It's as if the talent within academia is stirring, and has had enough of wokesterism, too.

 

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Harvard’s president Claudine Gay accused of plagiarizing… Dr. Carol Swain?! - American Thinker   "(Somebody get the popcorn—and quickly—because the show is about to start, and you won’t want to miss it.)

"Yesterday, Christopher Rufo took to X and released bombshell evidence against Harvard’s current president Claudine Gay, accusing her of a serious infraction—but it had nothing to do with her refusal to expel the pro-Hamas students calling for the death of their Jewish counterparts (let alone condemn their actions), or the university’s scandalous hard-left policies… but Gay’s alleged plagiarism for her Ph.D dissertation. See the thread from Rufo below: . . . 

 As Rufo also noted, Gay is a darling of the left, “touted as the first black woman” to run Harvard in its 368-year existence, but she’s been mired in scandal since the outset of her stint.. . .

 With Magill out, academic heavyweights start to speak out against university wokesterism - Monica Showalter    "With the resignation of woke University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill, following an execrable performance addressing antisemitism in Congress, some kind of dam has broken. Now academics with actual achievements are beginning to speak out against the wokesterism that has laid low the reputations of their universities.

"CNN commentator Fareed Zakaria, who's best described as a left-leaning moderate, has thrown down the gauntlet about woke universities, calling them indoctrination centers, not places of learning, and demanded that universities return to their core mission of seeking the actual truth, demanding excellence, instead of creating their own "truths."

"He's on fire here: . . .   He wrote up his remarks in this CNN commentary America’s top universities should abandon their long misadventure into politics, retrain their gaze on their core strengths and rebuild their reputations as centers of research and learning.

Elise Stefanik: smiting the unworthy - American Thinker   . . ."We saw this clearly at the hearing. The lady presidents had their noses so high in the air that they couldn’t see the elephant trap that Elise Stefanik so adroitly prepared for them. Sally Kornbluth and Claudine Gay’s robotic delivery and raised-eyebrow disdain were bad enough, but the champ here was the smirking Liz Magill of UPenn, who fairly oozed smug superiority as she set out to put this uppity backwoods congresswoman in her place (“Stefanik? Realllly? What kind of a name is that, anyway?”) Magill fell hard, resigning on Saturday night, the most opportune point of the news cycle, and taking the university trustees board chairman with her. Elise S. can stencil two victories on the side of her fighter jet, with more to come.

Secondly, what the Hell is wrong with these people? Who acts this way? You can’t get beyond the age of twelve in American culture without realizing that smug arrogance gains you nothing and will get you nowhere. If you present a punchable face, you will be punched. How did Kornbluth, Gay, and particularly the smirking twit Magill miss this lesson?

This Chanukah, Let’s Vow to Defeat Our New Oppressors: Higher Education › American Greatness     "We know from history that Jew-hatred, the world’s oldest and once again most fashionable form of bigotry, is the chameleon of all hates — forever taking on new hues to suit the scapegoating needs of the day. It has always been thus, and it will always be thus. This is a cancer for which there is sadly no cure.

. . ."But in the aftermath of Tuesday’s astounding congressional hearing with the presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, during which the demonic triumvirate smirked their way through rigorous bipartisan questioning and repeatedly failed to condemn calls for genocide of the Jewish people as contrary to their universities’ codes of conduct, we must make another related commitment. This Chanukah, modern-day Maccabees and like-minded fellow defenders of our Western heritage must commit to razing to the ground today’s Hellenizers: American higher education." . . .

You have to see how SNL treats Elise Stefanik in this skit  Have you seen anything more juvenile?

We Are Jews Against Soros

 

We Are Jews Against Soros | Opinion (newsweek.com) "George Soros is an evil man. In fact, he is one of the most evil men currently shaping American and Western politics, and global events more generally.

