A New York City taxi driver is grateful to the Moroccan rapper French Montana for his efforts to raise money after a violent mob destroyed his cab.
The incident, which happened after a Knicks game at Madison Square Garden on June 11, left cab driver Noureddine Bitat injured and traumatized. A frenzied mob of individuals hopped onto his taxi and dragged him out of it — and they completely destroyed the vehicle. Bitat said later he was “lucky to be alive.”
“The crowd came and they attacked him. They grabbed him out of the cab. They grabbed him by the neck. Someone punched him in his head,” a translator relayed the Algerian-born cabbie&#8217;s story.
“They shattered the windshield. They opened the front doors and even the trunks. They were yelling, ‘Knicks in five! Knicks in five!&#8217;” he went on. 
A viral video of the incident shows individuals jumping on the cab and smashing the windshield before trying to flip it over and set it ablaze. At least one person was reportedly arrested in connection with the attack on Bitat. The cab driver suffered back pain and scratches from the attack, plus is now too afraid to return to work, he says. 
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His taxi was destroyed after a Knicks game, leaving Noureddine Bitat so traumatized that he said he is longer able to work as a driver.
French Montana heard the cab driver&#8217;s story and wanted to find him. Not only did he connect with Bitat, he harnessed the power of strangers to… <a href="https://t.co/N44gyD3SrF">pic.twitter.com/N44gyD3SrF</a>
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The violence unfolded as thousands of Knicks fans celebrated in the streets after their home team recovered from a 29-point deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 107-106. The Knicks went on to win the 2026 NBA Championship on Saturday.
The National Taxi Workers Alliance started a GoFundMe for Bitat, <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/06/17/us-news/cabbie-lucky-to-be-alive-after-knicks-maniacs-trashed-taxi-as-rapper-french-montana-steps-in-to-help/">The New York Post</a> reported — and the fundraiser quickly gained momentum after it was promoted by French Montana. The rapper even presented the cabbie with his check when the fundraiser was complete.
“Everybody got together and they raised up $75,000,” the rapper said. “These are the people that make the world go around. They don’t bother nobody. They out there working, minding their business.”  
Bitat said he’s grateful for everyone who came to his aid. “[The support] made him feel like he has another family here even though his own family [is not here],” the translator explained.

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A 21-year-old political commentator was attacked and temporarily blinded by a masked individual while debating transgender violence on a college campus earlier this week.
A video shows Ryley Niemi, a conservative who regularly debates leftist students, sitting at a table on the University of California Santa Cruz campus when a black-clad person wearing dark sunglasses and a mask approached him and dumped a bucket of black liquid on him.
Niemi chased after the individual who fled the scene, and people in the area began cheering and shouting for Niemi to “get the f*ck off this campus.” The attacker escaped, but in an exclusive interview with The Daily Wire, Niemi said the police are “actively investigating this and looking for the person.&#8221;
Niemi, said the liquid caused blindness in both eyes for three hours, and blindness for six hours in his right eye.
“EMTs flushed my eyes with five vials of saline solution,” Niemi said. During his visit to the ER, Niemi learned that his “right eye has a corneal abrasion, and 48 hours later, my right eye still hurts and is slightly blurry.”
He added that the attack resulted in semi-permanent damage to his right eye and cut short his debate at UC Santa Cruz.
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At <a href="https://x.com/ucsc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ucsc</a>, a masked far-left extremist threw a bucket of black liquid on conservative activist <a href="https://x.com/RyleyNiemi_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RyleyNiemi_</a>. Leftists laughed and cheered on the attacker, who ran away.
Leftists routinely engage in and urge political violence and harassment against their ideological targets. <a href="https://t.co/a5qDhX6cdv">pic.twitter.com/a5qDhX6cdv</a>
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) <a href="https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/2060209086721847511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Niemi&#8217;s table featured signs that stated “trans women are men” and “transgenders are violent.” He said the attacker was “100% male” who appeared to be around 6&#8242; tall and “has a modified voice [because of hormone therapy], long hair, and feminine earrings.”
