As Los Angeles burst into riots this week over a federal immigration raid, one protester took to his social media channels to explain just what was going on -- why arsonists armed with Palestinian flags stood alongside vandals armed with Palestinian flags, why some masked protesters hurled rocks at police cars while others summoned automated Waymo taxis only to set them on fire. His explanation for the riots was lucid and fascinating. The riots, he said, were not about illegal immigration. Of course they weren’t -- there are tens of millions of people living illegally in the United States right now, and President Donald Trump ran three times on removing them. No, said the protester; the riots were about something more. “Wherever you’re at,” the masked and gloved protester explained, “we all have a common enemy. It is the same one everywhere you go. When you go down the street, there’s the enemy -- there’s the enemy that works for the enemy, who they all work under. So we all share the same common enemy ... From LA to Africa to Palestine to Vietnam, we all have the same enemy ... We all have to work in unison to fight that one enemy.” One of his friends chimes in, “Capitalism, imperialism, Zionism!” The protester continues, “The more we can grow as a people, then the quicker we can get to this revolution, and overturn this motherf---er!” This, in a nutshell, is what I have labeled, in my upcoming book, “Lions and Scavengers,” the scavenger mentality. It seeks to build nothing. It seeks to tear down everything. From rioters setting cars aflame to fight the legal authorities on immigration in Los Angeles to students taking over universities in solidarity with the terrorist group Hamas, from criminals smashing storefronts in Paris to selfie-obsessed celebrities floating their way toward Gaza, the scavenger movement is about destruction. Society, it turns out, is constructed on success. It is founded on achievement. It is reliant on those who actually believe that they are called to act in accordance with moral duty, that they are responsible for creating and innovating and building up the societies in which they live. These are the Lions. And then there are the Scavengers, those who seek to tear down, who believe that their own failures are the fault of the society in which they live and that the only cure for inequality of outcome is evisceration of that society. Scavengers have taken hold of large swaths of the West -- from London, where you have a better shot of being arrested for a social media post criticizing Islam than for an assault on a Jew, to Los Angeles, where the Democratic Party will wink and nod at your criminality so long as you proclaim fealty to the Omnicause. And they show no signs of stopping or even slowing. Unless they are stopped. The fact that so many in power, in so many countries, feel the need to cater to the Scavengers is a sign of a deep societal sickness and malaise. And that malaise must end. Trump is right to call out the National Guard to put down the rioting in Los Angeles. The law must be enforced, and those who violate it must be punished. Scavengers ought not be treated with any level of respect. They are not merely misguided do-gooders who have gone too far; they are malign actors who chew away at the foundations of the systems that nourish them. The Scavengers must be defeated. And only Lions can do that.

Did conservatives commit widespread destruction during the post-George Floyd riots? No. But, CNN, or at least its media analyst Sara Fischer, thinks the answer could be . . . yes! Fischer was a panelist on Friday's edition of CNN This Morning. Host Audie Cornish described the anti-ICE activity in L.A. as "one of the kind of ultimate split-screen stories," in which some people see protests, while others see "fires and disorders." Responded Fischer: "The misinformation split screen reminds me a lot of January 6th . . . We had a very similar dynamic as well during the George Floyd protests, where it was a question of whether or not this was left-wing Antifa destroying stores, destroying glass fronts, or if it was folks on the right." Who is misinforming here? "Folks on the right" were destroying stores and glass fronts? Yup! We all remember images like this one, of frat boys in MAGA hats running out of stores, their arms full of merchandise. Oh, wait.   Did CNN [or Axios, where Fischer also serves as a media analyst] ever document actualcases of "folks on the right" engaging in widespread destruction and looting post-George Floyd?  If not, Fischer's comment can only be seen as a slur on conservatives, an attempt to muddy the waters and spread blame around for the George Floyd riots. CNN will launch when anyone suggests Antifa folks were at the Capitol on January 6. And while Fischer described the George Floyd split-screen as casting "folks on the right" versus Antifa, she excluded from any possible responsibility local residents, who were responsible for much of the destruction and looting. Note: Last week, we caught Fischer agreeing with George Clooney that under Trump, things are worse than during the Joe McCarthy era. Fischer is clearly in that Brian Stelter tradition of media "analysis" consisting of ravaging the right. Here's the transcript. CNN This Morning 6/13/25 6:11 am EDT AUDIE CORNISH: Joining me now in the group chat, Sara Fischer, CNN media analyst, Michael Warren, senior editor at The Dispatch, and Margaret Talev, senior contributor at Axios.  Sara, I want to start with you, because this has been one of the kind of ultimate split-screen stories, where for a lot of people, they may be on their social media seeing, you know, mass ICE, unmarked ICE, you know, detentions. They may be thinking they're seeing something that looks like a protest.  And then for someone else, it's total dissent, its escape from L.A., its fires and disorder. How are you processing how this is coming across?  SARA FISCHER: Sort of the misinformation split screen reminds me a lot of January 6th, when in some cases you had people who said, no, this is Antifa, this is left-wing chaos, and others on the other end were saying, no, no, this is right-wing folks who are seizing the Capitol.  We had a very similar dynamic as well during the George Floyd protests, where it was a question of whether or not this was left-wing Antifa destroying stores, destroying glass fronts, or if it was folks on the right. 

