Immigration traditionally ‘a weapon’ used to change demographics; Ireland overwhelmed



The United States isn’t the only country overwhelmed by an influx of illegal immigrants, as Ireland is suffering a similar fate.

“God be with the days when it was just Polish immigrants,” YouTuber Keith Woods tells Lauren Chen. “People will be nostalgic for that soon.”

“It’s happening in all the anglosphere countries, but like Canada, the U.S., Ireland — they all increased their population by about 3% in just the year after COVID purely through immigration,” Woods continues. “Ireland had a 3.5% increase in a single year in 2023, which is one of the biggest population increases ever in any country for any reason.”

According to Woods, illegal immigration has exploded in Ireland “because the government has essentially advertised the services that are on offer here for asylum-seekers.”

Woods also warns that Ireland has welcomed 10 times the EU average of Ukrainian refugees.

“So within the last three, four years, there has been this kind of convergence of record legal immigration, record illegal immigration with asylum-seekers, so-called, from outside Europe, flooding in from countries like Nigeria, Algeria, and then also the Ukrainian crisis,” he explains.

While skepticism of illegal immigration has existed among citizens, it hasn’t been matched politically.

“Every political party supported this; there was total elite consensus, total consensus across the political paradigm, entire media consensus. So it’s an interesting case right now,” he says.

Chen notes that the stats reflecting Ireland’s immigration boom might not sound that serious, but they are.

“Speaking of 3%, I think when we just hear that number, that doesn’t sound that big,” Chen says, “but what I think people really need to understand is that left to their own devices, I’m pretty sure Ireland’s own native birth rate is below replacement.”

“So the fact that it’s growing by 3%, it’s actually even more than that because I’m pretty sure there’d be a slight population decline if there were no immigration,” she adds.

Woods notes that immigration isn’t simply to help others, either.

“Traditionally, this has been a weapon that’s used to change the demographics,” Woods says. “That’s a difficult thing to reverse.”



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Caitlin Clark attacked on and off the court; critics accuse her of ‘white privilege’



Caitlin Clark was on the receiving end of a hard foul from Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter during her WNBA game on Saturday — and it seemed the attack was for no apparent reason.

While no one is sure what prompted the attack, Sunny Hostin of “The View” has a theory.

“I do think that there is a thing called pretty privilege, there is a thing called white privilege, there is a thing called tall privilege, and we have to acknowledge that,” Hostin began.

“And so, part of it is about race because if you think about the Brittney Griners of the world, you know, why did she have to go to play in Russia, because they wouldn’t pay her,” she concluded.

Lauren Chen agrees that there is such a thing as pretty privilege and tall privilege but does not agree with Hostin’s comments about race.

“I think tall privilege is especially going to help you in the WNBA, but I just don’t understand the obsession with automatically, we have to make it about race. From what I understand, it seems like Caitlin Clark is measurably just a better player than these other women, regardless of what their race is,” Chen says.

“I think it’s just a lot easier to say, ‘Oh, well you’re only making it because you’re white,’ then just admit that ‘Yeah, you’re actually better than these other players,’” she adds.

While Chen disagrees with Hostin’s take, "The View" cohost isn’t alone in her views.

Jemele Hill also called Caitlin Clark’s fame “problematic” and about “race and sexuality.”

“We would all be very naive if we didn’t say race and her sexuality played a role in her popularity,” Hill told the L.A. Times. “While so many people are happy for Caitlin’s success — including the player; this has had such an enormous impact on the game — there is a part of it that is a little problematic because of what it says about the worth and the marketability of the players who are already there.”

“Well, maybe marketability is in part based on performance,” Chen comments. “And it kind of seems like Caitlin Clark is just a better performer regardless of her race or her sexuality.”


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Womp, womp! Massive layoffs hit Media Matters after Elon Musk lawsuit



Media Matters has solely existed to be a watchdog against the right for years, often seeking to ruin the lives of conservatives via cancel culture.

Now, the media company is having massive layoffs after Elon Musk brought it to court in November — and Lauren Chen is not above celebrating.

“They are a leftist watchdog organization that basically just exists to smear right-wing figures. And to be clear, the problem here is not that Media Matters advances, like, leftist talking points kind of, like, the Young Turks. No, Media Matters is really in a totally separate category,” Chen says.

“It seems like all they do is sit around consuming right-wing content, looking for sound bites or unflattering quotes to take out of context in the hopes of canceling right-wing figures,” she continues, adding, “and I therefore hate them.”

