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Biden’s Climate Policies Playing Into Hands of China’s Energy Schemes, Experts Say
China is operating in a “predatory” manner to make America more reliant on complex supply chains arising from climate change initiatives that play into the hands of hostile foreign actors, according to energy, environmental, and foreign policy analysts at a panel discussion Monday. The event at The Heritage Foundation marked the launch of a new…Kevin Mooney -
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Biden’s Gaza-Refugee Import Scheme Deserves Drone Strike
In his flattest brainwave yet, President Joe Biden hopes to import refugees from the Gaza Strip. This rotten idea should be blasted with a drone. After reviewing internal federal documents, CBS News’ Camilo Montoya-Galvez reported April 30 that Biden wants “refugee status” for certain Gazans. This designation “offers beneficiaries permanent residency, resettlement benefits like housing assistance, and a path to…Deroy Murdock -
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Blinken Meets With China’s Genocide Perpetrator, but Doesn’t Condemn It
When Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a press conference April 22 on the State Department’s release of its 2023 country reports on human rights practices, he said China was engaging in genocide in Xinjiang province. “The report documents atrocities reminiscent of humanity’s darkest moments,” Blinken said in Washington. “In Sudan, both the Sudanese Armed…Terence Jeffrey -
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Public School Psychologist Charged With Obstructing Traffic in Anti-Israel Protest
A psychologist for Indianapolis Public Schools was among those held when police arrested 14 masked adults who officers said were blocking traffic late last month just outside the Governor’s Residence in the state capital. The school psychologist, Karisa Cole, and the other arrested protesters were charged with obstructing traffic April 25 at 10:30 a.m. on…Tony Kinnett -
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Those Who Attack Israel ‘Are After the US Just the Same,’ Knesset Member Warns
Terrorists in the Middle East do not despise America only because the U.S. supports Israel, but because America is a Western society, according to Simcha Rothman, a member of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. “But people that attack us, they are after the U.S. just the same,” Rothman says. “The chant in Iran—‘Death to America, Death…Virginia Allen -
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Here’s a Breakdown of Arrests of Pro-Hamas Activists at 33 Schools Over 2 Weeks
College campuses this week escalated efforts to root out pro-Hamas, anti-Israel occupations, with police making arrests on nine different campuses. Police have made more than 1,600 arrests in connection with the disruptive, illegal campus occupations since the first one began April 19 at Columbia University, according to an investigation by The Washington Stand. [The Associated…Joshua Arnold -
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Biden Is Harder on Israel Than on Campus Pro-Hamas Radicals, GOP Senators Say
President Joe Biden is harder on America’s allies than he is on pro-Hamas radicals on American college campuses, Senate Republicans said at a press conference on Wednesday. “Joe Biden is putting more pressure on Israel these days than he is on Hamas itself, or on the pro-Hamas chapters on America’s campuses,” Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said at the…Jarrett Stepman -
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Left-Wing Donors Gave More Than $3.3 Million to Pro-Hamas Activities Since 2016
With tent cities springing up across American campuses, filled with antisemitic activists who are openly supporting U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organizations, you could be forgiven for suspecting that this activism was not wholly organic. And you would be right. Fingerprints of Further Funding Take the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” at Columbia University, where “students sleep in tents…Joshua Arnold -
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China Keeps Shooting Itself in the Foot in Hong Kong
The Chinese government’s suppression of civil liberties in Hong Kong hit new heights in March with the unanimous passage of sweeping national security legislation by the city’s rubber-stamp legislature. The move is just the latest indication of how willing China is to jeopardize its own economic interests to crack down on Hong Kong. The so-called…Michael Cunningham -
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Election Loss for South Korea’s Ruling Party Unlikely to Affect Pro-US Security Policies
South Korea’s liberal opposition parties scored a decisive victory in the recent National Assembly elections, routing the ruling conservative party of President Yoon Suk Yeol. The election earlier this month was seen as a referendum on Yoon’s first two years in office and the results risk turning him into a lame duck for the rest…Bruce Klingner -
