University Chaos Unaddressed by Biden Administration

University Chaos Unaddressed by Biden Administration

Columbia law students demand exams be canceled over feelings of trauma from police 'violence' against anti-Israel protesters



The student editors of the Columbia Law Review demanded that exams be cancelled over their trauma from witnessing and experience police "violence" against anti-Israel protesters.

The students made their demand in a letter sent out on Thursday after police liberated the college's Hamilton Hall from pro-Hamas protesters on Tuesday and arrested about a hundred people.

"As the Administrative Board of student editors of the Columbia Law Review, we urge the Law School to cancel exams and give all students passing grades for their work throughout the semester," the letter read in part.

"The violence we witnessed last night has irrevocably shaken many of us on the Review. We know this to be the same for a majority of our classmates. Videos have circulated of police clad in riot gear mocking and brutalizing our students. The events of last night left us, and many of our peers, unable to focus and highly emotional during this tumultuous time," they continued.

Police were assaulted by protesters after they forced their way into Hamilton Hall and forcibly dragged out the protesters. While the damage to the hall was great, it paled in comparison to the deep emotional trauma that the students suffered throughout the ordeal.

This only follows the growing distress that many of us have felt for months as the humanitarian crisis abroad continues to unfold, and as the blatant antisemitism, islamophobia, and racism on campus have escalated. Our response is not disproportionate to the outsized impact it has had on many of us in the community— a crowd of people that proudly represent their membership in a white supremacist, neo-fascist hate group were storming our campus just days ago.

"The current exam policy raises concerns around equity and academic integrity," the statement continued. "Many are unwell at this time and cannot study or concentrate while their peers are being hauled to jail."

A group of anti-Israel protesters have filed a lawsuit against the university over the alleged racist "harassment" they faced during the occupation of the hall.

Thursday morning, several police agencies joined the LAPD in crashing through barricades at UCLA and dismantling the pro-Hamas encampment that several students had constructed. Protesters tried to fight back by spraying police with unidentified chemicals.

In one comical incident lampooned online, several UCLA protesters rushed at police with makeshift shields fashioned out of garbage cans, and they were unceremoniously wrestled to the ground.

More than 200 protesters were arrested in that police action, and the encampment was completely obliterated.

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Exposing the harsh reality of Hamas



The hypocrisy — or just pure lack of intelligence — of the pro-Hamas protesters is getting clearer every single day.

In one viral video, a drag queen is shown in front of a group of kids at a drag queen story hour. The drag queen says, “If you’re a drag queen and you know it, shout ‘free Palestine,'” as the children erupt in a chorus of pro-Hamas propaganda.

“You know they’d kill you, moron; they’d throw you off a building; they’d cut your head off,” Pat Gray says, astounded. “Why don’t you go to the Gaza strip and do your cute little routine there.”

“They hate your guts, and he is singing their praises,” he adds, disgusted.

Keith Malinak agrees.

“It’s just gross on so many levels. You’ve got this trans dude hanging out with little kids and then talking about ‘free Palestine,’” he says, adding, “There shouldn’t be this many parents allowing kids in the nation to go to one of these events, much less one.”

“We are just committing suicide as a nation, and we are destroying the children,” he continues.


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Jase has a ‘stop the chariot’ moment with the Smallbones & encouraging Christian artists



There was a point in Christian history when the church was the epicenter of art, but that has unfortunately changed.

However, there is a glimmer of hope — and Jase Robertson sees it in films like “Unsung Hero,” which is based on a true story about the Smallbones family.

“Every once in awhile, you meet people who you just can’t help but see that they love Jesus and they want to get him out in the world,” Jase says, adding, “and since we’re kind of traveling in that same circle, I just want to support and help what they’re doing.”

Alan is in agreement, telling Phil, Zach, and Jase, “We’ve turned the corner on filmmaking for faith films and telling great stories.”

“I think that movies like this, where Jesus loving people make a movie in our culture, and everything we do see around in our world sometimes is really bad, I think these are the times where the Church of Jesus should stop the chariot and go support this movie,” Jase adds.

Zach has noticed that while the church is no longer the epicenter of art, there is a movement toward gaining back that ground that is growing.

“I love the fact that the church in the last 20 years has been like, ‘Wait a second, we need to be involved in the arts. We need to be involved in philosophy. We need to be involved in culture at every level if we’re truly kingdom people.’ So, I love it," he says.

“And let’s face it,” he continues, “we are shaped by the stories that we entertain ourselves with; we are shaped by the music that we listen to; we are shaped by the books that we read; and so, we need to be in these spaces telling a better story, a bigger story that really transcends this cultural moment and moves people closer to who God is.”


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WATCH: Pro-Palestinian protesters TAKE OVER college campuses



If there’s a leftist cause, a protest is bound to follow — no matter how little those protesting understand why or what they're protesting in the first place.

This is especially the case after Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel.

Pro-Palestinian protesters have now taken over college campuses across America, from Columbia University in New York to the George Washington University in D.C. and Cal Poly Humboldt in California.

The protesters spent the past weekend setting up autonomous zones in solidarity with Gaza, held Islamic prayer sessions, and chanted about the intifada.

“Seems to be the only thing that Americans want to do these days is protest the right of Israel to exist,” Stu Burguiere says to Glenn Beck.

In one of the protests at Columbia University, the students knelt on Islamic prayer rugs while a man sang a prayer.

“The nice thing is they’re including women in the call to prayer, which is very popular in the Middle East. They love it when women get down and pray right alongside the men,” Glenn jokes.

At another protest in Canada, a woman praised Hamas’ attack on Israel. “We stand with the Palestinian resistance and their heroic and brave action on October 7. And they said, 'Long live October 7,' and we say today, 'Long live October 7!'” she yelled.

“You know, I love it when the Nazis are like, ‘Long live the Holocaust,’” Glenn mocks. “‘Long live those really cool showers and oven system that we came up with.’”





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WATCH: Biden admits what the media falsely accused Trump of



Donald Trump once came under media fire when he allegedly said there were “very fine people on both sides” of the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally.

Now, Joe Biden is having his own moment in the sun — but without the media firestorm.

The president told reporters that while he condemned “the anti-Semitic protests” on college campuses, he also “condemns those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians.”

Glenn Beck is amazed.

“It’s almost like what happened with Donald Trump, except when Donald Trump said that, he was a Nazi,” Glenn says, noting that it wasn’t just Charlottesville where Trump was condemned.

“January 6,” Glenn says. “I never heard anybody say, ‘Well, yeah, but there were some grandmothers in there and some nice people there and that’s not what they were doing.’”

Now, history is repeating itself, and those who are attending pro-Israel rallies are being demonized in a similar way.

One particular Columbia professor was barred from the university after speaking at one of these rallies.

“We need to make the world understand that being Jewish in public is a safe thing, and it shouldn’t be something that’s contested. We are not fighting just for the Jews, we are fighting for everyone,” the professor said.

“You can see why Columbia University locked him out,” Glenn says.


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