Phyllis Chesler from Israel: Our Next Great Battle

Welcome to the Global Intifada 

When [Sarah Milgrim] was a high school senior, in 2017, some swastikas appeared on her public high school. “I worry about going to my synagogue, and now I have to worry about safety at my school,” she told the local TV station at the time. “And that shouldn’t be a thing.”

The New York Times

  "Last night, outside of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., a gunman opened fire and murdered two young people because he thought they were Jews and because they were gathered in a Jewish place for an event hosted by a Jewish organization.

"Before I tell you about their alleged killer and the culture of lies that created the climate for his murderous rampage, I want to tell you about the people he cut down. Because I promise you: There will be no campaigns or hashtags or celebrities’ videos urging all of us to say their names.

"Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim. Those are their names. They met at work—they were staffers at the Israeli embassy—and fell in love. Yaron, 30, had purchased an engagement ring for Sarah, 26, a few days ago. They were meant to fly to Israel this coming Sunday so that she could meet his parents, who live in Jerusalem, before he proposed." . . .  (Read Mariam’s obituary of Yaron here.) . . .

Trump official: US to crackdown on university antisemitism after Washington attack

Leo Terrell, Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights

. . ."Terrell added, "This is a tragic case. This is not going to end in two days. This is bigger than the deaths of two Jewish-Israelis, and it must provoke us to action because it is far beyond the crazy monster that killed them. “We are fighting antisemitism, but it is rampant. It is deep in this country and must be addressed. The shooter is just a puppet, antisemitism is ingrained on campuses and in the media, and these organizations are funded with foreign money. We must stop it - and we will stop it.' " . . .

Phyllis Chesler: Our Next Great Battle  

The deprogramming of billions must get underway. And that may take a half-century. This is our next great battle.

 "Elias Rodriguez, a Chicago man, executed two people--employees of the Israeli Embassy when they attended the Jewish Museum in Washington D.C. As Rodriguez pulled the trigger, he shouted, "Free, Free, Palestine."

"Clearly, he must have felt compelled to do this because he believed every single Big Lie that has been broadcasted and recycled for at least the last sixty years in the West. Assuming his post at X/Twitter is not a fake, Rodriguez, a former member of The Party for Socialism and Liberation and a supporter of Black Lives Matter, posted a Manifesto there. According to The Jewish Voice, The Times of Israel, and The Forward, this Manifesto is in the name of "kyodo.leather" and is signed by a Elias Rodriguez. In it, he writes:

" 'The atrocities committed by Israelis against Palestine defy description and defy quantification ... (it is) genocide. The Gaza health ministry records 53,000 killed by traumatic force ... what more can one say about the proportion of mangled and burned and exploded human beings whom were children....".

"My God! He is repeating all the articles that I've read, over and over again, in The New York Times, Washington Post, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and in Ha'aretz. Perhaps Rodriguez has read them all. I wonder whether he's also read Al-Jazeera, Al-Arabiya, and the Electronic Intifada?

"Rodriguez no longer believes in non-violent demonstrations but favors "the morality of armed demonstration.... The (his) action would have been morally justified taken 11 years ago during Protective Edge, around the time I personally became acutely aware of our brutal conduct in Palestine. But I think to most Americans such an action would have been illegible, would seem insane. I am glad that today at least there are many Americans for whom the action will be highly legible and, in some funny way, the only sane thing to do.”

"For at least the last quarter-century, and even earlier than that, the world had been advised about what was coming our way, about the nature of Islam, Jihad, terrorism and its penetration of the West both culturally and economically." . . .

"It is all not enough. Israel must be allowed to rid Gaza of Hamas, its rule, its weapons, its tyranny. Israel and the United States must stop Iran in every way possible. Paradoxically, while making economic deals with Qatar, the Trump Administration must stop Qatar, as well as Iran, from funding global terrorism. Even that is long overdue and simply not enough."

Any comments, Mr. Springsteen? 

‘I did it for Gaza': Who is Elias Rodriguez, far-left activist who murdered two Israelis?

