<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nypd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Police Department</a> Commissioner Edward Caban is reportedly expected to resign in the coming days after federal law enforcement agents searched him last week as part of an alleged corruption investigation.
Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/09/nypd-commissioner-caban-resign-investigation-00177951" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that four people familiar with the matter say that he is expected to resign over the criminal probe that is being conducted by the Southern District of New York, which focuses on government corruption cases and the IRS.
The FBI <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-raid-homes-of-nyc-democrat-mayor-eric-adams-top-aides" target="_blank" rel="noopener">executed</a> search warrants at the home of Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Philip Banks and a home shared by First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright and Schools Chancellor David Banks. Investigators seized phones belonging to Caban and Timothy Pearson, a senior adviser to the mayor. A consultant, Terence Banks, brother of Philip Banks and David Banks, was also searched.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/09/nyregion/caban-nypd-police-commissioner-resign.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> at the start of the week that NYC Democrat Mayor Eric Adams, who is under a federal criminal corruption investigation over matters related to the Turkish government, was seeking Caban&#8217;s resignation as there are now &#8220;several federal investigations&#8221; into his administration.
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The Feds raided the home of Adam&#8217;s director of Asian Affairs, Winnie Greco, earlier this year as part of a criminal probe run by the Eastern District of New York, the Times said. His former buildings commissioner, Eric Ulrich, faces bribery charges and several donors to Adams&#8217; campaign have been charged in a straw-donor scheme.
The investigation, at least in part, centers around a nightclub security business that is owned by Caban&#8217;s twin brother, James Caban. The probe is reportedly focusing on other police officials as well.
“I have the utmost confidence in the New York City Police Department,” Adams said this week when asked about Caban. &#8220;I don’t think anything in life is guaranteed. I would say this, when I chose Eddie, I chose him for his experience and what he brought after 30-something years of service.”

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NYPD Commissioner Expected To Resign Over Federal Criminal Probe: Report

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Federal law enforcement officials conducted raids on several of New York City Democrat Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a>&#8216; top aides this week in what appears to be a new criminal investigation that is unrelated to the federal corruption investigation into Adams and his campaign&#8217;s alleged ties to the Turkish government.
A local NBC News affiliate <a href="https://wcyb.com/news/nation-world/fbi-agents-raid-homes-of-top-aides-to-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-report-says-new-york-city-philip-banks-sheena-wright-david-banks-kathy-hochul" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the FBI executed search warrants at the home of Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Philip Banks and a home shared by First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright and Schools Chancellor David Banks.
The New York Times reported that investigators also seized phones belonging to New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban and Timothy Pearson, a senior adviser to the mayor.
The Times added that a consultant, Terence Banks, was also searched. Terence Banks is brothers with Philip Banks and David Banks.
“Investigators have not indicated to us the mayor or his staff are targets of any investigation,&#8221; claimed City Hall lawyer Lisa Zornberg. &#8220;As a former member of law enforcement, the mayor has repeatedly made clear that all members of the team need to follow the law.”
The criminal investigation is being run out of the Southern District of New York, which focuses on government corruption cases and is also conducting the separate criminal investigation into Adams.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-prosecutors-appear-to-zero-in-on-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-in-criminal-corruption-probe-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> last month that prosecutors in the case involving the Turkish government recently served a new round of grand jury subpoenas in their criminal investigation, including to Adams himself, whom they are now investigating.
Prior to this development, most information that was publicly available pointed to prosecutors focusing only on his campaign and not the mayor directly, even though they seized his electronic devices last year.
The investigation centers around allegations that Adams’ election campaign received illegal campaign contributions from the Turkish government, possibly in exchange for actions taken by Adams, who has close ties to the country.
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The criminal probe has focused on free upgrades the mayor received on Turkish Airlines flights and on Adams pressuring then-Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro in 2021 to allow the Turkish government to at least have permission to occupy on a temporary basis a new high-rise consulate in Manhattan that the Turkish government built, which fire officials would not sign off on because of safety issues.
Adams’ alleged intervention “paved the way” for Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan to preside over the grand opening of their 35-story tower in September 2021. Fire officials said that there were serious safety concerns with the building’s fire safety system. The building, which cost $300 million, is the country’s most expensive foreign mission project.

