An illegal immigrant accused of shooting a Jewish man while he was walking into a Chicago synagogue is slapped with new hate crime and terrorism charges.

During a Washington Post Live segment, commentator Hugh Hewitt stormed out mid-conversation after a fiery debate over the upcoming election.  The former WaPo reporter confronted Post journalists Jonathan Capehart and Ruth Marcus for their dishonesty. They said that Trump was “laying the groundwork for contesting the election” by raising concerns over election integrity in Pennsylvania. […] The post Hugh Hewitt Storms Out of WaPo Live Propaganda Discussion appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

“Saturday Night Live” alum Will Ferrell made some of the best 21st century comedies even better. “Old School.” “Anchorman.” “Elf.” “Step Brothers.” “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.” He only had a cameo in “Wedding Crashers,” but boy, did he make every second count. Now? He’s adrift in an industry that no longer craves R-rated comedies, at least the ones that leave the lectures off screen. He’s pushed his liberal leanings to center stage, from his election pandering to a documentary that ignores the real concerns tied to the trans community. Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly in “Talladega Nights: The Ballard of Ricky Bobby.” (2006). Columbia Pictures. Relativity Media. Apatow Productions. IMDB. At 57, he has plenty of time to course correct and prove he’s got a killer third act within him. For now, all we can do is re-watch his classic comedies and hope he breaks free from that Hollywood groupthink. At least a little. The comic actor’s “SNL” run (1994-2001) gave us indelible characters like his Harry Caray impersonation, cheerleader Craig Buchanan and Steve Butabi (that Roxbury guy). He quickly found his footing on the big screen, partnering with director Adam McKay for smashes like “Anchorman,” “Talladega Nights” and “Step Brothers.” The hits slowed down in the 2010s. Films like “The Campaign” (2012), “Zoolander 2” (2016) and “The House” (2017) failed to break out. The culture curdled around that time, witness the shrieking reaction to his successful buddy comedy “Get Hard” (2015). The film earned an impressive $90 million, but critics complained the film’s premise was problematic. Ferrell plays an ignorant white-collar criminal who hires a black blue-collar Joe (Kevin Hart) to prepare him for a stint in the hoosegow. The writing was on the wall, both for Ferrell’s comedy opportunities and the industry’s bawdy, R-rated romps. Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell in “Get Hard.” (2015). Gary Sanchez Productions. Warner Bros. IMDB. The 2020s found him appearing in smaller films and adding his voice to wacky fare (“Strays”) that got lost in the marketplace. He snagged a bona fide blockbuster with “Barbie” (2023), but his work in the film amounted to a cameo that hardly boosted the film. His Apple TV+ comedy musical “Spirited,” a leading man role alongside Ryan Reynolds, hardly captured the zeitgeist. The other side of Ferrell’s brand started to make itself known along the way. Sure, he imitated President George W. Bush during his “SNL” stint, but the impression seemed good-natured, not vicious. A subsequent project felt anything but gracious. In 2016, word spread that Ferrell’s production shingle had acquired a buzzy script in which he’d play President Ronald Reagan in a “comedy” about the late leader’s Alzheimer’s disease. The plot had Reagan completely checked out in his second term, thinking he was merely an actor going through the White House motions. The script, by first-time feature writer Mike Rosolio, landed in ninth place on 2015’s Black List, having been singled out for praise by 25 Hollywood executives. It was popular enough in Hollywood circles that James Brolin, John Cho and Lena Dunham performed a live reading of the script last March. The script, according to the reliably liberal Hollywood Reporter, was as hard-Left as anyone could image even if the site refused to label it as such. And, yes, it mocked Reagan as a dementia-addled fool. Even the media at time, often blasé about attacks on the GOP, recoiled at the concept. Reagan’s grown children cried foul, too. Ferrell swiftly dropped the project. MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+ It’s a minor miracle he didn’t suffer any professional fallout from the debacle. Perhaps his comedy canon offered him a measure of protection. That may not be the case much longer. More recently, he filmed a documentary tied to the current culture wars. “Will & Harper” follows Ferrell as he takes a road trip with his longtime friend and comic collaborator Harper Steele. Delirio Films. Gloria Sanchez Productions. Wayfarer Studios. Harper Steele and Will Ferrell in “Will & Harper” (2024). IMDB. Steele previously wrote for “SNL” and transitioned to a woman in recent years. The documentary captures that story, how Ferrell processed the change and finds them uncovering far more love than hate across America. Yet Ferrell played dumb while promoting the movie, saying he didn’t understand why more people don’t accept the trans community. He blamed that on people’s lack of “confidence,” not real concerns about states allowing childhood transitions or sexualized affairs like Drag Queen Story Hours. He even apologized for his old “SNL” bits where he impersonated Attorney General Janet Reno. “That’s something I wouldn’t choose to do now,” adding the bit “hits a false note now.” Left unsaid? Today’s “SNL” uses female cast members to play male politicians without a hint of outrage. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images Ferrell also gave a generic apology to other “SNL” bits which may be deemed offensive in some quarters today. In recent days Ferrell has teamed up with actor/activist Billy Eichner to revisit the gay comic’s “Billy on the Street” shtick. This time, they’re wearing “Loud White Men for Kamala” (Eichner’s shtick requires plenty of screaming) as they roam the streets of New York.  Among the questions they asked passers by? “Would you have sex with a Trump voter?” It’s unwise to count Ferrell out. His comic instincts remain sound, even if his industry struggles to adequately tap his skill set. Still, Ferrell can ill afford to alienate any more audience members moving forward. He has no current comedy franchise to call his own. Big screen comedies in general are in short supply, and his most recent stabs at the format, like “Strays” and “Eurovision Song Contest” all came and went without making much cultural noise. He’d be better off finding an independent film studio willing to let him be himself, the guy who once ruled the R-rated comedy scene. He could even bring it back to prominence, striking a blow against the woke mob that damaged his career in the first place. * * * Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of HollywoodInToto.com. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at HollywoodInToto.com. The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Former President Donald Trump celebrated yet another Catholic feast day in a social media post on Friday. The Republican presidential nominee posted an image of Jesus Christ on the cross, surrounded by saints, angels, Saint John the Apostle, and Mary, Jesus Christ’s mother, in celebration of All Saints Day. The feast day is one of six “holy days of obligation” celebrated by the Catholic Church, days on which all Catholics are supposed to attend Mass. Wishing everyone a Blessed and Happy All Saints’ Day! pic.twitter.com/5VlPkCJ7M5 — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2024 Polling conducted by the National Catholic Reporter released in late October found that Trump was leading Harris among Catholic voters in the crucial swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Fifty percent of respondents said that they would “probably” or “definitely” vote for Trump, asked who they would vote for if the election took place that day, and 45% said they would “probably” or “definitely” vote for Harris. The image also includes a depiction of Our Lady of Guadalupe, who Trump posted about in September. Our Lady of Guadalupe is particularly significant for Catholics in Mexico, where an Aztec man named Juan Diego said that Mary appeared to him several times in visions in 1531. Mary purportedly asked in these visions that a shrine be built to her on Tepayac Hill, now a suburb of Mexico City. .@realDonaldTrump celebrates the birthday of Mary, Jesus Christ’s mother, by sharing an image of “Our Lady of Guadalupe” on Truth Social. pic.twitter.com/21wNj63NLa — Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) September 8, 2024 Trump also shared an image of St. Michael the Archangel in late September, and tweeted the entire prayer that Catholics say to the saint. Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl about… pic.twitter.com/Z3RoeGUslh — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2024 When Trump spoke at the 79th Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York City in October, he discussed his Catholic posts with EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo, who asked the former president whether he is “telling voters something about [his] spiritual journey.” .@RaymondArroyo questions Trump about his recent religious social media posts featuring prayers to St. Michael the Archangel, and the “Ave Maria” sung in honor of Corey Comperatore at the Butler rally. “It’s just beautiful to me,” Trump responds. pic.twitter.com/bNx8P0Kxaz — Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) October 18, 2024 “No, I don’t think so, it’s just beautiful to me,” Trump said. “I look at the whole thing, the words, and the pictures, the pictures are so beautiful. Yeah, I put up some stuff, somebody else asked me that same question, it’s really that I think it’s really beautiful.”