Couple Gunned Down By Violent Democrat Terrorist Were Engaged to Be Married, Worked For Peace

"The suspected terrorist busted for fatally shooting two Israeli Embassy staffers has ties to a radical left-wing group that spearheaded Black Lives Matter protests and fiercely advocates on behalf of “Palestinians”.

"This is what the Democrats wrought. Their endless incitement to violence, the Democrat media incitement to hatred and violence, the Democrat takeover of our universities transforming them from the world’s leading institutions of learning to terrorist hatcheries. Jews must hide. Jews should be be “visibly Jewish.” Jews are not safe in the streets of America. Thank the Democrats." . . .

Now all we need is for pro-Hamas coeds to think this murderer is a hot guy. Sound familiar?TD

 Jerusalem Post

"Rodriguez made a political donation to the Joe Biden campaign in 2020."

Clenched fist alert.

Rodrigues (right): (photo credit: SCREENSHOT/X/VIA SECTION 27A OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT) 

"The man who killed two Israeli embassy staff members outside the Capitol Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, on Wednesday night has been an active member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), a far-left, Marxist, pro-Palestine group.

"Chicago native Elias Rodriguez, 30, held a red keffiyeh and shouted, “Free, free Palestine,” as he was being taken into custody after shooting Sarah Lynn Milgrim and her fiancé, Yaron Lischinsky.

"According to a witness report, Rodriguez came into the museum looking visibly shaken. 

"We thought that he was just in the street ... and maybe [he] came into the building because he wanted to be somewhere safe,” Katie Kalisher told NBC. She had attended an event at the Jewish museum to listen to a panel on humanitarian aid in Gaza."

 

"Kalisher said that she and several others tried to calm him down by talking to him. When he asked which museum they were inside of, she informed him it was the Jewish museum.  Referencing the shots heard, he then asked Kalisher, "Do you think that's why they did it?" 

 

"She said that she was sure that it was unrelated. 

“He pulls out his keffiyeh and he says, ‘I did it. I did it for Gaza. Free, free Palestine,’” Kalisher told NBC. " . . .

Guest on "The View" tells it like it is!

Calls them "Race Hustlers"!

The VIEW Laughing Stock Joe Biden

After Lying About Biden’s Obvious Senility, Corrupt Journos Lie About The Cover-Up

 The Federalist

 "Notably, as explained by Home Care Assistance Des Moines, “Cognitive decline can cause aging adults to have sudden outbursts of anger. … Your loved one’s anger could also be a sign of dementia.' ”

Broc Smith

"On Saturday, Axios reporter Alex Thompson stood before a room full of preening press elites at the White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner and suggested the media was duped about then-President Joe Biden’s cognitive state. Thompson’s remarks presented Biden’s vacant stares, incoherent mumbling, and frequent confusion as some sort of masterclass in deception.

"Thompson’s message was clear: Don’t blame us — we were lied to. But this isn’t just revisionist history, it’s a second-order lie. The press wasn’t fooled — it was complicit.

“ 'President Biden’s decline and its cover-up by the people around him is a reminder that every White House, regardless of party, is capable of deception,” Thomas said to the room of self-congratulatory “journalists.”

“ 'We, myself included, missed a lot of this story,” Thompson said. “Some people trust us less because of it. … We should have done better.”

"For a fleeting moment, let’s extend the benefit of the doubt to Thompson and assume the entire corporate press really was fooled by what anyone with eyes could see. If that’s true, they should all resign in disgrace anyway because anyone that oblivious, that incurious, and that easily manipulated is even less competent than we thought.

"But of course, Thompson wasn’t speaking in good faith. The media didn’t “miss” the story, nor were they misled. They were well aware of the story and decided to actively suppress and cover it up." . . 

Trump HUMILATES Anti-White President TO HIS FACE & Elon Musk GOES NUCLEAR On Woke Reporter

TheQuartering 

 "Finally, we included Musk’s commentary on legacy media propaganda, which he believes is very effective at making people believe untrue things. As an example, he cited legacy media publications trying to claim he was a Nazi based on a hand gesture."

"The lady doing the interview is NOT white. Her name is Mishal Husain and is of Pakistani origin and was born in England to parents from Pakistan. edit It should come as no surprise that she works for the BBC."

