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Israel close to finishing off Hamas in the north of Gaza . . . Israel’s military said it was close to dismantling Hamas’s military system in the north of the Gaza Strip, as the enclave was plunged into a communications blackout when fuel ran out. As the war stretches to six weeks, the Israeli military said Friday “there remains work to be completed” in northern Gaza, but that it would target more areas in the strip. In the south of the enclave, where Israel had told people to go in October as it prepared to mount a ground offensive in the north, displaced families crowded in homes and shelters worried that the Israeli military would expand operations there. Wall Street Journal
 

The better Israel does, the more Biden and his hacks are going to ask them to stop.

Israel's Gen-Z flung from innocence to war . . . Mark Shindel and his Israeli friends arrived at the music festival about 1 a.m. and drank and danced until sunrise.  Shindel’s high-school pal Orel Dorf shouted over the music how great it was to share so many happy times. Last year, they traveled to Mexico and Miami, where they had rented Jet Skis and partied at dance clubs on a night that ended with takeout burgers at 6 a.m.  Shindel and his friends, all in their early 20s, belonged to a generation raised with seemingly endless opportunities, free of the existential fears of parents and grandparents traumatized by the Holocaust and the threat of annihilation by Arab neighbors. Wall Street Journal

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Trump still dominant in New Hampshire . . . Former President Trump maintains a dominant lead in the 2024 GOP presidential pack in New Hampshire, but former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) is on the rise in second, according to a poll released Thursday by The Washington Post and Monmouth University. In a hypothetical primary race, 46 percent of registered Republican or undeclared New Hampshire voters said they would vote for the former president, and 18 percent of the voters said they would vote for Haley. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie came in third at 11 percent, with entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy next at 8 percent and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at 7 percent. The Hill

Stefanik declares victory after Trump gag order lifted . . . Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) declared a victory after a New York appeals court temporarily lifted a gag order barring former President Trump and his attorneys from talking about the trial judge’s staff in his New York civil fraud case. The court’s order follows an emergency lawsuit filed Wednesday by Trump’s legal team, who claimed the gag orders “cast serious doubt” on Judge Engoron’s ability to serve as an “impartial finder of fact” when overseeing Trump’s case. The Hill

Trump-hating actor says he might vote for him . . . Actor and comedian Michael Rappaport stated in a video Wednesday that voting for former President Donald Trump “is on the table” for the celebrity, apologizing for his possible vote toward the Republican candidate. Rappaport, 53, posted a 30-second video Thursday on X. “If it comes down to pig d*ck Donald Trump and smokin Joe Biden. I’m sorry, I am sorry – voting for pig d*ck Donald Trump is on the table,” Rappaprt stated. “Im sorry! IBut we need to get this whole f*cking situation under control.” Daily Caller

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Soros funds anti-Israel group that attacked DNC . . . Progressive megadonor George Soros funds the anti-Israel groups behind a demonstration outside Democratic National Committee headquarters where six police officers were assaulted Wednesday night. Protesters with IfNotNow, Jewish Voice for Peace, and the Democratic Socialists of America gathered outside the Democratic headquarters to pressure lawmakers to support a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. According to U.S. Capitol Police, six officers were assaulted, including some who were pepper-sprayed Officers arrested one man, 24-year-old Ruben Camacho, who punched a female officer in the face. Washington Free Beacon

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Illegal Calif. Chinese biolab used infectious materials . . . A biolab illicitly run by a Chinese national in California contained traces of coronavirus, HIV, malaria, and other infectious diseases, but federal authorities spent months ignoring pleas from local officials to shut the site down, according to a report from congressional investigators. The lab was discovered in December 2022, when officers in Reedley, California, a rural town of 26,000 residents, accidentally stumbled on the nondescript warehouse. Once inside, "several individuals who identified themselves as PRC nationals'' were seen working "with thousands of vials of biological substances." Free Beacon

Pro-Palestinian group shares NYC "target" map . . . A pro-Palestinian activist group, Within Our Lifetime, shared a frightening map of New York City newsrooms, businesses and landmark buildings — and called for “direct action” to “globalize intifada.” “Each of the locations on this map reflects the location of an office of an enemy of both the Palestinian people and colonized people all over the world. Today and beyond, these locations will be sites for popular mobilization in defense of our people,” the sickening Wednesday night post read. NY Post

Ukrainian men flee the draft . . . Nearly 20,000 men have fled Ukraine since the beginning of the war to avoid being drafted, the BBC has discovered. Some have swum dangerous rivers to leave the country. Others have simply walked out under cover of darkness. Another 21,113 men attempted to flee but were caught by the Ukrainian authorities, Kyiv confirmed. BBC