"To straightforwardly opine in this manner is not to traffick in antisemitism or noxious Jew-baiting. It is simply to share one's perspective about one of the most influential political donors, "philanthropists," and social activists in the world—someone who doles out countless sums to undermine and reshape in his dystopian image entire countries, spreading across at least five separate continents.

"It is frankly astounding that this even needs to be said. I am a Jewish columnist, podcaster, and public speaker. As such, I routinely share my opinions as a basic feature of my job. I imagine some of those opinions are provocative—perhaps highly so—for a subset of the population, especially those of a left-of-center bent. Some (very) small percentage of my critics may hate me and hate my opinions because I am Jewish, but it is surely the case that the overwhelming majority of my critics disagree with me on the merits of my ideas and contributions to the public discourse. Unless I have a compelling reason to believe a specific critic is acting out of rank bigotry, I operate from a baseline presumption that the critic is not a Jew-hater, but simply disagrees with my position.

"Again, this should be obvious. But for far too many, it is apparently not obvious—at least when it comes to criticism of George Soros.

"For years, whenever conservatives, nationalists, and traditionalists have criticized the absolutely sprawling influence of George Soros and his left-wing Open Society Foundations umbrella network, Soros' praetorian guard in the elected official class and corporate press invariably shriek, "That's antisemitism! You can't say that!"

"What utter tripe." . . .

The True Evil of Hamas

The Caroline Glick Show In Focus  "Hamas pretends to be the "nice guy" while we begin to hear about the horrors endured by the hostages and the terrifying nature of Palestinian society. Yet the Biden administration pushes onward to a Two State Solution of disastrous proportions."

Dumb and dumber: Ever wonder why transgender freaks are rooting for Hamas?

Barenakedislam  "You’ve probably seen the suicidal gay people in the West marching around with “Queers for Palestine” signs. When it comes to “Queers for Palestine,” what’s richly ironic is that many LGBT Palestinians seek asylum in Israel—the same country they are trying to wipe off the face of the earth. But this is even more bizarre."

Jill Biden's Ex-Husband Drops Bombshell Claim About Biden Crime Family

  Analyzing America   “After spoiling Jill for five years, I was on the wrong side of them, and they have literally come after me [for] 35 years in a row. One little thing after another.”

"The pair divorced back in 1975. “It’s been tragic,” Stevenson continued.

“ 'I can’t let them do this to a president that I love and respect [Trump]. I can’t let them do this to our country. This is why I’ve come forward,” he said.

“ 'This is the only reason I’ve come forward. It’s like I said, nothing about the divorce, no bitterness,” he explained. “But Jimmy (James Biden), Frankie (Francis Biden) and President Biden are very dangerous, and it’s tragic.”

“I can’t let them do what they did to me to President Trump,” Stevenson insisted.

"Stevenson alleged that Francis Biden threatened him in the immediate aftermath of the divorce.

“Frankie Biden, of the Biden crime family, comes up to me and he goes, ‘Give [Jill Biden] the house, or you’re going to have serious problems.’”

“I looked at Frankie, and I said, ‘Please. Are you threatening me?’” Stevenson asked.

“And, uh, needless to say, about two months later, my brother and I were indicted for that tax charge for $8,200,” he explained." . . .

Harvard Student Calls Out The Left's Failure To Support Jews: 'I Will Never Vote For Them Again'

  Analyzing America

“My family’s originally from Germany. They survived Kristallnacht. They know exactly how the Holocaust happened,” he continued. “It happened with the words. That’s how it first started, and we are seeing that those words and violent rhetoric and we are seeing the total moral abdication of universities, those who are supposed to be the arbiters of morality and values in our society betray us.”

"Ivy League presidents testified before Congress about the surge of antisemitism on their campuses, prompting outrage from Jewish students, one of whom called for the removal of Harvard President Claudine Gay.

"Some students and representatives expressed concerns over university leaders’ responses to rising antisemitism, particularly regarding calls for the genocide of Jews.

