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Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Senator Chuck Schumer Admits Ultimate Goal of Democrats is to Grant Citizenship to Every Illegal in the U.S.

Townhall: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) revealed the Democrat Party’s plans to open the door for every illegal immigrant entering the United States to receive citizenship. On Friday, while addressing reporters, Schumer said that “our ultimate goal” is to grant U.S. citizenship to every illegal alien in the country (Townhall). Steve Cortes: Chuck Schumer: “Our ultimate goal” is to give every illegal alien citizenship. The open border is by design. Democrats want to remake the electorate and replace American citizens (X).

Hamas Fires Rockets at Tel Aviv From Rafah

Wall Street Journal: Hamas militants in Rafah on Sunday fired eight rockets at the Tel Aviv region marking the first time that Israel’s densely populated core has been targeted in four months. The rockets fired at Tel Aviv, some of which were intercepted by air defenses, didn’t injure any one. The barrage signals that Hamas remains capable of threatening Israel from the city in southern Gaza that is the focus of an expanding Israeli offensive (Wall Street Journal). Times of Israel: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel must take over Rafah to eliminate Hamas’s last remaining battalions and achieve its goal of “total victory” over the group, though Hamas fighters have recently regrouped in other parts of Gaza where the military had already operated. Israel believes Hamas leaders and many operatives are hiding in Rafah, along with an unspecified number of hostages kidnapped in the Hamas-led October 7 atrocities. The city in southern Gaza is also one of the last locations where the IDF believed Hamas to have major rocket stockpiles (Times of Israel).

Israel Continues Operation in Rafah as International Court of Justice Orders Halt

CNN: The United Nations’ top court has ordered Israel to immediately halt its controversial military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, further increasing international pressure on Israel over its war against Hamas. “Israel must immediately halt its military offensive and any other action in Rafah which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part,” Judge Nawaf Salam, president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), said on Friday. The court considers the humanitarian situation in Rafah to be classified as “disastrous,” he said, adding that UN officials have indicated that the situation was set to “intensify even further” if the Israeli operation in Rafah continues (CNN). Bloomberg: Officials in Israel say they interpret Friday’s ruling in The Hague as permitting the incursion to continue as long as it’s done with care, adding that the military is carrying out targeted strikes in Rafah, far short of a full invasion (Bloomberg).

Americans View Fast Food as a Luxury Due to Price Hikes

Fox Business: A recent nonprobability survey conducted by LendingTree found 78% of consumers now consider fast food to be a “luxury” purchase due to how expensive the meals have become. Nearly half of Americans (46%) say a meal at a fast-food restaurant costs about the same as one at their local sit-down restaurants, and 22% said fast food is actually more expensive. Fast-food price hikes have outpaced inflation in recent years. Data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis shows the cost of fast-food meals is up 41% from 2017, while the consumer price index has risen by 35.9% (Fox Business). Townhall: In 2019, a McDonald’s Big Mac hamburger cost $3.99. Flash forward four years later under Biden’s term, the greasy sandwich will set an American back $8.29. Columnist Dan O’Donnell of the Maclver Institute said that “basic items like McDonald’s cheeseburgers and Chick-fil-A nuggets have risen as much as 200 percent in less than five years with dire consequences for the lower- and middle-class families who make up much of the fast food customer base” (Townhall).

University of North Carolina System Board of Governors Votes to Dismantle DEI Practices

Hill: The board of governors for the University of North Carolina (UNC) System voted to replace its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies among 17 public universities across the state. The Thursday decision works to “ensure equality of all persons & viewpoints” and replaces a 2019 policy that emphasized inclusivity and required diversity reports from each school’s chief diversity officer (Hill). Townhall: The UNC system is the latest to reverse its decision to implement DEI. Earlier this month, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced that it will no longer require prospective faculty to submit a “diversity statement” during the interview process (Townhall).

Half of UCLA Medical Students Failing Basic Competency Tests As Admissions Standards Deteriorate

Daily Wire: Students at one of the top medical schools in the country are failing basic medical competency tests – and whistleblowers at the school are blaming affirmative action policies. Some faculty members shared emails and other information, which revealed that the University of California-Los Angeles was admitting students based on race over merit, a practice that has been illegal in California since 1996. “I have students on their rotation who don’t know anything,” a member of the admissions committee said. As many as 50% of students are failing basic standardized tests on emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics. Large percentages are also failing basic tests in neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, and surgery as well. Nationally, an average of 5% of students fail each test (Daily Wire). Daily Mail: The David Geffen School of Medicine in Los Angeles boasts Nobel Prize winners on its faculty and accepts just 173 students out of the 14,000 who apply to it each year. But it has plunged from sixth to 18th place in the rankings since the appointment of Jennifer Lucerno as dean of admissions in June 2020 amid claims that the admissions bar for underrepresented minorities is now ‘as low as you could possibly imagine’ (Daily Mail).

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Gavin Newsom Authorizes Abortion Providers in Arizona to Travel to California and Work

NBC: A new measure signed into law Thursday temporarily allows Arizona abortion providers to perform the procedure in neighboring California. California Gov. Gavin Newsom enacted the bill, which takes effect immediately, in response to a recent Arizona Supreme Court ruling that said a near-total abortion ban from 1864 is enforceable in the state. The law also would allow patients to receive abortion services from their Arizona health care providers in California through Nov. 30 (NBC).

U.S. Admiral Cautions of Foreign Nationals’ Attempts to Infiltrate Military Bases

Daily Mail: National security is being jeopardized by a wave of Chinese and Russian nationals sneaking onto US military bases, a top Navy admiral has warned. US Fleet Forces Commander Daryl Caudle said that attempted infiltrations are happening ‘two or three times a week’ at Navy bases alone. More than 100 attempts were made by Chinese nationals alone last year, with the perpetrators often claiming to be innocent tourists when caught. Operatives from Communist China have been caught scuba diving close to Cape Canaveral, wandered on to a missile launch site in New Mexico, and claimed to be looking for Holiday Inn when caught at an Army base in Alaska (Daily Mail).

Seattle Museum Shut Down After Staff Boycotts Antisemitism Exhibit

New York Post: Nearly 30 Seattle museum staffers have shut down the art center in protest of its new “Confronting Hate Together’’ exhibit, claiming portions of the show “conflate anti-Zionism as antisemitism.” The workers, who form about half of the staff at the Wing Luke Museum, stormed off the job Wednesday, the day the exhibit opened, forcing the site to close and vowing to remain on strike until their demands are met. The 26 striking workers are demanding their employer remove any language from the exhibit that “attempts to frame Palestinian liberation and anti-Zionism as antisemitism,” acknowledge its “limited perspectives,” conduct a community review of it and “center voices and perspectives that align with the museum’s mission and values,” the group wrote on social media (New York Post). Ari Hoffman: The Wing Luke Museum has been closed since Wed after 26 staff members walked out in response to an exhibit on racism faced by the Jewish, black & Asian communities (X).

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Blames Climate Change for Increase in Turbulence

New York Post: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg faulted climate change for the increase in severe turbulence on commercial airline flights while citing estimates that it has shot up by double digits over recent decades. Buttigieg, 42, contended that top officials will need to “reevaluate” protocols for handling those severe weather events in the future and that the US will need to bolster its domestic infrastructure. “The reality is, the effects of climate change are already upon us in terms of our transportation,” Buttigieg told CBS’ “Face the Nation” (New York Post). RNC Research: Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg blames airplane turbulence on “the effects of climate change” (X).