Back in late April of 2015‚ almost exactly nine years ago‚ riots erupted in Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ over the demise of a career criminal named Freddie Gray‚ who died while in police custody. Few people remember his name today‚ but at the time he was the most recently canonized BLM saint‚ and the guy whose death everyone was pretending to mourn. The most memorable thing about that moment in history isn’t Freddie Gray himself‚ or even the riots‚ but what the then-mayor of the city said the day after‚ as the media put it‚ “peaceful protests took a violent turn.” Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake stood in front of news cameras and told the world that she had decided to give “those who wished to destroy space to do that as well.” By her own testimony‚ she had instructed law enforcement to stand by and give rioters space to destroy their community. To let off some steam and vent their frustrations by committing crimes. At the time it was shocking that a political leader would openly allow that kind of behavior — and even admit that she was allowing it. It also cast the riots in an even more bizarrely childish light. The rioters were like children having a temper tantrum in the grocery store‚ and the mayor was the overly lenient‚ push-over parent allowing the scene to continue. But as Mayor Rawlings-Blake discovered‚ the problem with giving space to destroy is that eventually you’ll want them to stop destroying‚ and then at that point you’ll have to do exactly the thing that you could have and should have done the moment that the lawlessness started. The rioters will not at that point thank you for having given them more time and space than they ever deserved. Whenever you decide to finally enforce the law‚ they will claim to be oppressed — just as they would have if you had enforced the law from the beginning. This is one of the many problems with the “space to destroy” strategy‚ and yet city leaders all across the country in the years since have adopted the same strategy.  WATCH: The Matt Walsh Show In recent weeks‚ as you’ve heard‚ university officials have embraced the “space to destroy” approach as well. And last night that decision — as it always does — came to a head. After allowing leftist pro-Hamas demonstrators to maintain an illegal encampment for many days‚ Columbia University finally brought in the NYPD to arrest the criminals — a decision that was only made after they broke into and occupied a building on campus. The police arrived in full force with riot shields and zip ties and busses to arrest and detain the demonstrators. It didn’t take very long before the situation was brought under control and the authorities had wrestled back the property that had been illegally seized. There were many videos of this operation as it unfolded‚ often posted by leftist groups who expected the public to be shocked and horrified by the images. Here’s one video posted by a group called National Students for Justice in Palestine: SWAT AND SRG HAVE INVADED COLUMBIA’S CAMPUS AND ARE ENTERING HIND’S HALL. THEY HAVE FORCED OUT ALL PRESS TO PREVENT RECORDINGS OF THEIR BRUTALITY. pic.twitter.com/LJJ5nKrUWe — National Students for Justice in Palestine (@NationalSJP) May 1‚ 2024 They posted that along with this caption: SWAT AND SRG HAVE INVADED COLUMBIA’S CAMPUS AND ARE ENTERING HIND’S HALL. THEY HAVE FORCED OUT ALL PRESS TO PREVENT RECORDINGS OF THEIR BRUTALITY. But there was no brutality. Simply the police enforcing the law. And they weren’t invading anything. It’s the pro-Hamas protesters that had illegally invaded a building. A building that isn’t called Hind’s Hall‚ but rather Hamilton Hall. The protesters had not only burglarized and occupied the building‚ but also attempted to rename it. They expect us to be deeply disturbed and outraged on their behalf that their act of organized burglary and trespassing is no longer allowed to continue. Indeed‚ many on the Left — including prominent politicians who spoke out — did express outrage. According to them‚ these protesters should be allowed to do whatever they want‚ indefinitely‚ and break whatever laws they want to break‚ for as long as they want to break them‚ without facing any consequences whatsoever. That is their actual position. Nonetheless‚ dozens of the criminals were arrested‚ and now they all face not only criminal charges but expulsion. They will be thousands of dollars in debt with no college degree. Which means they’ll be in only slightly worse shape than people who are thousands of dollars in debt with a college degree. Meanwhile‚ on the other side of the country‚ the illegal encampment on UCLA’s campus was also invaded. But not by police. Here’s the report from Breitbart: Roughly 100 pro-Israel vigilantes stormed the “Palestine Solidarity Encampment” at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning‚ sparking battles with activists. The raid occurred after nearly a week in which UCLA not only allowed the encampment to occupy the main plaza on campus‚ but also allowed pro-Palestinian activists to run their own security‚ barring access to students and the public. Here’s what that looked like:  This is what happens when you grant one group special privileges to break the law and all of the rules. Not only break the rules — but come up with their own rules. That sort of wildly unjust‚ disproportionate situation can only continue for so long before everyone else — the people expected to abide by the law — have simply had enough of the double standard and decide to take matters into their own hands. If you don’t want that to happen — and you definitely shouldn’t want it to happen — then enforce the rules equally and hold everyone to the same standard. Which means that nobody should be allowed to maintain an encampment of any kind.  