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Umbrella group calls out ‘Islamophobia,’ but ‘Death to Jews’ is not a problem. This past December, the President of the South Florida Muslim Federation, Samir Kakli, had an op-ed published by the Miami Herald, where he spoke out against hatred targeting the Muslim community, what has become known as ‘Islamophobia,’ a term often used to silence critics of Islamist terror. The Federation is promoting the piece on its website. Though hate aimed at Muslims certainly exists, it is beyond hypocritical for a group to call out one form of bigotry, while embracing those who traffic even worse bigotry, in this...

Now there are three. Kosovo became the third state to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will be placing its embassy there this spring. This takes on a special importance because it is also the first Muslim state to make such a move, which may in the future be emulated by the boldest, most determinedly friendly to Israel, Arab state, now moving full-speed ahead with its normalization of ties with the Jewish state – the U.A.E. If that happens, others – most likely Bahrain, the Maldives, and Morocco – could be the next Muslim states to follow...

Nancy Pelosi admitted to George Stephanopoulos on Sunday that the battle of the bulge at the border is the worst it’s gotten since the 2019 caravans – especially for children. Biden inherited a “broken system” from Trump that’s become a “humanitarian challenge,” she said, a surge that was caused by “climate change” in Central America. Saying that the border challenge is a “transition from what was wrong” in Trump’s administration, Pelosi quoted “our friends” from the evangelical movement who said the U.S. Refugee Settlement Program is the crown jewel of American humanitarianism. Sigh. Boy does this woman love to smear...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday recalled his country’s ambassador to the United States shortly after Joe Biden threatened Putin and called him a ‘killer with no soul.’ Joe Biden wants to start of war with Russia over a bogus intel report asserting that Russia interfered in the 2020 election. Biden threatened Putin and said, “He will pay a price” during a softball interview with liberal operative George Stephanopoulos. “Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov has been summoned to Moscow for consultations in order to analyse what needs to be done in the context of relations with the...

A Milwaukee County Children’s Court judge and former president and CEO of the Cream City Foundation, which runs the city’s drag queen story hour program, has been arrested on seven counts of child pornography. Brett Blomme, 38, was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly uploading 27 images and videos of children being sexually abused on the messaging app Kik.

A university student has been banned from Aberdeen University's union for two weeks after saying 'Rule Britannia' during a debate on the British Army Elizabeth Heverin, 19, received the ban after quoting the historic anthem prompted another student to complain. Speaking to The Telegraph, Miss Heverin said: 'It feels like I’ve been prosecuted for the crime of being patriotic, it’s scary to think where freedom of speech at the university will go from here.'

The video looks like a scene from an apocalyptic movie - dozens of disheveled people shivering in the middle of a winter night as they camp out around a trash bin on fire among a street strewn with litter. But the footage isn’t a Hollywood production but a candid snapshot of Kensington Avenue in northeast Philadelphia - an area that has been likened to the infamous Skid Row section of Los Angeles. The neighborhood has previously been dubbed the 'East Coast's largest open-air drug market' by DEA officials, according to the New York Times.

Marvel Comics has unveiled its very first gay Captain America. The character, named Aaron Fischer, will feature in The United States of Captain America - a new comic book series set for release on June 2. Marvel released images of Fischer on Wednesday, touting him as the first openly queer character in Captain America's 80-year history.

Elected officials from California's Asian and Pacific Islander communities urged Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday to appoint an attorney general of Asian descent, saying it's critical to have a top law enforcement official who understands and will combat anti-Asian violence.

Stop Asian hate marches took place across the United States Wednesday in the wake of a mass shooting which left six Asian woman dead at three Georgia massage parlors. Crowds gathered in California, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., New York City and Washington state after Robert Aaron Long, 21, was charged with killing eight people Tuesday. The shooting came on the back of a year of pandemic-fueled racist attacks and sparked the hashtag #StopAsianHate to top trend on Twitter throughout the day.

