Big Donor Money Flows to Anti-Israel Protests, K-12 Antisemitism Hearing, Inflation Still High | May 8
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🗓️ 8 May 2024
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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:
- A report highlights how the prominent Pritzker family funds anti-Israel protests.
- The House holds another antisemitism hearing, this time on K-12 schools.
- The New York Times publishes a report on all the unaccompanied minors released in the U.S. during the border crisis.
- Inflation numbers remain elevated.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Virginia Allen and this is the Daily Signal Top News for Wednesday, May 8th. |
| 0:08.0 | Here are today's headlines. The owners of Hyatt Hotels are giving millions of dollars to anti-Israel groups |
| 0:26.2 | around the country. According to Federal Election Commission data reported on by |
| 0:31.2 | Politico, members of the Pritzker family who own Hyatt |
| 0:35.4 | hotels have been giving money to anti-Israel protests. The Pritzkers |
| 0:40.8 | founded the Libra Foundation. |
| 0:43.2 | The group funds small, more narrow non-profits, |
| 0:47.0 | many of which have been active in the anti-Israel protests in cities |
| 0:51.2 | and on college campuses. |
| 0:53.2 | They've also funded groups like Climate Justice Alliance, |
| 0:56.4 | Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity, |
| 0:59.2 | and the Immigrant Defense Project, |
| 1:01.7 | which have organized protests in Washington, D.C. where arrests |
| 1:04.8 | have taken place. That's according to Politico. The Pritzkers also fund a |
| 1:09.2 | nonprofit that funds left-wing causes and organizations around the country called the Tides |
| 1:15.0 | Foundation. The Tides Foundation is also funded by billionaire George Soros. |
| 1:19.7 | Illinois Democrat Governor J. B. Pritzker is a member of the family and has denied the report. |
| 1:27.0 | Pritzker said on Tuesday, that's a completely false story. |
| 1:33.0 | The House held a hearing on Wednesday about increasing anti-Semitism at K-12 schools. |
| 1:39.0 | There were three school leaders who testified. |
| 1:42.0 | Florida Republican Representative Aaron Bean serves as head of the Education Panel Subcommittee |
| 1:47.6 | on Early Childhood Elementary and Secondary Education. |
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