Democrat firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has continued her call for the abolishment of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. 

Harvard claims it’s not antisemitic. Apparently, assaulting Jewish students because they are Jewish with no repercussions is okay now. President Trump suggested Wednesday that Harvard halve its number of international students to make the prestigious university “great again.” He has also taken their last bit of funding away. “I think they should have a cap […] The post Harvard’s Lying Again appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

In South Africa, when you sing Kill the Boer, and the Boer (in this case, white farmers) are killed, it’s a liberation song. President Ramaphosa continues to go with that one no matter how unbelievable it is. The US media likes that nonsensical excuse also. In the case of the US media, they do it […] The post Clown World Travels to South Africa to Hear the Liberation Song appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Beyoncé rode a vintage car through the air — but does that hold a candle to getting busted by the cops while playing a Columbia, Missouri, house party? In an era where over-the-top concerts and sky-high ticket prices dominate headlines, The All-American Rejects are taking a different approach. The pop-punk band, which rose to fame in the early 2000s, is reconnecting with fans on their House Party Tour, which brings the band to intimate, fan-suggested venues. Frontman Tyson Ritter explained the motivation behind this unconventional approach. “I recently read something about people financing festival tickets, the complete inaccessibility of the concert experience in 2025, and how it’s juxtaposed against these wild and weird economic times,” he told Vulture in a recent interview. This realization led to the band investing their own money to bring live music directly to fans. “We took $50,000 out of our own pockets, booked a bus,” Ritter explained. “For me, it was that we could find an opening and an opportunity as four guys from Oklahoma who didn’t come from much.” “I was raised in a trailer house, my first concert was sitting on my porch listening to a band that was playing at an outdoor pavilion,” Ritter added, noting that the backyard tour is also a form of protest against the music industry status quo. “It was like, this is the reason people are showing up. It’s the have-nots and have-littles in the middle-of-nowhere America who keep the lights on for our country. They’re often drive-through states for many of these big tours. Who’s playing Ames, Iowa? Who’s playing Green Bay, Wisconsin? Unless it’s a big arena with the big old sponsor,” he told the outlet. Get 40% Off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships “You’re seeing it now where these giant artists — I’m not going to say her name — aren’t really selling out their shows anymore, and they pay for these arenas to make it look like they did,” Ritter added. “The first 25% of the arena gets sold from people buying $300 tickets, and they don’t even know that the local promoter is getting hundreds of free tickets to fill the rest of the venue.” The House Party Tour has taken off in a large part because younger concertgoers never got to experience intimate concerts. And since Gen Z is all about nostalgia, they were eager to latch onto something they’d heard about, but had never got to try firsthand. “We did a show in LA that was the kind that you have to do when promoting new music. It left a sour taste in our mouths and in this giant gorilla of an industry we’re clawing our way back into, we decided to put on a show the next day,” Ritter told USA Today, adding that the band first played at the home of a University of Southern California student with just five hours notice. He added, “We start playing and there were [40 ounce bottles of beer] hoisted in the air and people crowd surfing. I looked into some of their eyes and I saw a rite of passage moment was happening. That they’re going, ‘I saw pictures of my parents doing this, but I never got to.’” Ritter said the band recaptured a feeling from long ago. “We felt cool,” he told Vulture. “So after that night, we all put our heads together to see what would be possible. My wife’s getting ready to bring our second child into the world, and she’s due in a week and a half. I told my manager, ‘What if we do as many as we can in this week-and-a-half space? Let’s do it the same way we did when we started out. Let’s reach out to college radio stations and local businesses. Let’s ask for a $5 donation at the door.’ It was that simple.” Since then, the Rejects have performed in a variety of unconventional venues, including a Minneapolis bowling alley and fans’ backyards in “flyover states” like Iowa and Missouri. These pop-up shows emphasize spontaneity and a return to the communal spirit of live music. Despite not making money hand over fist like other artists charging hundreds or even thousands of dollars per ticket, the band has been prioritizing connection with fans over profit. And they’re finding new fans in addition to the millennials who remember viral hits from the early aughts like “Swing Swing,” “Move Along,” and “Gives You Hell.” In the case of getting busted by the police while performing at the University of Missouri, the patrol sergeant admitted to listening to The All-American Rejects in college and allowed the band to play “one more song” before the party had to disperse. Their choice? The viral 2008 jam “Gives You Hell.” Obviously. The House Party Tour coincides with the release of “Sandbox,” the band’s first new song in almost 14 years. They will be opening for the Jonas Brothers on an actual stage beginning on August 10, but for now, they’re gaining fans and publicity by proving they don’t think they’re too good for a classic middle America roller rink. And instead of being embarrassed or feeling like it’s beneath them, the band is proud of the route they’ve chosen. “This is going to be a feather we fly in our cap, and we’re going to Yankee Doodle as far as we can go,” Ritter said. “I felt like I was watching an echo of a yesterday that got me into doing this.”