"Students and representatives criticized the lack of condemnation and appropriate action.

“ 'This was a softball question of ‘do you condemn the rising rhetoric and violence against Jewish students?’ And none of them would condemn it,” Harvard graduate student Shabbos Kestenbaum said.

“ 'If Claudine Gay had a heart, she would resign, and if the Harvard Board of Trustees had a brain, they would fire her.”

“ 'She’s an absolute disgrace to this university,” he added.

“ 'She has let down Jewish students repeatedly, and Harvard is simply not a safe place for Jewish students anymore. There is a moral rot at the center of all of these Ivy League universities.”

"Rep. Elise Stefanik questioned Harvard president Claudine Gay on the university’s discipline for students pushing for “Intifada.” . .  .

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Dumb, Dumber, Dumbest - American Thinker    "Watching Congresswoman Elise Stefanik’s questioning of the presidents of MIT, Harvard, and the University of Pennsylvania may have been eye-opening for many, but for those of us who have been paying attention, it wasn’t. Their answers were dumb and once the full extent of their discriminatory policies are exposed in private litigation and Title VI federal and congressional investigations, it will be clear why they answered as they did, hoping to avoid the scrutiny they deserve. Even dumber are the students being taught at these and most of our colleges and universities. Dumbest are the boards which have for the past decades ignored the policies which have led to this, a clear violation of their fiduciary responsibilities to these institutions which have been rotted out under their watch.

Good luck finding “good teachers” with the educators stacked from top to bottom not on merit but on identarian bases. Choosing teachers on such bases isn’t the end of it. Admissions are also being made using identarian standards, and jiggering has consequences.

I can see all this being the root and foundation of Antifa. What intelligence have you seen manifested in anything Antifa ever did or chanted? TD

Front-page anti-Israel animus at The Washington Post - American Thinker  "It was telling, and not unexpected, to see the front-page, above-the-fold placement of the Washington Post article “Young Palestinians describe harsh treatment in Israeli jails” (12/04/23) describing alleged Israeli mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners.  With the origin of the recent Israeli/Palestinian war being the broken ceasefire and subsequent barbaric massacre by Hamas of 1,200 innocent Israeli civilians from infants to the aged, along with the taking of 240 hostages, also from infants to the aged, it wasn’t surprising to see The Washington Post have an article sympathetic to the initiators of the massacre — the Hamas-led Palestinians.  With the apparent end of what amounted to an exchange of innocent Israeli hostages with Palestinian criminals, the Post’s interest was to highlight alleged trauma that the Palestinian prisoners received rather than the Israeli hostages stolen from their homes and families.

"It is mind-blowing how the Washington Post can attempt to build a case critical of Israel for claims of, for example, occasional solitary confinement compared to Hamas gang-raping women, mutilation and dismemberment, and wholesale murder of Jewish civilians.  Hamas cut off the fingers and limbs of children in front of their parents, murdered parents in front of their children, gouged eyes out.  Does the Post really see an equivalence?

"The message of the article both in content and placement is clear.  The Washington Post has an anti-Israel, anti-Jewish animus. . . ."

If only the Israeli hostages — tortured, starved, dismembered, raped, and murdered — had a fraction of such rights.

 

Haley Vows War with Iran, China, Russia and TikTok

 Haley Vows War with Iran, China, Russia and TikTok - Ann Coulter

"This is why I always say immigrants should wait at least three generations before telling us how to run our country. Take some time, observe, and learn how the most successful country on Earth operates."

"GOP mega-donors are appalled that Gov. Ron DeSantis prohibited kindergarten teachers from sharing anal sex cartoons with their students. Must be some kind of fundamentalist nut.

"But a candidate who wants to entirely ban a social media app as bad for children? That’s our gal!

"Nikki Haley has vowed to shut down TikTok, right after she declares war on the entire world.