"In our recent video, we brought you two powerful moments capturing significant confrontations concerning alleged anti-white racism and the challenges of government reform.

"We highlighted the moment Elon Musk directly questioned a reporter about the fairness of laws in South Africa that prohibit white people from doing business. This confrontation arose when Musk pointed out he could not get a license to operate Starlink in South Africa because he is not black. The reporter, who is white, suggested these rules were designed to bring about economic equality. We observed the reporter attempting to avoid directly answering whether racist laws are acceptable. Musk pressed the reporter, emphasizing that anyone with eyes can see there is anti-white racism. The reporter stated it was “not for me to answer”. Musk called the reporter an “NPC” (Non-Player Character), comparing the difficulty of conversing with a conventional journalist trapped in a dialogue tree to talking to a computer.

"Our video also delved into the historical context mentioned during this discussion. We noted the assertion that very little modern development in Africa was done by Africans; instead, it was attributed to white people and the Chinese. As an example, the video references Zimbabwe, which ran off white farmers and subsequently experienced starvation, leading them to beg the farmers to return. The point was made that South Africa is seen as potentially following a similar path by disadvantaging the people who have developed the nation. The reporter suggested a way around the rules had been found for Elon Musk, implying the issue didn’t matter, but Musk insisted the reporter answer the fundamental question: Is it okay that white people are forbidden from doing business in a country they are said to have built?.

"Another pivotal moment we covered involved President Trump directly confronting the South African president at the White House. Trump showed the South African president videos featuring calls for the removal of white people and disturbing images of burial sites of murdered white farmers. The footage included statements like “Kill the boar” being chanted. We observed the South African president appearing shaken by the display. The video showed crosses marking approximately a thousand burial sites of white farmers.

"Our reporting also touched upon Elon Musk’s work with Doge, an advisory group. Musk described Doge’s progress as excellent, stating he doesn’t believe any other advisory group has done better in government history. He explained that Doge aims to save trillions of dollars by combating waste and inefficiency, with a goal of saving $4 billion a day. While acknowledging the aim might not reach $2 trillion over Doge’s lifetime, significant savings have reportedly been made, with 160 billion dollars already saved and more expected. Musk clarified that Doge is only an advisory group and does not make laws or control government branches, indicating they can only make recommendations.

70% of Divorces Initiated by Women – Here Are the Results

  Intellectual Takeout  

"This reaction fits perfectly with what G. K. Chesterton said. “The definition of divorce, which concerns us here, is that it is the attempt to give respectability, and not liberty,” Chesterton wrote in “The Superstition of Divorce.' ”

" ‘Tis the season for weddings, and chances are the next several weeks will find many of us sitting in a lovely venue, decked in our best, watching a man and a woman pledge themselves to one another for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health.

"The good news is that more of these sweet couples may remain true to their vows. Statistics from the Census Bureau show that U.S. divorce rates have dropped from 10.0 in 2008 to 7.0 in 2022. Although that drop could be caused by other factors (such as increased cohabitation rates), it is an encouraging statistic.

"What’s not encouraging, however, is the statistic showing which partner tends to initiate divorce. Data shows that roughly 70% of divorces are now initiated by women. Each of us can likely affirm this number just from our own circle of friends – indeed, most of the divorces I’ve known about in the last decade were more prone to be instigated by the wife than the husband.

"That’s tragic, particularly since many of these divorces seem to stem from boredom or dissatisfaction with the partner rather than truly dangerous situations where the wife must leave the marriage for safety’s sake. What’s even more tragic is that these same women, in instigating divorce, often seem to ignore the effects their choice will have on their offspring.

"Just how negative the effects of divorce are on children is shown in a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). The data presented only serves to underscore that divorce is a major blow to the stability of a child’s life … and the ripples of that instability will only spread as that child grows. Here are just a few of those negative effects:"...

Full article here.

Annie Holmquist served as the editor of Intellectual Takeout from 2018 to 2022. When not writing or editing, she enjoys reading, gardening, and time with family and friends.

