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If New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs a state Medical Aid in Dying Act into law, there will come a time when we will look back on this week with deep regret.  We’ll see it not as a triumph of compassion, but as a failure of courage, ethics, and love. On Monday, the New York state Senate passed legislation to legalize assisted suicide by a vote of 35 to 27. With just six Democrats joining Republicans in opposition, the Medical Aid in Dying Act now moves one step closer to becoming law and making New York the 12th state in the nation to legalize assisted suicide. But what sets New York apart is not progress. It’s recklessness. This bill has some of the loosest safeguards in the country, stripping away even the bare minimum protections seen in other states. There is no mandatory waiting period. No requirement for in-person evaluations. Mental health screening is only required if a doctor suspects impaired judgment, which, given that evaluations can be done virtually, opens the door wide to inaccurate diagnoses. New York’s bill allows for assessments over Zoom and no follow-up. There is no requirement for physicians or pharmacists to report cases to the state. Supporters insist the law is only for those near death, those with terminal diagnoses who are suffering. But we’ve heard this all before. We’ve seen what happens when assisted suicide becomes legal. In countries such as Canada and the Netherlands, eligibility quickly expanded beyond the terminally ill. In the Netherlands, assisted suicide accounts for nearly 6% of all deaths, and proposals have been floated to allow otherwise healthy seniors over the age of 75 to request assisted suicide after six months of counseling. In Canada, officials have documented cases of patients seeking death not due to pain, but because of poverty, loneliness, or fear of becoming a burden to others. But there is another cost to this bill. The erosion of something deeply precious; namely, our culture of care. My mother worked in hospice care for years in Westchester and the Bronx. It was hard, unglamorous work—physically exhausting, emotionally raw, and often unfolding in the quietest, most sacred corners of people’s lives. She sat with the dying in the middle of the night. She answered urgent calls at 2 a.m., sometimes driving through snowstorms and summer heat waves to be at a bedside as someone took his or her last breath. Her patients came from every part of society. She treated people from old-money families in historic mansions in Bronxville. And she treated people from no-money families in the housing projects, where dangerous streets meant a son or neighbor would escort her back to her car after dark. But despite the enormous differences in wealth, education, and background, those families had something profound in common. They showed up. They made space. They rearranged their lives to care for someone they loved. And it wasn’t easy. Most of them weren’t expecting it. Few were trained for it. But they took on the sacred responsibility anyway. They bathed their loved ones, managed pain medication, and sat with them through the long, quiet hours of dying. Many were holding down jobs or raising kids at the same time. But they still chose to do it. To serve. To love. My mom always said that these were some of the best people she’d ever met. Not because they were perfect, but because they focused on others and didn’t look away. They leaned in. They saw that a life’s final chapter deserved dignity, even if it came at personal cost. That is what death with dignity looks like—not a video call with a distant doctor, but a life ending in the arms of those who care. A family bound together in service and sacrifice. A culture that remembers what it means to love until the very end. This New York bill doesn’t offer dignity. It offers escape. And it teaches the next generation that death is preferable to dependence, that needing help is shameful, that providing care is burdensome. We will come to see the cost of this legislation in the years to come—in the isolation of the elderly, in the erosion of family bonds, in the loss of those small, everyday acts of heroism that keep love alive in a culture drifting toward indifference. There are proactive steps we should be taking on behalf of the dying and the seriously ill, but the Medical Aid in Dying Act isn’t it. We should be fighting for better pain management, for stronger hospice systems, for support for families, for more affordable nursing homes, and for better mental health care. Because in the end, how we care for one another defines who we are. We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post New York’s Assisted-Suicide Bill Is a Tragedy, Not a Triumph appeared first on The Daily Signal.

