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🚫 Trump travel ban expands to Palestine. Palestinians are now banned from entering the US alongside those from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria. The president’s proclamation cites "terrorist presence" and compromised vetting capabilities in these areas.

💰 Taliban receives millions weekly from US taxpayers. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) asserts that $45 million per week flows to the Taliban through UN channels from American taxpayers. The funds continue flowing through international aid despite the group's control of Afghanistan and terrorist designation.

🚔 FBI doubted Mar-a-Lago raid probable cause. Newly declassified emails reveal FBI officials expressed concerns about the lack of probable cause before the August 2022 raid on Trump’s home. The DOJ advanced anyway, with Deputy Assistant AG George Toscas saying he "frankly doesn't give a damn about the optics."

📈 Nancy Pelosi long resisted a stock trading ban. A New York Times report documents former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) years of opposition to banning lawmakers from trading stocks as her stock portfolio has grown massively. In 2021, she defended the practice, but she prepares to leave Washington, Pelosi now claims to support it.

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The Land Down Under finalized a long-promised goal this week: making social media platforms inaccessible for children under 16...

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Q: What, or who, has caused the position shift of Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens? — David H.

A: I can’t read their minds. But a pattern is hard to miss. Both Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens present their recent turn toward Israel demonization, historical revisionism, conspiracy theories, and antisemitic tropes as a search for truth. Their rhetoric is far from it.

Take one of their central assertions — that Israel severely oppresses Christians, even more than surrounding Muslim countries (false). Tucker often frames his arguments in the language of foreign-policy realism, suggesting that Israel endangers American soldiers (false), that US–Israel cooperation yields little benefit (false), or that countries like Qatar share more civilizational affinity with the Christian West than Israel does (false).

What drives the shift is money, attention, and grievance. Tucker has long been fixated on ratings; Candace has built her brand on controversy. Anti-Israel conspiracies, historical inversion, and the scapegoating of Jews are currently fashionable (and profitable).

Tucker’s has been cozying up rhetorically and financially with ultra-Islamist Qatar. Erika Kirk publicly urged Candace to stop monetizing conspiracy theories about Charlie’s death. And on top of it, both are directing their personal and political frustrations toward Israel and the Jews.

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