As the minority of Jews in Germany who supported the Nazis could tell you‚ oh‚ that’s right‚ they can’t tell you‚ they were exterminated‚ too.

The FAIR study‚ released in March last year‚ documented the financial toll of illegal immigration on the U.S.‚ taking into account factors like emergency medical care‚ incarcerating illegal aliens in local jails‚ and federal budgets that pay out billions in welfare every year‚ pegging the net annual cost at $150.7 billion. That is a low […] The post The Fiscal Drain of Illegal Immigration appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Friday that public officials can sometimes be sued for blocking their critics on social media. This issue began with then-President Trump blocking or muting some nasty social media comments. The court establishes a new test for lower courts to determine if a public official’s speech is a “state action‚” writing […] The post SCOTUS: Public Officials Who Block People Can Be Sued Maybe appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

No matter what you think of Israel‚ having a US president tell another nation during wartime to remove its president is shocking. It’s the Israelis’ business. We can’t seem to mind our own business. Schumer’s speech calling for new elections in Israel to remove Bibi Netanyahu was inappropriate. They are fighting Hamas‚ a terror group‚ […] The post Clown World President Really Liked Schumer’s Israel Speech appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

As the photo drama involving Kate Middleton continues to make headlines‚ Prince William attended a royal event solo and mentioned his wife in a speech. Kate has been taking an extended break from public appearances after having abdominal surgery in January. Followers have been speculating about her whereabouts‚ with that curiosity reaching a fever pitch when the mom of three posted a photo of herself posing with her three children in honor of Mother’s Day in the U.K. on March 10. The image was later found to have been edited and was retracted by major news outlets. Followers have been insinuating that the Palace is lying about Kate’s status‚ putting forth theories ranging from the Princess of Wales being secretly in a coma to her having botched plastic surgery. The Prince of Wales spoke at the Diana Legacy Awards in London on March 14‚ the 25th anniversary of the award. William’s younger brother Prince Harry also attended the event via a virtual video call. Prince William honored his late mother‚ Princess Diana‚ in his speech. “She taught me that everyone has the potential to give something back‚ that everyone in need deserves a supporting hand in life. That legacy is something that both Catherine (Princess of Wales) and I have sought to focus on through our work‚ as have the 50‚000 young people who have received a Diana Award over the past 25 years‚” the heir apparent to the British throne said‚ per Today.  Prince Harry‚ who stepped back from official royal duties in 2020 and has appeared to have a strained relationship with royal family members ever since‚ also made a speech via video call. “So much of the future depends on you guys‚ right?” Harry told the award recipients. “And you know that. And some of you may feel as though the work that you’re doing is small. Some may feel as though it’s big. My mom would be incredibly proud of all the work that you’ve done.”  Kensington Palace previously announced that Kate would not be appearing at official events until after Easter. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP After all the speculation‚ Kate released a statement apologizing for the edited photo. “Like many amateur photographers‚ I do occasionally experiment with editing. I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused. I hope everyone celebrating had a very happy Mother’s Day. C‚” Kate shared in a statement shared on X after the photo got hit with a “kill” notice.

