Jamie Raskin (D-MD) Says Campus Antisemitism is "Fake"

 Liberal Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) is charging that investigations and lawsuits brought by the Trump Justice Department and Department of Education against universities for allowing antisemitism to run rampant on campus are "fake". The poor universities are being "framed" by the Trump administration, according to Raskin, who himself is Jewish. 

Haley Van Erem, a former Justice Department attorney from 2015-2023, has alleged that DOJ and Health and Human Services unfairly investigated Harvard, Columbia, and Brown Universities on allegations of campus antisemitism. The Justice Department has responded that Van Erem was not involved in the investigations into those specific universities and stands by its actions.

I cannot speak with any authority on Harvard, Brown, and Columbia other than what I have read and posted on this site. In my opinion, however, Columbia has stood out as the absolute worst when it comes to campus antisemitism in recent years. Harvard and Brown have been featured many times as well on this site. It sems to me that their failures to protect Jewish students from bullying and intimidation on campus are well-documented.

I can speak with some authority as to UC Irvine, where I taught part-time from 1998-2016. I have personally witnessed and written about incidents on that campus on countless occasions. And the problem did not end in 2016. I have occasionally returned to campus on occasions that drew my interest, such as the 2024 encampment set up by Hamas supporters following the October 2023 massacre of Israeli civilians by Hamas. 

If Raskin wants to conduct an investigation on this matter, he can send one of his representatives to talk to me. I will even be happy to come to Washington and testify before his judiciary committee. I am confident that I have seen and heard many things that Ms. Van Erem never has. I promise it would be an education for both of them.

The Toxicity of Rashida Tlaib

This article first appeared in New English Review.

 

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is arguably the most obnoxious person in Congress, and given the number of obnoxious people inside the beltway, most of whom reside in the Democrat party, that is quite an accomplishment. She is angry, foul-mouthed, and a Jew hater to boot. Given her Palestinian heritage, that pretty much comes with the DNA.

This week, Tlaib has once again crossed the line of decency with her tweet reminding us of the 12^th anniversary of the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in August 2014.

The facts are these: On the day of the incident, Brown had just stolen items from a local convenience store and manhandled the clerk as he walked out the door. A police officer, given the description, spotted Brown walking down the middle of the street and stopped him. While the officer was still seated in the patrol car, Brown punched him, reached in the car, and tried to take the officer’s gun away from him. The struggle continued outside the car, and while the officer was pointing his gun at Brown (justifiably given the circumstances at this point), Brown tried to bullrush the officer, who, justifiably fearing for his life, shot and killed Brown.

What followed was nights of rioting in Ferguson, an investigation by the Justice Department, led by Attorney General Eric Holder, and their finding that the shooting was, in fact, justified. Claims that Brown had raised his arms and said, “Don’t shoot” were disproven. The officer subsequently resigned his position in the midst of death threats to the department and has basically disappeared in fear of his life. But 12 years later, along comes Tlaib with her tweet that Brown was “murdered”. What is she trying to do, start more riots?  Perhaps Tlaib is now trying to inspire her followers to track the former officer down (which is one reason I am not mentioning his name, although it was made public).

The fact is that Tlaib is a toxic individual who, time and time again, embarrasses her party, which now seems incapable of feeling embarrassed given the recent success of their most extreme elements in recent primary elections. The fact that she keeps getting re-elected in the 12th Michigan district, which includes parts of Dearborn and Detroit, speaks volumes about her constituents.

 

Spain: Moroccan Troops Thwart Another Migrant Attempt to Storm Spanish Border

-EFE

In the wake of the recent storming of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (on the North African coast), in which some 70,000 migrants entered the enclave illegally (most have since returned), Spanish authorities had information that another wave was expected today. Sure enough, hundreds attempted to storm into Ceuta, but this time, they were thwarted by Moroccan troops. Reportedly, 111 people were arrested by Moroccan authorities, two of whom were Moroccans and 109 were Sub-Saharan Africans.

The article below by the Spanish newspaper El Independiente is translated by Fousesquawk. Curiously, the Moroccan French-language newspaper, Le Matin, says nothing about the incident.