Britain's New Model Army and the cavalry of Oliver Cromwell

 Wikipedia    

First some background history- World History Encyclopedia   "The New Model Army was created in February 1645 by the Parliamentarians during the English Civil Wars (1642-1651) that turned England from a monarchy to a republic. It was a professional army in terms of its personnel, training, and leadership and was formed after heavy defeats to the Royalists earlier in the war.

"Commanded first by Sir Thomas Fairfax (1612-71) and then Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) from 1650, the force consisted of around 68,000 men at its peak in the early 1650s. The organisational structure of the Parliamentary army set the model for the professional British army of subsequent centuries." . . . They became "The Redcoats"

"The regiments of foot were provided with red coats. Red was chosen because uniforms were purchased competitively from the lowest bidder, and Venetian red was the least expensive dye. Those used by the various regiments were distinguished by differently coloured linings, which showed at the collar and ends of the sleeves, and generally matched the colours of the regimental and company standards. In time, they became the official "Facing colour".^[31] On some occasions, regiments were referred to, for example, as the "blue" regiment or the "white" regiment from these colours, though in formal correspondence they were referred to by the name of their colonel. Each company had its own standard, 6 feet (180 cm) square. The colonel's company's standard was plain, the lieutenant colonel's had a cross of Saint George in the upper corner nearest the staff, the major's had a "flame" issuing from the cross, and the captains' standards had increasing numbers of heraldic decorations, such as roundels or crosses to indicate their seniority.^{[32]" . . .}

. . ."On 4 February 1645, Parliament sanctioned the formation of a professional fighting force: the New Model Army. The costs were met from highly unpopular taxes and excise duties. Although the majority of soldiers were volunteers from various existing armies, the target of 14,400 troops proved unrealistic and necessitated the impressment of several thousand infantry. With these inherent weaknesses, the Parliamentarians had devised a way to win the war, but not how to keep lasting control of their new republic." . . .The beginning of the "Troubles" between England and Ireland lasting for centuries.

Unraveling the New Model Army | Britain's Lost Battlefields | British History

Not to be confused with the rock band New Model Army. TD

Make America Uganda! "Importing the third world doesn’t turn third-worlders into us, it turns us into the third world."

 Ann Coulter

"Unfortunately, the idea of the Great White Father died out with European colonialism. If the mightiest empires in the world could spend decades imposing Western values, the rule of law, modern medicine, engineering and farming techniques on these countries only to have them — immediately, the moment the imperial power leaves — erupt into bloody, violent, corrupt, cannibalistic dystopias, then bringing them here to collect welfare probably isn’t going to help either."

"Liberals are furious that President Trump is admitting refugees who are actually being persecuted because of their race, as opposed to our usual policy, which is to admit poverty-stricken illiterates from totally dissonant cultures who will need government assistance for the next six generations — PROVIDED THEY ARE NOT WHITE.

"Since 1970, the United States has brought in 1 million Haitians and more than one-quarter of the population of Mexico. Somalis are flown in from 8,000 miles away — then they vacation in Somalia, you know, where they were allegedly being persecuted.

"Trump could have accomplished the same thing — saving white South Africans from probable genocide — by offering refugee status only to immigrants who are unlikely ever to need government assistance. As luck would have it, that’s already the law (8 USC 1182 (a)(4)(A)).

"Or only to those who’ve been fully vaccinated against mumps, measles, polio, etc., and, in light of the typical refugee, also against cholera, malaria, leprosy, yellow fever, typhoid fever, Ebola and other medieval diseases. That, too, is already the law (8 USC 1182 (a)(1)(A)(ii)).

"Or to no one who is a witch doctor, Santeria priest or voodoo practitioner. (Again, already the law: 8 USC 1182 (a)(5)(B).)

"These and many other provisions of federal immigration law have been entirely ignored for the past 50 years in order to bring in the poorest of the poor, who have no concept of Western civilization, preferably with wildly expensive medical problems and no means of support apart from criminal activity, who will require taxpayer support for the rest of their lives. But their selling point is, they’re not white.The other night, CNN’s Anderson Cooper and The New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof were in high dudgeon over Trump admitting English-speaking, non-welfare-receiving, Dutch-descended South Africans who are currently being threatened with dispossession and death by officials in their own government. 