“The irony is,” Niemi continued, “that one of the signs said ‘trans-genders are violent.’ And then a transgender attacked me.”
This is not the first time Niemi has been <a href="https://x.com/jakerattlesnk/status/2045429911926735317">attacked</a>. Six weeks ago, Niemi interviewed a gay couple with a baby on the street and asked them about statistics on gay men committing child molestation. One of the men shoved him and proceeded to follow Niemi, punching him in the back of the head. Niemi said he suffered a concussion from the attack.
“The district attorney has let them off the hook,” Niemi added.
The Right-wing commentator explained that he holds debates to “change the mind of the American public to be more conservative.”
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Why are they so triggered when <a href="https://x.com/RyleyNiemi_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RyleyNiemi_</a> ask them completely reasonable questions about the child’s wellbeing?
I hope he pressed charges. <a href="https://t.co/ZiXnSrzH9l">pic.twitter.com/ZiXnSrzH9l</a>
— Jake Rattlesnake (@jakerattlesnk) <a href="https://x.com/jakerattlesnk/status/2045429911926735317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2026</a></blockquote>
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A 31-year-old California man has been identified as the suspected gunman who triggered chaos at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night, forcing the evacuation of President Donald Trump and hundreds of high-profile guests from the Washington Hilton.
Law enforcement has identified the suspect as Cole Tomas Allen, a resident of Torrance, California, with a background in engineering and education. Federal prosecutors say Allen <a href="https://x.com/USAttyPirro/status/2048246351230599633">has already been charged</a> with using a firearm during a crime of violence and assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon, with U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro adding that “many more charges” will be leveled at the man as the investigation continues.
Authorities say Allen forced his way through a security checkpoint just outside the ballroom where the annual dinner was underway Saturday night. The event, attended by roughly 2,000–2,500 guests including cabinet officials, journalists, and the First Lady, quickly descended into panic as Secret Service agents engaged the suspect.
“A man charged a security checkpoint armed with multiple weapons, and he was taken down by some very brave members of the Secret Service,” Trump said shortly after the incident, later describing the attacker as a “would-be assassin.”
According to CBS News, Allen opened fire outside the ballroom where the president and other officials were gathered, discharging between five and eight rounds during the incident. The president and First Lady Melania Trump were safely evacuated, and no attendees suffered serious injuries.
At least one Secret Service agent was struck by gunfire but was protected by a ballistic vest and is expected to recover. Officials say the suspect was subdued at the scene and taken into custody without being fatally wounded.
<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/d-c-police-say-suspect-in-white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-appears-to-be-a-lone-actor-262130245620">Investigators</a> say Allen was armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives. Washington, D.C., interim police chief Jeff Carroll confirmed the suspect was believed to have been staying at the hotel, giving him a potential pathway past earlier layers of security.
“At this point, it does appear he is a lone actor, a lone gunman,” Carroll said, noting the investigation remains ongoing.
Secret Service Director Sean Curran defended the response, emphasizing that the layered security posture functioned as intended in stopping the attacker before he could reach the main event space.
Still, the breach is likely to prompt renewed scrutiny of security protocols at major political gatherings, particularly given the high-profile nature of the correspondents’ dinner.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/26/correspondents-dinner-shooting-trump-blanche-00892236">said</a>, “It appears he purchased these firearms the past couple years. We don’t know how those firearms ended up in his possession in D.C.” Federal agents were seen conducting a search of his Torrance residence late Saturday night as part of the ongoing investigation.
Allen’s background adds another layer to the story. According to law enforcement sources, he earned a mechanical engineering degree from the California Institute of Technology in 2017 and later completed a master’s degree in computer science at California State University, Dominguez Hills. He was working as an instructor with C2 Education, a national tutoring and test preparation firm, and had been recognized internally as “Teacher of the Month” in late 2024.
Federal Election Commission records also show a $25 donation from an individual matching his profile to ActBlue, a major Democratic fundraising platform, in October 2024.
