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Michael Infanzon contributor to ThePricklyPear.org: The Second Amendment reads: “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” For years, scholars and courts have debated whether this safeguards an individual’s right to own firearms or merely protects the state’s right to maintain a militia. But what if I told you that the framers, like Madison and Hamilton, envisioned this not as an individual or collective right, but as a civic duty? Yes, a civic duty—an obligation that you owe to your state and your community to be prepared to defend them if the need arises.

John Daniel Davidson is a senior editor at The Federalist: Throughout Trump’s stint in office, Democrats, establishment Republicans like Cheney, and nearly every major media outlet worked overtime to trample norms, bend the rules, break various laws, and undermine a duly elected president simply because they were incensed that they weren’t in power. Remember that when they say what Trump will do in a second term. They’re doing it right now.

Brian C. Joondeph contributor to American Thinker: Donald Trump is a known commodity. Regardless of his personality, brash talk, and mean tweets, he was well on his way to making America great again. He has the track record to back that up. Joe Biden is leading America down the drain and also has a track record to prove it.

Patricia Patnode contributor to The American Mind: Who is at fault for soft occultism? A failure of religious institutions and families to communicate essential values and consistent practice to new generations has produced a generation of spiritually hungry occultists. The real solution is living within reality: community life with friends, family, spouses, and ultimately the Church, which lies at the heart of it all. These institutions need to prioritize reverence and community to give purpose to the lost and friendship to the lonely.

Alex Joffe & Asaf RomirowskyIf contributors to Washington Examiner: Hamas has had one notable success, it has been in igniting international support, not from governments but from the interlocked movements of the global Left and Islam. Activating this red-green alliance of socialists, communists, and Muslims to bring hundreds of thousands into the streets for menacing and often violent protests has been an eye-opening and frankly terrifying sight.

Linnea Lueken research fellow with Heartland Institute and contributor to American Thinker: It is also worth noting how suspicious it is that the WHO is jumping on the climate change alarm train, given their preference for parroting the Chinese Communist Party’s talking points. China also happens to have a near monopoly on “green” tech manufacturing, and stands to gain a lot from the West’s “transition.” I’d argue that the greatest human health threat is actually climate policy, because it is destabilizing the electric power grid, increasing food insecurity, and encouraging the world’s people to be increasingly reliant on the good will of the Chinese Communist Party. Climate change itself doesn’t even break the top 10 of humanitarian or health threats facing the world

J.D. Rucker’ America First Report Substack: Do not let anyone gaslight you. Attacks on real meat have nothing to do with climate change. The powers-that-be have weaponized climate change as their universal boogeyman to justify destructive actions so people don’t recognize them as crimes against humanity. What they’re doing to meat is 100% about control. They’re just following what Kissinger told them to do decades ago.

BIDEN CRIME FAMILY

Richards: Hunter Biden’s direct payments to father coincided with Chinese transfers, bank inquiries

Newly disclosed bank records, released on Monday as part of the House Republicans’ ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Biden, indicate that Hunter Biden arranged direct, monthly payments to his father. The records show that at least one payment of $1,380 was sent from Hunter Biden’s Owasco PC to Joe Biden in September 17, 2018. At the time, Hunter Biden’s Owasco PC account was receiving payments from Hudson West III, a joint venture set up with executives from CEFC China Energy. The joint venture appeared to be in the process of winding down after CEFC’s founder and chairman, Ye Jianming, was detained and disappeared in China earlier in 2018, according to emails obtained from Hunter Biden’s laptop. This new revelation fits a pattern that has emerged in the House investigation into the President and his family’s business dealings. That pattern suggests that Joe and Hunter Biden’s finances were intertwined, while Hunter Biden was raking in millions from his foreign business deals.

