October 20 2023
 
 
 
 
NEWS
Biden Admin Wants Explicit Content to Stay in School Libraries, House Panel’s Chairman Says
By Jarrett Stepman

What’s been labeled an epidemic of “book banning” is actually an epidemic of sexually explicit materials getting into American school libraries.
NEWS
DHS Hired a Pro-Hamas Former PLO Spokeswoman to Handle Asylum Claims. Heritage Demands Answers.
By Tyler O'Neil

The Oversight Project filed a FOIA request demanding “all communications ... sent/received by Nejwa Ali” with specific search terms related to Israel and Palestine.
COMMENTARY
Without a House Speaker, Republicans Are Out of Line of Presidential Succession
By GianCarlo Canaparo

Without a House speaker, the line of succession skips over the Republican-controlled House and lands in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
NEWS
GOP Senators Warn Against Ukraine Funding in Israel Aid Package
By Mary Margaret Olohan

"it would be wrong to leverage support of aid to Israel in attempt to get additional aid for Ukraine across the finish line," write the senators.
NEWS
Biden: Russia and Hamas ‘Want to Completely Annihilate a Neighboring Democracy’
By Fred Lucas

The president also warned against both anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
NEWS
Anti-Israel Protesters Demonstrate Outside Israeli Embassy in Washington
By Mary Margaret Olohan

Protest leaders repeated claims spread by Hamas and pushed by legacy media outlets that Israel had bombed a hospital in Gaza, killing hundreds.
COMMENTARY
America Should Stop Funding This Compromised UN Agency Whose Employees Praise Palestinian Extremism
By Brett Schaefer

American aid shouldn't be provided to Palestinians through a U.N. agency with a proven record of sympathy for Hamas terrorists.
NEWS
Democratic Senator Blocks Hawley Resolution Condemning Antisemitism on College Campuses
By Mary Margaret Olohan

Sen. Josh Hawley introduced a Senate Resolution condemning antisemitic student groups' protests against Israel, protests that often celebrate and justify the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel.
ANALYSIS
What It Was Like to Be in Israel During Hamas Attack
By Katrina Trinko

“We suddenly heard booms overhead in our city of Ramat Beit Shemesh. So we looked up, and we saw smoke,” says Rabbi Scott Kahn.
COMMENTARY
ICYMI: Narrative About Israeli Airstrike on Hospital Collapses—Along With Corporate Media Credibility
By Jarrett Stepman

Countless legacy media outlets didn’t even wait for the dust to settle before they went with the narrative Hamas terrorists wanted to tell.
 
     
 
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