A bill that would effectively ban the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week in a 50-0 vote and was passed by the entire House in a largely bipartisan 352-65 vote on Wednesday. According to the legislation‚ the app’s Chinese parent company‚ ByteDance‚ would have to divest from TikTok or face a ban in the United States. While the bill does have its detractors‚ such as Tesla owner Elon Musk‚ former President Donald Trump‚ and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)‚ and the American people are split on support for a ban‚ the bill is expected to pass with sizable bipartisan support. Social media accounts like Libs of TikTok have documented the proliferation of far-Left gender and racial ideology on the platform for years now‚ and even top government officials have warned of the danger the app poses to national security because of its ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). A report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said that the CCP aims to “exploit perceived U.S. societal divisions” through social media. The report added that “China is demonstrating a higher degree of sophistication in its influence activity‚ including experimenting with generative AI. TikTok accounts run by a PRC propaganda arm reportedly targeted candidates from both political parties during the U.S. midterm election cycle in 2022.” While the app is a useful vector for both American leftists and Chinese communists to spread corrosive propaganda‚ the platform itself is just as dangerous to the minds of American citizens as the content posted to it. Studies have consistently reported that TikTok use poses a potentially disastrous threat to users’ memory‚ attention span‚ and mental health. It should be emphasized how astronomically popular this social media platform is in the United States. By some estimates‚ TikTok boasts nearly 150 million monthly users in the U.S. — nearly half of the country’s population. American teenagers are especially hooked on the video-sharing app‚ with 67% of teens saying that they have used it and 16% reporting they use it “almost constantly‚” according to The Guardian. The average teen user spends an hour-and-a-half on it every single day‚ according to a Gallup poll conducted in 2023. TikTok’s algorithm meticulously tailors video recommendations to users’ past viewing habits and preferences‚ causing some to remark that the app’s ability to cater to their own personal tastes borders on uncanny‚ a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) investigation found in 2021. This constant prolonged exposure to TikTok’s content strategy — barraging users with heavily curated short-form content — is having a detrimental impact on their cognitive abilities. Specifically‚ the app’s algorithm preys on the human brain’s reward system‚ which releases the chemical dopamine whenever we experience something enjoyable in order to incentivize further consumption. Dopamine is released in a variety of situations in which humans feel pleasure or satisfaction‚ from petting a dog to taking drugs‚ but TikTok’s algorithm can create a “dopamine machine” that can cause people to become more easily addicted to it‚ pediatrician John Hutton told the WSJ in 2022. It can also train a user’s brain to become accustomed to and seek out shorter content to get quicker hits of dopamine. A study from as early as 2019 suggested that attention spans are narrowing due in part to how quickly people consume information and content on social media. So‚ a user’s brain can become addicted to the format (the 15-second TikTok video) in which content is presented to you as well as the content itself (a video of a dog doing a backflip). If someone’s brain become sufficiently addicted to the short-form content‚ then that can affect how well they can process information from a longer form source such as a news article‚ TV program‚ or a book. This can be especially disastrous for children‚ whose brains are still developing. The term “TikTok brain” was coined to describe the phenomenon in which children consume so much short content on apps like TikTok that they struggle to engage with anything that requires a greater degree of focus or attention. “It is hard to look at increasing trends in media consumption of all types‚ media multitasking and rates of ADHD in young people and not conclude that there is a decrease in their attention span‚” psychiatrist Carl Marci told the WSJ. “When kids spend a lot of time watching short videos‚ they expect to continually be stimulated by fast changes in content‚” says Professor Gloria Mark also told the publication. In addition to harming their cognitive development‚ apps like TikTok wreak havoc on young people’s mental health. Multiple studies have found that addictive social media use has contributed to the spike in mental health problems among younger Americans. TikTok’s content strategy is so successful that other platforms‚ such as YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels‚ have scrambled to adopt a similar format‚ exposing even more people to the potentially harmful “dopamine machine.” An oft overlooked but critical detail to mention about the Chinese-controlled app is that the American version is already functionally banned — in China. Douyin‚ TikTok’s counterpart in China‚ is devoid of the Left-wing gender and race ideology that pervades TikTok‚ largely thanks to China’s strict censorship regime. The algorithm in China instead focuses on pushing educational content as well as product advertisements‚ while suppressing any potentially inconvenient political topics (the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre perpetrated by the CCP is nowhere to be found on the app). What’s more‚ the Chinese version implements rigorous constraints on how young people can use it. Children younger than 14 can only have access to what the CCP deems child-friendly content and can only use it for 40 minutes every day. They are completely barred from the app from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.‚ according to CNN. A study on Douyin’s effect on users published in 2021 found that even that highly regulated and censored version of the app still activated areas of users’ brains associated with addiction‚ the WSJ noted. The content peddled by TikTok is certainly harmful. Millions of teens have been exposed to radical gender and race ideology through TikTok videos. But the medium itself is also damaging Americans’ minds through its highly addictive and brain-altering algorithm‚ shortening their attention spans and disincentivizing complex thought. Unless there is a significant change to the format of TikTok and similar apps‚ its ownership by a hostile foreign government is only one part of the danger it poses to the American public.