Read more: https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/hunter-bidens-direct-payments-father-coincided-chinese-transfers

Lyman: Jonathan Turley Weighs In On Hunter News: ‘None Of Us Have Seen The Likes Of This’

Turley said Monday an impeachment vote into Biden was “overdue” and there “was ample evidence to justify an impeachment inquiry.” “I can’t imagine how anyone would look at this evidence and not believe that a formal inquiry should begin. There’s been a litany of lies that have come out of the Biden family and the White House. The president denied knowing about any of these business arrangements. Even Hunter said that wasn’t true,” Turley said, listing other pieces of evidence. “We even have Joe Biden’s house being listed for some of these payments by Hunter Biden,” Turley continued. “It’s rather daunting to imagine what you need according to the Democrats. So I think the moment of truth has arrived.

Read more/Watch the 4 minute interview: https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/04/jonathan-turley-weighs-in-hunter-biden-news/

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

(Depopulation globalist agenda) Mosher: Henry Kissinger engineered the Deep State’s globalist war on people

There are many things to criticize about Henry Kissinger’s career. Leftists point to the bombing of Cambodia during the Vietnam War, American complicity in the coup in Chile that brought down the Communist regime of Salvador Allende, and his interference in Iranian politics.

Conservatives, on the other hand, underscore his betrayal of the South Vietnamese and the abandonment of democratic Taiwan. They add that calling Kissinger a scholar statesman, as some do, makes no sense given his decades-long service to Communist China as a paid lobbyist/apologist for the regime.

But I would lay an additional charge against the one-time American diplomat. It was Henry Kissinger, as President Nixon’s national security advisor, who oversaw the production of an infamous memo that turned population control into a weapon in the Cold War. Even today, his argument that America’s national security depends upon waging war on people continues to be used to justify the promotion of abortion, sterilization, and contraception around the world. National Security Study Memorandum 200 (NSSM 200), as the memo was called, was more commonly known as “The Kissinger Report” after its author. The 250-page report, a joint effort of the NSA, CIA, Department of State, and Pentagon was kept secret – for good reason – until it was finally declassified in 1989. Believing that people mean power, and worried about the demographic decline of the West, these practitioners of realpolitik unapologetically sought to engineer a fertility decline among more prolific peoples. And they were fully prepared to deceive and strong-arm other countries into doing so.

Read more: https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/henry-kissinger-deep-state-globalist/

TYRANNY IN THE NAME OF CLIMATE DOOM MYTH: GLOBALIST POLITICIANS & BIG BUSINESS ACCUMULATE MORE  POWER & CONTROL

Imanuelsen: The EU Wants to SEIZE Your Old Car to Meet Climate Goals

The EU is now finding more ways to take away your freedoms. They want to take away ownership of your old car and scrap it! Yes, you read that correctly. The EU has something called End-of-life vehicles directive, and they are looking to expand this to become so draconian that it reminds of something that would have happened in the Communist Soviet Union. A new set of criteria will be established that will decide whether you will be allowed to keep your car. If your car does not meet the criteria, the EU will seize your car and scrap it. One of the criteria is that if your car has missed it’s regular EU checkup for two years, then it is considered to be “waste” and they will scrap it. Another thing they are talking about as well . .

Read more: https://petersweden.substack.com/p/the-eu-wants-to-seize-your-old-car

Hammer: A climate summit to turn you green with nausea: Kamala and Kerry flew on SEPARATE jets… the host is a Sultan oil boss… and it’s all held in Dubai – where they air condition the desert. What a net zero charade!

The United Nations‘ 28th climate change conference is melting down faster than an iceberg in the Arctic. It’s a collection of the world’s rich and influential who’ve set out to save all of humanity by getting rid of fossil fuels. But apparently, the engines of this international powwow don’t run well on bull manure. John Kerry, the failed presidential candidate now moonlighting as President Biden’s ‘special presidential envoy for climate’, is leading the American delegation for the COP28 summit. True to form, Kerry, our Bay State plutocrat, reportedly jetted in on a carbon-belching private plane. And Kamala Harris, our flailing vice president, deemed the meeting urgent enough to justify the greenhouse gases necessary to fuel Air Force Two and fly her to the lavish affair as well. Would it be too much to ask them to ride share? And the location of COP28: Dubai. […] If a Republican presidential candidate suggested there is ‘no science’ supporting fossil fuel phase-outs and that climate zealots wish to ‘take the world back into caves,’ the left-wing media would laugh him out of the mainstream. But when the president of an international climate change summit says it, America’s leading envoy dismisses it as an innocent mistake.

Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12824909/cop28-climate-summit-green-dubai-john-kerry-al-jaber-kamala-harris.html

Lynch: Nancy Pelosi’s Relative Is Quietly Steering Millions Of Dollars Into Biden’s Climate Programs: REPORT

Alexis Pelosi is the senior climate advisor to Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge and she is reportedly tasked with executing the department’s multi-million dollar climate action planaccording to E&E News. Pelosi assumed her current role in January after working for HUD’s Community Planning and Development office […] The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed by President Joe Biden in 2022, awarded $837.5 million in grant and subsidy funding and $4 billion of loan commitment authority to the Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP) for HUD to finance sustainable housing properties.

Read more: https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/27/nancy-pelosi-relative-quietly-steering-millions-dollars-bidens-climate-programs-alexis/

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

Revolver.news: Twenty FBI agents dressed in “tactical gear” just raided the home of a peaceful J6er because of his online “associations”…

The excessive use of force against January 6 victims has reached levels that are so absurd that they’re now in the realm of North Korea-esque treatment. It’s clear that the regime is trying to send a message to anybody who dares to dissent: if they step out of line, meaning they don’t bow down to the regime agenda, the full force of the United States government will come crashing down on them and their families. It’s a KGB-like tactic that is very powerful and rather off-putting to Americans who still appreciate and love freedom. This blatant abuse of power was on full display recently, when 20 FBI agents, dressed in tactical “SWAT” gear, conducted a raid on the home of a peaceful January 6th participant who had simply walked through an open door at the Capitol. The man was charged with a misdemeanor, so why did the federal government deploy such overwhelming force against this poor soul? According to the authorities, they justified this approach based on the “associations” this peaceful man had online. In other words, he likes people who think the “wrong way.” The FBI this week raided the home of . . .

Read more: https://revolver.news/2023/12/20-fbi-agents-dressed-in-tactical-gear-raided-home-of-peaceful-j6er-because-of-online-associations/

Julie Kelly Threadreader: J6 appeals now making their way thru system. DC appellate court panel today heard @CowboyCouy conviction of 1752(a)(1), a common misdemeanor. Judge McFadden convicted Griffin of the count in 2022. Judges sounded skeptical DOJ met burden of proof, appears headed back to McFadden. As proof that Mr. Griffin knew, . . .

Read more: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1731765472591319490.html

(H/T GC ) BREAKING: Owen Shroyer granted early release from prison on J6 charges

Jailed journalist Owen Shroyer is set to be released from prison on December 8. He was sentenced to serve 60 days for charges stemming from his presence and remarks outside the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021. He reported to prison on October 24. He has spent the majority of his time in solitary confinement. With Shroyer’s release set for December 8, he will have been in prison for 45 days. Over 30 of those days were spent in solitary confinement.

Read more: https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-owen-shroyer-granted-early-release-from-prison-on-j6-charges

2022 ELECTION

(Intentionally release? ) Mittlestadt: U.S. Air Force improperly released service records of GOP candidate to DCCC-linked research firm

The Air Force improperly released service records of a GOP Ohio congressional candidate during his 2022 race, which was then used against his campaign, which he believes led to his election loss. The service records of at least a dozen service members were improperly released to a research firm from October 2021 to December 2022, and were used in some instances against GOP congressional candidates. […] The AP reported that Majewski “ran a Facebook ad promoting himself as ‘combat veteran,’” and claimed it was “misleading” because the term doesn’t mean that he had engaged in combat. Majewski told Just the News that “being a combat veteran doesn’t mean I saw combat.” He said his campaign explained to the AP when they requested comment from him for the story that he actively served in a combat zone and received imminent danger pay, which qualifies him as a combat veteran, according to VA IB10-438.  The AP also mentioned that Majewski didn’t receive a Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, which was issued to service members who deployed abroad on or after 9/11 in the War on Terror. However, this past September, the Air Force corrected Majewski’s service record to include the medal.“ Had this story not come out, it’s likely I’d have won by a point,” Majewski said of the impact the AP articles had on his 2022 race.

