Dan Talmon

The entire basis for medically "transitioning" minors was that this was the only way to relieve their "distress," said to be "gender dysphoria." If we didn't give them these hormones and surgeries they would suffer from mental health struggles for life and probably kill themselves, we were told. The truth, of course, is that these "treatments" not only were extremely harmful physically, but did not resolve these kids' mental health issues at all. In many cases, it made their mental health worse. The entire basis for the trans movement has always been a harmful lie, and those of us who said so were put through hell. Now you've all put countless youth through hell as well, just to satisfy your ideological addictions. Will the adults who pushed this garbage admit they were wrong?

NEW. 🧵 1/ Even as US officials declare a victory over Iran, a different battle is unfolding — right here on America's streets: a smokeless war. And most people don’t see it. Just as words of a ceasefire hit the news Tuesday evening, coordinated protest and propaganda networks hit U.S. streets, led by the pro-communist groups funded by tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham. I document their moves over the past 24 hours in a new @FoxNews Digital article: foxnews.com/politics/pro-i… These are the names you need to remember: ANSWER Coalition, Party for Socialism and Liberation, CodePink, People's Forum, BreakThrough News, Liberation News, Liberation Centers. Starting with the White House on Tuesday evening, they are sending foot soldiers like CodePink's Olivia DiNucci, captured at the White House protest in a video we published with her hands painted blood red. She stands beside CodePink cofounder Medea Benjamin, both of them just back from a "caravan" to Cuba to support the Cuban Communist Party. They joined the anti-American chants and then left to hit the streets again today. Same signs. Same slogans. Same messaging. City after city. That’s not random. That's protest infrastructure. Their messages? 👉 “Iran won” 👉 “Keep the pressure on the U.S.” Their campaign mirrors China's propaganda, supporting its ally, Iran, and taking every occasion to divide and demonize the United States. Experts call this something bigger than protests: 🧠 “Cognitive warfare” The goal isn’t territory. It’s malign foreign influence — shaping how Americans THINK about war, power and their own country. They want America to be defeated and divided.

Ben Roberts-Smith did not have 21 of his fellow soldiers come out against him in a coordinated campaign. Many of the witnesses were subpoenaed and reluctant to testify. One soldier told the court he didn’t even agree with the case, saying he was there “under extreme duress for killing bad dudes we went over there to kill.” We’re not actually having to choose between the good conscience of 21 SAS or BRS. It’s far more complicated. Prosecutors literally admitted they have almost no physical evidence. No crime scenes, no forensics, no bodies. The defamation case was decided on the lower balance of probabilities standard. Criminal charges require proof beyond reasonable doubt, very hard to attain with just testimony. Ben Roberts-Smith remains innocent until proven guilty.

As a service to those who have no idea what Fascism is but yearn to use the term, here is how its inventor characterised it sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/…

Johannah King-Slutzky, famously dubbed “Basic Humanitarian Aid Girl,” became known for claiming that Columbia was obligated to provide food and water to students who had voluntarily occupied a university building, as if a self-imposed protest were a humanitarian crisis the school was responsible for managing. Her texts have been uncovered, including one in which she says, “Everyone already knows where I stand, so I can say ‘death to America’ and ‘death to Israel’ whenever I want.”

Putin’s Russia has launched at least 50,000 Iranian-made Shahed UAV drones of various types against Ukraine. European countries took a strong and decisive stance against Russia, seizing assets, imposing sanctions and expelling diplomats. Why does the Iranian Regime get a pass?

Many immigrants come to America because their nations of origin suck. But when they come to America they do not want to adapt to the norms that make America not suck, prefering to keep those norms that made their home countries suck. These people should stay in Suckistan.

