Riots and gun violence continued in Philadelphia, New York, Portland, San Antonio, Cincinnati, Chicago, and other major American cities. According to the latest statistics, shootings in Boston have increased by 29% so far this year.
In other news, a man with 14 guns threatened to shoot up a children’s yeshiva camp in Long Island.
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Danish Economy Sees Historic Plunge Due to Coronavirus Crisis
The Danish economy fell by a historic amount in the second quarter of 2020, losing 7.4 percent according to Statistics Denmark.
This accounts for the largest fall in GDP since the early 1990s, when the national stats agency began to measure economic growth on a quarterly basis. The figure also means that Denmark has technically entered a recession for the first time since the 2009 financial crisis. To qualify for a technical recession a country has to record two consecutive quarters with negative changes in GDP.
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S&P 500 Rises to a Record Close, Fully Wiping Out Its Coronavirus Losses
The S&P 500 rose to an all-time high on Tuesday, capping off its incredible recovery from the coronavirus-induced sell-off that knocked it off its previous record back in February.
The broader market index climbed 0.2% to 3,389.78, a record close. It also notched an intraday all-time high, reaching 3,395.06 earlier in the day. The S&P 500’s move into record territory came after the index flirted with its all-time closing high for more than a week. It also confirms the start of a new bull market.
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Atlanta Police Chief Resigns After Facebook Post About Black Lives Matter
The police chief of Johns Creek, Atlanta, Chris Byers, now adds to the unending list of individuals who have lost their livelihood after posting their personal opinions on social media. Byers was made to resign officially on Tuesday after a settlement was agreed upon between the city’s police department and Byers.
“Based on extensive and careful consideration of everything that has occurred within our city over the past few months, we have come to the conclusion that it is in the city’s best interests to part ways with our Police Chief,” said Mayor Mike Bodker.
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Bill Clinton’s Neck Massaged by Epstein Victim in Surfaced Photos
Bill Clinton is shown receiving a neck massage from a young victim of Jeffrey Esptein in recently surfaced photographs obtained by the Daily Mail.
The photos show former president Clinton getting a neck massage from Chauntae Davies, a then-22-year-old massage therapist who acted as Epstein’s personal masseuse. Davies has accused Epstein of raping her.
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Bizarre Musical Ending to DNC Faces Ridicule
Twitter users reacted to yesterday’s Democratic National Convention by suggesting the bizarre musical performance that ended the show looked like something out of a Saturday Night Live skit.
The duo of Billy Porter and Stephen Stills appeared for a “virtual performance” of the protest song “For What It’s Worth,” and as you can see from the video, the word “cringeworthy” doesn’t even being to cover it.
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Cake Lives Matter: Protesters Descend on New York Bakery for Making MAGA-Hat-Shaped Cake
“Cake lives matter” was actually written on a sign of one of the protesters who showed up outside Coccadotts Cake Shop in New York, just outside of Albany. The bakery drew huge protests over the last couple of days for doing what a bakery does: baking a cake.
But, of course, this wasn’t just any cake. This was a cake with feelings: a super-racist, super-homophobic capitalist cake. And the protesters knew that because it was made in the shape of a red hat that said “Make America Great Again” on it.
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Chicago Looters Were College Students, Convicted Felons, Unemployed Parents
A group of looters busted for ransacking high-end stores in Chicago were mostly college students, unemployed parents and convicted felons, according to a report.
The night of mayhem came around an hour after police shot and injured a 20-year-old man who they claim fired at them first near his home in Englewood on Aug. 10, the Chicago Tribune reported.
More than a hundred people were arrested in connection to the looting and destruction, which injured more than a dozen officers and targeted high-end stores such Gucci, Dior and Apple, the outlet reported.
[Comment: A bunch of losers.]
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Cleveland.com Includes Millie Weaver’s Street Name in Viral Article About Recent Arrest
In a story about Infowars correspondent Millie Weaver’s recent arrest, Cleveland.com included the street name where she lives with her boyfriend Gavin Wince, resulting in unknown vehicles driving outside her home on Monday night.
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DNC Viewership Disaster: Less Than Half Tune in to Watch Democratic Convention Compared to 2016
If Trump plans on accusing the Democrats of being low energy, he may be on to something.
