Alex Soros’ leftist feeding trough Open Society Foundations has announced a massive flood of support for radical leftist causes in order to mobilize youth organizations ahead of the 2024 presidential election. The Open Society Foundations will spend $50 million to “increase civic engagement” among young people over the next three years‚ purportedly to “support democracy‚” as reported by an Oct. 6 article by The Associated Press and a press release from the infamous leftist non-profit. Alex Soros laughably referred to his spending as a “$50 million investment to boost nonpartisan civic engagement among women and young people‚” but spent his press release smearing former President Donald Trump and state election laws‚ while complaining about efforts to protect the lives of babies. The Associated Press also shreds this obvious fiction‚ reporting: “The new Open Society commitment will support nonprofits working on a wide range of issues impacting these groups‚ including reproductive justice‚ climate change‚ voting and gun safety.” Soros chose a number of unsavory “civic engagement” partners to receive this money‚ including Planned Parenthood. Notably‚ Planned Parenthood killed 374‚155 babies from 2020 to 2021 alone‚ a small fraction of the millions of deaths at Planned Parenthood. Since 2016‚ the Open Society Foundation has given $6‚086‚040 to the International Planned Parenthood Federation and $16‚650‚000 to Planned Parenthood Action. This does not include $250‚000 for Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates which used the name “Protect Kentucky Access‚” to fight a 2022 Pro-Life referendum in Kentucky.  George Soros’ son has also promised money to the leftist organization “Run for Something” which offers this extremely partisan qualification for its candidates: “We help people who are pro-choice‚ pro-universal health care‚ pro-LGBTQ equality‚ pro-criminal justice reform.” This paragraph goes on to list other issues such as “climate change.” The Open Society Foundation gave $500‚000 to the “Run for Something Action Fund in 2022. A third organization benefiting from the $50 million is the “Alliance for Youth Action.” This organization advertises its support for “Restorative Justice‚” “Economic Justice‚” “Climate Justice” and “personal bodily autonomy‚” among other misleading euphemisms for radical progressive positions. In an endorsement of the group‚ news outlet LGBTQ Nation‚ still used euphemisms‚ but made the group’s partisan nature more obvious: “Not only do they work on LGBTQ+ issues‚ the groups are also involved in the fight for reproductive justice‚ lead climate change activism‚ organize voter mobilization efforts‚ and actively work to uplift the voices of BIPOC and trans youth.” A fourth group‚ “Power Rising” featured perennial Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams at its 2019 Summit and then-Democratic Vice Presidential nominee President Kamala Harris at its 2020 Summit. As noted by The Associated Press‚ “Power Rising” is a member of the “Black Women’s Leadership Collective” also supported Biden’s nomination of now-Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court Strikingly‚ Brown Jackson was far too radical to define the word “woman” during her confirmation hearings‚ to the Court.  Conservatives are under attack! Contact ABC News (818) 460-7477‚ CBS News (212) 975-3247 and NBC News (212) 664-6192 and demand they cover Alexander Soros’ radical‚ leftist ties and ideologies fairly and aggressively.