In light of the Israel/Iran war breaking out, I thought it was a good time to revisit this.   Thank you so much to a reader for sending me this…. This Egyptian woman grew up living in Gaza and just recorded a 17 minute video that exposes all the lies you have been told about the region and the conflict. I’m going to present this without any additional comment from me, I think you just need to hear it in her own words. Please enjoy: FULL TRANSCRIPT: The Other Barack: Hey folks, this is The Other Barack, coming to you live and direct here from the Holy Land in Israel. Today we have a video of a woman who was born in Cairo, Egypt, but raised in the Gaza Strip. It is fascinating. Stick around for the whole video — I’m telling you, it’s worth it. Let’s get into it. [Woman]: I was born and raised as a Muslim in Cairo, Egypt, but I grew up as a child in the 50s in the Gaza Strip. And the reason I was in Gaza was because Gaza at that time was part of Egypt. I attended Gaza elementary schools where we learned hatred, vengeance, retaliation. Peace was never an option. The concept of peace was something foreign. Actually, the word “peace” was never even mentioned in the services of any mosque. We recited poetry every day in the school, wishing upon ourselves to die as martyrs. You know, I used to see girls reciting this poetry while they’re crying. They would wish upon themselves to die as a martyr. See, our value system was about victimhood — thinking of ourselves as victims or to be a martyr, to go kill everybody and die as a martyr. Either a victim or a martyr — there is nothing in between. Women don’t go to mosques, but we used to hear the service of the mosque either on radio or on TV. And I remember every Friday prayer — the sheik would be, at the end of the sermon, he would curse: “May God destroy the Jews and the Infidel” and even the Christians and non-Muslims. He would call non-Muslims the enemies of Allah. If you grow up with cursing as a form of prayer, it can feel and sound normal. Hatred can be normal. Because who am I to judge? I never noticed that this is not holy. So this is how I grew up. 22 Arab countries did everything they could to make life impossible for Israel to exist. The Arab League forbade absorbing the so-called Arab Palestinians, rejected to give them citizenship in any Arab country. So you could see a Palestinian born in Cairo, for instance, and never get the citizenship — and die in Cairo. They’re born and die in Syria — a Palestinian — and they never get a citizenship. Why? Because the Arab League wanted the Palestinian problem never to be solved. This is not their agenda. The agenda is to keep them refugees from birth to death. The culture was so for sacrificing. They encouraged women to stand up in front of the cameras and say, “I gave my son to the jihad, and I want my other children to die in the jihad.” Women who are for life, for peace, were looked down upon. Women who would be radical, if not more radical than men, who would promote jihad for their children, were lifted up as honorable women — to be respected in society. So for a woman to be respected in Islamic society, you have to be as radical, if not more radical, than men. And that is why a lot of women are silent. They are proud to give their children to jihad. It’s the only way to go to heaven — is to go and kill the infidel and die in the process. The Arabs of Israel were pushed constantly. They are rejected from being absorbed and constantly pushed against the borders with Israel in order to keep the problem alive. The Arab world doesn’t have a shortage of land. If you look at the Arab world from the Atlantic Ocean — Morocco — all the way to Persia, from Turkey all the way to Sudan… At that time, when I was a child, the Sinai was practically empty desert. Nobody lived in the Sinai. Like today, there is Sharm — you know, all the nice beaches — this was a military zone. And there is absolutely no need, no pressing need for Arabs to dwell so much on wanting to throw the Jews in the sea. You know, this international conflict called the Arab-Israeli conflict really is a fabrication. This is not a conflict over land. And anybody who thinks it’s a conflict over land is misguided, because we don’t see the truth. The truth is: Arabs — there is some in Islam — anti-Jewish, anti-Christian, especially anti-Jewish. And I will tell you why. Those people calling themselves Palestinians who live in the Gaza and the West Bank are the pawns of the Arab world. I don’t believe that they care about their happiness or welfare. They are set up to live a miserable life on purpose in order to show the world that we’re victims. Do you think Saudi Arabia, with all the money they have — the Gulf countries, all this oil money — they can’t give them good roads and good homes and good police and turn it into a productive area of the Middle East? They can. But that is not their objective. There is a hidden objective, and I don’t understand why Western culture doesn’t get it — why Western media doesn’t get it. It’s so obvious. So the unemployed people in Gaza and the West Bank — all this high unemployment — where do they go to work? Do they stand on the border of Egypt to get a job? Do they stand on the border of Syria, Jordan? No. They line up on the borders of Israel — the very people they are supposed to kill. It’s a very unnatural way of living. And nobody sees it. But they go and blame Israel. They compare the living standard of the West Bank and Gaza with Israel — a democracy, the only democracy in the Middle East. Why don’t they compare the living conditions of Gaza and the West Bank with Egypt, with Syria, with Jordan? And if they do, they will find that the standard of living is even higher than many areas of the Arab world. But Western media are too lazy to compare apples with apples. They want to compare apples and oranges. I don’t know — how can I call Western media ignorant? They should not be ignorant. And then they go and