Read more: https://justthenews.com/government/air-force-improperly-released-service-records-gop-candidate-dccc-linked-research-firm

DEMOCRAT PARTY PREPARES FOR A 2024 ELECTION STEAL?

Greenfield: NYC Orders Voter Registration Forms For All Migrants

Why are Democrats keeping the border open and flooding major cities with masses of invading illegal aliens? It’s all about the elections. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) on Sunday accused New York City of trying to stack voter rolls by trying to illegally register migrants housed at a Staten Island shelter to cast ballots in the upcoming elections. Malliotakis, joined by four other Staten Island Republicans, claimed a city contract with a nonprofit hired to run the shelter includes a stipulation that voter registration forms are to be distributed to asylum seekers staying there — which they called both unlawful and underhanded.

Read more: https://www.frontpagemag.com/nyc-orders-voter-registration-forms-for-all-migrants/

JUDICIARY

Emmons: BREAKING: Federal appellate court sides with Douglass Mackey in meme case, drops prison sentence until after appeal

The 7-month prison sentence of Douglass Mackey has been stayed per a federal judge. He was convicted in March for circulating a satirical meme that encouraged Hillary Clinton voters to cast their votes via text in the lead up to the 2016 election. The Motion Order reads: “granting motion for release pending appeal, at docket entry 16 Mackey’s surrender date is stated. The District Court is ordered to determine the appropriate terms of release, without prejudice to the government’s making a future request for detention, on behalf of Appellant Douglass Mackey, It is further ordered that this appeal is expedited. Mackey’s initial brief will be due on or before January 5, 2024. The government’s response will be due on or before February 5, 2024. Mackey’s reply brief will be due on or before February 20, 2024. The Clerk is directed to calendar this appeal as soon as practicable after February 20, 2024.” […] This ruling is huge because it means that the appeals court decided that my appeal presents ‘substantial’ and ‘debatable’ issues of law that, if resolved in my favor, will result in my conviction being vacated. The prosecution, on the other hand, argued that my appeal was frivolous and that this was a typical election crime case like any other in U.S. history. This is a very encouraging step towards vindication.”

Read more: https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-prison-sentence-of-douglass-mackey-stayed-by-federal-court-pending-appeal

BIDEN/HARRIS/OBAMA’S AMERICA LAST REGIME: THE FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE U.S. MILITARY

Arama: WATCH: Dick Durbin Lets Cat Out of Bag on Bill Allowing Illegal Aliens Into Military 

Durbin agreed that something has to be done about the southern border, but his response about what that “something” might be was insane and incredibly dangerous for the safety of the nation. Right now, we are letting all kinds of people in without having any true vetting of them at the border. Now Durbin is suggesting that we let these folks who broke our law by entering illegally into the military. Durbin talks about a bill that would allow “undocumented” people who can pass a physical and a background check into the military. Does anyone think that the Biden team would do any kind of a credible background check to prevent people who wish us ill from joining if this is allowed? Given how they’ve messed up virtually everything else, I wouldn’t bet on that for a second. “If you do it honorably, we will make you citizens of the United States,” he says. Oh, so of course, then they can vote. What a quick way to facilitate that! I’m sure that isn’t what this is about.

Read more/Watch the videos: https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/12/04/watch-dick-durbin-calls-for-illegal-aliens-to-be-let-into-the-military-n2167176

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

Hellner: Biden’s new rule against methane becomes ‘final’