Disney is having a terrible birthday. To celebrate the mega-corporation's 100-year anniversary‚ you can buy special-edition beanies and commemorative dollhouses and tiny Disney-character statues at McDonald's. But the fairy tale of Disney is nearing its end. Because Disney is on a hell of a losing streak. By nearly every metric‚ the company is failing. It’s like watching a gifted athlete pull his hamstring and‚ when he tries to keep running‚ you hope he survives the death-rush. On a recent earnings call‚ Disney CEO Bob Iger admitted‚ “Quantity can be actually a negative when it comes to quality‚ and I think that's exactly what happened: We lost some focus.” He has admitted that Disney’s films have become too obsessed with social causes. As he told Aaron Ross Sorkin at the DealBook Summit: “Creators lost sight of what their No. 1 objective needed to be. We have to entertain first. It's not about messages." The latest example is “Wish‚” a movie that was supposed to serve as an homage to 100 years of Disney magic but that instead reveals the spectacle of activism: a hacky‚ uninspiring work of political snobbery too neutered to offer us nobodies anything more than a nodding-off or a swipe of the remote. The failure of “Wish” is emblematic of the ongoing decline of Disney as a monopolistic empire of creativity. It’s a movie for activists‚ by activists; for childless Millennials‚ by childless Millennials. And‚ to be clear‚ there’s nothing wrong with being a childless Millennial. But it’s probably not a great idea for Disney‚ which has succeeded as a result of young families‚ to pack its staff with people who don’t participate in‚ or who even oppose‚ the institution of family. Well‚ no-luck Disney bet on the wrong side‚ because the childless Millennial demographic isn’t big on spending‚ or at least not as much as family audiences are. And another question the Activist Class cannot answer: What long-term political benefits are there from an entire generation of childless constituents? Culturally‚ Disney is homeless‚ rejected by conservatives and ignored by a growing number of liberals (who also don’t buy Bud Light). So the predictable take here would be for me to call Disney woke and celebrate its collapse‚ which is an entirely justified stance. My angle‚ however‚ is more about hope — my hope that Disney survives its own prolonged tragedy‚ that it pulls itself together or‚ at the very least‚ that there are a few more lovely moments before it croaks. *** For me‚ this is personal: My house is full of Disney princesses. In fact‚ one of my toddler’s favorite phrases is “I love all of the princesses!” We have no doubt seen all of the Disney movies — with the exception of “Strange World‚” with its awful reputation‚ and "Bambi 2‚" because I’m not falling for that again. My wife and I know literally every word of "Frozen." Few movies are as personal as it has been — my toddler owns an Elsa version of any imaginable household item‚ and some of our most beautiful moments involve her dancing in sunlight to “Let It Go.” Our band-aids are Disney‚ so when one of us is hurt‚ we say‚ “Get me a princess!” As I write‚ at a desk covered with Disney princess stickers‚ “Ralph Breaks the Internet” is playing behind me. And this has been a fairly normal American‚ even worldwide‚ reaction to Disney. Acceptance of every kind. The Forrest Gump of brands‚ unstoppable in its cultural power. Disney’s mistake‚ it turns out‚ was a series of decisions that gutted it of its political neutrality. *** “Wish” hasn't landed well with critics or‚ more importantly‚ with audiences‚ for good reason. It’s a truly bad movie. Hokey. Cheesy. Boring. Part of this is the result of what Bloomberg described as Iger’s “princess problem.” It goes down as one of the worst Disney animated-feature debuts. The “Trolls” movie‚ which is stronger and more musically adventurous‚ scored about the same numbers despite having been released one week earlier. My toddlers‚ who will stop for nothing but Disney‚ grew bored with the movie after two minutes. This is unprecedented. Only a week earlier‚ we attended the latest “Paw Patrol” movie — a much greater movie‚ from Nickelodeon (Paramount) — and they lasted about 45 minutes before reaching the same level of restiveness. Anecdotal example‚ yes‚ but I can’t think of a clearer metaphor to describe the misguidedness of the activist mindset ruining Disney. A fantastic review of "Wish" by Alan Ng for Film Threat led me to the reality that Disney's dysfunction is deep-seated and activist-driven. A common activist blunder: Place activism so far ahead of anything else that the supposed medium gets completely neglected. *** “Wish” was