In what can only be described as a media disaster, only 5.7 million people tuned in to the first night of the Democratic National Convention on the major broadcast networks, cutting the viewership from 2016 by more than half as the virtual event which many dubbed “as exciting as an infomercial”, proved a dud compared to the traditional live gathering.
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Duke Economist Says Government Should Pay $12 Trillion in Reparations to Black Households
A Duke University economist has calculated what he believes would be the appropriate costs for reparations payments to black citizens whose ancestors were enslaved, with the total coming in right at $12 trillion.
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After the Wilson Police Department confirmed the prevalence of a doctored press release—fraught with typos, spelling mistakes, and grammatical errors—to swing the narrative away from Cannon Hinnant’s coldblooded murder, another meme attempting to paint the murdered child’s parents in a bad light has surfaced.
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Facebook and Twitter Block Links to Plandemic: Indoctornation
Facebook and Twitter are blocking links to London Real’s Digital Freedom Platform (freedomplatform.tv) which is hosting the documentary “Plandemic: Indoctornation”.
The documentary covers the Global Monitoring Preparedness Boardwhich is part of the World Health Organization (WHO). Its board members include Dr. Chris Elias who is President of Global Development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Dr. Anthony Fauci who is the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH), and Dr. George F. Guo who is the Director-General for the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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‘Gun-Toting’ St. Louis Lawyers Will Appear at Next Week’s Republican National Convention
With the DNC snooze-fest fading in the rear view mirror already, focus now turns to the upcoming Republican National Convention that will take place next week.
On the guest list of those attending will be none other than Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who famously took to their front lawn, guns drawn, to protect their property from a group of protesters. They are expected to express their support for President Trump during the upcoming virtual convention, according to the NY Post.
Recall, the St. Louis couple made headlines in June for displaying firearms in front of their home as a group of BLM activists marched towards the Mayor’s house. They were later charged with felony unlawful use of a weapon and fourth-degree assault.
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Gun Violence Continues in Philadelphia; At Least 13 Shot Monday Night
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — After a weekend of bloodshed, gun violence showed no signs of slowing down after at least 13 people were injured in separate shootings on Monday night. And the violence continued into Tuesday.
Police say five people were shot in less than an hour on Monday night in separate shootings. The violence follows a weekend that left 35 people injured.
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The spike in gun violence has claimed another life on the streets of New York City.
Police say 41-year-old Derrick Garner was shot several times in Stuyvesant Heights, Brooklyn Monday night.
The victim was found on Bainbridge Street.
He was pronounced dead at Kings County Hospital.
Monday alone, there were seven shooting incidents and 10 victims. That follows a surge in shootings over the weekend with 27 incidents and 31 victims. Six of them died.
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Indiana Woman to be Sentenced for Helping ISIS
LAKE COUNTY, Ind. — Prosecutors are recommending the maximum penalty for an Elkhart woman who pleaded guilty to financially supporting ISIS.
According to court documents, federal prosecutors say Samantha Elhassani was aware of her actions and should serve 10 years in prison.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says her husband and his brother joined the terrorist group, ISIS. They also say Elhassani made three trips to Hong Kong with thousands of dollars worth of gold and cash to help the group.
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A professor of English at Iowa State University issued a syllabus for her class asserting that any student who opposes the pro-choice perspective or the Black Lives Matter movement will have created “grounds for dismissal from the classroom.”
Chloe Clark gave a warning on the syllabus for her English 250 class, which was obtained by Young America’s Foundation from an anonymous source who wished to avoid retribution for giving it to YAF through YAF’s Campus Bias Tip Line, as Kara Zupkus of YAF noted.
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Latest Violence Outbreak Put Cincinnati on Pace for Bloodiest Year in History
OVER-THE-RHINE, Ohio (WKRC) — Pastor Nick Burnett has presided over two funerals in two days for victims of gunshots at his House of Hope Fellowship Church on Elm Street.
And he’s spent the last four days consoling families of those killed or wounded, just another sign the city might be headed for an all-time record for gun violence.
“Mothers and dads are crying out — they’re crying out because the one that they love, the one that they birthed is not with us anymore,” Burnett told Local 12 Tuesday.
The funerals came after a deadly weekend that saw four killed and nearly two dozen shot total.