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Feds Raid Homes Of NYC Democrat Mayor Eric Adams’ Top Aides

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Federal prosecutors appear to be zeroing in on New York City Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a> (D) in their corruption investigation into whether his campaign conspired with the Turkish government to receive illegal foreign donations in exchange for actions that he took as mayor.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/nyregion/eric-adams-fbi-investigation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=c-cb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the prosecutors recently served a new round of grand jury subpoenas in their criminal investigation, including to Adams himself, who they are now investigating.
Prior to this development, most information that was publicly available pointed to prosecutors focusing only on his campaign and not the mayor directly, even though they seized his electronic devices last year.
The investigation, which is being run out of the Southern District of New York, centers around allegations that Adams’ election campaign received illegal campaign contributions from the Turkish government, possibly in exchange for actions taken by Adams, who has close ties to the country.
The criminal probe has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-grand-jury-reviewing-evidence-in-criminal-corruption-probe-involving-nyc-democrat-mayor-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">focused</a> on free upgrades the mayor received on Turkish Airlines flights and on Adams pressuring then-Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro in 2021 to allow the Turkish government to at least have permission to occupy on a temporary basis a new high-rise consulate in Manhattan that the Turkish government built, which fire officials would not sign off on because of safety issues.
Adams’ alleged intervention “paved the way” for Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan to preside over the grand opening of their 35-story tower in September 2021. Fire officials said that there were serious safety concerns with the building’s fire safety system. The building, which cost $300 million, is the country’s most expensive foreign mission project.
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“To be clear, we have not identified any evidence of illegal conduct by the mayor,” said two lawyers who are representing Adams and his campaign. “To the contrary, we have identified extensive evidence undermining the reported theories of federal prosecution as to the mayor, which we have voluntarily shared with the U.S. attorney.”
Adams <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/08/16/nyc-mayor-adams-believes-he-did-nothing-wrong-after-fbi-subpoena-in-campaign-probe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to the latest development in a radio interview on Friday morning where he maintained his innocence and said he &#8220;did nothing wrong.&#8221;
“We’ve been extremely transparent about making sure if there are documents that’s looked at, they want to see text messages or any other items, we’re going to turn it over and walk away, I believe, showing that I did nothing wrong,” Adams said. “I am a former law enforcement person, I believe in following the rules, and I’ve stated over and over again and our team knows that we’re going to turn over any information that is needed.”

Federal Prosecutors Appear To Zero In On NYC Mayor Eric Adams In Criminal Corruption Probe: Report

