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Sat, 29 Nov 2025 04:15:00 +0000 'Beneath Sheep's Clothing': Communism's Capture Of America
'Beneath Sheep's Clothing': Communism's Capture Of America
'Beneath Sheep's Clothing': Communism's Capture Of America
Authored by Rudolph Lambert Fernandez via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
Anti-Communism Week has been marked for November 2025. Writer-producer Julie Behling’s documentary “Beneath Sheep’s Clothing” warns of communism’s devastation: “Globally, communism claimed the lives of approximately 150 million people in the 20th century.”
People listen during an event by the Victims of Communism Memorial monument in Washington on June 12, 2015. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images The narrator continues, “This history is now suspiciously missing from America’s public school systems.” Therein lies a tale.
This documentary shows how socialism-communism that’s failed somewhere keeps trying to reinvent itself elsewhere, typically prioritizing rights over responsibilities.
For example, yes, source-country citizens have a right to emigrate. But host nations owe their own citizens managed, meaningful immigration. Source countries also have responsibilities to ensure their citizens aren’t compelled to emigrate, just as those emigrating must be bound by host-nation norms, not enforce theirs.
Introspection requires humility and courage; the film mentions two people who showed both. Manning Johnson fell under communism’s spell, then found his Christian upbringing and critical thinking at odds with communism’s self-destructive mass hypnosis. Bella Dodd did likewise.
There’s a misconception, critical race theory critic James Lindsay suggests, that Karl Marx put forth an economic doctrine. In truth, he put forth a totalitarian “religion” that forces people to remake themselves into what they’re not. Fuller treatment of this theme can be found in Lindsay’s podcast .
Communism in the Classroom
In Behling’s film, Lindsay addresses parents. He says the communists are “coming for your kids, your kids are the revolution for them.” They’ll get around to brainwashing children, but they must ensure parents can’t “brainwash them first.” Once a “politics of oppression” has entered the classroom, it’s easier to mobilize students as activists, as they were mobilized for COVID-19 hysteria and lockdowns, Black Lives Matter, pro-Palestine, or anti-Israel protests.
Lindsay, Behling, and educator Cari Bartholomew lament how America’s K-12 school education terms nearly everything “systemic” : racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism. Being “woke,” is being awake to these supposedly self-perpetuating hegemonies and denouncing them.
This requires finding solutions through oppressor-oppressed binaries. And it’s racial minorities, radical feminists, and LGBT figures who get to decide who’s oppressed, who’s oppressing, and what the solutions are.
Newly donated LGBT books are displayed in the library at a school in Richmond, Calif., on May 17, 2022. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child framework envisages schools caring for all of a child’s needs, relegating parents to redundancy, and undermining moral values and church authority. It schools children to complain, blame, feel entitled, and prioritize their feelings over everything and everyone else.
Education theorist Henry Giroux’s “praxis” in the late 20th century was to get radicals tenured as professors and shape teachers unions around Marxist agenda and conformity. But Lindsay says, it wasn’t until the 21st century that socialism-communism powered ahead, contorting America’s institutions around victimhood and self-loathing.
“Common Core ” curriculum, effectively erased (and revised) much of American history, dumbing down academic standards, enforcing a device-led conformity around “content.” Journalist Alex Newman says it’s not education but “behavioral training,” much like the physiologist Ivan Pavlov who trained his lab dogs to develop compulsive responses to stimuli.
Behling explains, “A dumbed-down populace led by emotion and accustomed to the constant, instant reward of dopamine hits for clicking the right boxes? It’s easier to control than a rugged, skeptical, critically thinking populace.” It’s why too many parents took too long to question film, TV, or on-campus shows for preschool children featuring gender-bending characters.
Why is a culture of grievance attractive? Behling admits this is because oppression happened. But the socialist-communist playbook marries truth to a lie. It pretends that Marxist solutions, such as reparations or redistribution of private property, will restore for the oppressed the rights of their past, by absolving them of their responsibilities in the present.
Lois Kaneshiki, along with the group Stop Common Core, CRT, & Action Civics in Pennsylvania, holds a rally at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Penn. on July 14, 2021. Steve Wen/Epoch Times Sexuality in Schools
Critic of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Lisa Logan warns of how “Transformative” SEL encourages schoolteachers to teach “power dynamics,” to make white children learn that they’re “privileged,” that supremacy is so ingrained that they have “implicit bias.” Their very skin informs their racism.