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6 Reasons Chinese Nationals Are Illegally Crossing California’s Southern Border
Chinese nationals are crossing America’s southern border at a rapid rate. On Wednesday alone, the U.S. Border Patrol encountered 206 Chinese nationals crossing into the San Diego sector, Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin reported. But the illegal entry of Chinese nationals into America through the Border Patrol’s San Diego sector isn’t new. Chinese individuals long…Virginia Allen -
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What I Saw at UPenn’s Pro-Hamas Protest Encampment
PHILADELPHIA—Victoria Coates, a national security expert at The Heritage Foundation, traveled Thursday to the City of Brotherly Love with a cadre of security personnel to deliver this simple but now radical belief at the University of Pennsylvania: “Hating Jews is a bad idea.” Following Coates’ remarks to the Penn Alumni Free Speech Alliance and the…Tim Kennedy -
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FBI Director Accused of Hypocrisy for Monitoring Conservatives but Not Pro-Hamas Protests
The director of the FBI is being accused of hypocrisy for allowing the targeting of concerned parents, Trump supporters, and American Catholics but not “monitoring” pro-Hamas rallies and protests on college campuses. Director Christopher Wray was asked in an interview on Tuesday about “actively monitoring” the rallies erupting across college and university campuses, which have become the…S.A. McCarthy -
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How Israel May Curb Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
Details of Israel’s recent limited retaliatory strike against Iran‘s antiaircraft missile batteries at Isfahan are still sketchy. But nonetheless, we can draw some conclusions. Israel’s small volley of missiles hit their intended targets, to the point of zeroing in on the very launchers designed to stop such incoming ordnance. The target was near the Natanz…Victor Davis Hanson -
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EXCLUSIVE: Seattle School Board Member Calls Israel ‘Right-Wing Apartheid Force’ in Pro-BLM Email
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Emails obtained by Parents Defending Education, a watchdog organization, show a Seattle school board member called Israel a “right-wing apartheid force” and praised the Black Lives Matter movement six days after Hamas’ terrorist attacks left over 1,200 dead in the Jewish state. Eliza Rankin, the school board member for Seattle Public…Tony Kinnett -
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Ukraine Has ‘Significant’ Human Rights Abuse Issues, State Department Reports
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives last Saturday voted 311 to 112 to approve a bill to spend $60.89 billion on aid for Ukraine. Among House Republicans, this bill lost 112 to 101. Among House Democrats, it won 210 to 0. As of this writing, the bill was expected to pass the Senate. President Joe Biden…Terence Jeffrey -
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Anti-Censorship Group’s Event Canceled by Pro-Hamas Authors
The leftist “free expression” group PEN America collided with a brick wall of radicals who don’t like anyone who expresses a sympathetic view of Israel after the Hamas slaughter of Oct. 7. Its literary awards ceremony had to be canceled due to a substantial withdrawal of authors striking a “pro-Palestinian” pose. If you disagree with…Tim Graham -
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10 GOP Senators Flip-Flop to Support Ukraine Aid
Two months ago, a majority of Republicans opposed the $95 billion foreign aid bill when it came to the Senate floor for a vote. Ten of those senators flipped Tuesday. The measure passed by an overwhelming 79-18 margin, sending the bill to President Joe Biden for his signature. It wasn’t long ago that Senate Minority…Rob Bluey -
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I Went to New York University’s Anti-Israel Protests. Here’s What I Saw.
NEW YORK CITY—“There is only one solution: Intifada revolution!” That was one of many chants and slogans yelled into a bullhorn at a pro-Palestinian rally in Washington Square Park in New York City on Tuesday. It’s one of many pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protests that have taken place on or near college campuses since the Hamas terrorist…Jarrett Stepman -
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What Lindsey Graham Isn’t Telling You About US ‘Loan’ to Ukraine
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a leading neoconservative, is making the rounds on media touting his support for the $61 billion Ukraine aid bill. His rationale: It’s a loan. Crediting former President Donald Trump for the idea, Graham told “Fox News Sunday” host Shannon Bream that he supports the foreign aid package currently before Congress because…Rob Bluey