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Former Columbia President Katrina Armstrong, Who Told Feds She Couldn’t Recall Specifics of Any Antisemitic Incident on Campus, Out as University’s Medical Center Chief

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Armstrong is moving to a new role amid a congressional probe into the university’s compliance with Trump deal L: Katrina Armstrong (NIH via Wikimedia Commons), R: Anti-Israel rally at Columbia (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Former Columbia University president Katrina Armstrong, who resigned after telling the federal government she couldn’t recall specifics of any antisemitic incident on

‘No Regrets’: Graham Platner Admitted to Buying Cocaine, Boasted About Doing Drugs During Military Leave While ‘on the Government Dime’

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The Marine Corps has a zero-tolerance policy for illegal drug use, and Marines in violation can face prosecution in military court Graham Platner (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner discussed buying cocaine in now-deleted Reddit posts and admitted to drug use and “partying it up” while backpacking during paid military leave. Platner,

Graham Platner Says He ‘Serves’ as His Maine Town’s Harbormaster. He Held the Largely ‘Clerical’ Role for 18 Months Before Quitting To Campaign.

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Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner often touts his role as harbormaster of Sullivan, Maine, as proof of his “working class” bona fides, saying on his campaign website that he “serves the town of Sullivan as Harbormaster” and claiming during a February podcast interview that he’s “been the harbormaster for the last two years.” He actually

‘He Hates Us’: New York Jews and Israeli Officials Say Mamdani Isn’t Wanted at the Israel Day Parade, as Hizzoner Becomes First Mayor in 60 Years to Skip Celebration

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Two former mayors—Eric Adams and Michael Bloomberg—took Mamdani’s place and the parade went smoothly without the antisemitic disruptions that have been on the rise across the city L: Amir Ohana and Eric Adams, R: Cardboard cutout of Zohran Mamdani in a trash can (Jon Levine/Free Beacon) There was no love lost on Sunday for Zohran

Democrat-Backed Nebraska Senate Hopeful Dan Osborn Quietly Scrubs ‘Abortion’ From His Website, But Still Takes Money From Planned Parenthood Figure

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Osborn says he supports abortion with ‘common sense limits,’ but won’t say how he voted in Nebraska’s successful 2024 referendum that banned abortion after the first trimester Dan Osborn (@osbornforne/X) Dan Osborn, the independent Nebraska Senate candidate running with the endorsement of the state’s Democratic Party, has quietly removed all references to abortion from his

A Return to Proper History

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“Too often academic treatises these days are insufferably ‘woke’ or even unreadable, thanks to their postmodern jargon,” explains the author of this refreshingly countercultural work. “This book, by contrast, consists of old-fashioned, meat-and-potatoes history.” After lecturing on European history at UC Berkeley and Penn, Professor Walter McDougall is clearly exasperated at the way his craft

Rachel’s Life in Pieces

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“Once upon a time, I was meandering down the road of life with my husband, Jon. It was a regular and beige life, and it worked. It was a warm beige. We felt, and were, blessed and lucky. Normal. “Suddenly, one day, while walking along our way, a metaphorical 18-wheeler semitruck hit us from behind