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Laura Loomer Claims Victory in Florida Congressional Primary
Laura Loomer (R) has outcampaigned her primary opponents and claimed victory in Florida’s 21st Congressional District.
Loomer, 27, defeated five opponents including Christian Acosta, Elizabeth Felton, Aaron Scanlan, Reba Sherrill, and Michael Vilardi.
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Man With 14 Guns Threatened Mass Shooting at LI Yeshiva Camp: Police
A Long Island man who was found with an arsenal of weapons in his home is accused of threatening to shoot up a yeshiva children’s camp, police said Tuesday.
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Manhunt Launched for BLM Thug Who Put Truck Driver in Hospital With Head-Kick
Update (1650ET): Portland PD have launched a manhunt for Marquise Love (a.k.a. “Keese Love”) as a suspect in Sunday night’s violent attack on a truck driver who was put in the hospital after Love allegedly kicked him in the head.
Love was identified by 4chan users early Monday, and appeared to have admitted to the crime over social media the night of the incident.
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Michigan State, Notre Dame Back Off From Fall Reopening Plans
Two more major research universities are walking back plans to resume in-person undergraduate instruction, continuing a rocky rollout for fall reopening plans across higher education.
The University of Notre Dame announced Tuesday afternoon it will suspend in-person classes for almost 12,000 students, moving undergraduate classes online for two weeks while keeping students on campus and giving the university a chance to reassess its plans and a rising coronavirus infection rate before classes resume. The announcement came at virtually the same time Michigan State asked undergraduates who had planned to live in residence halls to stay home and announced that it will transition classes planned for in-person instruction to remote formats.
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New Trump Ad Questions Biden’s Mental Faculties With Sad ‘Before & After’ Clips
“Did something happen to Joe Biden?” — a new Trump campaign ad questions, before going on the attack and highlighting Biden clips ‘past and present’ to make the case his mental faculties are in decline.
The ad was timed to coincide with the virtual Democratic National Convention, The Hill reports, while Axios’ Jonathan Swan calls it the re-election campaign’s “most brutal ad of the 2020 election”.
“We think it’s very important that voters fully assess Joe Biden’s qualifications and fitness to be president,” a senior campaign official said of the ad to Axios. “Our data show that people are concerned about his ability to do the job.”
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Pandemic Gun Violence: Shootings in Boston Jump 29% in 2020
Gun violence is on the rise in the city this year, with the number of shootings up 29% compared to the same time last year.
The Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, a local advocacy group, draws a straight line from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to the increase in shootings.
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Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Denounces ‘All Violence’ After Brutal Attack on Pickup Driver
Portland’s mayor said he denounces “all violence” in response to Sunday’s brutal beatdown of a man who crashed a pickup near Black Lives Matters protesters in an ugly scene caught on video.
Police responded to the scene after being told protesters chased a white Ford 4×4, which had crashed, and dragged the driver out of the vehicle. When they arrived they found the driver, an adult male, bloody and unconscious on the ground.
Mayor Ted Wheeler, who has faced criticism for his handling of the protests, denounced the attack in a statement Monday night.
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Police investigators have confirmed that the man viciously beaten by Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland on Sunday night was trying to help a transgender female who had been the victim of a robbery.
BLM agitators claimed they attacked the man, subsequently identified as Adam Haner, because he was a “white supremacist” trying to run people over while shouting racial slurs, but there is no evidence of this whatsoever.
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Prosecutors: Slow Process, But We Will Hold Violent Protesters Accountable
SEATTLE — After weeks of violence and destruction have rocked the streets of Seattle—including Capitol Hill where businesses had busted out windows and tagged with vulgar graffiti this weekend — some are wondering if those arrested will be held accountable.
Sunday night was another example as an anti-police-union protest at SPD’s police guild SoDo headquarters left six police officers injured by explosives, and 18 arrested, including one for felony assault.
WATCH: Seattle Police released bodycam footage of the violent clash Sunday night
WARNING: Violence and expletives are captured in the video. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Reporter Who Witnessed Sunday’s Assault in Portland Says City is Like a ‘War Zone’
A Daily Caller reporter covering the protests and riots in downtown Portland told “Fox & Friends” Tuesday it feels like covering a “war zone” with “constant chaos and violence throughout the night.”
