You’d Be Surprised Which States Persecute Religious Schools And Charities

States throughout the country, including some red states, are breaking the law by persecuting religious schools and charities. Here are nine of the most unexpected offenders. 1. Virginia Disabled students suffer because of Virginia’s violation of the First Amendment. Virginia’s school districts and local governments can contract with any “public or private nonsectarian school, agency, institution,” or “nonsectarian child-day programs” to provide special education services. If the nearest option or best fit for your student happens to have a religious affiliation, your child will have to attend a further or worse option to receive funding. Historically black colleges and universities and other nonprofit institutions of higher education are unconstitutionally prevented from using state funds for facilities or programs related to “sectarian instruction.” Virginia singles out religious institutions for worse treatment under industrial development powers and ineligibility for historic preservation consideration and grants, and excludes them from receiving funds to provide social services. Egregiously, this latter provision specifically singles out some religious organizations — the YMCA, YWCA, Habitat for Humanity, and the Salvation Army — for special treatment. Virginia provides a tax rebate for fuel used in school buses but excludes buses used to take students to religious schools. 2. Montana . . . 3. Georgia . . . 4. . . .

Read more: https://thefederalist.com/2023/12/26/youd-be-surprised-which-states-persecute-religious-schools-and-charities/

INTERNATIONAL

National Pulse Staff Writer: REPORT: Over 7,000 German Women Raped or Assaulted by Migrants Since 2015.

Migrants, especially those who entered Germany illegally during Europe’s migrant crisis, have raped and sexually assaulted over 7,000 German women since 2015, according to a report in the 243-year-old Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper. The numbers are drawn from police crime statistics, which reveal more than 8,590 reported cases of rape and sexual assault by migrants. Over 90 percent of victims of sexual crimes are female. […] Migrants are wildly over-represented in the rape statistics in the nation, given that they only account for 2.5 percent of the population.For example, there were almost 12,000 reported cases of rape or sexual assault in 2022, with around 10,000 identified suspects, 3,679 being non-German, and recent migrants accounting for at least 1,155 of those — an 11.5 percent

Read more: https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/12/30/report-over-7000-german-women-raped-or-assaulted-by-migrants-since-2015/

White: Justin Trudeau’s government awards MEDAL to ‘champion of diversity’ trans activist who got Canada’s oldest rape shelter defunded for refusing to house transgender women

Morgane Oger, a transgender woman, was given a Meritorious Service Medal by Canadian Governor-General Mary Simon on December 7. […] Oger said she was ‘feeling so grateful’ to get a medal for ‘furthering the legal protections of transgender Canadians’.

Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12904371/Canadian-transgender-activist-Morgane-Oger-gets-medal.html

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