"In case you are not one of the 150 million Americans on TikTok, it is a China-based video-sharing app, primarily used by teenagers to post short reels of themselves lip-synching, pranking, dancing and creating optical illusions. Also cute animal videos. Also book reviews. #BookTok has multiple billions of views every year.

"Haley’s freakout over an app is only the latest in a long line of hysterias that seem to greet every new technology, particularly those popular with teenagers. (“Hysteria” is from the Greek word “hystera,” meaning uterus.)

"In the 1930s, Scarsdale mothers charged that radio was “overstimulating, frightening and emotionally overwhelming” for kids. Sidonie Matsner Gruenberg, famed parenting expert, warned in The Washington Post that, unlike other diversions, radio “cannot be locked out.”

"Twenty years later, psychiatrist Fredric Wertham, whose work was cited by the Supreme Court in overturning school segregation in Brown v. Board of Education, said, “I think Hitler was a beginner compared to the comic-book industry.” His 1954 book, “Seduction of the Innocent,” argued that comic books led to juvenile delinquency.

"In the 1980s, PTA moms nationwide were panicked over video games. One mom quoted in The New York Times said video games “are addictive, you can get hooked on Atari.” Another claimed video arcades “encourage gambling and antisocial, aggressive behavior.” (Endless studies have found no link between violent video games and violent behavior.)" . . .

Three Blind Mice: Victor Davis Hanson Scorches Disgraced University Presidents

  RedState

"We’ve seen it before: you can be fired as a professor or have your admission revoked as a student if you misgender a transgender person or question DEI philosophy. But seeing crowds of their own students and faculty calling for the genocide of the Jewish people, the presidents of several major universities reacted with a… meh.

"Harvard University President Claudine Gay, former University of Pennsylvania head Liz Magill (she resigned under heavy pressure Saturday), and MIT chief Sally Kornbluth all thoroughly embarrassed themselves and our country this week during hearings by the House Committee on Education and Workforce when they failed to condemn the virulent antisemitism on their campuses and the chants for “Intifada Revolution” and Jewish genocide by their students and faculty.

. . ."Senior Hoover Institution Fellow Victor Davis Hanson eviscerated the decline of our once legendary educational institutions in a blistering X thread Saturday, labeling the three school presidents “our three blind mice.”

. . ."The professor, farmer, and prolific author went on to point out that the three are supposed to be the smartest people out there, yet they were “utterly eviscerated by Republican congressional representatives with no such academic credentials.”

When the president of Harvard or MIT is rendered a moral pygmy and intellectual lightweight by our local congressional representatives, it warns us of what higher education has become and perhaps reminds why academics should be kept as far away from governance as possible.

"His final point was that they only issued groveling apologies in the wake of their disastrous congressional testimonies because they saw a threat to their universities' pocketbooks—in the form of withdrawn donations, of which there have been many. 

"But Hanson has a plan:"  But what are its chances?

Hamas kills all creatures, great and small

 Add animal abuse to the long list of crimes by the terrorist group that the left is happy to overlook.

Conservative Review   "When it comes to leftist hypocrisy, we’ll never lack examples. The horror of the October 7 attacks in Israel and the response offer some of the most glaring ones.

"Let’s put aside the brutal torture, dismemberment, and slaughter of innocent civilians. In the erroneous, evil eyes of Hamas sympathizers, those were actions the occupiers brought on themselves. We also shouldn’t be too surprised when murdered babies and kidnapped children are not enough of a reason to be upset. After all, we’re talking about the moral compass of the same people who think children should be removed from their parents if they don’t affirm a new gender identity or support chemical castration.

"Yet one would think the mass rape of women and young girls would generate some sympathy and outrage from the same people who brought us the #MeToo movement and #BringBackOurGirls. Major celebrities like Michelle Obama and Angelina Jolie took to social media to draw attention to those trendy causes. Don’t hold your breath waiting for any recognition, let alone action, for the Jewish women of Israel.