Keep this in mind. When pro-life protesters sat peacefully outside of an abortion clinic for a few hours on one single morning‚ the Biden Administration sent armed federal agents to their homes to drag them away in handcuffs‚ convicted them of felonies‚ and now wants to send them to prison for ten years. When January 6th protesters trespassed in the capital‚ the federal government responded by spending the next three years hunting them down one by one and tossing them in prison. When the Left objects to how these pro-Hamas protesters are being treated‚ it’s not because these protesters are being handled harshly. It’s because the Left believes that their protesters — the ones on their side — should be given free rein to do whatever they want. This is a sense of entitlement obviously shared by the protesters themselves‚ which is what led to this unintentionally hilarious moment at Columbia University yesterday afternoon‚ a few hours before the police raid. An unofficial spokeswoman for the demonstrators gave a press conference where she made a number of demands. According to reporting from Noah Pollack‚ a contributor to the Free Beacon‚ this woman’s name is Johannah King-Slutzky. According to her bio‚ Johannah is working on a dissertation on “fantasies of limitless energy in the transatlantic Romantic imagination from 1760-1860.” Her goal‚ she explains‚ is to “write a prehistory of metabolic rift‚ Marx’s term for the disruption of energy circuits caused by industrialization under capitalism.” It’s a shame to think that the world will never get to read this full dissertation‚ now that Johannah is probably going to be expelled. We will have to continue on‚ somehow‚ without the vital information that she was going to provide us about the fantasies of limitless energy in the transatlantic Romantic imagination. In any case‚ now that you know what sort of person we’re dealing with‚ you won’t be surprised by the demands she made during the press conference: Those are their demands. They say they are willing to enter into negotiations‚ but only if Columbia University follows the rules that the burglars and trespassers have set out. Of course the problem for the group is that they have absolutely no leverage whatsoever. They can simply be removed from the building and arrested at any time. They have no leverage‚ no power‚ nothing but the privilege they’ve been granted to cosplay as revolutionaries. It can be revoked at any moment‚ and it was‚ shortly after these demands were made. But the most striking and hilarious part of this bizarre press conference was when she made a plea for — and I quote — humanitarian aid:  Reporter grills Columbia student after she demands the university help feed protestors occupying Hamilton Hall: &;quot;It seems like you're saying‚ 'we want to be revolutionaries‚ we want to take over this building‚ now would you please bring us some food'.&;quot; pic.twitter.com/vNczSAM4T1 — The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) April 30‚ 2024 Just to be completely clear here‚ the “humanitarian aid” they’re requesting is Chipotle deliveries. The next time you order a burrito bowl on Door Dash‚ remember that you’re not ordering lunch. You are requesting humanitarian aid. So these protesters committed burglary and trespassing‚ holed themselves up in a building where they didn’t belong and had no right be‚ barricaded the doors and refused to come out‚ and then demanded that free food be delivered to them so that they don’t‚ as they claim they are on the verge of doing‚ starve to death. This is the level of pathological‚ insane‚ delusional narcissistic entitlement that we’re dealing with here. It’s exactly the mentally that these college campuses intentionally instill‚ and which is now being wielded against them. But most of all this goes to show just how fake all of this is. You can say that these kids are radical leftists‚ and that’s certainly true. You can say that they’re anti-American‚ and that’s true too‚ which is why they’ve taken down American flags and replaced them with Palestinian flags‚ shouted Death to America‚ and so on. You can say that they’re anti-white and they see Israel as a vehicle of whiteness‚ and that’s true. You can say that some of these protesters are actually anti-semites who hate Jews as a group. And that’s obviously true. But before any of that‚ what we must say about these protesters and their protest‚ is that it’s all fake. Phony. Pretend. It’s all one big performance. The average American today lives a life of such comfort and luxury that the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt would look at them with envy. Ivy League students have lives significantly more luxurious and comfortable than that. It’s estimated that about 100 billion humans have lived on Earth since the dawn of the species. Those kids setting up encampments and demanding free Panera Bread have more wealth and privilege than almost all of them. They quite easily have it better than 99.9% of all humans who have ever existed. These kids have never experienced hardship‚ persecution‚ suffering or sacrifice. Most of them haven’t even experienced being told no. This has made them not only entitled beyond all imagining‚ but also bored‚ dull‚ and desperate to find meaning in pretended oppression. They have no religion‚ most of them. No belief in God. No source of meaning in their lives. And they subscribe to an ideology that paints all the world and all of history as a struggle between persecutor and persecuted. They want to be in the latter group‚ if only so that they can feel better about themselves‚ and experience some excitement in a life that otherwise consists of sitting around and staring at screens while all of their needs are met at the snap of a finger. Their