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California and Its Collapsing Blue-State Democrat Model

While the media and the new Democrat Party grow hysterical over the Trump counter-revolution, they are missing some of the most revolutionary and insidious…

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Trump takes challenge to judge's federal worker rehiring order to Supreme Court | Reuters

President Donald Trump's administration brought its bid to purge the federal workforce to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, challenging a judicial directive to rehire thousands of fired government employees and arguing that the judge overstepped his autho

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    They've Learned Nothing! New Jersey City Plans 'Trans Day of Visibility' for Children

     Democrats are still all-in on transgender issues, including days of 'visibility' for trans people.

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      Mahmoud Khalil hid ties to UNRWA on green card application, feds say as they hit anti-Israel agitator with new accusations

      The feds have lodged new accusations against Mahmoud Khalil, including that he hid his ties to certain activist organizations on an immigration application, court papers show.

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        Dozens of deported illegal migrants — including suspected Tren de Aragua gangbangers — grin as they land in Venezuela

        Dozens of deported illegal migrants — including some suspected Tren de Aragua gangbangers — grinned and waved proudly as they landed in their native Venezuela early Monday after the…

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          Texas: Three Illegal Immigrants Charged for Deadly Drunk-Driving Crash

          Three illegal migrants were charged in Arlington, Texas, in connection to a deadly drunk-driving crash on Saturday night.

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            Parents Defending Education takes Ohio school district pronoun policy battle to sixth circuit - CatholicVote org

            This week the judges of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments over an Ohio school’s policy mandating the use of LGBT pronouns. 

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              Guatemalan human smuggling operation, one of largest in history, busted in Arizona, California

              Ring in California was one of the largest human smuggling operations in U.S. history.

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                The war on Jews has returned, and the West is complicit

                The Diaspora Affairs Ministry will roll up their sleeves and fight—not with polite condemnation, but with moral clarity and unapologetic force.

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                Sec Def Hegseth Provides Update on DOGE Cuts to DoD

                United States Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, gives Department of Defense updates via X.Credit: @secdef on XJoin DailyWire+ and watch all of our ad-free ...

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                  Think USAID was bad? You ain't seen nothin' yet.

                  Have you heard of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS)? If not, that’s unsurprising. It is a 230-employee agency that supposedly mediates disputes between unions and businesses, but that mediation is “voluntary.” It...

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                    EU Parliament Shaken by Corruption Scandal Tied to Chinese Tech Giant Huawei; 15 MEPs Implicated and Several Arrests Made | The Gateway Pundit | by Robert Semonsen

                    A fresh corruption scandal involving Huawei has rocked the European Parliament, implicating 15 MEPs and resulting in multiple arrests. This unfolding crisis raises alarming questions about foreign influence in EU governance.

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                      Third suspect arrested in New Mexico mass shooting that left 3 dead, 15 injured

                      Las Cruces Police have identified the two suspects arrested and the three people killed following a mass shooting at a public park. The shooting happened Friday.

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                        Al Gore’s Phony Climate Alarmism Exposed | The Gateway Pundit | by Guest Contributor

                        In a provocative new film, the author scrutinizes Al Gore's climate alarmism, exposing the misleading foundations of his theories and arguing that they serve a broader political agenda.

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                          HUGE: Barack Obama Was Using USAID to Pretend to Send 'Aid' Overseas But Was Laundering It to Train 'Rent-a-Riots' Instead | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft

                          In a shocking revelation, Mike Benz alleges that Barack Obama misappropriated USAID funds to orchestrate protests abroad, raising serious questions about government transparency and the use of taxpayer dollars.

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                            DoE Secretary: Trump ‘Not Looking to Defund Services that Go to States’

                            After President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday ordering the elimination of the Department of Education (DoE), Education Secretary Linda McMahon is reiterating that the president is "not looking to defund services that go to the st

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                              Maine Universities Agree to Keep Men Out of Women’s Sports After Trump Admin Funding Pause

                              The USDA announced that the University of Maine System (UMS) has agreed to keep transgender-identifying men out of women's sports.