CEuta and Melilla

Morocco says it has intercepted hundreds of migrants trying to reach Ceuta

Moroccan security forces on Saturday thwarted an attempt to cross illegally into the Spanish city of Ceuta by hundreds of migrants, mostly sub-Saharans, who had been hiding on the outskirts of the border city of Fnideq (Castillejos in Spanish).

Moroccan security sources told EFE that the incident took place in a mountainous area, on the outskirts of Castillejos and southwest of Ceuta. According to the same sources, the Moroccan agents dispersed the migrants, who remain in the area.

Meanwhile, in recent days the border has been reinforced with the installation of a fence in the final section of the breakwater, where previously there was only the breakwater, and a floating barrier, both containment elements to allow the rejection at the border of migrants who try to swim by sea after the Supreme Court ruling that prevented them (from entering) in this way.

The Ministry of the Interior, for its part, has reinforced the city by land, sea and air with about 150 officers of the National Police and the Civil Guard.

Among the troops sent are three groups of the Reserve and Security Group (GRS) of the Civil Guard, each of them composed of 18 agents and a sergeant, as well as a group of the Police Intervention Unit (UIP) of the National Police, made up of 50 troops.

In addition to this land deployment, there are resources aimed at reinforcing surveillance and actions in the maritime field, including the Civil Guard's Río Segura patrol boat, which has been deployed to Melilla with a crew of 25 people.

Germany: A German Father Speaks Out for the Victims

Hat tip Remix News (Hungary) and Gates of Vienna

I am cross-posting a powerful new article from Remix News, a conservative English-language news site in Hungary that reports on incidents of serious migrant crime in Europe. This article contains powerful video statements by German activist Michael Kyrath, who works on behalf of hundreds of German families who have suffered serious crimes, including rapes and murders of their family members at the hands of migrants in Germany. Kyrath's own daughter, Ann-Marie (17), and her boyfriend were stabbed to death by an illegal Palestinian migrant in 2023 on a train between Kiel and Hamburg. 

In this article, English-subtitled videos show Kyrath describing the problem and also telling his interviewers about a 10-year-old girl who was gang-raped by three Syrians who urinated on her and smeared her with feces, a case that was not even reported in the German press, according to Remix. In one video, he is excoriating former German chancellor Olaf Scholz to his face for the feckless handling of the problem by him and the entire German government. It was another former chancellor, Angela Merkel, who opened the gates to millions of Syrian (and other) "refugees", overwhelmingly young men, during the Syrian civil war. The results in Germany and Western Europe have been catastrophic in terms of violent crime, not to mention terrorism. Yet, Merkel remains unapologetic to this day.

To the question of treatment and rehabilitation of these migrant offenders, almost all of whom come from Muslim countries, Kyrath points out that German psychiatrists are neither trained nor equipped to treat Middle Eastern patients since the psychology of their culture is so different.

I urge everybody to listen to Mr Kyrath's words. They are powerful and give a chilling description of the situation in Germany.

Swastikas Return to UC San Diego

At the University of California at San Diego, swastikas and "KKK" were spray-painted on the walls of a Jewish fraternity building sometime between August 7-8. The chancellor of the university, Pradeep Khosla, has condemned the incident and promised that if caught, the perpetrators will be prosecuted.

Unfortunately, this is not the first time that swastikas have appeared at UC San Diego. It happened in May 2023 and in November 2022.

It seems Chancellor Khosla has a problem on his campus.

France: Migrant Stabs Two Police Officers in Toulouse

This past Monday, in the French city of Toulouse, an unidentified man, assumed to be a migrant accosted a patrol car, insulting the officers, yelling, Allahu Akhbar", and making terrorist threats. When the officers got out the vehicle, the man pulled a knife and began attacking them, injuring two officers who were taken to the hospital and had to be stitched up. The suspect has been transferred to a psychiatric hospital because his condition was deemed "incompatible" with custody in a jail. 

So life goes on as normal in today's France.

The below article from Le Figaro is translated by Fousesquawk. (Note: The reference to President Thomas Wilson is not a misprint. Thomas was the real first name of President Woodrow Wilson.)

