How California Colleges Created Kwanzaa and Destroyed America

 Daniel Greenfield | Frontpage Mag  

"The same California university system that helped give us Kwanzaa, Angela Davis, Barack Obama and Kamala Harris wrecked the state and the country. And it isn’t done yet. Imagine if we stopped funding it."

"In 1965, Ronald McKinley Everett changed his name to Maulana Karenga, in 1966, he invented the fictional holiday of Kwanzaa, in 1969, members of his US black nationalist organization got into a gunfight with Black Panthers at UCLA, in 1971, he was arrested for torturing two women, and in 1989, he was hired as the chair of the black studies department at a California State University college where he currently teaches on subjects such as “the socio-ethical thought of Malcolm X” and “Ancient Egyptian Maatian Ethics” (after the goddess Maat).

"The story of Kwanzaa and Karenga is a small part of the larger story of how California’s public colleges, its UC (University of California) and CSU (California State University) systems, incubated, financed and inflicted some of the worst racial political extremism on America.

"When Chancellor Charles Young (later the head of the Qatar Foundation) took office, UCLA had a 12% minority population. Young, like many radical administrators, was on a mission to rapidly increase the minority population through affirmative action and make it more appealing to them with identity politics courses of the kind being championed by the Ford Foundation.

"Karenga (pictured above) was admitted to UCLA despite being a high school dropout. UCLA had created the ‘High Potential Program’ as a form of affirmative action to enable black students with poor grades and not much of an academic track record (but ‘high potential’) to be admitted ahead of more qualified students on account of their race. Or at least that was the theory.

"The reality however was quite different." . . .  More...

January 22, 2026 Democrats Join Republicans in Voting the Clintons in Contempt of Congress

 Hillary Clinton Fundraises for Minneapolis Rioters  "And accidentally exposes the radical networks behind the rioters."

Democrats Join Republicans in Voting the Clintons in Contempt of Congress – JONATHAN TURLEY   

 "For a party that runs on fighting the privileged and entitled wealthy class, this vote is comically ironic. They are supporting the claim of the Clintons that they get to decide when they will be subject to legal demands without offering an even remotely plausible legal defenses." 

Editorial Cartoons That Bite

Yesterday, a curious thing happened in a House Committee. Bill and Hillary Clinton were actually held accountable for flouting the law — at least as a preliminary matter. In the House Oversight Committee, Democrats joined Republicans in approving contempt resolutions against the two political figures after they refused to appear to answer questions about their connections to Jeffrey Epstein.

The House panel voted 34-8 to advance the resolution on Bill Clinton to a floor vote. It voted 28-15 to advance a resolution on Hillary Clinton.

"As previously discussed, the Clintons adopted a position that was devoid of any cognizable legal defense. It was simple hubris, telling Congress that they did not want to appear to be saying that congressional subpoenas are discretionary for them.

"From the Whitewater case to the Lewinsky matter to the email scandal, the Clintons have always escaped accountability for their actions. Courts can find perjury and prosecutors can find classified material without a criminal charge. Evidence can suddenly surface after investigations, or thousands of emails can be destroyed without any repercussions.

"After that history, it is little surprise that the Clintons would believe that they, unlike other Americans, can choose whether to comply with a subpoena. After standing in flagrant contempt, the Clintons only reaffirmed the sense of entitlement by offering to allow an interview in New York without a transcript. There would be no “what the meaning of ‘is’ is” moments.

"It is a demonstration of our partisan times that the mere fact that Democrats joined in the motion came as a surprise to many. Nine Democrats voted with their GOP colleagues against the Clintons

"What is disgraceful are those Democrats who dispensed with any institutional or ethical obligations in opposing the resolution. Here were the eight Democrats who voted to allow the Clintons to disregard lawfully issued subpoenas from the Committee:

"The three Democrats who voted to advance the resolution against Hillary Clinton are Lee, Stansbury and Tlaib, according to Politico."

 Full List of Democrats Voting to Approve Clinton Contempt of Congress Resolution - Newsweek  

The committee voted 34-8 to advance a contempt recommendation against Bill Clinton, with two members voting present. A separate contempt recommendation against Hillary Clinton passed 28-15, with one member voting present. Nine Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the contempt measure against Bill Clinton, while three Democrats voted with Republicans to advance the recommendation against Hillary Clinton.

