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  • 'Substantial risks': USC releases outside commencement speakers just days after axing Muslim student's valedictorian speech Sat, 20 Apr 2024 14:30:00 +0000


    The University of Southern California made a bold move by announcing on Friday that it would ax all outside speakers during its commencement ceremony, according to Fox News Digital.

    The recent announcement comes just days after the prestigious university canceled its Muslim student Asna Tabassum's valedictorian speech after she posted controversial posts to social media.

    "Given the highly publicized circumstances surrounding our main-stage commencement program, university leadership has decided it is best to release our outside speakers and honorees from attending this year’s ceremony," a statement from the university said.

    "We’ve been talking to this exceptional group and hope to confer these honorary degrees at a future commencement or other academic ceremonies," the statement concluded.

    The university also published a statement on why the student valedictorian would not permitted to give a speech this year.

    "The Office of the Provost is involved in commencement in many ways, including the selection of our undergraduate valedictorian. Unfortunately, over the past several days, discussion relating to the selection of our valedictorian has taken on an alarming tenor," the university said in a statement.

    "The intensity of feelings, fueled by both social media and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, has grown to include many voices outside of USC and has escalated to the point of creating substantial risks relating to security and disruption at commencement. We cannot ignore the fact that similar risks have led to harassment and even violence at other campuses," it continued.

    Andrew T. Guzman — the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs — addressed the issue of freedom of speech, writing: "To be clear: this decision has nothing to do with freedom of speech. There is no free-speech entitlement to speak at a commencement. The issue here is how best to maintain campus security and safety, period."

    Kabassum came under fire from Jewish groups who said her pro-Palestinian social media posts appeared to contain anti-Semitic rhetoric.

    The Economic Times reported that a post found on Tabassum's Instagram account suggested that her readers look into the Israel-Palestine conflict, going on to suggest that there should be "one Palestinian state."

    The post continued by saying that this would mean "Palestinian liberation and the complete abolishment of the state of Israel."

    Tabassum's call for the abolishment of the state of Israel seems to run counter to her call for "human rights for all." While she said "anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian voices have subjected me to a campaign of racist hatred," Tabassum conceded she was not aware of a single threat made against her or the university.

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  • Biden slams WNBA 'pay gap' amid Caitlin Clark salary controversy. But is there one? Sat, 20 Apr 2024 13:30:00 +0000


    Caitlin Clark's WNBA salary has sparked widespread attention — including President Joe Biden's.

    “Women in sports continue to push new boundaries and inspire us all. But right now we’re seeing that even if you’re the best, women are not paid their fair share. It’s time that we give our daughters the same opportunities as our sons and ensure women are paid what they deserve,” Biden tweeted on X.

    Biden’s tweet followed Clark being selected as the number one overall pick by the Indiana Fever in the 2024 WNBA draft. The star is slated to earn only $76,535 in her rookie season and $338,056 over the subsequent four seasons.

    While the disparity between the WNBA and the NBA salaries is clear, Sara Gonzales — unlike Joe Biden — knows why the “pay gap” exists.

    “It’s not the fact that nobody watches the freaking WNBA,” Gonzales mocks. “It’s definitely sexism because the president said so.”

    While feminists are upset that Clark isn’t being paid what they believe her to be worth, Stu Burguiere notes that the sport itself has never made money, and the addition of one star player won’t make a huge difference.

    “This is a league that has never made money, and it’s been around for 26 years. It has lost money every single year it’s been in existence, and it has been subsidized by the boy players every single year it’s been in existence,” Burguiere says.

    The WNBA is reportedly making 60 million a season with its TV contracts while the NBA is making 2.7 billion annually.

    “If Biden’s saying, ‘Get paid what she deserves’ and ‘We want equal pay,’ they might have to cut her pay a little bit,” Dan Andros adds, agreeing with Gonzales and Burguiere.


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  • Joe Scarborough stuns his own panel with epic meltdown: 'America is stronger, more powerful than ever before!' Sat, 20 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000


    MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough had a meltdown on “Morning Joe” about the left’s favorite boogeyman — the right.

    “This is the world they give their viewers, anything to try to make America look bad. They are obsessed with trashing America, when America is stronger, more powerful than ever before. Its economy is strong and more powerful than ever before,” Scarborough yelled as his panel sat stunned.