Tyson Foods is hiring a number of illegal immigrants who have recently arrived in New York. Tyson‚ which is known for its chicken products and owns brands like Jimmy Dean and Hillshire Farm‚ has already hired dozens of migrants who obtained work permits and is looking to hire many more‚ Bloomberg reported. The meatpacking company is working with Tent Partnership for Refugees‚ which was founded by Chobani yogurt founder Hamdi Ulukaya‚ to hire some of the recently arrived migrants in New York. On one day in February‚ Tyson met with 17 migrants from Venezuela‚ Mexico‚ and Colombia at Chobani’s offices in Manhattan and hired them to work at Tyson’s Humboldt‚ Tennessee plant. Last week‚ Tyson reportedly hired 70 more migrants. New York has seen an influx of more than 180‚000 illegal migrants over the past two years creating a crisis that has strained the city’s budget and caused officials to plead for federal help. Tyson already employs about 42‚000 immigrants and refugees‚ although it is not clear how many are in the country illegally. “We would like to employ another 42‚000 if we could find them‚” Garrett Dolan‚ a human resources leader at Tyson‚ told Bloomberg. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “We’re recognizing there’s not a lot of people that are going to be working labor-manufacturing jobs that are American‚” Dolan said‚ adding that many of the new hires “are going to come from refugees and immigrants‚ so we’re now in the business of strategically thinking that through.” Tyson has a high turnover rate for frontline employees — those washing and packing chicken‚ for example — with four in 10 of those workers leaving the company each year. Because of this‚ the company is looking to hire about 52‚000 employees just over this year. Those frontline jobs start at $16.50 an hour and include benefits. Tyson is also providing migrant workers with other benefits including on-site childcare‚ transportation‚ and optional English classes. The new hires from New York also get temporary housing‚ a relocation stipend to move to Humboldt‚ and paid time off. The company also set aside $1.5 million for legal aid services and is providing workers with paid time off to attend court hearings. In 2023‚ Tyson paid for 1‚317 workers to become U.S. citizens. “They’re very‚ very loyal‚” Dolan said. “They’ve been uprooted and what they want is stability — what they want is a sense of belonging.” Tyson currently has a U.S. workforce of about 120‚000 people. Last year‚ Tyson was one of several food companies that faced a Labor Department probe over allegations of child migrant labor. Tyson has said it has zero tolerance for child labor and maintained it does not allow minors to work at any of its facilities. Some critics took to social media to call for a boycott over Tyson’s decision to hire migrants. “Tyson is selling out Americans and hiring illegal immigrants‚” posted X user Paul Szypula. “This is blatantly America-Last.” “Tyson is closing its facility in Perry‚ Iowa and laying off its 1‚200 workers. Instead‚ they plan to hire thousands of new illegals in states like New York. #BoycottTyson. Pass it on‚” posted the X account End Wokeness.

On Friday‚ Florida GOP governor Ron DeSantis revealed that officers of the state had interdicted suspected illegal aliens fleeing Haiti on February 29. The boat interdicted by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers‚ was 42 feet long‚ contained five unaccompanied children‚ and was operated by a U.S. citizen‚ Florida’s Voice reported‚ adding that according to authorities‚ the suspects were part of a “human smuggling operation‚” and that the individuals were “lying prone on the deck of the boat.” “Just recently‚ within  the last couple of weeks‚ and this will be made public later today‚ our Florida Fish and Wildlife officers interdicted a vessel that had 25 illegal immigrants‚ potential illegal immigrants‚ from Haiti‚” DeSantis announced. “In their boat‚ in their vessel‚ they had firearms‚ they had drugs‚ they had night vision  gear and they were boating very recklessly‚ which would potentially endanger other folks. So that vessel was interdicted near the Sebastian Inlet‚ and those illegal aliens were turned over to the Coast Guard for deportation‚” he stated. “So our folks have been doing this before we augmented this and they’re going to continue to do it‚ and we’ve got an incredible amount of resources that are now on display to be able to prevent‚” he continued. “Now‚ what’s different today than maybe in the past? Well‚ part of it is we have more resources that the state has been willing to put up.” He turned to the failure of the Biden administration to do its job: “And this is not really our responsibility; this is the federal government’s responsibility. Coast Guard does by and large a good job but they’re undermanned; they’re under-resourced‚ so we’re filling those gaps.” “I think one difference now is — and we see this with our folks that we have at the border — you have people coming across the southern border from all over the world‚ Haitians can get to the United States easier by flying to Mexico and walking across the border‚” he explained. “And so I anticipate‚ if flights resume‚ that will likely be where a lot of those folks who are trying to flee (Haiti)‚ if they want to come to the United States they’re probably going to go to Mexico and then come in through the border knowing that Biden will just let everybody in.” BREAKING: Gov. Ron DeSantis announces Florida agents have interdicted a vessel that had 25 suspected illegal aliens from Haiti "They had firearms‚ they had drugs […] That vessel was interdicted [and] those illegal aliens were turned over to the Coast Guard for deportation." pic.twitter.com/LIRBuEwFiO — Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) March 15‚ 2024