ask Israel, “Why don’t you do some concessions for the Palestinians?” I never hear them stand up to Arab leaders and ask Western media, “Why don’t they ask Arab leaders, ‘How about some concessions to the Israeli people?’” We never hear that. And it’s very convenient to blame all of this terrorism — after 9/11 especially — they blame the terrorism: “Oh, it’s because we have this terrorism everywhere by Muslims — it’s all because of the occupation. If it wasn’t for the occupation of Gaza, if it’s not for the occupation of the West Bank, we wouldn’t have a problem.” That’s what they want to give the impression — and this is a big lie. Because I lived in Gaza as a child, and I witnessed the terrorism against Israel before the occupation of Gaza and before the occupation of the West Bank. And our media here doesn’t even know that there was terrorism against Israel before the occupation. So people who are Arabs who claim that they are doing terrorism now because they want freedom, democracy — no. There is no freedom and democracy in any Arab country, let alone the West Bank or Gaza. So we have to really call a spade a spade. Now this is too serious to just take all these lies and look the other way. Because it’s very, very hard to know the truth if you rely on Arab media — if you rely on the culture around you. And because of life in an oppressive society, I moved to America. I moved to America in the year of ’78, ’79, and my life completely changed. One time I wanted to attend a synagogue and a church because I was curious. I thought they were going to curse the Arabs the same way we cursed them in our mosques. The holiness of the place — they were praying for everybody. They were praying for peace on earth. “How can we leave this earth a better place?” It was a totally different way of thinking — the opposite of what I grew up with. And that’s when I went to a mosque here also, in Los Angeles. And I thought that because they allowed women, that it was going to be different here, in America. “I am so glad. Islam in America must be so different.” So I went. I went to the mosque, and I heard anti-Semitism again in the mosque. And I was told, “Don’t assimilate in America. We’re here to Islamize America.” They were looking down at American culture. They were looking down at this society. And I felt very uncomfortable. I said, “Oh my God, there is an agenda here.” And I never went back again. It hit me — how could we do this? How could we lie and accuse people of something we Arabs know very well we have done ourselves? How could this happen? What kind of value system allows a person — or allows a culture or a religion — to lie and accuse their enemies of something that they know they’ve done themselves? They know that Osama bin Laden did that. They know that he was financed with Arab money — with oil money — until today. How could they accuse the Jewish people of that? Look at the map of the Middle East — you can hardly see Israel. It’s impossible to convince any person who has an IQ of a child that this problem is over the land called Israel. It’s time for the West to understand this. Because it’s not just not good for Israel. It’s not good for the Arab world. They are collapsing. A lot of people think that the Arab world is so strong and so powerful — it’s rotting from the core, but they don’t know. Their religious leaders are telling them to continue the hate instead of telling them to repent and find the true God. The love and the friendship — in the eyes of many Muslims, in the eyes of Islam itself — Jews and non-Muslims, they call them the kafir, the infidels. They don’t deserve the truth. They don’t deserve justice. And they don’t deserve mercy. How can this happen — and we accept it? And we don’t say no? The Arab world will never have freedom and democracy when the hatred is number one, when the jihad is number one, when killing your enemy is number one. When you’re fixated on lies and slander — you will never have peace and democracy. Nobody asks this question. Why all these lies and slander against the Jewish people? Against America? They call America the Great Satan and Israel the Little Satan. Why? Do you know that on Syrian TV, on Arabic TV, on Egyptian TV — the constant day and night lies about the Jewish people is unbelievable? There was a show that was saying — and it was not just religious leaders, some of them were scientists, Arab scientists — saying that, “Oh, do you know why Israel went to Haiti to help with the earthquake? You know why? Because Israel really wanted to harvest the organs of the Haitian people.” These are the intelligentsia of the Arab world. When the intellectuals of the Arab world say that — what do you expect from the man on the street? And you wonder why they hate. Because they — out there — are told this. I was told horrific things about the Jewish people. It took me years to extract it out of my mind, my heart, and my consciousness. The Other Barack: I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen a better video in my life about the conflict. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen someone from a personal narrative talk about pretty much every aspect of this conversation — some surface level and some a little bit more deep. It makes me feel two things. The first thing it makes me feel is — it kind of makes my blood boil. Not her or the video — it’s the concept. That what I feel should be so obvious to so many people in the world. Like, the IQ of a child — somebody with the IQ of a child who looked at a map of the Middle East and saw the amount of Arab nations and Jewish nations would tell you, just like she said, that this conflict isn’t really about land. And that’s what people think — some of our smartest people, the intellects of the world. Intellectuals. On the other hand, she’s from Gaza — sorry, she’s from Egypt, was raised in Gaza. I have nothing to say. Because she’s allowed to talk about this. And she better talk about