Friday, April 18, 2025
Trump appoints Mark Levin and others to lead ‘revamped’ Homeland Security Advisory Council
President Trump has appointed Fox News host Mark Levin and a host of others to lead his “revamped” Homeland Security Advisory Council.
“I am proud to announce the formation of my revamped Homeland Security Advisory Council [HSAC], which is comprised of Top Experts in their field, who are highly respected by their peers,” Trump said in a Truth Social post Thursday.
Levin, who is the host of Fox News’ “Life, Liberty & Levin”, will be joined by ex-NYPD detective Bo Dietl, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster and Florida state Sen. Joseph Gruters.
“It is a big honor to serve on HSAC, and I know the new Members, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, Mark Levin, Bo Dietl, and Joseph Gruters, will do an incredible job,” Trump continued.
“Under Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s leadership, HSAC will work hard on developing new Policies and Strategies that will help us secure our Border, deport Illegal Criminal Thugs, stop the flow of Fentanyl and other illegal drugs that are killing our Citizens, and MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN.”
Levin, who has publicly criticized the Trump admin in recent months regarding Ukraine, quickly thanked the president, writing on X: “What an honor! Thank you, Mr. President!”
It comes after the DHS advisory board was among those dismantled as soon as Trump took office.
At the time, the administration said the move was being made to guard against “misuse of resources” after the Biden administration’s disastrous attempt to create a Big Brother-style “Disinformation Governance Board.”
MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia seen ‘sipping margaritas’ with Sen. Van Hollen amid El Salvador deportation battle
Alleged MS-13 gangbanger Kilmar Abrego Garcia was seen “sipping margaritas” with Sen. Chris Van Hollen Thursday amid his high-profile deportation battle, according to photos shared by El Salvador President Nayib Bukele.
Bukele shared three pics of the Democratic Maryland lawmaker meeting with Abrego Garcia — who was wrongly deported to El Salvador’s notorious megaprison last month — lounging in the country’s “tropical paradise” with what appeared to be salt-rimmed drinking glasses containing an unknown liquid and a cherry.
“Kilmar Abrego Garcia, miraculously risen from the ‘death camps’ & ‘torture’, now sipping margaritas with Sen. Van Hollen in the tropical paradise of El Salvador,” Bukele said in an X post Thursday night.
Ronen Bar Head of Shin Bet Directly Responsible for Oct 7 : Smotrich!
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich published a statement this evening (Thursday) explaining his decision not to sit at the cabinet meeting with Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar.
"'There is no authority without responsibility and there is no responsibility without authority.' This is the first principle in any system that desires life and this is the heart of the debate surrounding the legal coup that has been carried out here in recent decades and has led to an absurd disconnect between authority and responsibility. A disconnect that is now reaching an endpoint around forcing Ronen Bar to continue his term as head of the Shin Bet," Smotrich began.
"Let's start with the fact that Ronen Bar is the head of the Shin Bet who has failed colossally in his position. He is personally responsible for the greatest disaster in the history of the State of Israel. He heads the intelligence organization that was supposed to provide the warning of a Hamas attack and for three years fell asleep on duty and allowed the great strategic deception that Sinwar perpetrated on the State of Israel. Ronen Bar received indications on the night of October 6th to 7th of an unusual occurrence in the Gaza Strip and made the wrong decision to continue the regular routine, not to mobilize forces and not to wake anyone up at the political level, a decision that cost us 1,200 civilians who were murdered, butchered, raped and burned in the terrible massacre committed by Hamas, and 250 kidnapped people, some of whom are still suffering in the tunnels in Gaza in Hamas captivity," he said.
According to Smotrich, "If he had a little self-respect and a little integrity and responsibility, he would have put the keys on the table of his own initiative in shame for October 8th and locked himself in his house after that without putting his nose outside the door for the rest of his life. In a civilized country, if he had not done this alone, the political level would have ousted him immediately. In President Biden's America, it took the head of the Secret Service three days after the attempted assassination of Trump to give back the keys and take responsibility for the failure."