Last year, Media Matters messed up when it attempted to smear the wrong person and ended up getting sued by Musk. Media Matters was accused of manufacturing a report to show advertisers’ posts alongside neo-Nazi and white nationalist posts in order to “drive advertisers from the platform and destroy X corp.”

“They were essentially trying to play the algorithm to get really unflattering screenshots for X, even though for the average user this is not at all what would appear if you were using the platform,” Chen explains.

The media company has just now been forced to fire at least a dozen staffers.

“We’re confronting a legal assault on multiple fronts, and given how rapidly the media landscape is shifting, we need to be extremely intentional about how we allocate resources in order to stay effective,” the president of Media Matters, Angelo Carusone, said in a statement.

“For right-wing content creators like myself, that means there’s going to be fewer people out there looking to basically quote mine you in the hopes of destroying your career,” Chen says happily.


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'Harass-y': Comedian at Critics Choice Award proves the double standards of modern feminism



The 29th Critics Choice Awards were just presented last weekend to honor the greatest achievements of 2023 in filmmaking and television production.

Comedian Chelsea Handler was the host of the event, and her shtick for the evening was “overtly and uncomfortably sexual,” says Lauren Chen.

Just hearing Handler’s opening line is enough to confirm that this is true.

“Let's celebrate that 2023 was one of the horniest years for movies and TV!” Handler belted at the crowd.

“I can laugh at sexual jokes,” says Lauren, “but at least make them funny.”

And in Handler’s case, her jokes were not only unfunny, they made “the entire audience in front of her so uncomfortable.”

Especially the men in the audience.

At one point during her speech, Handler looked at Barry Keoghan and said, “Most male actors use prosthetics, so thank you, Barry, for keeping it real, and please thank your penis for its service,” referencing Keoghan’s nude dance scene in the psychological thriller “Saltburn.”

When the camera panned to Keoghan’s face, he looked anything but amused. In fact he stared down and shook his head in what appeared to be mortification.

“It kind of seems to me like he's not having a good time,” says Lauren, stating the obvious.

But Keoghan wasn’t the only man in the crowd Handler chose to single out.

“I prefer my men old and hot – men who have been around since the railway was invented. Speaking of which, Robert De Niro and Harrison Ford are here. I don't know which one of you was hotter. I mean both of you were total smoke shows, and you guys have both been so hot for so many decades and you just keep getting hotter … and I know you’re both spoken for, so I’m not hitting on you, but I am hitting on you,” Handler barked.

Like Keoghan, both De Niro and Ford looked unimpressed and incredibly uncomfortable.

“Unfortunately, Martin Scorsese isn’t here tonight, but that's not going to stop me from letting everyone in this room know that I would toss him around like a little Italian meatball,” she continued.

Not only were Handler’s jokes “uncomfortable and unfunny,” they also shed light on the double standards of modern feminism.

“Can you imagine the outrage if someone like Ricky Gervais had gone up on stage and said he wanted to toss around some actress like an Italian meatball?” asks Lauren. “I'm pretty sure the media would not have taken kindly to that.”

“This kind of feels harass-y.”

To hear Lauren’s entire analysis on Handler’s tasteless Critics Choice Awards speech, watch the video below.


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'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom' destined to FAIL?



Five years and $200 million later, "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" is falling flat.

The film stars Jason Momoa as Aquaman, and the plot features an evil master plan to increase greenhouse gas emissions in order to melt the polar ice caps.

“If you were hoping for a film that was light on the message or that was good, sadly, this is not it,” Lauren Chen explains.

The film continues with the theme of climate change, where the “bad guy” burns an ancient lost energy source not to fuel anything, but rather to accelerate global warming.

“Again, super subtle messaging here,” Chen jokes, noting that it wasn’t just the overt political messaging that’s turned her off to the film.

The film’s editing, humor, and tone, among other things, did not impress Chen.

“Overall, I think pretty objectively, this is a stupid movie,” she says.

Not only that, but in comparison to the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest" which came out in 2006, the CGI did not even come close.

“How is it that the CGI in that movie, which features a lot of underwater creatures, looks so much better than the CGI in this movie? It just doesn’t make sense to me,” Chen says.

“This is an expensive movie — $200 million — but all of the underwater critters look basically like they could be from a cut scene of a video game that came out a decade ago,” she continues.

Amber Heard’s character makes a reappearance in the film as well, which has left many Aquaman fans claiming they’ll boycott the sequel.

“I’m struggling to see a way that this film makes money,” Chen says, adding that Aquaman is also a “lame duck superhero.”


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Watch actress Rachel Zegler REPEATEDLY contradict herself on ‘Snow White’ adaptation



“Rachel Zegler is someone who in her relatively short career has managed to stir up a surprising amount of controversy,” says Lauren Chen.