Authorities have also confirmed that Allen&#8217;s social media footprint included &#8220;anti-Trump and anti-Christian rhetoric,&#8221; and he&#8217;d <a href="https://x.com/SteveGuest/status/2048399274799517950">shared posts</a> on leftwing site Bluesky calling for Trump to be &#8220;immediately removed from office and tried for high crimes.&#8221;
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Law enforcement confirmed to CBS that Cole Allen&#8217;s social media contained &#8220;anti-Trump and anti-Christian rhetoric.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/oTpT3vEjnr">pic.twitter.com/oTpT3vEjnr</a>
— Libby Emmons (@libbyemmons) <a href="https://twitter.com/libbyemmons/status/2048413833929130379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Despite the emerging personal details, authorities have not established a definitive motive. Blanche said investigators believe Allen was targeting members of the Trump administration, though not any specific individual.
“He was trying to just breach his way in and take whoever he could,” one law enforcement source said.
Trump, for his part, downplayed any connection to ongoing geopolitical tensions, saying he did not believe the attack was linked to the U.S.-Israel conflict involving Iran.
The incident is the latest in a series of threats and attempted attacks targeting the president in recent years, underscoring persistent security concerns around major political events. Officials were quick to emphasize that the system ultimately worked, with the suspect stopped before reaching his intended target area.
Allen remains in federal custody and is expected to be arraigned in the coming days. Investigators continue to examine his movements, communications, and potential planning in the lead-up to the attack as authorities work to determine how the breach occurred and whether any warning signs were missed.

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The following is an edited transcript excerpt of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1925-democrat-nominee-claims-only-trans-people-get-to-heaven?elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowHeadline=Recent+Episodes&amp;rowType=Horizontal+Show+Episodes+Carousel">The Michael Knowles Show</a>.
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A BLM chapter founder has just gone viral for getting into a brawl with his female colleague.
Clyde McLemore, the executive director of BLM in Lake County, Illinois, got into a physical altercation with Nyesha Hill. It took place in a hallway, underneath the BLM banner. It&#8217;s like it was staged. According to reports, the pair — allegedly, reportedly — clashed after Hill walked into the office and demanded money from McLemore for cigarettes.
You can&#8217;t make this up. If you turned this script into Hollywood, they&#8217;d say it&#8217;s too on the nose.
She goes into the BLM office, which is supposed to be about social justice and defending the rights of oppressed black people, and she says: “Yeah, give me some of that BLM money. I want to go buy some menthols. I want to go buy some unfiltered Newports.”
And he says he’s not going to give her the money. She says this is crazy — you’ve been blowing the BLM money not on social justice or helping people, but on gambling.
Then they start punching each other.
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BREAKING: Black Lives Matter founder in IL, Clyde McLemore caught beating his female employee
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According to this woman’s report to police, she said, “I told him, ‘It’s not fair that I come here and I work and you running around taking care of other things that don’t got nothing to do with Black Lives Matter with Black Lives Matter money. I’m the one that make this joint work.”
She says she makes it work, and he’s running around spending the money on things that have nothing to do with BLM. At least she wants to buy cigarettes. Plenty of black people smoke cigarettes. Come on — she says she makes it work.
Now, I guess we&#8217;d have to define what “work” is. What work is actually being done here? What does BLM do?
Even the national leaders and founders of BLM spent the money buying themselves beautiful homes in Southern California. What is the work here?
The work is going out in the streets, protesting, agitating, rioting, in some cases, looting stores, stealing merchandise, and pressuring corporations and government institutions for money. Then the money ends up being used on things like cigarettes or gambling.
And in this case, the argument from the woman was that at least the money should go to something like cigarettes rather than gambling.
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Then there&#8217;s the final twist: both of them ended up with lip injuries after punching each other, but neither wanted to press charges.
Why?
The woman told officers she didn&#8217;t want to see a black man go to jail.
And people like Mitt Romney marched with these groups at one point. Some people posted black squares on social media or donated money, believing they were supporting a movement for justice.
The smart BLM leaders used the money for personal purchases like homes, while local disputes like this one were happening inside chapters.

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There&#8217;s a palpable frustration out there in American politics.