Children's Hospital Los Angeles is shuttering its child sex-change center, which reportedly mutilated the genitals of multitudes of minors and provided confused children with sterilizing puberty blockers.The hospital claimed in a statement that despite its "deeply held commitment to supporting L.A.'s gender-diverse community," it has been "left with no viable path forward except to close the Center for Transyouth Health and Development, effective July 22, 2025."Breen was allegedly 'fast-tracked onto the conveyor belt of irreversibly damaging puberty blockers (age 12), cross-sex hormones (age 13), and "gender-affirming" surgery (age 14).'According to the Stop the Harm Database, which was launched last year by the medical advocacy group Do No Harm, the center boasted patients as old as 25 and as young as 3.Claims data showed that the center billed millions of dollars for hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and sex-change mutilations for minors. The Los Angeles Times indicated that the center currently has over 3,000 patients.The center's medical director is Johanna Olson-Kennedy, a gender ideologue who:publicly argued against the need for psychological assessments for sex-change mutilations; compared teen girls cutting off their healthy breasts to taking the SATs; allegedly provided sex-change hormones to kids as young as 12 and referred little girls as young as 13 for double mastectomies; and admitted last year to hiding the results of a years-long study concerning the efficacy of puberty blockers for fear they would be "weaponized" by critics. The results, which were finally released last month, found that kids' depression symptoms and emotional health “did not change significantly over 24 months” of being on puberty blockers. One of the center's former patients, Clementine Breen, filed a medical negligence lawsuit in December against the hospital, Olson-Kennedy, and others involved with her "gender-affirming" mutilation, noting that their actions have left her with deep physical and emotional wounds, severe regrets, and distrust of the medical system.The lawsuit claimed that Olson-Kennedy and her team — who allegedly separated Breen from her parents at the first opportunity — "immediately and unquestioningly 'affirmed' Clementine as transgender, and at her very first visit, after mere minutes, Dr. Olson-Kennedy diagnosed Clementine with gender dysphoria and recommended surgical implantation of puberty blockers."RELATED: Sacrificing body parts and informed consent to the sex-change regime Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty ImagesAccording to the complaint, Olson-Kennedy made the gender-dysphoria diagnosis without a mental health assessment, without asking Breen relevant questions about her mental health struggles or diagnoses, and without involving other health care professionals.Breen was allegedly "fast-tracked onto the conveyor belt of irreversibly damaging puberty blockers (age 12), cross-sex hormones (age 13), and 'gender-affirming' surgery (age 14)."The decision to close the mutilation center apparently "followed a thorough legal and financial assessment of the increasingly severe impacts of recent administrative actions and proposed policies," said the CHLA, referencing actions taken by the Trump administration.'These threats are no longer theoretical.'President Donald Trump went to war with gender ideology upon retaking office, seeking not only to protect women's sports and sex-segregated spaces but to shield minors from the kind of unnecessary medicalization that Breen was subjected to at the hands of gender ideologues.Trump issued an executive order titled "Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation" on Jan. 28, directing federal agencies to rescind or amend all policies that rely on guidance from the radical World Professional Association for Transgender Health and to ensure that medical institutions receiving federal funding "end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children."RELATED: Transhumanism is coming to destroy the human soul Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesThe president also directed HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take all appropriate and lawful action to bring about an end to the child sex-change regime.Hospital executives noted in a Thursday letter to staff obtained by the Los Angeles Times, "There is no doubt that this is a painful and significant change to our organization and a challenge to CHLA’s mission, vision, and values."The executives also suggested that the Trump administration means business regarding clamping down on child sex-change mutilations."These threats are no longer theoretical," said the letter. "Taken together, the Attorney General memo, HHS review, and the recent solicitation of tips from the FBI to report hospitals and providers of GAC strongly signal this administration's intent to take swift and decisive action, both criminal and civil, against any entity it views as being in violation of the executive order."Blaze News reached out to the White House and the HHS for comment but did not immediately receive responses.Jeff Younger, a Texas father who spent years trying to stop his ex-wife from subjecting his son to sex-change procedures, noted in February that his boy was "currently on chemical castration drugs at LA Children's Hospital."Younger responded to news of the center's closure, noting, "The California judge that allowed my ex-wife to chemically castrate my son is Mark Juhas. [When] I told him in court that I would shut down the LA Children's Hospital gender clinic, he laughed. So did opposing counsel and my ex-wife. Who's laughing now, b***h?"Like Blaze News? 