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams condemned the flying of flags of designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) at a left-wing pro-Hamas rally in the city this week but declined to take any specific action.
&#8220;In this country, we must always protect the right to free speech, but I have a moral obligation to speak out when the messages that some New Yorkers are sharing go beyond the pale,&#8221; Adams said in a video posted to X. &#8220;Yesterday, outside an exhibit and lower Manhattan commemorating those massacred at the Nova Music Festival on October 7, protesters waved Hezbollah [and] Hamas flags.&#8221;
&#8220;At other protests, they carry banners reading &#8216;Long live October 7th&#8217;,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And one person even yelled he wishes, quote, &#8216;Hitler was still here. He would have wiped all of you out.&#8217; These are reprehensible and vile comments. I and every New Yorker who stands for peace, stand united against them. Always speak up for what&#8217;s right. And what we saw last night was wrong.&#8221;
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&#8211; male spotted wearing a Hezbollah shirt and PFLP headband on the subway &#8211; female proudly stands hoisting the Hamas flag in Union Square
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The flags of Hezbollah and Hamas, two US designated terrorist organizations were flown yesterday in the heart of Manhattan during an anti-Israel protest
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Adams urged New Yorkers not to forget the October 7 massacre when Palestinian terrorists with Hamas massacred more than 1,200 people inside Israel, wounded thousands more, took hundreds hostage, raped women, and beheaded babies.
&#8220;Earlier this year, I visited the exhibit of the horrors of October 7 through videos shot on that very day and memorialized the victims of that massacre,&#8221; he said. &#8220;A day where innocent men, women, and children were slaughtered as they sang of peace.&#8221;
He said that there have been countless protests in the city since October 7 and that he &#8220;will never allow a city to descend into lawlessness.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;ve kept New Yorkers safe at thousands of protests and celebrations, including at the Israeli Day Parade earlier this month,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And those who break our laws will be arrested. Since October 8th, the NYPD has made more than 2,850 arrests at Israeli-Gaza protests alone. Again, while peaceful protests will be allowed, New York City will never cower in the face of those trying to divide us. Hate has no place in our city.&#8221;
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Any New Yorker who stands for peace cannot stand next to those waving Hamas and Hezbollah flags, especially at an exhibit commemorating the victims of the Nova Music Festival massacre. That is pure anti-Semitism.
The NYPD has overseen thousands of peaceful protests, but it is… <a href="https://t.co/dhViBGfcMn">pic.twitter.com/dhViBGfcMn</a>
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NYC Democrat Mayor Adams Condemns Islamic Terrorist Flags Flown At Rally But Stops Short Of Action

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A federal grand jury has reportedly started reviewing evidence that has been collected in a criminal investigation into allegations of corruption involving New York City Democrat Mayor Eric Adams.
The investigation, which is being run out of the Southern District of New York, centers around allegations that Adams&#8217; election campaign received illegal campaign contributions from the Turkish government, possibly in-exchange for actions taken by Adams, who has close ties to the country.
&#8220;In the past three weeks at least one person connected to the mayor has received a federal subpoena from the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office with specific instructions prohibiting the recipient from speaking publicly about its contents,&#8221; The New York Daily News <a href="https://au.news.yahoo.com/federal-grand-jury-reviewing-evidence-004800107.html">reported</a>, according to a source.
Federal authorities raided homes of Adams campaign fundraisers, a member of City Hall, a member of his transition team, and a former Turkish Airlines executive last fall, the report said.
Adams was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-seizes-eric-adams-phones-amid-federal-corruption-investigation">confronted</a> by the FBI last fall and was forced to give up his cell phones and iPad, which were returned to him several days later.
The criminal probe has reportedly zeroed in on &#8220;free upgrades the mayor received on Turkish Airlines flights.&#8221;
The New York Times reported separately last fall that after he won the Democratic mayoral primary in the summer of 2021, Adams allegedly contacted then-Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro and pushed him to allow the Turkish government to at least have permission to occupy on a temporary basis a new high-rise consulate in Manhattan that they built, which fire officials would not sign off on because of safety issues.
Adams’ alleged intervention “paved the way” for Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan to preside over the grand opening of their 35-story tower in September 2021, the report said. Fire officials said that there were serious safety concerns with the building’s fire safety system. The building, which cost $300 million, is the country’s most expensive foreign mission project, the report said.
Reporter asked Adams about the latest development in the case over the weekend to which he claimed he had &#8220;no idea&#8221; what was going on.
“I don’t know, I’m not a lawyer. I’m Eric Adams — the mayor! Ex-cop!” he said. “No idea. No idea. No idea.”
“They don’t tell me stuff. Let it follow the process … Speak to the counsel,&#8221; he later added. &#8220;The counsel will explain to you the normal process.&#8221;

Federal Grand Jury Reviewing Evidence In Criminal Corruption Probe Involving NYC Democrat Mayor Adams