It’s clearly rooted in some ugly and unpleasant realities: the reality that many of our major institutions blew up their credibility on COVID-19, BLM, and Russiagate; the reality that we don&#8217;t really have any idea how AI is going to reshape the job market; the reality that a ton of people in the political class have no scruples and are totally willing to engage in open corruption.
That frustration is turning into something else before our eyes in this country.
And that thing is nihilism.
That nihilism is rooted in a gigantic lie. A truly gigantic lie that tries to make us believe that all of our problems in the United States are intractable, that individual problems that you may have or I may have in the United States are the result of an evil system, often led by cohesive groups of conspiratorial elites, that you cannot succeed unless you pierce this supposed matrix, and all of those who call for individual responsibility and dutiful decency are actually part of this evil matrix. 
This thinking is not solution-making. It is thought-preventing. It is success-preventing. It&#8217;s a recipe for personal and national disaster, and the result is an increasingly incoherent and unhinged politics and an entire generation of young men and women who go looking for meaning in all the wrong places and on the very fringes, sometimes turning to violence.
On Monday, Peter Whoriskey <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/08/nihilistic-violence-emerges/">wrote</a> in The Washington Post:
<blockquote>Amid a wave of high-profile killings and political violence in the United States, investigators have been confounded regularly by the absence of a recognizable agenda. The assailants in several cases — shootings, a bombing, a planned drone attack — resisted familiar labels and categories. They were not Democrat or Republican, or Islamist militant, or antifa or white supremacist.
They were something new. In their manifestos, these attackers declared their contempt for humanity and a desire to see the collapse of civilization. Law enforcement officers and federal prosecutors have begun to describe these attacks as a contemporary strain of nihilism, an online revival of the philosophical stance that arose in the 19th century to deny the existence of moral truths and meaning in the universe.</blockquote>
This is not new. Societies that experienced major dislocations are often the breeding ground for nihilism and violence. That&#8217;s been true going all the way back to Dostoyevsky&#8217;s “Notes from the Underground,” which he wrote in 1864. But if you reread “Notes from the Underground,” Dostoevsky goes further.
He writes:
<blockquote>I, for instance, would not be in the least surprised if all of a sudden, à propos of nothing, in the midst of general prosperity a gentleman with an ignoble, or rather with a reactionary and ironical, countenance were to arise and, putting his arms akimbo, say to us all: “I say, gentleman, hadn’t we better kick over the whole show and scatter rationalism to the winds, simply to send these logarithms to the devil, and to enable us to live once more at our own sweet foolish will!” That again would not matter, but what is annoying is that he would be sure to find followers—such is the nature of man. And all that for the most foolish reason, which, one would think, was hardly worth mentioning: that is, that man everywhere and at all times, whoever he may be, has preferred to act as he chose and not in the least as his reason and advantage dictated.
One’s own free unfettered choice, one’s own caprice, however wild it may be, one’s own fancy worked up at times to frenzy—is that very “most advantageous advantage” which we have overlooked, which comes under no classification and against which all systems and theories are continually being shattered to atoms. And how do these wiseacres know that man wants a normal, a virtuous choice? What has made them conceive that man must want a rationally advantageous choice? What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that independence may cost and wherever it may lead. And choice, of course, the devil only knows what choice. </blockquote>
In other words, convince people that they don&#8217;t have any choices in life and what you are likely to get is a nihilistic retreat into barbarism, specifically because people want to lash out at their supposed lack of choice.
You&#8217;ve heard me rail against what I&#8217;ve called the conspiracy theory of society. That&#8217;s the idea that everything in life is controlled by systems you can&#8217;t quite identify, and that your problems are solvable only through violence or through some sort of pseudo revolution.
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Philosopher Karl Popper explained this again back in the mid-20th century. He said, “The &#8216;conspiracy theory of society&#8217; is a typical result of a secularization of a religious superstition. The belief in the Homeric gods whose conspiracies explain the history of the Trojan War is gone. The gods are abandoned. But their place is filled by powerful men or groups &#8211; sinister pressure groups whose wickedness is responsible for all the evils we suffer from &#8211; such as the Learned Elders of Zion, or the monopolists, or the capitalists, or the imperialists.”
