It became clear very quickly colleges all over the United States did not know how to deal with the encampments set up by students and nonstudents, which were started to protest their schools' ties to Israel. When Columbia University, the first to experience the trend this year, allowed the New York City police to clear and arrest those who refuse to leave, it sparked the wave that has lasted over a month. The outcry from the far-left online and in the media stunned Columbia and other campuses into inaction. Similar to how Democrats were reluctant to use force to put down the BLM and Antifa riots in 2020, lest they be called racists, leadership at colleges did not want to be seen as harshly cracking down on their "students." This led to the encampment at Columbia returning in force and schools from Portland to Los Angeles to Chicago trying to negotiate with the occupiers. It was a trend that lasted for weeks. But there was a tipping point, again at Columbia and the University of California, Los Angeles. Like some other colleges on the West Coast, the violent takeover of Hamilton Hall and the four-hour riot at UCLA showed the nation what happens when the encampments become too entrenched with a hands-off approach: The far-left elements within the camps use the lack of authority to advance their violent agenda. Much like how the camps started at Columbia, colleges finding a backbone to expel the occupiers began at Columbia, with NYPD clearing out the occupiers at Hamilton Hall. UCLA had three major law enforcement agencies on hand to remove the camp at Royce Hall. One by one, colleges allowed police to remove lawbreakers so their students can have a normal working environment once again. While many encampments had been cleared, one in Washington, D.C., stuck out for a stark reason. The president at George Washington University pleaded with the mayor and police chief to use the Metropolitan Police Department to remove the occupiers shortly after the camp was started, but city leadership refused, for the aforementioned reason. With the city's blessing, the camp expanded from the plaza to the road. The occupiers stated their intention of staying past the last week of school. It seemingly had to take the House Committee on Oversight and Reform to drag D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and police Chief Pamela Smith to a congressional hearing to get them to act. In the morning of May 8, the camp and occupiers at GWU were finally removed. "Don't let things calm down. Escalate for Gaza!"At a press conference, Smith said the congressional hearing had no impact on the decision to move on the camp, only that her decision was based on public safety. D.C. police said there had been mounting evidence some of the protesters were going to take over a building next. Only states with Republican leadership — such as Virginia and Florida — have had success of clamping down on the criminal activity before it got out of hand. But do not think the groups behind the occupations have admitted defeat on this tactic. Some colleges still have camps, such as California State University, Los Angeles. "Creating mass public encounters favorable to unruly crowd dynamics. This is what the encampments on university campuses have made possible. If that window is closing in some locations, we need to create other ways of doing this because the siege of Gaza has not ended," Escalate Network posted on X."Don't let things calm down. Escalate for Gaza!" echoed People's Council — Los Angeles "NAKBA DAY: ALL OUT FOR GAZA. From the encampments to the streets!" Within Our Lifetime advertised for May 15.

It doesn’t matter whether you hate or love Donald Trump. What’s being done to the former president by our government should disturb every single American. Reports have revealed that FBI agents placed “cover sheets” onto allegedly classified documents found during its raid of Mar-a-Lago in order to make the photo they took of the documents far scarier. The cover sheets indicated the highest levels of secrecy — and without question, the media then fell right in line and used the doctored evidence to slam Trump. “This is never done,” Glenn Beck says, shocked. Now, the federal judge presiding over Trump’s classified documents trial has delayed the trial indefinitely. “They have postponed the document trial because they’ve said, ‘There are too many things here that don’t add up, there are too many things the FBI did that they never did nor should they have ever thought of doing,’” Glenn says, adding, “That is at best propaganda.” Meanwhile, our envoy to Iran, Robert Malley, lost his top secret security clearance. According to whistleblowers, he allegedly transferred classified documents to his personal email account, downloaded the documents to his personal cell phone, and someone received them. It’s now believed that a hostile cyber actor was able to gain access to those documents via his email and phone and obtained top secret information. “These allegations have a substantial impact on our national security, and people should be held accountable, swiftly and strongly. But we’re not doing anything about him, we just downgraded his security clearance,” Glenn says. “Are you kidding me? This guy is a spy for the Iranians. You’re trying Donald Trump, and you are using propaganda techniques to hype it up, and this guy, you won’t even tell the American people what we did,” he adds. Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis, and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

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Illustration: The Verge One important step of evolving Threads into a fully featured social media platform is being more transparent about reach and distribution. And today, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri says the company is making it easy for anyone to see a post’s view count. “It’s important that people understand how their Threads posts perform, so we’re rolling out the ability to tap anywhere on a post to display its total view count,” he writes. As usual, it’ll take some time before everyone gets this option — I’m not seeing it in my app or on the web just yet — but it’ll be a welcome window into performance for influencers, businesses, and regular users. If nothing else, it’s always nice to know you’re not just shouting into the void. “We’ve got more work... Continue reading…