    “So, what do they do? They find a trans athlete in Utah,” he continued, before mocking concerned Americans.

    “Our world’s coming to an end, help us, Jesus. The country ain't the country I was raised in,” he joked as he continued his childish rant. He then claimed that the Americans who feel that way are “fed a steady stream of hate, America First rhetoric.”

    Dave Rubin believes that what Scarborough said was “profoundly dishonest.”

    “They’re constantly telling you how bad America is,” Rubin tells Dennis Prager. “But when he tells you that America is stronger now militarily than ever before or economically than ever before, does that sound right to you in light of recent world events?”

    “It’s another example of ‘truth is not a left-wing value,’” Prager says.

    “The bad actors on planet Earth are less scared of the United States than at any time in my lifetime or your lifetime,” he adds.


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  • Trump campaign, RNC suggest battleground election integrity push to include 'over 100,000 dedicated volunteers and attorneys' Sat, 20 Apr 2024 04:12:46 +0000


    The Trump campaign and Republican National Committee have announced an election integrity initiative meant to place more than 100,000 volunteers and attorneys around battleground states to help combat election fraud, according to a press release.

    "RNC Chairman Michael Whatley, Co-Chair Lara Trump and Chief Counsel Charlie Spies, together with the Campaign, designed this new program to have over 100,000 dedicated volunteers and attorneys deployed across every battleground state as part of the RNC’s commitment to ensuring transparency and fairness in the 2024 elections," the press release reads.

    "To empower poll watchers, poll workers, and attorneys, comprehensive training sessions will be conducted every month on the monitoring of not only voting sites but also ballot tabulation centers," the release notes. "Attorneys will be stationed at every single target processing center where mail ballots are tabulated. This program starts with lawyers committing to battleground state polling sites, county boards of elections, secretaries of state offices, and in the Republican Party War Rooms."

    The undertaking comes as former President Donald Trump, who has claimed that the 2020 presidential contest was rigged, takes on Democratic President Joe Biden for a second time. Biden previously defeated Trump in 2020 when the Republican unsuccessfully sought a second term in office.

    "Every single battleground state is operating its own 'Election Integrity Hotline.' The State Republican War Room is the command center where lawyers will field all incoming questions and issues reported by poll watchers and voters statewide. Lawyers will guide poll watchers through the appropriate election code and provide clarity on how various issues should be answered, resolved, or escalated. This system will be operational from the first day of early voting through election day – and afterward if necessary," the press release states.

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  • Ouch: RFK Jr.'s brother Chris says he believes 'Biden is the RFK of his generation' Sat, 20 Apr 2024 02:57:39 +0000


    Some members of the Kennedy family are backing President Joe Biden in 2024 even as their own relative, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., runs as an independent candidate. RFK Jr.'s brother Chris Kennedy has gone as far as describing Biden as "the RFK of his generation."

    RFK Jr.'s sister Rory Kennedy described Biden as a "president who embodies the Kennedy legacy."

    RFK Jr., who has 10 siblings, is the son of the late U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1968.

    "I hear some of my family will be endorsing President Biden today," RFK Jr. tweeted on Thursday. "I am pleased they are politically active — it's a family tradition. We are divided in our opinions but united in our love for each other."

    "I hold this as a possibility for America too. Can we disagree without hating our opponents? Can we restore civility and respect to public discourse? I think we can," he continued.

    "My campaign, which many of my family members are working on and supportive of, is about healing America — healing our economy, our chronic disease crisis, our middle class, our environment, and our standing in the world as a peaceful nation," he added. "But this will only happen if we heal our national conversation, and move from rage and fear into love and respect."

    BlazeTV host Glenn Beck recently interviewed the White House hopeful, who said liberals support censorship and are "pro-war," which he finds "astonishing."

    The candidate has picked Nicole Shanahan as his running mate.

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  • Rep. Banks proposes bill to ban federal funds from going to NPR Sat, 20 Apr 2024 02:15:00 +0000


    Republican Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana is pushing a measure that would prohibit federal funds from flowing to NPR.

    "After the date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may, directly or indirectly, be made available to or used to support" National Public Radio, "including through the payment of dues to or the purchase of programming from such organization by a public broadcast station using Federal funds received by such station," the proposal, dubbed the "Defund NPR Act," states. The same would apply to "any successor organization" to NPR.

