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By Ward Clark George Soros, through his veritable octopus of activist groups, has never seen a leftist, anti-American cause that he wouldn't support, no matter how vile, hateful, or loathsome. So it doesn't come as a terrible surprise to learn that Soros-funded groups are sticking their finger in the witch's brew of antisemitic campus "protests" by paying organizers who are  openly calling for violent revolution . (Is there any other kind of revolution?) George Soros and his hard-left acolytes are paying agitators who are fueling the explosion of radical anti-Israel protests at colleges across the country. The protests, which began when students took over Columbia University’s Morningside Heights campus lawn last week, have mushroomed nationwide. Copycat tent cities have been set up at colleges including  Harvard , Yale, Berkeley in California, the Ohio State University and Emory in Georgia — all of them organized by branches of the Soros-funded Students for J

Mahnattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg His theory in the New York State Trump case is crazier than you think. By Kimberley A. Strassel One big election question is whether voters will again fall for Joe Biden’s 2020 pitch: Elect me because Republicans are a “threat to democracy.” If they don’t, Democrats can blame the growing insanity of the Donald Trump prosecutions, which every day look less like fair or sober justice. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s court case—which hinges on the claim that Mr. Trump falsely labeled seven-year-old business records about a nondisclosure-agreement payment to an adult film star—was always tenuous. To elevate this somewhat nonsensical issue to a felony, Mr. Bragg had to claim further the entries were mislabeled with intent to commit or conceal a secondary crime. After months of indecision, Mr. Bragg finally settled on a gotcha, suggesting the NDA payment made by lawyer Michael Cohen was an illegal campaign contribution—even though

By Lincoln Brown I am just old enough to remember the Apollo missions. I was only a toddler when Neil Armstrong made his historic walk, but I do recall griping to my parents that Saturday morning cartoons had been pre-empted for videos of a bunch of astronauts bouncing around the lunar surface. Hey, I was a little kid. For all I knew, people went to the moon every day. I just wanted to know what had happened to Bugs Bunny. That is a perfectly legitimate excuse if one is six. Of course, watching the Apollo missions, we were led to believe that in the not-too-distant future, we would be living on the moon and shopping on Mars. I think we all know how things turned out.  The Washington Examiner  points ou t that recently, Bill Nelson, who is a NASA administrator, was queried as to why China might be headed to the "dark side" of the moon. Not only was Nelson clueless as to China's possible motives, but he also erroneously commented that the side of the moon in question is

By Fred Lucas A migrant services center in Mexico near the Texas border where pro-Joe Biden flyers recently were posted also was home to a display opposing Donald Trump in 2020. The executive director of Resource Center Matamoros has denied any political involvement by the nongovernmental organization. However, new images obtained by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project , in collaboration with the Muckraker news site, suggest otherwise. (The Heritage Foundation founded The Daily Signal in 2014.) “The [pro-Biden] flyers were not only on the walls of port-a-potties but also on a table inside the shelter,” Heritage’s Oversight Project posted on X. “This is backed up with a sworn statement, under penalty of perjury.” Legacy media failed to discredit what we discovered on video They relied on a denial from the founder of RCM, Gaby Zavala, and claimed translation issues with the flyer were unusual for a native Spanish speaker But Zavala is not a native Spanish spea

By Stephen Katte Dr. Anthony Fauci is locked in to testify before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on June 3, his first public hearing since retiring as the president’s chief medical adviser in 2022. Subcommittee Chair Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio)  announced  in an April 24 press release that Dr. Fauci agreed to appear late last year. “Retirement from public service does not excuse Dr. Fauci from accountability to the American people,” Mr. Wenstrup said. “On June 3, Americans will have an opportunity to hear directly from Dr. Fauci about his role in overseeing our nation’s pandemic response, shaping pandemic-era policies, and promoting singular questionable narratives about the origins of COVID-19.” Dr. Fauci testified in a  closed-door hearing in January . According to Mr. Wenstrup, Dr. Fauci has already admitted “to serious systemic failures in our public health system,” which he says deserves “further investigation.” Mr. Wenstrup says among other revelations,