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An Axios report accusing the U.S. president and the Israeli prime minister of behaving deceptively before the devastating attacks on Iran was dismantled by a former Israeli spokesperson.The attack on Iran targeted numerous military sites and nuclear facilities while decapitating the military leadership in the operation dubbed "Rising Lion." Iran promised retaliatory attacks and launched missiles against Tel Aviv hours later. 'The Iranian leadership heard that, but they didn't do it. And as you said correctly, we are today on day 61 of the presidential ultimatum, and this is what happens.'The Axios report claimed that the Trump administration had only pretended to distance itself from Israel and the possibility of a strike on Iran while seeking a nuclear deal with the Muslim country. That and other actions were planned for months in order to drop Iran's defenses and allow the strike to be more damaging, according to the report.Axios noted that Trump administration officials admitted knowing about the plans prior to the attack but denied any military involvement."We are not involved in strikes against Iran, and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region," said Secretary of State Marco Rubio. "Israel advised us that they believe this action was necessary for its self-defense." Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck spoke to former Israeli Defense Forces spokesperson Jonathan Conricus on his radio show Friday. Beck called the report "disappointing" and asked Conricus to comment on the claims made about Trump's involvement. "They said President Trump was instrumental in all this, but he and Benjamin Netanyahu were engaged in deception, and I read this as, 'I don't think Israel would have done something this massive without the United States in their corner.' But I don't think it's deceptive when the president says, 'You have 60 days to negotiate, and you don't want to see what happens on day 61!'" said Beck. RELATED: State Dept. orders some evacuations from Middle East embassies after threat from Iran — (@) "I don't think that's deceptive to make plans to go in on day 61," he added. "He kept giving them the same warning over and over again. Do you read that as deception or a negotiator that is telling you the truth?""I think, actually, it's both. It's deception in the way of how to wage war and how to capture [the] enemy unaware and unprepared, and that is what Israel did," replied Conricus. "Has the U.S. president been deceptive? No, I don't think so," he added. "I think he's been very straightforward, telling the Iranians time and time again, 'This is the best deal that you're going to get. You should relinquish all attempts to enrich material in Iran. And you should allow full comprehensive inspection of all of your sites, nuclear as well as weapons development.'"RELATED: Iran willing to sign nuclear deal with Trump if sanctions are lifted "'And if you do that, nothing bad is going to happen, and we will probably freeze sanctions and good things will happen to Iran,'" Conricus continued. "The Iranian leadership heard that, but they didn't do it. And as you said correctly, we are today on day 61 of the presidential ultimatum, and this is what happens." Later in the interview, when Beck asked Conricus if he believed there were more strikes to come, his response was described as "chilling" by the host."No. No. This is not even the END of the BEGINNING," said the former spokesman.Conricus was the international spokesperson for the IDF from 2017 until 2021.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The U.S. is offering assistance to Israel against hundreds of missiles launched in a retaliatory attack from Iran, according to an email from a U.S. official to Blaze News.Iran issued the attack after Israel launched Operation Rising Lion that successfully targeted Iran's nuclear development capabilities as well as its military leadership. The U.S. admitted prior knowledge of the Israeli plan but denied any direct involvement.'There are hundreds of thousands of American citizens and other American assets in Israel.'In a statement to Fox News, a senior U.S. official confirmed that the U.S. is aiding Israel against the missile attacks."There are hundreds of thousands of American citizens and other American assets in Israel, and the U.S. is working to protect them," the official said.An email from a U.S. official to Blaze News confirmed the report.That email said the U.S. is assisting Israel with shooting down the Iranian missiles but offered no other details.As Blaze News reported on Wednesday, suspicions of a military operation in the Middle East were raised after the Pentagon ordered some personnel and their families to depart from embassies and other facilities within the reach of Iran's military capabilities.Some pointed to a threat from Iran's defense minister for the evacuation order.“If war is imposed on Iran, the U.S. would undoubtedly suffer more losses than we do,” said Brig. Gen. Aziz Nasirzadeh in a statement to reporters.He added that Iran was prepared to attack “host countries" of U.S. military bases "without hesitation."RELATED: Iran willing to sign nuclear deal with Trump if sanctions are lifted Photo by Saeed Qaq/Anadolu via Getty Images Video from Israel showed the Iron Dome defense system in operation to intercept as many of the incoming missiles as possible.A former Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said to Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck that the attack from Israel was just the beginning."No. No. This is not even the end of the beginning," said Jonathan Conricus.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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