Israel’s lesson from October 7 is that intentions do not matter—only capabilities do. For years, the IDF ignored the terror monster rising on its borders and instead focused on whether the enemy intended to attack or whether it was in its interest to do so. Similarly, although it is tempting to dwell on sentiments in Tehran, it is irrelevant. The only question is whether Iran currently has the capability to pose a real threat to Israel. The answer, after 40 days of war, is: less than it did forty days ago. In practical terms, Iran promised it would not sign a temporary ceasefire—and it did. It said the Strait of Hormuz would not reopen—and it reopened. It swore to include ending the war in Lebanon—and Hezbollah suffered hundreds of casualties yesterday. This is what remains of the Iranian axis that once cast fear across the Middle East. The Iranian “victory image,” encouraged by broad segments of the international media, arguesthat Iran survived ten rounds against the heavyweight world champion and lives to tell the tale. The question is what that survival is worth. Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah used the draw with Israel in the 2006 Second Lebanon War to receive a blank check from his Iranian patrons and build a formidable axis of resistance. What will Iran now do with this sense—real or fabricated—of survival? After Operation Rising Lion, every available Iranian rial was invested in rebuilding the ballistic missile array, seen as the only answer to Israel. The result was a relatively quick recovery, but also enormous public anger that was suppressed only at the cost of massacre. Now there is much to rebuild and far fewer rials: should Iran buy a new navy? an air force? invest in missiles? rebuild Hezbollah, which is groaning under a heavy deficit? or invest domestically to calm a population whose situation has only worsened? The condition of the former Iranian empire is dire, and there are no signs of improvement on the horizon. The Gulf states that were attacked by Iran have not forgotten the lesson. They are not Israel, accustomed to rounds of fighting every year or two. Generations of Emiratis, Qataris, and Saudis will carry the trauma of running to unprotected spaces while tourism, stability, and energy went up in flames. Israel stands to gain greatly from this anti-Iranian coalition, which was effectively forced off the fence and is unlikely to return to it soon. One can hope that Trump and Netanyahu are tying the Gulf states into a more stable and public alliance, for the benefit of future generations. The (temporary?) end of the war also marks the opening of the Knesset election campaign. Netanyahu, who hoped to ride the fall of the Iranian regime all the way to preserving his rule in Israel, now faces a more complex task than he expected when launching the operation. There is a sense of sourness among the public over the gap between hopes of toppling the regime and the mid-war outcome. The bigger challenge is on the northern border, where public sentiment is harsh—and rightly so—after promises that Hezbollah had been defeated. Opposition leaders have identified this well and competed with one another in describing what they call a disgraceful historic failure, hoping voters will connect more with that than with Netanyahu’s promises of total victory. For the prime minister, toppling Iran in the coming months is a task of supreme importance not only strategically, but also for his political survival. Everyone hopes the Iranian regime will fall soon; Netanyahu would be glad if it falls, if possible, before October 27.

BREAKING: DeCarlos Brown Jr., the man who m*rdered Iryna Zarutska, has been found "incapable to proceed" on state m*rder charges. The case is now reportedly delayed until Brown's capacity is deemed "restored." HOW IS THIS JUSTICE???

We mourn the loss of Staff Sergeant Touvel Yosef Lifshiz, 20, from Beit She‘an, a soldier in the 13th Battalipn, Golani Brigade, who fell in combat in Lebanon. Our hearts are with his family and loved ones. 🕯️ May his memory be a blessing.

This is Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke, she has sentenced an ex-soldier with PTSD, Daffron Williams, to two and a half years in prison for Facebook comments. She also sentenced someone for posting a video on social media to 12 months. But that exact same judge let off a child rapist called Reese Newman because she said the prisons were overcrowded This is British Justice.

