'The Leader We Can Pressure And Move': Climate Group Behind Disruptive Protests Backs Kamala for President, Saying She'll Adopt Its Positions Once in Office

Climate Defiance, a group known for conducting disruptive protests at public events, on Wednesday endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, saying it could successfully pressure her to adopt far-left positions on climate change once elected.

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'I Know It Wasn't Me, But I'm Really Sorry': New Columbia President Apologizes for Cops Clearing Encampment

Columbia University's new interim president, Katrina Armstrong, apologized for the "harm" caused by police sweeps used to clear unruly and illegal encampments and to remove students who had broken into and occupied a campus building in the spring. "I know it wasn't me, but I'm really sorry," she said.

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The Accountability-Free University

On Monday, we learned how Columbia University has dealt with the criminals in its midst. The House Committee on Education and the Workforce released information obtained from Columbia indicating how the university has meted out discipline in an array of cases. They range from protesters who participated in the unlawful encampment to rioters who broke into Hamilton Hall to those who disrupted the school's alumni weekend in late May, plastering cardboard rockets with the photographs of Columbia trustees and other university leaders.

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‘A Huge Conflict of Interest’: Two Professors on Columbia’s Top Disciplinary Body Participated in Encampment, Photos Suggest

Two professors on Columbia University's top disciplinary committee were involved in the unlawful encampment that upended campus life in April, photos and metadata suggest, raising concerns about conflicts of interest as the university weighs revisions to its protest policy ahead of the fall semester.

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He Stormed a Campus Building at Columbia. He Also Has an Active New York Law License, and He's Poised To Keep It.

A professional left-wing activist and trust fund heir who joined Columbia University students in storming and occupying a university building last April also has an active law license in New York, records show. He's set to keep it, too, even if he's convicted on the charge he's facing, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.

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Congress Plots Bipartisan Probe of Terror-Tied App Telegram

House lawmakers are pushing a bipartisan bill that would compel the Biden-Harris administration to document and assess all terrorism threats to the United States that are disseminated through foreign messaging apps such as Telegram, according to a copy of the bill obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

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Fringe Benefits

Marching Proud Boys wearing black Fred Perry polos and getting into fisticuffs with Antifa. Anonymous hacktivists wearing creepy, plastic Guy Fawkes masks and messing with the computers of law enforcement and other organizations they think corrupt or cruel. Oath Keepers proclaiming to be "Guardians of the Republic" and traveling to the U.S. Capitol with paramilitary equipment to "Stop the Steal" in January 2021. Woke "Free Gaza" protesters clad in keffiyehs and N-95 masks storming university buildings and building squatter camps. The American taking all this in would be forgiven for feeling the country's politics have gotten weird and extreme over the past 20 years. Certainly, many in the media have treated all these instances as novelties that may portend the death of American democracy. In truth, crazy politics is a recurring feature of our nation. Groups sprout up either adjacent or in antagonism to the major political parties, and it can be difficult to discern whether their confrontational style and tactics mask nefarious and violent designs.

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As Anti-Semitism Surges, Some Colleges Face Exodus of Jewish Students From Campus

After months of surging anti-Semitism at elite universities, some of these schools are facing a disturbing trend for next fall: an exodus of Jewish students from campus.

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Liz Warren Leans on Watchdog Group Filled With Anti-Israel Marxists To Garner Support for Private Equity Crackdown

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) is leaning on the policy expertise of a George Soros-funded nonprofit staffed by self-described communists and anti-Israel radicals in her latest push to crack down on private equity.

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Feds Probe Chapman University for 'Unchecked Anti-Semitism on Campus'

The federal government has opened a formal investigation into allegations that Chapman University, a California-based private school, permitted "unchecked anti-Semitism on campus" that included death threats to Jewish students such as "F*** yeah I want you and all Zionist trash bags dead."

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