None of this is new.
But what we are experiencing right now in the United States is dangerous and stupid. Of course, there are conspiracies out there, but conspiracies generally have specific people involved and evidence of their involvement. What has been effectuated is the conspiracy theory of society that everything in your life is out of your control, and there is a group of manipulative elites who are getting together behind closed doors to figure out how to screw you.
That is something different. And that conspiracy theory of society is finding unbelievably fertile ground right now. And there are a lot of people who are promoting it for their own pure grift and greed.
They are doing it because of the con.
It turns out that this modern wave of nihilism is not entirely organic. It is fomented by influencers and politicians who commit ideological arson so that they can pretend to be firefighters, people who manipulate their audiences into believing that their problems are unfixable unless they hand over more power and control to precisely those same influencers and politicians. 
After all, influencers can get really, really rich off the nihilism of crowds. Politicians can foment the change they seek by channeling nihilistic energy, at least temporarily, until they&#8217;re eaten by the movement that they actually foster.
The pool right now is really, really warm for tons of influencers and politicians who wish to promote the idea that society is rigged, and that if you follow their particularly crappy advice and give them attention and therefore cash, you will somehow break the matrix and your life will become better.
It&#8217;s a lie. 
We live in a time that is rife with the con.

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Disney is preparing to fundamentally reshape the streaming landscape. After taking full ownership of Hulu in 2023, the company is now moving to shut the platform down and fold its entire library into Disney+ as part of a “one app experience.” That migration could occur imminently, and the scale of change is staggering.
When Disney launched Disney+ in 2019, the streaming marketplace was already crowded. Amazon Prime Video debuted in 2006, Netflix in 2007, and Hulu in 2008. With few external restrictions on content — no oversight from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and no advertisers, at that time, to hold content in check. As a result, these platforms broke boundaries that even premium cable channels like HBO and Cinemax would not have dared. offering more vulgarity, more graphic violence, more sex and nudity.
Disney+ promised to be different. 
From the beginning, Disney positioned its platform as a safe haven for families; a platform parents could trust implicitly. That promise worked. More than 10 million subscribers signed up within the first 24 hours, many of them parents desperate to escape the exhausting and never-ending task of shielding young eyes from suggestive poster art and racy titles like “Zac and Miri Make a Porno” or “Nymphomaniac” while they searched menus for the handful of child-appropriate titles that might be available. 
Market research confirmed this distinction. One industry analysis <a href="https://morningconsult.com/articles/disney-plus-streaming-market-brand-data">called</a> Disney+ “the category’s most intentionally chosen service.” Morning Consult found Disney+ scored +45 for “entertaining the kids,” while competitors posted negative scores across the board. “Disney+ is not interchangeable here,” the analysis concluded. “In household decision-making, this is Disney+’s moat.”
Disney executives publicly reinforced this family-first positioning. Months before launch, entertainment reporter Eric Vespe recalled asking a Disney representative whether R-rated content would appear on Disney+. The answer: Disney+ would remain PG-13 or softer, while more mature material would live on Hulu. Disney invested heavily in Hulu so adult-oriented material could remain off the Disney+ platform.
That intentional separation is now being completely dismantled. 
In the summer of 2025, executives signaled plans to shut down Hulu and migrate its entire library into Disney+.
Concerned Women for America (CWA) <a href="https://concernedwomen.org/2026-cwa-netflix-research/">looked at</a> the numbers and discovered that while Disney+ currently hosts fewer than 20 R-rated films, after the merger, that number will exceed 400 — a more than 2,200% increase. Mature-rated television series will escalate from 45 to nearly 400 — a more than 800% increase. Families who subscribed specifically for child-friendly programming will suddenly find their child’s favorite streaming platform flooded with volumes of adult material.
Parents have already seen glimpses of what this future looks like. Last year, families reported surprise and frustration when mature-themed series promotions appeared on Disney+ home screens, prompting uncomfortable questions from young children. Many parents believed Disney+ was designed to prevent exactly this scenario.
