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One of our country’s most insane policies is that of automatic birthright citizenship for babies born to illegal aliens on U.S. soil. People in the Third World certainly know about this policy and take advantage of it. A surprising recent action taken by the U.S. government sheds some light on the issue. The U.S. State Department, under the Biden administration, rejected the citizenship of Siavash Sobhani, a 61-year-old doctor in Virginia who was born in the United States in 1960. Current birthright citizenship policy is based on an interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment, enacted in 1868, a few years after...

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The University of California has struggled to appease students but hopes a $7 million investment toward addressing antisemitism and Islamophobia on campuses will help.

While much attention has been paid to the humanitarian relief enabled by the weeklong truce between Hamas and Israel, national security experts note that the pause may have given Hamas the opportunity to strengthen and resupply its forces for when hostilities resumed Friday. The concern was that Hamas would emerge strengthened so its forces could respond to Israel's devastating ground and aerial assault in northern Gaza, and potentially in southern Gaza, where many of the enclave's 2 million civilian residents are now located after heeding Israel's warnings to leave northern Gaza before Israeli forces attacked there. Those questions of whether...

[Catholic Caucus] Catholic journalists detained outside Vatican, banner supporting Bishop Strickland confiscatedAnna Kulanová joins me on this episode of The John-Henry Westen Show. She and her husband were detained by Italian police after attempting to enter St. Peter's Square with a banner supporting the deposed Bishop Joseph Strickland.Imagine if there was a group of Slovak journalists who sought to go into St. Peter’s Square with a banner supporting Bishop Joseph Strickland following his removal by Pope Francis. Then imagine if the Italian police confiscated their banner and detained two of the journalists for hours after admitting that it was because...

A stricken widower is suing the parents of four teenagers who dismembered his 73-year-old wife by viciously dragging her along behind her own SUV during a horrific fatal carjacking. Rickey Frickey launched the lawsuit to hold the parents 'responsible', his attorney said, holding them partly to blame for her March 2022 death in a newly filed suit, seeking at least $50,000 in damages. After the final perpetrator, John Honore, 18, was convicted of murder this week, Linda's grieving husband is suing Honore's parents and those of three others involved. Honore's accomplices, Briniyah Baker, 17, Lenyra Theophile, 16, and Mar'Qel Curtis,...

UPDATED: Fox News‘ Ron DeSantis–Gavin Newsom debate drew 5.46 million million viewers — 4.75 million in its live telecast and 706,000 for a rebroadcast — giving a ratings bump to Sean Hannity in the time slot. The debate also was Hannity’s highest rated telecast this year. He averaged 2.25 million viewers in the time period last month, and 260,000 in the 25-54 demo.

With so much going on in the news this week, one company that is happy there are so many distractions away from its problems is Disney. After weeks of consecutive massive failures in theaters, the entertainment giant is going through some executive-level dramas, and it is becoming apparent there is no clear strategy to solve the mounting issues. CEO Bob Iger was drawn back into his leadership role last year when his heir - Bob Chapek - began to encounter several self-created problems. However that hoped-for storyline of Iger becoming the needed white knight has not achieved the happy ending;...

Have you ever been to Hamburg's Stadtpark? They call it the "green heart" of the city, over 350 acres of woods and lakes and meadows, playgrounds and sports fields and concert stages, plus Germany's largest planetarium. It's also a great place to rape someone. So a fifteen-year-old girl gets dragged into the bushes by a gang of four "youths". They rape her, and take the trouble to film themselves doing so. Because, after all, if you gang-rape someone, you want to have something to show to the lads who weren't able to make it. When they're sated and push off,...

Friday marked a moment in history when the House of Representatives voted to expel former Congressman George Santos (R-NY). Santos is now the third person expelled from Congress since the Civil War and heads back to his home in Long Island with his head lowered in shame. In a 311-114 vote (with two members voting "Present" and eight not voting), Santos lost all but two Democrats and roughly half the Republican conference. The vote came after it was revealed, among other things, that the Santos campaign had allegedly committed fraud not just on voters, but on some of Santos' own...

