Otto Skorzeny was commissioned by Adolf Hitler to terrorize Allied troops during and especially towards the end of World War II. Skorzeny is the father of modern terrorism and guerrilla warfare.  His force committed atrocities against U.S. troops in the waning days of World War II. Germany surrendered, but Skorzeny’s assassins continued to operate until 1947. He was imprisoned but escaped, as three SS officers dressed as U.S. soldiers freed him in 1948. 

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released data that shows the number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States has increased by 361% since October 7, 2023. This includes assault, vandalism, harassment, protest/action, and divestment resolutions. In terms of university campuses, anti-Semitic incidents has increased 477%. The top ten Universities include: Columbia, University of Michigan, Harvard, UC, Berkeley, UCLA, Rutgers, Stanford, Cornell, University of Washington, and University of North Carolina. Cornell just allowed Associate Professor of History Russell Rickford back to teaching. He had called Hamas’ massacre of Jews on October 7 “exhilarating.” Once reinstated, he immediately joined an anti-Israel protest.

There are presently 220 Republicans and 211 Democrats in Congress. The silver lining to the loss by Lee Zeldin to Governor Kathy Hochul in 2022 was that his coattails brought in six new Republican Congressmen. They included: Nick LaLota in District 1, George Santos in District 3, Anthony D’Esposito in District 4, Mike Lawler in District 17, Marc Molinaro in District 19, and Brandon Williams in District 22.

September 20 marks 19 years since Simon Wiesenthal, Holocaust survivor and legendary Nazi hunter, passed away. Wiesenthal represented the long arm of the Jewish people. In his book Murderers Among Us, he describes how he tracked down over 800 Nazis.