    Katherine Maher, who includes "She/her" prounouns on her X profile, recently became NPR's president and CEO.

    "NPR's new CEO is a radical, left-wing activist who doesn't believe in free speech or objective journalism. Hoosiers shouldn't be writing her paychecks," Banks said, according to a press release. "Katherine Maher isn't qualified to teach an introductory journalism class, much less capable of responsibly spending millions of American tax dollars. NPR was a liberal looney bin under the last CEO John Lansing, and it's about to get even nuttier. It's time to pull the plug on this national embarrassment. Congress must stop spending other people's hard-earned money on low grade propaganda."

    Maher's archive of tweets includes comments such as an October 2016 post that reads, "I do wish Hillary wouldn't use the language of 'boy and girl' - it's erasing language for non-binary people."

    "I am a super big public transit nerd. I hate private cars in cities. I love bikes. And yes, I love buses. Transit justice," she wrote in 2020, "and climate love," she continued, adding, "in one humble hunk of rolling metal."

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  • Fort Worth Episcopal priest among dozen men arrested in undercover sting for allegedly soliciting minors for sex Sat, 20 Apr 2024 02:02:12 +0000


    An Episcopal priest from a Houston church was arrested for allegedly soliciting a minor for sex along with more than a dozen other men in a sting operation.

    "Operation Home Alone 2024" was conducted by the Collin County Sheriff's Office in conjunction with the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Dallas Police Department, and the Plano Police Department.

    The undercover operation ran from April 9 to 11 and targeted individuals who sought out minors for sex online.

    The man travelled to Collin County in hopes of meeting underage children for sex at undisclosed locations, according to Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner.

    Among the 15 men arrested was 43-year-old Jason Myers, who was an associate rector at Trinity Episcopal Church of Fort Worth.

    10 of those arrested were charged with online solicitation of a minor, while the other five were charged with soliciting prostitution of a person younger than 18 years old, according to police.

    Myers was able to pay a bond and be released from jail with an ankle monitor.

    Police said they were able to obtain numerous electronic devices from the suspects and more charges could be added after a digital forensic analysis is completed.

    Skinner said in a statement that parents should be vigilant over their children's use of social media and online interactions.

    “Operation Home Alone 2024 serves as a reminder of the potential dangers of online communications for children. Cell phones, gaming devices, and online computers are hunting grounds for individuals who seek to prey upon children and I implore parents and guardians to speak to their children about the inherent dangers these devices present," Skinner said.

    "Make no mistake," he added, "my deputies remain resolute in their efforts to protect children in our community from those who seek to do them harm and my hat goes off to them, and the investigators from participating agencies, for their work on Operation Home Alone 2024.”

    The church said Myers was suspended from the ministry after his arrest, and leaders said they do not believe any church members were harmed but they are cooperating with the police investigation.

    Here's a video about the arrest:

    Collin County authorities arrest 15 men, including Fort Worth reverend, for soliciting minors online www.youtube.com

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  • Security video shows college student grabbing thug's gun and ejecting magazine during alleged robbery at University of Chicago Sat, 20 Apr 2024 00:25:00 +0000


    A female student at the University of Chicago was able to thwart an armed robbery, and the brave act was caught on surveillance video.

    The student was walking back to her apartment on Wednesday before 3 p.m. when video showed her being confronted by a man who appeared to point a gun at her.

    The student identified herself only as Maddi and spoke to WLS-TV about the incident.

    "I was just walking home from class and I see a man in a mask approach me," she recalled. "And he kind of comes towards me, and I think to myself, 'Just keep walking,' but then we have an altercation."

    She appears to seek help from other students, but one student sitting a few feet away does nothing but continue watching the struggle.

    That's when the student grabbed the gun.

    "I'm able to get my hands on the gun," she said, "and remove the magazine on the gun, and I toss it into the bush."

    The attacker turned toward her, but she was able to run away. Moments later, he returned in a dark-colored sedan to try to reclaim the gun magazine. He and the driver were able to get away.

    Maddi says she wouldn't recommend others do what she did.

    "I think fight definitely kicked in, but I'm in no way advocating of resisting armed robbery," she continued. "I think it was really not the right decision looking back on it."

    Police said there were other robberies on the same day as the one targeting Maddi. She just wants them to get caught.

