Harvard University, in the midst of its funding fight with the Trump administration, released its long-awaited anti-Semitism report on Tuesday. It provides a scathing account of life at the Ivy League institution in the wake of Oct. 7, finding that “politicized instruction” in four Harvard schools “mainstreamed and…
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Harvard Students Ordered To Enter Pretrial Diversion Program Over Assault of Israeli Classmate
The two Harvard University students who faced criminal charges for assaulting an Israeli classmate during an anti-Israel “die-in” protest will take an in-person anger management class and perform 80 hours of community service as part of a pretrial diversion program, court filings reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon…
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: CNN’s Brian Stelter Spotted Shoeless and Disheveled on Amtrak Train Leaving DC After ‘Nerd Prom’
CNN’s top media blogger, Brian Stelter, waddled shoeless on an Amtrak train leaving Washington, D.C., on Sunday after a weekend of heavy partying to celebrate the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, aka “nerd prom,” the Washington Free Beacon has learned. A series of photographic images, exclusively obtained by…
Berklee College of Music Fires Professor Who Called Jews ‘Vile Predators’
Berklee College of Music has fired a top professor following a Washington Free Beacon probe into his anti-Semitic comments. Nicholas Payton, who has called Jews “vile predators” and falsely blamed them for slavery, revealed in an Instagram post Saturday that he was out as chair of the school’s…
FACT CHECK: Eugene Daniels Says Journalists ‘Care Deeply About Accuracy’ and ‘Are Not the Opposition’
Claim: “We journalists are a lot of things. We are competitive and pushy. We are impatient and sometimes we think we know everything. But we’re also human … We care deeply about accuracy and take seriously the heavy responsibility of being stewards of the public’s trust. What we…
Weekend Beacon 4/27/25
Apologies if this newsletter seems incoherent. Midway through writing it, I took a break, wandered out to the pool, sank into a lounge chair, and fell asleep. What could possibly go wrong? A lot, it turns out. Our Andrew Stiles reviews Chris Whipple’s Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden,…
Why Democrats Should Hate (And Republicans Should Love) Barack Obama, the Foundational MAGA Warrior
Democrats love Barack Obama, the former president best known for his malignant narcissism and historically inept athleticism. Republicans hate him. Recent reporting suggests that both parties should seriously reconsider their feelings toward the wealthy Martha’s Vineyard resident. That’s because Obama is arguably even more responsible for Donald Trump’s…
When a Democrat says it, it’s not a lie
WARNING: Obsessing over “climate change” may cause brain damage. Why you should never trust a fake Indian (or a CNN journalist). Bearded bro Buttigieg boasts of black baby bargain. Trump under fire for being mean to criminals. It’s Friday, April 25, 2025 A belated happy Earth Day (April…
Exclusive: Internal Documents Reveal Pervasive Pattern of Racial Discrimination at Harvard Law Review
Will this law review article “promote DEI values”? Does it cite scholars from “underrepresented groups”? Will it have “any foreseeable impact in enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion”? And why did one team of editors solicit “only white, male authors”? Those are some of the questions that editors at…
Columbia Radicals Ditch Reported Encampment Plans After University Threatens Arrests
Columbia University student radicals abandoned their plans to launch an anti-Israel encampment Thursday afternoon after the Ivy League school warned that participants could face disciplinary actions, including arrest. Instead, agitators pushed protesters to join unrest elsewhere in New York. During one of those protests, at City College of…
Columbia Threatens Arrests If Student Radicals Move Forward With Planned Anti-Israel Encampments
Columbia University warned student radicals that they could face disciplinary actions—and possibly arrest—if they move forward with their plans to launch anti-Israel encampments. “We have been made aware of possible plans to establish encampments on Columbia’s campuses. We want to clearly communicate that camping and encampments on Columbia’s…
Harvard University Extended a Fellowship Offer to Ousted Columbia Prof Accused of Anti-Israel ‘Indoctrination’—Then Rescinded It Without Explanation
Harvard University quietly extended a fellowship offer to a former Columbia University professor who was let go after a Wall Street Journal exposé accused him of “pro-Palestinian indoctrination”—then revoked it without explanation, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Kayum Ahmed, a former director at George Soros’s Open Society…
Yale Derecognizes Students for Justice in Palestine Chapter After Group Blocks Jewish Students’ Access to Parts of Campus
Yale University stripped the school’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter, Yalies4Palestine, of its status as a recognized student group on Wednesday after it established a short-lived encampment. The decision may give insight into how Yale president Maurie McInnis, who called the police to arrest student protesters…
Cornell Drops Spring Concert Headliner Kehlani After Uproar Over Singer’s Anti-Semitic Statements
Cornell University has dropped Kehlani as the headliner of its annual spring concert after the R&B singer’s anti-Semitic statements caused an uproar among students and parents, the Ivy League school’s president, Michael Kotlikoff, announced Wednesday. Kotlikoff said Kehlani’s selection “has injected division and discord into Slope Day” and…
THEY KNEW: 30 Times Democrats Worried (Privately) About Biden’s Decline Before the Debate Fiasco
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) humiliated herself on Sunday when asked if she regretted her repeated praise of former President Joe Biden’s mental fitness, which continued until the moment he dropped out of the race. “I said what I believed to be true,” Warren said during an interview…