This shift represents more than a technical update. It represents a fundamental brand reversal.
Disney was once synonymous with wholesome family entertainment. Parents built household media habits around that identity. Children were given access to Disney+ because families trusted the brand.
That trust is now being put at risk.
Even more concerning is the creative direction Disney leadership appears eager to embrace. One of the most striking examples is the company’s reported interest in hiring producer Ryan Murphy as soon as his development deal with Netflix ends; Murphy’s career has largely focused on dark, adult-themed dramas. 
Murphy’s previous projects have centered on crime, horror, and provocative themes that were never intended for children. Yet Disney executives appear willing to fold this creative approach into a corporate ecosystem historically built around family audiences.
Walt Disney famously said, “Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children.” That philosophy guided decades of storytelling built around imagination, optimism, and moral clarity.
Today’s leadership seems increasingly disconnected from that legacy.
And while Disney may point to parental controls as a solution, technology cannot solve a branding problem. The issue is not whether filters exist. The issue is whether adult content belongs on the same platform that parents deliberately chose for preschoolers and elementary-age children.
Mixing Mickey Mouse with mature television may make business sense on a spreadsheet. But it erodes the trust that made Disney+ successful in the first place.
The question now is simple: Will Disney honor the promise that built its streaming success — or abandon the families who made it possible?
The future of Disney+ may depend on how loudly parents answer that question.
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Melissa Henson is the Senior Policy Advisor for Media and Culture for <a href="http://www.concernedwomen.org/">Concerned Women for America</a>, the nation’s public policy women’s organization, dedicated to promoting biblical values and constitutional principles in public policy. On X: @CWforA
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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A Jewish man was assaulted near a Kosher restaurant in New York City on Monday, video obtained by The Daily Wire shows.
Rami Glikstein, 58, was walking by Mr. Broadway Kosher restaurant in midtown Manhattan when an African American man tore off his yarmulke, throwing it to the ground and stomping and spitting on it before punching him in the face and pushing him to the ground.
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WATCH: A Jewish man was attacked in broad daylight in midtown Manhattan. His yarmulke was ripped off and thrown in the street before he was punched in the face.
The NYPD told the Daily Wire it’s been reported and is being investigated by the hate crimes task force. <a href="https://t.co/1B8pgLpC2S">pic.twitter.com/1B8pgLpC2S</a>
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Glikstein was treated and later released from Mount Sinai hospital for his injuries. Police are expected to arrest the attacker in the next few hours, The Daily Wire has learned.
This attack comes days before the city’s mayoral election. The frontrunner in that race, socialist Zohran Mamdani, has a complicated relationship with the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dont-know-how-hes-still-in-office-new-york-congresswoman-slams-zohran-mamdani">New York Police Department</a> and New York’s Jewish population. Mamdani has supported defunding the police and has come under fire for his criticism of Israel and Hamas sympathies.
Critics say that electing Mamdani could cause a spike in crime and antisemitic incidents. The Mamdani campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding Rami Glikstein’s attack.
“Seeing someone punched for wearing a yarmulke makes my blood boil, and in New York, you should be able to walk in your faith without fear,&#8221; Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Hate has no place in this city, and I will stand against it every day by empowering the NYPD to hunt down these attackers, protecting our communities, and ensuring bias crimes are prosecuted to the fullest.”
The video shows the man stopping Glikstein, who appears to walk off. The man follows him, tearing off his yarmulke, throwing it to the ground and stomping and spitting on it before assaulting him. 
The man walks onto the crowded Manhattan street before turning back around. As Glickstein picks up his yarmulke, the man comes back to punch him in the face and knock him to the ground onto the road.
Another man from the street emerges into the frame and comes to the victim’s assistance, standing between the attacker and Glikstein. More bystanders enter the frame to support Glickstein as the attacker appears to get into another altercation with bystanders.