co-written by Jennifer Lee‚ the first female chief creative officer of Walt Disney Company‚ executive producer of “Raya and the Last Dragon‚” as well as head of creative leadership for most of the Disney animated feature hits since 2012. She has shaped the latest generation of Disney. Despite the well-deserved acclaim for her part as director and writer of the "Frozen" films‚ Lee’s legacy could become linked to the growing trend of her work: muddy plotlines — full of dazzle — that spend so much time on quirks that the story gets rushed. The film centers on Asha‚ played by Ariana DeBose‚ a decorated actress‚ a breathtaking singer‚ and a rabid activist whose foundation Unruly Hearts Initiative boasts connections to the Trevor Project‚ Point Foundation‚ and Covenant House‚ where DeBose holds a spot on the board. Which — who cares‚ but also‚ if the charities were conservative‚ Hollywood wouldn’t find DeBose’s efforts so laudatory. The film was designed to drop Easter eggs like rainfall‚ but the references were mostly distractions. Asha’s seven sidekicks are a throwback to the dwarfs from “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs‚” Disney’s first animated film. (A much better example of meta-Disney is the middle section of "Ralph Breaks the Internet‚" which has its own shortcomings‚ but at least they’re hidden beneath outstanding animation‚ reliable comedy‚ and decent storylines.) The central crisis of the film is the duality of power. On Rosas‚ the Mediterranean island where Asha lives‚ each person is allowed to materialize one wish‚ on his 18th birthday. It’s not clear why the people are only allowed to have one wish‚ and as other critics have observed‚ many of these wishes are more “goals‚” which any person could accomplish. Nevertheless‚ the powerful King Magnifico has total control of the blue orbs that contain the wishes. King Magnifico uses a state of exception (“Is it tyranny if it’s for your safety?”) to convince his citizens that he’s a wise‚ good-hearted‚ impeccably handsome ruler. It’s not clear what Magnifico is protecting citizens of Rosas from. Why is he so stingy with his wish-granting? He certainly does become frightening. “Wacky” is probably a better word. He builds his power by crushing the wishes of his citizens — each time‚ it kills a part of them‚ robs them of their essence‚ and transforms them into a sad‚ bare life of the evil sovereign. (For many reasons‚ the power-obsessed authoritarian king is actually an apt metaphor for Disney as an artistic institution.) Who’s the real villain‚ though? If it’s fear that motivates him‚ fear that his people will suffer from not having their wishes granted‚ then we have the kind of padded version of evil mocked in an episode of “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia‚” where the only safe villain is a weather disruption‚ like climate change. In other words‚ the worst-case outcome of Magnifico’s terror is that people feel a tad more bummed out than usual‚ which has become a reality of modern life. What is a 17-year-old peasant like Asha to do? Beg for help from the sky. Just like that‚ a beautiful goofball of a star named Star torpedoes down and starts granting wishes and giving animals the ability to speak. (Symbolically‚ the star represents the magic of Disney‚ which has given voice to the voiceless‚ like animals.) But “Wish” is terrified of committing an offense. There’s no room for irreverence — and life without irreverence always leads to a weird new kind of profanity. In a neutered world‚ there’s no room for creation. No room for invention. *** Disney can be harsh with its villains‚ gutting them into nothingness (Gaston‚ Ursula‚ Cruella de Vil). But it can also treat them with tremendous compassion — as with Te Kā‚ the lava monster in “Moana.” “Wish” is so conflicted in its meaningless normative absolutism that it accomplishes neither. In a song with a beat and hook possibly ripped from the Knife’s brilliant “One Hit‚” “Knowing What I Know Now” spells out what exactly makes Magnifico so villainous. In this truly catchy song‚ Asha sings that Magnifico is “more vicious than I could have ever comprehended / When I made a wish and Star came down / This is not what I expected or intended / But now that it's happened I don't regret it / 'Cause now I've seen / Him show his true colors in shades of green / Saying that your wishes aren't safe because of me and / That's a lie‚ lie‚ lie‚ lie.” Beyond the somewhat cringe-inducing lyrics‚ this song implies that Jiminy Cricket’s entire mission‚ his wish upon the star‚ is one of activism. So why is Magnifico “more vicious than [Asha] could have ever comprehended?” Well‚ for one‚ he doesn’t grant every single wish‚ and that’s just not fair. Also‚ his tone. Very harsh. He’s also quite mansplainey. Triumphantly‚ the peasants stomp‚ chanting: “I don't think he's prepared for what's coming / A revolution hit the ground runnin’.” This “revolution” winds up being the political equivalent of a child shouting “go away‚ you silly ghost” as a tornado guts a town. Basically: “We have to steal the king’s power. He doesn’t deserve it. So we have to overthrow him.” On a deeper level‚ what these privileged writers are likely actually saying is‚ “I want you to believe that capitalism makes me sad!” One obvious assumption is that every peasant’s wish is kind-hearted. This is a mistake that Karl Marx made about the proletariat. He assumed all the bourgeois were evil and all the peasant class were inherently good. By rebelling against the king — together — the peasants can overthrow him. Because that’s how oppression works in the wishful mind of a professional activist. So King Magnifico is shrunken into a mirror‚ then thrown into a dungeon — to be fair‚ this is the exact fate of Bowser in the (far superior) "Super Mario Bros. Movie." But here it just feels so social-justicey‚ so hypothetical‚ too ready to fire into a shower curtain after a glass of wine: The peasants incarcerated the man! (Head explodes‚ launching neon-dyed hair like shrapnel.) *** The problem with this sort of absolutism is that it can easily be flipped against itself. “Zootopia‚” for instance‚ tells the story of a society secretly controlled by sheep‚ an attack on predators in the name of safety. This (literal) conspiracy is universal enough to affirm the exact racist or misogynistic or anti-Semitic movements the film’s message assumes to confront. The same goes for “Wish.” Is it really a figuration of egalitarianism‚ or is it rather a promotion of a kind of freedom that only capitalism can offer? “You’re only allowed to have one wish‚ and it probably won’t come true” doesn’t exactly sound like Adam Smith. It does‚ however‚ evoke imagery of a dying Soviet Union where life itself became a whittled-down promise‚ a call to be sacrificed that people can’t decline. The film’s attitude clearly sides with the more collectivist ideology‚ which flexes the undifferentiation of socialist societies‚ the inevitable decline into sameness. There is‚ however‚ a sense of personal responsibility: “Make your own wishes happen; don’t let a king decide.” Which is a fairly conservative stance. And oddly enough‚ activism might very well be the force that saves Disney — but an activism against its current activist mania. “Activist investor” Nelson Peltz wants to pull the company back toward the center. But for now‚ Cinderella's castle keeps rotting. “Wish” isn’t going to sell T-shirts or Halloween costumes‚ let alone branded toothbrushes and fruit snacks. So to whoever will follow in Disney’s Goofy-sized footsteps: Keep hacking at that ugly marble.

A reportedly Jewish customer recently wanted to enter a restroom in an Oakland coffee shop to document anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled inside it‚ but three coffee shop employees were caught on video blocking the customer from entering the restroom‚ telling her to leave‚ and making anti-Semitic comments of their own in the process. What are the details? Farley's East coffee shop is apologizing after the confrontation caught on video last week‚ KPIX-TV reported. Cellphone video shows the trio of employees — two masked females and one unmasked male — blocking the woman from entering the restroom. The male is heard telling the woman she already got her food and that she's "holding up s**t." One of the females tells the customer that "this is private property" and tells her to leave the coffee shop. "I want to go into the restroom‚" the woman says repeatedly. The male employee remarks‚ "I know Israel loves taking private property and saying it's their own …" A female employee accuses the customer of "misgendering" — though the context of the accusation isn't clear. The customer says it's her right to enter the restroom‚ to which the male employee replies‚ "And we have a right to refuse service." A third woman — who's unmasked and standing off to the side — jumps into the fray and tells the customer she can use the restroom next door if she wants. This female jumped into the argument and offered to let the customer use a restroom at the business next door.Image source: X video screenshot via @stillgray‚ composite The employees blocking the customer also tell the determined woman she can use the coffee shop's other restroom — just not the one they're blocking. The customer