"Bar is rewriting history with fabricated investigations and is now imposing himself on the political echelon, having been forcefully elected by the attorney general and the Supreme Court. Bar is causing a huge injustice to thousands of dedicated employees of the ISA who do sacred work for the security of Israel, dragging them against their will into the center of a public storm, using them as a tool and turning them into hostages in his personal struggle, shaking them and the organization and seriously damaging the public's trust in the organization.
"But on the flip side, this moment could become a defining moment, a blessing in disguise, a moment when the law and the legal profession are forced to understand the limits of power. A moment when everyone will understand that while the law may be able to impose technique, it simply cannot impose substance," he said.
Smotrich noted, "After the entire government unanimously expressed a lack of confidence in the head of the Shin Bet and decided to terminate his term on the basis of an explicit law that states that the government is authorized to do so, the power-drunk Supreme Court judges issued an interim order that forces the government to continue Ronen Bar's term. From that moment on, Ronen Bar is the head of the Shin Bet under the auspices of the Supreme Court. He continues to receive a paycheck as head of the Shin Bet, on the door of his office at the organization's headquarters there is a sign that says 'Head of the Shin Bet,' he has a driver and a car like the head of the Shin Bet.
"But, that's it. The court cannot impose trust and interpersonal relationships. It cannot force me to listen to him, to take him seriously in making decisions, to trust him and to give him confidence. I have no confidence in the head of the Shin Bet, I believe he is a resounding security failure and democratic understanding goes beyond that. There is no judge in the world who can force me to trust him, to have good interpersonal working relationships with him, and to reach decisions with him."
He continued, "Just as the law cannot force the sun to shine in the west, just as it cannot force couples to continue living together in love and trust, it cannot force a government to fulfill its responsibility for Israel's security through failed people who push us into the abyss over and over and over again. The attempt to force the government to have the Shin Bet head serve is yet another peak of absurdity that illustrates the court's disconnect from reality."
"So I have no intention of sitting in discussions if he is present. If he comes to cabinet discussions (which were stipulated by law and supposedly the Supreme Court forced him to be invited) I will leave when he speaks. As far as I am concerned, starting on the 10th of this month, he is the Shin Bet head on behalf of the Supreme Court, and the arrogant Supreme Court judges are invited to sit with him and discuss with him any issue they see fit," he stated.
"I very much hope that the government will soon be able to appoint a new head to this all-important organization, a head who understands security and intelligence, but also democracy, a head who will heal the organization, embrace his people, restore their trust, and lead them in the face of the great security challenges facing the State of Israel," Smotrich concluded.
Itamar Ben Gvir's Otzma Yehudit party would win 11 Knesset seats if elections were held today
MK Itamar Ben Gvir's Otzma Yehudit party would win 11 Knesset seats if elections were held today, a new poll by Maariv revealed.
In such a scenario, the Likud party is projected to win 22 Knesset seats, followed by Yisrael Beytenu and the Democrats with 17 seats each.
Third-largest in the Knesset would be the National Unity party, with 15 seats. Yesh Atid and Otzma Yehudit would win 11 seats each, and Shas would win 10 seats.
United Torah Judaism would win seven seats, and Hadash-Ta'al and Ra'am (United Arab List) would win five seats each.
Neither Balad nor Religious Zionism would pass the electoral threshold.
Divided into blocs, the coalition parties would win 50 Knesset seats, while the center-left would win 60. Hadash-Ta'al and Ra'am, which traditionally do not join any coalition, would hold the remaining 10 seats.
United Torah Judaism would win seven seats, and Hadash-Ta'al and Ra'am (United Arab List) would win five seats each.
Neither Balad nor Religious Zionism would pass the electoral threshold.
Divided into blocs, the coalition parties would win 50 Knesset seats, while the center-left would win 60. Hadash-Ta'al and Ra'am, which traditionally do not join any coalition, would hold the remaining 10 seats.