Jorge Ventura, who has been covering the events for weeks, said he arrived on the scene Sunday night moments after a man was viciously assaulted by protesters near the federal courthouse.
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San Antonio Police Ask for Public’s Help Following Weekend of Violence, Shootings
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Police Department investigators urged the public on Tuesday to help them crack several unsolved cases following a weekend of shootings in the Alamo City.
“Unfortunately, in this line of work it’s something that we deal with on a constant basis,” said San Antonio Police Officer Doug Greene, as he reflected on the hectic weekend.
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School Parts Ways With Swimming Coach After His Comments About Black Lives Matter on Facebook
A swimming and diving coach at the Germantown High School in Milwaukee was axed over personal opinions shared on his Facebook account. Tim Damico compared Black Lives Matter to the Ku Klux Klan.
In an interview with the WISN-AM radio talk show host Mark Belling, Damico expressed that his dismissal was connected to his post on Facebook and that he as a conservative would never support the Black Lives Matter “organization.”
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In the Senate Intelligence Committee’s fifth and final report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, the panel determined that the FBI gave the Steele dossier “unjustified credence” and that Russia “took advantage” of the “relative inexperience” of Trump’s transition team.
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Special Prosecutor in Jussie Smollett Investigation Finds Kim Foxx’s Office Mishandled Case
The special prosecutor tasked with probing the state attorney’s handling of the Jussie Smollett investigation in Chicago has ruled the office abused its discretion in the caseagainst the actor, but did nothing criminal.
In a statement on the conclusions of his investigation, special prosecutor Dan Webb sharply criticized the handling of the Smollett case by Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and her assistant prosecutors, saying their handling was marked by disarray and misleading statements.
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‘The Mystery is Over’: Researchers Say They Know What Happened to ‘Lost Colony’
BUXTON, N.C. — The English colonists who settled the so-called Lost Colony before disappearing from history simply went to live with their native friends — the Croatoans of Hatteras, according to a new book.
“They were never lost,” said Scott Dawson, who has researched records and dug up artifacts where the colonists lived with the Indians in the 16th century. “It was made up. The mystery is over.”
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Trump Says He Will Posthumously Pardon Susan B. Anthony for 1873 Conviction of Illegal Voting
President Trump announced on Tuesday — the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the U.S. constitutional amendment extending voting rights to women — that he will issue a posthumous pardon for women’s suffrage champion Susan B. Anthony.
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Trump Mocks Michelle Obama’s ‘Snooze’ Speech; Even Leftists Say DNC Unwatchable
President Trump mocked Michelle Obama’s DNC speech Monday, noting that it was pre-taped and extremely boring.
“These are all taped speeches. Michelle Obama, her speech was taped,” Trump said during a campaign speech at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport.
“You want to go to a snooze?” Trump quipped, adding “You know when you hear a speech is taped, it’s like there’s nothing very exciting about it, right?”
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The Babylon Bee, a popular political satire account, was recently temporarily suspended by Twitter. After an extensive hashtag campaign by followers demanding the social media platform revoke the suspension, the account was finally restored.
Twitter said that the suspension was a “mistake.”
While The Babylon Bee is a part of a very few accounts to be restored post suspension, a number of similar accounts such as Titania McGrathand Jarvis DuPont still remain suspended or locked.
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TX Governor Proposal Would Financially Punish Cities That Defund Police
Before ‘woke’ city councils in Texas vote to defund their local police amid a far-left movement to eliminate law enforcement, local officials may want to wait and see if a new proposal by Governor. Greg Abbott (R) to cap property taxes grows legs.
Under new legislation introduced by Abbott, municipalities which defund police departments will be unable to raise revenues by raising property taxes, according to CBS Dallas.
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VA State Senator Faces Felony Charges After Causing Injury to Monument During June Protests
A Virginia state senator has been charged with damaging a Confederate monument during June protests that resulted in a demonstrator being injured when a statue was torn from its podium, law enforcement announced Monday.
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Video: Shirtless Portland Protester Tries to Charge Police, Gets Drenched in Pepper Spray
A video out of Portland shows a shirtless man attempting to charge at police before being drenched twice with pepper spray.
The man was apparently upset about cops arresting his girlfriend.
At first he walks away from riot police but returns with a vengeance while removing his shirt.
