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#1 - New Yorkers Wake to the Islamic Call to Prayer — by Eli Shepherd
The Adhan is not ambient background music. It is a declaration. The phrase “Allahu Akbar” means “God is greatest.” It is a theological claim. It is a call to submission. Practicing Muslims understand this. That is not controversial. That is simply fact.
Now imagine living in lower Manhattan. Imagine hearing that broadcast before sunrise, rolling through concrete and glass, over a skyline where nearly 3,000 Americans were murdered in an attack carried out in the name of that same phrase. Context matters. Memory matters. And if that memory is ingrained in my mind, being in 6th grade and states away at the time, I can't imagine where it sits for those in the city.
We are told that discomfort equals intolerance. That objection equals hate. That if you even question the wisdom of amplifying the Adhan over public neighborhoods, you are somehow anti-Muslim. That doesn't just strike me as ridiculous; it's lazy thinking.
#2 - Obama Center Gets Even Uglier As Massive Mind-Numbing Text Display Goes Up — by Bob Hoge
“Not the ideal design.” Well, that’s certainly a contestant for understatement of the year. “I gave up after developing a headache three lines from the top,” one commenter noted.
It’s not a traditional presidential library — the physical archives won’t even be stored there, as is usually the case. Instead, the National Archives will manage them off-site and make digital versions available to the public. Its real purpose is to act as some sort of monumental community organizing project.
The Obama Foundation, whose CEO is the infamous Valerie Jarrett, funds and will run the campus, which will sport a regulation basketball court, a museum, a life-size replica of the Oval Office, podcast/recording studios, a “Democracy in Action Lab,” and more.
#3 - AOC Gets Big Mad at Press Coverage of Her Munich Disaster, and She's Never Been More Exposed — by Bonchie
What you have to understand is that Ocasio-Cortez isn't used to pushback. She's used to fawning coverage and softball interviews. Answering questions that stray from her typical socialist talking points isn't part of her skillset, nor is dealing with negative headlines as a result of her face-planting.
In short, she wasn't happy and quickly ran to one of her stenographers at The New York Times to clean things up for her. While he was more than willing to give it a shot, he didn't succeed.
#4 - Legend: Czech Politician Dunks All Over a Furious Hillary Clinton for Her TDS in Great Exchange in Munich — by Nick Arama
Macinka didn't let her get away with that. He said there were two genders and the rest was a social construct that went too far.
Hillary's response didn't even make any sense, given the topic. "Does that justify selling out Ukraine, who are on the front lines dying to save their freedom and their two genders, if that's what you're worried about?"
What did any of that have to do with Ukraine? Plus, it's Trump who's been trying to end the war, while Democrats seem to be content to let it go on forever, pouring our money out into it endlessly.
Macinka started laughing at how desperate and angry she was, "I'm sorry, this makes you nervous." You could hear other laughs as well. She really doesn't take being challenged very well. The problem with her is that she's so twisted, she can't hide it. But the rest of the world sees it.
#5 - FBI Director Patel: We Know Who's Bankrolling Antifa, and We're Coming for Them — by Bob Hoge
The director continued, saying they’ve identified some culprits, but they're not ready to reveal their identities just yet:
"These organizations don’t operate alone or in silence," Patel said. "They operate with a heavy, heavy stream of funding.
And we started looking into it, and guess what? We found them."
Patel did not identify specific donors, organizations, or financial mechanisms, but said more details could emerge in the coming months as the investigation continues.
"Money doesn’t lie," he added. He also smacked former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden for ignoring the violent activists and calling the decentralized group "an idea." "It’s not an idea when actual action follows the idea," he chided them.
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