Thursday, April 17, 2025
El Salvador Blocks Sen. Chris Van Hollen from visiting Kilmar Abrego Garcia a Gang Member at the notorious mega-prison complex
Sen. Chris Van Hollen was blocked Wednesday from visiting Kilmar Abrego Garcia at the notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) mega-prison complex after the Democrat traveled to El Salvador to push for the release of the illegal migrant and purported MS-13 member.
Van Hollen (D-Md.), 66, met with the Central American nation’s vice president, Félix Ulloa, and publicly pleaded for Abrego Garcia to be set free.
“They should just let him go,” Van Hollen complained to reporters after the meeting. “I promised them [Abrego Garcia’s family] that I would do everything I could to get him out.”
“I won’t stop trying,” he added. “This is an unsustainable and unjust moment. So it cannot continue this way.”
Meanwhile, fresh revelations emerged Wednesday that Abrego Garcia’s wife — who has pushed for his release, pursued a domestic violence restraining order against him in 2021, alleging that he ripped off her shirt, punched her and scratched her.
White House officials needled Van Hollen over his advocacy for Abrego Garcia while his own constituents grapple with migrant crime.
“The criminal illegal immigrant is already home — he’s a Salvadoran citizen,” the Trump administration said in a statement. “… [W]here was his [Van Hollen’s] concern for Maryland constituents put at risk by the many other illegal immigrants allowed to roam free until now?”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt raked Van Hollen over the coals Wednesday for “rushing” over to El Salvador advocate for Abrego Garcia instead of focusing on his constituents who have been harmed by illegal immigrants.
“It’s appalling and sad that Senator Van Hollen and the Democrats applauding his trip to El Salvador today are incapable of having any shred of common sense or empathy for their own constituents and our citizens,” she chastised.
Leavitt then welcomed Patty Morin to the White House press briefing to discuss in gruesome and graphic detail how an illegal immigrant savagely raped and murdered her daughter, Rachel, a mom of five, in 2023.
“To have a senator from Maryland who didn’t even acknowledge or barely acknowledged my daughter and the brutal death that she endured, leaving her five children without a mother,” she lamented during her somber remarks, ‘to use my tax money to fly to El Salvador to bring back a person…i just don’t understand this.”
On Monday, Victor Martinez-Hernandez was found guilty by a jury of first-degree rape, first-degree premeditated murder, third-degree sexual assault and kidnapping.
“While the conviction of Rachel Morin’s killer will not return Rachel to her family where she rightfully belongs, this verdict brings a measure of justice that they so deserve,” Van Hollen had said in a statement Tuesday, the day after the verdict.
“A US federal court judge said that the Trump administration did not have evidence to support the claim that he had ever been part of MS-13,” Van Hollen lyingly claimed during his visit Wednesday. “In fact, Mr. Abrego Garcia is legally in the United States.”
Court documents indicate that Abrego Garcia illegally entered the US in 2011. In 2019, a federal judge blocked him from being deported back to his home country of El Salvador amid concerns he could face persecution from groups like the Barrio 18 gang.
“I want to emphasize that President Trump and our Attorney General Pam Bondi and the vice president of the United States are lying when they say that Abrego Garcia has been charged with a crime or is part of MS-13,” he added. “That is a lie.”
The Trump administration claimed in court documents that Abrego Garcia is “confirmed to be a ranking member of the MS-13 gang by a proven and reliable source,” something his family disputes.
Wednesday evening, the Justice Department released police reports that indicated Abrego Garcia was an active MS-13 member at the time of his initial detention in March 2019.
Last week, the Supreme Court instructed the Trump administration to take steps “to ‘facilitate’ Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador and to ensure that his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to” the Latin American country.
At the same time, the high court ruled that lower courts must show “deference owed to the Executive Branch in the conduct of foreign affairs.”
After that order, the Trump administration declined to pressure El Salvador to release Abrego Garcia and insisted that they are complying with the Supreme Court’s ruling because they have taken steps to “facilitate” his return if El Salvador ever releases him.
Trump welcomed El Salvador President Nayib Bukele to the White House on Monday, and the US ally scoffed at the notion that he’d send Abrego Garcia back to the US.