The man is screaming something about wanted to kill police if they touch his girlfriend, but he is met with a deluge of pepper spray.
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Video: Students Refuse to Vote for Kamala Harris After ‘Stupid’ Comment
A selection of students vowed not to vote for the politician who previously called young Americans ‘stupid’, before finding out that it was actually Kamala Harris who said it, not President Trump as they initially believed.
Campus Reform captured the students’ priceless responses.
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The German Green Party’s youth organization is calling for a radical reduction in the powers of the state security forces, with plans to eventually eliminate the police and replace with agents who focus on “prevention and cooperation”.
According to the organization, part of the work of police officers is to be taken over by social workers. The Green Youth also wants to disarm the police.
Accofding to Czech news portal idnes.cz, the organization’s goal is to create a “liberated society that gradually overcomes violence and repression as a means of solving social problems.”
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An Austrian publishing house has backed out of a deal to publish Hungarian Christian author Karoly Gyorfi’s new book, “Christian Persecution in the 21st Century” after claiming there is “no anti-Christian sentiment in Europe”, the writer said in an interview with Hungarian conservative daily Magyar Hirlap.
Answering a question about why he called Christian persecution the Christian holocaust, Gyorfi answered by saying, “This sentence was by no means an attack on the Jewish people. In my book, I have quoted an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, who said that Christians are the Jews of the 21st century. Meaning that the persecution the Jews suffered in the past is now being experienced by Christians,” Gyorfi said.
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Czechia is Ready to Dump Its Koruna Currency and Embrace the Euro, Says PM Babis
The Czech Republic is ready to join the eurozone and drop its koruna currency, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said in an interview with the Harvard International Review magazine, where he also expressed his continued opposition to accepting migrants in his country.
Babis issued the caveat that he will wait until the European Union adopts some necessary reforms to embrace the euro currency, which will, for example, allow member states to force countries in Southern Europe to use their budgets “more reasonably.”
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Czechia to Make Wearing Face Masks Mandatory Again
On Sept. 1, Czechia will reintroduce a mandatory mask rule for people indoors and in public transport, Minister of Health Adam Vojtech told reporters after the meeting of the Government Council for Health Risks.
According to him, the measure is to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after the beginning of the school year, which causes more frequent contacts between people and more travel. As Vojtech previously stated, the autumn might be complicated regarding the COVID-19 pandemic but also other respiratory diseases.
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At a Black Lives Matter protest in Parliament Square in London on Sunday, radical activists proclaimed that they are not “loyal to Britain” because of the alleged institutional racism they see as inherent in the United Kingdom’s capitalist system.
In a Breitbart London exclusive video a speaker at a Black Lives Matter protest said: “Britain is a racist country and if you disagree with that then you are not an anti-racist.”
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French Riot Police Deployed to Enforce Mask Laws
A deployment of 130 officers from the Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité (CRS), a reserve branch of the French National Police that specializes in crowd and riot control, will join local police in cracking down on those who flout face covering mandates.
Mask rules have been expanded in France’s second largest city, with authorities blaming a supposed ‘spike in cases’ for stricter policies, which include mandatory face coverings while outdoors at farmer’s markets, in select neighborhoods, and in high-traffic pedestrian areas.
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Greta Thunberg (Remember Her?) Schedules Meeting With Angela Merkel
Swedish climate worrier Greta Thunberg will meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday, giving the German leader 90 minutes to outline Europe’s approach to the global “climate emergency.”
The head-to-head comes just two months after Thunberg publicly scolded Merkel for being “attention seeking” after she lined up for a picture alongside the teenager at the U.N. in New York.
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A lot has been said over the years about how, when, and if Big Tech allows law enforcement agencies access to massive amounts of personal user data these companies are constantly collecting and monetizing. Usually, the story has been that they either do it under pressure, or at least attempt to fight back.
But a new report now says that Google has been doing it voluntarily, and “regularly” — having set up its own “investigative unit,” something called the CyberCrime Investigation Group (CIG) — to single out mostly what are referred to as “far-right” users.
That’s according to the Guardian which cites a document it has seen that come from a recent hacking effort, known as Blueleaks, containing hundreds of thousands of documents spanning the period between 1996 and 2020.
