HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Meet the California students and profs who say Hamas are ‘freedom fighters,’ not ‘terrorists.’

It’s a toxic industry.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Professor’s pro-Hamas tweet aligns with academic focus on Israel criticism, terrorist ‘rights.’

Higher education has become the Wuhan Institute of Virology for toxic ideas.

DAN MARKEL UPDATE: Day 1 Of Charlie Adelson’s Trial In Dan Markel’s Murder: Rundown Of Witnesses, Jury Selection.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE LESS SLEAZY THINGS ABOUT GAVIN NEWSOM’S CALIFORNIA TODAY: Inside LA’s brazen sex market, where women sell themselves in broad daylight — emboldened by California’s new laws.

IN THEIR MINDS, THIS IS DOING BETTER: Democrat slams WH press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for ‘weak answer’ on antisemitism: ‘Must do better.’

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Fed up people leaving crime-ridden cities, blame Biden.

The National Sheriffs’ Association/TIPP survey shared with Secrets shows that many blame President Joe Biden and his open borders agenda for the surge.

“Americans are experiencing an increase in crime in their neighborhoods over the past year,” said Sheriff Jim Skinner of Collin County, Texas, and the chairman of the association’s government affairs committee.

“Most Americans are dissatisfied with President Biden’s crime control policies, notably Republicans and independents. Weak immigration policies contribute to an increase in crime. Dissatisfaction spans ideological lines, with conservatives, moderates, and liberals all expressing concerns about these policies,” he added in an analysis of the new survey.

While government reports are conflicting on whether crime has surged beyond city limits, inside cities such as Washington, D.C., the rise in carjackings, holdups, and theft has risen dramatically and often the attacks are filmed and posted online.

And don’t forget the effect of Soros prosecutors, too.

FLASHBACK: Marxists’ Apartment a Microcosm of Why Marxism Doesn’t Work.

THE ESTABLISHMENT TAKES CARE OF ITS OWN: DOJ Offers Sweetheart Plea Deal To IRS Consultant Who Leaked Tax Return Information Of Trump And Thousands Of Wealthy Americans.

THE ENEMY WITHIN: Meet the Major US Philanthropy Financing an Israeli-Designated Terror Group: The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has given more than $3.4 million to Hamas-friendly groups since 2018.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: China’s fighter jet fleet is growing in size and appears to have made a big jump in capability, new Pentagon report shows.

JOEL KOTKIN: Why Jews Are Abandoning the Left. Because it hates them and wants them dead and they’ve finally gotten over their denial?

Pretty much.

The Jewish leftist tradition persists, but has been fading for years now. Recent events are likely to accelerate this decline. Many of those expressing support for Hamas’s actions, and opposition to any strong Israeli response, come from the left. In the past few years, we have seen the rise of a wide range of anti-Israel ‘progressive’ politicians, like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘Squad’ in the US Congress, former British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and France’s Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

Increasingly, Jews are being forced to choose between their Jewish roots and their traditionally leftist political orientation. This undermines the stance of Jewish groups like the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which remains essentially a subsidiary of the Democratic Party. The ADL’s primary focus, at least before recent events, seemed to be in concert with the Biden administration’s oft-repeated view that the far right is the most pressing threat to the Jewish community.

Such views are delusional as well as dangerous. Of course, the far right remains a threat. Some right-wing parties, like Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), contain elements that minimise fascist atrocities, even as the party postures to win Jewish support. Individual rightists, like the shooter at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, represent a distinct lethal threat.

None of this, however, contradicts the reality that in the US, Europe, Australia, the UK and Canada, the targeting of Jews now comes overwhelmingly from the left and its constituencies. A detailed 2017 survey from the University of Oslo found that in Scandinavia, Germany, Britain and France, most anti-Semitic violence came from Muslims, including recent immigrants. Similarly, a poll of European Jews found the majority of incidents of anti-Semitism came either from Muslims or left-wingers. Barely 13 per cent traced it to right-wingers. Violence against Jews is especially bad in places like the migrant-dominated suburb of Malmo in Sweden. In Paris and London – the last great redoubts of Jewish life in Europe – the danger is less right-wing anti-Semitism than the pernicious new hybrid that joins leftist and Islamist hatred. Meanwhile, virtually all right-wing parties (including the US Republicans and the Canadian and British Conservatives) have been unanimous in supporting Israel.

Other rightist politicians, like Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, France’s Marine Le Pen and Britain’s Nigel Farage, have been outspoken supporters of the Jewish State. Meanwhile, the much-disdained Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, is widely criticised as fascistic and anti-Semitic. Yet he is far more pro-Israel than the EU bureaucracy, which has opposed Israel’s right to a forceful response to the Hamas attack. . . . The face of anti-Semitism comes increasingly not from knuckle-dragging neo-Nazis, but from sophistos often aligned with Palestinian activists. Sixty per cent of German anti-Semitic messages sent to the Israeli embassy come from well-educated people, according to one study.

Yeah, how about that. The educational establishment, throughout the West, is a toxic industry that spreads hate and ignorance.

BRYAN CAPLAN: Paternalism vs. Social Desirability Bias. “Why can’t supporters of paternalism be honest? The harsh reality is that if they defended their favored policies honestly, support would crash.”

WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING:

https://twitter.com/Endwokeness001/status/1716374618464747829

AIRBRUSHING: Coca-Cola Quietly Removes BLM References From Website.

I’M SURE IT WAS AN “ACCIDENT.” Chinese Coast Guard Ship Collides with Philippine Resupply Boat in South China Sea.

I WORRY THAT THE DEMS WILL FIND A WAY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS: Republican search for new US House leader returns to square one.

OPEN THREAD: It’s just a noisy hall, where there’s a nightly brawl.

IN THE ATLANTIC: HEY, IMMIGRATION MIGHT CONTRIBUTE TO INEQUALITY. The Hard Truth About Immigration: If the United States wants to reduce inequality, it’s going to need to take an honest look at a contentious issue. “The critics’ predictions—that annual immigration might soon triple, as one conservative congressman forecast, and eventually surpass 1 million, as another anticipated, ended up being more accurate.”

I guarantee, the people in today’s ruling class have zero interest in reducing inequality. “The second big question about immigration is how it has affected the living standards of people who were already in the United States. On the surface, the facts look damning. . . . Logic and history point to the same conclusion as the economic data. That is why CEOs long favored high levels of immigrants and labor leaders such as A. Philip Randolph and Samuel Gompers long opposed them.”

HOW LONG UNTIL VARDA CHANGES ITS NAME TO ELBERETH INDUSTRIES? Varda partners with Australian range for capsule landings.

I HOPE THE MISSION ISN’T IMPOSSIBLE:

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CUE THE PMS JOKES: For The First Time, Scientists Show Structural, Brain-Wide Changes During Menstruation.

VOTERS ARE TIRED OF “IMMIGRANTS:” Common Cause: Germany Waves “Auf Wiedersehen” and the Swiss Swing Right?

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Man skips out on paying tab after woman orders 48 oysters on first date.

THE “EV PUSH” IS FALTERING: Despite EV Push, Stellantis Has a Flood of New Gas Engines Coming.

2023: Troubled Times Part II: There’s more to being prepared than just guns and ammo.