While Israel has long maintained that Iran was involved in the October 7 Hamas attack‚ the Biden administration has gone to great lengths to deny a connection. But the administration's adamant refusal to admit this connection is now being challenged by a recent discovery. The Israel Defense Forces have uncovered a complex network of insidious underground terror tunnels in Gaza. The tunnels are filled with weapons‚ supplies‚ and even a precision-guided missile factory. The tunnel system is being directly linked to Iran. “There’s a very complex tunnel system‚” Mark Levin comments. “There’s air conditioning; there’s a guided missile factory in there — all kinds of stuff. This is where your money and the cement and the fuel‚ this is where it’s all gone: to build this underground terror empire.” The tunnel stretches one hundred meters and was being used to improve Hamas’ rockets and build precision components. The IDF’s intelligence efforts found proof in its investigation of the tunnels that the Hamas terrorists learned under Iranian guidance how to create and build precision components‚ strategic weapons‚ and were schooled on technological knowledge in the field. “So why does our administration keep denying the connection? Because they are ideologically committed to breathing life into the Iranian regime‚” Levin explains. Want more from Mark Levin?To enjoy more of "the Great One" — Mark Levin as you've never seen him before — subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America‚ defend the Constitution‚ and live the American dream.

David D. Smith‚ executive chairman of the media conglomerate Sinclair Broadcast Group‚ has purchased the Baltimore Sun from the investment firm Alden Global Capital for an undisclosed sum. While the acquisition may greatly benefit Maryland's biggest newspaper‚ given the Republican owner's business acumen and his pledge to invest in it‚ liberals are nevertheless miffed because Smith is not a fellow traveler. Fresh off characterizing scalping as white colonist practice and leftist plagiarism as a "conservative weapon‚" the Associated Press concern-mongered about Smith's "very specific political background" and "what the 187-year-old publication could become" now that the Sun is back in the hands of a local owner for the first time in nearly four decades. Among the reasons the AP provided to fear the direction the Sun might take under Smith was his foundation's past donations to Project Veritas‚ "which is best known for making hidden camera stings on media and liberal figures." The AP indicated further that the Sun might dare to criticize Democrats‚ noting that a Sinclair-owned Fox Station in Baltimore "frequently airs coverage blaming the city's Democratic mayor‚ Brandon Scott‚ for gun violence and failing schools." Smith has also had the audacity to help finance a successful effort to impose term limits on Baltimore officials‚ reported the AP. "As a lifelong Baltimorean and reader of the Sun‚ I believe that a free and fair — unbiased — press is critically important‚" Jim Shea‚ a failed Democratic gubernatorial candidate‚ told the liberal publication. "I hope that The Sun will not be controlled by those who want to spread their own partisan views." The AP wasn't the only liberal outfit hyping concern about the acquisition. NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik similarly raised the alarm about the purchase‚ intimating that just as Sinclair-owned television stations have supposedly been "pulled in a conservative direction" under Smith's direction‚ the Sun will also. "I don't think that was any accident‚" said Folkenflik‚ a former Sun writer. "David Smith has given a lot of money to Republican candidates over the years and also to very conservative causes‚ including right-wing outlets like Project Veritas of those gotcha videos and Turning Point USA‚ which is really a far-right advocacy group." The Baltimore Banner‚ the nonprofit Stewart Bainum launched following his failed bid to acquire the Sun in 2021‚ ran an article this week entitled‚ "Meet The Baltimore Sun's New owner: the conservative TV mogul who embraces controversy and profit." In an ostensibly accusatory framing‚ the article alleged that in a meeting with his new employees‚ Smith doubled down on his 2018 suggestion to New York Magazine that print media has become "so left wing as to be meaningless dribble which accounts for why the industry is and will fade away." The Washington Post joined in the pearl-clutching‚ playing up Smith's admission that he hasn't bothered to read the Sun in 40 years and making sure to platform former Sun executive editor Tim Franklin's concern over "whether [Smith] will use the Sun to advance his ideological agenda." To flesh out what his agenda might be‚ Jeff Bezos' newspaper referenced the David D. Smith Family Foundation's donation of $121‚000 in 2018 to the parental rights group Moms for America" as well as the two donations it made to Project Veritas prior to James O'Keefe's departure‚ which amounted to a combined $536‚000. The Post also claimed that whereas the local news industry "has usually aspired to strike a nonpartisan tone‚" Smith's "Sinclair has