ERO Boston officers arrested Guatemalan national Maynor Francisco Hernandez-Rodas on Sept. 20 in Lowell for forcibly raping a Massachusetts minor. “Maynor Francisco Hernandez-Rodas stands accused of horrific crimes against a Massachusetts child,” said ERO Boston acting Field Office Director Patricia H. Hyde. “He represents a significant danger to the children of our community that we […] The post Child Rapist Protected by Middlesex MA Superior Court Judge appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Many in our nation see the topic of life only as a cause that divides. Each year at the National March for Life in Washington, D.C., our humble voices and peaceful presence serve as a reminder of the beauty and dignity of every human life, and as an invitation to all Americans to recognize this truth and to serve the most vulnerable. Now, more than ever, we must come together to witness to the inherent dignity of life. In the two years since the Dobbs decision, the pro-life community has faced many challenges. We have battled relentless and radical pro-abortion proposals at both the state and federal level. Pro-abortion politicians have been using their power to discredit the life-saving work of pregnancy resource centers at a time when these charitable organizations have been suffering widespread threats, physical violence, and vandalism. Moreover, deadly misinformation campaigns surrounding state-level pro-life protections are scaring doctors and women away from addressing pregnancy-related medical emergencies even though none of these laws prohibit life-saving care. Extreme abortion measures that would enshrine a dangerous “right to abortion” into several state constitutions will be on the ballot this November. In Massachusetts, Attorney General Andrea Campbell has initiated a national “working group” of state AGs to target the work of pregnancy resource centers (PRCs) and Governor Maura Healy launched a million-dollar taxpayer-funded smear campaign aimed at discrediting and destroying them. Attacks like these harm vulnerable pregnant women who most need the resources and support that PRCs provide. The result is that PRCs are forced to divert attention and resources from serving women in need, toward defending themselves against political and physical attacks – all because they offer alternatives to abortion.  Pro-abortion misinformation campaigns promoting the Democrats’ vision of abortion without limits have tragically contributed to the preventable deaths of Georgia mothers Amber Thurman and Candi Miller. Pro-abortion activists, who for two years have been spreading the false narrative that state-level pro-life protections prevent doctors from treating mothers with serious pregnancy complications, are rightly described as “part of the problem.” Those who fearmonger about pro-life protections would serve women far better if they admitted that complications from the unsupervised provision of abortion drugs caused the complications leading to Amber’s and Candi’s heartbreaking and untimely deaths. Some pro-life Americans may feel overwhelmed or discouraged by these and many other challenges we face right now as a community. But while the landscape in which we work towards making abortion unthinkable will always have its ups and downs, the value and inherent dignity of vulnerable women and children never changes. Likewise, our resolve to protect and provide for them must never waver. That is why for the 52nd National March for Life we chose a theme that reminds pro-life Americans of our roots – the reasons why we march by the thousands each year in the freezing cold, snow, and rain. We hope that reflecting on this year’s theme: “Every Life: Why We March” will be a source of the renewed energy and focus so needed for this moment.  We march, not for ourselves, but rather for the pregnant women across the country who are in need of love and support. We march for the innocent unborn children who deserve a chance to live, to have a future, if only they are given the chance. We march also for our neighbors, co-workers, and elected officials who do not yet see the truth: that all human life is intrinsically valuable and worthy of protection. For the past 52 years and again this year, pro-life Americans will unite from across all generations and all walks of life, with unique backgrounds and stories, to be a peaceful presence and joyful witness to this truth – and to march in love and protection of every human life. * * * Jeanne Mancini is president of March for Life. The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Journalists at CBS News were warned to “be careful” when writing about the Israel-Gaza war in August, including avoiding referring to Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, The Free Press reported on Wednesday. Despite Congress recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in 1995 when it passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act