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                                Planned Parenthood Huge Salaries while Claiming Funding Problems

                                Planned Parenthood’s affiliate CEOs made more money than 98% of other US workers in the 2023 fiscal year, just a year before the organization received nearly $700 million from taxpayers, a watchdog organization reported March 20.

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                                  Donald Trump Offers to Personally Pay Overtime to Rescued Astronauts

                                  President Donald Trump said he would pay the astronauts who were stranded in space out of his "own pocket" after learning they do not receive overtime pay.

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                                    Netanyahu is right about Israel’s ‘deep state’    

                                    Like the anti-Trump “resistance,” the country’s liberal establishment is waging a war against the prime minister as a bid to hold on to power, not an effort to save democracy.

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                                    Parnell Calls Out NYT for 'Fake' Report on Elon Musk Being Briefed on China

                                    Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell blasted a New York Times report as "fake" after the newspaper claimed Elon Musk was being briefed later that day at the Pentagon on "potential war with China."

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                                      BREAKING: Trump Dismantles Department of Education With New Executive Order

                                       On Thursday afternoon, President Trump signed an executive order abolishing the Department of Education.

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                                      The Left Knew They Were Lying to Us All Along › Victor Davis Hanson

                                      For years, the left has advanced utter untruths for cheap partisan purposes that it knew at the time were all false. And now when caught, they just shrug and…

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                                        Virginia judge rules frozen embryonic humans are not ‘property’ to be divided - CatholicVote org

                                        A Virginia judge recently ruled that frozen embryonic humans cannot be treated as property to be divided between former spouses, marking a significant legal decision in the growing debate over the status of embryos in American law. 

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                                          Judge criticizes DOGE after U.S. Institute of Peace sues to block 'takeover by force'

                                          USIP, an independent nonprofit established by Congress 40 years ago, is asking a federal judge to immediately block the Department of Government Efficiency's attempted forced shutdown of the organization.

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                                            MSNBC Article Claiming DEI Is Based on the Gospels Gets It All Wrong - Opinion

                                            There’s a strange irony in watching progressives declare that rejecting DEI is somehow un-Christian. A recent MSNBC article by Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons

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                                              Resistance Is Futile: Democratic Party’s 'Fresh Faces' Plunges DNC Credibility Into Laughable Oblivion

                                               If there is one thing Corporate Media loves to do, it is try to make superheroes out of mediocre Democratic politicians.

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                                              Nolte: Dwarf Actors Plan to Protest ‘Snow White’ for Not Hiring Dwarfs to Play Dwarfs

                                              Dwarf actors are planning to protest outside Disney Studios over the use of CGI dwarfs in a live-action Snow White remake.

                                              Politics | Covid 19

                                              NYT Op-ed: We Were 'Badly Misled' on Covid Lab Leak. But Guess Who's to Blame?

                                               An Opinion piece in the New York Times by Zeynep Tufekdi made a shocking admission: "We Were Badly Misled About the Event That Changed Our Lives."

                                              Politics | Woke Insanity

                                              Shakespeare's birthplace to be 'de-colonised' over fears his success 'benefits the ideology of white European supremacy'

                                              William Shakespeare's birthplace will be de-colonised over fears that portraying his success as the 'greatest' playwright 'benefits the ideology of white European supremacy'.

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                                              Justice Department attorney loses job over Mel Gibson's gun rights

                                              Former Justice Department pardon attorney Elizabeth G. Oyer refused to restore Mel Gibson's rights and believes she was fired for it

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                                              The Democrats’ Antisemitism Problem - Jeffrey Lord

                                              Now, here we are a full 17 years later, and the antisemitism seen by President Truman in 1948, which then flavored the 2008 Democratic Convention, is well out there right now.

