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There's no lack of evidence for the extreme brutality of Islamic jihadists.
On that Oct. 7, 2023, day that members of Hamas invaded Israel, they burned whole families together, abused victims, then murdered them, and more.
Evidence already was abundant that similar events were occurring in Africa.
Charles Jacobs, the chief of the African Jewish Alliance, and Uzay Bulut, a distinguished senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute, have documented how jihadists, those extreme advocates for Islam, are "murdering, raping, torturing, kidnapping, enslaving, and, in some instances, burning people alive," across Africa.
And now reports of the mayhem of the worst kind are coming in from Syria.
The death toll there is at 7,000 following jihad attacks on Christians and Alawites, who have suffered and died in "cruel, sadistic" ways, according to a new report.
"Christians, Druze, and Yazidis in Syria, like their non-Muslim or non-Arabized counterparts in Africa, fear they may be next," the report explains.
The violence is because of the takeover of Syria by the al-Qaida-affiliated Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorists, led by Ahmed Hussein al Sharaa, who conquered Damascus in December 2024.
The report explains they are going "from door to door in western Syria and massacring religious minorities in cruel, sadistic ways. Social media posts show Alawite men, women, and children shot at close range. According to Greek Member of the European Parliament Nikolas Farantouris, who recently visited Syria, 'Reliable data indicate 7,000 massacres of Christians and Alawites and unprecedented atrocities against civilians.' The death toll is still rising."
It's just the latest location for homicidal maniacs, the report said.
"For years now, in at least 12 countries in Africa, jihad has been spreading. Local jihadist organizations go by different names, but the ideology that drives them is the same: Every one of them deeply believes that Allah wants him to wipe the world clean of the kuffar (infidels). In Nigeria, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Niger, Somalia, Mozambique and Libya, among others, Islamic militants massacre civilians, the vast majority of whom are Christians, leading to widespread terror, insecurity and displacement," the report said.
So far, "More than 16.2 million Christians in Sub-Saharan Africa have been driven from their homes by jihadi violence and conflict, reports the human rights organization Open Doors. Such violence includes murder, physical injury, rape, abduction, theft of property, and destruction of homes and farmland."
Women and girls, especially, are a target, with attackers forcing them into "marriage," conversion to Islam, then raping and forced labor.
Just in February, the report said, 70 Christians were beheaded by jihadists in the Congo.
Anything Christian, churches, homes, schools, businesses, are targets.
From January to June of 2024, Islamic militants murdered 639 Christians in various incidents, including beheadings and shootings, according to a report released by the Middle East Media Research Institute.
In Sudan, attackers are known for committing sexual violence on a large scale, including sexual slavery and reports reveal more than 150,000 civilians are estimated to have perished in the years-long war.
In Libya, video evidence confirms the "auction" of Africans in areas where Islamic law is upheld and the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity.
Boko Haram and the Islamic State West African Province attacked innocents in Cameroon's Far North region, with churches burned and church leaders kidnapped.
The report describes that in Somalia, "no area is safe for Christians," and in Burkina Faso, Christians are fleeing from the rise of Islam.
Nigeria sees raids by Muslim Fulani militants in "shockingly brutal attacks."
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Investigative journalist Laura Loomer meets with president before action taken
President Trump has dismissed several "disloyal" staff members of his National Security Council team, shortly after he met with investigative journalist Laura Loomer who reportedly raised doubts about them.
The Washington Examiner pointed out that Loomer previously has charged that there were members of the staff who were disloyal to Trump, and further there have been "vetting failures" at the NSC.
The report said the firings came a week after there was a leak of a Signal app group chat, but NSC spokesman Brian Hughes said the organization doesn't comment on personnel matters.
In that Signal chat case, someone added the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, a virulently anti-Trump publication, to an administration discussion about terrorists in Yemen.
Loomer posted a statement saying, "I woke up this morning to learn that there are still people in and around the West Wing who are LEAKING to the hostile, left-wing media about President Trump's 'confidential' and 'private' meetings in the Oval Office. I want to reiterate how important it is that people who gain access to the White House or the administration respect the privacy of their conversations with President Trump and his senior staff.
"Out of respect for President @realDonaldTrump and the privacy of the Oval Office, I'm going to decline on divulging any details about my Oval Office meeting with President Trump. It was an honor to meet with President Trump and present him with my research findings. I will continue working hard to support his agenda, and I will continue reiterating the importance of, and the necessity of STRONG VETTING, for the sake of protecting the President of the United States of America, and our national security."
The Gateway Pundit, in its report, called it a "'neocon' bloodbath."