Two <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> cops were shot early Monday morning by a 19-year-old Venezuelan man who illegally entered the United States last year, according to law enforcement. 
Investigators <a href="https://pix11.com/news/morning/migrant-who-shot-2-police-officers-in-queens-crossed-into-us-illegally-nypd/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that the NYPD officers were shot by Bernardo Raul Castro-Mata after they attempted to stop him for driving a moped down the wrong side of the street when they were investigating a robbery in Queens at 1:40 a.m. After police attempted to speak with him, Castro-Mata ran away on foot and fired “multiple times” at the officers, hitting one in his bulletproof vest and the other in the leg, according to New York City Police Commissioner Eddie Caban. The officers responded, shooting Castro-Mata in the ankle. 
The <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/06/03/us-news/two-nypd-cops-shot-in-queens-by-19-year-old/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">officers</a>, Christopher Abreu, and Richard Yarusso, were taken to a nearby hospital where they were in stable condition. Castro-Mata was also expected to survive after having surgery on his foot.
“This morning we get another reminder of everything our officers do and what they do to put themselves on the line to make sure our city is safe. Every day they go toward the danger,” Caban said at a press conference. “This could have gone a very different way.”
New York Democratic Mayor Eric Adams called the incident a “senseless act of violence” and said the suspect showed a “total disregard for life.” 
According to NYPD Detective Joseph Kenny, Castro-Mata illegally crossed into <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-authorities-lock-down-eagle-pass-but-border-crossings-persist-in-surrounding-areas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eagle Pass</a>, Texas, in July 2023. Kenny added that Castro-Mata&#8217;s current address was at a hotel that had been turned into housing for migrants. 
Castro-Mata was suspected of being involved in several robberies, including one where a woman was attacked and her credit card was stolen. “We’re looking at him for several other robbery patterns in the Queens area where he does have other co-defendants,” Kenny told reporters. 
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Patrick Hendry, president of the Police Benevolent Association in New York City, said that his union would ensure justice is served. 
“When the cameras are on, everyone is doing their job holding criminals accountable. When the cameras are off and people aren’t paying attention the criminal justice system is putting police officers and the public at risk,” he said. 
New York has been flooded with illegal immigrants in recent years, with thousands being bussed in from Texas. The influx has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-adams-cuts-police-education-budgets-to-deal-with-ongoing-illegal-immigration-crisis-pounding-nyc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">placed a strain</a> on city budgets, with both police and education funds being cut to help accommodate migrants.

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Suspect In Shooting Of 2 NYPD Officers Is An Illegal Immigrant From Venezuela

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New York City Democratic Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a> said on Tuesday that he would donate $5,000 of his own money to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and convictions of the vandals who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-israel-protesters-burn-american-flag-vandalize-wwi-memorial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trashed</a> a World War I memorial in Central Park. 
Adams’s promise comes after New York’s monument to the 107th U.S. Infantry was vandalized by anti-Israel protesters on Monday with graffiti that read “Gaza” and “Palestine will be free.” Protesters also burned an American flag and plastered the memorial with stickers with messages like “Stop the Genocide. End the apartheid. Free Palestine.”
“In spite of the unpopular notion, I’m going to say it: I love America,” Adams said during a press conference in front of the memorial, <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/05/07/us-news/mayor-adams-donates-5g-of-own-money-toward-reward-targeting-war-memorial-vandals-we-cannot-remain-silent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New York Post.  
“We cannot remain silent when our symbols of freedom are desecrated by individuals who clearly hate our country and way of life,” he added. “I am not going to remain silent because our silence gives the belief that everything is OK.”
The monument to the 107th Infantry, first <a href="https://www.centralparknyc.org/locations/107th-united-states-infantry#:~:text=The%20107th%20United%20States%20Infantry,in%20the%20throes%20of%20battle." target="_blank" rel="noopener">dedicated</a> in September 1927, pays tribute to the members of the unit’s Seventh Regiment who were vital in breaking Germany’s Hindenburg Line during the final months of World War I. The Seventh Regiment <a href="https://www.dvidshub.net/news/294676/ny-national-guard-soldiers-brokethe-hindenburg-line-100-years-ago#:~:text=One%20unit%2C%20the%20107th%20Infantry,Soldiers%20who%20began%20the%20battle." target="_blank" rel="noopener">had</a> an incredibly high casualty count  — with 396 men killed and 753 wounded out of 1,662 soldiers who fought. The monument was designed by Karl Illava, who served as a sergeant with the infantry. 
“The 107th United States Infantry memorial in Central Park is a symbol of the freedoms so many fought and died for — the same freedoms many are abusing with cowardly acts of vandalism,” Adams <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1787959951698108900" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “We cannot allow these symbols to be desecrated by some in our city wanting to cause chaos and disorder.”
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The mayor added that arresting the individuals responsible for the vandalism was a top priority for the New York Police Department (NYPD), which was running down several leads. New York Crime Stoppers is offering an additional $10,000 reward for information on the vandalism.
 A monument honoring Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, a leader in the Union Army during the Civil War, was also vandalized in Central Park on Monday evening.
The anti-Israel protests in New York City were part of an organized “Day of Rage” demonstration that took place near the Met Gala, where celebrities gathered for the annual Costume Institute Benefit. It also fell on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Zach Jewell contributed to this report.