Teachers emotionally blackmail children, holding them accountable for things they can barely understand, coercing them into becoming allies (and activists) for sundry causes. Trouble is, cognitive dissonance results when children are schooled on beliefs that destroy familial, religious, and cultural beliefs their parents try to inculcate at home.
Transformative SEL medicalizes schools, pathologizing disagreements, critical thinking, and religious or spiritual traditions. Social workers, psychologists, and curricula from organizations such as Planned Parenthood have introduced Comprehensive Sexuality Education, discussing sexuality, identities, and puberty blockers in classrooms, rather than age-appropriate sex education.
Newman cites a 2023 Boston Middle School Youth Risk Behavior Survey that asks children how many sex partners they’ve had, offering up to six options, the lowest being “never” and the highest being “6 or more people.” Other questions are equally depraved. The point is to normalize deviancy in children whose brains aren’t developed enough to judge for themselves what’s normal and abnormal for a child.
People rally to protest the sexualization of children, secret gender transitions of minors, pornographic books at schools, and other issues in San Diego on Oct. 21, 2023. Brad Jones/The Epoch Times What Can Be Done?
First, democracies must shed complacency. Implied in the film, socialist self-destructiveness shows up in the unlikeliest places; socialist democracies aren’t immune because they’re democracies.
India’s nationalist-Hindutva state and party ideology, for instance, demands conformity as proof of patriotism, labeling lack of it as treason. Ignoring the diversity of India’s nearly 30 states, the federal government floods public life with conformity slogans.
Implied is the notion that, if the prefix “One Nation” announces policy, whatever practice follows must also be “one” and adopted unquestioningly: one religion, one election, civil code, language , curriculum. Or one email server.
Second, democracies must recognize that “equity” from the socialist-communist diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) playbook is a trick. It’s made to sound like more or better equality. It’s neither. It is instead, as Lindsay says, “An administered political economy in which shares are adjusted so citizens are made equal.”
A New Wrapper
It’s socialism in a new wrapper. It undermines diversity, imposing a dull sameness. Behold the tyranny of pronouns. Far from inclusive, it excludes, as Mao’s in-or-out-groups once did, naming those deserving of state and party commendation and shaming, blaming, and punishing those deserving of condemnation.
For every Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, there were scores of Soviets writers bowing to the Kremlin. Solzhenitsyn in 1975. Library of Congress Third, Lindsay suggests, fights for religious liberty must accompany those for individual liberty . Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn once said, “Only moral criteria can help the West against communism’s well-planned world strategy.” Yes, Christ’s call was to be as gentle as doves. But Lindsay wonders, whatever happened to Christ’s other call, to also be as wise as serpents?
Finally, those who care about democracy must speak up, act, and work for family stability and trust as the best antidote to a cult. Ignorance is no longer an excuse. Lindsay admits that fear holds people back; they fear ostracism and losing their jobs, friends, and family.
President Reagan during a news conference at the White House in 1984. AP Photo/Dennis Cook But he insists, the truth matters more. Love for our children and the world we leave behind matters more. Mom Army founder Seak Smith recalled the savagery of Cambodian communism. She now devotes her energy to supporting (or opposing) bills that protect (or endanger) children, through lobbying and litigation.
When Ronald Reagan railed against similar evils in his 1964 speech , he didn’t use the word “communism” once . But he did use the word “socialism” five times, hinting at a war with “the most dangerous enemy.” Aptly, Behling’s film has his voiceover calling for conviction, courage, clarity, character: “There is a price we will not pay ... a point beyond which they must not advance.”
You can read Part 1 of this two-part commentary on “Beneath Sheep’s Clothing” here and watch the documentary here .
Tyler Durden Fri, 11/28/2025 - 23:15 Close Sat, 29 Nov 2025 03:40:00 +0000 Rockefeller Foundation Partners With MrBeast To Target Youth With "Next-Gen" Propaganda
Rockefeller Foundation Partners With MrBeast To Target Youth With "Next-Gen" Propaganda
Dr. Rajiv J. Shah - former USAID administrator and onetime head of agricultural development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, now presiden
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Rockefeller Foundation Partners With MrBeast To Target Youth With "Next-Gen" Propaganda
Dr. Rajiv J. Shah - former USAID administrator and onetime head of agricultural development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, now president of the Rockefeller Foundation - announced a "next-gen storytelling " partnership with the world's top YouTube creator, MrBeast.