The report continued, "Per CNN, here are the names of the three known terminated officials and their titles:
Brian Walsh, a director for intelligence and a former lead staffer for now-Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the Senate Intelligence Committee. Thomas Boodry, a senior director for legislative affairs who formerly served as NSA Director Mike Waltz's legislative director in Congress. David Feith, a senior director overseeing technology and national security. He previously served in the State Department during Trump's first administration."
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Elite reporters who have the privilege of attending White House news briefings actually considered an old-fashioned "sit-in" to try to keep their privileged seats amid a revolution in reporting.
For decades, writers for networks, legacy wire services, newspapers, and the like have had privileged seats in the White House briefing room, specifically the front couple of rows have been reserved for them.
However, there's now a revolution in reporting. Many people read X for their updates, and fewer and fewer are turning on the television for a news broadcast or opening up a newspaper.
The latest confirmation of the changes is that the White House announced it would take over making the seat assignments for White House briefings, a privilege that for years had been gifted to the leftist White House Correspondents Association, a private organization of writers that essentially managed that briefing room for themselves.
Elite reporters who have the privilege of attending White House news briefings actually considered an old-fashioned "sit-in" to try to keep their privileged seats amid a revolution in reporting.
For decades, writers for networks, legacy wire services, newspapers and the like have had privileged seats in the White House briefing room, specifically the front couple of rows have been reserved for them.
However, there's now a revolution in reporting. Many people read X for their updates, and fewer and fewer are turning on television for a news broadcast or opening up a newspaper.
The latest confirmation of the changes is that the White House announced it would take over making the seat assignments for White House briefings, a privilege that for years had been gifted to the leftist White House Correspondents Association, a private organization of writers that essentially managed that briefing room for themselves.
Now the Gateway Pundit reports the legacy writers were so upset at losing control that they considered staging an old-fashioned "sit-in" to try to maintain their privilege.
The report took the WCHA members to task, describing them as "apparently a bunch of toddlers throwing a tantrum" over the change.
The report noted Semafor described how the White House plan to set its own seating chart "has rattled the journalists who cover the president and left them mulling how exactly to push back."
The report said, "The WHCA's current system reflects the 20th century media power structure: wire services and broadcast and cable television networks occupy the front row, major newspapers and radio get the second and third rows, and a more fluid collection of news organizations sits further back."
The White House plan simply is to restructure the format to reflect today's media trends, which are more and more web-, podcast-, and social media-based.
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'This case illustrates a disturbing pattern we're seeing with increasing frequency'
Los Angeles County has reversed a beach use policy it adopted that discriminated, unlawfully, against churches.
The American Center for Law and Justice announced the "crucial victory" in its battle to protect religious liberties.
"The ACLJ continues to fight for religious liberty across the nation, from small towns to major cities. This victory reminds us that when we stand firm and take decisive legal action, we can successfully defend the constitutional rights of believers everywhere," the legal team said in an announcement about the dispute.
"This case illustrates a disturbing pattern we're seeing with increasing frequency. Government officials at all levels – federal, state, and local – continue to test the boundaries of their authority by implementing policies that marginalize people of faith and religious organizations.
"Whether it's limiting beach permits in California, denying funding to faith-based schools in the Midwest, or censoring religious speech in public forums across the country, the assaults on religious liberty have become more frequent and brazen."
It was earlier this year, the Church of the Beach contacted the ACLJ. The legal team explained for 18 years, this ministry has conducted peaceful worship services on Redondo Beach, providing a spiritual community for beachgoers and local residents alike.
Some 120 people gather on Sunday mornings to worship, many specifically choosing the setting because they've had difficult or negative experiences in traditional church settings.
The beach, therefore, is a "crucial component of their ministry's outreach to those who might never step foot in a conventional church."
Its members ensure gatherings don't obstruct pathways or block traffic, and even have relocated when events are on the beach.
Then last year the county adopted its "troubling" policy that targeted religious activities, limiting faith organizations to only six permits per year while imposing no such limits on other groups.
Last month, the ACLJ sent a demand letter to the county, outlining the policy's violations of the First Amendment.
A response from the county Department of Beaches, just days ago, conceded, "DBH acknowledges that its Beach and Harbor Use Licensing Policy and other policies pertaining to access to beach use, on its face and in application, must be content neutral and applied in the same manner regardless of the religious or non-religious nature of the activity."
The result is that the county promised to "immediately withdraw the temporary policy to limit permits for religious activities."
All permits now will be handled the same way, it said.
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A radiologist who voiced, to state lawmakers, his personal objections to the damage inflicted on children, including bodily mutilations, by transgender "treatments," and was dismissed from a state board over his beliefs, is taking his fight over free speech to an appeals court.
