Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 7/26

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Suspect in Berlin Pride attack identified as ‘Islamist’

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/suspect-berlin-pride-attack-identified-032623346.html

The suspect allegedly involved in the ramming attack at Berlin's Gay Pride festival has been identified by police as a member of the city's "Islamist scene".

At least one person was killed and 17 others were injured on Saturday night, including three critically, after a white van mowed down a crowd of people at the event.

A manhunt remains underway for the driver of the vehicle which onlookers say crashed into a group of people at the event at around 10pm local time at high speed.

The driver allegedly attacked people with a knife after the collision, which occurred at Berlin's Tiergarten park. The suspect later fled the scene on foot and remains at large.

"Based on the investigators' initial findings, we have already identified a suspected perpetrator," Florian Nath, a spokesman for Berlin police, said, adding that the force's search for the suspect was "proceeding at full speed".

"He is known to us as a member of Islamic circles here in Berlin ... we still have no information whatsoever regarding his specific motives, the exact sequence of events, or his role in the crime itself."

Gay activists "know", despite contrary facts, however, that their true and deadliest "enemy" is "Fundamentalist" Christians.

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Jewish students, come here to the South — where you’ll be safe

https://nypost.com/2024/04/24/opinion/jewish-students-come-here-to-the-south-where-youll-be-safe/

Jewish students in the Ivy League, I’m here to offer an invitation: Come to the South, where you’ll be safe.

It’s manifestly not safe to be an Ivy League Jew. A prominent Columbia rabbi “strongly” advised Jewish students to go home and not come back: It’s become clear “Columbia University’s Public Safety and the NYPD cannot guarantee Jewish students’ safety in the face of extreme antisemitism and anarchy,” Rabbi Elie Buechler told students this week over WhatsApp.

And no wonder. An anti-Israel protester near the Columbia campus yelled at counterprotesters holding Israeli flags, “Go back to Poland!” and “Go back to Belarus!” The marcher waved the Palestinian flag in their faces and said, “Get the hell out of here!”
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Acts and threats of violence are all over, and it’s not just the Ivy League: At Berkeley, a female freshman was choked during a pro-Palestinian protest, and pro-Palestinian protesters mobbed a dinner at the law dean’s house.
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My advice to Jewish students at these institutions: Come on down. At schools like mine, the University of Tennessee, in red states, such intimidation, harassment and lawlessness aren’t tolerated.

Barbaric anti-Israel protesters are causing mayhem at the gates of Columbia University
In my city of Knoxville, after Hamas’ Oct. 7 rape/torture/murder/kidnapping spree, we had a pro-Israel rally attended by all our major civic leaders. The allegedly elite schools had marches in support of Hamas.

In the red states, support for Israel isn’t controversial. In our allegedly elite northeastern and California universities it can get you mobbed.

So why stay?

Sure, you’ll miss the good parts of New York or Cambridge (or . . . Philadelphia?). But red-state college towns are full of excellent bars, restaurants, music venues, theaters and other amenities of civilized living. (And at much more reasonable prices.)

People are friendly, and many of these schools have a lively Jewish presence and would welcome more. Maybe the degrees aren’t from Columbia, but the way things are going, is that so bad?]Jewish students in the Ivy League, I’m here to offer an invitation: Come to the South, where you’ll be safe.

Author Glenn Reynolds is a law professor at UTennessee and the founder and a writer for Instapundit.

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CA AG Rob Bonta Sued for Manipulation of Prop 39 Voter ID Language Ahead of the November Election

https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/07/25/ca-ag-rob-bonta-sued-for-manipulating-voter-id-ballot-language-its-another-day-ending-in-y-n2204752

As our editor Bob Hoge reported, Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Democrats have been up to their dirty tricks to manipulate the language of Prop 39, the Voter ID initiative on the November ballot.

Hoge explained:

But if there’s one thing that Democrats are scared of, it’s voter integrity efforts, and current AG Rob Bonta is doing his best to make sure that a voter ID initiative gets crushed in the November elections. He’s pulling a fast one and renaming Prop 39, which would amend the California Constitution to require voters to present government-issued identification at the polls or the last four digits of a government-issued identification number when voting by mail.

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Now Republican Assemblyman Carl DeMaio (AD-75), through his Reform California organization, is taking Bonta to court over his sleight of hand trickery.

Chairman of Reform California, Assemblyman Carl DeMaio, announced Friday he is filing a lawsuit immediately against State Attorney General Rob Bonta “to force him to restore a FAIR ballot title to our Prop 39 Voter ID Initiative!”
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“The initiative, which gathered over a million signatures from Democrats, Republicans, and Independents after more than a year of petition circulation under previously approved wording, now faces what opponents call a last-minute rewrite designed to tilt public perception against it.”

This is not unique, just uniquely blatant.