The 'Stolen Land' Argument Has Reared Up Again, and It Still Makes No Sense –

Remember in those high school student elections how we looked around to see who the cool kids were voting for and voted the same. We dared not go against the grain. How can we not see these "Hollywood elites" as making a career choice at the expense of our nation? TD

RedState

"Every piece of land, everywhere, has been occupied, lived on, hunted, fished, and worked by someone who came along before the someone who is there now. The piece of land I sit on as I write this formerly belonged to another family who built the house and outbuildings and raised a family here. Before that, it was part of a homestead by a family whose name still appears on plat maps of the borough. Before that, there's scarce evidence that any Natives occupied this land for any length of time, but absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence, so it's possible." . . .

Watch: CNN's Scott Jennings hits singer Billie Eilish with reality check following her comments about ICE and 'stolen land'  .

  . . . "Jennings noted a few issues with this, however.

"What does she mean by stolen land? Radical communists like Billie, who profits handsomely from American capitalism, believe America is stolen from Native Americans. Which means we have no right to enforce laws today, chiefly immigration laws," Jennings said.

"By the way, Billie Eilish lives in a $14 million mansion in Los Angeles on property that was once inhabited by the Tongva tribe," he added.

"So far as we can tell, she hasn't taken any steps to return her mansion and surrounding properties to its rightful owners, but we'll keep you posted."

 Native American tribe has message for Billie Eilish after Grammy's speech 

. . . "The Native American tribe that owns the land under Billie Eilish’s multimillion-dollar Los Angeles mansion said celebrities should “explicitly” reference the tribes if they want to use them to virtue-signal." . . . "But, then again, these leftists think all of America is on stolen land. And yet these snobby freaks remain in America."   Not one word about Iran. Zero.  

Billie Eilish under fire to fork over mansion 

“The woman is a blithering idiot. Of course, if she really means it, then she’ll happily hand over her multi-million pound Malibu beachfront home to illegal migrants,” wrote British journalist Julia Hartley-Brewer on X. “Which she won’t, because it’s all just silly celeb posturing.”

 

  "Lefty pop star Billie Eilish is facing calls to hand over her ritzy Los Angeles digs to a Native American tribe or illegal immigrant after she declared “No one is illegal on stolen land” at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony.

"The “Wildflower” singer, 24, is being accused of virtue signaling for the anti-ICE remarks she made while accepting the award for Song of the Year on Sunday night.

" 'What about if we all showed up to her mansion and said we are going to live there now? It’s stolen land right? She doesn’t own it,” wrote one X user in response to Eilish’s comments.

" 'Meanwhile, she’s chilling in her … Hollywood Hills fortress with armed guards and a moat of privilege. If the land’s so stolen, sis, hand over the keys to the nearest tribe or migrant family,” wrote political commentator and YouTuber Brandon Tatum." . . . More photos at the link.

Man launches GoFundMe to move into Billie Eilish’s home after her ‘stolen land’ Grammys remarks   

"A GoFundMe campaign has been launched by an Australian man who says he plans to move into Billie Eilish’s Malibu home, citing the singer’s recent comments at the Grammy Awards that “no one is illegal on stolen land.”. . . 

"The fundraiser was created after Eilish criticized US immigration enforcement and spoke out against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during the awards ceremony." . . .

David Hitch | Facebook

Boston Mayor Wu Claims 'Every Single Human' on Earth Has 'Legal Right' to Come to the U.S.  . . . "The far-left mayor’s comments have elicited a wide range of replies from congressmen, conservatives, and tens of thousands of regular Americans alike.

"Texas Republican Rep. Brandon Gill, for one, ripped Democrats, saying, “Dems demand infinity immigration, then infinity welfare — all at Americans’ expense.' ” . . .

Drivers fume over Dem-led push that could see them taxed for every mile: ‘Citizens treated like ATMs’

 NY Post: California drivers are a step closer to paying per mile tax

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-San Diego) warned that AB 1421 could pave the way for intrusive government monitoring, branding it “a tool for future control.”

Republican assemblywoman Alexandra Macedo
a vocal critic of the proposal.

