Democrat Wes Moore Stumbles During CBS Town Hall When Asked To Address Free Beacon Reporting About Exaggerations and Falsehoods in His Life Story

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D.) gave shifting and evasive answers—or doubled down on dubious claims—when asked about misrepresentations and falsehoods in his biography during a CBS "town hall" Sunday evening, where the rising Democratic star was the main attraction.

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Wes Moore Says He Won't Waste 'A Second' To Find His Missing Thesis as Oxford Refuses To Confirm He Was Ever a Doctoral Candidate

Maryland governor Wes Moore (D.) declared he won't waste "a second" of his time finding his missing graduate thesis, which he now claims made him an expert on Hamas. Oxford University, meanwhile, refuses to confirm whether Moore was ever a doctoral candidate in 2006, a representation he made in the résumé he submitted that year […]

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Conan O'Brien calls out lazy Trump-hating comedians



Late-night host and writer Conan O'Brien says Trump-deranged comedians need to step up their game.

Speaking at the Oxford Union Society, the former talk-show host and "Simpsons" writer lamented that some in the comedy establishment have given up on laughs in favor of angry tirades about President Trump.

'We don't have a straight line right now. We have a very bendy, rubbery line.'

"I think some comics go the route of, 'I'm going to just say F Trump all the time' [and] that's their comedy. And I think, well, now, a little bit, you're being co-opted because you're so angry."

"You've been lulled," added the Harvard alum, likening the allure of crowd-pleasing but joke-free anti-Trump material to a siren song.

The comedian continued, "You've been lulled into just saying 'F Trump. F Trump. F Trump. Screw this guy.' I think you've now put down your best weapon, which is being funny, and you've exchanged it for anger."

Finding the funny

The 62-year-old noted that he has always prided himself on finding a way to be funny in any situation, and he did not give his peers an out when it comes to political comedy.

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"Any person like that would say, 'Well, things are too serious now. I don't need to be funny.' I think, well, if you're a comedian, you always need to be funny. You just have to find a way," O'Brien told the audience at the esteemed student debating society.

"And you just have to find a way to channel that anger. ... Good art will always be a great weapon, will always be a perfect weapon against power, but if you're just screaming and you're just angry, you've lost your best tool in the toolbox."

Playing it straight

Earlier in the interview, O'Brien recalled that some of his most joyful memories in comedy were parodying different magazines or news outlets by mocking their tone and style. At the same time, he said it was impossible to parody something that doesn't follow a "straight line."

He referred to the National Enquirer, describing the outlet's content as impossible to make fun of because it would print stories like, "Elvis found in Titanic lifeboat 105 years after sinking. He is now a woman, and he's married a giant peanut-butter sandwich."

"How do you parody that? You can't," he explained. "And I think with Trump we have a similar situation in comedy, which is people saying, 'We've got a great Trump sketch for you. In this one, he's kind of talking crazy and he's saying stuff, and he tears down half the White House to build a giant ballroom, and he says it's going to be the new Mar-a-Lago.' Yeah, no, that happened yesterday," O'Brien joked.

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"Comedy needs a straight line to go off of," O'Brien added. "And we don't have a straight line right now. We have a very bendy, rubbery line. We have a slinky. We have a fire hose that's whipping around, spewing water at 100 miles an hour or something else."

Oxford Comms Guru, A Democratic Donor, Very Upset Over Free Beacon Report on Wes Moore

Oxford’s deputy communications chief, Julia Paolitto, was not a fan of the Washington Free Beacon’s report on Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D.), which revealed the potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate boasted about being a "foremost expert" on radical Islam—though nobody can find his graduate thesis from Oxford, where he attended graduate school as a Rhodes Scholar.

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Wes Moore Won a Key White House Post Claiming He Was 'Touted as a Foremost Expert' on Radical Islam and Was Studying for an Oxford PhD—But His Thesis Is 'Missing' and There's No Evidence He Was Ever a Doctoral Student

Maryland governor Wes Moore, now considered a serious prospect for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, got his big break in 2006. Fresh off a one-year deployment to Afghanistan, President George W. Bush awarded Moore, then 27, a White House fellowship, a prestigious, year-long internship during which he served as a special assistant to then-secretary of state Condoleezza Rice. It put Moore on the path to ultimately becoming Maryland's governor, and he won the fellowship—in the turbulent years after 9/11—claiming to be a "foremost expert" on radical Islam thanks to his academic work at Oxford University.