drawn criticism for integrating conservative and right-wing commentary‚ frequently on hot-button national topics." Franklin prophesied that if the paper adopts "a rigid‚ ideological‚ conservative direction‚" the paper could suffer in the heavily blue region. The New Republic suggested the acquisition might have consequences for black Democrats. "Smith's takeover could mean the paper will soon be forced to mime changes at Sinclair-bought local stations‚ focusing on negative coverage of the state's Black leadership‚ including Governor Wes Moore‚" said the leftist blog. David Simon‚ creator of the HBO series "The Wire‚" which depicted a fictionalized version of the Sun‚ joined other leftists in bemoaning the acquisition online‚ claiming that those who elected not to subscribe to the Sun's middling far-left competitor "are simply complicit." According to the Sun‚ Smith bought the paper along with the Capital Gazette Papers in Annapolis‚ Carroll County Times‚ Towson Times‚ and other weeklies and magazines in the area because of their focus on local news. Sinclair made clear in a statement obtained by Axios that it "has no involvement with the transaction." "I'm in the news business because I believe ... we have an absolute responsibility to serve the public interest‚" said Smith. "I think the paper can be hugely profitable and successful and serve a greater public interest over time." "We have one job‚" added Smith. "To tell the truth‚ present facts‚ period. That's our job." Smith has been critical of the "mainstream media" in town for neglecting issues that actually "affect everybody‚" especially corruption in government. Trif Alatzas‚ the paper's publisher and editor in chief‚ suggested holding the region's politicians and elites to account has "been part of Baltimore Sun Media's DNA for generations. We look forward to working together to make our organization even stronger." Smith reportedly indicated he will be joined in the Sun venture by conservative commentator and nationally syndicated columnist Armstrong Williams. — (@) Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A minor panic has broken out among the chattering class after a few conservative commentators showed an interest in questioning the civil rights revolution and its accompanying legal framework. Liberal and conservative publications alike have expressed grave concern that anyone might question the need for an oppressive bureaucracy that has spent trillions of dollars and wielded unprecedented state power to detect the slightest amount of wrongthink in the public and private sectors. While the ideological core of wokeness may have involved a heavy dose of cultural Marxism‚ the juridical and moral vehicle used to advance the ideology was clearly civil rights law. The fear of being called mean names has driven conservatives away from many critical battles‚ but if the right cannot face the fact that civil rights law has played a central role in the destruction of the nation‚ then the movement simply has no future. Many conservative leaders pretend that if the Civil Rights Act were repealed tomorrow‚ Jim Crow laws targeting black people would suddenly sweep the nation. Christopher Caldwell‚ in his excellent book “The Age of Entitlement‚” lays out the process by which civil rights law supplanted the U.S. Constitution. According to Caldwell‚ the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was adopted in good faith by a then-overwhelmingly white American population as a temporary emergency measure designed to solve the problem of discrimination. Politicians sold the bill as a way to end the ugly practice of segregation that lingered in the South and to help put black people on an equal legal footing. Most of the legislation’s supporters could not imagine how the law would apply to their neighborhoods or affect their children. Voters were in for an ugly surprise when‚ just a few years later‚ the federal government implemented forced busing and racial quotas across the nation. The unprecedented authority granted by the CRA was used to establish a vast enforcement bureaucracy with the power to govern every organization in the country. Government offices‚ corporations‚ and private institutions were required to keep meticulous records detailing the racial characteristics of those they employed or served. Soon‚ companies instituted racial preferences and warped their hiring policies around the goal of avoiding lawsuits based on a lack of “diversity‚” which gave birth to the all-powerful human resources departments that terrorize conservatives today. Basic instruments of employment screening‚ like aptitude tests‚ were banned due to their “disparate impact” on minorities who routinely scored lower despite no evidence of intentional discrimination. This is the primary reason that ultra-progressive universities have become employers' dominant form of legal credentialing. Civil rights law destroyed or curtailed several core constitutional rights‚ including freedom of association‚ property rights‚ and freedom of speech‚ while circumventing the amendment process. A web of executive orders‚ judicial decisions‚ and litigation replaced the