                                                Politics | The Hall of Idiots

                                                Jasmine Crockett: Regretful Trump Voters Will Soon Be Starving and Dying from Lack of Healthcare

                                                 Democrat Representative Jasmine Crockett of Texas has convinced herself that Trump supporters are being weighed down by voter's remorse. Ah, the lies Democrats tell themselves when they’re not getting their way. Anyway, she thinks 'regretful' Trump voters will soon be starving and dying in the streets for lack of healthcare. No, really!

                                                Politics | Opinion

                                                On Purim, celebrate Jewish self-defense, not self-loathing

                                                Leftists misuse the biblical book of Esther to promote the lie about Israel committing genocide when it is the Palestinians, like Hitler, Haman and Amalek before them, who seek their extermination.

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                                                Trump’s Unforced Errors

                                                 I believe that Trump is the greatest president of modern times and has chalked up many triumphs that have strengthened and benefited the nation in innumerable ways. But he has made a couple of catastrophic errors that he could have avoided.

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                                                Ronald Reagan schools Trump on the stupidity of tariffs

                                                Republicans once had a much different way of thinking about tariffs, as Ronald Reagan once explained. If only Donald Trump had listened to him.

                                                Politics | Op-Ed

                                                Trump’s Unforced Errors

                                                 I believe that Trump is the greatest president of modern times and has chalked up many triumphs that have strengthened and benefited the nation in innumerable ways. But he has made a couple of catastrophic errors that he could have avoided.

                                                Politics | Campus Watch

                                                Columbia Professors Cancel Classes in Solidarity With Pro-Hamas Activist in ICE Custody

                                                Some Columbia University professors canceled in-person classes on Monday in support of Mahmoud Khalil, the student activist and foreign national whom the Trump administration moved to deport over his pro-Hamas campus organizing. The cancellations—which ca

                                                Politics | Leftists & Antisemitism

                                                Pramila Jayapal SCHOOLED for Whining About Terror-Supporting Student's 1st Amendment Rights

                                                 How is it that our pals on the Left and in the Democrat Party continue to support the wrong side of every single issue? At this point, they are defending mentally ill men in women's private spaces, raising taxes, opening our borders to criminals, and of course, siding with terrorists.

                                                Politics | The "Squad"

                                                Rashida Tlaib Casts Lone Vote Against Bill Requiring Reports on Cartel Smuggling Tunnels Under Border

                                                U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) cast the only no vote on a bill requiring an annual report to Congress on cross-border cartel smuggling tunnels. The bill, H.R. 495, passed the House Monday on a vote of 402-1. | Border / Cartel Chronicles

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                                                The anti-Trump resistance rushes to defend campus antisemites

                                                The president’s long overdue crackdown on schools that tolerate Jew-hatred is being spun by his political foes as an attack on free speech. The truth is quite the opposite.

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                                                WATCH: DC Crew Begins Dismantling Black Lives Matter Plaza

                                                A Washington, D.C., maintenance crew began dismantling Black Lives Matter Plaza, which will be replaced with a project celebrating America's 250th anniversary that includes artwork by local artists.

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                                                Trump Organization, Eric Trump sue Capital One for 'unjustifiable' 2021 debanking based on 'woke' beliefs

                                                The Trump Organization is suing Capital One after the bank "unjustifiably' terminated more than 300 of the company’s bank accounts in 2021, Eric Trump told Fox News Digital.

                                                Politics | Campus Watch

                                                Hamas Hostage Taker Who Wrote for US-Based Website Boasted of 'Actively Coordinating' With American Campus Protesters

                                                A Hamas operative who also wrote for a U.S.-based nonprofit publication bragged to his Israeli hostages about how the terror group "was in contact and actively coordinating" with anti-Israel protesters at American colleges, according to eyewitness account

                                                Politics | Debunking Lies

                                                Oscar-winning anti-Israel filmmakers caught on video staging scene with IDF troops

                                                The scene in "No Other Land," described in the film as "settler violence and IDF cruelty," was a staged provocation, according to the local council.

