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When I was a kid growing up in the 1960s, I knew more about the Monkees than I did the Beatles. Hey, the Monkees were on TV, and that’s where my 7-year-old eyes were constantly glued. The Monkees were formed in Los Angeles in 1966. Originally conceived as a television show band, they transitioned into a performing group. The band released a total of 13 studio albums, featuring a blend of rock, pop, and psychedelic music. Their first album, The Monkees, was immensely successful, topping the Billboard 200. Throughout their career, the group saw various members come and go, experiencing The post Complete List Of The Monkees Band Members appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

The Biden administration’s open-border policies allowed an illegal alien to rape and kill Maryland resident Rachel Morin, a mother of five, Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler told The Daily Signal. “The vast majority of people who are trying to get into this country, or who are flowing into this country, are not criminals but good people with serious issues wanting to make their life better,” Gahler said in a phone interview Monday with The Daily Signal, “but because we don’t have secure borders, we’re mixing them with people like these criminals.” Victor Antonio Martinez Hernandez, an illegal alien from El Salvador, was arrested Friday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and charged with first-degree rape and murder in Morin’s death in August 2023, as The Daily Signal reported earlier Monday. “We need to have a fair, unified-front system that helps us screen for those who want to do us harm,” Gahler, a Republican, said. “Rachel’s life should not have been taken in this manner by this person.” “We need to have a fair, unified-front system that helps us screen for those who want to do us harm,” Gahler, a Republican, said. “Rachel’s life should not have been taken in this manner by this person.” Hernandez, 23, crossed the southern border illegally to enter the U.S. in February 2023, Gahler said. Six months later, in August 2023, Hernandez allegedly attacked Morin, 37, while she exercised on the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail in Bel Air, Maryland, about 30 miles northeast of Baltimore.  This is the second time in two years that a Harford County woman has been killed by an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, Gahler said. The sheriff said the women’s violent deaths were preventable. “We need a workable border policy that we are willing to follow,” he said. “We’re not willing to follow our laws as a country right now. We need to follow it, and we need to secure the border.” “We need to stop the flow of drugs and stop the flow of individuals who are coming in with an intent to commit crimes, to take lives, to not contribute to what makes our country so great—that we are a wonderful place and a great melding of so many different cultures,” Gahler added. “But there needs to be a legal pathway to citizenship, and that currently does not exist.” President Joe Biden should put forth a true bipartisan proposal as the leader of the country, Gahler said. The border was much more secure during the Trump administration, the sheriff added.  Even before he took office in January 2021, Biden put out “the message” that the nation’s borders are open, he said. “And that’s what the world heard, and that’s what we have seen since he took office.” In addition to being charged with killing Morin, Hernandez is accused of killing a woman in El Salvador and attacking a 9-year-old girl and her mother during a home invasion in Los Angeles in March 2023.  “He came here to flee accountability for committing a heinous murder there and was allowed to walk into our country, or however he got in,” Gahler said. “I still fear that we’re going to stumble across someone else who has been touched by this guy’s violence, but he took Rachel’s life and [committed] that violent act out in Los Angeles.” “That is the stuff that we need to focus on when we’re securing the border and make sure these kinds of people don’t make it in,” the Maryland sheriff said. Hernandez was arrested after a 10-month investigation, Gahler said. About three weeks ago, on what would have been Morin’s 38th birthday, DNA evidence led to Hernandez’s identification as her killer.  “In a world of a billion people, we were able to narrow it down to a business and a barstool in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he was arrested by that police department,” Gahler said, adding that he hopes that Hernandez won’t pose a threat to anyone else for the rest of his days.  Gahler said Congress and Biden must step up to protect American citizens and prevent another murder such as Morin’s. “The job that they had to do is to protect our citizens in our country,” the sheriff said. “And that is what needs to be fixed.” Virginia Allen contributed to this report. 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Post Block Hernandez, 23, crossed the southern border illegally to enter the U.S. in February 2023, Gahler said. Six months later, in August 2023, Hernandez allegedly attacked Morin while she exercised on the MA & PA Heritage Trail in Bel Air, Maryland, about 30 miles northeast of Baltimore.  