By Curtis Houck In need of a laugh? Check out this  unintentionally comical story  running 3,850 words from Thursday in Politico about the Biden regime’s apparently disgust with  The New York Times :  “The Petty Feud Between the  NYT  and the White House; Biden’s people think they’re ‘entitled.’  The Times  says ‘they’re not being realistic.’” In short,  Politico ’s Eli Stokols revealed the Biden campaign and White House are up in arms with  The Times  for being what they’ve come to believe are insufficiently loyal to The Cause of liberalism and not antagonistic enough toward Donald Trump given democracy supposedly being on the line in November. The comical tale of liberal eating themselves began with a seemingly innocuous mix-up between a  Times  reporter not on the White House beat being unaware with how to attribute quotes from a junior White House press aide becoming a hissy fit that resulted in the  Times  temporarily being kicked off the administration’s “‘tier one’

By Steven Richards The House Judiciary Committee released a new report on Thursday which accuses Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of pursuing a political prosecution against former President Donald Trump.  "[Since] at least 2018, the DANY has weaponized the criminal justice system, scouring every aspect of President Trump’s personal life and business affairs, going back decades, in the hopes of finding some legal basis—however far-fetched, novel, or convoluted—to bring charges against him," the report concluded.  "When one legal theory would not pan out, instead of discontinuing its politically motivated investigation, the DANY simply pivoted to a new theory, constantly searching for a crime—any crime—to prosecute President Trump."  The committee used evidence from former Special Assistant District Attorney Mark F. Pomerantz’s book, in which he described his work at the Manhattan District Attorney's office. According to the committee, Pomer

By Brett Rowland  No former president had been charged with a crime before Donald Trump.  During oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday on whether presidents have broad immunity from criminal prosecution, hypothetical charges for at least four other presidents were discussed. Trump's attorney D. John Sauer argued Thursday that the president must have immunity for a functioning democracy to flourish. "Without presidential immunity from criminal prosecution, there can be no presidency as we know it," Sauer told the justices. "For 234 years of American history, no president was ever prosecuted for his official acts. If a president can be charged, put on trial and imprisoned for his most controversial decisions as soon as he leaves office, that looming threat will distort the president's decision-making precisely when bold and fearless action is most needed." Sauer came with examples of charges past presidents could face, including Georg

By Ward Clark The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter recently returned some interesting images of Mars, that appeared to show large groups of... spiders? No, they aren't spiders. We can all relax, even the most afflicted Martian arachnophobes. The  ESA said in a news release  that one of its Mars Express orbiter captured images of the "spiders," which are really just small, dark-colored features that begin to be formed when sunshine falls on carbon dioxide deposited during the planet's winter months. The light causes the carbon dioxide ice at the bottom of the deposits to turn into gas, which eventually bursts through ice that can be up to three feet thick, shooting dust out in geyser-like blasts before settling on the surface, the space agency said. While the spots might look tiny from space, they're actually fairly large. The ESA said that the patches are as small as 145 feet wide, at their largest, might be over half a mile wide. Below those l

Good morning troops!     Welcome to another day in paradise, and our next installment of REVEILLE!     This is your daily forum to share what you've heard, what you've learned, and what you know, and just shoot the breeze.     All subjects are on the table, just be sure to stay within the comment policy, as usual.      This is also a great place to tag me, Goofy, or Trackman if you have articles you'd like to have published. Of course that's not restricted to this page, and you can still contact us any way you prefer.   SO! Git your lazy butts up, SS&S, and get down to formation! We got REVEILLE, PT, and today's missions to carry out!       Have a wonderful day my friends.   -Tex

By Tyler Durden After two and a half hours, the Supreme Court has finished hearing arguments on whether a former president is immune from criminal prosecution. Reading the tea-leaves of the comments has left most believing that SCOTUS will fail to grant former President Trump the full immunity he is seeking (choosing instead to narrow the protections for former presidents) but are likely to issue a ruling that could further delay his trial on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election. That would be a partial win for the former President. As Axios reports,   a definitive ruling against Trump  - a clear rejection of his theory of immunity that would allow his Jan. 6 trial to promptly resume -  seemed to be the least likely outcome . A  majority of the justices seemed inclined to rule that former presidents must have at least some protection from criminal charges,  but not necessarily the "absolute immunity" Trump is seeking. The core distinction during oral argume