"California drivers and Republican legislators are furious over a Democrat-led proposal that could see motorists taxed for each mile they drive.

"With the state staring down a budget deficit in the billions and more Californians switching to electric vehicles, Democratic lawmakers are searching for new ways to shore up declining gas tax revenue.

"Californians pay the second-highest gas price in the nation behind only Hawaii. In January, the average price was $4.23 per gallon, according to the American Automobile Association.

"On Thursday, state legislators advanced Democrat Lori Wilson’s bill, AB 1421, which would direct the California Transportation Commission and the state Transportation Agency to continue studying options for a mileage-based tax, rather than implementing one.

"Opponents of the proposal were out in force Saturday, with activists gathering at Cal Expo in Sacramento to collect signatures opposing a raft of new Democratic tax measures, including a potential mileage charge." . . .

"Melania" Was Supposed to Flop and It Didn’t

 I haven't checked yet. Did Joy Reid call the movie racist?

"Our lying, garbage media pulled out all the stops and once again whored out their credibility, hoping that a ‘failure narrative’ would become self-fulfilling." John Nolte of Breitbart

Headline USA

Melania Was Supposed To Flop And It Didn't - Victory Girls Blog " As we saddle up to the breakfast buffet this morning post Melania Trump documentary premiere, we look to see the Hollywood critics in all of their smugness with the proverbial egg on their faces.

"In all honesty, it’s a sight as beautiful as the morning sunrise. A joyous display to behold. Just like a morning sunrise scramble with extra cheese and home fries. Or a tasty hollandaise on an eggs Bennie. They thought a documentary on Melania Trump would fail. After all, she is the wife of the most hated orange Voldemort of the century. No daytime talk shows want to give her a platform. And no fashion designers are drooling at the chance to use her as a clothing hanger for one of their fugly designs.

"Admittedly, in the fashion department, Melania smokes all of them. She does a much better job herself and with her chosen stylists.

"To start off the weekend of Melania shade, Owen Gleiberman of Variety called Melania a “cheeseball infomercial of staggering inertia”: . . . More...

Nolte: ‘Melania’ Humiliates Media, Exceeds Expectations with Best Documentary Box Office Opening in Decade  "The legacy media are eating crow once more now that Melania has scored the best box office opening for a documentary in a decade.

"Over and over, Trump supporters were taunted by the corporate media about empty theaters, an imminent box office humiliation, and zero advance ticket sales.

"Well, reality has once again debunked these serial liars.

"The far-left Deadline reports that Melania will close the weekend box office in third place with an $8 million opening, a “result that would mark the best start for a docu in the last decade.”

EntTelligence showed Melania presales overindexing in rural areas with populations under 500,000. Again, license fees plus marketing on this pic equals $75M, but Amazon can afford it, even though those figures don’t make sense for a traditional motion picture studio’s P&L. Are MAGA groups driving sales? Maybe, but that will be sussed out as the weekend goes on. Know this: This isn’t an Angel Studios release fueled by some semblance of fan sales or an Amazon Prime super-ticket." . . .

Nolte: ‘Melania’ Box Office Humiliates Barack Obama's Movies Nolte: ‘Melania’ Box Office Humiliates Barack Obama's Movies

Woke Hollywood Shocked by Melania’s Box Office Success  | Headline USA  "First Lady Melania Trump’s documentary shattered box office expectations during its debut weekend, stunning Hollywood critics who had dismissed the Amazon-produced film as a flop. 

"The film pulled in $7 million domestically over the weekend, making Melania the highest-selling non-music documentary in more than a decade, according to media reports. 

"The documentary was filmed during the 20 days leading up to President Donald Trump’s swearing-in as the 47th president on Jan. 20, 2025. Amazon reportedly acquired the project for $40 million. " . . .

Fire the Boss

  The American Catholic

"COLTS NECK, NJ — After putting out a new song titled “Streets of Minneapolis” as a show of support for anti-ICE protesters, musician Bruce Springsteen issued a statement threatening to keep releasing songs until deportations were stopped.

The news quickly spread across the country, with frightened Americans buying up canned goods and preparing to take shelter due to Springsteen’s threat to continue putting out new music unless the trump administration ended all ICE operations.