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Soros Warns Europe: “Beware the Leaders Within”
In a lengthy transcription of an interview with Italy’s La Repubblica, billionaire hedge fund manager, philanthropist, and — some might argue — puppet master to a new world order, expounded at length on Europe’s demise, financial market bubbles, and — the focus of this note — Europe’s imminent demise unless they follow his grand plan.
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UK Medical School Agrees to ‘De-Colonise Curriculum’
The University of Bristol’s Medical School has outlined measures the institution will take to “de-colonise the curriculum”.
One of the UK’s top medical schools, Bristol announced it will be taking a range of actions including educating students on medicine’s ‘racist’ history, according to a report by the BBC.
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UK: Alleged Jihadi Terror Plotter Tells Court ISIS ‘Created by America’ To ‘Increase Islamophobia’
An alleged Islamist terror plotter has told an English court he viewed terrorist videos only as “research” and that the Islamic State was fabricated by the U.S. to encourage Islamophobia.
26-year-old Hisham Muhammad, who is alleged to have been modifying a drone to drop a “harmful device” and planning an armed “lone wolf attack”, possibly against members of the military or police officers, said of the Islamic State: “I don’t believe it exists, I believe it was created by America. I believe it was created by America to take away the rights of Muslims.”
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UK: Nelson Statue Vandal Walks Free After Judge Lets Him Off With Conditional Discharge
Jae Ikhera, who repeatedly vandalised a statue of Admiral Lord Nelson in Norfolk, has been allowed to walk out of court with a conditional discharge despite being convicted of two counts of criminal damage.
The 19-year-old vandalised the memorial to the British icon, who dealt crushing defeats to Revolutionary France and Napoleonic France at the Battle of the Nile and the Battle of Trafalgar, which put an end to Napoleon’s dreams of conquering the Holy Land and Great Britain, respectively, among many other battles — two of which claimed his right eye and right arm — on two separate occasions.
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Vast Majority of Men Prosecuted for Buying Sex in Swedish City Are Foreign-Born
Since the beginning of 2019, the Swedish city of Uppsala has prosecuted 23 people, all men, for soliciting prostitutes and the statistics reveal that 78 per cent are foreign-born.
Stina Holmberg, who works at the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Bra), stated that she was not surprised that foreigners were over-represented in cases of soliciting prostitutes in the city.
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Stabbed Israeli Border Guard Shoots to Death His Palestinian Attacker
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli Border Police officer stabbed in the chest in Jerusalem shot and killed his Palestinian assailant.
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The Suffering of Lebanon’s Christians: “We Will Disappear”
by Lorenzo Vita
In the aftermath of the explosion Beirut mourns its dead and weighs the damage caused. It is extensive, considering that the force of the blast devastated not only the port but all the neighbourhoods hit by the shockwave. A war scenario which has lacerated the Lebanese capital but also gashed the reality of a Country which has always been an extremely delicate mosaic of religions, ideologies and sensibilities and which is now forced to confront its deepest issues, first and foremost, survival. Because the Lebanon which until only a few decades ago was considered the jewel of the Middle East, today risks being buried beneath Beirut’s ruins once and for all.
In this delicate and precious ecosystem encased between the East and the Mediterranean, Christians are forced to endure a particular situation. Integration has always been one of Lebanon’s strong points, yet Christians of all confessions know what it means to have to survive, especially surrounded by people of different religions. And today, following the disaster, the watchword is “survival”, and maybe even an attempt towards a rebirth. A reality which bishop Matthias Charles Mrad knows only too well. The Patriarchal Vicar of Beirut’s Eparchy of Catholic Syrians alongside his expression of faith also rallies to fuel a spirit and strength aimed at finally bringing Lebanon back on its feet one day.
Eminence, what is currently the situation in Lebanon following the explosion?
The situation in Lebanon now appears calm. Definitely more calm than during the hours and days immediately following the explosion, however what the Country is going through is dramatic. Lebanon is experiencing a terrible political and economic crisis, and on top of this Lebanon has had to face an explosive combination: first the protests, then the Coronavirus, now the devastation of Beirut. The crisis is taking its toll on its people and the entire country needs to be rebuilt even beyond the rubble. The State has failed, politics is non-existent, and the population is left to itself, devastated: reconstruction must begin from the people.