NYPD Arrests Keffiyeh-Clad Columbia Alum Who Set Up Tent Outside Main Campus Gate
The New York Police Department arrested a keffiyeh-clad Columbia University alumna who set up a tent outside a main campus gate on Monday afternoon. She was engaged in an anti-Israel protest alongside roughly two dozen masked agitators, including about 10 who chained themselves to the entryway. UPDATE: The…
THE HOLE TRUTH: Former Democratic Aide Opens Up About Senate Sex Tape Scandal, Compares Self to Monica Lewinsky
Aidan Maese-Czeropski, the former Democratic aide best known for being filmed on the receiving end of a backdoor sex romp in a Senate hearing room in 2023, is finally speaking out about the scandal that cost him his job and prompted him to flee the country. The Washington…
‘F— Israel, F— Zionism’: Uproar at Cornell Over Featured Spring Concert Singer Kehlani
Pro-Israel students at Cornell University are up in arms over an upcoming spring concert funded by hundreds of thousands of dollars in mandatory student fees featuring the singer Kehlani, who has endorsed “intifada” and said bluntly, “It’s f— Israel, it’s f— Zionism.” Kehlani is slated to headline Cornell’s…
At Harvard’s Center for Health and Human Rights, Academics Paint Israeli Jews as the Real Terrorists
In late March, Harvard University, anticipating a funding fight with the Trump administration, suspended its School of Public Health’s longstanding research partnership with Birzeit University, a West Bank institution known for hosting Hamas military parades. But a half-dozen faculty members and affiliates who have defended Hamas’s Oct. 7…
Exclusive: We Got Joe Biden’s List of Absurd Demands for Speaking Gigs
Sleepy Joe is even more f—ed up than we expected. It’s Good Friday, April 18, 2025 Joe Biden, 82, is still eligible to run for president again in 2028, and hasn’t ruled anything out. The frail geezer shuffled gingerly back into the national spotlight this week, giving the…
Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Fundraises For Columbia Activist in ICE Custody Who Endorsed Oct. 7 Attack
Isra Hirsi, the daughter of “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.), promoted a fundraiser supporting Mohsen Mahdawi, the Columbia University student activist facing deportation over his support for Hamas. Hirsi, a far-left activist, anti-Israel agitator, and Barnard College senior, posted a screenshot of the GoFundMe with a…
Trump Admin Halts New York Offshore Wind Project, Orders Review of All Existing Biden-Era Wind Permits
The Trump administration is halting construction of a massive offshore wind project being built in federal waters off the coast of New York and ordering a sprawling review of existing offshore wind permits, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum directed the Bureau of Ocean…
Plagiarism Accusations Threaten To Upend Democrats’ Climate Lawsuit Against Oil Companies
A federal judge in Puerto Rico issued a scathing order last week accusing Democratic prosecutors on the island of plagiarizing nearly their entire 241-page complaint that blamed oil companies for causing global warming. In the order Wednesday, district court judge Aida Delgado-Colon outlined how David Efron, the lead…
Trump Critic Will Ruger Set To Join Administration
A top critic of President Donald Trump’s economic policy agenda has been tapped for a senior post in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. William Ruger, the former president of the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), was named this week to serve as deputy director…
Northwestern Vandals Spray-Paint Hamas Triangles, ‘Intifada Now’ on Campus Building Housing Holocaust Center
Anti-Semitic vandals used red paint to write “Death to Israel” and draw Hamas triangles on a Northwestern University building that houses the school’s Holocaust center as Jewish students observe Passover. Unity of Fields, a self-described “militant front against the US-NATO-zionist axis of imperialism” that has vowed to bring…
‘Brilliant Friend’: Federal Judge Already Facing Recusal Request in Immigration Lawsuit Has Strong Ties to Lawyer Involved in the Case
An immigration activist suing the Trump administration to restore funding for a $769 million immigration contract has described the judge presiding over the lawsuit as her “brilliant friend,” giving potentially more fuel to the administration’s calls for the judge, Araceli Martinez-Olguin, to recuse herself from the high-profile case….
Attractive White Women Dominate WNBA Draft in Huge Win for DEI (PHOTOS)
The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), the nonprofit charitable arm of the National Basketball Association (NBA), has long claimed to support diversity, equity, and inclusion. Critics have argued these claims are bogus, primarily because attractive white women are woefully underrepresented in the league. The WNBA draft on Monday…
Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush Make ‘Big Announcement’: They’re Launching a Substack
Former Rep. Jamaal Bowman (N.Y.) teased that he and his fellow ousted House Democrat, Cori Bush (Mo.), had “a big announcement” coming. The grand reveal? A Substack. “Stay tuned tomorrow. Me and Cori Bush got a big announcement. Big drop tomorrow. Stay tuned. Peace and love coming right…
ICE Arrests Columbia Student Activist Who Endorsed Oct. 7 Attack
ICE officials detained a Columbia University graduate student who led a coalition of anti-Israel groups and endorsed the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack. Mohsen Mahdawi had his green card revoked by the Trump administration and was taken into custody on Monday in Burlington, Vt., where he was scheduled…
‘Queer Scientist’ Charged With Firebombing Tesla Dealership, GOP Office in New Mexico
The Department of Justice has charged a self-identified “queer scientist” in the firebombings of a Tesla dealership and the Republican Party headquarters in Albuquerque. Jamison Wagner, 40, is accused of setting fire to multiple cars at a Tesla dealership on February 9 and vandalizing the facility with graffiti,…