“I can do this every day, and nobody wants that,” Springsteen said in a video posted online. “If you want to prevent me from releasing any more songs, it’s very simple. Just stop arresting and deporting illegal alien criminals. Let them all stay and keep assaulting, raping, and murdering people, and I’ll hold off.”

Springsteen’s tone took a far more terrifying turn, however.

“If Trump and his group of fascists insist on upholding the laws of the United States and protecting the American people, I’ll just keep going,” he said. “I’ll do a ‘Streets of…’ song for every city in this country. None of you will be safe until Trump agrees to stop keeping you safe.”

The new song, which decries the enforcement of laws and serves as a rallying cry for violent migrant criminals everywhere, was only the tip of the iceberg, Springsteen said. “Believe me, no human being wants to hear what I’m capable of. Mark my words. Stop the deportations… or else.”

Go here to read the rest.  Elon, please!  Isn’t there a Mars shot we could put him on?"

Are the Democrat Doxers out to get you?

 

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson Announces Plan Mandating Police to Dox ICE Agents, Share Intel With Agitators › American Greatness

. . . "Under the mayor’s plan, if a federal immigration enforcement operation is underway in the city, officers will be sent to the location to document the activity “with in-car and body-worn video, verify the identification of apparent federal agents, and secure scenes of potentially unlawful acts to gather evidence for prosecutors,” KOMO News reported." . . .

All About Doxxing and How to Combat it | Security.org   An ad but it contains useful information on doxxing. Tunnel Dweller neither recommends nor opposes this product.

"Who Gets Doxxed and Why?  

"Imagine if anyone you ever passed in the street and looked at funny could one day throw the switch that wrecked your life. Because that’s basically all you’d have to do to get doxxed.

"Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling got doxxed for something she said on Twitter.4 

"Pro-Palestinian students have gotten doxxed for their views.5 

"A few years ago, a kid in California even got doxxed for posting Instagram footage of a few shoplifters who presumably didn’t appreciate the publicity and took their petty revenge this way."6

"The average doxxing victim, in other words, is anybody who does anything to irritate someone else. Which makes escaping doxxers nearly impossible unless you never say or do anything in public again."

FYI: Once doxxers have your info, they have to offload it. They typically use the dark web or anonymous forums and hate sites like 4Chan for this. They may also post your personally identifiable information (PII) on social media platforms like Facebook, Telegram, or Discord, tagging your family and friends to amplify exposure.  . . .

Video: What is doxing?

"How To Prevent Doxing" A page full of info on the subject. Some links are advertisements to security sites but their information is wise and useful. However, the Tunnel Wall makes no recommendation as to which security you should choose. TD

Resources for Individuals on the Threat Of Doxing; Homeland Security

TCM Remembers — And So Do I

  The American Spectator | USA News and Politics  

"So, here’s to remembering Claudia Cardinale — and also Olivia Hussey and the other notable names in film that Turner Classic Movies beautifully helps us remember each year."

"I’ve long been a huge fan of Turner Classic Movies. The two primary hosts since the channel’s inception about 30 years ago have been the late film historian Robert Osborne and his successor, Ben Mankiewicz. Both have been perfect choices. In recent years, the channel has added secondary hosts, including the splendid Alicia Malone and Dave Karger, both consummate professionals.

"I appreciate TCM’s fairness and largely commendable job of not cowering to political correctness, wokeism, and cancel culture, and generally resisting the winds of the zeitgeist. Though I suspect the managers are largely liberal, and I know that Mankiewicz hails from a Democrat family (his father Frank was the excellent press secretary to Robert F. Kennedy), they’ve remained impressively non-partisan and have avoided the culture war. Exceptions include their series for the fall 2024 political season, which they slanted with left-wingers, even absurdly bringing in Stacey Abrams. They showed their cards there. I must also note that my family blocks the channel during Pride Month. On one occasion, my youngest clicked on TCM and witnessed something sexually graphic and very inappropriate. (I guess porn isn’t considered porn if it celebrates the “L” in LGBTQ.)But overall, the work done by TCM is rather remarkable and, best of all, commercial-free. For most of the year, TCM is superb.