The University of California Berkeley’s student government is moving to prevent the College Republicans from hosting events on campus after an appearance by The Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles left students feeling “unsafe.” The Berkeley College Republicans hosted Knowles on October 7th, advertising the event with posters referencing Knowles’ calls to eradicate transgender ideology. Critics falsely claimed Knowles was calling for the eradication of transgender people, an assertion echoed by UC Berkeley Chancellor Richard Lyons. “I was dismayed by recent posters calling for the elimination of transgender people,” Lyons said in a video, citing Knowles’s alleged comments as an example of “rhetoric endorsing violence on our campus community.” Now, Berkeley’s student government is set to consider a measure that could deny funding and event space to the College Republicans. “Some ASUC Senators have taken it upon themselves to issue condemnations of our First Amendment-protected activities, and have vowed to attempt to ‘hold BCR accountable,’” an Instagram post from the group reads. “This comes after they have been gathering support for and drafting resolutions to BCR as a club on campus and prohibit conservative speakers on campus.” The California College Republicans, the parent organization overseeing the Berkeley College Republicans, explained how some on the campus are working to shut down the club’s activities and deprive it of funding. Two student government senators “will be proposing a resolution to prevent any student organization from reserving campus space or allowing speakers to come on campus if their activities promote hate speech or create an unsafe environment for any students,” the California College Republicans noted. “With the conservative movement on campus stronger than it has ever been, it is no surprise that the radical left attempts to spread lies and contort our words to scare off dissent,” UC Berkeley College Republicans President and California College Republicans Chairman Martin Bertao said in response to the controversy. A university spokesman attempted to distance the school from the student government’s measure when asked about it by The Daily Wire, explaining that the student government is “autonomous and independent from the university, but still obviously subject to the laws of the land.” While Lyons and members of the student government have claimed the College Republicans are engaging in alleged hate speech, the club itself has been the target of calls to violence. Members of the club found posters placed on campus that read “KILL DONALD TRUMP AND ALL CAMPUS REPUBLICANS.” The College Republicans note that they are prepared to explore legal avenues to defend their safety if needed.

