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The European Union’s top court has slapped Hungary with a 200-million-euro ($216m) fine. They also imposed a daily one-million-euro ($1.08m) penalty for failing to follow the bloc’s asylum laws and illegally deporting migrants. The money will be automatically subtracted [stolen] from Hungary’s allocated share of the EU budget. Parts of their budget already remain frozen […] The post EU Empire Fines Hungary $216m, $1m Daily for Protecting Borders appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Just weeks after “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor was shot and killed while interrupting a theft in Los Angeles, his friends and family gathered to protest and demand justice by marching to City Hall. The 37-year-old was leaving his job as a bartender with a friend over Memorial Day weekend when the incident occurred. A witness, Anita Joy, said when they came upon the individuals near Wactor’s car, they first thought the vehicle was being towed. But soon, they realized the suspects were trying to steal the catalytic converter. When Wactor tried to intervene, he was shot and later died from his injuries. Now, Wactor’s family and friends are demanding change. They organized a rally and march for Wactor on Wednesday in downtown L.A. Their walk began near the intersection of Hope and Pico, where Wactor was killed. “Johnny deserves justice. We deserve a safe city,” an informational post shared on X says. Dozens of the actor’s family and friends held a press conference prior to marching the streets. A group of actors who were friends with Johnny Wactor, the actor who was fatally shot in Los Angeles are fed up with crime and holding a press conference calling on justice and a safe city. I realized I knew one of them and sent this pic.twitter.com/XMb3tHOHTz — Sarah Sansoni (@sarahsansoni) June 8, 2024 “The message is pretty obvious…they want safe streets and justice,” the late actor’s brother Grant said, per KTLA. “I don’t live here, so I didn’t realize how bad the situation already was for any of this to even happen…apparently this has been a problem that has needed to be fixed for a while, so someone has to fix it.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “You guys probably don’t notice because the sun’s out but it’s the only street down there that doesn’t have lights on,” Bryan Barkley, a security guard for Level 8 Restaurant and Lounge where Wactor worked, said. “It probably could have been any one of us.” “It’s important for us this story remains top of mind for his family, for his friends because we loved him and because Johnny deserves justice,” Wactor’s friend and fellow marcher Micah Parker said, per Deadline. The L.A. County district attorney’s chief deputy, Joseph Iniguez, attended a press conference at the event. He said the case is open and active, and while no arrests have been made, the major crimes division has “a number of leads.”  

Columbia University administrators reportedly mocked complaints from Jews about anti-Semitism on campus, even using vomit emojis to dismiss the claims. On May 31, a panel discussion about Jewish Life on campus featured David Schizer, former dean of Columbia Law School; Brian Cohen, executive director of Columbia’s Kraft Center for Jewish Life; Ian Rottenberg, dean of religious life; and Rebecca Massel, a reporter for the student newspaper who wrote about the campus protests. Some Columbia administrators were in the audience: Josef Sorett, the dean of Columbia College; Susan Chang-Kim, the vice dean and chief administrative officer of Columbia College; Cristen Kromm, the dean of undergraduate student life; and Matthew Patashnick, the associate dean for student and family support,” The Washington Free Beacon reported. Chang-Kim and the other administrators texted each other during the panel. An audience member sitting behind Chang-Kim photographed the texts and provided them to the Beacon. Massel was asked to expound on “the experience of Jewish and Israeli students on campus.” Chang-Kim texted Kromm and Patashnick: “Did we really have students being kicked out of clubs for being Jewish?” In October 2023, Columbia’s campus rabbi, Yonah Hain, wrote a column in The Columbia Spectator in which he spoke of anti-Semitism on the university’s campus: Our community’s normalization of Hamas is a point-of-no-return moment at Columbia. Debates about Zionism, one state or two states, occupation, and Israeli military and government policy are all welcome conversations on campus. We won’t all see eye to eye about this current Israel-Hamas war and about our notions of proportionality, restraint, and ceasefire. Indeed, these issues occupy a prominent role in discourse within the Jewish community itself. What’s not up for debate is that massacring Jews is unequivocally wrong. While the panel discussed the anti-Semitism on campus and emotional testimony was offered, Kromm texted Chang-Kim and Patashnick, “And we thought Yonah sounded the alarm…” accompanied by two vomit emojis. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Patashnick apparently mocked one of the panelists, writing, “He knows exactly what he’s doing and how to take full advantage of this moment. Huge fundraising potential.” Chang-Kim texted back, “Double Urgh.” Chang-Kim texted Kromm and Patashnick: “This panel is really making the administration look like jokers.” Patashnick answered, “Yep.”