Much of Zegler’s pot-stirring has to do with her playing Snow White in Disney’s upcoming live-action adaption of the classic film.

You’d think someone playing Disney’s very first princess would be more appreciative of the film that gave her the opportunity to star in such a beloved role, but no.

When Variety initially interviewed Zegler about the remake, she took the opportunity to bash the original movie.

“It’s no longer 1937,” Zegler said. “She’s not going to be saved by the prince, and she’s not going to be dreaming about true love; she’s dreaming about becoming the leader she knows she can be.”

“There’s a big focus on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her. Weird!” she continued.

In another interview, she said, “I was scared of the original cartoon. I think I watched it once and then I never picked it up again.”

The backlash for these remarks was instant and heated.

“Turns out disrespecting a movie while also simultaneously trying to capitalize on the existing fans of that movie is not really a winning marketing strategy,” says Lauren.

While the release of “Snow white” has been delayed due to financial concerns, many speculate that the postponing is actually due, at least in part, to the backlash from Zegler’s comments.

Further, it seems Zegler is using the hiatus to do some damage control, which only adds strength to the theory.

In a recent interview with Halle Bailey, who played Princess Ariel in “The Little Mermaid” remake, Zegler had a much different tune about the 1937 classic she previously bashed.

“The cartoon is so beloved; it's like a monumental moment in film history ... It won honorary Oscars and all of these amazing things that happened for that film are the reason that you and I really get to sit here today because it made Disney what it is,” Zegler told Bailey.

“There's just a very dedicated group of people who love Disney cartoons. I'm one of them ... I love everything that the Disney company has put out in the past ...100 years,” she continued.

Wait. We thought she said the movie was creepy and scary and not worth revisiting? And that the love story was unnecessary?

“Kind of seems like a memo went out that perhaps the best way to promote a new ‘Snow White’ movie isn't by denigrating the original ‘Snow White’ movie,” sighs Lauren.


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Woke or Not? Grand Theft Auto VI breaks the internet over a year before its release



Grand Theft Auto VI may not be releasing until 2025, but the hype has already been unprecedented.

The trailer was released seven days ago and already has 143,000,000 views on YouTube, which has absolutely destroyed all previous trailer launch records.

Lauren Chen, among others, is wondering whether or not the game will follow the recent trend toward being “woke” in AAA gaming.

Chen notes that “distrust” and “skepticism” have been growing in the gaming community since so many other games have begun to cater to the easily offended.

“There are just a lot of gamers out there who I think are rightfully pretty tired of politics being injected into their games,” Chen says, adding, “the hard truth of the matter is that they are probably right. Just based off of history, this game will likely have some woke elements.”

One of those “woke elements” gamers have pointed out is the “high number of POC” that were featured in the trailer.

Other gamers have pointed out that the game is based in Miami, which is an incredibly diverse city in the first place.

“Considering that the non-white people are being depicted as criminals, I’m pretty sure that actual woke people would not like those depictions, that they would say it’s racist to have all these criminals being black in a video game,” Chen says.

Elon Musk has joined the conversation, saying that when he tried to play GTA V, he “couldn’t do it” as the opening scene required shooting police officers.

“I think not wanting to play GTA because you don’t like doing crime is perfectly legitimate,” Chen says, noting that GTA is however just “a game.”

The game is also featuring its first playable female main character named Lucia, a fact which Chen says some feminists are using to “take a victory lap.”

However, Chen has noticed that there haven’t actually been many complaints about Lucia, and the feminist victory laps may be for no reason.

“I actually saw way more people complaining about people complaining about Lucia than I actually saw complaining about Lucia,” Chen says.


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What the heck happened to 'The Simpsons'?



For 34 years, Homer Simpson strangled his son Bart as a part of the show’s gag.

However, in the third episode this season, that changed when Homer and Marge paid their new neighbor a visit.

When the new neighbor noted how firm Homer’s handshake was, Homer replied, “See, Marge, strangling the boy paid off. Just kidding, I don’t do that any more. Times have changed.”

This isn’t the only change “The Simpsons” producers have made in recent years, including the recasting of certain characters that the woke mob took offense to.

Lauren Chen believes all the changes being made to the show have turned it into “a shadow of its former self.”

“Homer strangling Bart is just such an iconic part of the show,” Chen says, as most viewers understood it as just a joke. “It’s just one of the show’s many classic gags.”

Chen notes that the entire point of "The Simpsons" “was that it was supposed to be almost a caricature, a representation of all the unflattering aspects of family life that back in the day TV shows wouldn’t actually show.”