"Proud to announce our partnership with @BeastPhilanthr, bringing together a storied history of improving billions of lives with next-gen storytelling that inspires action . With @MrBeast, we'll show that when kindness goes viral, big change is possible," Shah wrote on X, accompanied by a video featuring him and MrBeast founder Jimmy Donaldson.
"Next-gen storytelling " is simply another way of saying an influence operation campaign aimed at targeting young audiences with far-left messaging.
MrBeast's demographic includes:
Rockefeller Foundation president Dr. Rajiv Shah told AP News that MrBeast can emotionally connect with younger generations in ways that traditional philanthropy has failed to do .
The move signals Donaldson's sellout to globalists and dark-money-funded NGOs, as investigative researchers Peter Schweizer and Seamus Bruner of the Government Accountability Institute recently noted that the Rockefeller Foundation is one of a handful of major philanthropies bankrolling the anti-Trump permanent protest industrial complex.
The left is furious that Joe Rogan and other major podcasters have defected from their woke cult. Now the Rockefeller Foundation appears to be gearing up for a youth-focused propaganda operation ahead of next year's midterms and the 2028 presidential race.
Tyler Durden Fri, 11/28/2025 - 22:40 Close Sat, 29 Nov 2025 03:05:00 +0000 How Tucker Carlson Put Arab Christians On America's Map
How Tucker Carlson Put Arab Christians On America's Map
How Tucker Carlson Put Arab Christians On America's Map
Authored by Kamal Alam via Al Majalla
US President Donald Trump’s inner circle and his wider MAGA (‘Make America Great Again’) movement can at times appear to be tearing themselves apart over the thorny issue of US support for Israel, which some of his supporters think has committed genocide in Gaza since October 2023.
Trump's unquestioning support for Israel is increasingly causing him political problems, yet those problems are not coming from the progressive or liberal left, as might be expected, but from the heart of the United States' deep south , home to millions of Christian conservatives , many of whom listen to journalists like Tucker Carlson, an American conservative political commentator and podcaster who hosted his own talk show on Fox News from 2016 to 2023.
For Carlson and others, Israel’s military actions in the Middle East have been problematic for the effect they have had on the Arab Christians, who are seen as a persecuted minority. Slowly, attention to the plight of Christians in places like Syria, Gaza and the West Bank has grown in America . The effect has been to put Arab Christians back on the US political and media map. This has not sat comfortably with Israel’s supporters .
Via AFP Historic Heartland of Christianity
One reason it has hit a chord with Trump's support base is that American Christians increasingly see the Levant as the heartland of Christianity. This is nothing new. The Levant has held a special place in American Christianity since the 19th-century Ottoman era, when American pilgrims followed the trail from Antioch to Jerusalem via Damascus. At the time, the lands of Palestine, Lebanon and Syria were generally known as Syria.
The languages of Aramaic and Syriac were studied under Syrian monks, and various colleges were set up. Even the famed American University of Beirut was first called the Syrian Protestant College in 1863. Syria was very much associated with the earliest Christians. Jerusalem was even part of southern Syria in textbooks. To some extent, the recent war in Syria has renewed attention on the persecution of Eastern Christianity as a whole, from Iraq to Palestine.
Just as they did 200 years ago, Americans have once again started taking note of the Levant as the heartland of Eastern Christianity, changing the perception and the narrative concerning the importance of Arab Christians, whose lives have been impacted by war there. As in neighboring Iraq and Lebanon, Christians in Syria bore a heavy burden after being targeted by extremist groups because of their faith .
In 2016, the Syrian civil war elicited the first meeting in 1,000 years between the Russian Orthodox Patriarch and a pope, Francis, spurred on by the killings of Christians in Syria and the Middle East . Earlier this year, Carlson put Arab Christians back in the headlines by raising the ire of pro-Israel lobbyists and Christian Zionists by questioning Washington's support for Israel if it was killing and persecuting Palestinian Christians.
Asking Questions
Last year, Carlson interviewed Rev. Munther Isaac, a pastor from Bethlehem and a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Christian Church, and chronicled a persistent lack of awareness in the US about the treatment of Christians in the Holy Land. In a sense, he was continuing a theme. Back in 2018, at Fox News , he launched a debate in the US about the killing of Syrian Christians and questioned US support for groups targeting Christians in the Middle East.
