THE WEST BANK COMES TO MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS: Columbia is issuing press passes, but the pro-Hamas occupiers are in charge of journalists’ access.

YEP: The Morning Briefing: Columbia University Has Become the Epicenter of Insidious Hate.

I WISH THIS WERE FUNNIER:

'Trump Will Receive A Fair And Impartial Trial,' Says Judge As Construction Crew Builds Gallows Outside Courtroom https://t.co/i9cZTi5EfQ pic.twitter.com/AwoFDTowQp

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) April 24, 2024

JOHN LUCAS: Negotiating with Uniformed and Well-Supplied Terrorists (not “Demonstrators”).

This “Bits and Pieces” will discuss three related matters surrounding the current take-overs of the Columbia University campus and other venues: (1) The perpetrators are terrorists, not “demonstrators,” (2) the uniforms they choose show their tribal affiliation with the Hamas butchers, and (3) the logistical support they are receiving from unidentified supporters and financiers. It will close with a modest proposal for action: Sue the bastards.

I agree.

THEY’RE RIGHT: House Republicans back Netanyahu in comparing anti-Israel college protests to 1930s Germany.

1960S PROTESTERS: “THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING.”

Now:

Right now at Columbia: faculty members formed a chain to keep journalists out of the encampment. pic.twitter.com/2mJPisuVst

— Zach Kessel (@zach_kessel) April 24, 2024

What don’t they want people to see?

NAVAL NEGLECT: What Happened to Our Ship Repair Infrastructure? Neglect, myopia, and greed.

Related: The Boxer is the 2024 Navy’s Canary. Ignore the excuses: See the waterfront. “Supremacy at sea is not an entitlement. It is not a law of nature. It is taken, maintained, and defended. We are surrendering it.”

BUT OF COURSE: Palestinian Terrorists Declare Support for Columbia Encampment, Call for ‘Escalation.’

DESPITE, BECAUSE OF, WHATEVER. NPR Struggles Despite Its Commitment to the ‘North Star’ of DEI.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Jewish students, come here to the South — where you’ll be safe.

THE IVY LEAGUE’S REPUTATION IS TAKING A HIT: Ivy League grads risk losing prized jobs for schools allowing antisemitic protests to fester: Wall Street honchos.

“DEI CONCERNS:”

Report: One of the VP's Secret Service agents attacked other agents at Joint Base Andrews on Monday and there are "DEI concerns" about his hiringhttps://t.co/nMLLec83dGhttps://t.co/nMLLec83dG

— Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) April 24, 2024

OPEN THREAD: Make your mark.

SCIENCE! The DNC just launched focus groups to figure out why Americans don’t like Kamala and the results were what anyone with two brain cells expected.

GPS: No more jammer sales: it’s time for global enforcement.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Jewish students, come here to the South — where you’ll be safe.

MICROBIOME NEWS: A Skin-Deep Wound Can Trigger Gut Bacteria Changes.

TRY THAT IN A RED STATE: Watch: Texas DPS Shows Up at a Pro-Hamas ‘Encampment,’ and Beautiful Chaos Follows.

Extremists part of the @Columbia CHAZ-style occupation chant support for Hamas terror:

“Al-Qassam, you make us proud, take another soldier out”

“We say justice, you say how? Burn Tel Aviv to the ground”

“Hamas, we love you. We support your rockets too”pic.twitter.com/YtNwzqYvNd

— Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) April 20, 2024

Palestinian activists TACKLED to the floor and arrested as Texas DPS troops make dozens of arrests as an unruly mob surround the officers and scream.

Hundreds of students have occupied the University of Texas- Austin and have been ordered to disperse.

Video: @RyanChandlerTV pic.twitter.com/lE3RIpgzEr

— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) April 24, 2024

IT’S IN YOUR GENES: The Secret to Living to 100? It’s Not Good Habits.

WHEN YOU CAN’T TRUST RANSOMWARE PIRATES, WHO CAN YOU TRUST? UnitedHealth Group: Patient data compromised despite paying ransomware.

OF COURSE THEY WEREN’T: Little Rock ATF Incident Update: Agents Were Not Wearing Body Cameras as per ATF Policy.

AT LEAST ONE OF THESE WAS MORE OR LESS INEVITABLE: Porsche Gave the 2025 Cayenne GTS Better Performance and a Higher Price.

I’VE SEEN THE LOCKDOWNS AND THE DAMAGE DONE: Study finds suicidal behaviors increased by over 50% in Catalonia, Spain after the COVID-19 pandemic.

SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: Repeated exposure to explosive blasts increases soldiers’ risk of brain injury.

REMEMBER WHEN THEY TOLD US ANTIBIOTICS WERE USELESS AGAINST VIRUSES? Neosporin ointment in the nose may help fight off respiratory viruses. “Lab animals whose noses were treated using neomycin — the main ingredient in over-the-counter Neosporin ointment — mounted a robust immune defense against both the COVID-19 virus and a highly virulent strain of influenza, researchers found.”

I remember mockery of doctors who prescribed Azithromycin for Covid.