    "I don't blame the campus ... I don't blame the bystander ... I don't blame the police ... they did a great job," Maddi concluded. "I think it's just finding the people who did this attack, because they will do it again."

    Students told WLS that more crimes appear to be happening to students on campus.

    "Normally, it doesn't happen on campus," said junior Michel Angelo Pagan. "It happens to people walking back to apartments off campus, so, the fact that it's getting closer and closer to the central hub of where students are is very concerning."

    Police said they are looking for suspects and will increase patrolling in the area.

    Here's the video of the attack:

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  • California man sentenced for sneaking into homes and fondling women's feet while they slept Fri, 19 Apr 2024 23:55:00 +0000


    Nevada police say they nabbed a foot-fondler who would sneak into homes and startle women in their sleep in the Lake Tahoe area last summer.

    Investigators say that 26-year-old Mark Gonzales broke into at least two condominiums in Stateline through unlocked screen doors. He would then find a woman sleeping, stand by the foot of her bed, and fondle her feet. When she would confront him, he would flee the scene.

    “I will never forget how he crawled on the floor after he touched me in my most vulnerable state,” said a victim of the foot fondling to the Record-Courier.

    Her husband said she hasn't been the same since the incident.

    “Since he broke into our room that morning, she has not been the same,” he said. “She is up at every bump in the night.”

    Gonzales was arrested in Aug. 2022 at his home in Merced County in California and then extradited to Douglas County.

    Investigators said that the two foot fondling incidents appeared to be an escalation of disturbing behavior by the man. Gonzales had allegedly stolen women's shoes, trespassed, and even sexually gratified himself in previous incidents.

    The Merced County Sheriff's Office confirmed that he had been previously arrested in 2017 for trespassing and in 2019 for theft while on supervised release.

    A Douglas County judge sentenced Gonzalez to eight to 20 years for two counts of burglary. He was also ordered to pay $435 to his victims but received 33 days' credit for time served.

    “These types of crimes are especially alarming to a community, and being able to make an arrest allows the victims and community to feel safe again,” read a statement from Douglas County Sheriff Dan Coverley about the case.

    Residents of the Atwater community said the were stunned to discover one of their neighbors was accused of foot fondling.

    "It's scary! Especially, a small town, from here, I mean you don't really expect something like that here, I know it didn't happen here, but he's from here, so," said Maria Nash to KFSN-TV.

    "So maybe he needs the kind of psychological help, if he's on drugs, rehab, something. Maybe there is hope for him," said Sylvia Gracia.

    Atwater is a city of about 32,000 people in central California.

    Here's a news video about the foot fondler:

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  • Johnson's speakership in peril as another Republican cosponsors motion to vacate Fri, 19 Apr 2024 23:25:00 +0000


    As the threat of potentially being ousted from the speakership slot looms over House Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona has now cosponsored a motion to vacate.

    GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia filed the motion to vacate last month, and Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky announced earlier this week that he was cosponsoring it. And now, Gosar is on board too.

    "I have added my name in support of the motion to vacate the Speaker. Our border cannot be an afterthought. We need a Speaker who puts America first rather than bending to the reckless demands of the warmongers, neo-cons and the military industrial complex making billions from a costly and endless war half a world away," Gosar said in a statement.

    Greene and Massie thanked their colleague for his support.

    "If Johnson can do so much damage in just 6 months, imagine how much worse it can get. And we have 9 more months until hopefully Pres Trump is back in the WH," Greene tweeted.

    GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, who last year instigated the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the speakership, has warned that in the event of a Johnson ouster with the currently thin GOP House majority, there is a risk that some GOP lawmakers "might take a bribe, take a walk, feign an ailment, and flip this thing to the Democrats."

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  • Texas boy admits to shooting and killing man in 2022 when he was only 7 years old, police say, but he won't be charged Fri, 19 Apr 2024 22:55:21 +0000


    South Texas police say that a 10-year-old boy admitted to killing a man in 2022 when he was only 7 years old.

    The shocking admission came after the boy allegedly threatened to kill another student on a school bus on April 12. When the boy was questioned, he admitted to killing a man, and that prompted an investigation by the Gonzales County Sheriff's Office.

    When questioned by police, the boy recalled in detail how he killed 32-year-old Brandon O'Quinn Raspberry in January 2022.