The governing body that oversees California high school sports clarified on Wednesday that its new policy for the upcoming track meet this weekend would still award girls their rightful places on the podium, even if a trans-identifying boy has one of the top scores. In a statement shared with The Daily Wire, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) said that at the state championships, “a biological female student-athlete who would have earned a specific placement on the podium will also be awarded the medal for that place and the results will be reflected in the recording of the event.” The CIF statement is a follow-up to an announcement made on Tuesday that stated that female athletes who lost out on qualifying for the state track and field championships because they were forced to compete against a boy would be invited to the event. The updated guidance means that if trans-identifying student AB Hernandez places in the high jump, triple jump, or long jump, he will be accompanied on the podium by the female athlete who would have finished in his position. The final events are set to be held on Saturday, with qualifying events held on Friday. “On Friday, May, 30, if necessary, in the high jump, triple jump and long jump qualifying events at the 2025 CIF State Track and Field Championships, a biological female student-athlete who would have earned the next qualifying mark will also be advanced to the finals,” the CIF stated. NEWS: California clarifies that it will award high school girls a place on the podium at the upcoming state championship high jump, triple jump, or long jump, even if they finish behind a trans-identifying boy. pic.twitter.com/hEnsVOltcm — Zach Jewell (@zach_d_jewell) May 28, 2025 After it released its initial statement on Tuesday, the CIF was blasted for allowing Hernandez to continue to compete against girls, and many people were confused as to why the new policy would simply invite female athletes who missed out on qualifying to once again compete against the boy who already beat them. At the Southern Section finals on May 17, Hernandez posted a jump of 19 feet, 2.75 inches, which beat out second-place finisher Katie McGuinness’ jump of 18 feet, 9.5 inches. He won two division titles in the triple and long jump at the event. Get 40% Off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships California and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom were ripped by President Donald Trump for allowing Hernandez to compete against girls in the high school track meet. The president said on Tuesday that he would speak to Newsom “to find out which way he wants to go.” The California governor praised the CIF policy as “a reasonable, respectful way to navigate a complex issue without compromising competitive fairness — a model worth pursuing.” Newsom has previously suggested that he is opposed to men competing against women, but he has not taken any action to prevent trans-identifying boys and men from playing girls’ sports. The updated CIF guidance also comes after the office of Assistant U.S. Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon announced that it is investigating the CIF over potential Title IX violations. “My office has found reasonable cause to believe that CIF, too, is engaging in a pattern or practice of discrimination against female athletes,” Dhillon wrote.

Former CNN politics reporter Chris Cillizza revealed on Wednesday that his Tesla was vandalized with a “Musk is a Nazi” sign at his son’s soccer tournament last weekend. Cillizza, a left-wing journalist who worked for CNN from 2017 until 2022, wrote on his Substack that the vandalism is another sign that the politicization of every aspect of American life “is making us all crazy.” Cillizza recalled the days when owning a Tesla meant “coding yourself as like an enviro-liberal-wacko-communist,” and now, in 2025, his car “symbolizes everything the left hates.” “Doesn’t that suggest that there’s an inherent ephemeralness to what an inanimate object ‘means’ in a political context?” Cillizza added. “As in: If the meaning of owning a certain kind of car can change 180 degrees in the space of five years, isn’t it possible that ascribing meaning to it in the first place was misguided?” In reality, he only bought it as a “cool” car that was really “fun to drive,” not as a “symbol of my support for Elon Musk’s role in the Trump administration.” The former CNN writer further aired his grievances over how the politicization of “everything” even extended to chicken sandwiches, noting how eating at Chick-fil-A has led to critiques from his audience like, “How does HATE taste?” Get 40% Off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships “But does a sandwich have to be political at all? I didn’t eat it because I wanted to send a message to gay people. I ate it because it was delicious,” Cillizza wrote. “[Is] it ok to eat Chick-Fil-A now? Or still not because the family who founded it are evangelicals who have, in the past, expressed their opposition to gay marriage?” The journalist dismissed the idea that merely buying a product “[lines] the pockets of people with views that should be rejected” or “normalizes” their views. “If your bar is that you never interact with or buy anything from a company whose founder has taken a position with which you disagree or which has donated to a cause you don’t support, I find it very hard to believe you are going to make any purchases ever,” he said. The former CNN analyst warned that such extreme politicization is “making us all crazy” and “driving us further from any sort of recognition of our common humanity,” concluding that Americans would be better served by finding common ground rather than seeking political battles in every aspect of daily life.

