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Leaders of the Lynch Mob

Matthew Vadum

My article in today’s FrontPage magazine: Leaders of the Lynch Mob By Matthew Vadum Leaders of the “Black Lives Matter” movement are obliquely endorsing killing cops and rioting as legitimate forms of political activism as the radical community organizers of the so-called Black Spring ramp up political violence and civil unrest. For example, on-the-record statements by Twitter stars DeRay Mckesson, 29 and Johnetta Elzie, 26, are all over the Internet. Mckesson (Twitter handle: @deray) and Elzie (Twitter handle: @Nettaaaaaaaa) are influential activists who have become legacy-media darlings by using social media to push their racial-grievance agenda. A very long, fawning profile of … Continue reading Leaders of the Lynch Mob

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Taking Cuba Off State Sponsor of Terrorism List

Matthew Vadum

My FrontPage magazine article today: Taking Cuba Off State Sponsor of Terrorism List By Matthew Vadum President Obama wielded his pen yesterday to begin the process of removing the longstanding U.S. designation of Communist Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, a move that pushes the U.S. closer to restoring full diplomatic ties with the brutal Caribbean dictatorship. Obama’s action comes as watchdog group Judicial Watch yesterday claimed [1] that America has a terrorist problem closer to home than Cuba which is 90 miles away from the U.S. coast in Florida. The group says the Muslim terrorists of Islamic State (a.k.a. ISIS or … Continue reading Taking Cuba Off State Sponsor of Terrorism List

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Berkeley Radicals Want to Honor Cop-Killing Communist

Matthew Vadum

My article in today’s FrontPage magazine: Berkeley Radicals Want to Honor Cop-Killing Communist By Matthew Vadum Disgruntled black students at the University of California at Berkeley are demanding a campus building be named after convicted cop-killing terrorist and fugitive from justice, Assata Shakur. The reason for the demand? In the stated opinion of the school’s Black Student Union, blacks are disrespected on campus. BSU member Cori McGowens told reporters that “trying to excel academically is immensely difficult while coping with the issue of antiblackness on campus.” “It troubles me that I have already been told countless times that antiblackness is not an … Continue reading Berkeley Radicals Want to Honor Cop-Killing Communist