"The silence extends to the institutions. The U.N. Women’s Council issued reports and public declarations for the women in Gaza but, of course, left out the women of Israel. Then, 50 days after the attacks, the group posted a condemnation of Hamas and called for the release of hostages — only to delete it. The council finally issued a statement of condemnation a full week later.

"In a modern-day Holocaust denial, the same class of “Believe All Women” champions flatly reject evidence of the extent of depravity and barbarity. The deniers don’t have to claim that the event never happened. They only have to subtly diminish the event with allegations that the details are exaggerated. And somehow, when it comes to Israel, no amount of evidence or accounts from survivors or first responders seems to suffice.

"Hamas’ depravity didn’t end with people, and neither did the intentional ignorance of the social justice warriors. This comes as no surprise. Around this time last year, the Palestinian mayor of Hebron offered a cash reward (roughly $5) for anyone who shot and killed a stray dog.

"Following the radio announcement, footage flooded social media of people torturing and killing dogs. The same mayor was one of four Palestinians responsible for the murder of six Israeli students and the injuring of 16 others in the 1980 Hebron attack. Among the dead were two U.S. citizens and one Canadian national. He was released in a 1983 prisoner exchange. History might not repeat itself, but it certainly rhymes." . . .Full Article here

Democratic strategist says 'Christian nationalists' are a bigger threat to US than al-Qaeda. Democrats

  Just The News

Carville said that Johnson's Christian beliefs are a "fundamental threat to the United States."

"Democratic strategist James Carville said that House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and other "Christian nationalists" are a greater threat to the U.S. than al-Qaeda.

Carville made these remarks during a panel on Bill Maher's "Overtime" segment.

"Mike Johnson and what he believes is one of the greatest threats we have today to the United States," Carville said on Friday, according to Fox News. 

"You're talking about Christian nationalists?" Maher asked in response. 

"Absolutely," Carville answered. "This is a bigger threat than al-Qaeda to this country." 

Carville went on to say that Johnson's Christian beliefs are a "fundamental threat to the United States."

Johnson was elected House speaker earlier this year after the House voted to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as speaker. 

"And let me tell you something: The speaker of the House, they got probably at least two Supreme Court justices, maybe more, don't kid yourself," Carville added. "People in the press have no idea who this guy is… This is a fundamental threat to the United States. It is a fundamental thing. [They] don't believe in the Constitution."

Maher expressed a similar sentiment during his closing monologue on "Real Time," his Friday night HBO show that precedes "Overtime." He accused Johnson of "religious fanaticism" and of "rooting for the end of the world so we can get on with the Rapture." 

WATCH: Legal Expert Says Hunter’s Latest Indictment Could Crush Joe: ‘Shatters Years Of Denials’

  Trending Politics  "The sudden new indictment of Hunter Biden could spell trouble for President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, with at least one legal analyst predicting the president is going to have a difficult time squaring the alleged crimes with his years of denials that his son committed any crime.

"Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University, told Sean Hannity on Fox News late Thursday that special counsel David Weiss’s latest charges “shatter years of denials” by President Biden related to his son’s drug addictions and business activities.

Noreika noticed that the deal seemed to give Hunter immunity for any crime going forward and asked the prosecutor if he had ever seen any agreement like this one. He honestly answered “no.”

“Just Rip it Up”: Hunter Biden is a Case Study of the Perils of Legal Gluttony – JONATHAN TURLEY

It was later learned that there was a push within the Justice Department to have no charges at all brought against Hunter in an investigation that was heavily laden with special treatment, according to IRS whistleblowers.

 The second indictment of Hunter Biden brought nine new criminal charges and a host of problems for both him and his father. The indictment shatters past claims and denials related to the massive influence peddling operation by the Bidens. However, it is also a case study of the perils of legal gluttony.