"Reference to a terrorist ideology". Intoxicated individual taken to psychiatric hospital: What we know about the attack on two city police officers in Toulouse

By Leopold Paitier

Posted August 11, 2026 at 10:16, updated August 11, 2026 at 16:16

Claiming to be asking for information, the individual insulted and threatened the officers before brandishing several knives. According to Le Figaro's information, the attacker reportedly said "Allahu Akhbar" several times.

What were the attacker's motivations? The question occupies the investigators the day after the knife attack that occurred in Toulouse. The incident occurred on Monday around 13:30 when an individual accosted three city police officers on patrol on Rue Austerlitz in the center of the Pink City, a few steps away from the heavily-frequented President Thomas Wilson Square. The patrol lowered the window of their vehicle before the man began insulting the officers, threatening them, then brandishing a knife, several sources close to the case report to Le Figaro. According to them, the individual reportedly said several times, "Allahu Akhbar". On social media, the mayor of Toulouse, Jean-Luc Moudenc, the perpetrator also made "remarks of a terrorist nature", information confirmed by the Toulouse Public Prosecutor's Office, which told Le Figaro that the "subject made remarks making reference to a terrorist ideology." 

The scene, filmed by residents and widely spread on social media, is chilling. We observe the officers-exited from their vehicle- attempting to control a man who seems completely out of control. In a construction area, where congestion does not allow an arrest under optimum conditions, the police succeed in disarming the individual before he could brandish a second knife, then a third.

During the long minutes, the officers made use of tear gas to neutralize the man, refraining from drawing the service weapons due to the large density of passersby around them, explained a source close to the case. On another video that Le Figaro has been able to view, we finally see the individual on the ground, his hands behind his back, a knife lying nearby. He had been able to wound two of the officers with the knife.

Transferred to psychiatric hospital

Placed immediately into custody, the individual, "apparently a foreigner and still unidentified", according to the prosecutor's office, was reportedly transferred overnight to the psychiatric ward of Purpan Hospital, according to several corroborating sources. A decision of the prosecutor's office, which informs us that "his condition was judged incompatible with continued custody for reasons covered under medical privacy," it stated. At the time of the incident, the man was "slightly intoxicated", the prosecutor's office indicated, adding that toxicological tests are under way. "Inquiries at the international level" have been launched to establish his identity. 

As for the two officers injured, they were reportedly taken to Rangueil Hospital. One of them required several stitches on the neck. The individual had, according to our information, "aimed for the carotid artery without success". The female police officer reportedly received three blows from the knife that were stopped by her protective vest, but reportedly was injured in both arms, also requiring stitches. 

Aside from the physical toll, the question of the perpetrator's motives is now occupying the investigators. The repeated cries and the remarks of a "terrorist" nature made at the time of the incident could lead to the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office (PNAT) taking over the case. "It is necessary to verify the remarks made by the assailant prior to considering a transfer (of the case) to PNAT," stated the Toulouse Prosecutor's Office. When contacted, the PNAT indicated it was "monitoring" the case but not taking it over at this stage. According to our information, this hypothesis is not likely.

Germany: Migrant Groups in Mass Brawl in City Center

Hat tip Gates of Vienna

Düren (in happier times)

On Sunday, two groups of migrants went after each other in the city of Düren, located near Cologne. It is not known what nationalities the migrants are. Reportedly, the groups attacked each other with axes and baseball bats as horrified residents watched. Two arrests have been made thus far.

The below article from T-Online is translated by Fousesquawk. While this article does not mention that the two groups are migrants, numerous other sources identify them as migrant clans. The article contains a video of the incident (Viewer warning: Graphic).

Apparently with axes and baseball bats

20 people beat each other in German city center

From T-Online   Posted August 11 2026 at 09:26

Residents watch as numerous people brutally attack each other on the street. Police arrest two men.

Several people were injured, some seriously, in a mass brawl on Sunday evening. As reported by police, up to 20 people attacked each other near the Bonnerplatz (square) in the center of the city around 18:50.  