legislative process and became the standard by which every organization defined its own policies. The Civil Rights Act‚ moreover‚ played a critical role in the growth of the administrative state‚ where experts implemented their plans for social engineering through the dictates of unaccountable federal agencies. In an era of democratic gridlock‚ civil rights law became the permanent state of exception through which the government could shape society without regard for the Constitution’s limitations. The cause of civil rights was a holy crusade. Anyone who questioned the method of its implementation could simply be labeled a heretic — a racist — and cast out of polite society. Activists of every stripe recognized the power of this new political weapon and adjusted their strategy accordingly. If you wanted to avoid the messy task of convincing the voting public and passing legislation‚ you could instead gain access to the new and more powerful constitution by turning your issue into a civil rights issue. Immigration‚ feminism‚ gay marriage‚ and transgender inclusion made amazing strides by appealing more often to the architecture of civil rights law than to the will of the voter. When the question was put to the voters of ultra-liberal California in 2008‚ they supported Proposition 8 and its restriction on same-sex marriage. Activists responded by bypassing the democratic process and ensuring that the Supreme Court would enact their will through the civil rights constitution. Despite the obvious fact that civil rights law has destroyed the U.S. Constitution‚ many conservatives feel compelled to defend it as a sacred institution‚ which would be laughable if it were not so tragic.Like every cancerous growth of government power‚ the Civil Rights Act was sold to the public as a temporary measure‚ but Republicans treat the law’s enforcement apparatus as the one government bureaucracy that can never be questioned. Many conservative leaders pretend that if the CRA were repealed tomorrow‚ Jim Crow laws targeting black people would suddenly sweep the nation. It’s the same logic Joe Biden uses when he is race-baiting. (“They’re gonna put y’all back in chains!”) It reveals that Republican leaders believe the same thing about their base as Democrats do: Conservatives are all secret racists‚ and without a giant web of government monitoring their every interaction‚ they would revert to their natural state. The sad truth is that institutional racism does exist under the CRA. Corporations hold mandatory training on how to be “less white.” Organizations offer scholarships‚ internships‚ home loans‚ and small business assistance that are all marked “whites need not apply.” And these institutions proudly proclaim their bigoted initiatives as part of a commitment to “diversity‚ equity‚ and inclusion.” Such discrimination exists comfortably under civil rights law‚ as did affirmative action until a few months ago. While we can hope change is coming after the Supreme Court’s ruling on Harvard’s admission standards‚ racial hiring quotas and institutional bias continue. We can debate the intellectual origins of wokeness‚ but what is beyond debate is that civil rights law established a second constitution that allowed a progressive crusade to conquer America rapidly. The Civil Rights Act was a temporary fix for a temporary problem. Instead‚ it has grown and mutated to the point where it dominates every institution. It needs to go.

A new Department of Justice report released Thursday tore into law enforcement's failed response to the May 24‚ 2022‚ elementary school shooting in Uvalde‚ Texas.The massacre at Robb Elementary School resulted in the murder of 19 children and two staff members‚ the deadliest shooting in Texas history. The gunman was eventually killed by Border Patrol 77 minutes after police initially arrived on the scene.The DOJ's over 600-page report found that police officers took far too long to confront the gunman‚ ultimately leading to the loss of more innocent lives."[T]he [Critical Incident Review] team identified several critical failures and other breakdowns prior to‚ during‚ and after the Robb Elementary School response and analyzed the cascading failures of leadership‚ decision-making‚ tactics‚ policy‚ and training that contributed to those failures and breakdowns‚" the report stated."Leadership from [Uvalde Police Departments]‚ [Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department]‚ [Uvalde County Sheriff's Office]‚ and [Texas Department of Public Safety] demonstrated no urgency for establishing a command and control structure‚ which led to challenges related to information sharing‚ lack of situational statuses‚ and limited-to-no direction for personnel in the hallway or on the perimeter‚" the report's observations noted.According to the DOJ's report‚ arriving officers incorrectly believed that the gunman had either already been killed or that UCISD PD Chief Arredondo was with the shooter. It noted that officers treated the incident as a "barricade situation‚" resulting in significant delays."Law enforcement personnel displayed a general lack of urgency and inaction toward penetrating classrooms 111 