and former President Donald Trump moving the U.S. embassy to the city in 2018, CBS News Senior Director of Standards Mark Memmott reportedly sent an email to employees, telling them, “Do not refer to [Jerusalem] as being in Israel.” “Yes, the U.S. embassy is there and the Trump administration recognized it as being Israel’s capital. But its status is disputed,” Memmott’s email added. “The status of Jerusalem goes to the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israel regards Jerusalem as its ‘eternal and undivided’ capital, while the Palestinians claim East Jerusalem—occupied by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war—as the capital of a future state.” The Israeli Knesset and the homes of the Israeli prime minister and president are all located in Jerusalem, The Free Press noted. The report comes as CBS News faces backlash for editing Vice President Kamala Harris’ “60 Minutes” in a way that appeared to make the discussion less damaging for the Democratic nominee. The edit led to former President Donald Trump calling for an “investigation” into the news program saying, “I’ve never seen this before, but the producers of 60 Minutes sliced and diced (‘cut and pasted’) Lyin’ Kamala’s answers to questions, which were virtually incoherent, over and over again.” CBS News also forced one of its anchors, Tony Dokoupil, to meet with the network’s “Race and Culture Unit” to discuss his tone, phrasing, and body language after he interviewed leftist author Ta-Nehisi Coates about his new anti-Israel book, according to the New York Post. Am I Racist? Is In Theaters NOW — Get Your Tickets Here! “Why leave out that Israel is surrounded by countries that want to eliminate it? Why leave out that Israel deals with terror groups that want to eliminate it?” Dokoupil asked Coates. The interview reportedly angered CBS News staffers, and Dokupil said he “regretted putting his colleagues in that position especially the ones overseas and in danger.” Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro blasted CBS News on Thursday, writing on X, “CBS News this week: 1. They diced the ’60 Minutes’ interview with Kamala to cover for her incoherence. 2. After Tony Dokoupil asked actual questions of race grifter Ta-Nehisi Coates, the insane Lefties of the newsroom rebelled. 3. Apology by the brass. 4. CBS News tells its staff to pretend that Jerusalem is not in Israel. Yes, they’re fake news. Literally fake news.” CBS News this week:1. They diced the "60 Minutes" interview with Kamala to cover for her incoherence.2. After Tony Dokoupil asked actual questions of race grifter Ta-Nehisi Coates, the insane Lefties of the newsroom rebelled.3. Apology by the brass.4. CBS News tells its staff… — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 10, 2024

One Mayflower Cigars-loving student at the University of California, Berkeley, got his beautiful Mayflower sampler box signed by the one and only Michael Knowles on Monday.  Knowles, after taking questions from students on campus and shutting down leftists, was thanked by a young man who brought his Mayflower Cigars box to the event for Knowles to sign. The Daily Wire host was only a little disappointed that the box was lacking Mayflower Cigars. “Oh, that was your box!” Knowles said. “I signed it up there, and I was hoping there would be stogies in there that I could pilfer and smoke, but it was totally empty other than a magic marker.”  “Yeah, I figured I’d get in trouble because there are signs everywhere saying like, ‘No tobacco on campus,’” the student said.  “Forget about that. There are barely any Berkeley admins here,” Knowles replied.  STUDENT: I figured I'd get in trouble because there's signs all over saying like, no tobacco on campus…@michaeljknowles: Forget about that! Even at a YAF speech, you’ve got to have your Mayflower Cigars. pic.twitter.com/jrbWuWDiJQ — Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) October 8, 2024 *California Residents – Prop 65 Warning: This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. The Mayflower 8-Cigar Assortment box gives you a chance to try 4 Mayflower Dawn and 4 Mayflower Dusk blends in the full range of sizes. And maybe, if you’re lucky like this Cal Berkeley student was, you can get Knowles’ John Hancock on the cigar box to show off to all of your buddies.  *You must be 21 years of age or older to purchase tobacco products. Some exclusions apply. The Mayflower Dawn is a medium-bodied cigar made with Nicaraguan long fillers and Cameroon binder and finished with the finest Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper. The flavor contains subtle notes of wood, coffee, and cream. The Mayflower Dusk is medium- to full-bodied, made with Nicaraguan long fillers and Sumatra binder, and finished with the finest Ecuadorian Habano wrapper. The Dusk’s flavor has notes of cocoa, espresso, oak, and black pepper. Mayflower Cigars shares common ownership with The Daily Wire.