An illegal migrant man on Long Island has been arrested for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl. Wilson Castillo Diaz, 26, is accused of raping the little girl on October 16, Nassau County police said. The girl was taken to a local hospital to be medically evaluated after the alleged rape, according to police. Details about where the alleged rape occurred and what Diaz’s relationship with the child is were not immediately released. Diaz is facing a litany of charges including rape, attempted rape, and endangering the welfare of a child. His bond was set at $200,000. Diaz crossed into the U.S. illegally near the Rio Grande in Texas back in April 2014, during the Obama administration, police said. It is not clear which country he traveled from. He was apprehended by border agents, but released and then failed to appear at his immigration hearing. Most recently, he had been living in Westbury, about a half hour west of Queens. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been notified of his arrest, police said. The case echoes several other recent alleged incidents involving illegal migrants targeting children. In nearby Queens, a 25-year-old Ecuadorian migrant who crossed the border illegally in 2021 was arrested in June in connection with the rape of a 13-year-old girl in a park. The suspect allegedly threatened a 13-year-old boy and girl with a machete-style knife, tied their wrists together with a shoelace, and then sexually assaulted the girl. In August, a 26-year-old Haitian national was accused of aggravated rape of a child in a Boston area migrant shelter. In another Massachusetts case, a 28-year-old illegal migrant from El Salvador was accused of raping a 14-year-old on the wealthy island of Nantucket. In another wealthy area, Martha’s Vineyard, a 24-year-old Brazilian national was charged with raping a minor earlier this year. The border crisis has dogged the Biden administration. The administration was on track for 10 million encounters with illegal migrants at the border by this fall. Meanwhile, more than 1.7 million migrant “gotaways,” those who avoided detection, have snuck over the border as well under Biden. Illegal immigration has loomed large ahead of Tuesday’s presidential election. Former President Trump and Republicans have hammered the issue, their strongest issue this election cycle, while Vice President Kamala Harris has largely sought to avoid it. However, Harris has claimed she does want to build a border wall after originally calling the project “un-American” when Trump proposed it.

Sometimes, professional sports can be kind of boring. Even though the athletes are among the best in the world, it’s just not fun to watch. But if a little chaos comes running on the field, it can make for a whole lot of fun! On October 27, fans watching the Cleveland Browns vs. Baltimore Ravens game at Huntington Bank Field suddenly saw an extra player on the field. No, one of the teams wasn’t trying to pull a fast one on the refs. A dachshund turned NFL pro stormed the field for its 15 seconds of fame. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pubity (@pubity) NFL Officials Tried To Stop The Dog From Storming The Field The dachshund was reportedly part of the halftime show and somehow escaped onto the field during the game. More NFL officials stormed the field as the dog ran, trying to stop him, but they couldn’t catch the ducking dachshund. Several people tried to stop the dog, which had fancier footwork than many NFL pros with multi-million-dollar contracts. A fan caught a video of the dog and shared it on social media. Pubity posted it on Instagram, and it made a lot of people laugh. Like this person, “They way he looked at the crowd like ‘YOU LIKE THAT?!'” For this person, the dog storming the field was much more entertaining than the NFL game. “As a collective aww as he was picked up, everyone was having too much fun watching the zoomies.” “Dachshunds always run even faster, when you are trying to catch them,” a fan wrote. This person agreed, “Lmao yall not tryna catch him for real you gotta dive and barrel roll. I know. I have one. It’s the only way.” This person knew as soon as they saw the pup storm the field the NFL needed to pick him up. “Bro got his head in the game and was unstoppable.” This story’s featured image is by Dennis MacDonald via Shutterstock. The post NFL Game Halted When Unexpected “Fan” Storms The Field & Evades Capture appeared first on InspireMore.

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