"Among the examples of that is a touching compilation done annually by TCM at year’s end, which I catch while watching the wonderful offering of Christmas films. It’s called “TCM Remembers.” It typically runs about five minutes long, packing in names and faces of actors/actresses who died over the previous year, showing them at their best, oftentimes in iconic images (think of, say, Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s). More recently, the network started including not just those known for acting but editors, producers, composers, cinematographers, costume designers, even cartoonists and stuntmen and makeup artists. 

"These compilations are done so movingly that they choke me up. You watch and say, “Oh, I didn’t know he passed away this year.” Or: “Wow, I had forgotten about her. She was lovely. What a role.” You also find yourself waiting for the face of that noted celebrity, who you recall had died recently. This time, it was Rob Reiner. “TCM Remembers” tends to fade out with the biggest face and his/her most memorable image. This year it was Reiner and Robert Redford, and also Diane Keaton, a fine actress who had so many memorable roles — my favorite being “Kay,” the WASP girlfriend-fiancé-wife of Michael Corleone in The Godfather." . . . (RELATED: Lou Aguilar, “Bardot and Other Screen Legends We Lost in 2025.”)

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The warmth of collectivism

Give the man time; he's a new hire. Remember they liked de Blasio. 

New Yorkers Are Learning the 'Warmth of Collectivism' Is a Big Pile of Garbage  

Blocks away, the sidewalks outside the lefty mayor’s digs on East 88th Street are squeaky clean.

"Zohran Mamdani has only been the Mayor of New York City for a month, and on his watch, at least a dozen homeless people have died in the freezing cold after Mamdani implemented a policy prohibiting the clearing of homeless encampments and forced sheltering. Now trash is piling up in the city, . . . Meanwhile, Mamdani is bragging that things have never been better in the Big Apple."  . .

Boom: People Teeing Off on Mamdani Already As Reality Sets In   "How are things going in New York City, almost one month into the term of socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani? 

"Well, it looks like the honeymoon was a short one. 

"People are already mad. 

His neighbors on the Upper East Side are spitting mad about the failure to clear the snow and the garbage. And if the UES is bad, you know that other areas have to be bad too. 

"Actor Michael Rapaport documented some of the mess and wasn't shy about expressing himself . . .    

"But it's pretty funny that it's not even a full month, and even alleged supporters are expressing remorse." Can we say we told you [that] you were going to have issues?"

 

The Two Agents Who Shot Alex Pretti Have Been Doxxed — and Liberals HATE Their Names!

  PJ Media   

Joe Rogan rips Colbert for stoking 'mass psychosis' with vaccine song ... Shields then mentioned a June 2021 skit on Colbert’s “Late Show” featuring “The Vax-Scene,” a dance troupe dressed as vaccine syringes. "The vax thing, you’re like oh my God this is so hard to watch!” Shields said.

"In superhero lore, the good guys wear masks to protect their families from the reprisals of vengeful, lawless evildoers. And, in the real world, ICE and Border Patrol agents wear masks for the exact same reason. 

"Because the sad truth is, there’s an unknown number of extremists who’ll commit murder for ideological gain: they walk amongst us every day.

"And that’s dangerous, because the venomous vitriol against ICE and Border Patrol agents is unparalleled in modern history. Network comedians are literally cracking jokes where the punchline is that ICE agents are even worse than Nazis:

"Remember the quaint, lowkey era of 2024, when Donald Trump was “literally Hitler”? We used to hear it all the time. Ah, those were the days.

We’ve now reached the point where the Trump administration is WORSE than Hitler!

"Which, of course, is a fair and reasonable comparison: Adolf Hitler killed 11 million people in the Holocaust and plunged the world into the bloodiest, deadliest war in history, and Donald Trump’s border control agents arrested sex offenders in Minneapolis.  

"Just like looking in a mirror, isn’t it?

"Given this hyper-polarized backdrop, you could understand why ICE and Border Patrol agents would prefer to keep their identities — and their families' last names — out of the public domain.

"But we also know that our legal system demands certain disclosures in court documents, and eventually, a media outlet would reveal their names to the entire world. It was just a question of when.

"It happened today, Feb. 1, at 4:10 p.m. on ProPublica — which advertises itself as “Investigative Journalism in the Public Interest.” . .

"Shortly thereafter, their names were splashed all over the Internet." . . .