Canadian icon may have faked Native American heritage . . . One of Canada’s most prominent Indigenous icons might not be Indigenous after all. Buffy Sainte-Marie, who was considered the first Indigenous person to win an Oscar, has always claimed to be a Cree Indian born in Canada. The singer-songwriter is known for her appearance on Sesame Street, was commemorated on Canadian postage stamps and performed for Queen Elizabeth II. The 82-year-old icon has said she was born on the Piapot First Nation in Saskatchewan and adopted as an infant by a White family in Massachusetts, but a birth certificate says she was born Beverly Jean Santamaria to parents of Italian and English ancestry in the U.S. Fox News

Elizabeth Warren is calling for a powwow to get to the bottom of this

Money

No one pays real estate commissions like Americans . . . The way we buy and sell homes in the U.S. isn’t normal—at least not compared with the rest of the world. The commission on a home sale here is typically around 5% to 6%, usually split between the seller’s and buyer’s agents. In most countries, the commissions are substantially smaller. The U.S. is home to as many as three million agents. By most estimates, no other country is even a close second. Wall Street Journal

Culture

Entries by illegals outpace US births, GOP report finds . . . Since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, there have been about 6.5 million illegal aliens encountered at the United States-Mexico border, according to a report from Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee.The report, issued by Chairman Mark Greene (R-TN), shows the number of illegal alien encounters at the southern border under Biden outpace annual U.S births, where close to four million are born every year. Breitbart

And births by illegals are gonna outpace US births too

College prof charged with killing Jewish protestor . . . A Southern California college professor was charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter and battery in the death of a Jewish protester during demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war. Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko said in a statement that both charges have special allegations that Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, 50, personally inflicted “great bodily injury” on Paul Kessler, 69, during a confrontation at an event that started as a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Thousand Oaks, a suburb northwest of Los Angeles. Associated Press

He was apparently Chairman of the Department of Jackasses

CNN quietly changes headline on killing of Jewish protestor . . . CNN edited a headline that said Paul Kessler, whom police said was killed by a pro-Palestinian protester, "fell and hit his head." "Arrest made in death of Jewish protester who fell and hit his head," the original headline to the story read. Police on Thursday morning arrested Loay Alnaji and charged him with manslaughter in the death of the 69-year-old Kessler.  "Arrest made in death of Jewish protester in California after confrontation over Israel-Hamas war," the new headline reads. Free Beacon

Top Rap star accused of rape . . . Sean "Diddy" Combs has been accused of rape and a plethora of other crimes by his ex-girlfriend, Cassie, in a bombshell lawsuit. The singer makes a number of allegations against Diddy ... including claims of human trafficking -- and a shocking claim that he broke into her home in 2018 and forced sex on her. It's just the tip of the iceberg of what else is alleged,such as beatings and stompings she alleges he dished out regularly over the course of their long relationship. Cassie claims Diddy would regularly ply her with drugs and alcohol, make her carry firearms around in her purse while out in public ... and worse yet, she alleges he forced her to have sex with several different male prostitutes over the years, across multiple different jurisdictions. TMZ

LA disarms man who defended family in driveway shootout . . . A Los Angeles homeowner who used a firearm to fend off apparent would-be robbers at his home said his concealed carry permit was taken away just days after the residential-neighborhood shoot-out. "After successfully defending my home and my family and my 5-month-old child, California has now decided to suspend my Second Amendment [rights]," L.A. resident and married father of one Vince Ricci said in a video for the NRA that was exclusively shared with Fox News Digital.

Perhaps LA authorities would have been less concerned if the robbers had broken in and taken what they wanted. 

Dana Carvey's 32-year-old son dead of drug overdose . . . Wayne's World star Dana Carvey has announced his "beloved son" Dex, 32, died from an accidental drug overdose. In a statement on Instagram, the US comedian and actor, 68, said the "terrible tragedy" had happened on Wednesday night, adding: "We will miss him forever." He later posted a picture of himself and Dex working together, saying it had been "a joy". The two had starred in several TV series together. BBC

Florida top spot for cheaters . . . America's cheating hotspots have been revealed and Florida residents have ranked at the top of the list and were found most likely to engage in adultery.  Ashley Madison- the online  site that is known to cater to married individuals and goes by the slogan 'Life is short. Have an affair' - examined where their members live to uncover 'hotspots across the world when it comes to adulterous behavior.' The study was based on where users reside. Though, if it were based on where the infidelities occurred, Keable said Las Vegas would be higher than number four on the list. Three cities from Colorado found spots on the list. People from Denver, Colorado Springs and Aurora. Daily Mail