this. If there’s any monologue video reference that you should ever pull from when you want to learn something or hear something or understand something — it’s this video. It’s her. She just debunked the whole thing. Why? Because there’s one theme in this video that goes — it’s strung together to pretty much every other piece that I talk about, or anyone else who talks about truth when it comes to the Middle East and why we have this issue. And it’s one thing. It’s one word. And it starts with H. That word is hate. The amount of constant, consistent, recurring — it’s like a hamster wheel continuing to just turn — hate being shoved into people’s ears through the television, people’s eyes through the newspaper, people’s brains through education, starting in school. The hate towards Jewish people in Israel, from birth, in the Gaza Strip, in the West Bank, in many of these Arab nations — is repulsive. It is so dangerous. I mean, it is the beginning of a conflict. It starts a conflict. When you start with hate, you inevitably have a conflict. That is what we have. So when people ask me, when someone asks, “What would you do to change the conflict?” And you hear somebody say, “Well, let’s start with a de-radicalization process.” Let’s start with zero. Forget religion. Forget history. Forget it — just for a moment. What are we teaching? What are we educating? What are we inspiring? What are we encouraging? Is it jihadism and to be a martyr, and to go into the streets as a mother and go in front of cameras and television media and be so proud of the fact that your son just blew up a bus — or a synagogue — or a restaurant full of Jews? Or is it a mother who wants to raise their kids to just have a good life, and be healthy, and get a good education, and follow their passions, and raise a family, and do it again, and travel the world? Which one do you want? You get to choose. The choice is very distinct. It’s very obvious. Here. And here it is, coming straight from the horse’s mouth. I’m — I’m so — I feel both emotions watching this video. And it’s just insane to me that somebody like this woman, who was born and raised — well, born in Egypt, raised in Gaza — is denounced and discredited by so many people. Why? Why? Because her narrative damages theirs. So it can’t be true. And that is the world we live in — of supposedly free thinkers and rational thinkers, people who ask critical questions. We apply critical thinking skills — and we don’t do any of that. We don’t do any of that. We’re in an echo chamber. That’s where we are. So those who continue to stay in the echo chamber — you continue to push this conflict forward instead of trying to end it by calling it out for what it is. That’s the difference. The Other Barack: Introducing to you the hottest new series coming out of the Holy Land: The Israel You Don’t See, where I provide a boots-on-the-ground reality every single week, uncovering the untold stories of your everyday Israeli people. It is only accessible here on Patreon, every single week. The link is in the description. Join right now — it is the best way to support my channel. And you can also support on PayPal or Buy Me a Coffee. Thank you so much. I’ll see you. Share! What do you think?

Earlier today we brought you the good news that the first round of DOGE cuts passed the house… But also the bad news that four RINO Republicans still voted against it: House PASSES First Round of DOGE Cuts — Here Are the 4 RINOs Who Voted Against Let that sink in... We literally have a Bill that only does one thing, it makes $9 billion of the DOGE cuts permanent, written and codified into law. Why would any self-respecting Republican vote against that? Glad you asked! Whenever I have a question like that running through my head, I figure you probably wonder the same thing....and I have the answer for you! The short answer is the same as it always is:  MONEY. Isn't that pretty much the answer for everything, every single time? I suppose I should clarify that I don't know FOR SURE why they voted the way they did because I can't truly get access inside their brain, but life experience and common sense tells me that's the most likely answer. I also asked AI, and it confirmed my suspicions and gave more details about the PORK each one of these disgusting RINOs is probably protecting: ? 1. Michael Turner (Ohio) Likely Reason: Turner chairs the House Intelligence Committee and often prioritizes defense and international stability. His vote may reflect concerns about cutting foreign aid that supports U.S. strategic interests overseas, especially in Eastern Europe or global security partnerships. ? 2. Nicole Malliotakis (New York) Likely Reason: Malliotakis represents a swing district in New York City, home to many constituents who rely on or support public broadcasting (PBS, NPR) and immigrant services. Voting no may be a political calculation to maintain support in a moderate, urban district. ? 3. Brian Fitzpatrick (Pennsylvania) Likely Reason: Fitzpatrick has long branded himself as a centrist and moderate Republican. He often opposes drastic cuts to social or international aid programs. He may also have objected to defunding public media or humanitarian assistance. ? 4. Mark Amodei (Nevada) Likely Reason: Amodei sits on the House Appropriations Committee and often takes a cautious view toward rescissions that impact programs used in rural communities — such as PBS affiliates or health support via the U.N. He may be concerned about the precedent or specific local impact. ? Summary: Each of these Republicans likely voted 'no' either to protect public broadcasting in rural or swing districts, maintain U.S. foreign aid leverage, or defend programs they believe benefit their constituents directly. If you're evaluating their decision from a conservative fiscal standpoint, many would see this as a betrayal — hence the “RINO” label being applied. My thoughts? Primary every last one of these disgusting PORKY PIGS. Afuera!