It’s not really an exaggeration (if at all) to say that every single day we hear from Hillary Clinton, Liz Cheney, Joe Scarborough, the media, and others about how dangerous President Trump is—ad nauseam they declare how “like Hitler” he is. And, it seems every single day, Joe Biden issues some new executive order or regulation assaulting our freedoms and our prosperity. He knows he can’t get his radical agenda through Congress so he just goes around them. He violates his oath of office by not only refusing to enforce immigration laws that Congress passed, but sabotaging our sovereignty too. It is a pure abuse of power, and yet most of the media just cheers. […] Now, Joe Biden is dictatorially issuing another rule to handicap the coal, oil, and gas industries. He clearly doesn’t care about costs or the loss of tens of millions of jobs directly or indirectly related to those industries. The costs of these green policies are already destroying Americans purchasing power but a power hungry politician like Joe clearly doesn’t care. Reported by Newsmax: The Biden administration on Saturday issued a final rule aimed at reducing methane emissions, targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas industry for its role in global warming as President Joe Biden seeks to advance his climate legacy. The Environmental Protection Agency said the new rule will […] The green pushers claim that if we stop using oil, coal, and gas, the “expected” rise in temperature will not occur, and lives will be saved. What they won’t show you is a direct link between coal and oil use, and temperatures, because there is no scientific evidence to show that. Temperatures have fluctuated the last 150 years as consumption of these natural resources has skyrocketed.

Read more at American Thinker.

Coates & Ries: Biden wants open borders all the way south to Guatemala

Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei told us that earlier this year in an interview that he asked Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary of State Antony Blinken for help closing Guatemala’s border with El Salvador and Honduras to help shut off illegal migration north. But, Giammattei says, Mayorkas and Blinken rejected his offer. We have seen documents that support his contention, and reached out to the administration for comment, but it did not respond. Giammattei has been a strong U.S. ally fighting against illegal immigration in Central America.

Read more: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-wants-open-borders-south-guatemala

WAR IN ISRAEL

TOI Staff: ‘Some of them didn’t see daylight’: Top doctor says freed hostages ‘went through hell’

Pessach said that his department at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan has been taking care of 29 of the 105 civilians released from Gaza in a Qatar-led temporary truce with the terror group. The 29 freed hostages range in age from three to 84, including 12 children. “This has been the most harrowing week of my life, certainly my professional life,” said Prof. Itai Pessach, Director of Safra Children’s Hospital at Sheba Medical Center.

Read more: https://www.timesofisrael.com/some-of-them-didnt-see-daylight-top-doctor-says-freed-hostages-went-through-hell/

Vespa: CNN Grilled UNRWA’s Spokesperson Over New Terrorism Allegations. It Did Not Go Well.

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is once again being slapped with allegations of terrorism, with new reports pointing to staffers being involved in holding Israelis hostage. This isn’t the first time the agency has been accused of such allegations. The Free Beacon had a story last week regarding a UNRWA teacher who held an Israeli hostage in an attic for 50 days: […] And as Israeli forces have cleared out Hamas strongholds and weapons caches, many armaments have been found bearing the UNRWA logo (via Times of Israel): […] Given these allegations, it’s a bit surprising that they had their director of affairs, Thomas White, go on CNN, where he was grilled about his organization’s ties to terrorism. It did not go well: . . .

Read more/Watch the 1:54 minute interview: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2023/12/04/unrwa-teachers-reportedly-held-israelis-hostage-in-gaza-n2631998

Bonchie: REVEALED: Why the Hostages Looked so ‘Happy’ While Hamas Was Releasing Them

Hamas and its online social media army have produced much propaganda around videos showing released hostages smiling and waving at their former captors. In some cases, fantasies about one underage girl being “in love” with a Hamas fighter were produced. The idea was to frame the terrorist group as not only humane but so humane that the hostages preferred being starved in cages underground rather than going back to Israel. It’s a talking point so hideous that only the most depraved people on earth would believe it. Unfortunately, there are a lot of depraved people on earth. But was something else driving the mannerisms of the hostages on the release nights? According to new testimony, the answer is yes. Israeli Health Ministry officials tell a Knesset hearing that Hamas gave hostages drugs before releasing them so they’d appear calm and happy in their propaganda videos.

Read more/Watch the 54 second video: https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/12/05/revealed-why-the-hostages-looked-so-happy-while-hamas-was-releasing-them-n2167181

OTHER NEWS, COMMENTARY, OPNION

Sorock: Equal Protection Project Racks Up Numerous Wins In First Nine Months Since Launch

Legal Insurrection Foundation’s most recent venture – the Equal Protection Project (EqualProtect.org) – launched late February 2023, to much fanfare. Nine months later and our efforts have helped shift the legal landscape as to racial and ethnic discrimination in education through legal challenges to change behavior and expansive media to change narratives. As detailed below, we have filed 20 legal complaints, resulting in at least nine ‘wins’ and three additional ‘impacts.’ Inside Higher Ed, one of the leading education industry publications, has taken notice of our impact to-date:

Read more: https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/12/equal-protection-project-racks-up-numerous-wins-in-first-nine-months-since-launch/

Prager U: What’s Wrong with Marijuana?