digs in her heels and refuses to leave — and then challenges the employees‚ saying that if they "agree" with the graffiti in the restroom‚ they shouldn't be afraid of her documenting it. With that‚ she's allowed to enter the restroom where she records video showing the graffiti. One message read‚ "Zionism = fascism." Image source: X video screenshot via @stillgray The other graffiti read‚ “Your neutrality ... is enabling genocide”: Image source: X video screenshot via @stillgray The male employee is heard telling the woman‚ "History didn't start in 1948‚ lady‚" while another tells her‚ "Free Palestine‚" as she departs. Content warning: Language: — (@) Apology draws angry responses Farley's East apologized on its Facebook page: While the apology note indicated that the shop has "taken corrective measures with our staff and removed the offensive graffiti" and that "we're not anti-Semitic‚" a deluge of angry comments poured in — as of Friday afternoon‚ the apology post has drawn nearly 6‚000 comments and nearly 3‚000 angry emojis. The Facebook account for conservative commentator Jason Rantz's radio show told Farley's East‚ "This is a pathetic apology. No comment about the antisemitic staff?" Others couldn't have agreed more: "You may not be antisemetic‚ but your employees seem to be. Especially the male in the video. How dare he make these statements to her. Time to rethink your staff. I’m trying really hard to be civil here. They’re not making it easy! And about the graffiti‚ if they knew it was there‚ it should have immediately been removed. Or the bathrooms closed to everyone with an ‘out of order’ excuse until it could be dealt with‚" another commenter wrote. "Every single employee in the video needs to be fired. Every. Single. One‚" another commenter said. "I hope she sues not only the restaurant‚ but these employees as well. This is NOT 1940s Germany‚ as much as these employees hope for it." "Not enough‚ training. Those employees are the face and heart of your shop. If they don't reflect your values‚ they shouldn't be there‚" another commenter stated. "If they're still there tomorrow‚ they reflect your values." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

We now have a greater share of immigrants in this country‚ from more extremely divergent cultures‚ than at any time in our history. Who voted for this‚ and who thought this was a good idea? Imagine if we could go back in time to when Congress debated the 1965 and 1990 immigration bills. Lawmakers would promise the public that the nation was about to embark on the largest expansion of immigration ever — indefinitely — that would violate every principle of our balanced immigration system and values of assimilation. Under the current trajectory‚ by 2065‚ 88% of our population growth will be from immigrants. Those bills wouldn’t have been too popular‚ obviously. Indeed‚ sponsors of those bills promised quite the opposite. But here we are today with record immigration and no end in sight. Isn’t it time for a mature discussion about a balanced approach to the numbers and types of immigrants we are admitting so that our system is deliberate and not chaotic? According to the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey‚ as of October‚ there were 49.5 million foreign-born people living in the United States‚ representing an increase of 4.5 million since Joe Biden took office. The absolute number has long been a record‚ but the headline from an analysis of this data by the Center for Immigration Studies is that immigrants now compose 15% of the U.S. population‚ a greater share than at any time during the height of the “Great Wave” during the turn of the 20th century. The velocity of growth in immigration has been so overwhelming that just last month‚ the Census was still predicting we wouldn’t hit 15% until 2033. Alas‚ here we are today. Promises‚ promises Nobody voted for this outcome. During the debate over the 1965 Hart-Celler Act‚ U.S. Rep. Patsy T. Mink (D-Hawaii) estimated‚ on average‚ fewer than 200‚000 immigrants would be admitted per year and predicted that 82% of them would come from Europe. In fact‚ we’ve brought in over 1 million legally every year‚ and 90% of them have been from outside Europe‚ with an increasing number coming from Islamic countries. That doesn’t include the plethora of foreign visas and illegal immigration. The U.S. admits over 1 million foreign students every year — many of whom are from China and the Middle East —with 200‚000 of them remaining every year to compete for American jobs. Although we’ve come close to a 15% foreign share of the population during periods in the 1890s and early 1900s‚ there