and 112‚ with some trying to evacuate the children and staff from other classrooms‚ others trying to find keys and access equipment‚ and still others on the phone with superiors or other law enforcement personnel not on the scene‚" the report read.Arredondo ordered officers not to enter the classrooms where the gunman was located and instead instructed them to remove children and staff from nearby classrooms first "to prevent further injury."As part of the report's selected recommendations‚ it stated that "an active shooter with access to victims should never be considered and treated as a barricaded subject."Following the failed response‚ five officers‚ including Arredondo and two DPS officers‚ lost their jobs. Attorney General Merrick Garland stated regarding the report's release‚ "I told the families gathered last night what I hope is clear among the hundreds of pages and thousands of details in this report: Their loved ones deserve better."An 80-page investigative report by Texas lawmakers‚ released in 2022‚ found that the nearly 400 law enforcement officers who arrived on the scene demonstrated "egregiously poor decision-making" and "failed to prioritize saving innocent lives over their own safety‚" the Associated Press reported. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A Las Vegas woman has been accused of pretending to be an attorney‚ filing fraudulent paperwork in court and even forging signatures‚ to the horror of her former "clients."On Tuesday‚ officers with Las Vegas Metro Police Department arrested Cenia Poulsen‚ a 36-year-old woman who has allegedly been pretending to be a lawyer for the past two years. According to an LVMPD press release‚ Poulsen began the scheme in January 2022 and has since taken money for legal services that she was not authorized to perform‚ "defrauding multiple victims" in the process.While presenting herself as a lawyer‚ Poulsen — who has never been registered with the Nevada State Bar and who has also allegedly worked under the names Cenia Del Pozo and Cenia Carillo — supposedly undertook several legal cases‚ including adoptions‚ name changes‚ and divorces. In one instance‚ Poulsen collected $1‚500 from a divorcing couple‚ including a retainer fee‚ and then forged documents related to their case‚ court records said. When one of the pair requested a copy of one of the documents‚ Poulsen reportedly became testy and shot back via text message‚ "I’ve been doing this for 16 years."After the couple's divorce had supposedly been finalized‚ the woman asked Poulsen why her name change hadn't been processed. Poulsen allegedly blamed the delay on the recent death of a Las Vegas judge."The judge it was reassigned to kill herself 2-3 weeks ago‚" she reportedly wrote in a text.In another instance‚ Poulsen allegedly borrowed nearly $16‚000 from a colleague to cover medical expenses for her supposedly ailing father and for travel arrangements because of a supposed death in the family. Not only were the stories about her father and deceased loved one apparently untrue‚ but Poulsen instead allegedly blew the money on a vacation to the Stagecoach Country Festival in California with her husband — who happens to be a Las Vegas police officer — and some friends.When the colleague asked Poulsen for reimbursement‚ Poulsen allegedly forged emails from Chase Bank.Court documents indicate that Poulsen made quite a habit of forging signatures and documents. Reports claim she forged judges' signatures on adoption filings and divorces‚ and she may have pretended to be a notary public‚ even after her license expired in 2016‚ police said. Poulsen faces 17 charges‚ including forgery‚ theft‚ preparing/delivering simulated legal documents‚ and offering a false instrument for a public office filing. And as might be expected‚ her alleged behaviors have not sat well with those now entrusted to process her case.An area judge who was originally assigned to Poulsen's case took particular exception to Poulsen's alleged message that seemed to make light of her colleague's suicide."There’s a lot of cases that come before me that I find to be offensive and I get past it‚" said Justice Court Judge Amy Chelini on Tuesday‚ "but there’s somebody that she references in this case that was a colleague of mine and uses that colleague’s death as an excuse for a continuance to commit fraud upon on another person."Chelini ultimately recused herself from the case. Poulsen was scheduled to appear in front of a different judge on Thursday morning‚ KLAS reported. As of Thursday afternoon‚ the outcome of that hearing has not yet been reported. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Hellblade 2 gives us a late holiday gift with a brand-new launch date as well as a deeper dive into Senua's Saga and its Icelandic-based lore. With just a few months to go until the game drops‚ we learn that Ninja Theory doesn't have a lengthier game planned than the original‚ but it does have a hefty chunk of lore that it looks to fit within the sequel's few hours of playtime. Continue reading Hellblade 2 finally gets launch date‚ is just as short as the original

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