Millions of Americans believe marijuana relieves pain, reduces anxiety, improves your mood, and has no side effects. Are they right? Dr. Drew Pinsky, physician, addiction medicine specialist, and media personality, answers this question.

Watch the 5:49 minute video: https://www.prageru.com/video/whats-wrong-with-marijuana

AP: Oxford University Press has named ‘rizz’ as its word of the year

Oxford University Press has named “rizz″ as its word of the year, highlighting the popularity of a term used by Generation Z to describe someone’s ability to attract or seduce another person. It topped “Swiftie” (an enthusiastic fan of Taylor Swift), “situationship” (an informal romantic or sexual relationship) and “prompt” (an instruction given to an artificial intelligence program) in the annual decision by experts at the publisher of the multivolume Oxford English Dictionary. The four finalists were selected by a public vote and the winner was announced on Monday.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wireStory/oxford-university-press-named-rizz-word-year-105351014

Jacobson: Criminal Complaint: Ex-FBI Informant Stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 Times In Prison On “Black Friday” Because “Symbolic” With BLM

“he saw an opportunity to assault D.C. in the law library on Friday, November 24, 2023, the day after Thanksgiving Day commonly known as “Black Friday.” TURSCAK stated that his attack of D.C. on Black Friday was symbolic with the Black Lives Matter movement and the “Black Hand” symbol associated with the Mexican Mafia criminal organization.” We previously covered how Derek Chauvin Was Stabbed In Federal Prison. Details have emerged in a Criminal Complaint against the accused perpetrator John Tursack (emphasis added)

Read more: https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/12/criminal-complaint-ex-fbi-informant-stabbed-derek-chauvin-22-times-in-prison-on-black-friday-because-symbolic-with-blm/

Wolf: Among the Rich

Lost confidence. Well shame. I stepped back into Manhattan and Brooklyn last week, down to the city from my life in the deep upstate woods. I was revisiting the world of privilege that had ousted me in 2021, and that had been so confident and even smug right up until and into the “pandemic.”

It’s haunting, what that world seems like now. I know some readers must be thinking, Why have compassion for, why even bother with the fates of, wealthy liberal elites — those who aligned for the past three years with a million lies, and who only grew wealthier and more status-secure as a result of the depredations of the recent past? I hear you. But I feel the need, as a witness to this dark time, nonetheless to describe what I saw. When an empire’s elites lose confidence or all sense of purpose, history reveals that it is hard for that empire to survive. And the collapse of confidence I saw, may show a movement in the life of the nation away at least from the complete madness and denial that has gripped this world since 2020. Brian and I attended an evening gathering of New York City thought leaders, and old-school society leaders. It was in a private home, and convened by the same glamorous group that had dis-invited me from its “list”, due to my naughty vaccine status, in 2021. I felt that it was important to show up now, and see what had happened to this world in the meantime.

Read more: https://naomiwolf.substack.com/p/among-the-rich

Schlott: Ivy League slashes price of ‘donor door’ from $20M to $2M after antisemitism storm

Elite colleges are quietly slashing the level of donations which can secure admission as mega-donors close their checkbooks to the Ivy League over antisemitism on campus. Their long-term practice of giving special consideration to big donors’ children and grandchildren has been badly hit by a growing backlash against college leaders’ failure to keep Jewish students safe. Now, according to one college counselor, a $2 million check might be the new $20 million. “If a billionaire has committed $50 million or $100 million a year and now they’re backing out, colleges need to figure out how to fill that gap,” Command Education founder Christopher Rim told The Post.