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President-elect of Oxford Union reaps the whirlwind for celebrating Charlie Kirk's assassination



The leftist who was elected president of the Oxford Union in June was among the radicals who rushed to celebrate Charlie Kirk's assassination. Like others before him, George Abaraonye has learned the hard way that there are consequences for such depravity.

How it started

Abaraonye wrote in a now-deleted Instagram post, the authenticity of which he confirmed to the Oxford student newspaper Cherwell, "Charlie Kirk got shot loool."

'Where is the belief in free speech, the tolerance for opinions, the empathy?'

While Abaraonye treated Kirk's murder as a laugh-worthy matter, Kirk treated Abaraonye courteously when they debated just months earlier at the Oxford Union.

Abaraonye, a philosophy and politics student who has served also as a "racial and ethnic minorities rep" for the university's junior common room, later suggested to Cherwell that he had made the remark in a "moment of shock"; however, he reportedly made similarly depraved remarks in a WhatsApp group chat with other students.

Abaraonye wrote, for instance, "Charlie Kirk got shot, let's f****** go," reported the Telegraph.

The Oxford Union president-elect's apparent delight at seeing a political assassination on a university campus prompted outrage on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Speakers who were scheduled to join the Oxford Union for debate began canceling, including Liora Rez, executive director of the U.S.-based watchdog group Stop Antisemitism, and Josh Wolfe, co-founder of Lux Capital.

Stop Antisemitism noted to the Oxford Union that "employees will not be engaging with your debate society due to safety concerns and your President elect's pro violent stance."

Wolfe noted that he would not attend "until cultural leadership from the top celebrates peace + coexistence + civil discourse + denounces violence."

Among those who wondered aloud about what had happened to the Oxford Union was Claire Coutinho, a Conservative member of Parliament, who stated, "The Oxford Union is meant to be one of the best student debating chambers in the world. Where is the belief in free speech, the tolerance for opinions, the empathy?"

The Oxford Union finally piped up with a condemnation, expressing sympathy for Kirk's family and stressing that Abaraonye's views "do not represent the Oxford Union's current leadership or committee's view."

Abaraonye decided ultimately to paint himself as the victim, suggesting in a statement to Cherwell published September 11 that his heinous remarks were "shaped by the context of Mr. Kirk's own rhetoric" and that he is now the target of "racist comments and a myriad of threats."

How it's going

Several weeks after Valerie Amos, the radical Labour Party politician who serves as master of University College, Oxford, defended Abaraonye and announced that no disciplinary action will be taken against him, the Oxford Union scheduled a vote of no confidence in the president-elect.

The in-person poll took place on Saturday, and the results were published on Monday.

Of the 1,746 ballots ultimately cast, 1,228 members voted to oust Abaraonye; 501 members voted to keep the radical; and 17 members spoiled their ballots. Having passed the required two-thirds threshold of 1,164, the majority spared the Oxford Union from having the radical as their leader.

Abaraonye — who previously suggested that a vote against him was a victory for hate — cried foul after his visitation by consequence, releasing a statement characterizing the vote as "compromised" and the result as invalid.

The statement says the radical "is proud and thankful to have the support of well in excess of a majority of students at Oxford, who voted to have a safe election and resist attempts to subvert democracy."

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Charlie Kirk crushes Oxford’s liberal elite in epic Trump debate



No matter what stage he’s standing on, Charlie Kirk is a master at shredding leftist nonsense. Whether he’s rocking a MAGA T-shirt while schooling woke American college kids at a campus booth or suited up and wiping the floor with haughty British university elites, he’s got a knack for making progressives squirm with his quick-witted takedowns.

But there's something about watching Charlie mop up the uppity Oxford crowd that makes his rhetorical demolitions perhaps even more entertaining.

'My country, America, became as great as it is because of what we inherited from you — from Britain.'

On May 20, the Turning Point USA founder was invited to participate in a formal debate with the Oxford Union, a prestigious debating society that’s been operating for over 200 years. Members, donning dressy evening attire, engage in spirited parliamentary-style debates and host prominent figures from politics, academia, and media to speak or argue on pressing global issues.

Kirk’s challenge that night? Oppose the motion: “This house believes Trump has gone too far.”

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Over the course of three speeches, Charlie heard every argument in the liberal playbook.