Amid Harvard’s clash with the Trump administration over fostering an antisemitic environment, the university’s John F. Kennedy School of Government tapped a CNN anchor critical of Israel and President Donald Trump to deliver its 2025 graduation address. Christiane Amanpour delivered the address to the student body the day before the commencement ceremony, in which she hailed academics as fighting “on the front lines of the current struggle between the two halves of America.” CNN's Christiane Amanpour, known for anti-Israel & anti-Trump controversies, delivered Harvard Kennedy School’s grad address, calling education "on the front lines between the two halves of America" and saying that Europe welcomes "those who are having their roles taken away." pic.twitter.com/uo2qQ7ZOT0 — Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) May 28, 2025 The speech comes as the Trump administration and Harvard continue to face off over campus antisemitism and the school’s ability to admit new foreign students. This week, the Trump administration announced that Harvard would lose close to all of its federal funding. During the speech, Amanpour said that “we cannot surrender to any system that deems only power-approved speech or thought is allowed.” Get 40% Off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships She added that “this is not the first time the press, the fourth estate, has come under such sustained threat from the executive branch,” citing the Nixon administration challenging TV licenses held by The Washington Post following Watergate. Harvard Kennedy School graduation speaker and CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour: “We cannot surrender to any system that deems only power-approved speech or thought is allowed.” pic.twitter.com/qXl8gx4XgA — Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) May 28, 2025 Amanpour said Europe was willing to take in “those who are having their roles taken away,” a likely reference to either foreign students being stopped from attending Harvard or researchers that may lose their positions following a cut to federal funding to the private university. “As you know, we over there in Europe are happy to lay out the welcome mat to all of those here who are having their roles taken away,” she said. “ We want your scientists, your researchers, your professionals.” GRADUATION SPEAKER RETURNS HONORARY DEGREE AFTER PLAGIARIZING SPEECH AT ELITE WOMEN’S COLLEGE She added that the diversity, smarts, energy, and determination of foreign students are needed. Amanpour also took a shot at Trump’s program to resettle Afrikaner refugees from South Africa in the United States, stating that she thinks about the legacy of Nelson Mandela when she sees “Afrikaner minorities, who were the perpetrators of apartheid, being brought into this country as refugees.” During her speech at Harvard, Christiane Amanpour took a shot at Trump’s Afrikaner program, stating that she thinks about the legacy of Nelson Mandela when she sees “Afrikaner minorities, who were the perpetrators of apartheid, being brought into this country as refugees.” pic.twitter.com/29IXoy5Ao7 — Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) May 28, 2025 Amanpour has a long history of anti-Trump controversies, including in November 2020 when she compared the Trump presidency to to the Nazi Kristallnacht pogrom of 1938. Amanpour later apologized following public outcry and condemnation from former Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Omer Yankelevich. In 2016, Amanpour said she was “shocked” that Americans who voted for Trump ignored “the vulgarity of language, the sexual predatory behavior, the deep misogyny, the bigoted and insulting views.” In 2023, she confronted former CNN CEO Chris Licht for hosting Trump for a townhall on the network, POLITICO reported. Amanpour also challenged CNN’s leaders in 2024 over Israeli influence over the network’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas war that kicked off when the terror group massacred more than 1,000 Israeli civilians on October 7, 2023, Business Insider reported. CNN has faced severe criticism for its anti-Israel coverage since the war began. HOMELAND SECURITY TO SCREEN IMMIGRANTS AND FOREIGN STUDENTS’ SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ANTI-SEMITISM Between October 7, 2023, and November 17, 2023, Israel was accused of “genocide” or being “genocidal” 13 times on “Amanpour,” with Hamas only being accused of similar atrocities 3 times, according to Newsbusters.  In May 2023, Amanpour faced backlash after referring to a terrorist attack that killed a mother and her two daughters as a “shootout” during an interview with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh. The victims — Lucy, Maia, and Rina Dee were shot by Hamas-linked terrorists while driving on a highway. Amanpour later apologized, saying she had “misspoke.” Rabbi Leo Dee, the husband and father of the victims, said he did not accept her apology, The Times of Israel reported. A 2007 documentary by Amanpour titled “God’s Jewish Warriors” faced criticism from the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America for “equating the extremely rare cases of religiously-inspired violence on the part of Christians and Jews with radical Islam’s global, often state-supported, campaigns of mass killing.” HARVARD CUTS TIES WITH HAMAS-FRIENDLY BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY Amanpour has had a four-decade career in television journalism, beginning at CNN in 1983. She has reported on international conflicts throughout her career and currently hosts “Amanpour,” CNN’s flagship global affairs interview program, and “The Amanpour Hour.” “Anyone who follows world news recognizes her signature determination to cut through the noise and help her viewers better understand complex global events,” said Kennedy School Dean Jeremy Weinstein. “At this time of change and uncertainty, she is the perfect person to address the next generation of public servants as they graduate from Harvard Kennedy School.” Amanpour, who was born in London to an Iranian father and British mother, was raised in Tehran before moving to the United States following the 1979 Iranian revolution.

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