Earlier this year, Carlson interviewed Ted Cruz, one of the most prominent Christian supporters of Israel, Ted Cruz , asking him where in the Bible it might suggest that America support Benjamin Netanyahu's Israeli government at the expense of Arab Christians (Cruz could not cite a passage). Yet while the former Fox News man has led the rallying cry for Syrian and Arab Christians among American conservatives, he has not been alone.
Brad Hoff, a former US Marine, and scholar Zachary Wingerd co-authored Syria Crucified importance of American Christian evangelicals questioning the stance of Cruz and others .
Starting over a decade ago, Sen. Cruz began very publicly clashing with Middle East Christians over his problematic policies...
Megyn Kelly, another popular conservative talk show host, has questioned how Christian it can be to ignore Arab Christians' plight. And US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene—a Trump-supporting Republican once labelled 'Lady MAGA'—broke ranks from mainstream Christian support of Israel , calling Israeli actions in Gaza "genocide" (she was later called a "traitor" by Trump).
Shift in Focus
With Carlson using his prominence to give Arab Christians a platform, Arab Christians have slowly taken a lead in policy , both in the Trump administration and the corridors of Washington D.C. Trump's lawyer and close confidante Alina Hubba is of Iraqi Chaldean heritage. Julia Nesheiwat, a former soldier and White House aide who is married to former US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, is from a prominent Jordanian Christian family.
Trump's daughter Tiffany is married to Michael Boulos, son of Massad Boulos, a Lebanese Christian businessman and presidential advisor who helped drum up support for Trump among America's 3.5 million Arab Americans. Marty Makary, of Egyptian Christian heritage, is the Commissioner of Food and Drugs and a key medical advisor to Trump. Even the actor playing Jesus (Jonathan Roumie) in biblical drama The Chosen is of Egyptian-Syrian heritage.
Conservative commentators have put Arab Christians back on the political map in the United States, changing the way Americans see Christians see the Middle East. The full effects of this are yet to be seen, but journalists like Tucker Carlson will likely carry the story.
Views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ZeroHedge.
Tyler Durden Fri, 11/28/2025 - 22:05 Close Sat, 29 Nov 2025 02:30:00 +0000 Katy Perry Gets $2 Million After Suing Dying 85-Year-Old Veteran Over Real Estate Dispute
Katy Perry Gets $2 Million After Suing Dying 85-Year-Old Veteran Over Real Estate Dispute
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Katy Perry Gets $2 Million After Suing Dying 85-Year-Old Veteran Over Real Estate Dispute
Pop superstar Katy Perry has won $2 million in a protracted property battle by filing a lawsuit against 85-year-old Army veteran Carl Westcott, who is now bedridden with Huntington's disease and receiving hospice care.
Perry's legal action, detailed in court filings reviewed by the New York Post , sought more than $8 million in damages from Westcott, including $3.25 million for lost rental income during the litigation, $2.2 million for property renovations and $3 million in attorney fees. The dispute centers on an eight-bedroom estate in the celebrity enclave of Montecito, where Perry and her then-boyfriend, actor Orlando Bloom, acquired the property in July 2020 for $15 million.
Perry and Bloom penned a personal note to Westcott imploring him to accept their bid.
"We're expecting a baby next month and think this home is the perfect place to welcome her ," the couple wrote, according to court documents. Days after signing, Westcott, then 81 and recovering from back surgery on pain medication, attempted to rescind the deal, claiming diminished mental capacity. Westcott's condition has deteriorated sharply since, with the neurodegenerative Huntington's disease eroding his cognitive functions and confining him to bed.
His son, Court Westcott, blamed the stress of the litigation for accelerating his father's decline, saying the case has "devastated his health and spirit.” However, a Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge rejected that argument in 2023, ruling that Westcott failed to substantiate his incapacity.
Perry's legal team further alleged that Westcott had entertained a competing offer from Maria Shriver, the former wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Ruling in her favor, LA County Superior Court Judge Joseph Lipner awarded Perry $2.8 million for lost rental value and $260,000 for repair of water damage and fallen trees - but deducted $1 million from the total award because he said Perry could have invested her money elsewhere, while Westcott lost interest on the same amount.
“The optics of a millionaire pop star demanding hefty damages from a very ill man are terrible ,” PR strategist Abesi Manyando told The Telegraph . “This isn’t just a lawsuit, it’s now a David and Goliath narrative – a global superstar with wealth, legal resources and leverage versus an elderly, declining veteran who already lost his home. And that dynamic carries emotional weight.”
