So much for “peaceful protests” at Columbia University.

Violence is not a bug but a feature of the pro-Hamas encampment movement, which has a deep rot of Anti-Americanism and AntiSemitism at its core.

Happening back in my hometown district on Long Island: Service Academy Night on May 13 with Tom Suozzi to learn more about attending one of our nation’s service academies…🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 U.S. Military Academy at West Point U.S. Naval Academy U.S. Air Force Academy USMMA Official U.S. Coast Guard Academy

In a rare find, two bottles of cherries, buried for about 250 years, have been found in the hardened dirt in the basement of George Washington’s home at Mount Vernon, Va. wapo.st/3UrvDVF

Although the # of attacks is falling, they are continuing. The Western coalition addressing the problem is having an impact but continued vigilance is needed until sufficient pressure is put on Iran to make them to stop sending weapons to these pirates. gcaptain.com/ukmto-ship-dam…

'Houses of Parliament, Sunset' (1904) by Claude Monet

(Kunsthaus Zürich)

Some timeless wisdom from Marcus Aurelius who was born on April 26, 121 AD…The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) Daily Stoic Ryan Holiday

KING HEALTH UPDATE:
Palace announces King Charles will return to public duties from next week.
King still receiving cancer treatment but has green light from doctors to resume public engagements.
New image released of King & Queen Camilla to mark upcoming anniversary of

We should all be able to agree that sexual violence must never be used as a tool of war. #ScreamsBeforeSilence sheds light on the sexual atrocities Hamas committed on October 7. The documentary launches this Friday, April 26 on YouTube.

The crew of @HMSDiamond are continuing to save innocent lives in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

Yesterday Diamond became the first Royal Navy ship to shoot down a missile since 1991 - when they destroyed a Houthi missile targeting merchant vessels.

Word fact of the day (with apologies to those who knew it already): the terms 'upper case' and 'lower case' began with the two type cases or trays that were used in the printing trade to hold the movable type. Each was positioned on an angled stand, and the case containing the

I love how the word 'atone' wears its heart on its sleeve. It began as 'at one', because to atone is to bring back unity. Atonement is really 'at-one-ment'.

In the same way, 'alone' began as 'all one'.

NBC News Exclusive: “We are increasingly concerned [about] the potential for some kind of coordinated attack here in the homeland, which may be not that different from what you saw against the concert hall in Russia a few weeks ago from ISIS-K”, FBI Director Wray says.

STORY:

House returns at 10:30am today for a brief pro forma session during its weeklong recess over Passover & will be down to 430 voting members (217R, 213Ds & 5 vacancies). Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) officially resigned after voting for the foreign aiid bills on Saturday. CSPAN

Wishing everyone a joyous and meaningful Passover holiday! 🌸 As we celebrate freedom and renewal, may we keep all the hostages in our thoughts and work toward their safe return.

Putting up a few pictures of our home this #EarthDay today. Of course, the famous Earthrise photo taken by Bill Anders is the one in color, but the B&W snap taken by Frank Borman was the first ever picture of Earth captured by a human orbiting the Moon – both were taken on Apollo

'London Buses Towards Houses of Parliament' (2022) by Daisy Sims Hilditch
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After Oct 7, I shared this famous 1790 letter from George Washington to the Touro Synagogue in Newport, RI. Today felt like a good day to share it again: founders.archives.gov/documents/Wash…

More on the letter here: tourosynagogue.org/history/george…
US National Archives David Wolpe Mount Vernon

Head of Columbia/Barnard Kraft Center for Jewish Life emails students “It is unacceptable that I need to send this email in 2024” but: NYPD will be at the Kraft Center through Passover & Public Safety will provide escorts to/from Kraft Center for anyone attending the Seder

In response to “horrific” scenes of antisemitic harassment at and around campus, the Orthodox Rabbi at Columbia/Barnard sent a WhatsApp message to more than 290+ Jewish students this morning recommending that they go home until it’s safe again for them on campus:

On Squawk Box talking about Israel and Iran