The police stated that "blunt instruments" were used in the brawl. Social media posts circulating and posted by residents showed the men involved go after each other, apparently with axes and baseball bats. In addition, a man lying on the ground is kicked and punched.

The police reported that a total of 6 people were seriously injured and were taken to nearby clinics. Two other seriously injured people refused treatment. The officers arrested a 22-year-old from  Düren and a 23-year-old from Cologne.

A police spokesman told T-Online that the videos on social media had a great importance for the investigation. They are now attempting to identify more suspects and interview witnesses. As to the background of the violence, the spokesman could initially provide T-Online with no information.

Spain: Spanish Military Prepares for New Migration Invasion

Spain is still trying to recover from the recent massive assault on its border and beaches by some 70,000 people of various nationalities coming from Morocco. Thousands still remain on the streets of Ceuta, the Spanish enclave located on the n. African coast, and now, the military is cancelling all leaves in anticipation of a massive new wave expected on August 15.

The below article from El Independiente is translated by Fousesquawk.

Spain

Migration crisis

Defense cancels all leaves to soldiers due to fear of a massive new arrival in Ceuta

A new wave predicted for August 15

The Ceuta General Command has ordered the cancellation of all leave for soldiers stationed in the autonomous city, a measure that will go into effect next Thursday, August 13, and will remain in force until further notice. According to what defense sources have confirmed, only very specific and duly justified exceptions will be considered, which will have to be authorized on an individual basis by the chief of the corresponding unit. 

The Association of Troops and Seamen of Spain (ATME) has clarified that this order requires all personnel on leave in the (Iberian) Peninsula or abroad to immediately return to duty. The president of this organization, Marco Antonio Gomez, has directly linked the drastic decision to the serious situation experienced in the area after the massive entry of 72,000 people coming from Morocco last week.

The fear of a new attempt at a massive entry called for on social media for next Saturday, the 15th, has raised alarms in a city that has a strong military presence. In the autonomous city, there are thousands of personnel permanently deployed in units such as the Legion, the Group of Regulars of Ceuta #54, the Third Mountain Cavalry Regiment, and the Engineering Regiment.

The professional association says that it understands the decision from the perspective of the demands of the job but demands that the socio-economic impact on the affected personnel be urgently analyzed. In this sense, Gomez has publicly questioned whether the Ministry of Defense will assume the economic compensation for the soldiers for the loss of tickets and previously reserved lodging. 

The cancellation of leaves is especially hard for personnel of South American origin within the armed forces. According to the spokesperson for the ATME, many of these troops save during the entire year to visit their families for a period of only 10 or 15 days, for which reason they have requested a criterion of flexibility and exception in these specific cases.

Military personnel stationed on the border are experiencing maximum concern due to the fact that there are still thousands of immigrants who are on the streets of the city. To respond to the exceptional circumstances and maintain their regular duties, military personnel are faced with enormously demanding days, divided into shifts of 8 hours on patrol, 8 hours of rest, and 8 hours of alert in the barracks.

Finally, the representative of the soldiers stressed the troops' performance, which acts in direct support of the National Police, the Civil Guard, and the local police. Gomez emphasized that their work is carried out in strict conformance with existing law, expressly stating that the troops do not carry out summary deportations or directly expel anybody to the Moroccan side.

Austria: 14-Year-Old Girl Used as Sex Slave

Vienna Brigittaplatz in happier times

A 15-year-old Iraqi boy is in custody charged with repeatedly raping a 14-year-old Vienna girl and making her his virtual "slave".  The article below in the Austrian newspaper Heute, is translated by Fousesquawk.

Message in photo: "I will kill you"

Caption beneath photo (click image): The girl was allegedly abused in this dark stairwell, later threatened: Melanie Kolar (Rast-Musliu Law Firm) is representing the victim, who is only 14 years old.

The Iraqi was "at first nice"

Girl (14) raped- She had to wear head covering

A 15-year-old Iraqi allegedly abused the 14-year-old from Vienna repeatedly. Religion also played a role.

By Christian Tomsits

August 9, 2026 at 15:47

The 14-year-old girl from Vienna comes from difficult circumstances and had to go through a terrible ordeal. Her ex-boyfriend, who was arrested a few weeks ago, is suspected of rape, coercion, and making dangerous threats.