When did Stephen Colbert's satire veer into ridicule, rage? | Opinion  

Soon after Stephen Colbert landed "The Late Show" he welcomed tycoon Donald Trump as a guest and did something shocking — he apologized.

" 'I said a few things about you over the years that, that are, you know, in polite company, perhaps, are unforgivable," Colbert said in 2015." . . .

Women Are More Likely Than Men to Endorse Political Violence

 City Journal  

"If we care about social stability and the well-being of the next generation, we need to change course. We must stop rewarding moral outrage—especially when it means support for violence."

   "When we talk about political violence, we almost always assume that its perpetrators are young men. That makes sense: men are statistically more likely to engage in physical aggression and get arrested for violent crimes at higher rates. At the same time, many are dealing with rising unemployment, declining educational achievement, and growing social disengagement. Given all that, researchers may reasonably assume that young men are driving greater tolerance for political violence.

   "New data complicate that assumption. A recent survey by the Network Contagion Research Institute at Rutgers found that under certain conditions, women were more likely than men to express support for political violence. The findings were so counter to the prevailing narrative that they surprised even the researchers.

   "It makes sense, though, when you start to recognize where these women’s impulses come from. The rise of what I call “punitive femininity” is downstream of the toxic political culture online, a culture that is transforming the sex long viewed as more restrained and less prone to violence.

   "To investigate toleration of political violence, NCRI use data from a survey of 1,055 respondents, weighted to be representative across sex, age, race/ethnicity, and education. The survey asked participants whether they saw any justification for the targeted murder of President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. It recorded responses on a seven-point scale ranging from zero (“completely unjustified”) to six (“highly justified”).

   "Among left-of-center respondents, 67 percent expressed at least some justification for the murder of Trump, an 11-point increase over NCRI’s earlier 2025 study. Fifty-four percent of right-of-center respondents expressed some degree of justification for murdering Mamdani.

   "Strikingly, justification for killing Trump and justification for killing Mamdani were strongly correlated. This implies that support for political murder is not merely partisan but reflects a generalized tolerance for political violence." . . . More...

Top Democratic groups urge party to shed soft-on-crime image, hire police. Movie, TV personalities riot.

Comer: Democrat Governors are Prioritizing the Protection of Criminal Illegal Aliens Over the Safety of American Citizens - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform  House Oversight Committee

White House blames Democrat policies for crime in red state cities | Fox News

"Leavitt argued that current violent crime trends are due to left-wing justice policies that affect cities no matter if they are in a Republican or Democrat state, pointing to Jackson, Mississippi, and Birmingham, Alabama, as examples."

Trump: No help for "Democrat cities" with riots, protests unless they ask  

. . . " "Trump’s announcement outlined specific parameters for federal involvement in local protests. Federal forces will guard federal buildings but will not assist with state or local property protection unless requested. The president warned against attacks on federal officers or property, stating violators “will suffer an equal, or more, consequence.”

"The president emphasized that federal assistance would only be provided if local governments “use the word, ‘PLEASE,'” and warned that ICE, Border Patrol, or military forces would be “extremely powerful and tough” in protecting federal property. He referenced an incident in Eugene, Oregon, where “criminals broke into a Federal Building” while “Local Police did nothing.'” . . .

Top Democratic groups urge party to shed soft-on-crime image, hire police  [But, but...what will Hollywood think?]

"A leading left-leaning think tank is urging more spending on police, the latest sign that many Democrats want to shake the “defund the police” label and strike a tougher tone on crime, even as they condemn President Donald Trump’s aggressive use of federal law enforcement.   

“'Voters barely believe Democrats even care about fighting crime or respect police,” according to a slide presentation prepared by a sister group for the Center for American Progress (CAP), a think tank that has long served as a political and policy workshop for leading Democrats." . . . More at The Washington Post  . . .  

Views on deportations and arrests of immigrants in the US illegally | Pew Research Center    "This chapter explores Americans’ views on which groups of immigrants who are in the country illegally should be deported, where arrests should be allowed, and whether police should be able to check a person’s immigration status.

About half of U.S. adults (51%) say some immigrants living in the country illegally should be deported, compared with 32% who say all should be deported. Some 16% say none should be deported." . . .