                                                Politics | Opinion

                                                Jewish Hollywood’s Jewish problem

                                                For an industry still powered by Jews and obsessed with the making of superhero movies, the Oscar for Jewish Cowardice continues to have far too many nominees.

                                                Politics | Opinion

                                                How to Save Jewish Babies

                                                Why are we giving the world a spectacle of powerlessness when we have never had more power?

                                                Politics | Opinion

                                                The Oscars and the Plight of the ‘Good Jew’

                                                Last night’s Oscars ceremony honored the film No Other Land with an award, but the acceptance speeches unwittingly paid homage to an old classic, the 1966 big-screen adaptation of A

                                                Politics | Blue State/City Life

                                                California Democrats Purge Five Republicans, and One Moderate Democrat, from Committees

                                                California State Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Hollister) purged five Republicans and one moderate Democrat from committees.

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                                                The Evil People Surrounding Volodymyr Zelenskyy - Scott McKay

                                                Zelenskyy blew up this meeting because he was told to by a cabal of globalist elites who are desperate to keep this war going.

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                                                  Dems lead Zelensky, Ukraine off a cliff with pressure to reject mineral deal

                                                  Before meeting Trump, Zelensky met with anti-Trump Democrats who advised him to reject the terms of the mineral deal the president was offering, according to Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)

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                                                  Bessent ‘Slightly Shocked’ by Scale of Fraud Uncovered by DOGE | The Epoch Times

                                                  As DOGE pushes to cut spending, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he’s somewhat shocked by the amount of fraud it has already uncovered.

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                                                  VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: 10 bad takeaways from the Zelenskyy blow-up

                                                  Victor Davis Hanson lays out 10 takeaways from Friday's extraordinary Oval Office meeting between President Trump, Vice President Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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                                                  The Washington Post’s Trump Blowback - The American Spectator | Jeffrey Lord

                                                  This story from the wayback machine occurs as one sees this current editorial from — yes — the Washington Post Editorial Board written this very week. The headline: “Trump should not be able to fire all agency heads,” with the subtitle, “Congress has the

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                                                    Flashback: Biden also changed White House press pool, cutting off more than 440 credentials | Fox News

                                                    While the Trump administration is changing White House press pool access — this isn't the first time that's happened.

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                                                    Mr. President, Sir, Our Heads Have Been Spinning From So Much Winning. - Dov Fischer

                                                    America has changed. Those who were lied to by CNN and MSNBC have figured it out. They believed every word — from Malaysian airliner 370 to the assurance that

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                                                      WATCH: Kamala Harris Visits L.A. Wildfire Sites and Her Comments Are Mind Numbingly Stupid

                                                       How is Kamala Harris so bad at this? What is it that makes her utterly incapable of answering the simplest of questions straightforwardly?

                                                      Politics | Leftists & Antisemitism

                                                      House Dem in Charge of Caucus-Wide Messaging Praises Activist Who Pledged To 'Take' Jews 'Back to Poland'

                                                      Rep. Debbie Dingell (D., Mich.), who leads a committee tasked with communicating "where House Democrats stand" on key issues, recently paid tribute to an anti-Israel activist who hailed the leader of the terrorist group Hezbollah as a "hero" and has calle

                                                      Politics | The Hall of Idiots

                                                      NPS Staffers Hang Upside-Down Flag in Yosemite to Protest Firings -- They Don't Get Reaction They Expect

                                                       My colleague Streiff wrote about some of the firings in the National Park Service including this fascinating paragraph that he cited from the original Washington Post story.

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                                                      Nellie Bowles: The Triumph of the Plastic Straw

                                                      They took our straws and made us drink from mushy paper. And it was based on a 9-year-old’s bad math.

                                                        Politics | Leftists Are Insane

                                                        DISPARATE IMPACT: ABC News Says Transgender and Nonbinary L.A. Residents Hit Hardest by Wildfires

                                                        Our media are truly a walking, talking, propaganda-spreading meme.