    He said that he was visiting his grandfather at the Lazy J Recreational Vehicle Park and Ranch in Gonzalez County. Raspberry was also at the park in his own RV. The boy said he obtained a revolver owned by his grandfather from the glove compartment of his truck. He used it to shoot and kill Raspberry as the man slept in his RV.

    Police say the boy told them that he didn't know the man he shot and the attack was unprovoked.

    Investigators say they were able to recover the pistol, which was sold to a pawn shop in Seguin, and they connected it to the lethal shooting.

    Police said the boy would not be charged with the murder because Texas law says that only children who have reached the age of 10 years can be culpable for committing crimes. The boy turned 8 years old a week after the shooting.

    The child was sent to receive psychiatric treatment at a hospital in San Antonio and then sent to a detention facility in Gonzales County for a charge related to the incident on the school bus.

    The Nixon-Smiley Consolidated Independent School District released a statement assuring parents that the child was not going to be allowed back onto the elementary school campus.

    "Nixon-Smile CISD would like to reassure parents, students and the community that the safety of our students and staff is of utmost importance," read the letter from Superintendent Jeff Van Auken. "We extend our gratitude to the Gonzales County Sheriff's Department for their unwavering commitment to maintaining the safety of our schools and community."

    Investigators say Raspberry had moved to the RV park only four days before he was shot and killed.

    Here's a news report about the incident:

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  • Weak or brilliant? Israel’s response to Iran EXPLAINED Fri, 19 Apr 2024 22:03:25 +0000


    Last weekend, Iran launched a wildly unsuccessful missile attack against the nation of Israel, which reportedly shot down 99% of its opponent’s 300+ projectiles.

    Iran warned it would attack with greater vigilance should Israel retaliate.

    Regardless of the threat, Israel has indeed retaliated — just as Netanyahu promised. However, debates on the country’s strategy continue to circulate.

    Compared to Iran’s large-scale attack, Israel launched a precision counterattack.

    Upon initial evaluation, Glenn Beck thought Israel’s retaliation was “a wuss response.”

    But former Department of Defense intelligence analyst Jason Buttrill may have just changed his mind.

    “This was a brilliant response,” he said. Not only did Israel strike “in Syria and Iraq, but they also struck inside Iran.”

    While the exact destinations of Israel’s missiles remain unclear, Jason says his analysis suggests that Israel hit “locations that have been given Iranian weaponry, specifically like cruise missiles and shorter range missile systems — like the kind that hit Israel.”

    “[Israel] also struck near Isfahan in Iran,” which is the country's “main missile manufacturing area.”

    According to Jason, what Israel did was demonstrate its ability to strike the country whenever and wherever it wanted, with Iran none the wiser.

    “Iran launched 350+ missiles, [but] couldn't kill a single thing or destroy a single thing,” says Jason. However, Israel “showed Iran we can hit you whenever we want, you will never know it, and it will be precise.”

    “It’s de-escalation through strength.”

    “[Is Iran] basically not going to respond after this?” asks Stu Burguiere.

    “I highly doubt against Israel proper ... because they are decades behind Israel” is Jason’s response.

    To hear more of the conversation, watch the clip below.


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  • Dumb crook returns to house where he pointed gun at homeowner's head and tried to his steal car. This time, victim is ready. Fri, 19 Apr 2024 21:32:05 +0000


    A brain cell-deprived crook who pointed a gun at a Jacksonville, Florida, homeowner's head Thursday afternoon, tried to steal his car, and ran away when he couldn't pull off the crime actually returned to the same residence not long after and confronted the homeowner again.

    As you might expect, the victim was ready this time — and one might say the suspect is lucky to be alive.

    What happened?

    Police told WJXT-TV a K-9 officer attempted a traffic stop on Springlake Drive in regard to a vehicle that was believed to have been stolen in Suwannee County.

    But the 30-year-old male kicked a woman out of the vehicle and sped away, Sgt. Karen Dukes of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office noted to the station. Police told WJXT the woman is cooperating with the investigation, and police said she could be the victim of a crime and that she said she didn't know the vehicle was stolen.

    The male who sped away abandoned the vehicle near Justin Road West and ran to a home on Oxbow Road near Herlong Road where a home invasion took place, the station reported.