It is not the first time Perry has been embroiled in a high-profile legal fight involving real estate. In 2018, Sister Catherine Rose Holzman, an 89-year-old nun, collapsed and died in a Los Angeles courtroom during a hearing tied to Perry’s attempted purchase of a former convent from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The nuns had opposed the sale to the singer, arguing the property belonged to their order; Holzman’s last public words before her fatal collapse were directed at Perry were, “To Katy Perry, please stop.”
Perry , a prominent Democrat supporter who performed at President Joe Biden’s 2021 inauguration and campaigned for Vice President and failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris in 2024, has recently been linked romantically to former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Tyler Durden Fri, 11/28/2025 - 21:30 Close Sat, 29 Nov 2025 01:55:00 +0000 "I Have A Bridge To Sell You" - Pirro Unleashes On Left's "Nonsense" Vetting
"I Have A Bridge To Sell You" - Pirro Unleashes On Left's "Nonsense" Vetting
"I Have A Bridge To Sell You" - Pirro Unleashes On Left's "Nonsense" Vetting
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
Former U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro exploded on Fox News Wednesday, eviscerating the left for mass-importing unvetted Third Worlders under Biden—labeling claims that vetting was robust as “nonsense.”
Pirro blasted, “If you think there was a vetting, I have a BRIDGE to sell you!”
Referring to the untold numbers of Afghans that entered the U.S., she further raged “90K people…what do we do? Call the FBI in Afghanistan and say, ‘Gee, do you have anything on this guy?’”
“It’s like the 10-20 million illegals let in, we don’t know who they are until we suffer the consequences,” Pirro urged, adding “Stop namby-pambying around!”
Pirro’s fury spotlights Biden’s “no vetting” fiasco, as even CNN Security Analyst John Miller admitted, it was completely “chaotic” with “spotty” Afghan records. Up to 90K+ were imported after the disastrous 2021 U.S. withdrawal, many via hasty asylum under Biden’s Operation Allies Welcome.
The Biden regime proceeded to fill airports with throngs of illegals, seemingly having no long term plan for the massive influx.
As we earlier highlighted, Trump dropped a monumental Thanksgiving bombshell, announcing “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover.”
Trump also vowed “reverse migration” to cure the chaos.
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Tyler Durden Fri, 11/28/2025 - 20:55 Close Sat, 29 Nov 2025 01:20:00 +0000 Israeli Forces Accused Of Executing Unarmed Palestinians After They Surrendered
Israeli Forces Accused Of Executing Unarmed Palestinians After They Surrendered
Members of the Israeli border police have been accused of executing two unarmed Palestinian men after they surrendered in the West Bank
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Israeli Forces Accused Of Executing Unarmed Palestinians After They Surrendered
Members of the Israeli border police have been accused of executing two unarmed Palestinian men after they surrendered in the West Bank town of Jenin.
In the incident from Thursday caught on camera, two men can be seen emerging from a doorway of what appears to be a warehouse, lifting their shirts, before they were shot dead by the Israelis.
The IDF says that the incident is under "review" - but claims that the two men were terrorists who had attacked them earlier. After gathering their bodies, the IDF says that the men were identified as Mahmoud Qassem Abdallah, 26, and Youssef Asasa, 37, and were "wanted individuals who had carried out terror activities, including hurling explosives and firing at security forces."
Mohamad Torokman/Reuters "The forces entered the area, enclosed the structure in which the suspects were located and initiated a surrender procedure that lasted several hours," an IDF spokesman told the Telegraph . "Following the use of engineering tools on the structure, the two suspects exited.
"Following their exit, fire was directed toward the suspects. The incident is under review by the commanders on the ground and will be transferred to the relevant professional bodies."
Mohamad Torokman/Reuters IDF chief of staff Gen Eyal Zamier has ordered an investigation into the incident, while a joint IDF and police statement claims that the pair were holed up in the building in an hours-long "surrender procedure."
Meanwhile, IDF-operated Israeli Army Radio reported that the men were shot dead after disobeying instructions .
"When the terrorists came out, we began to carry out security checks on them," the officers allegedly said. "We did not know if they were carrying weapons or explosives.
"We began instructing them what to do for their own safety but the terrorists acted contrary to the instructions they received. At a certain point, one of the terrorists decided to enter the building contrary to the instructions, and the second terrorist followed him, so both were shot."