It’s been a whole season of crazy cases and fair judgments on “JUDGED by Matt Walsh.”  The most esteemed judge in America insisted on only accepting cases of national importance, which is how we all got to enjoy such matters as exploding lips, roadkill taxidermy, magic tricks, and even a miniature bailiff. This season has been quite a ride. But nothing good can last and now it’s time to enjoy the final two cases of the season. In episode 11, Judge Walsh listens and makes his ruling on a dog bite and a man who really, really loves Halloween decorations. Up first, plaintiff Griff Akins opens by telling the judge he’s “really big into Halloween.” He explained how he has a large display of animatronics that kids, including his own and children in the neighborhood, enjoy during the holiday.  “So you’re trying to lure the kids in the neighborhood to your house?” Walsh asked. “For candy,” Akins confirmed. “You have just testified in a court of law that you’re luring children to your house for candy,” the judge observed. “For trick or treating. For Halloween purposes only,” the plaintiff insisted. Next, he got to the heart of the case. Akins called the man he’s suing his “husband-in-law” to describe their relationship, which is that the defendant is married to the plaintiff’s ex-wife.  Akins said one day it started raining and they all began bringing the decorations into the garage. The defendant tripped and accidentally broke his Tesla ball (also sometimes called a plasma ball), a light-up interactive response lamp.  The plaintiff said he had acquired the decoration at Dave & Busters several years prior after spending “hundreds” on tickets to get it. “Not exactly a financial whiz, are you?” Judge Walsh observed. Then it’s time for defendant Jamie Carfi to tell his side of the story. He began by confirming he knocked over the Tesla ball, but said it was not on purpose.  After he broke the item, Carfi said he “apologized profusely” and ordered a replacement, which he provided a receipt for.  Akins acknowledged that Carfi bought a replacement, but said it was cheap and lightweight compared to the original. He came to court to sue his ex-wife’s husband for $200 to account for the sentimental plus monetary value of the original. The plaintiff added that the new Tesla ball “doesn’t make your hair stand up.” “It didn’t make my hair stand up,” Carfi, who is bald, replied, which caused the judge to react strongly. “Is that a joke in my courtroom?” he demanded while repeatedly banging the gavel.  Finally, it’s time for the judge to deliver the verdict. “I have deliberated over the facts of this case. I now hold the decision and the fate of your souls in my hand,” Judge Walsh said. “First of all. Griff, you have come here seeking $200, which I have the power to grant you. But even I cannot give you the thing you really need. Which is, sir, your dignity.” Tune in to “JUDGED” Episode 11 to discover the final conclusion, which includes a very exciting attempt for the plaintiff to show off his claw machine skills. Next up, it was all about a dog bite and who’s at fault. Plaintiff Jessica Stratman said she’s suing her friend after being invited to a party at her house, where she was bitten by her dog. Stratman said since they were close friends, she went into her friend’s bedroom to console two dogs who were being kept there in crates. She said she allowed one of the dogs to sniff her finger, but then he bit her.  “So you were just hoping that it would choose to smell the finger rather than bite it?” the judge asked.  “I was hoping to lend a kind hand to show that I am not a threat,” Stratman said. “I only choose to approach if you let me approach you.”  The plaintiff said she communicated her intentions to the dog via “subliminal messaging.”  She also admitted to being bitten by a dog before. After discussing a few more details of what happened, Stratman offered to show Judge Walsh the scar on her finger from the bite. She approached the bench, and the judge got out a giant magnifying glass to view her scar. “Now are you sure that’s a dog bite and not a papercut?” the judge asked. Stratman also discussed how she didn’t want to put a glove and bandage on the cut because of “uneven tanning.”  