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‘I Love America’: Eric Adams Offering Reward For Info On Vandals Who Trashed World War I Memorial

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Columbia President Minouche Shafik said Friday that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-israel-protesters-at-columbia-take-over-campus-building-barricade-themselves-inside" target="_blank" rel="noopener">occupation</a> of a campus building by anti-Israel protesters was a “violent act” that placed the campus community in danger. 
In a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuDsfPv0qOA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> put out Friday, Shafik spoke about the unrest that had roiled the campus after students and others protesting Israel’s war with Hamas set up an encampment on campus and demanded the university cut off any ties to Israel. Shafik has faced criticism from some who said she allowed the encampment to go on too long while others accused her of reacting too strongly. 
“These past two weeks have been among the most difficult in Colombia&#8217;s history. The turmoil and tension, division and disruption have impacted the entire community. You, our students, have paid an especially high price,” she said. “We tried very hard to resolve the issue of the encampment through dialogue.”
She then said that the university was ultimately unable to reach an agreement with the protesters before referencing the occupation of Columbia’s Hamilton Hall by anti-Israel protesters. Early Tuesday morning, protesters barricaded themselves inside while they demanded the school to divest from Israel while smashing windows and unfurling an &#8220;intifada&#8221; banner from the building. They used tables, chairs, and other objects to block entry into the building. 
“A group of protesters crossed a new line with the occupation of Hamilton Hall,” Shafik said. “It was a violent act that put our students at risk, as well as putting the protesters at risk. I walked through the building and saw the damage which was distressing.”
The storming came after Shafik said that the university would not be divesting from Israel. 
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Hours after the building was occupied, the New York Police Department <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nypd-storms-columbias-hamilton-hall-after-pro-hamas-protesters-illegally-took-control-of-building" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stormed</a> the building in riot gear, arresting protesters and clearing out the occupation. Shafik pinned much of the blame of the occupation on outside activists. “We believe that while the group who broke into the building includes students, it is led by individuals who are not affiliated with the University,” she said. 
New York City Mayor Eric Adams <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-adams-says-columbia-anti-israel-protest-was-co-opted-authorities-saw-evidence-of-training" target="_blank" rel="noopener">agreed</a>, saying that police found evidence that professionals had shown up and conducted trainings. 
“This is a global problem that young people are being influenced by those who are professionals at radicalizing our children and I’m not going to allow that to happen as the mayor of the city of New York,” he said.