WASHINGTON, Sunday, March 17, 1861. The Administration is exceedingly discreet relative to its movements, and the Cabinet counsels are carefully guarded from outsiders. I am well satisfied, to-day, nevertheless, that there has been some hitch relative to the Fort Sumpter matter. No final order for the withdrawal of the troops has been given thus far, and it is by no means settled that they will be withdrawn. Hon. JOHN J. CRITTENDEN and wife leave here to-morrow for Kentucky. The lady guests of the National Hotel gave a very handsome farewell entertainment last night to Mrs. CRITTENDEN, at which Gen. SCOTT,...

MOSCOW — Russia recalled its ambassador to the United States and unleashed a storm of derision aimed at President Biden after he said in a television interview that he thought President Vladimir V. Putin was a killer. Russia’s Foreign Ministry said late Wednesday that it had summoned its envoy in Washington, Anatoly I. Antonov, to Moscow “in order to analyze what needs to be done in the context of relations with the United States.”

An elderly woman being attacked on Market St. in San Francisco Wednesday – the latest victim in a wave of attacks on Asians in the Bay Area – spoke to KPIX 5 about turning the tables on her assailant, leaving him with injuries that required a trip to the hospital. From her senior retirement home in San Francisco, Xiao Zhen Xie candidly talked about the attack and her injuries, with her daughter Dong-Mei Li helping to translate. “Very traumatized, very scared and this eye is still bleeding,” Li told KPIX 5. “The right eye still cannot see anything and still...

Given its campaign of outright hostility toward the American people and general dereliction of duty to protect and defend the states, is the American government intentionally trying to provoke civil conflict? “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” — Kierkegaard Democrats know so much that isn’t so: Has there ever been a more disastrous beginning to an American presidency? I think not. Democrat enclaves throughout the country are still using the pretext of the China virus to keep businesses, schools, and churches closed....

(...) The Washington Post has been forced, no doubt begrudgingly, to print a retraction two months after they published a story that made it sound like Trump was trying to rig the election speaking to an elections investigator in Georgia. The Post reported in January that the then President had spoken to Frances Watson in December, asking her to “find the fraud” in the state and that she would be a “national hero” if she did. The Washington Post has said that the quotes were based on “information provided by a source” which was obviously anti-Trump. Biden had won Georgia...

San Francisco's Lowell High School is one of the top public high schools in California. Beginning with its 2021 freshman class, Lowell plans to switch from a merit-based admission system to that of a lottery. How good is Lowell? It ranked 68th nationwide by U.S. News last year. About the school's reputation for academic excellence, The San Francisco Unified School District website says: "(Lowell) has been recognized 4 times as a National Blue Ribbon School, 8 times as a California Distinguished School, and one time as a Gold Ribbon School. Lowell has been consistently ranked #1 in the Western Region...

Like an immature child who has discovered a very destructive toy, the woke Left has found that it can ruin people's careers and reputations by depicting them as "racists" for merely disagreeing over issues such as "white privilege" and "systemic racism" or irresponsible actions under color of Black Lives Matter. This is simply age-old trash from a brand-new dumpster. Similar dangerous charlatans in past centuries could ruin people's reputations and even get them burned alive or lynched (think the Salem Witch Trials) by calling them witches, sorcerers, and/or heretics. Evidence, let alone proof beyond a reasonable doubt, was not required;...

Pop culture is forever playing tricks on us. What we perceive as an unrivalled classic that defined an era, in reality, quite often had a difficult upbringing sullied by capricious circumstance before fate decided it had been held down too long and unleashed it upon the world. Sometimes it would seem that the masses weren’t quite ready for these culture-changing epics. Other times it would seem that the fist of fate was unwilling to release the record from its ruthless grasp. We’re taking a look at the top ten times in which a record nearly sunk completely before it swam...

We have a president who achieved his office though unconventional -- and in some cases, unusual -- electoral means in several key states, of that there is little question among honest people. He won despite a personal lockdown in his basement and socially distanced campaign events where the press made up most of his “crowds,” all while his opponent drew enthusiastic (and often raucous) overflow crowds in the tens of thousands. That Joe Biden, a lifelong politician of little achievement and substance, won the 2020 presidential sweepstakes after living pictures of incongruence played out on our televisions each night for...