CNN raised eyebrows in February when it announced an expansion to Qatar, the Hamas-friendly Gulf monarchy that bans criticism of the government and spreading “rumors” or “fake news” with ill intent. While CNN’s vice president for communications Jonathan Hawkins told the Washington Free Beacon at the time that…
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REVEALED: Top Platner Aide’s Shocking Ties to Cult-Like Group with Dark, Violent Past
A top aide to Graham Platner, the Nazi-adjacent Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Maine, belonged to a depraved cult-like entity with ties to one of history’s worst genocides, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Joe Calvello, the senior adviser who orchestrated Platner’s widely celebrated campaign rollout, played…
What They’re Saying About Zohran Mamdani’s Aunt, the Real Victim of 9/11
Zohran Mamdani, the extreme left-wing Israel-hating trust fund kid running for mayor of New York City, sobbed like a girl last week during a speech about so-called Islamophobia. Mamdani lashed out at his political opponents for noticing his ties to radical Islamic preachers, his embrace of violent anti-Semitic…
‘Squad’ Members Enjoy Donor-Funded Resort Weekend in Virgin Islands
A group of left-wing congresswomen enjoyed some fun in the sun during a glitzy junket to the U.S. Virgin Islands in June—with donors picking up the check—records reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon show. Among the attendees of the “Women’s Retreat Weekend” at the Westin St. Thomas Beach…
‘We All Have a Trump Problem’: UN Official Angling for Role in Post-War Gaza Has History of Bashing Trump
A senior U.N. official jockeying for a prominent role in implementing President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan has a history of bashing Trump on his personal X account. Tom Fletcher, the United Nations’ undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator in Gaza, has advocated for foreign…
Counterpoint: Calm Down, No One Cares About the White House Renovation
President Donald Trump tore down the East Wing of the White House this week to commence a much-needed renovation of the 123-year-old structure that has existed in its current form since the FDR administration. He plans to build a fabulous ballroom in its place. Doing what comes naturally,…
AFT Guild Calls ‘From the River to the Sea’ a ‘Rallying Cry for Peace’
An American Federation of Teachers guild sent out a statement this week to its members in which it defended the slogan “From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free”—which calls for the destruction of Israel and expulsion of Jews from the land between the Jordan River…
Jay Jones’s Wife Donated to ‘Freedom Fund’ That Busts Murderers and Rapists out of Jail
Mavis Jones, the wife of Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones (D.), donated to a bail fund that frees murderers, rapists, and other violent criminals from jail, and urged her followers to do the same. “I just donated to the Minnesota freedom fund,” Mavis Jones posted to X…
‘Working Class’ Graham Platner Attended Elite $75K a Year Prep School Known for Famous Government Alumni
Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, the self-described “working class Mainer,” attended an elite boarding school in Connecticut that costs upwards of $75,000 a year. Its alumni include Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart, former CIA director Porter Goss, Clinton family crony Strobe Talbott, MacKenzie Scott Bezos, and the veteran…
Operation Blitz-Cringe: Graham Platner Swaps Nazi Skull for Morbidly Obese Celtic Wolf
Graham Platner, the bearded socialist running for U.S. Senate in Maine, has unveiled the new tattoo he got to cover up the Nazi skull on his chest. In place of the Totenkopf, or “death’s head,” symbol adopted by Holocaust perpetrators during World War II, Platner’s new tattoo depicts…