"Five months ago, exasperated Biden defense counsel Chris Clark snapped at federal prosecutors to “just rip it up” after a plea bargain hit a snag in a hearing before Judge Maryellen Noreika. They did and, for the first time, Hunter could be facing a real chance for jail time.

"The six misdemeanor charges and three felonies carry a potential sentence of 17 years for alleged tax evasion and filing a false return. It could have been worse. The Justice Department inexplicably allowed the statute of limitations to run on the most serious allegations involving payments from years going back to 2013. Those are mentioned in the narrative of the indictment but not charged as separate offenses.

"None of this would have happened if Judge Noreika did not ask a very simple question about the plea agreement and a sweeping immunity provision buried in its language. Many judges would have likely flagged through the agreement and given Hunter the sweetest of sweetheart deals." . . .

Hunter Biden Hit With Nine Federal Charges Related to Four-Year Tax Evasion Scheme › American Greatness (amgreatness.com)  "The charges, which include evasion of taxes, failure to file/pay taxes, and false/fraudulent tax return, were brought by Special Counsel David Weiss in the Central District of California. The case was assigned to Judge Mark Scarsi, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump. Hunter Biden faces a maximum penalty of 17 years in prison, according to Weiss’ office. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

"The 56-page court filing details Hunter’s “four-year scheme” to avoid paying over $1 million in tax obligations and to file false returns.

"The indictment says that Hunter Biden “individually received more than $7 million in total gross income” between 2016 and mid-October 2020, but “willfully failed to pay his 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 taxes on time, despite having access to funds to pay some or all of these taxes”

“The Defendant engaged in a four-year scheme to not pay at least $1.4 million in self-assessed federal taxes he owed for tax years 2016 through 2019,” Weiss said in the  indictment.

" 'In furtherance of that scheme,” according to Weiss,  Hunter “subverted the payroll and tax withholding process of his own company, Owasco, PC by withdrawing millions from Owasco PC” and “spent millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle rather than paying his tax bills.”

“Between 2016 and October 15, 2020, the Defendant spent this money on drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing, and other items of a personal nature, in short, everything but his taxes,” Weiss said.

"The indictment includes a summary of expenditures Hunter made instead of paying his taxes." . . .

The Doomsday Cult Needs To Recalculate Its Many Failed Predictions

  Issues & Insights

"Five years ago, then-California Gov. Jerry Brown said, with great certainty, that “in less than five years, even the worst skeptics will be believers.” While we’re not sure why some skeptics are in his mind worse than others, it’s clear that he was wrong.

"Wrong as the prediction of the end of snow was wrong. Just as wrong as Prince Charles, Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Al Gore, celebrated activist James Hansen and the tiresome, we’ll-have-no-coal John Kerry declaring we have fewer than 100 months or 12 years or 10 years or four years or 500 days to save Earth from the menace of man-made global warming.

"We’ve had a half-century of various failed climate and ecological predictions, 18 of them “spectacularly wrong,” yet the carbon-obsessed doomsayers continue to insist that a planetary tragedy is imminent. The difference between them and the end-of-the-world cults that have to recalculate the day of the apocalypse when their prophecies come and go without incident is that much of the Western world has bought into the climate zealots’ hysteria.

"In addition to the many botched timeline predictions, there is also the temperature dashboard warning light message. Once we reach a global temperature that is 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than that of the preindustrial era (whatever that was), we will have arrived at a disastrous threshold. Never mind that there is no such thing as a measurable global temperature, or that the temperature record is unreliable, or that the 1.5 degrees was not established by science but a number agreed upon in order to forge a climate agreement.

"And never mind that somehow we have essentially hit that 1.5 degrees Celsius tipping point (the climate holocaust should materialize any day now, right? – the lunatics at the Guardian of course say we’re on the verge of catastrophe) and at the same time, the Associated Press reports “the world is heading for considerably less warming than projected a decade ago.” 

"Regarding the latter, for any rational group of people, that would be cause for a thorough reevaluation." . . .