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                                                          Database Lists 12 Million People Older Than 120 as Eligible for Social Security: Musk | The Epoch Times

                                                          The database reportedly includes millions of supercentenarians and outnumbers the current U.S. population.

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                                                            CBS's Margaret Brennan: Nazis 'Weaponized' Free Speech to Conduct the Holocaust

                                                            CBS's "Face the Nation" anchor Margaret Brennan claimed Sunday on "Face the Nation" that Nazis "weaponized" free speech in order to conduct the Holocaust during an interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. | Clips

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                                                            WATCH: CBS News' Margaret Brennan Says Free Speech Caused the Holocaust

                                                             Today, Secretary of State Marco Rubio went on Face the Nation and was confronted with this historical illiteracy from host Margaret Brennan:

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                                                            J.D. Vance’s Munich Wake-Up Call: Democracy, Censorship, and the Will of the People

                                                            Everyone agrees that Vice President J. D. Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference on Friday was remarkable. I do not mean that everyone liked it.

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                                                              White House Hangs Iconic Trump Mug Shot in Entryway to Oval Office

                                                              President Donald Trump's famous mug shot is now hanging in the Oval Office entryway, commemorating an unprecedented day in American history. 

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                                                                Federal judge pauses President Trump's order restricting gender-affirming care for trans youth

                                                                A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at restricting gender-affirming health care for transgender

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                                                                L.A. Puts Pronouns Ahead of Fire Recovery

                                                                 Well, we've written quite a bit about Musk, DOGE, USAID, and the like. What do you say we take a break and get back to some good old-fashioned gender fight stuff? Remember those days? It's been a while, huh?

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                                                                Mythologies About Musk › Victor Davis Hanson

                                                                Here are some of the untruths told about Elon Musk and DOGE. “Musk has no right to cut USAID.” Elon Musk and his team are not cutting any federal programs.

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                                                                  Trump, With Jordanian King by His Side, Stands Firm on Plan To 'Take' Gaza

                                                                  President Donald Trump welcomed Jordan's King Abdullah II to the White House on Tuesday for a bilateral meeting, during which Trump touted his plan to "take," "hold," and "cherish" the war-torn Gaza Strip. Abdullah did not reject the plan during the meeti

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                                                                  Time to Cut Off Security Clearances for Ex-Gov Officials - Jeffrey Lord

                                                                  Back there in the late 1980s, I departed the Reagan White House as the Reagan era was ending. I had a security clearance — and I never thought twice about trying to maintain it. Out means out. Apparently, that is no longer so.

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                                                                    'Scientific Socialism' Has Come to Pacific Palisades to Destroy as It Always Does

                                                                     "You can’t rebuild the same. We have to rebuild with science. We have to build with climate reality in mind," California Gov. Gavin Newsom told CNN last week in an interview about rebuilding the burned-out Pacific Palisades.

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                                                                    Trump’s Executive Order Takes Aim at Workplace Antisemitism

                                                                    On Thursday, Jan. 30, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Combatting Antisemitism in the United States.” At a time when workplace…

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                                                                    FCC chair calls CBS News' conduct 'hard to explain' following release of Kamala Harris interview transcript | Fox News

                                                                    Federal Communication Commission Chairman Brendan Carr told Fox News Digital he's perplexed by CBS News' handling of the transcript of its "60 Minutes" interview with Kamala Harris.

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                                                                    Ten Problems with DEI That Frighten the Public - Victor Davis Hanson

                                                                    DEI policies are facing scrutiny amid recent disasters, raising concerns about their impact on competence, meritocracy, and public safety.