Is it true that "Taiwan has been a part of China since ancient times", as Beijing often claims? No, not at all. Here are some inconvenient facts which most people don't know. I invite the swarm of CCP trolls to try to unpick them. ✅ FACT: Before 1624, Taiwan was inhabited by indigenous Malay-Austronesian populations with no official Chinese administrative presence. ✅ FACT: The Dutch established formal administrative control over Taiwan in 1624, which was recognised by Ming Dynasty representatives as being "beyond [Chinese] territory." The Dutch found no evidence of Chinese administrative control. ✅ FACT: In 1662, the Ming loyalist Koxinga expelled the Dutch after himself being expelled from the mainland. He founded an independent kingdom, seeking to reestablish Ming rule. But the Ming Dynasty itself had already collapsed. This was not rule by "China". ✅ FACT: From 1683 to 1887, Taiwan was managed as a province of Fujien; but Emperor Kangxi considered Taiwan beyond his domain. Indeed, he said as much: ‘Taiwan is outside our empire and of no great consequence.’ There were popular revolts throughout this period. ✅ FACT: Taiwan was formally administered as a province of China for eight years, from 1887 until it was ceded to Japan in 1895. This is the only such period. Shorter than the Dutch. ✅ FACT: Following the 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki, the Qing Empire ceded Taiwan to Japan "in perpetuity". ✅ FACT: Local leaders briefly declared an independent Formosa Republic in 1895 to resist Japanese rule, but the Japanese shut this down within five months. ✅ FACT: Between 1926 and 1942, both the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Kuomintang (KMT) supported independence for Taiwan, viewing it similarly to Korea (as an essential part of an anti-Japanese military strategy). ✅ FACT: The CCP changed its mind. After WW2, the party coalesced around an effort to reclaim "lost territories". In 1943 Cairo and 1945 Potsdam declarations were issued which, while not formal treaties, maintained that "all the territories Japan has stolen from the Chinese, such as Manchuria, Formosa (Taiwan), and the Pescadores, shall be restored to the Republic of China". The 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty left Taiwan’s legal status "undetermined." ✅ FACT: The People's Republic of China (established 1949) has never, in any capacity, exercised control over Taiwan. As to the territorial claim of what constitutes "China", worthy of note is the highly variable claims to territory (not to mention autonomy and governance structures) over even the past 150 years. See below.

אמנם באנגלית, אבל שימושי ביותר. ד״ר שני מור במשך שנים מתמחה בלחשוף את האופן שבו כללים, חוקים בינלאומיים ומונחים שונים מופעלים ביחס לישראל באופן שלא קיים בשום סכסוך אחר. כאן הוא מונה 23 כללים מומצאים לחלוטין שמתיימרים להיות כללים - כלומר מלשון כל - אבל בפועל קיימים אך ורק לישראל:

I received this heartbreaking message from a Jewish professor at @UAntwerpen, who is leaving both the city and the university after four decades. I can hardly express how deeply this saddens and enrages me—especially in light of last week’s craven and disgraceful charade surrounding the honorary doctorate of @FranceskAlbs. "After fifty years living in Antwerp and forty years at the University of Antwerp as student, assistant and professor, I’m leaving. I no longer feel at home in the city and feel completely estranged from my university that has become a hotbed of radicalism and has completely lost its sense of academic values of critical thinking, discussion and genuine diversity of viewpoints. I fear that the student generation that – with the support of the university authorities - has now become indoctrinated and brainwashed to a point of no return. My son who was born and raised in Antwerp and who wears a kippa,  has been called a child murderer on the street by a Flemish person and was told to “get out of here”. At the university the students are shouting that Jews should get out of Palestine. He and his family are leaving too. It just became a bad place for Jews." This is on you, rectors. You have made universities into hostile places for Jews (unless they ritually denounce zionism and Israel). They will abandon you and take all their learning, knowledge and wisdom with them. And don't worry, @UGent, you have scarcely any Jewish professors left to begin with. The great Jewish linguist and classicist Julien Klener has long since retired. When I met him recently, he told me how relieved he is not to have to endure this ideological madness anymore.

🇫🇷 A large-scale sabotage campaign in France has caused power disruptions to critical defense facilities A series of coordinated arson attacks targeted electrical infrastructure in central France overnight between April 6 and 7. Fires were set at multiple installations, including a high-voltage substation supplying major industrial sites. The outages disrupted operations at MBDA and KNDS France, a key producer of CAESAR artillery systems and ammunition. More than 3,000 households were also left without electricity. Authorities and intelligence services are investigating the incidents as coordinated sabotage. A banner reading “Actions against war” was found at one of the sites, suggesting a possible political or anti-war motive.