This is the second time in two years that a Harford County woman has been killed by an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, Gahler said. The sheriff said the women’s violent deaths were preventable. “We need a workable border policy that we are willing to follow,” he said. “We’re not willing to follow our laws as a country right now. We need to follow it, and we need to secure the border.” “We need to stop the flow of drugs and stop the flow of individuals who are coming in with an intent to commit crimes, to take lives, to not contribute to what makes our country so great—that we are a wonderful place and a great melding of so many different cultures,” Gahler added. “But there needs to be a legal pathway to citizenship, and that currently does not exist.” President Joe Biden should put forth a true bipartisan proposal as the leader of the country, Gahler said. The border was much more secure during the Trump administration, the sheriff added.  Even before he took office in January 2021, Biden put out “the message” that the nation’s borders are open, he said. “And that’s what the world heard, and that’s what we have seen since he took office.” In addition to being charged with killing Morin, Hernandez is accused of killing a woman in El Salvador and attacking a 9-year-old girl and her mother during a home invasion in Los Angeles in March 2023.  “He came here to flee accountability for committing a heinous murder there and was allowed to walk into our country, or however he got in,” Gahler said. “I still fear that we’re going to stumble across someone else who has been touched by this guy’s violence, but he took Rachel’s life and [committed] that violent act out in Los Angeles.” “That is the stuff that we need to focus on when we’re securing the border and make sure these kinds of people don’t make it in,” the Maryland sheriff said. Hernandez was arrested after a 10-month investigation, Gahler said. About three weeks ago, on what would have been Morin’s 38th birthday, DNA evidence led to Hernandez’s identification as her killer.  “In a world of a billion people, we were able to narrow it down to a business and a barstool in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he was arrested by that police department,” Gahler said, adding that he hopes that Hernandez won’t pose a threat to anyone else for the rest of his days.  Gahler said Congress and Biden must step up to protect American citizens and prevent another murder such as Morin’s. “The job that they had to do is to protect our citizens in our country,” the sheriff said. “And that is what needs to be fixed.” Virginia Allen contributed to this report. The post Maryland Sheriff Blames Biden Border Policies for Local Mother’s Murder appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Peggy Noonan recently wrote an Wall Street Journal op-ed column in response to Jonathan Haidt’s new book: “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.” The book overflows with data supporting Haidt’s conclusion that social media harm children’s and adolescents’ mental health. Noonan reflected on the phenomenon surrounding the release of his book. Everyone knows social media harm kids, but when a person with authority—a psychologist and scholar, in this case—conveys the message, for good or for ill, “it hits like a thunderclap.” Now, on Monday, another thunderclap erupted when Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy published an op-ed column in The New York Times calling for a surgeon general’s warning label on social media platforms. Such a proposal certainly does not come out of the blue. In May of last year, the surgeon general issued an advisory about the effects social media use has on youth mental health. Social media platforms use recommendation-based algorithms and push notifications to continue serving users with content and keep them engaging on the platforms. Children are particularly vulnerable to these design features. The American Psychological Association attests that young kids are physiologically less able to resist temptations to remain online and that adolescents experience neurological changes that promote cravings for social attention, feedback, and status. Mandating warning labels on products requires a change in manufacturing and product-labeling design. In the case for online platforms, the change is relatively easy, but of course, that doesn’t mean they won’t put up a fight. They will highlight the positive connection social media can create, but they won’t admit the obvious. A warning label could deter users and diminish profit. Murthy called on Congress to pass legislation mandating a warning label. Like any executive, the surgeon general is limited in his regulatory power. Congress should take a cue from anti-smoking advocates and require illustrations with stark verbal warnings. Including images on a label cautioning against the effects of platforms that are inherently focused on imagery and video-based content is a no-brainer, and platforms are not constrained in space. Think about the types of conversations a warning label could inspire. Young kids may ask their parents: What’s anxiety or depression? Why do social media cause that? Are social media bad? Why is that child sad and crying? How many parents