    Police said the male entered the home through the garage, pointed a gun at the homeowner’s head, and ran away after his carjacking attempt was unsuccessful, WJXT reported.

    However, the male returned to the residence and approached the homeowner again, the station said.

    But this time, the homeowner was armed, WJXT added.

    Dukes noted to the station that the homeowner "expressed fear, told him to stay away, the suspect kept advancing toward him." WJXT said the homeowner shot the male in the leg.

    The suspect was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the station said.

    'Very shocking'

    Neighbor K.P. Lancaster told WJXT the incident was "very shocking" as violent crime in the community is practically non-existent.

    “I just heard gunshots and people going every which way to search him out,” Lancaster added to the station.

    WJXT said the homeowner is cooperating with the police, who said they're investigating whether the homeowner’s actions were justified.

    Westside homeowner shoots suspect who returned to home after unsuccessful carjacking: JSO youtu.be

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  • Attacker punches female NYU administrator in face in broad daylight — yet another random assault against a woman in NYC Fri, 19 Apr 2024 21:15:00 +0000


    An attacker punched a New York University female administrator in the face in broad daylight Wednesday — yet another episode in a growing series of random assaults against women in New York City.

    What are the details?

    NYU campus safety issued an alert saying a "male-presenting" attacker punched the right side of the administrator's face "without any provocation or words being exchanged" just after 10:30 a.m. on the south sidewalk of Washington Square North between 5th Avenue and Washington Square West in Manhattan.

    The alert indicated that the suspect then fled east toward University Place.

    The suspect was described as 5'6" to 5'7" with a slim build and dark complexion, wearing a gray hoodie sweatshirt (hood up), gray sweatpants, and black sneakers, the alert stated, adding that New York City Police are "investigating this incident as a hate crime (that might be tied to reports of a series of similar unprovoked attacks on women that Campus Safety communicated about in late March)."

    WNBC-TV reported that the 27-year-old administrator wasn't seriously injured.

    More of the same?

    The NYPD said over the last 28 days, there have been 50 unprovoked attacks involving men attacking women they don't know, the station said, adding that while the number represents an increase of 8% compared to the same time period last year, such attacks are down year over year by 12% overall.

    "I'm honestly scared, but it is what it is," one woman told WNBC. "You just got to watch, make sure you're OK. Take care of yourself."

    Blaze News noted in late March that horrified New York City women reported that males punched them in the face and head in unprovoked, broad-daylight attacks over the previous month.

    "I was literally just walking and a man came up and punched me in the face," influencer Halley Mcgookin said through tears in a video describing an attack against her that had just taken place, Today reported. "Oh my God, it hurts so bad. I can't even talk."

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    Not long after, another woman came forward saying she also was punched in an unprovoked attack. What's more, there was video of the brutal punch, the victim suffered a broken jaw — which had to be wired shut — and the suspect reportedly was released without bail despite seven prior assault arrests.

    NYC woman randomly punched while walking down street youtu.be

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  • What happens if Israel sacrifices a red heifer? Fri, 19 Apr 2024 21:06:48 +0000


    As Passover nears, rumors are spreading that Israelis will use the holiday to sacrifice a red heifer.

    There have been nine red heifers that have been sacrificed since Moses, which Bill Cloud, the founder of Jacob’s Tent Fellowship, explains is the antidote for the golden calf.

    “It is for ceremonial cleansing in order to approach God, so that’s important in relation to the rebuilding of the temple, because they don’t have a temple at this point,” Cloud explains.

    This has become a point of contention for Hamas after the October 7 attack on Israel, as the group voiced its concern with the red heifer, claiming the Jews would start purifying Temple Mount.

    Hamas called it an act of war.

    Cloud has his thoughts on what this will mean for Israel.

    “If you have the ashes, that doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re going to start next week in rebuilding the temple, because if they burn a red heifer, Glenn, everybody’s going to hear about it, including the Muslim world, including the Israeli government. That would be a provocation,” Cloud tells Glenn Beck, who is wondering what this means for the human race.

    “How far down the line are we on the known prophecy of the things that have to happen before the clock starts ticking for the return of Christ?” Glenn asks.

    “Well, I think the clock has already started ticking,” Cloud says, though he adds that in his experience, it won’t happen the way we believe it will.

    “It just always happens the way it’s written,” he says.


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