Many Americans concerned about the fate of our country are asking themselves why the election polls seem so close. The Chinese have a piece of wisdom that suggests an answer: To restore civil sanity and order it is first necessary to call things by their right names. Whether out of politeness or cowardice, Republicans are lame at this. As many of us have pointed out too many times to no avail, Democrats reflexively call conservatives racists, white supremacists and Hitlerites, while Republicans respond by calling them “liberals.” What is liberal about attacking, undermining, and seeking to abolish the First Amendment? Or interfering with presidential elections by mobilizing a corrupt judiciary to take the leading Republican out of the race? Or calling for government censorship of social media platforms, or privileging certain races over others? In the current presidential campaign, Democrats in the media seek to distract voters from the conditions Democrats have inflicted on them by defaming Trump as “an existential threat to democracy.” Republicans respond by referring to the fact that Democrats have “weaponized” the Justice Department. Even if a voter understands that “weaponize” does not mean providing the FBI and federal police agencies with weapons, it sorely lacks the emotional charge of Hitlerism – although that is exactly what it means. If justice is not blind but becomes a partisan force to criminalize political opponents like Trump then the logical goal of weaponizing justice is a one-party dictatorship and a totalitarian state. Or, as Hillary has put it, without government censorship of the media “we will lose total control.” Democrats criminalize arguments and facts they can’t answer by calling them “disinformation.” In a campaign worthy of the KGB, the Democrat Secretary of State suborned 51 top intelligence officials including the former head of the CIA to sign a letter calling Hunter Biden’s treasonous laptop “Russian disinformation” right before the 2020 election. This behavior is not just about winning elections, which it was and would be bad enough. It’s about betraying your country and fellow countrymen. Republicans are rightly alarmed that the Democrats have destroyed America’s borders, and let in an estimated 20 million unvetted individuals including hundreds of thousands of convicted criminals, virtually all from countries and continents ruled by corrupt dictators and fanatic terrorists. They are shocked by the Democrats’ determination to give these illegal aliens the right to vote along with more goods and privileges than the indigenous population. But they are tongue-tied when it comes to calling these policies what they are: criminal and treasonous attacks on our country and its Constitution. Joe Biden had no legal authority to change America’s immigration policies by executive order. Immigration policy is the purview of the legislative branch of government not the destructive schemes of one demented executive. Destroying the border is the greatest crime committed against America in its 237-year history. It is not a run of the mill policy difference. When Trump attempted as president to begin deporting immigration criminals, he was forced to temporarily separate their children, leaving them in the care of Border Control agents in facilities that Obama had built. He had no choice while the parents were being processed because U.S. law forbids incarcerating children for their parents’ criminal acts. Trump terminated his efforts after two months. The Democrats seized on this situation to smear Trump as a heartless Nazi, calling the Obama-built facilities they were housed in reminiscent of Auschwitz. President Joe Biden led the charge saying that Trump had ripped babies out of their mothers’ arms and then incarcerated them in “concentration camp” facilities. When Biden became president, he and his administration invited “unaccompanied minors” to make the dangerous trek through the hemisphere’s jungles with Mexican drug cartels as their guides. While Trump had separated 4,000 children for two months, the Democrats’ policy successfully lured nearly a million minors separated from their parents for an indefinite stay. In 2024 the Department of Homeland Security revealed that they had “lost” 320,000 of these children and had no way to find them. Since the cartels were active in the sex trafficking trade and in breaking America’s child labor laws it was not too difficult to guess where the missing children had been taken. It is difficult to fathom how callous the hearts of the Democrats have become. They not only lie about their political opponents but do so while pretending to care about the suffering of lost children when frankly they don’t give a damn – any more than they care about their country and its people. What they care about is winning the power to censor and control their political opponents so they can be free to “re-imagine” the American future whatever the human cost. * * * David Horowitz is founder of the David Horowitz Freedom Center and the bestselling author of several books, including “Radical Son” and “The Black Book of the American Left.” His new book is “America Betrayed.” The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Israel is reportedly declining to share details about its upcoming attack on Iran with the Biden-Harris administration because it does not trust the administration. U.S. officials were hoping to get details and a list of potential targets Israel was considering when Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visited Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin this week. But that all went out the window when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blocked Gallant’s trip to Washington, D.C. Israeli officials have accused the Biden-Harris administration of leaking its plans to the media in hopes that doing so will limit Israel’s ability to carry out missions successfully, thus dissuading Israel from taking action. Netanyahu spoke briefly with President Joe Biden on the phone Wednesday. An Israeli official told The Wall Street Journal that no specifics were discussed, since the communication was over the phone. “Our strike will be lethal, precise and above all, surprising. They won’t understand what happened and how. They will see the results,” Gallant told Israeli soldiers on Wednesday. “Whoever strikes us will be harmed and pay a price.” The Biden-Harris administration is trying to restrain Israel’s response to Iran because a full-blown war between the two could significantly impact Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign for a variety of reasons. A new war would be yet another damaging mark against the Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous foreign policy record. A war with Iran would negatively impact markets and send the price of oil skyrocketing, especially since Iran’s terrorist proxy groups have threatened to wipe out oil facilities in the neighboring Gulf states. A war between the two could also further erode Harris’ support among the Islamic community in the U.S., particularly in Michigan, a swing state that she needs to win if she wants to become president. The administration is pressuring Israel to not hit Iran’s nuclear and oil facilities — but, given Israel’s recent military operations, that pressure is unlikely to influence Israel’s decisions. Am I Racist? Is In Theaters NOW — Get Your Tickets Here! Israel detonated thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies that contained hidden explosives last month without warning the United States in advance. It has also killed top Hezbollah officials in Lebanon, including the group’s leader, Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, without warning. Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD), said that the Biden-Harris administration was being shortsighted by urging Israel to restrain itself. “President Biden has given explicit assurances in written pledges to the Israelis that he will use all elements of American power to ensure that the Islamic Republic doesn’t obtain nuclear weapons,” he said. “But now we see him trying to limit Israel’s ability to act decisively by opposing strikes on nuclear facilities as well as oil fields.” “This sends a message to American allies and adversaries that we won’t honor our security pledges and that we’ll block our allies from defending their own security,” he added.