Four migrants reportedly escaped from an immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey. New Jersey officials are searching for the detainees who escaped from the Delaney Hall immigrant detention facility. “DHS has become aware of 4 detainees at the privately held Delaney Hall Detention Facility escaping,” the Department of Homeland Security told USA TODAY. Four detainees escape ICE detention center in Newark amid protests: DHS https://t.co/wVfOE9Bu8Z — John Solomon (@jsolomonReports) June 13, 2025 Per USA TODAY: In a post on X, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka referenced the escaped detainees while criticizing the conditions inside the detention facility. “This entire situation lacks sufficient oversight of every basic detail – including local zoning laws and fundamental constitutional rights,” Baraka said. “We must put an end to this chaos and not allow this operation to continue unchecked.” Federal immigration agents arrested Baraka on May 9 and charged him with trespassing when he went to visit Delaney Hall. The charge was later dropped. “I didn’t go there to break any laws, I didn’t break any laws,” Baraka said at the time of the incident. “I was there as the mayor of the city, exercising my right and duty as an elected official.” Mayor Ras J. Baraka’s statement on developments at Delaney Hall. pic.twitter.com/VBPd5CcpF9 — City of Newark (@CityofNewarkNJ) June 13, 2025 A closer look: “The @nypost can report that these are the four ICE detainees who escaped from the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark yesterday. A $10,000 reward is being offered to anyone who can help track them down,” reporter Jennie Taer wrote. SCOOP: The @nypost can report that these are the four ICE detainees who escaped from the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark yesterday. A $10,000 reward is being offered to anyone who can help track them down. Franklin Norberto Bautista-ReyesAn illegal alien from Honduras… pic.twitter.com/u6MNhmVaNs — Jennie Taer (@JennieSTaer) June 13, 2025 Full text: The @nypost can report that these are the four ICE detainees who escaped from the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark yesterday. A $10,000 reward is being offered to anyone who can help track them down. Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes An illegal alien from Honduras who illegally entered the U.S. in 2021 under the Biden administration. On May 3, 2025, the Wayne Township, New Jersey Police Department arrested Bautista for aggravated assault, attempt to cause bodily injury, terroristic threats, and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes. Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez An illegal alien from Honduras who illegally entered the U.S. as a minor in 2019. On October 3, 2024, the New Jersey Passaic Police Department arrested Sandoval for unlawful possession of a handgun. He was arrested again on February 15, 2025, by the Passaic Police Department for aggravated assault. Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada An illegal alien from Colombia who illegally entered the U.S. in 2022 under the Biden administration. On May 15, 2025, the New Jersey Hammonton Police Department arrested Castaneda for burglary, theft, and conspiracy to commit burglary. Andres Pineda-Mogollon An illegal alien from Colombia who overstayed a tourist visa and entered the U.S. in 2023 under the Biden administration. On April 25, 2025, the NYPD arrested Pineda for petit larceny. On May 21, 2025, the Union, New Jersey Police Department arrested Pineda for residential burglary, conspiracy residential burglary, and possession of burglary tools. Anonymous tips may be reported via the toll-free ICE tip line, (866) 347-2423. JUST IN: 4 detainees escape from ICE detention center in Newark amid disorder and protests, Homeland Security says https://t.co/iClkigiHAo pic.twitter.com/jsYLdCm0d5 — 1010 WINS on 92.3 FM (@1010WINS) June 13, 2025 Gothamist reports: The Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey is evacuating all detainees and may face closure after four people escaped Thursday night, according to federal officials who toured the site on Friday. U.S. Sen. Andy Kim and Rep. Robert Menendez visited the facility and spoke with site leaders in the wake of Thursday evening’s incident – an uprising that advocates and attorneys say was sparked by inadequate food and inhumane conditions. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed Friday that four detainees had escaped, and said multiple agencies were assisting with the search. Kim said the center is undergoing a “major security review” to assess the safety of the site, after detainees in one unit broke through an exterior wall and escaped into an ICE parking lot. He said the wall was made of drywall and a mesh interior. “That doesn’t sound secure to anybody,” Kim quipped. “It shows just how shoddy construction was here — what happens when we’re paying for billions of dollars of for-profit prisons that are skirting the responsibilities that they have and trying to pocket as much of that money as possible,” said Kim, a staunch opponent of the detention center. Delaney Hall was recently reopened as a private prison contracted by DHS to be an immigrant detention facility. It has been the site of ongoing protests and was where Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver were arrested last month after trying to tour the facility. The site now has become a focal point of the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation policy and its closure would be a significant victory for Trump critics and local leaders.