Columbia University Issues Deadline For Gaza Encampment To Vacate Campus

Columbia President Says Occupation Of Campus Building By Anti-Israel Protesters Was ‘Violent Act,’ ‘Distressing’

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America&#8217;s college campuses are in a state of complete meltdown —  at least in the blue states, where administrators are catering to the whims of America-hating, evil, radical people. 
The question everyone is asking right now is an easy question: Why are these students — the most privileged people in the history of the world, no skill set, no problems — LARPing as terrorists and standing for murderous groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the like? Why are they overtly chanting anti-Semitic slogans? Why are they doing all of this? 
 The answer is very simple. They want revolution. 
Gary Saul Morson, a professor at Northwestern University, wrote an interesting book titled “Wonder Confronts Uncertainty,” which is about the history of Russian literature. But what the book is really about is what he describes as a Russian type: the revolutionary, typically from a well-off background but in love with destruction for its own sake.
Mikhail Bakunin, a very famous nineteenth-century anarchist, once said, “The urge to destroy is also a creative urge.” Then, in 1918, a Russian poet named Alexander Blok wrote an essay titled “The Intelligentsia and the Revolution” in which he argued that violence is an antidote to the “boredom, the triviality” of regular life, adding it will “make everything over …  change our false, boring, hideous life … This is called revolution.”
But Revolutionaries cannot succeed without mainstream support. During the lead-up to the Russian Revolution, the so-called constitutional Democratic Party openly cheered and encouraged terrorists, even fundraising for them. After a massive terrorist attack in 1906, the party leader said, “Condemned terror? Never. That would mean the moral death of the party.”
Naturally, when the Bolsheviks actually won, they killed or arrested all the leading members of the Constitutional Democratic Party.
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When it comes to our radicals, nothing has changed. These are bored middle- to upper-class kids, privileged by a system that has handed them everything, including admission to our top universities, but given them no mission by their parents or by their society, other than to “find themselves.” They&#8217;ve been told that they are the smartest and brightest, the people who are going to lead us to the future. 
But they&#8217;ve been given no actual set of values. 
So they go to campus and meet fellow revolutionaries and revolutionary professors who are also incredibly privileged and inform them that the system that has given them their privilege is corrupt and evil, and they feel guilty.
Then, the only way to alleviate that guilt is to join the revolution, to cosplay oppression. So they have to find a revolutionary cause and LARP as revolutionaries oppressed by the system and dissociate from their privilege. They have to join the mass of the supposedly “oppressed.”
What&#8217;s going on at these campuses seems like LARPing: live action role playing. And maybe these idiots will go on to integrate into more mainstream institutions, which they then destroy and corrupt from the inside. 
After all, that has been the formula for the last several decades, and it has absolutely destroyed major American institutions, from universities to businesses. The radicals went into traditional American society. Instead of being shaped by those institutions, they shaped them.
But there is, in fact, a darker and more violent path. That is the path where the LARPing for terrorism doesn&#8217;t actually just stop at taking over campus buildings or assaulting Jewish students. That&#8217;s the path where a few acts of violence blossom out, and the real revolution occurs through violence. 
That has happened before in American history. In 1971 and 1972, there were five bombings a day in the United States. Groups ranging from the Black Panthers to the Symbionese Liberation Army to the Weather Underground engaged in violent terrorism every day. 
A possible prediction for the United States is both paths. The radicals will continue to be admitted to the halls of power on the one hand, and on the other, they will increasingly engage in violence, all while humored by the Democratic Party.
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What is Joe Biden doing about this? Miguel Cardona, the Secretary of Education, was asked in a recent House hearing: If he could remove the funding from a school that refused to comply with Title VI. In other words, if you wanted to get the administration to enforce Title VI — which says you cannot be harassed or intimidated on a college campus on account of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc. —  could the government threaten withdrawal of student funding? Cardona answered yes, of course; if a school refused to comply with Title VI, the government would remove federal dollars.
But they’re not doing that. They’re not even threatening to do that. Why? Because the Biden administration is in the same position as the original Constitutional Democratic Party in Russia. They like patting the radicals on the head. They&#8217;ve been doing this since 2020, when Kamala Harris was talking about bailing out rioters in the middle of Black Lives Matter summer.
These terrible college students, people who believe truly evil things, will likely get more and more revolutionary. And a subset of them will not stop at building takeovers. All it takes is somebody to break the glass first.
So what exactly is going to break the glass? What&#8217;s going to move these people from taking over campus buildings to committing bombings?
It could be as simple as something like Donald Trump winning the 2024 election. Student protesters were rioting in 1968, but it took Richard Nixon&#8217;s election to push those protesters underground and then into overt acts of routine terrorism.
Given that the entire Left has now deemed Trump a fascist threat to the United States, would it truly be that shocking if the same students now barricading themselves inside administration buildings on behalf of actual terrorist groups like Hamas decided to ratchet up their “intifada” to the next level?
No, that would not be shocking at all.