‘Several generations have been taught that the West is evil. At the same time, they are taught that anything the developing world does is justified. It is a complete inversion of reality.’ Melanie Phillips on the collective insanity of the West: buff.ly/u8BBOfB

𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐁𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐓 𝐁𝐘 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 A guest on GB News laid out what’s now being force-fed to children in British classrooms: “𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘕𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯.” They’re also being told in pro-transgender lessons that slaves “𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥” as a form of “gender transition.” The Stonehenge claim comes from a book called 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, marketed as “a must-have in any school library” (GB News). A Policy Exchange investigation found the claim is “𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠” — yet it’s “presented as fact” to children (Daily Sceptic). The book was adopted by schools in the wake of 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 protests, when curriculum adaptation was prioritized over historical accuracy. The transgender claims are even more grotesque. Reframing the 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 as “gender transition” doesn’t just distort history — it sanitizes one of the most dehumanizing practices in the ancient world and repurposes it as gender-affirming progress. That’s not education. That’s ideological vandalism. Meanwhile, landmark British victories that actually shaped the nation go untaught. Research suggests as few as 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐧 British schools include Waterloo or Trafalgar on the curriculum (Policy Exchange). Children are learning that their ancestors were oppressors while being denied the history that explains why Britain became the civilization it is. The guest put it simply: “𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘱.” He’s right. Because you don’t have to. It’s in the textbooks. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲.

I don’t know if people are playing dumb, genuinely don’t understand what’s happening, or are simply blinded by their feelings about Trump, but a lot of the social media commentary right now is absurd and exhausting. What’s going on is essentially a high-stakes game of chicken between the Trump administration and the remaining leaders of the Islamic Republic over what the end of the current fight looks like. Both sides have clear objectives (see below). The Islamic Republic believes (or believed) it could use economic pressure, information warfare, and domestic political pressure to force Trump to back down and avoid giving America what it wants. China and Russia are covertly assisting in this effort because the collapse of the regime would severely weaken their influence in the region, and because they are always eager to undermine American power. The regime has also found willing domestic allies in this campaign, including many on the left and certain podcast hosts who are committed to opposing what they — like many Marxist college professors — view as the American empire. On the other hand, Trump and his administration are using military pressure to force the regime’s leaders to concede. They are essentially presenting the regime with a choice: surrender on these specific demands, or we will continue escalating pressure and removing regime leaders until we find someone who will. I think the Islamic Republic has underestimated how committed Trump is to achieving these goals. He views them, not without reason, as central to his potential legacy. A Middle East without the constant threat of well-armed and well-funded Iranian terror proxies would be a genuine game-changer. This perspective is shaped not only by his own beliefs but also by the strong encouragement of key regional allies who see Tehran as the central threat — and not just Israel, but most of the Gulf states as well. Everything else you’re seeing right now is simply the two sides trying to gain leverage and apply greater pressure on each other. Regarding Trump’s absurd postings specifically, Trump has always been viewed on the world stage as unpredictable and somewhat crazy. He leans into this image. He believes that acting like a bully and openly flexing American power is central to his negotiating and pressure strategy to get what he wants. I have been very critical of Trump for using this style against allies (for example, threatening to take Greenland, or arbitrarily raising tariffs), because it often alienates them unnecessarily and can be counterproductive. (I’m setting aside for now the fact that some of those same allies have proven very unreliable lately.) However, this approach works much more effectively against rogue regimes and enemies. They genuinely believe he is crazy enough to follow through on threats that other leaders would never make. He has proven this with things like the Mauduro raid. That perception gives him a real edge in a game of chicken like the one playing out now. His over-the-top posts actually make it more likely that regime officials will look for an off-ramp with concessions, not less likely. So while you might dislike his style or find the threats inappropriate, the only questions that truly matter are whether he is prepared to follow through (probably not) and whether these threats help achieve a successful outcome. This isn't a podcast debate. It's a war. And now that Trump has committed to it, he rightly wants to win it. Anyone telling you that isn't feasible and he should just give in without achieving America's objectives is intentionally deceiving you, and you might want to ask yourself why...

Classical literature is not just harder content. It is liberation. It rips students out of the tiny prison of their own age, their own trends, their own slogans, their own shallow assumptions about what matters. It reminds them the world did not begin with them, and that their feelings are not the measure of truth. Shakespeare doesn’t teach “skills.” He reveals ambition, lust, betrayal, guilt, and the cost of sin. Homer teaches courage and honor. Augustine exposes the restless heart. Dante shows that loves can be ordered rightly or twisted into ruin. These books give students a map of the soul. Our greatest enemy is a culture training kids to be bored by silence and incapable of deep thought.

This is really interesting. Can someone please explain why most women would vote for a party that most men laugh at or simply shake their heads about?