whole worldview is a part of this game of pretend. They walk around every day in a fantasy world‚ one where they are the revolutionaries fighting back against a racist white supremacist “Handmaid’s Tale” system that seeks to annihilate and enslave them. They maintain this fantasy‚ and double down on it‚ even as the system affords them every privilege it possibly can. In fact‚ the more privileges they are given‚ the deeper they must immerse themselves into the fantasy role playing game so that they can maintain the fiction. Of course‚ if they really desired oppression and suffering‚ they could go find it. There is always the option to actually forgo their comfortable lives and move to a part of the world where they will experience the sort of deprivation and persecution that they spend their whole lives pretending to struggle against. But they don’t want the fantasy to become real‚ anymore than someone fighting zombies in an arcade game wants to look over and find himself surrounded by the monsters in real life. They want to keep it all inside the game. Inside the virtual reality fantasy. Until eventually a piece of reality breaks through the barrier and imposes itself on them — and in this case they find themselves arrested and expelled from school. The good news is that now they have a real misfortune to complain about. The bad news is they brought it on themselves. And the worst news of all is that they will almost certainly learn nothing from the experience.

The GOP-led House passed a bill on Wednesday to codify a definition of anti-Semitism meant to guide enforcement of federal anti-discrimination laws concerning educational programs — at a time when protests in response to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza have sprung up at universities across the country and spurred safety concerns for Jewish students. Nearly three-quarters of the chamber‚ including 187 Republicans and 133 Democrats‚ voted in favor of the Antisemitism Awareness Act. Twenty-one Republicans and 70 Democrats voted against the measure. Nine members of each party did not vote. Introduced by Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY)‚ the bill adopts the working definition of anti-Semitism put forward by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) that says anti-Semitism is “a certain perception of Jews‚ which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property‚ toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.” On X‚ House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) said the bill codifies an executive order from former President Donald Trump and “is an incredibly important step to ensure that Jewish students and community members at America’s universities feel safe once again on campus and sends a clear message that [House Republicans] will not tolerate antisemitism anywhere.” I fully support @RepMikeLawler's Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023.  This bill codifies President Trump’s Executive Order and is an incredibly important step to ensure that Jewish students and community members at America’s universities feel safe once again on campus and sends… — Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) May 1‚ 2024 Among the bill’s critics was Judiciary ranking member Jerry Nadler (D-NY)‚ who argued in floor remarks that settling on a single definition of anti-Semitism could undermine enforcement of federal civil rights law. He also noted the IHRA has a list of “contemporary examples” of anti-Semitism that may include “protected speech in some contexts‚ particularly with respect to criticism of the state of Israel.” Some Republicans raised similar freedom of speech concerns with regard to the list. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY)‚ for instance‚ highlighted the fact that a definition of anti-Semitism does not actually appear in the text of the bill and questioned whether people in the United States should be prosecuted over IHRA’s modern examples list. “This is a poorly conceived unconstitutional bill‚” he said on X. 🧵 Today the House will vote on a bill to define antisemitism with the intent to increase prosecutions of activity on campuses. The bill has a problem beyond violating the 1st Amdt: The definition of antisemitism appears no where in the bill&;#33; Why&;#63;https://t.co/5A0alnuuOp — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) May 1‚ 2024 Do you agree with all of these examples of antisemitism&;#63; Should people in America be prosecuted for saying these things in all contexts&;#63; I think not. This is a poorly conceived unconstitutional bill and I will vote no. pic.twitter.com/L3AI5MCFGw — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) May 1‚ 2024 When Lawler introduced the bill in October‚ shortly after the deadly Hamas attack on Israel‚ his office said the legislation would require Department of Education to use the IHRA working definition and contemporary examples of anti-Semitism when enforcing federal anti-discrimination laws‚ adding that employing the IHRA definition “in this context is a key step in calling out antisemitism where it is and ensuring antisemitic hate crimes on college campuses are properly investigated and prosecuted.” The legislation now heads to the Democrat-controlled Senate‚ where there has already been a bipartisan push to adopt the IHRA’s working definition of anti-Semitism. If it passes the upper chamber‚ the bill’s fate will be up to President Joe Biden. House Republicans announced on Tuesday an effort to combat anti-Semitism at colleges that would entail a variety of committees scrutinizing federal funding and tax benefits that universities receive‚ as well as cracking down on foreign student visa recipients perpetuating sympathy to terrorist groups at U.S. schools.