At the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdani-and-cuomo-square-off-on-gaza-free-housing-and-more-in-nyc-mayoral-debate?author=Brecca+Stoll&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=10&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Mamdani+And+Cuomo+Square+Off+On+Gaza%2C+Free+Housing%2C+And+More+In+NYC+Mayoral+Debate">first NYC Mayor debate</a>, moderators pressed Mamdani on his refusal to condemn the slogan “globalize the intifada.” Mamdani also released a rap praising men convicted of funneling money to Hamas.
Mamdani addressed the moderators’ concerns, explaining he has had many conversations with Jewish New Yorkers and now understands their reservations as well as past experiences with hate. 
However, one Jewish New Yorker remains unconvinced. 
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Do we want to live in a NYC where our politicians with their actions and inactions inspire violent hate crimes? <a href="https://t.co/eKlJCkYbTT">https://t.co/eKlJCkYbTT</a>
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillAckman/status/1983583335797362840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square, retweeted a video of Rami Glikstein’s attack on X, with the comment, “Do we want to live in a NYC where our politicians with their actions and inactions inspire hate crimes?” 
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Authorities have arrested the man accused of threatening to kill Babylon Bee founder Seth Dillon.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the development on X, <a href="https://x.com/AGJamesUthmeier/status/1980421106524672425">stating</a>: “Last week, our Office of Statewide Prosecution was notified of multiple death threats made to Jewish conservative media members who live in Florida.”
Following the notification, prosecutors secured an arrest warrant, which law enforcement then executed. The suspect, now in custody, faces “charges of extortion, written threats to kill, and unlawful use of a two-way communication device.”
User &#8220;zionistarescum,&#8221; who authorities now identify as 28-year-old Nicholas Ray, allegedly posted a disturbing message directly threatening Dillon.
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You live in Houston, right? I&#8217;ve been in touch with law enforcement and they have some questions. <a href="https://t.co/ApcZ0BV8Rf">pic.twitter.com/ApcZ0BV8Rf</a>
— Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethDillon/status/1977570925156692359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The Daily Wire reviewed Ray’s alleged account and uncovered disturbing posts criticizing Israel and President Trump, as well as Republican lawmakers.
Ray’s arrest comes at a time plagued by a troubling surge in political violence. On Monday, Dillon published an article with the Free Press urging both sides, Right and Left, to take an introspective look at the ideology and policies they promote.
Dillon launched his satirical news site in 2016 in an effort to “<a href="https://www.heritage.org/press/heritage-foundation-awards-babylon-bee-ceo-seth-dillon-the-2025-salvatori-prize-american">speak truth through humor</a>.”
The outlet grew into a major force with 2.2 million followers on Instagram and more than 5 million on X.
However, the company’s rise brought conflict. Before Elon Musk purchased Twitter in 2022, the company <a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/twitter-has-shut-down-the-bee">suspended</a> Dillon’s account over a post poking fun at USA Today’s “Woman of the Year.”
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Elon Musk reinstated the account seven months later when he assumed ownership of Twitter and rebranded it as X.
Most recently, the Babylon Bee found itself in court arguing over a bill signed by Gavin Newsom limiting the use of “deep fake images.”
After the court sided with the Babylon Bee, their attorney commented, “The court was right to rein in California’s blatant censorship. We can’t trust the government to decide what is true in our online political debates.”
Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) <a href="https://www.schmitt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/senator-schmitt-to-chair-judiciary-subcommittee-hearing-on-politically-violent-attacks/">announced</a> on Tuesday that he will host a hearing on politically violent attacks to address the disturbing upward trend. This summer alone saw the murder of two Democratic Minnesota lawmakers and the assassination of Turning Point Founder Charlie Kirk.
Schmitt stated, &#8220;The rise of political violence on the left is deeply disturbing and antithetical to American values, disturbs the free exercise of our constitutional rights, and is a threat to our constitutional order.&#8221;

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Conservative commentator Benny Johnson pressed Democrats about mainstreaming political violence after the Department of Justice arrested and charged a man for sending Johnson communication fantasizing about the conservative&#8217;s assassination.
The threatening communication was sent to Johnson&#8217;s home, where he lives with his wife and four young children. The incident occurred just days after the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, 31. Johnson founded TPUSA Productions back in 2018 and was close friends with Kirk.