"The record in this case is clear: [Wyoming] Governor Gordon fired Dr. [Eric] Cubin from the Wyoming Board of Medicine because he spoke out on legislation," explained Jacob Huebert, of the Liberty Justice Center. "There was no valid justification for the governor's retaliation. It violated Dr. Cubin's First Amendment rights, so we're asking the court to order the Governor to restore Dr. Cubin to his position."
The fight now is pending before the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in the leftist enclave of Denver.
The legal team explained the case is about Cubin's 2024 email to members of the Wyoming House of Representatives, written in his personal capacity.
He endorsed Senate File 99, "Chloe's Law," which prohibits gender reassignment surgeries and hormone therapy for minors. It was easily adopted by the legislature and even signed by Gordon.
"However, just one month later after signing the bill, Gov. Gordon terminated Dr. Cubin from the Wyoming Board of Medicine, explicitly citing his email to the legislature as the reason," the lawyers explained.
He had been appointed in 2023 to the board that oversees medical regulation, compliance, and discipline in the state.
Cubin's letter had expressed his personal endorsement of the law and he criticized the Wyoming Medical Society for opposing the bill "without adequately representing the views of its members," the report said.
Even so, Gordon forced Cubin's resignation from the board, insisting that it "created the 'appearance of bias'" and could give the impression that he was speaking on the board's behalf.
Liberty Justice Center sued on Cubin's behalf and now has moved the case to the 10th Circuit, following a rejection of the case by a federal court in Wyoming.
Many medical organizations, up to and including the American Medical Association, have supported the ideology that involves giving chemicals to patients who have gender dysphoria, even doing mutilating surgeries on healthy body parts, because of their mental condition.
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Two federal appeals courts handed down decisions Tuesday on Trump-related lawsuits, and they both were favorable decisions for the president who faces more than 120 lawsuits challenging various executive decisions in his administration's first 60 days.
The first is from the typically liberal-leaning 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. A three-judge panel ruled there is no problem with Trump's executive order that put a stop to the federal government approving new refugees for entry into the U.S.
The suspension of new approvals had been challenged earlier, and Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle had found that Trump could not nullify the law passed by Congress establishing the program, and it must be restarted, the AP reported.
The 9th Circuit panel reversed Whitehead's ruling, though it said refugee applications in the pipeline must continue.
The refugee program is meant to help people in other countries who claim their lives are endangered in their homeland migrate to America.
The other decision comes from the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, which temporarily paused a previous ruling claiming Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, acted unconstitutionally in attempting to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID.
As reported, by the Washington Examiner, the court's administrative stay counters U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang's order, which required USAID to restore access to email and systems for employees placed on leave by DOGE. USAID has been one of the primary targets of Elon Musk's work to cut federal spending, waste and abuse.
Chuang is an appointee of former President Barack Obama.
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A federal judge says he won't allow President Donald Trump to protect Americans by removing illegal alien criminals from America's shores by using existing federal law, the Alien Enemies Act, in a move that solidifies the perception that he wants to control America's international policies.
Reports confirmed that James Boasberg, a judge in Washington, Monday denied the Trump administration's move to lift a temporary block on deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members.
Boasberg insists that illegal aliens have the American right to challenge whether they qualify.
Boasberg, who has his position thanks to Barack Obama, said the Constitution's due process requirements apply to foreign criminals.
The Trump administration had confirmed that it had reviewed the records and history of the Venezuelans deported and confirmed that were members of the transnational gang Tren de Aragua, which has been identified by U.S. authorities as a terrorist group.
The White House announced earlier this month it was using the existing federal law, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, to remove gang members.
Ultimately, several hundred were flown to El Salvador even though Boasberg had ordered the planes, already in flight in international space, to return the gang members to America.
That case is on appeal, and White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt promised the fight will continue.
As WorldNetDaily reported Sunday, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said this is the case of "an out-of-control judge, a federal judge trying to control our entire foreign policy and he cannot do it. You know, he dragged us into court on a Saturday without any notice and he's continuing these hearings … He's trying to ask us about national security information which he absolutely is not entitled to."
She said the Trump administration is appealing and will win.
She said, "They're not immigrants," but are "Illegal aliens committing the most violent crimes on Americans."
Fox News reported it also appears like Trump will be getting backing from Congress.
"The House Judiciary Committee is expected to hold a hearing early next week looking into the issue of 'activist judges,' three people familiar with discussions told Fox News Digital. It comes as the Trump administration has faced more than a dozen injunctions from various district court judges across the country on a range of policy decisions," the report said.