Police in Wisconsin shot and killed an armed teenager outside a middle school on Wednesday‚ according to a statement from school officials. The Mount Horeb Area School District said that the assailant “did not breach entryway” at Mount Horeb Middle School and that there were “no reports of individuals being harmed‚ with the exception of the alleged assailant.” “The threat has been neutralized outside of the building‚” the statement said. “Law-enforcement is circulating throughout the middle school to confirm the safety of all students.” A local ABC affiliate said that the suspect was a 14-year-old who approached the school with what appeared to be a long gun. Bomb technicians were investigating the car that the suspect drove to the scene to see if there were explosives in it. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “Due to safety precautions taken by our Schools‚ the shooter was never able to enter the building‚” said Mount Horeb Village president Ryan Czyzewski and Mount Horeb Chamber Board chair Kara Brandemuehl in a joint statement. “The collaboration and coordination between our community’s first responders and School District exemplified the highest standards of professionalism and dedication.” Wisconsin police confirm no students were injured after reports of an active shooter attempting to enter a middle school. https://t.co/KHnghN8pOR pic.twitter.com/Te0pBpaqMo — USA TODAY (@USATODAY) May 1‚ 2024 Governor Tony Evers said that he had been updated about the incident and that he was “grateful for the first responders who are working quickly to respond.” “I’ve been in contact with local school district officials to extend my full support for students‚ educators‚ staff‚ and their families as they grapple with what has undoubtedly been a scary and traumatic day for everyone involved‚” he said. “As additional details and information become available and first responders continue their important work‚ the state remains ready to do whatever we can to support the school district and the greater community.”

Jay Leno and his wife‚ Mavis‚ stepped out for a date night together amid her dementia diagnosis. The couple attended the premiere of Unfrosted in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening. This comes just after Jay was granted conservatorship of their joint estate‚ which he filed for in January. According to Entertainment Tonight‚ “At the time‚ he asked a Los Angeles judge to grant him his bid so that he could ‘structure her living trust and other estate plans’ in the event that he should die before her.” Court documents obtained by ET stated: “Mavis has been progressively losing capacity and orientation to space and time for several years … Jay is fully capable of continuing support for Mavis’ physical and financial needs‚ as he has throughout their marriage.” Additionally‚ one filing said that Mavis’s “current condition renders her incapable of executing the estate plan.” Jay Leno and Wife Mavis Step Out Together Amid Her Dementia Diagnosis Jay and Mavis decided to step out for a date night despite her current health struggles. Though Mavis‚ 77‚ has been battling dementia‚ she told ET that she feels “great.” Jay Leno and his wife of nearly 44 years‚ Mavis Nicholson Leno‚ enjoyed a date night at the Hollywood premiere of Netflix film Unfrosted on Tuesday – three weeks after an LA County Superior Court judge granted his conservatorship amid her dementia diagnosis.#Netflix pic.twitter.com/pf5U0lPmMX— Rahmah Sanni (@SanniRahma61573) May 1‚ 2024 The interviewer then mentioned that it was great to see both Jay and Mavis out together. “Thought I’d come to something fun for a change‚” Jay said jokingly. “Everything is so controversial. Just to come to a funny‚ silly movie — it’s great. I think people will have a great time.”  ET’s Kevin Frazier mentioned how fans love that Jay’s “been there for Mavis.” And he said it’s easy to stand by his wife because they have a solid marriage. Jay mentioned that the key to their happiness is being best friends. “We have a great time‚” Jay responded quickly. “[Maried] 44 years‚ so we’re doing good.” Kevin then asked Jay how he celebrated his recent 72nd birthday. “I’m not a big birthday guy‚” Jay said. Mavis chimed in with a “Neither of us [are]&;#33;” “My life is a party anyway‚” Jay added. “Every day is a good day.” The source of this story’s featured image is Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix. The post Jay Leno And Wife Mavis Step Out For Rare Date Night Amid Dementia Diagnosis And Share Key To Happy Marriage appeared first on InspireMore.