are a number of fundamental differences between the Great Wave and today. During the late 1800s‚ we were still a developing and growing country‚ with ample space and virtually unlimited opportunities. Today‚ we are a full and mature country. No established country has undergone this degree of demographic transformation and replacement at such a late stage in its formation. A generation after the Great Wave‚ we had achieved the quintessential American melting pot‚ and it served us well until this era of national self-immolation. Aside from the percentage of immigrants‚ raw numbers do matter in our ability to assimilate. Over the 29-year period from 1989 to 2017 — even before the Biden turbo-charged wave — the United States admitted 29.7 million immigrants. During a comparable 29-year period at the height of the Great Wave‚ from 1896 to 1924‚ only 17.9 million green cards were issued. Also‚ because of shorter life expectancy and other factors‚ the Great Wave of immigration didn’t result in nearly as many naturalizations and a new voting population as this one has. After the Great Wave‚ we had a shutoff and then a slowdown of immigration to allow for absorption and assimilation. Since 1965‚ however‚ we have experienced wave after wave without a break. One could argue that by the early 1990s‚ we had surpassed the size‚ scope‚ and cultural transformation of the equivalent period of the first Great Wave. At the time‚ even liberals like Harry Reid warned that we had never seen anything like this before and introduced a bill to “restore immigration to its traditional and more manageable level of about 300‚000 annually.” The fruits of unchecked immigration Fast-forward 30 years‚ and we’ve admitted roughly 30 million more legal immigrants‚ admitted countless millions of illegal aliens‚ and established a trajectory through chain migration that will bring in even more immigrants‚ dwarfing the current unprecedented wave. Under the current trajectory‚ by 2065‚ 88% of our population growth will be from immigrants. During the Great Wave‚ although immigration spiked between 1880 and 1920‚ the shutoff created a dynamic in which the foreign-born population in the country went down so that by 1970 — 90 years after the beginning of the Great Wave — the immigration population had only increased 44% in raw numbers. Over that same time period‚ the native-born population increased by 306%. By 1970‚ just 4.7% of the U.S. population was foreign-born. Thus‚ a generation after the Great Wave‚ we had achieved the quintessential American melting pot‚ and it served us well until this era of national self-immolation.Contrast that to the current super-wave‚ which has not crested yet and shows no signs of abating. At current levels‚ the total immigrant population will reach 58.9 million by the end of 2028‚ which is 17.3% of the total population. Country of origin and culture do matter. Our society needed a shutoff (and benefited from it) after the Great Wave‚ when 90% of immigrants were from Europe. Contrast that with the great replacement wave of the modern era‚ in which just 9% of our immigrants come from Europe. Today‚ we receive immigrants from some of the poorest countries in the world. The highest rates of welfare usage are now from the countries of origin most associated with illegal migration‚ as well as high levels of legal immigration‚ namely Mexico‚ El Salvador‚ Guatemala‚ and Honduras. Who would have voted to balkanize the English language? Nobody. Today‚ even in blue states‚ Americans overwhelmingly support a cool-off in immigration. Moreover‚ one of the fastest-growing subsets of our immigration is those immigrants from predominantly Muslim countries. As we have painfully observed during the Hamas global jihad‚ these people are not exactly the same as those who came to Ellis Island kissing the ground of their new country. According to the CIS analysis of the Census‚ Middle East migration is up 14% since January 2021. Sub-Saharan migration‚ which includes a lot of Islamic countries‚ has increased by a whopping 21% over the same period. The technology of communications and transportation of 120 years ago ensured that newly arrived immigrants were essentially cut off from their old cultures. It allowed for easy Americanization over a relatively short period of time. Today‚ of course‚ we have satellite TV and the internet‚ which allow immigrants to remain connected to their past cultures in perpetuity. Thus‚ newly arrived Shiite immigrants in Dearborn‚ Michigan‚ can watch their fill of Hezbollah’s Al Manor TV from the comfort of their American homes while getting reinvigorated with the ideals of jihad. Today we also have