Four experts explain why ‘the West is next’ isn’t just a catchy scare phrase but an accurate description of the threat Hamas poses to Western civilization.“Oh, don’t be naïve. Hamas would chop your head off too.” This and similar messages were plastered on billboards across the United States by JewBelong.org following the October 7 Hamas murders, kidnappings and atrocities in Israel’s Gaza border communities. The billboards intend to shock Americans into recognizing that Israel is fighting their fight, too. JewBelong cofounder Archie Gottesman warns that Hamas is “in a holy war against the Western way of life. They are an...

That grim future is tied to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) changing the state’s solar rules a year ago, slashing the value of rooftop generated electricity. The legislatively mandated review led to changes that cut the value of electricity generated by residential solar panels by 75% in the CPUC ruling, making it harder for residents to recover the cost of installing new systems. Solar arrays can carry price tags in the tens of thousands of dollars.

The Oakland City Council unanimously passed a resolution on Monday night calling for a permanent cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, after listening to hours of intense and sometimes violently anti-Israel comments. “It was the most antisemitic room I have ever been in,” Tye Gregory, CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council Bay Area, told J. on Tuesday. The city council met for six hours in a special meeting devoted to the resolution and took public comment from more than 250 people. The resolution focused on a permanent cease-fire, which many Israel supporters oppose on the grounds that it would benefit...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. After being shouted down in Oakland City Hall, I headed back to my seat. The next speaker scowled at me, called me a b—h, and stepped up to the podium. She then firmly proclaimed that it was Israel, not Hamas, who carried out the atrocities in southern Israel. On Monday night, I headed to the Oakland City Council meeting to deliver a one-minute public comment asking for an amendment to a resolution calling for a cease-fire between Israel and...

The super PAC backing Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R-FL) presidential bid, Never Back Down, suffered a significant departure Friday, losing Chairman Adam Laxalt. The former Republican senatorial candidate, who lost to Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) in 2022, informed the PAC's board of his decision on Nov. 26 in a letter. Never Back Down confirmed his departure to the Washington Examiner. In the letter, reviewed by the New York Times, Laxalt wrote, “After nearly 26 straight months of being in a full-scale campaign, I need to return my time and attention to my family and law practice." Despite his leaving, he...

An unauthorized vehicle attempted to enter the headquarters of U.S. Strategic Command (Stratcom) Thursday night, prompting gunshots and a lockdown before the driver backed away and left the base. Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, which is home to Stratcom, said the unknown vehicle tried to enter the main gate of the facility at 10 p.m. Offutt security forces activated a barrier system that prevented the vehicle from entering, forcing the individual to turn around. Security also fired shots at the vehicle before it fled the scene, according to the base, and a lockdown was initiated out of an abundance...

Comedian Matt Rife is now allegedly fighting with a popular plastic surgeon on TikTok. A plastic surgeon from Chicago, Illinois by the name of Dr. Benjamin Caughlin MD, FACS (@manyfacesofchicago) has amassed a large following on TikTok and Instagram for his education regarding a number of plastic surgery procedures and humorous videos in between. Caughlin posted a now mega viral video to the tune of Bridgit Mendler’s “Hurricane,” in which he claims to have created a “beautiful” jawline for someone only for them to get “cancelled” shortly afterwards. In response to the video, fans of the surgeon and critics of...

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BELLEVUE, Wash. - Representative Adam Smith condemns the vandalism at his home tied to the Israel-Gaza war, emphasizing the need for constructive political discourse and unity amidst rising extremism.The vandalism, occurring overnight, prompted Smith to issue a statement, denouncing the attack and emphasizing the deteriorating state of political discourse in the nation."This attack is sadly reflective of the coarsening of the political discourse in our country, and is completely unwarranted, unnecessary, and harmful to our political system," stated Smith.Expressing a commitment to engaging with individuals across the political spectrum, including pro-Palestinian and left-wing activists, Smith highlighted the importance of constructive...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The content safety team for the social media site X (formerly Twitter) has announced major progress in fighting child grooming on the platform. According to their statistics, child grooming content on Elon Musk's social media app has plummeted by 83% since Disney pulled ads in an effort to boycott X. "X is safer from abhorrent content aimed at sexualizing children now that Disney is out of the picture," said the Content Safety Officer, "We're seeing a reduction in gender confusion, trans ideology, and creeps telling kids to ignore their parents and just do whatever they want....