This includes things like Homer’s alcoholism.

“The joke instead is look at how flawed ‘The Simpsons’ are, especially contrasted with, at the time, the picture-perfect families that were on other TV shows.”

Times have changed, however, and now breaking the mold consists of actually showing happy families.

“Nowadays, if you want to actually think outside the box, you’d put a family that does happily love each other and get along on TV,” Chen says.


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Dave Chappelle's pro-Palestine comments just might cost him his conservative audience



Dave Chappelle may be one of the most beloved and controversial comedians in America, but at a recent show he put on in Boston, some of his fans weren’t laughing.

The comedian used his set to criticize the United States for backing Israel’s “war crimes” against Palestinians, which reportedly caused a few audience members to walk out.

Chappelle condemned Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel that left over a thousand Israelis dead but told his audience that students who are publicly supporting Palestine shouldn’t lose job offers.

According to reports, Chappelle also called Israel's response to the Hamas attacks disproportionate and accused Israel of committing war crimes. He even went as far to say that the U.S. was responsible for aiding and abetting the slaughter of innocent civilians.

Lauren Chen isn’t surprised, as he isn’t known to mince words or cower to criticism.

“He’s the type of entertainer, the type of person where nothing is off limits, and he’s certainly not afraid of being controversial,” she says.

Chen also notes that Chappelle’s approach to the trans issue has been a great example of this, as he has made it quite clear that he believes men are men and women are women.

“He’s tried to incorporate those issues through a comedic lens about, you know, trans issues instead of just going up on stage and delivering essentially what is a political social message.”

However, based on reports from attendees at the show, it sounds like this time might have been different.

According to one attendee, Chappelle responded to an audience member who yelled “shut the f*** up,” by saying “No, you shut the f*** up” and then continued on to say, “You don’t take tens of billions from my country to go kill innocent women and children.”

He allegedly ended his tirade with, “You’re damn right 'Free Palestine.'”

Chen, while not in total agreement with his use of his platform or sentiment, doesn’t believe canceling him is the right move.

“When it comes to the issue of Israel, some conservatives out there are absolutely acting like triggered SJW snowflakes,” Chen says.

“In the same way that criticizing feminism doesn’t make you anti-woman, criticizing BLM doesn’t make you anti-black, criticizing the state of Israel, which is a government and which has a military does not make you anti-Jewish,” she adds.


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The 'passport bro' movement is GROWING, and the feminists are TRIGGERED



In an age when traditional values are disappearing and monogamy and masculinity are often villainized, the new “passport bro” phenomenon isn’t all that surprising.

For those unfamiliar with the concept, the Urban Dictionary defines passport bros as “men who have chosen to seek out foreign women, typically from other countries, for relationships. They believe that Western women have been influenced by cultural and societal pressures to behave in a certain way, and that by seeking out foreign women, they can find a more authentic, fulfilling, and harmonious relationship. This is seen as a way to restore the natural balance between feminine and masculine energy, and to avoid the ‘wickedness’ of Western women.”

While the movement has been met with intense backlash for a number of reasons, Lauren Chen doesn’t take issue with the idea of passport bros.

“I don't think anyone should find it strange that someone would move for a greater likelihood of finding a spouse if in this day and age it's totally common to move for a greater likelihood of finding a job,” she explains.

Many have been quick to demonize the concept as a subtype of exploitation and even human trafficking.

Lauren, however, knows that is not the case, because she spent much of her childhood in different parts of Asia. She attended American international schools and knew several families in which Western men and Asian women were happily married.

She remembers hearing these men express that “they enjoyed having an Asian wife because Western women were often too focused on their careers, but since they had money themselves, really what they were looking for was a partner who could complement them, i.e. do something they couldn’t in … staying home with the kids and helping build a happy, healthy home life.”

Further, “not everyone from a developing country is in poverty,” she explains, debunking the idea that the only reason men seek wives overseas is because they want women who need them just to survive.

The other thing Lauren can’t understand is the mentality of Western feminists (who can usually be found ranting on TikTok) condemning passport bros for seeking more traditional relationships.

“If you're this disinterested in the men who are going overseas because you don't want the lifestyle that they're offering, why do you even care?” Lauren asks.

“Like why is it so triggering that a man who you supposedly aren't interested in is also not interested in you? That's what I don't understand,” she continues.

And lastly, criticizing men for going overseas to find a spouse is a giant double standard. “If an American woman were to meet … a rich foreigner who wanted to bring her somewhere exotic that she's never been, that would be literally a romance novel,” Lauren says.

To learn more about the passport bros movement, watch the full clip below


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