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Democrats Appease Privileged College Radicals

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The wife of a man convicted of terrorism-related charges was spotted sitting among the tents of anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University who have occupied parts of campus for nearly two weeks.
New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/335-24/transcript-mayor-adams-appears-live-msnbc-s-morning-joe-" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on MSNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Morning Joe&#8221; on Wednesday that the husband of a woman spotted at the demonstration had been &#8220;arrested for and convicted for terrorism on a federal level.&#8221; Adams also said at a press conference on Wednesday that &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-adams-says-columbia-anti-israel-protest-was-co-opted-authorities-saw-evidence-of-training" target="_blank" rel="noopener">outside agitators</a>&#8221; were influencing the Columbia demonstration, which ultimately led to a large group of people taking over Hamilton Hall on the school&#8217;s campus before NYPD officers cleared them out and arrested dozens of people on Tuesday night.
While Adams did not name the terrorist or his wife, Sami Al-Arian had posted on social media that his wife, Nahla, had joined the anti-Israel protesters at Columbia last week, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/05/01/us-news/wife-of-convicted-terrorist-was-at-columbia-encampment-before-raid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
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My wife Nahla in solidarity with the brave and very determined Columbia University students. <a href="https://t.co/ximkHFbZeo">pic.twitter.com/ximkHFbZeo</a>
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In 2006, Al-Arian <a href="https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2006/April/06_crm_221.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded guilty</a> to offering support to the terrorist group Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The Kuwait-born convicted terrorist was a computer engineering professor at the University of South Florida and was deported from the country in 2015 after his prison sentence ended.
Authorities said Nahla was not a part of the mob of protesters who broke into Hamilton Hall. NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism Rebecca Weiner said, &#8220;We have no evidence of any criminal wrongdoing on her part but that’s something I wouldn’t want influencing my child if I were a parent of somebody at Columbia.”
Mayor Adams addressed the terrorist wife&#8217;s presence during his appearance on MSNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Morning Joe.&#8221;
&#8220;At what point, Mr. Mayor, did you and the NYPD view this as something more than a student-led protest?&#8221; host Willie Geist asked. &#8220;You mentioned the outside agitators. Columbia talked about them and their students. They said it became clear to them that it wasn&#8217;t just students inside that building. At what point was it known to you that this was something more and that there were people who maybe had plans for worse than what some of the students were up to?&#8221;
&#8220;I believe that when we started seeing footage and we were able to identify what was always my belief based on some of the organization&#8217;s individuals, but once we were able to actually confirm that with our intelligence division and one of the individuals&#8217; husband was arrested for and convicted for terrorism on a federal level,&#8221; Adams said.
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&#8220;Once we were able to identify some of the other people, I knew that there was no way I was going to allow those children to be exploited the way they were being exploited and many people thought that this was just a natural evolution of a protest. It was not,&#8221; he added.