“I hope you are not suggesting that I smuggle terrorists into the United States,” Bukele, 43, told reporters while sitting alongside Trump in the Oval Office. “Of course, I’m not going to do it.
“The question is preposterous,” Bukele added. “I don’t have the power to return him to the United States.”
Trump administration officials have countered that they don’t have the power to bring him back because Abrego Garcia is an El Salvadoran national imprisoned in his home country.
'Hero of Israel' | Detained Shin Bet agent receives hero's welcome
A., who was arrested on suspicion of leaking classified documents to a minister and journalists, received a hero's welcome from his neighbors as he returned home after being released to house arrest.
The residents of his village welcomed him by waving Israeli flags and singing: "Don't fear Israel, since you are a lion cub and when a lion roars - who doesn't fear?"
Earlier on Wednesday, the Police Investigations Department requested during a court hearing to release the agent to a month-long house arrest, which will include various restrictions and a prohibition on meeting with other parties involved in the affair.
The ISA employee was arrested on suspicion of leaking information to the media. The investigation was opened in recent weeks following reports that ISA head Ronen Bar ordered an investigation into what has been termed "the takeover of the police by the Kahane movement."
His attorney referred during the hearing on extending the arrest to the allegations against the senior official: "In the (leaked) information, there is no danger to the security of the information and the public; it was published with the approval of the censor. The ISA has a lot of classified information, but it must be careful not to hold on to information that is not classified just because it can."
In an interview with Kan this morning, the attorney said that the ISA "Opened an investigation against politicians, which found nothing. Ronen Bar then ordered, 'Keep looking, see what can be found, and bring me everything'. The agent saw that the ISA's inquiry did not match its charter, that the assignment presented the inquiry in a distorted manner, and the inquiry was hostile to politicians in certain matters. The full inquiry shows that the ISA did the same things and supported them. These are things he disclosed due to the public's right to know."
"From the first moment, he said that he leaked documents of positions and actions, not information from intelligence documents. The censor approved them. They are of great public interest. I am not aware of cases where individuals were arrested for leaks that are not of a security nature," he noted.
“Bar & Baharav-Miara Have Turned The Shin Bet Into The Deep State’s Private Militia”
Numerous government members responded harshly to the exposure of the shocking report on Tuesday, revealing that Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar threw a senior Shin Bet official into prison for revealing information that embarrassed them.
Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli stated: “‘A.’ is a hero of Israel – a whistleblower who was willing to take a risk against a pair of dangerous officials. ‘A’ revealed that amid a war, the Shin Bet chief is obsessively spying on a sitting minister; he revealed that the parts published to the public from the Shin Bet’s investigation into the circumstances of the launch of the war present a false and distorted picture – Bar wanted to tell us that the political echelon was responsible for the strengthening Hamas, but forgot to mention that he himself set the rehabilitation of Gaza and the bolstering of its economy as a central goal.”
“None of the information published by A’ meets the definition of secret material or has a speck of risk to state security. On the contrary, non-disclosure of these materials to the political echelon and the public is what harms the security of the state. Bar has already been unanimously ousted by the government, but instead of vacating his position, the man hijacked the organization and its draconian capabilities and turned them into a personal tool for revenge and political persecution, and not for the first time. Israel has never had a more failed, reckless, and arrogant Shin Bet chief in its entire history.”
“Bar and Baharav-Miara act like King Louis XIV, who said: ‘I am the state.’ Bar doesn’t see himself as subject to the government, which means that he doesn’t see himself as subject to the laws of the state that clearly define his subordination to the government and its head. On such a state of affairs, in which the head of a service chooses to ignore his subordination to the laws of the state, Judge Zamir wrote: ‘In this way, control over the service may one day fall into the hands of a person or group of people without restraint, and from here there is only a short step between him and the tyrannical rule of a police state…'”
“I will fight with all my might for the innocence of A’, a loyal servant of Am Yisrael and Israeli democracy, and against the political Stasi of the Bar and Miara duo,” Chikli concluded.
Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich stated: “This is what a real coup looks like. When a secret intelligence organization uses the draconian powers granted to it for security purposes against elected officials and journalists, while completely losing its checks and balances. When an elected government seeks to remove a failing Shin Bet chief who has betrayed and undermined and the Attorney General and the Supreme Court violently prevent it.”
“The State of Israel is on a slippery and dangerous slope on the way to losing democracy and a dictatorial rule of a security and legal junta. We will not let this pass. We will return the State of Israel to the people.”
“I don’t know who the Shin Bet man in question is, but as far as I am concerned, he is the next Shin Bet chief – the only one in the organization with a spine, a moral conscience, a democratic compass and civic courage to fight the corruption that Ronen Bar brought to the organization and thwart a violent coup.”
The Likud party issued a statement saying: “This morning, another shocking and dangerous affair was exposed in the Shin Bet under Ronen Bar. A Shin Bet member who felt that the organization under Ronen Bar had become a political body was arrested and interrogated in the Shin Bet’s dungeons. Ronen Bar, in full cooperation with the Attorney General, has turned parts of the Shin Bet into a private militia of the deep state that undermines the rule of law and the foundations of democracy.”
“Under the tenure of Ronen Bar and Gali Baharav-Miara, who have a long-standing friendship, the Shin Bet arrests and examines journalists, blackmails a police officer, and opens frivolous political investigations against ministers and Knesset members from the coalition – all in order to prevent Bar’s dismissal.”
“The political investigations must stop immediately. Ronen Bar, who failed terribly on October 7th and has since lost the faith of the entire government, must stop entrenching himself in his position and vacate his position immediately. The men and women of the Shin Bet who are doing sacred work deserve a different boss.”
Trump Blocked Planned Israeli Strike On Iran, Opted For Talks Instead
Trump has reportedly blocked Israeli plans to carry out a major strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities this May, instead opting to pursue a high-stakes diplomatic push aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
According to a detailed report by The New York Times, Israeli officials had recently finalized a plan to hit multiple Iranian nuclear sites next month, a coordinated military operation that they believed would delay Iran’s nuclear program by at least a year. The ambitious operation was to include a combination of precision airstrikes and commando raids—one that would require significant logistical and military backing from the United States.
But during an April 3 phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Trump made it clear he would not discuss Iran strategy over the phone. Instead, he invited Netanyahu for an in-person meeting at the White House. There, earlier this month, Trump firmly told the Israeli premier that the United States would not support a strike while negotiations with Iran were underway.
Sources within both governments say Netanyahu had hoped to secure Trump’s approval to move forward with the strike before U.S. Central Command head General Michael E. Kurilla concludes his tour of duty—timing that was considered crucial for operational success. American and Israeli defense officials had been quietly developing scenarios to ensure a potential mission could be carried out with Kurilla still at the helm.
But while some in the administration supported the idea of keeping the military option on the table—among them Gen. Kurilla and National Security Adviser Michael Waltz—others raised strong objections. Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence, presented a fresh intelligence assessment warning that the visible U.S. military buildup could provoke a full-scale regional conflict with Iran, a risk the administration was unwilling to take.
Her warnings were echoed by several senior officials in closed-door strategy meetings, including White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Vice President JD Vance. They all expressed concerns about the likelihood of escalation and the limited effectiveness of the proposed operation, especially given that many of Iran’s most critical nuclear facilities are deep underground or heavily fortified, making them difficult to destroy with commandos alone.
Despite Netanyahu’s strong push—he had reportedly championed a hybrid option combining airstrikes with ground raids—Trump remained unmoved. He reiterated to Netanyahu during their White House meeting that America would not provide the necessary support, at least not while diplomatic talks with Iran were progressing.
The decision represents a calculated gamble by Trump, who is betting on his ability to extract a new deal from Tehran that would curb Iran’s nuclear capabilities without dragging the United States into another Middle Eastern conflict.
For Israel, the message is sobering: If it chooses to move forward, it may have to go it alone.
