Dems Unite Against Schumer, Hamas Plays Hostage Games, and Columbia Radical Self-Deports
Dems in disarray: It’s been true since Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris in November, but alas, the party united in opposition to… Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Infuriated Democratic senators, representatives, governors, and grifters online influencers joined forces to denounce their feckless leader, calling Schumer a “GOP sleeper agent” who made a “dirty deal” with the “fascist” Republicans after he announced his support for a continuing resolution to keep the government running.
It was a remarkable display of party unity—between the House and Senate, 11 of 260 Democrats, a whopping 96 percent, voted against the funding measure. Alas, Schumer got the 10 votes he needed from Senate Democrats to out-muscle the opposition.
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Hamas released a statement Friday saying it is willing to release Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage. As with most things Hamas says, it was bullshit.
The statement, our Adam Kredo reports, did not provide details on what Hamas requested in return, but the New York Times reports that the group demanded a resumption of aid to Gaza and the release of more terrorists from Israeli jails.
Israeli prime minister Bibi Netanyahu accused Hamas of “manipulation and psychological warfare.” The White House expressed similar sentiments, blasting Hamas for rejecting a “bridge” proposal to extend the ceasefire another month.
“Hamas was told in no uncertain terms that this ‘bridge’ would have to be implemented soon—and that dual U.S.-Israel citizen Edan Alexander would have to be released immediately,” the statement read. “Unfortunately, Hamas has chosen to respond by publicly claiming flexibility while privately making demands that are entirely impractical without a permanent ceasefire.”
“Hamas is making a very bad bet that time is on its side. It is not. Hamas is well aware of the deadline, and should know that we will respond accordingly if that deadline passes.” Shalom Hamas means hello and goodbye—you can choose.
Love it or leave it: Indian national Ranjani Srinivasan was a doctoral student at Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture and here in the country on a student visa. While at Columbia, she endorsed Hamas’s “anticolonial liberation movement in Palestine.”
Srinivasan self-deported on Tuesday, about a week after Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked her visa. She did so using the Trump administration’s revamped “CBP Home” app. Under the Biden administration, the app, formerly known as “CBP One,” allowed incoming migrants to streamline their entry into the United States. Now, it provides illegal immigrants with a streamlined process to deport themselves.
“Srinivasan is not the first immigrant to self-deport this month,” writes the Free Beacon‘s Jessica Costescu. “Diego de la Vega, an illegal immigrant who served as deputy communications director for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) fled the United States for Colombia, the Free Beacon reported. He had arrived from Ecuador at age seven and overstayed his visitor’s visa.”
Away from the Beacon:
- Mark Kelly traded in his electric Tesla for a gas-guzzling Chevy Tahoe, saying he refuses to drive a car designed and built by an “asshole.” Way to stick it to Greta Thunberg, Mark.
- House Democrats gathered in Virginia this week for their annual issues conference. They didn’t talk about climate change, and people are mad.
- Eight House Democrats in Michigan voted for a resolution that urged the state’s athletic association to ban biological boys from girls’ sports. Left-wing activist groups labeled them bigots. Ladies and gentlemen, the party of tolerance.