Oxford Union librarian Anya Trofimova, who opened the debate, argued that President Trump “tanked the American economy,” "is gutting the global economy,” “ruined NATO,” “slashed global aid,” “all but abolished the rule of law,” “deported American citizens to camps without fair trial,” adopted a budget that “will deny 14 million American citizens health care,” has insisted on “relegating women to second-class citizens,” expressed intentions to “end free speech,” is currently “bankrolling Israel's Gaza genocide,” and has “cozied up to Putin while throwing Ukraine under the bus.”

Serene Singh, comparing Trump to an angry Donald Duck, accused him of sowing “fear and resentment” among Americans and American allies, using “fake fires” as a distraction to sidestep “real problems” like health care and women’s safety, and deflecting accountability for crises like gun violence and press freedom erosion.

Laura Smith, who closed the proposition, condemned Trump for pushing xenophobic immigration policies that defy Supreme Court rulings, echoing Andrew Jackson’s tactics to “control the narrative” and undermine democracy.

All three women recycled stale progressive narratives, accusing Trump of undermining democracy with authoritarian power-grabs, tanking the economy with reckless policies, and enabling violence against Palestinians through destructive foreign policy.

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After British-Nigerian political strategist Daniel Ogoloma kicked off the opposition’s counterpunch, it was Charlie’s turn with the microphone.

First he pointed directly at Trofimova and said, “I'll give you £1,000 right now if you could tell me the U.S. citizen that was deported under Donald Trump. You said that twice.” When she couldn’t answer, he offered the same deal to the crowd.

A brave hand was raised and a person offered a name, but Kirk immediately fired back, “Wrong! Not a U.S. citizen. Citizen of El Salvador.”

When not a single person could name a U.S. citizen deported under Donald Trump, Kirk turned back to Trofimova and said, “That was a lie. You should know better than that. You go to Oxford.”

After debunking other ridiculous claims about Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, as well as narratives surrounding January 6, the Canadian border, and the genocide aimed at white South Africans, Kirk launched into an epic speech on why Britons should be cheering for Donald Trump.

“Has Donald Trump gone too far? ... The truth is this: If you dislike the West and if you hate the West's values, if you think the West is evil fundamentally and deserves to be destroyed, then anything Donald Trump does, basically, short of surrender will be too far for you,” he began, arguing that the diametric differences between America's and Britain’s ideas of leadership stem from the fact that “Britain has changed.”

“From my perspective, Britain is one of the greatest countries in the history of the world. ... My country, America, became great, as it is, because of what we inherited from you — from Britain. When I hear the slogan, ‘Make America Great Again,’ I'm also hearing, ‘Return America to its British roots,”’ said Kirk.

He condemned Great Britain for arresting citizens for posting “offensive” messages on social media, praying silently near abortion clinics, prioritizing foreigners over citizens and Muslims over Christians, and implementing economically catastrophic green energy policies.

“I don't want America to go the way of Britain. I want us to remain free. I want us to remain rich and innovative. I want us to remain Christian. I don't want Americans to be replaced, but forget what I want. This is what the American people want, and in a democracy, the people are supposed to get what they want,” Kirk continued.

“That’s where Donald Trump comes in.”

'If you want a Britain that you could be proud of, you should all be wearing MAGA hats and cheering Donald Trump.'

“Almost alone, Donald Trump has changed the course of history. He's destroyed the assumption that the left's victory was inevitable. ... America was treated as a pile of wealth for the rest of the planet to plunder at will. Now that is all stopping,” he argued.

He then went on to lambast the cancer that is DEI, calling it “tyranny” that spits in the face of America’s Constitution, which protects against racial discrimination.

“People were denied jobs and denied promotions. Kids were shut out of universities based on the color of their skin rather than their ability. Companies were denied federal contracts because their owners didn't look a certain way. People who didn't discriminate enough in hiring could be sued by the government,” Kirk recounted.

“Every company in America lived in fear of their government deciding to target them for offenses against DEI. Trump has ordered DEI to be torn down.”

Kirk concluded his speech by addressing the “toxic social contagion of transgenderism.”

“In Joe Biden's America, public schools and medical organizations were co-opted into endorsing this insanity. They urged children just 10 years old or younger to take barely tested hormones and surgically alter their bodies. In some of America's liberal states, a parent who objects to their child's transition can lose custody. ... President Trump has taken steps to stop promoting this lunacy.”