The Palestinian Authority has described the killings as a "deliberate Israeli war crime ."
"Israeli occupation forces executed two young Palestinians in Jenin in cold blood, even after they had turned themselves in ," a spokesman said. "An outright extrajudicial killing in blatant violation of international humanitarian law. "
Israel soldiers at the scene after the shooting. Credit...Mohamad Torokman/Reuters Members of Israel's own media have criticized the incident - with Haaretz correspondent Nir Hasson saying "There is no universe in which this is not murder."
Haaretz itself cited an insider who said the officers opened fire after one of the Palestinians made an unexpected movement, which is clearly bullshit.
"One of them, while on the ground, tried to get up and made a suspicious movement and therefore the fighters decided to fire at him," the source said.
Israeli security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir supported the police, saying "Lending full backing to the border police and IDF troops who shot at wanted terrorists who were coming out of a building in Jenin," adding "The troops acted precisely as is expected of them – terrorists have to die. "
Tyler Durden Fri, 11/28/2025 - 20:20 Close Sat, 29 Nov 2025 00:45:00 +0000 Starbucks Workers' Strike Expands To 83 Cities On Black Friday
Starbucks Workers' Strike Expands To 83 Cities On Black Friday
Starbucks Workers' Strike Expands To 83 Cities On Black Friday
Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
Black Friday shoppers looking forward to a pumpkin spice latte or caramel frappuccino break may be out of luck depending on where they live. A Nov. 28 Starbucks Workers United statement revealed that 2,500 Starbucks union baristas at 120 Starbucks in 85 U.S. cities joined the picket lines against the coffee superstar.
Starbucks workers walk a picket line as they go on strike outside a Starbucks store in the Brooklyn borough in New York City on Nov. 13, 2025. According to the Starbucks Workers United (SWU), the union representing the workers, more than 1,000 Starbucks workers have gone on strike at about 65 stores across the country. Union members state that Starbucks failed to make new proposals on issues like staffing and pay since the labor group rejected a company offer in April. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Known as the Red Cup Rebellion , the strike began on Nov. 13 and expanded on Nov. 20 to 65 cities.
Baristas are protesting more than 700 unresolved “unfair labor practice” (ULP) charges and are demanding a “fair first union contract.” This includes more than 200 ULP charges protesting the retaliatory firing of union baristas. In addition, the group claims Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is involved in “pervasive union busting.”
“It’s time for Brian Niccol and Starbucks executives to stop stalling and cut the excuses,” Michelle Eisen, Starbucks Workers United spokesperson and barista of 15 years, said in the statement. “We need real solutions that address our basic demands and the hundreds of labor law violations that remain outstanding. The ball is in their court.”
Cities where union stores have joined the ongoing and open-ended ULP strike include Los Angeles; New York City; Seattle; Memphis, Tennessee; Ann Arbor, Michigan; St. Louis; South Salt Lake, Utah; Richmond, Virginia; Dallas; Madison, Wisconsin; and many others.
The union’s three top demands are higher take-home pay, better hours, and a resolution of hundreds of outstanding ULP charges for alleged union busting, as stated in the union’s interested parties memo earlier this month.
The memo reports that the starting wage for an average barista is $15.25 in 33 states and that many are not receiving the full hours they request.
“The average barista doesn’t make a livable wage, ” the memo states. “Between low wages and insufficient hours, too many baristas are barely getting by. ”
The memo also notes that many Starbucks employees are forced to rely on the federal government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid to make ends meet.
In addition, the memo claims that the average barista works less than 20 hours per week, which is below the cut-off for health benefits. As a result, the union contends, stores are often understaffed, leading to longer customer wait times.
The Epoch Times has reached out to Starbucks for comment.
Meanwhile, Eisen shared that the 11,000 Starbucks Workers United baristas across the country are prepared to continue to push for a contract and that they are backed by thousands of allies and supporters.
As of Nov. 28, the union reported that more than 125,000 people have signed the “No Contract, No Coffee” pledge to avoid buying Starbucks while baristas strike.
Tyler Durden Fri, 11/28/2025 - 19:45 Close Fri, 28 Nov 2025 23:35:00 +0000 "We Are Everywhere" - Fort Bragg Psychological Warfare Group Posts Chilling Video
"We Are Everywhere" - Fort Bragg Psychological Warfare Group Posts Chilling Video
"We Are Everywhere" - Fort Bragg Psychological Warfare Group Posts Chilling Video
Authored by Mark Price via Military.com,
A secretive Fort Bragg operation that specializes in influencing people’s thoughts has released a hypnotic recruitment video that is laced with hidden meanings and strange images.