Read more: https://nypost.com/2023/12/04/news/ivy-league-slashes-donor-door-to-2m-over-antisemitism/

INTERNATIONAL

Ghlionn: Ireland’s Tragic Demise

The Ireland of today is very different to the Ireland of yesteryears. Irish eyes are not smiling, and for good reason. Today, my homeland is a horrific place to live: riots on the streets, vehicles ablaze, innocent children being stabbed, and women being raped and murdered. Crime statistics released earlier this year by the Garda Síochána, Ireland’s national police force, paint a rather troubling picture. Since 2019, serious criminal offenses, including murder, rape, and sexual assaults, have skyrocketed. As the statistics show, in the space of four years, reports of rape have increased by 13 percent. Moreover, over the past 12 years, the number of sex crimes have increased by a whopping 75 percent. Last year, 44 cases of murder or manslaughter were recorded. In 2021, 25 cases were recorded. That’s a significant jump. What’s going on?

Read more: https://americanmind.org/salvo/irelands-tragic-demise/

Chudov: Humor is a Threat to Our Democracy, Australian Political Scientists Claim

Dear Readers: I am sorry for sprinkling humor and sarcasm throughout my Substack posts. My apologies! Had I known that Australian social scientists Jordan McSwiney and Kurt Sengul found the use of humor and ridicule to be an insidious attack on our democracy, I would certainly avoid even a trace of sarcasm or humor in my articles! Abstract This paper critically examines the use of online humor and ridicule to promote and normalize far-right exclusionary discourses. Through a critical qualitative study of the Please Explain miniseries, a series of thirty-four short web cartoons produced by Australian far-right populist party, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, we explore the strategic use of humor in the communicative arsenal of the contemporary far-right. Drawing on critical discourse analysis and thematic analysis, we examine how humor is used to soften articulations of exclusionary and supremacist ideas, including racism, misogyny, and queerphobia. Our findings suggest that the frivolity and irony of the online animated genre works to stretch the boundaries of the sayable, potentially making the content more palatable to non-far-right audiences. We argue that the strategic use of exclusionary humor forms part of a wider project of far-right discursive mainstreaming that simultaneously (re)legitimizes everyday expressions of exclusion.

Read more: https://dailyclout.io/humor-is-a-threat-to-our-democracy-australian-political-scientists-claim/

Link to Sage Journal article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/15274764231213816

DISCOVER THE NETWORKS

Ibram X. Kendi

* Has taught History and Africana Studies at a number of colleges and universities
* Strong proponent of critical race theory
* Believes that “capitalism is essentially racist,” and “racism is essentially capitalist”
* “The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination. The only remedy to present discrimination is future discrimination.”
* Routinely charges speaking fees of $25,000 per event

Read more: https://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individuals/ibram-x-kendi/

Che Guevara

* Chief executioner for the Castro regime, responsible for the murder of thousands
* Was appointed Cuba’s Minister of Economics in 1960; within months, the Cuban peso was practically worthless.
* Was appointed Cuba’s Minister of Industries in 1961; within a year the nation’s economy was in ruins.
* Died on October 9, 1967

Read more: https://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individuals/che-guevara/

Fidel Castro

* Communist dictator of Cuba from 1959 to 2006

* Died November 25, 2016

Read more: https://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individuals/fidel-castro/

TAKE ACTION

The Prickly Pear’s TAKE ACTION focus this year is to help achieve a winning 2024 national and state November 5th election with the removal of the Biden/Obama leftist executive branch disaster, win one U.S. Senate seat, maintain and win strong majorities in all Arizona state offices on the ballot and to insure that unrestricted abortion is not constitutionally embedded in our laws and culture.

Please click the TAKE ACTION link to learn to do’s and don’ts for voting in 2024. Our state and national elections are at great risk from the very aggressive and radical leftist Democrat operatives with documented rigging, mail-in voter fraud and illegals voting across the country (yes, with illegals voting across the country) in the last several election cycles.

Read Part 1 and Part 2 of The Prickly Pear essays entitled How NOT to Vote in the November 5, 2024 Election in Arizona to be well informed of the above issues and to vote in a way to ensure the most likely chance your vote will be counted and counted as you intend.

Please click the following link to learn more.

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