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## [Minimum Wage Hurts Poor Workers, New Study Finds](https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/minimum-wage-hurts-poor-workers-new)

_2026-08-19 · Ira Stoll_

‘The job loss is concentrated among poor families,’ says paper by UC Irvine professor

## [Hasan Piker’s Wingman Brother Is Space Engineer With Security Clearances Who’s Worked on Air Force One](https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/hasan-pikers-wingman-brother-is-space)

_2026-08-19 · Eliana Johnson_

Plus, Islamic group pulls 'pedophilic' cleric from convention featuring El-Sayed but keeps imam who called Holocaust 'hoax'

## [‘Dog Rape’ New York Times Columnist Delivers Another Dud as Harvard Prepares to Honor Him](https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/dog-rape-new-york-times-columnist)

_2026-08-18 · Ira Stoll_

‘Settler violence’ is declining, but Kristof conjures a crisis

## [MS LIMBO: Israel-Bashing MS NOW Host Ayman Mohyeldin Twists in the Wind After His Third Show Is Canceled in Four Years](https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/ms-limbo-israel-bashing-ms-now-host)

_2026-08-18 · Adam Kredo_

The beleaguered news personality has no new role at the network and has significantly dialed down the anti-Israel rhetoric in his on-air guest appearances and on social media

## [Judge in Harvard Antisemitism Case Was Anti-Israel, Anti-War Activist, McGovern Campaign Aide](https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/judge-in-harvard-antisemitism-case-c7f)

_2026-08-18 · Ira Stoll_

Richard Stearns was Bill Clinton’s roommate and protester pal at Oxford

## [Judge in Harvard Antisemitism Case Was Anti-Israel, Anti-War Activist](https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/judge-in-harvard-antisemitism-case)

_2026-08-18 · Eliana Johnson_

Plus, Foreign Policy magazine spouts anti-Israel views as it cozies up to Qatar

## [Abdul El-Sayed Says Wealthy Should ‘Pay Their Fair Share’ But Appears To Take Advantage of Tax ‘Loophole’](https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/abdul-el-sayed-says-wealthy-should)

_2026-08-17 · Eliana Johnson_

Plus, with Troy Jackson at the helm, Maine Senate Democrats’ campaign arm took big money from corporate PACs and lobbyists

## [Weekend Beacon: First, I Want to Thank My Agent](https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/weekend-beacon-first-i-want-to-thank)

_2026-08-16 · Vic Matus_

Also: What the Windsors and Kennedys have in common (and don't), a search for solace after loss, bridging the gap in 'Stand By Me,' and an homage to Spielberg in 'The End of Oak Street'

## [The Perils of Pausing AI](https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/the-perils-of-pausing-ai)

_2026-08-15 · Mike Watson_

A nonproliferation treaty didn’t stop the spread of nukes. It won’t rein in AI either.

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## [Abdul El-Sayed To Headline Islamic Event Alongside Pakistani Cleric Who Forced His 13-Year-Old Niece Into Marriage, Was Denounced for ‘Pedophilic Rhetoric’](https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/abdul-el-sayed-to-headline-islamic)

_2026-08-14 · Chuck Ross_

Tariq Masood urged his congregants to marry off their own female children and invoked Sharia law on the question of women’s education