MAYBE STARTING A WAR WITH THE PLACE YOUR FOOD, WATER, AND ELECTRICITY COME FROM WAS A MISTAKE: Gaza Famine a Result of Hamas/Iran Terror.

CONGRESS HAS MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO, LIKE RAISE MONEY AND ENGAGE IN INSIDER TRADING: FTC passes a law: Why have a Congress when the bureaucracy legislates?

COLLUSION: Dem Fundraising Platform ActBlue Takes a Cut of Donations to Michigan State University’s Anti-Israel Tent Encampment.

TO BE FAIR, THEY’VE PRETTY MUCH FLIPPED TO BEING PRO-DEFAMATION THESE DAYS: Alleged “QAnon John”‘s Libel Lawsuit Against Anti-Defamation League Can Go Forward.

I CAN GUESS: DEI Dogma or Minority Advancement: What’ll it be, Harvard?

OPEN THREAD: This is my open thread. There are others like it, but this one is mine.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China selects new space missions including lunar far side astronomy and terrestrial exoplanet survey.

SCIENCE ANSWERS THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Does Freezing Bread Make It Healthier?

LOL:

So the press conference jihadist is a PhD student named Johannah King-Slutzky (really) and this is what she's working on. Dying. Absolutely dying. Beyond parody. @TheBabylonBee couldn't top this if they tried. https://t.co/xMhbmez881 pic.twitter.com/2mI5orclZx

— Noah Pollak (@NoahPollak) April 30, 2024

WELL, WHO DOESN’T LOVE CHILI DOGS? Ancient Teeth Reveal Surprising Dietary Choices in Early Humans.

I’M SKEPTICAL OF ALL SUGAR SUBSTITUTES: Study suggests that stevia is the most brain-compatible sugar substitute.

THAT’S NOT HOW IT WORKS. THAT’S NOT HOW ANY OF THIS WORKS. Andrew Tate ruthlessly mocked for claiming having sex with women is gay.

COLUMBIA NOW SHOWING SIGNS OF CONSIDERING THINKING ABOUT TAKING STEPS TO POSSIBLY ACQUIRE A BACKBONE:

April 30 statement from Ben Chang, University spokesperson. For the complete statement and further information, please visit the link: https://t.co/2a4cc4vLeg pic.twitter.com/rr0890AC1n

— Columbia University (@Columbia) April 30, 2024

But:

Your top priority is safety? Random masked men broke into John Jay, a freshman dorm and dining hall, from outside campus on 114th street in the middle of last night. This is outrageous.https://t.co/i5QZfk5fJX

— Artane (@_Artane) April 30, 2024

Background: Columbia Students Storm University Building and Hoist Banner Calling for ‘Intifada.’

GIVE IT A WEEK AND YOU CAN GET IT FOR LESS THAN MY HOME COST: You Could Buy the Entire Fisker Company for Less Than the Founder’s Home Costs.

OF COURSE: Laws requiring doctors to report a dementia diagnosis to the DMV may backfire.

ADS EVERYWHERE: Roku OS home screen is getting video ads for the first time.

NHS PROBLEMS: Pathogens including multi-drug resistant superbugs found on floors, ceilings and door handles of UK hospital toilets.

SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: Healthy lifestyle could counteract effects of life-shortening genes.

DON SURBER: The lesson from Columbia: The protest is not getting much traction for several reasons. “The first reason is nobody cares. Jim Carville had a rant on Twitter and he said of 15 issues people under 30 were asked to rank, young people listed the Palestinian war as No. 15. . . . The well-funded communists who organize these protests may as well be talking about the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict.”

The Palestinians are the authors of their own misfortunes, and everyone knows it, even the people who won’t admit it.

Also, there’s a distinct shortage of giant puppets. How can you take a lefty protest seriously when they don’t bring the giant puppets?

PAYING THE PRICE FOR BIGOTRY: New York City to pay over $2 million settlement for discrimination against white educators.

GOOD FOR THEM: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Jewish ASU frat boys speak out after viral video shows them helping cops throw away Gaza Glampers’ tents: “It’s our duty to help keep our freedoms secure. Jews should not have to feel threatened to hide on campus, when they call for ‘Jewish genocide’ the answer was extremely clear: help the police.”

LOOKING FOR A CRIMINAL/DUI LAWYER IN THE CHATTANOOGA/NORTH GEORGIA AREA? You can’t do better than my former student Meredith Mochel, criminal lawyer extraordinaire, who also serves as this blog’s Contributing Tik Tok Editor, which means that she follows Tik Tok so that I don’t have to, and shares clips with me that might interest other InstaPundit readers. I was speaking down her way a few years ago and I asked the public defender if he knew her and he responded that she had taken over a murder case from their office and done a truly amazing job. I was like well of course, she was my student. Helen and I get together with her from time to time, and it’s always fun to hear those two doing a deep dive on criminal forensics.

Her office is dog friendly, too.

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THE ENEMY WITHIN: K-12 ‘Action Civics’ Trained Students Encamped on College Campuses. Here’s What Parents Need to Know.

OF COURSE: Biden Civil Rights Chief To Speak at Columbia Law Commencement Amid Anti-Semitism Scandal.