The girl had met him on a trip to Salzburg organized by the Youth Welfare Office. "At first, he was nice," the victim describes how they first became a couple, but then only met secretly because the girl's mother was strongly against the relationship.

The teenagers met in stairwells and parks, and the dynamic quickly turned (bad). The 15-year-old "dictated what I should wear," the girl says- finally, he became violent towards her. Not just (forcing) the school dropout to wear the head covering and convert to Islam, but also in sexual acts. 

After a long back and forth, the girl finally gave her statement: How she was raped for weeks-most recently on July 7 in a stairwell near Brigitta Square in Vienna. As we reported, investigators even found traces of blood on the wall.

The victim's statement, along with submitted chats, show a shocking picture of the incarcerated boy. The Iraqi, who is known to authorities, allegedly effectively degraded her as a slave. "May Allah protect you," he reacted to photos posted showing her veiled in a hijab. "As Allah is my witness, I will kill you," he threatened her, apparently screaming, "You will do everything I tell you".

"I only told her she looked good in a hijab," the suspect denied any violence. However, when the girl wanted nothing more to do with him, he threatened to post naked pictures of her, and despite a restraining order, bombarded her with messages on TikTok.

Due to serious self-inflicted injuries and psychiatric distress, the victim had to be hospitalized several times from her crisis group home. However, the Youth Welfare Office did not do everything to protect the girl from the boy's influence. Prior to his arrest on July 19, he even managed to get her to throw her cell phone out the window to destroy evidence against him.  "He completely controlled me," the 14-year-old complains. Attorney Melanie Kolar (Rast-Musliu Law Firm) is representing the family of the victim and wants the case thoroughly investigated. As for the suspect, there is the presumption of innocence. 

AAUP Endorsed Abdul El-Sayed

"Today the national AAUP announced our first-ever national electoral endorsement in the Association’s 110-year history.

The AAUP is proud to endorse Dr. Abdul El-Sayed for US Senate in the Michigan Democratic primary".

This is something that should not go unnoticed. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP), recently endorsed US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, in the Democratic primary in Michigan, which he won.

Most recently, we reported that AAUP chapters at Vanderbilt University and Washington University at St Louis had sent a joint letter to both universities calling on them to rescind a report which they had commissioned, which concluded that political advocacy was compromising scholarly inquiry, especially within the social sciences and humanities. 

It is not just that El-Sayed is a far-leftist. What troubles me most about him is his cozy association with Hasan Piker, a despicable influencer who has reportedly stated that America deserved 9/11 and has acted as an apologist for what Hamas committed on October 7, 2023, when it committed the most unspeakable atrocities against Israel. Even his "Dr" title is open to interpretation. He holds doctoral degrees in medicine and philosophy, but reportedly has never been a practicing physician.

I assume that the AAUP will now endorse El-Sayed in the November election against Mike Rogers.

More evidence that the above-mentioned report was correct. Disgusting.

Italy: Hitler, ISIS, Jihad, and All That Stuff

"Are you sure you're only 16?"

In the Lake Como area of Northern Italy this week, Italian police arrested a 16-year-old boy, described as an "Italian of foreign origin," after he was discovered on social media platforms encouraging armed jihad and extolling Adolf Hitler at the same time. 

This represents another example of the ideological affinity between Nazism and jihadism. This goes back to World War 2 when the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini (pictured above with Hitler), spent the war years in Berlin, joining forces with Hitler. Al-Husseini not only broadcast radio messages to his followers in the Middle East to drive out the Jews, but he also helped organize a Muslim Bosnian SS division to fight alongside the Wehrmacht. It seems that sentiment still lingers on in certain quarters.

The article below from Il Tempo is translated by Fousesquawk.

Como, Jihad and neo-Nazism- 16-year-old of foreign origin arrested: Piantedosi: "Constant commitment against extremism"

This morning in the Como region, a 16-year-old Italian of foreign origin was arrested by law enforcement accused of international terrorism following an investigation coordinated by the Milan Juvenile Prosecutors' Office and conducted by the Digos Anti-Terrorism Section. Combat materials, executions, training sessions, and war arsenals, together with symbols of the Islamic State- this and much more was retrieved from his cell phone where he wrote sentences like, "If I were two years older, I would join them", or "If they wanted to capture extremists, we would already be in prison."