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President Joe Biden is harder on America’s allies than he is on pro-Hamas radicals on American college campuses‚ Senate Republicans said at a press conference on Wednesday. “Joe Biden is putting more pressure on Israel these days than he is on Hamas itself‚ or on the pro-Hamas chapters on America’s campuses‚” Sen. Tom Cotton‚ R-Ark.‚ said at the Capitol Hill event. Biden recently criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Israel’s continued fighting in Gaza and for not doing more to open up avenues of humanitarian aid to Palestinians. Cotton said that he wasn’t surprised by Biden’s gentle approach to the anti-Israel protestesters‚ given that “antisemitic elements” had been growing for years within the Democratic Party under Biden. The Arkansas lawmaker called the encampments that have sprung up on American campuses “little Gazas” and defined them as “disgusting cesspools of antisemitic hate‚ full of pro-Hamas sympathizers.” The press conference followed up on a letter that a group of 27 Republican senators sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona in April‚ demanding that they take action to investigate incidents of rioting and violent antisemitism on college campuses‚ which they say violate federal law. Since that letter was sent‚ there have been numerous significant and escalating incidents at American universities. A riot took place at UCLA on Tuesday night between pro- and anti-Israel demonstrators‚ for instance‚ after the school refused the break up the encampment on campus. Cotton demanded that federal agencies take action to prevent the violence and chaos taking place and said that the administration must defund schools that “won’t protect the civil rights of their Jewish students.” Sen. John Kennedy‚ R-La.‚ said that Biden could stop what’s happening on college campuses “on a dime” by threatening to pull federal funding from universities and putting pressure on them to break up the out-of-control demonstrations. Kennedy said that Biden has been soft on this issue because he’s afraid to “alienate the Hamas wing of the Democratic Party.” Sen. Rick Scott‚ R-Fla.‚ said that there are quite a few Jewish families in his state “that have their kids in these schools up north‚ and I think most of them are having to rethink the safety of their kids.” He said that the families are “scared to death” for their children’s safety. Scott pointed to what’s happening at Columbia University in New York‚ which has been the site of a number of violent mob incidents‚ and said that it represented something “un-American” and “disturbing.” The Florida senator said that university administrators have been “wimps” who cower before “anti-Israel‚ antisemitic” behavior. Scott said that Biden is afraid to go after these schools because he fears he will lose votes. “He’s fine getting the pro-Hamas crowd to vote for him‚” he said. Fox News reported that White House spokesman Andrew Bates issued a statement on Tuesday: President Biden has stood against repugnant‚ antisemitic smears and violent rhetoric his entire life. He condemns the use of the term “intifada‚” as he has the other tragic and dangerous hate speech displayed in recent days. President Biden respects the right to free expression‚ but protests must be peaceful and lawful. Forcibly taking over buildings is not peaceful. It is wrong. And hate speech and hate symbols have no place in America. Cotton‚ Kennedy‚ and Scott were joined at the news conference by GOP Sens. John Cornyn of Texas‚ Joni Ernst of Iowa‚ James Lankford of Oklahoma‚ and Roger Marshall of Kansas. The post Biden Is Harder on Israel Than on Campus Pro-Hamas Radicals‚ GOP Senators Say appeared first on The Daily Signal.