Known as the 4th Psychological Operations-Airborne , or 4th PSYOP, the group specializes in “using the power of the mind to persuade opinion and discourse” among the nation’s enemies.
The 1:17-second clip , posted Nov. 19 on social media, is a string of baffling clips, including old cartoons, masked figures hiding in plain sight and a group of people staring blankly at the viewer over the phrase: “We are everywhere.”
“There is another force applied in combat that we generally don’t think of as a weapon of war. That weapon is words,” the video says.
“Words are weapons... This is psychological warfare.”
The video then beckons: “Join PSYOP.”
As of Nov. 26, the video has racked up more than 15,000 views on Facebook and hundreds of comments and reactions, many noting it “goes hard” with subliminal messages.
Among the surprises found, references to conspiracy theories, the “Ghost Army” that deceived the Nazi generals in WWII and the popular Pepe the Frog GIF shows up in a clown suit. At one point, the phrase “anything we touch is a weapon” flashes and fades.
“Watch it over and over again. Great little nuggets of information for us,” Nidia Law posted on Facebook.
“A lot of crumb drops in this one,” TheJason wrote on Instagram.
“I think y’all have so much fun at work! Would love to be on the other side of this ‘fog show’,” Leigh Eschew said on Instagram.
The U.S. Army noted in a 2024 article that the ideal candidate for psychological operations is “very cerebral and analytical ,” which means different types of recruitment methods are required. The group’s recruitment videos are infrequent and tend to cause a stir due to the unusual content.
“The art of PSYOP relies on persuasion rather than physical force. The tools of the trade are logic, fear, desire and other mental factors used to evoke specific emotions, attitudes and behaviors,”
The 4th PSYOP is often referred to as “the ghost in the machine,” because its operations are seldom publicized.
It is based out of Fort Bragg – one of the largest military complexes in the world – and home of the 82nd Airborne and U.S. Army Special Operations Command. The fort covers about 251-square miles is about a 65-mile drive south from downtown Raleigh.
“PSYOP soldiers help ensure decision-makers, partners, and populations receive the right message at the right time. Quiet professionals. Global impact,” the 1st Special Forces Command-Airborne wrote in a post that shared the recruitment video.
Tyler Durden Fri, 11/28/2025 - 18:35 Close Fri, 28 Nov 2025 23:00:00 +0000 Is Trump's Third World Immigration Ban A Precursor To The Insurrection Act?
Is Trump's Third World Immigration Ban A Precursor To The Insurrection Act?
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping plans to tighten immigration rules, including a suspension on migration from “
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Is Trump's Third World Immigration Ban A Precursor To The Insurrection Act?
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping plans to tighten immigration rules, including a suspension on migration from “Third World Countries” and cancellation of all federal benefits and subsidies to “noncitizens” in the country.
The decision comes after a terror attack (the shooting of two National Guardsmen) involving an Afghan migrant, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, admitted to the US under a program for Afghan refugees launched by Joe Biden in 2021 (Operation Allies Welcome).
However, the Trump Admin approved the man's asylum application in 2025 based on his aid to CIA operations in Afghanistan over a ten year period.
The smart move would have been to err on the side of caution, and this is a lesson Trump is apparently taking to heart.
In a pair of Truth Social posts late Thursday night, Trump said he would “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover."
The president said he would also terminate “millions” of admissions under his predecessor Joe Biden and remove “anyone who is not a net asset to the United States, or is incapable of loving our country.”
Trump added he plans to end all federal benefits and subsidies for noncitizens, “denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility,” and deport any foreign national he described as a “public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization."
Critics of Trump argue that he has limited power to implement these changes on a large scale.
Democrats are confident that their activist judges will be able to obstruct Trump's efforts and many Islamic immigrant communities from have laughed off threats of deportations under the premise that they are protected by visa extensions, temporary protection status and naturalization status.
US House Representative Ilhan Omar claims Trump "doesn't understand the laws" on TPS, for example, and argues that the vast majority of Somali migrants are safe from deportation.
The recent attack in Washington DC combined with mass interference from NGO funded activists and Democrat leaders calling for the military to "resist" Trump's "illegal orders" (even though no illegal orders have been issued) is blazing a clear path to one conclusion: The Insurrection Act.