Dog Reunites With Israeli Family After Disappearing for 18 Months in Gaza
Rachel Dancyg never thought she would see her dog again after it disappeared in the Hamas attack that sparked the ongoing war with Israel.
Her ex-husband and brother were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel and killed. She thought her beloved pet had suffered the same fate. So when a soldier called the family on Tuesday night, telling them that Billie had been found alive in Gaza, it was hard to believe.
“It’s a miracle,” Dancyg told The Associated Press on Wednesday, hours after being reunited with her now 3 1/2-year old Cavalier King Charles spaniel. “It doesn’t make sense … People didn’t survive. How did she?”
The reunion brought a rare touch of joy in Israel after 18 months of devastating war.
The Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack killed some 1,200 people and resulted in more than 250 others being kidnapped. Nearly 60 hostages remain in Gaza, more than half of whom are believed to be dead.
An Israeli offensive launched after the attack has killed more than 51,000 Palestinians, more than half of them women and children, according to local health authorities, and reduced large parts of Gaza to rubble. U.S.-led efforts to broker a ceasefire and bring home remaining hostages appear to be at a standstill.
Nir Oz was one of the hardest hit communities, with nearly a quarter of the approximately 400 residents killed or captured in the 2023 attack. For Israelis, it stands out as the embodiment of their country’s vulnerability that day. Soldiers took hours to respond. Some families have said they saw Hamas militants killing or kidnapping animals.
It’s unclear how Billie ended up in Gaza. When Hamas entered Dancyg’s home, she hid in the safe room with her family for eight hours, holding the door shut. But she fled so quickly there was no time to find the dog. For months, the community looked everywhere for Billie, but there was no trace of her.
The family later moved to northern Israel.
Then, on Tuesday night, Dancyg’s daughter received a phone call from a soldier who had just returned from Gaza. He said he had their dog.
“I couldn’t believe it. I asked for a photo. I was really confused,” said her daughter, Lee Maor.
The soldier said he found Billie in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah — about 9 miles (15 kilometers) from the Kibbutz — days earlier, and she immediately gravitated toward his troops, not leaving their side. It might have been because Billie heard them speaking Hebrew, he told them.
Speaking to Israeli television, reserve soldier Aviad Shapira said he found Billie among the rubble and called out to her. “I said ‘shalom’ and she jumped on me,” he said.
He had a feeling that she didn’t belong in Gaza and that there was a story behind her, Shapira said. He brought the dog to a veterinarian and found the family’s contact information on a chip inside the animal.
Stroking Billie on her lap, Dancyg says it will take time to see how the odyssey has affected her. Billie appears happy to be home, but she seems disoriented and has lost weight, Dancyg said.
While Israeli media happily reported Billie’s return, the Nir Oz community reminded people not to forget what the family went through. In a Facebook post, the kibbutz called the reunion a “little light in a lot of sorrow.”
The body of Dancyg’s ex-husband, Alex, 76, was recovered by the army and returned in August. The body of her brother Itzhak Elgarat, 68, was returned earlier this year as part of a ceasefire.
For Dancyg, Billie’s return gives her some sense of closure. Yet she said it is bittersweet knowing there are hostages still in Gaza.
“I can’t get out of this trauma as long as they are there,” she said.
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
'Rabbi' defending campus antisemitism While A "goy" Has to Set Him Straight
CNN's Scott Jennings had a tense back and forth with left-wing rabbi Jay Michaelson, who appeared intent on deflecting instances of antisemitism on college campuses last year.
While on a panel discussing President Donald Trump's decision Monday to freeze $2.2 billion in federal funds that had been set to go to Harvard University, Jennings said he agreed with the move.
Jennings referenced the letter from the government to Harvard sent out last week that in part demanded the private university prevent admitting international students hostile to the American values,' which included 'students supportive of terrorism or antisemitism.'
During the heat of the protests last year against Israel's war in Gaza following the October 7 attack by Hamas, there was a pro-Palestine encampment on Harvard's campus that lasted for 20 days.
'I think that this is all about antisemitism,' said Jennings.