will pause a bit longer before allowing their child to have social media when they know their child will come across such a label? Perhaps it will be easier for parents to team up and collectively decide to hold off letting their kids have social media until a certain age, so no kid is left out, another suggestion Murthy offered in his op-ed. It’s well-established that social media can be addictive and can have a negative effect on mental health, but given that 95% of kids between the ages of 13 and 17 use social media, kids and parents either do not fully understand the seriousness of the issue or are in denial of their own susceptibility. A warning label could hit home. Looking beyond hypothetical outcomes, evidence shows that warning labels work. Murthy noted in an interview on NBC’s “Today” show that in 1965 (the year Congress mandated warning labels for cigarettes), more than 40% of Americans smoked. Today, it’s less than 12%. As Murthy acknowledged, warning labels will not in and of themselves make social media safer. In an ideal world, the mere threat of a label would compel the companies to self-correct. However, as evidenced by the companies’ lack of action after members of Congress have introduced numerous bills aimed at making social media safer for kids and there have been several hearings—some of which featured social media CEOs testifying—the threat is not enough. In addition to a warning label, we need other policy changes, such as parental consent and age verification, limits on data collection, and restrictions on who can contact minors. The surgeon general has advised. Now, it’s Congress’ turn to act. The post Warning Labels on Social Media: Surgeon General Wants Them to Protect Young People. Will Congress Act? appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Commencement season is over, but don’t expect the pro-Palestine movement that overtook universities in recent months to dissipate. Given its larger ambitions and significant financial and political support, this protest movement will continue its disruptions nationwide well into the summer. Nearly eight months after Hamas attacked Israel, it’s abundantly clear that this movement is anything but pro-Palestine. A recent weekend rally outside the White House featured overt support for Hamas and Hezbollah, and calls to murder Zionists. As they demand a “cease-fire,” these protesters ignore Hamas’ rejection of numerous Israeli offers for just that and they also ignore Hamas’ intentional use of civilians as human shields. One would think a movement ostensibly about saving Palestinian lives would urge Hamas to release the hostages and surrender, which would immediately end the Israel-Hamas war. Instead, their chants of “We don’t want two states, we want 1948” and “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” make clear they support the U.S.-designated terrorist organization and its antisemitic objective: to destroy the world’s only Jewish state. Furthermore, the invocations “by any means necessary” and to “globalize the intifada” are licenses to replicate Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7—the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust—and Yasser Arafat’s second intifada: the three-year terror campaign he launched after rejecting an opportunity to establish a Palestinian state. Some may dismiss this movement as nothing more than a small, self-evidently noxious cadre of extreme antisemitic students with no constituents outside the university quad. Yet, according to the FBI, antisemitic hate crimes are up threefold, with some of the assaults against Jews most reminiscent of 1930s Germany occurring on university campuses. And while the average participant may know little about the cause for which he or she protests, demonstrators certainly share their pro-Hamas comrades’ political goals—and the movement’s organizers have the means to pursue them far beyond America’s ivory towers. But what starts with the Jews never ends with the Jews. Antisemitism is the proverbial canary in the coal mine. Today’s contagion is a particular strain of anti-Americanism that seeks social and political revolution, “by any means necessary.” Now, with the school year over, look for this virus to relocate to cities with weak or sympathetic leadership, as we’ve seen in Washington, D.C., and at UCLA. The real prize this summer is Chicago, where the Democratic National Convention will be held in August. The parallels to the events of the 1968 DNC in Chicago are already apparent, except for one important distinction: Unlike his predecessor Richard Daley, today’s mayor, Brandon Johnson, is more likely to join the protesters than silence them when they chant “Genocide Joe.” The good news is that Americans are waking up to the threat the pro-Hamas movement and its connections to progressive organizations and malign foreign actors pose to our society. Antisemitism has destroyed every society it infects. Hopefully we are not too late in diagnosing and destroying it before it destroys us. Originally distributed by Tribune News Service and published by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette The post The Pro-Hamas Threat to America appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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