Third world migrant colonies in the US might not be as safe as they think they are. Trump's focus has been on Somali enclaves in places like Minneapolis, MN, where over 25% of all Somalis in the US have congregated, but the problem of migrant colonies is far-reaching.
The surge of Haitian migrants in Springfield, OH took center stage during the presidential debates in 2024 and this tapped into a national conversation about limitations on lack of assimilation by third world asylum seekers. Muslim enclaves in places like Dearborn, MI are another hot topic, with Islamic fundamentalists now essentially running the city and many residents calling for Sharia Law.
Trump already has the ability to cancel TPS extensions, cancel extensions on visas, and expand the ban on immigrant and visa applications from any countries he chooses (19 nations are already on the ban list). However, under the Insurrection Act Trump can deploy the National Guard for direct deportations, rather than simply acting as a barrier between ICE agents and protesters. This would expedite deportations far beyond what is currently possible.
Of course, there will be accusations of constitutional violations, from both Democrats and Republicans. That said, many of these people may not realize how substantial the public support for deportations is. According to surveys, 66% of Americans agree with Trump's deportation policies, even if a migrant has not committed a crime after entry into the country.
Furthermore, around 40% of Americans back the use of the military for deportations. That's not a majority, but it's a massive portion of the population. If Trump were to implement the Insurrection Act it is likely that he would receive a groundswell of popular support.
In other words, lack of integration among third world asylum seekers is self sabotage. They have become comfortable with the idea that US laws prevent any real intervention against the process of cultural invasion, but this can change rather quickly. For naturalized citizens there are roadblocks in place, but for all other migrants, the breaking point just arrived.
Tyler Durden Fri, 11/28/2025 - 18:00 Close Fri, 28 Nov 2025 22:00:00 +0000 Israeli Troops Suffer Rare Casualties In Brazen Ground Raid On Syrian Town
Israeli Troops Suffer Rare Casualties In Brazen Ground Raid On Syrian Town
Israel on Friday launched another unprovoked major attack on Syria, which has killed at least 13 people , including children - and additional
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Israeli Troops Suffer Rare Casualties In Brazen Ground Raid On Syrian Town
Israel on Friday launched another unprovoked major attack on Syria, which has killed at least 13 people , including children - and additionally some 25 have been reported injured.
In this instance, the assault on the southern Syrian town Beit Jinn was a rare ground raid by Israeli forces , likely accompanied by air and artillery support.
IDF/TOI: Troops of the 55th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade detain a suspect in the southern Syrian village of Beit Jinn, early November 28, 2025. "The Israeli military said six soldiers were wounded, three of them severely, by militant fire during the raid in the village of Beit Jinn," Reuters
The Israeli dawn raid and strikes forced dozens of families to flee from the town in search of safer areas. The Syrian Foreign Ministry swiftly condemned "the criminal attack carried out by an Israeli occupation army patrol in Beit Jinn."
The statement added, "The occupation forces’ targeting of the town of Beit Jinn with brutal and deliberate shelling, following their failed incursion, constitutes a full-fledged war crime ."
There are reports the Israeli assault also included artillery shelling - which may have been why there were so many civilian casualties :
The remains of at least five Syrians, including two children, were taken to the Golan National Hospital in the city of al-Salam in Quneitra, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).
Israeli drones have also been active over the area. In post-Assad Syria, the IDF has encroached more and more on Syrian territory, expanding significantly beyond its Golan Heights occupation.
The Israeli military has described that the high-risk operation was launched to detain suspects belonging to Jama'a Islamiya - a Lebanese Sunni Islamist group which is alleged to have fired rockets at Israel from Lebanon during the Gaza war. The statement further charged the group "terrorist plots".
This development constitutes a very rare instance of the IDF suffering so many casualties while operating in Syria, per Reuters :
In a statement posted on X, the Israeli military said six of its soldiers were wounded, three of them seriously in an exchange of fire .
The Israeli military added that while the operation has been “completed” and all suspects were either arrested or “eliminated” , its forces are still being deployed in the area “and will continue to operate against any threat” to Israel.
There's a certain irony surrounding Israel's sudden interesting in tracking down and rooting out Sunni Islamists near its border - given that for years during the regime change war against Assad Israel openly tolerated, and in some cases even supported, some of these very same jihadists .
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