"(The Economic Freedom Fighters — Motto: “Kill the Boer!” — with 10% to 15% of the vote, are insistent that land and businesses be confiscated from white owners and redistributed to Black South Africans. The New York Times reports that “a large segment” of the governing African National Congress agrees.)" . . .

Illegals driving Southern California's restaurants out of business

1.  Monica Showalter One might bring up that these restaurants are overregulated and overtaxes as illegal businesses are not, raising the question of why can't it be the other way around. But that's a topic for another day. The bottom line is that illegals are driving these businesses out of business and only President Trump is trying to stop it.

"Last night, Henry’s Pub in downtown San Diego closed for good & went after the illegal hot dog carts that are destroying small businesses in the Gaslamp. I’ve spoken with multiple business owners who say the city won’t act because many of the vendors are illegal immigrants. 

                                                  pic.twitter.com/3of3xdeXkf

                         — Amy Reichert (@amyforsandiego) May 19, 2025

"For the past several months, the open-borders left and its media allies have been promoting the 'narrative' that immigration enforcement has made illegals afraid to go to work, spelling the demise of the restaurant business in big cities as we know it.

"But in Southern California, it's pretty clear the opposite is happening: Illegals are driving legitimate restaurants out of business.

"This isn't because of illegal immigrants acting solely on their own.

"It's the doing of public officials who refuse to enforce zoning and permit laws on street vendors, who are often illegals, based on a belief that if they do, illegals will get deported.

"One set of laws for the restaurants, the other for the illegals.

"As a result, the illegals, who can outcompete brick-and-mortar restaurants on price, are driving the latter out of business.

"Amy Reichert points out the latest in San Diego:  Video

. . . "So instead of a nice restaurant you can go to and sit down and be served at, you now get hot dog vendors on the sidewalk with no regulation whatsoever. Don't ask where they keep their hot dogs -- it's anyone's guess, and wherever it is, the regulators are not going to see it.

Promises Made, Promises Kept: Memorial Day Set For Lowest Gas Prices in Over 20 Years

 Breitbart Economy   

Americans celebrating Memorial Day by hitting the road will likely be paying the cheapest gas prices since 2003.

"GasBuddy, a fuel savings platform, said Tuesday that it forecasts the national average price of gasoline to be $3.08 per gallon on Memorial Day. That would make it the cheapest since 2021 in nominal terms. After adjusting for inflation, it would be the lowest since 2003.

"This is not expected to be short-lived. Prices of gasoline are expected to average around $3.02 per gallon between Memorial Day and Labor Day, with prices falling below three dollars on some days.

"That’s likely to bring cheer to the 69 percent of Americans who plan on taking a road trip this summer.

“American road trip culture remains resilient,” GasBuddy said in a news release announcing their 2025 Summer Travel Survey.

"Last summer, the national average price of gasoline was $3.58 per gallon on Memorial Day. This year’s lower price reflects increased oil production that has lowered crude oil prices. A barrel of Brent Crude, the global standard for oil prices, is currently priced at $65.07, down significantly from the $83.71 a year ago.

"GasBuddy’s calculation that this year will see the lowest Memorial Day gasoline prices since 2003 excludes 2020, when gasoline and oil prices went into free fall thanks to pandemic measures that discouraged travel." . . .

Trump, however, gets the laugh last on this as Americans get cheaper gasoline in time for the summer road trip season.

What Biden’s Team Isn’t Saying

Victor Davis Hanson: Prostate Cancer Doesn’t Develop Immediately. What Biden’s Team Isn’t Saying

"Why did Joe Biden's medical team announce right now—on the eve of the release of “Original Sin”—this shocking story that the president, who just left office 100 days ago, was suffering from a very seriously rare, malignant form of prostate cancer, asks Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words:”   “ 'President—he was vice president, he was president, now he's an ex-president. They are accorded the best, most comprehensive diagnostic medical care in the world. Isn't it true that Joe Biden would've known about this? We just had a report—right before he stepped down, in the summer of 2024—an exhaustive medical report, that he was fine. But he is trying to tell us, or sadly, his team is trying to tell us that, just in a matter of nine months, he developed a prostate cancer unknown to all of his doctors. Unknown—that didn't appear on any of his diagnostic tests.”