He ended with the following blunt remark: “If you are honest with yourself, if you want a Great Britain again, not a mediocre Britain, if you want a Britain that you could be proud of, you should all be wearing MAGA hats and cheering Donald Trump.”

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Former Columbia University fellow, a current UN judge, found guilty of forcing young woman into slavery



An African U.N. Criminal Tribunal judge who was a fellow at Columbia University and has written extensively about human rights has been convicted of slavery.

Lydia Mugambe, a 49-year-old Ugandan living in Kidlington, England, was found guilty Thursday by a unanimous Oxford Crown Court jury of conspiring to violate U.K. immigration law; "requiring a person to perform force or compulsory labor"; conspiracy to intimidate a witness; and arranging travel for another person "with a view to exploitation."

Besides her work for the U.N., the African slaver has been a judge of the High Court of Uganda and a member of several professional associations, including the Oxford Human Rights Hub and the International Association of Women Judges.

Mugambe's virtue-signaling and judicial activism regarding "gender-based justice" earned her the so-called People's Choice Gavel Award from Women's Link Worldwide in 2017. According to a 2022 piece in Stellar Woman magazine celebrating the slaver's supposed accomplishments, Mugambe also won the Vera Chirwa human rights award of the University of Pretoria, South Africa, for her work "ensuring gender-based justice in Africa."

Columbia University, no stranger to criminals and extremists, notes on its website that the slaver was a fellow at its Institute for the Study of Human Rights in 2017.

"Lydia Mugambe used her position to exploit a vulnerable young woman, controlling her freedom and making her work without payment," Eran Cutliffe, special prosecutor for the Crown Prosecutor Services' Special Crime Division, said in a statement. "Modern slavery and the exploitation of people by others for their own purposes has no place in modern society."

'Mugambe used her position of power as well as her knowledge of the law to take advantage of the victim.'

The Thames Valley Police received a tip on Feb. 10, 2023, that Mugambe was holding a young woman as a slave at her residence in Kidlingon. According to police, Mugambe obtained a visa for the victim to work in the U.K. with the understanding that the victim would work for the deputy high commissioner at the Ugandan Embassy in London, John Mugerwa — and receive compensation for doing so.

The former Columbia fellow paid for the victim's plane ticket, picked her up from the airport, then forced her into slavery. The victim was forced to perform the functions of a domestic maid and nanny without pay.

The Crown Prosecution Service indicated that Mugambe stole the victim's passport, biometric visa card, and phone, thereby isolating and grounding her.

According to the prosecution, Mugerwa was in on the scheme and facilitated the victim's visa knowing that she was destined for slavery. In return for his help getting her a slave, Mugambe would provide the deputy high commissioner with help in a court case back in Uganda, said the prosecutors.

While there was apparently ample evidence of Mugerwa's conspiracy with Mugambe to enslave a fellow African, the deputy high commissioner had diplomatic immunity, which his government decided not to waive.

Chief Superintendent Ben Clark of the Thames Valley Police said in a statement that given her experience as a lawyer and U.N. Criminal Tribunal judge, "there is no doubt that she knew she was committing offenses by bringing the victim to the U.K. under the pretense that she was going to work for the then Deputy High Commissioner at the Ugandan Embassy in London, thus providing her a legal route of entry, but knowing all along that she intended to make the victim work in servitude."

"Mugambe used her position of power as well as her knowledge of the law to take advantage of the victim, ensuring that she would become her unpaid domestic servant," added Clark.

According to the chief superintendent, Mugambe tried to use her affiliations with the U.N. and the Ugandan High Court as way to avoid accountability for enslaving a woman.

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Classes, Clubs, and Pubs: The World of C.S. Lewis

It is not wrong to say that America made C.S. Lewis. Lewis’s 1942 book The Screwtape Letters was popular in Britain but was initially rejected by American publishers until Macmillan took a chance on it in 1943. It was a huge success. Macmillan quickly brought out his The Problem of Pain and The Case for […]

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Harvard Corporation Reverses Course, Awards Degree to Rhodes Scholar and 10 Other Leaders of Anti-Israel Encampment

Harvard University's highest governing body, the Harvard Corporation, reversed its decision to withhold degrees from 11 students who participated in an unlawful anti-Israel encampment including a Pakistani Rhodes Scholar now set to attend the University of Oxford next year.

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