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Wife Of Convicted Terrorist Spotted Among Anti-Israel Columbia Protesters

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New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams said on Wednesday that the anti-Israel protest at Columbia University has been influenced by &#8220;outside agitators&#8221; who appeared to show that they had been trained.
After NYPD officers stormed Hamilton Hall on Columbia&#8217;s campus and arrested dozens of protesters who were illegally occupying the building on Tuesday night, Adams said in a press conference that authorities were attempting to “distinguish between who were actually students and who were not supposed to be on the grounds,&#8221; The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/05/01/us-news/hundreds-of-protesters-arrested-at-columbia-as-anti-israel-group-calls-for-support/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“There were individuals on the campus who should not have been there. They were people who are professionals and we saw evidence of training,” Adams said. “I know that there are those who attempting to say, ‘Well, the majority of people may have been students.’ You don’t have to be the majority to influence and co-op an operation. That is what this is about.&#8221;
“This is a global problem that young people are being influenced by those who are professionals at radicalizing our children and I’m not going to allow that to happen as the mayor of the city of New York,” he added.
NYPD Deputy Commissioner Tarik Sheppard <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nypd-deputy-commissioner-shows-industrial-chains-used-by-anti-israel-protesters-at-columbia-this-is-what-professionals-bring" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Wednesday that the chains used by anti-Israel protesters to lock themselves in Hamilton Hall are &#8220;not what students bring to school.&#8221;
&#8220;This is what professionals bring to campuses and universities,” Sheppard said.
The anti-Israel Columbia protest began nearly two weeks ago, with demonstrators setting up tents on the Ivy League school&#8217;s grounds and calling for Columbia to divest from Israel as the country fights Hamas. Sheppard added that between 40-50 protesters were arrested on Tuesday night as NYPD officers made their way through Hamilton Hall.
“In order for our emergency services group to enter into the building, they had to first cut through these chains, but also get rid of debris and barricaded doors that were barricaded with refrigerators, vending machines, chairs, you name it, they pushed it up against those doors to try to stop us from coming in,” he said.
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An anti-Israel demonstration has also popped up at City College in New York, where police said they arrested an additional 173 protesters on Tuesday night, according to the Post. Those arrested at Columbia University and City College face charges ranging from trespass and criminal mischief to burglary.

Eric Adams Says Columbia Anti-Israel Protest Was Co-Opted, Authorities Saw ‘Evidence Of Training’

Eric Adams Says Columbia Anti-Israel Protest Was Co-Opted, Authorities Saw 'Evidence Of Training'

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A pro-Palestinian passenger berated Democratic New York City Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a>, slamming him over his support for Israel, as he flew home from Miami after speaking at the 2024 Concordia Americas Summit.
Adams was in Florida to speak about the migrant crisis and the impact on local communities when border states transported illegal immigrants to self-described &#8220;sanctuary cities&#8221; like New York City — but the topic quickly turned to Israel when he boarded a plane to head for home.
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&#8220;F*** you! You support the genocide in Palestine! There are homeless people all over New York, yet you’re always partying!&#8221; the woman shouted, accusing Adams of paying New York City police officers instead of funding initiatives that would help the homeless.
&#8220;Why are you even in Miami? You know there are people being arrested there? People are homeless in New York. People cannot afford food. You keep cutting the education budget so that you can fund the police. That’s all you care about, funding the police. Everything is underfunded because of you.&#8221;
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Adams recently issued a public statement on the anti-Semitic protests at Columbia University — which have gotten so heated that the University president switched the campus to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/demand-a-refund-critics-slam-columbia-univ-as-anti-israel-protests-force-hybrid-classes-until-years-end" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remote and hybrid classes</a> for the remainder of the semester &#8212; warning students that police &#8220;will not hesitate to arrest&#8221; protesters if they deem it necessary.
&#8220;I am horrified and disgusted with the antisemitism being spewed at and around the Columbia University campus — like the example of a young woman holding a sign with an arrow pointing to Jewish students stating &#8216;Al-Qasam’s Next Targets,&#8217; or another where a woman is literally yelling &#8216;We are Hamas,&#8217; or another where groups of students are chanting &#8216;We don’t want no Zionists here&#8217; — and I condemn this hate speech in the strongest of terms,&#8221; Adams said.

NYC Mayor Harassed On Plane Over Support For Israel

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