The issues include illegal aliens crossing into the United States, the wild and anti-science agenda of transgenderism and such in federal programs, the Trump administration's effort to eliminate fraud, waste, and corruption from the government and many more.
Local judges have taken over the presidential decision-making by issuing a wild array of injunctions for the entire nation, something that Congress is reviewing.
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Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I want to apologize to you.
I have been writing columns and have suggested to you in these videos that the Democrats didn't have an agenda. In other words, they were just nihilists. But I went back and looked at everything they've said, everything they've written, what their surrogates and the media have done, and I discovered they do have a counter-agenda. They really do. And it's organized.
And I want to give it a fair hearing right now. So, I wrote down 10 things that I think are thematic of the Democratic agenda that offers an alternative to President Donald Trump.
The first is that Donald Trump must be considered, as Chris Matthews just said, a Mussolini-like figure. He must be opposed in every aspect. He must be demonized. Everything he does is evil.
And by extension, the same is true of Elon Musk. You must consider him an alien who should go back home to South Africa. That he's not a true American. He's only been here 23 years.
You cannot talk about his Tesla revolution that pretty much saved the idea of an electric vehicle. You cannot talk about the successes of SpaceX. You cannot talk about saving social media by opening it up and getting the government out, i.e., the FBI colluding with the old Twitter. You cannot talk about giving free internet service to Ukraine.
He's evil. And everything he does must be opposed. And we must continue that to the point where he is depersonalized.
The second thing I've noticed, very quickly, is Immigration and Customs Enforcement is wrong. You have to stop ICE from deporting anybody, even if they're a criminal.
Open borders are completely normal. We let in 12 million people under President Joe Biden. We have no apologies whatsoever. No major Democrat has come forward and said, "We made a mistake. We've overloaded communities, like the San Joaquin Valley or the Rio Grande Valley and the inner city. It's cost us perhaps a trillion dollars in social costs. We apologize."
No. Everything about open borders was wonderful. And we will try, as Democrats, as much as we can to stop ICE from deporting even criminals. Sanctuary cities are immune—600 of them.
Radical Palestinians are to be favored over Israel. We see that with the controversy over Mahmoud Khalil. We in the Democratic Party feel that Israel is a settler country.
Now, this is the only issue that the majority of Democrats are clearly for. About 70%, and 65% of Democrats favor the Palestinian cause. So, there's no ambiguity about it now.
Democrats feel that Israel is the culprit. And if there's antisemitism on campus, it's sporadic or it's done by people other than the pro-Hamas green card holder or student visa holder.
There should be no cuts. No cuts in the federal government. We have a $1.7 trillion deficit. Joe Biden probably racked up $7 to $8 trillion in additional debt, but $36 trillion is no problem. We're not going to discuss it.
All we know is there should be no layoffs. Everything that USAID was funding was fine. And the federal government was running perfectly until Donald Trump came. There was no abuse, fraud, or anything. We have never talked about fraud and abuse in recent years. And there was a reason why we're perfectly happy with these massive deficits.
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An irate subway rider in New York City failed quite miserably in her attempt to steal a man's red MAGA hat – this after berating him for supporting President Trump.
"He's a racist! If you voted for Trump, you are a racist!" she can be heard complaining, as reported by the Gateway Pundit.
"How can I be racist?" the Trump fan fires back while pointing out he is a person of color.
Watch the video, including the lady's comeuppance at the end:
This woke hate peddler attacked a stranger on the NYC subway.
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Following phone conversation with Russian President Putin
After a nearly two-hour phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday, President Trump reported via TruthSocial that the two had agreed to an immediate ceasefire on all energy infrastructure in Ukraine and Russia.
"My phone conversation today with President Putin of Russia was a very good and productive one," posted Trump. "We agreed to an immediate Ceasefire on all Energy and Infrastructure, with an understanding that we will be working quickly to have a Complete Ceasefire and, ultimately, an END to this very horrible War between Russia and Ukraine.
"This War would have never started if I were President! Many elements of a Contract for Peace were discussed, including the fact that thousands of soldiers are being killed, and both President Putin and President Zelenskyy would like to see it end. That process is now in full force and effect, and we will, hopefully, for the sake of Humanity, get the job done!"
In reaction to the news, the GOP-led House Foreign Affairs Committee stated, "President Trump got Vladimir Putin to agree that a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine is necessary," and that "Iran cannot be in a position to destroy Israel."
"This is called THE ART OF THE DEAL!" noted the committee statement.
National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes said in a statement, "Just two weeks ago, both Ukraine and Russia were miles apart on a ceasefire agreement, and we are now closer to a deal thanks to the leadership of President Trump. The goal remains the same: stop the killing and find a peaceful resolution to this conflict."