Prostate Cancer Doesn’t Develop Immediately. What Biden’s Team Isn’t Saying

The Cancerous Lies of the Corporate Joe Biden   . . ."The actual Joe Biden would be a pitiable figure, especially given current events, which most notably include Monday’s revelation that he has advanced prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, but for a couple of problems.

"One of them being that the actual Joe Biden is a dirty son of a bitch.

"This is a career politician who enriched himself at the expense of the American people in countless ways, and the more is known about him, the more contemptible he becomes. But we’ve known about the actual Joe Biden and what a lowlife he was going all the way back to his baptism as a U.S. Senator. Biden, after all, made his first substantive vote in the Senate against the Alaska oil pipeline… in the middle of the 1973 Arab oil embargo. (RELATED: Biden’s Bizarre Confession Should Infuriate Democrats)

"And he was with the KGB-sponsored Nuclear Freeze movement during the 1980s.

Whoopi Goldberg ‘Can’t Point to Anything’ Showing Biden was Unfit for Office  

Broc Smith

In 2020, Whoopi Goldberg said on The View that the future first lady could become surgeon general if Joe Biden won the presidency, calling her a "hell of a doctor."  "I'm hoping Dr. Jill becomes the surgeon general, his wife," Goldberg said."Joe Biden's wife. She would never do it, but yeah, she's a hell of a doctor. She's an amazing doctor." . . .

Democrats’ Confederacy of Dunces

J.B. Shurk  

That’s where Crockett comes in.  Her chief contributions to public debate consist of (1) calling Trump and his voters “racist,” (2) comparing them to “Nazis,” and (3) explaining to like-minded TV hosts why non-white voters must get back on the Democrat plantation posthaste. . ."That’s probably good enough for CNN and MSNBC, but I’m not sure she can hate white people all the way to the White House.  As Ice Cube might say, “Bye, Felicia.”

"Three hundred years ago, the remarkable satirist Jonathan Swift wrote, “When a true Genius appears in the World, you may know him by this infallible Sign; that the Dunces are all in Confederacy against him.”

"Now, you might not be President Trump’s biggest fan.  Perhaps you are glad that he has returned to the White House but look forward to one of his capable lieutenants succeeding him in four years.  But I would argue that never has a larger collection of absolute idiots assembled to oppose an American leader, and for that reason alone, Donald J. Trump is probably a genius.  (And a very stable one at that!)

"Right now, Democrats are waging a public relations campaign in support of criminal illegal aliens.  They are trying to make military-aged males with gang tattoos look sympathetic.  Sure, many of them have been accused of engaging in human-trafficking, drug-smuggling, identity theft, and fraud, but Democrats say these “new” Americans are just like us.  Sure, foreign nationals are regularly accused of rape and murder across the United States, but Democrats are quick to point out that “old” Americans commit heinous crimes, too.  Sure, illegal aliens are a huge financial burden to the prison system, welfare programs, health care, public schools, and local communities, but Democrats insist that it’s “racist” to tell the truth out loud.  

"While President Trump is rounding up violent criminals who have no right to be in the United States, Democrats are crying in front of cameras and promising to bring them back to a neighborhood near you.  In four months, they’ve shown more love for foreigners who broke into our country than they’ve ever shown for American victims of transnational cartels!" . . .

. . ."So Crockett must be furious that Democrat donors are planning to support, in her words, “the safest white boy” in 2028.  You don’t think she’s talking about Eric Swalwell, do you?  You know, the guy who got a little too close to Chinese communist spy Fang Fang and suffers from flatulence when speaking on live TV?  Because Swalwell is not only one of the dumbest members of Congress, but also one of the dumbest Americans not to have a lucrative career in cable news." ...

Newsom Can’t Memory-Hole What He Did to California

. . ."Newsom’s never-ending spending will inevitably leave Californians facing fiscal disaster and higher taxes when he leaves the governorship in 2027. And that will be impossible to hide. When Newsom runs for president, he will be dogged by the wreckage he left in California."

And the leftists call Elon Musk, who created these rockets "stupid"!