'I believe that what has happened on these campuses in the Ivy League and in other places, mostly private institutions, has been an abomination. And someone has to stand up for these Jewish kids.'
Michaelson, who is a journalist on top of being a rabbi, said he wouldn't be the one standing up for Jewish students, some of whom were prevented from going to class by protestors at places like UCLA.
'It's not going to be the rabbi at the table and it's not going to be the entire Jewish community and it's not going to be my friends in Jewish Studies who just had their grants canceled,' Michaelson said.
'Until Donald Trump came along and his administration decided to connect federal funds to stamping out the scourge of antisemitism on these campuses, nobody was willing to stand up for [Jewish students],' said Jennings, an alum in the George W. Bush administration.
'I think the American people don't want a private university with a $53 billion endowment to get a dollar while a Jewish kid is being discriminated against on campus,' he added.
Michaelson quickly fired back by saying, 'What a joke. What a complete joke.'
He argued that the Republican party has its own problem with antisemitism, pointing to Nick Fuentes who has promoted white supremist ideologies.
Michaelson also made not-so-subtle references to Elon Musk, who donated nearly a quarter of a billion dollars to Trump's 2024 campaign and subsequently became the head of the cost-cutting DOGE department.
He pointed out that Musk publicly supported German far-right party AfD, which has been accused of using Nazi slogans. Michaelson also reminded the panel that Musk was highly-criticized for doing a 'salute' during Trump's inauguration.
Jennings then steered the conversation back to its original topic, pressing Michaelson on whether he condoned 'what's happening to these Jewish kids' on college campuses.
Michaelson didn't give a clear answer and host Abby Phillip jumped in to reign in her guests who were now shouting over one another.
'Scott, I think the issue is not whether these universities should adjust antisemitism, the question is how is the government using government power to do it,' Phillip said.
'There is a complete distinction between the university addressing its own problems and the government forcing them to do it in a particular way.'
Jennings hit back: 'If Harvard wants to give up the federal money, you can do all the antisemitism I guess you want at Harvard or any other school.'
The heated cable news clash comes as the Trump administration already brought down the hammer on Columbia University, which last year had to have its pro-Palestine encampment disbanded by NYPD officers in riot gear.
Trump pulled $400 million in federal funding from Columbia in the beginning of March. By March 21, university administrators caved and agreed to change their policies when it comes to student protests.
The university's interim president said in a letter that Columbia will bar protests inside academic buildings. Students will also not be permitted to wear face masks on campus 'for the purposes of concealing one's identity.'
In an effort to expand 'intellectual diversity' within the university, Columbia will also appoint new faculty members to its Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies department.
Jeffrey Melnick Must be Banned From Israel
Jeff Melnick of U Mass is a Jew who must never again be allowed into the Jewish state. He’s a pro BDS jihadi lover and symbolic of the sick Jews at U Mass who stand with our enemies. We confirm his name was submitted to Israeli government authorities of those we’d recommend be… pic.twitter.com/d1S1bv1JWY
— Betar Worldwide (@Betar_USA) April 14, 2025
Pro-Hamas Supporter Tabassum Wyne Calls Police When Offered a "Free Ticket" to Gaza
Oakville resident Tabassum Wyne attended a City Hall meeting to oppose a bylaw that would prevent Hamas rallies outside of places of worship when someone offered to get her a ticket to Gaza to help her cause.
— Leviathan (@l3v1at4an) April 13, 2025
A crying Tabassum says she then called @HaltonPolice & reported it as… pic.twitter.com/eoFzETe3so
BBC is beginning their “imminent famine in Gaza” cycle again
The BBC is beginning their “imminent famine in Gaza” cycle again. Here is every time the BBC said that famine was imminent in Gaza:
9 Oct 2023
12 Oct 2023
13 Oct 2023
18 Oct 2023
9 Dec 2023
22 Dec 2023
10 Feb 2024
21 Feb 2024
22 Feb 2024
27 Feb 2024
3 Mar 2024
4 Mar 2024
5 Mar…
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