The minor also repeatedly shared "Plurimi Nasheed", the religious songs of Islamic origin in the context of jihadist extremism, exalting martyrdom, and incitement to armed violence. But that's not all. In numerous conversations, the subject greeted his interlocutors with expressions praising Hitler and shared anti-Semitic and neo-Nazi content. Among these, a video portraying two subjects with their faces covered and military-type dress, inside a closed location, in which an ISIS flag appears in the background. 

The 16-year-old "demonstrating particular cunning and perseverance, inserted himself permanently into groups sharing materials of extremist character (both Islamic and supremacist), sharing ideology, downloading and sharing content of marked social concern." This is what Judge of Preliminary Instruction Laura Margherita Pietrasanta said in her order for application of preventive measures. For the judge, it seems "the will is clear" to continue navigating on social platforms and channels, "without law enforcement being able to identify him, and to actively participate in holy war". 

Regarding the intervention, Minister of Interior Matteo Piantedosi said: "An arrest that speaks to the constant commitment of our law enforcement to prevent and counter every form of radicalization and extremism, with particular attention to young people, to promptly intercept the danger signs and prevent the risk that paths of hate and violence can transform themselves into a concrete threat."

More on the (Latest) Femicide Murder in Spain

Hat tip Gates of Vienna and Vlad Tepes

Yesterday, we reported on the stabbing murder of a 27-year-old Spanish woman in Santander, Spain. A 39-year-old Moroccan man is charged in her murder.

The article below from El Diario Montañés is translated by Fousesquawk.

The confessed perpetrator of the femicide of Paula Solanas (27), whom he allegedly murdered last Friday in their apartment on Calle Perines in Santander because she had decided to break off the relationship, yesterday exercised his right to remain silent during questioning by the National Police/

 Yesterday, sources close to the investigation told El Diario Montañés that investigators decided to take a statement from the detainee of Moroccan nationality, 39, on Sunday morning, for which they required the presence of a defense attorney.

Once he received the assistance of his lawyer, the alleged murderer decided to remain silent before the officers, making use of one of the rights that all those under investigation have: not to have to tell the truth, among others.

 On Monday morning, the detainee will appear before Magistrate Fernando Vegas, head of Court #1 of the Violence Against Women section of Santander, according to judicial authorities. The preliminary detention period of 72 hours maximum (3 calendar days) expires today at noon.

It remains to be seen if, before Magistrate Vegas, the alleged murderer decides to give a statement and explain the motive why he wound up taking the life of the mother of his son, of less than 1 year of age, with whom he had a sentimental relationship over 4 years which ended recently, which the father of the victim related the same day as the incident to El Diario Montañés.

 In any case, what is expected is that the investigating judge in this case will agree to provisional custody of the detainee, without bail, given the seriousness of the act and the possible risk of flight that there would be in case of letting him out.

The fact that he confessed to the crime at the first moment- he was also the one who alerted the police to what happened- will surely facilitate the police and judicial investigation, although the Scientific Police must carry out a series of searches at the location of the crime to collect all types of evidence, including the weapon with which the detainee allegedly stabbed his partner of 4 years.

It was "shocking"

What has emerged for the moment through the information provided last Friday by government authorities in Cantabria is that when police officers arrived at the residence where the incident occurred, they found Paula Solanas inside with "bloody wounds" (it is not known how many), possibly caused by a bladed weapon.

Faced with this, the police requested the urgent presence of paramedics, who, upon arriving at the scene, could only confirm the death of the woman. At the same location, National Police officers proceeded to arrest the partner of the victim, who confessed to being the perpetrator of the crime.

One of the neighbors who witnessed the police intervention on Friday told this newspaper that they had heard the words of one of the officers minutes after his arrival at the scene of the crime. "They said something like it was shocking and they didn't remember seeing anything like it for a long time."

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