a welfare state and a mollycoddling cult of multiculturalism that has taken the taboos of welfare and balkanization and turned them into virtue. Balkanization and no assimilation We can see the results of this wave of immigration versus the Great Wave more than a century ago. Although we have 49.5 million immigrants today‚ the total number of people who speak a foreign language at home as of 2019‚ according to the CIS‚ was 67.3 million‚ or roughly one in five people. The numbers likely got worse since the Biden wave. In seven states‚ the percentage of foreign language speakers is over 30%. In California‚ it’s 45%. What is even more disquieting is that the Census data shows more than one-third of adults who speak a foreign language at home are U.S.-born (19.3 million people). This means we are not just observing a trend of new immigrants or native-born children who speak English well but use another language to converse with their immigrant parents. This is a salad-bowl dynamic‚ where the velocity of immigration has been so intense for so long‚ with new waves from the same parts of the world reinforcing the old ones‚ that there is no assimilation. A Migration Policy Institute report claims 77% of the millions of school-age children enrolled in “limited English proficient” programs are native-born. Thus‚ we have unprecedented numbers‚ a massive cultural transformation‚ and a public charge problem‚ none of which were ever supported by the American people. Who would ever have voted to give a monopoly over our immigration system to the poorest third world countries? Who would ever have voted not just to admit Middle Eastern immigrants‚ but to make them the fastest-growing subset at a time when there is such a problem with radicalization among their youth that even the leaders of their countries are warning about the trend? Who would have voted for a public charge? Who would have voted to balkanize the English language? Nobody. Today‚ even in blue states‚ Americans overwhelmingly support a cool-off in immigration. Where is our political party‚ and where is our country? Perhaps we are the ones who must now immigrate. But to where?

Police are investigating a suspected hate crime after a man set fire to the outside of a popular Jewish-Japanese fusion restaurant in New York City‚ according to the NYPD. A surveillance camera caught the moment that a man attempted to set the Shalom Japan restaurant on fire. Surveillance footage shows a bearded man wearing glasses and a baseball cap walking up to the restaurant located in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn around 4 a.m. on Nov. 18. Police said the man torched two outside window tarps decorated with the Star of David. Video shows the man admiring his work before walking away. Smoke can be seen enveloping the surveillance camera. There were no injuries from the fire‚ and there was no structural damage to the Brooklyn restaurant. "The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating this as an anti-Jewish incident‚" police stated. The NYPD is asking the public to help identify the individual who attempted to set the Jewish-Japanese fusion restaurant ablaze. Police described the arson suspect as a man with a dark complexion and a thin physical frame.Shalom Japan addressed the arson attempt in an Instagram post. "Thank you for the concern and outpouring of love we have received. News quickly spread of an alleged fire that occurred at our restaurant a few weeks ago‚" the restaurant said on social media. "Fortunately Shalom Japan is fine and open for business." Of all groups‚ Jews have been the most targeted in hate crime incidents in New York City. Between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30‚ there have been 155 hate crime incidents targeting Jewish people in New York City‚ according to NYPD data. Homosexual men were the victims of 65 hate crime incidents‚ followed by 37 against Asians and 36 against blacks.In the month of October‚ NYPD's Hate Crime Task Force investigated 69 bias incidents against Jews — a whopping 214% increase compared to the same time a year ago. There has also been a spike in anti-Semitic incidents across the United States since the start of the Israel-Hames war started on Oct. 7‚ according to the Anti-Defamation League.The ADL reported in late October that incidents of harassment‚ vandalism‚ and assault have skyrocketed by 388% over the same period last year.The organization said‚ "ADL recorded a total of 312 anti-Semitic incidents between Oct. 7-23‚ 2023‚ 190 of which were directly linked to the war in Israel and Gaza. By comparison‚ during the same period in 2022‚ ADL received preliminary reports of 64 incidents‚ including four that were Israel-related." — (@) Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