Alongside Attorney General Pam Bondi, Johnson spoke at a press conference on Friday. He said the man who threatened him, who&#8217;s been identified as a California man named George Russell Isbell Jr., wanted him dead because Johnson is a white, male, Christian Trump supporter.
&#8220;They described in great detail how I&#8217;d be killed in an open field, just like Charlie. How much blood would come out of my head and neck when it was blown off,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;This individual described orphaning my children and widowing my wife, with great joy.&#8221;
&#8220;You might want to say, &#8216;another left-wing radical, another extremist,'&#8221; Johnson continued. &#8220;And to that, I&#8217;d like to direct your attention to the state of Virginia, where Democrats have nominated and are about to vote for the chief law enforcement officer in that state, a man who has done the exact same thing. An individual who is calling for the assassination, by bullets, of Republicans that he disagrees with, the killing of their children, the slaughtering of, as he says, &#8216;little fascists.&#8217; Are my four innocent, beautiful, little children &#8216;little fascists&#8217;?&#8221;
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As reported by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/read-them-virginia-dem-sent-shocking-texts-about-killing-gop-leader-pissing-on-graves">The Daily Wire</a>, Democrat Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones, in recently uncovered text messages, fantasized about murdering a state GOP leader with “two bullets to the head,&#8221; the death of the Republican&#8217;s children, and “piss[ing]” on the graves of other state Republicans.
Nearly all Democrats have refused to call on Jones to step down from the race.
&#8220;Violence has been mainstreamed by the Democratic Party,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;It is not &#8216;extremist,&#8217; it is mainstream. And we need a moment of reckoning, here. This has to stop. This cycle must end. Is any Democrat courageous enough to disavow violence?&#8221;
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🚨 JUST IN: Benny Johnson says the leftist man who wanted to KILL HIM explicitly said why &#8211; and now Democrats are nominating a candidate in Virginia who wants to do the SAME THING
&#8220;I am a white, cis, Christian Trump supporter. They described I&#8217;d be killed in an open field, how… <a href="https://t.co/834aqXu10S">pic.twitter.com/834aqXu10S</a>
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Johnson&#8217; wife, Kate Johnson, asked if Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom (CA) would disavow the man who sent the threatening letter to her home, as the suspect resides in California.
<div class="css-175oi2r r-xoduu5">&#8220;[Hey [Gavin Newsom] &#8211; the man who threatened to kill my husband, [Benny Johnson], and harm my 4 small children is a resident of your state,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;Are you going to disavow him? Or is this ok with you [Gavin Newsom]?&#8221;</div>
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Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/CAgovernor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CAgovernor</a> &#8211; the man who threatened to kill my husband, <a href="https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bennyjohnson</a>, and harm my 4 small children is a resident of your state. Are you going to disavow him?
Or is this ok with you <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GavinNewsom</a> ?
— Nursekate (@Nursekatejohn) <a href="https://twitter.com/Nursekatejohn/status/1976844726977679865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
Bondi noted at the presser that Johnson &#8220;is a well-known media personality carrying a message very similar to Charlie&#8217;s, grounded largely in faith and love of country.&#8221;
&#8220;Just days after Charlie&#8217;s assassination, Benny received a letter at his home, where he and Kate are raising their beautiful, beautiful young family,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;The author of this letter made it very clear that he hated Benny because of his views and he wanted him dead. This was a coward hiding behind a keyboard who thought he could get away with this.&#8221;
According to the DOJ, the letter sent to Johnson was mailed around September 18, eight days after Kirk was assassinated. The letter said Johnson needed “to be exterminated&#8221; and referenced Kirk.
“Maybe someone will blow your head off!!! We can hope!&#8221; the letter said. &#8220;Planning any public engagements? Love to see your head explode and your blood stain the concrete red. What a sight!”
Isbell is facing up to five years in prison.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/read-them-virginia-dem-sent-shocking-texts-about-killing-gop-leader-pissing-on-graves">READ THEM: Virginia Dem Sent Shocking Texts About Killing GOP Leader, ‘Piss[ing]’ On Graves</a>

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