The plaintiff said she was suing for $1,200 to account for lost wages after she was injured. Next, it was time for defendant Jessica Woolf to state her case.  “Miss Woolf, I’m hearing that you like to feed your friend’s limbs to her dogs,” Walsh said by way of greeting.  The defendant confirmed she was hosting a birthday party for her father with 100 people in attendance. She explained how the dogs were in crates in her room because they are both rescues and are “anxious” around a crowd of people. Woolf said the dog that bit the plaintiff had bitten other people before. She said the animal had been abused by a previous owner. The defendant said Stratman kept the bite a “secret” at first, then after it came to light, she acted like everything was fine between them. Woolf said she wasn’t aware her friend had to miss work until much later.  Woolf called it “ridiculous” that her friend refused to wear a bandage and therefore missed the week of work. After hearing about another fight the girls had in school which involved Woolf taping a Pop Tart to the plaintiff’s face while sitting next to a dumpster during “Nutrition” at a public school in California, it was time to deliberate. “Miss Stratman, many of the cases that I hear in this courtroom require lengthy, torturous deliberations. I have to inspect every angle, consider every detail. But not this case. In fact, I didn’t deliberate at all. I just went back and grabbed a quick snack. Or nutrition, as you call it. I guess I did not end up with any of it taped to my face,” Judge Walsh said. Tune in to Episode 11 to hear the final verdict, and catch up on all episodes streaming now on DailyWire+. 

The cause of death for YouTube personality Benny Potter, better known to his millions of subscribers as Comicstorian, has been revealed. The late content creator’s wife announced Saturday that Potter, 40, had died unexpectedly but shared no details beyond that. It has now been made public that the YouTuber died as the result of a single-vehicle car crash in Colorado. The Colorado State Patrol and the Fort Collins Coroner’s Office both released statements regarding Potter’s death, per The Hollywood Reporter. The report said Potter was driving southbound on I-25 near mile 267.5 at 9:19 a.m. on June 8 when his Toyota 4Runner drifted off the right shoulder and rolled several times, per the Colorado State Patrol. He died at the scene. The police noted that Potter was wearing a seatbelt when the car crashed and said no one else was in the vehicle. There were also no other vehicles involved. The report also noted that authorities do not believe drugs, alcohol, or speeding were likely to be reasons for the accident. Potter became famous on YouTube and boasted more than 3 million subscribers for content focused on comic topics, especially in the Marvel and DC universes. Comicstorian had been a member of the video-sharing community for more than a decade and had posted more than 4,000 videos over that time span. Potter’s wife, Natalie, initially shared the news of his passing on X.  “To many of you, he was Comicstorian, voicing stories from across multiple different mediums. To his loved ones, he was one of the best and most supportive individuals anyone could ask for,” she wrote.  CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “As a husband, a son, a brother, a friend, or even just a stranger, Ben was loving and genuine. He was someone who would listen and make time for his loved ones. He would do his best to make everyone laugh and make sure they were okay. He was our rock and he’d reassure his loved ones whenever they needed it,” the YouTube star’s wife added. “His channel was one of his greatest accomplishments, and while we all need our time to mourn him, I know he wouldn’t want it to end like this,” she wrote, describing her late husband as someone who “spent over 10 years spreading his love and appreciation for his hobbies. It was through his love of exciting stories and well-written characters that got him started on YouTube.” “The team and I want to keep that going. To honor him by continuing to tell great stories by great people, as well as to keep the memory of our very own superhero alive,” Nathalie wrote at the end of the message. “We supported each other on everything we wanted to do and I’m not about to stop now.”