                                                                    Politics | Gaza Hamas Terror

                                                                    Relocating Gazans to Egypt and Jordan

                                                                    Donate Now DONATE TO GET THIS VIDEO SEEN BY THOUSANDS Ever since Israelis were expelled from Gaza back in 2005, it was inevitable that Gaza would turn into a terrorist base that would endanger Israeli lives. Since then I have said that the only way Israel

                                                                      Politics | Gaza Hamas Terror

                                                                      WATCH: Jihadist Zombie Mob Surrounds Israeli Hostage - Will Israel Call Off Deal? - Israel Unwired

                                                                      Share on FacebookTweet WhatsappIt was only a matter of time until we would see the sort of wild mayhem that was witnessed today in Khan Yunis at the handover of…

                                                                        Politics | POLITICS

                                                                        NY Magazine ripped for cropping black people from Trump party cover

                                                                        The magazine's cover story this week, called "The Cruel Kid's Table" penned by scribe Brock Colyar, claims that "almost everyone" at the Trump inauguration party was "white" and failed to mention that party's host was black.

                                                                        Politics | Judea & Samaria Sovereignty

                                                                        Entire Congress Shocked After Elise Stefanik Says This About Judea and Samaria - Israel Unwired

                                                                        Elise Sefanik knows this and that is why she has no problem standing up to the morally obtuse questioning that presupposes that Israel is the reason that the Arabs don't have self-determination in Gaza or Judea and Samaria.

                                                                          Politics | Judea & Samaria Sovereignty

                                                                          Unwavering Support: Douglas Murray’s Advocacy for Israel's Sovereignty - Israel Unwired

                                                                          Share on FacebookTweet WhatsappDouglas Murray has consistently shown unwavering support for Israel, emphasizing its right to exist as a sovereign state and to protect itself from external threats. He has…

                                                                            Politics | PLO Fatah (Arabs occupying Israel)

                                                                            While The World Focuses On Gaza, Israel Begins To Liberate Jenin - Israel Unwired

                                                                            Share on FacebookTweet WhatsappThe IDF has been undertaking an intense military operation in the Arab occupied city of Jenin focused on the “refugee camp.” The IDF has taken out many…

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                                                                              Former CNN ‘Journalist’ Makes a Stunning Admission About Fauci

                                                                               Throughout Chris Cillizza’s long career as a “journalist” and “political commentator,” he has shown himself repeatedly to be a dutiful propagandist for the left, never daring to get even close to an independent thought and instead faithfully reflecting whatever the political and media elites wanted him to think.

                                                                              Politics | Gaza Hamas Terror

                                                                              Trump's Gaza Solution Is The Only Solution, And We All Know It - Israel Unwired

                                                                              Share on FacebookTweet WhatsappPresident Trump said the following during an Air Force One press gaggle the other day about Gaza: “People are dying there, and everything is demolished. We need…

                                                                                Politics | Antisemitism

                                                                                Powerful Speech: Standing Against Anti-Semitism On College Campuses - Israel Unwired

                                                                                Share on FacebookTweet WhatsappAntisemitism on college campuses is rising, as Jewish students face increasing discrimination and harassment. Anti-Israel rhetoric often turns into broad condemnations of Jews, with some student organizations…

                                                                                  Politics | Gaza Hamas Terror

                                                                                  Dave Rubin ABSOLUTELY EVISCERATES Piers Morgan’s Panel on the Real History of the Israel-Arab Conflict - Israel Unwired

                                                                                  One thing must be said loud and clear at all times. There will only be peace in the Middle East when the Arabs lay down their weapons or move out. 

                                                                                    Politics | Gaza Hamas Terror

                                                                                    Gazans Allowed To Return North, What Will They Find? - Israel Unwired

                                                                                    Share on FacebookTweet WhatsappAn agreement was finally reached overnight between Hamas and Israel to finalize the list of hostages and their status as well as the release of Arbel Yehoud…

                                                                                      Politics | Hezbollah Terror syria

                                                                                      Hezbollah Storms Southern Lebanon, IDF Fires Back, and Trump Sides With Israel - Israel Unwired

                                                                                      Share on FacebookTweet WhatsappAs was predicted, Hezbollah along with the newly elected president of Lebanon has encouraged Shiite mobs to storm southern Lebanon, despite the IDF announcing that it was…