When it comes to leftist hypocrisy‚ we’ll never lack examples. The horror of the October 7 attacks in Israel and the response offer some of the most glaring ones. Let’s put aside the brutal torture‚ dismemberment‚ and slaughter of innocent civilians. In the erroneous‚ evil eyes of Hamas sympathizers‚ those were actions the occupiers brought on themselves. We also shouldn’t be too surprised when murdered babies and kidnapped children are not enough of a reason to be upset. After all‚ we’re talking about the moral compass of the same people who think children should be removed from their parents if they don’t affirm a new gender identity or support chemical castration. Yet one would think the mass rape of women and young girls would generate some sympathy and outrage from the same people who brought us the #MeToo movement and #BringBackOurGirls. Major celebrities like Michelle Obama and Angelina Jolie took to social media to draw attention to those trendy causes. Don’t hold your breath waiting for any recognition‚ let alone action‚ for the Jewish women of Israel. The silence extends to the institutions. The U.N. Women’s Council issued reports and public declarations for the women in Gaza but‚ of course‚ left out the women of Israel. Then‚ 50 days after the attacks‚ the group posted a condemnation of Hamas and called for the release of hostages — only to delete it. The council finally issued a statement of condemnation a full week later. In a modern-day Holocaust denial‚ the same class of “Believe All Women” champions flatly reject evidence of the extent of depravity and barbarity. The deniers don’t have to claim that the event never happened. They only have to subtly diminish the event with allegations that the details are exaggerated. And somehow‚ when it comes to Israel‚ no amount of evidence or accounts from survivors or first responders seems to suffice. Hamas’ depravity didn’t end with people‚ and neither did the intentional ignorance of the social justice warriors. This comes as no surprise. Around this time last year‚ the Palestinian mayor of Hebron offered a cash reward (roughly $5) for anyone who shot and killed a stray dog. Following the radio announcement‚ footage flooded social media of people torturing and killing dogs. The same mayor was one of four Palestinians responsible for the murder of six Israeli students and the injuring of 16 others in the 1980 Hebron attack. Among the dead were two U.S. citizens and one Canadian national. He was released in a 1983 prisoner exchange. History might not repeat itself‚ but it certainly rhymes. Multiple videos from GoPros captured from Hamas terrorists and photos of the bloody aftermath of October 7 show dogs riddled with bullets. In one video‚ a dog attempts to approach the trespassing terrorist outside a house and is shot multiple times. Documents found on the bodies of dead terrorists at the Kfar Sa’ad kibbutz revealed the detailed plans for the attack‚ from the number of children to which houses had dogs. The instructions were clear: Hunt and kill everything that moves‚ including the dogs. Photos have gone viral on pro-Israel social media of dogs left without their owners‚ who were killed or kidnapped‚ rescued by Israeli soldiers and concerned citizens. But we shouldn’t expect to hear from PETA or any of the usually loud animal rights activists drawing attention to this detail. The “silence is violence” crowd are silent on the very causes they shoved in our faces for years. True believers would champion these causes regardless of the subject‚ but they’ve proven what we knew all along: It was empty virtue-signaling. As for the Hamas terrorists and Gazan civilians who participated in the attacks‚ one thing is true regardless: They’re worse than animals.

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Alan Wake 2 is one of 2023's most special video game releases‚ with its ground-breaking narrative design and clever use of psychological horror. The story-driven experience from Remedy Entertainment and publisher Epic Games is nothing short of immense‚ proving that games don't need to be hundreds of hours long to seriously leave an impact on players. The GOTY nominee is about to get bigger and even better now‚ following its variety of won titles at The Game Awards 2023. Continue reading Alan Wake 2 adds new game mode and ending following big wins at TGAs MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Alan Wake 2 review‚ Alan Wake 2 weapons‚ Alan Wake 2 Words of Power

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