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Hungary Supports Polish Position on Belarus, FM Szijjarto Says
Ahead of Wednesday’s European Union diplomatic summit on the situation in Belarus, Central European countries are working hard to establish a common position, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjartó said on Monday in two consecutive Facebook messages.
“European public opinion remains concerned with the situation in Minsk. Today, I have conferred about it with EU foreign representative Josep Borrell and my German colleague Heiko Maas,” Szijjartó wrote. “I hope we can find as soon as possible calm solutions that are based on dialogue and reflect a common stance of the European Union.”
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Polish PM Tells Belarusian Opposition Leader Sviatlana Tsikhanoushaya That Poland Supports Her
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki assures that Belarussians have Poland’s full support in their strive for freedom and in their everyday lives in Poland in a phone call to Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who fled to Lithuania following election results.
Tsikhanouskaya is currently residing in Lithuania and has announced that she is ready to lead Belarus and called for the implementation of a legal mechanism which would ensure honest elections in her country. Her announcement came after the recording of the largest protest in the history of modern Belarus was published online.
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This is the End of Lukashenko’s Reign, Says Polish Political Science Professor
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko will be unable return to power and no force will be able to change that, said Zurawski vel Grajewski, a professor of political science from the University of Lódz,
He explained that Russia’s potential takeover of influence in Minsk will depend on Moscow’s evaluation of the political costs of such an operation.
“Russia of course wants to control Belarus, but at the cheapest price possible. Meanwhile, Lukashenko is currently a factor which maximizes the political costs. He has stopped being useful to anybody,” the professor said, adding that the president has lost the support of the people and will not regain it due to the scale of the current conflict.
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Hospitals in China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region aborted late-stage pregnancies and killed newborn babies as part of a campaign to eradicate Uighur culture, a Uighur obstetrician told Radio Free Asia on Monday.
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Australian Authorities to Remove Children From Parents’ Care at Will Over COVID-19 Fears
In a disturbing revelation, Australian authorities have arrogated themselves the power to remove children from the care of their parents over coronavirus fears as the country is forced to levelling degrees of lockdown, depending on the state.
The act which was proposed as a temporary measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in what has been considered an emergency.
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Google Accused of Peddling Misinformation
In Australia, Google is getting a bit of a taste of its own medicine, after spending much of this year running amok flagging, deplatforming, or removing content as misinformation. Now, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is accusing Google of doing just that — disseminating misinformation.
Google’s battles in various parts of the world whose markets it holds in a firm, some say effectively monopolistic grasp with its search, advertising, news and other content, are fairly profiled by now.
In the US, it’s mostly about political influence; in Europe, the giant’s problems have to do with regulatory issues; and in Australia, the dispute always seems to circle back to money, as Australian publishing corporations, with the backing of their country’s authorities, want a slice of Google’s super lucrative, advertising-generated pie.
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Melbourne: Authorities to Use Surveillance Drones to Catch People Not Wearing Masks
Authorities in Melbourne, Australia will use high-tech surveillance drones to catch people outside not wearing masks as well as to scan for vehicles that are in violation of curfew by being more than 5km from home.
“High powered drones will be used to find people not wearing masks and cars too far from home,” according to a 7News Melbourne news report.
The drones will also be used to ensure skate parks and playgrounds remain empty.
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Syrian Migrants Held Woman as Sex Slave in Germany, Beat Her With Coat Hangers
A verdict has been reached in the case in Germany of two Syrian war refugees, a father and son, who have been found guilty of kidnapping a Syrian woman, raping her, and torturing her.
The two Syrian refugees’ original plan was to kidnap a virgin and bring her to Germany as a sex slave, according to German newspaper Bild.
The Weiden district court judge ruled that 48-year-old Ahmad E. is guilty of abducting a Syrian girl and bringing her to Germany to marry his 22-year-old son Khaled E. who then abused her and even filmed the beatings of the victim.
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Three Migrants Charged With Rape of 15-Year-Old Italian Girl on Lignano Beach
Three migrant youths on temporary leave from a refugee center raped a 15-year-old Italian girl Saturday evening on a beach near Udine in northeastern Italy.
The young woman was alone and waiting for some friends when she was approached by a group of three men — two are Albanians and one Egyptian. The three had left a refugee center in Milan to spend the mid-August night by the sea, in Lignano Sabbiadoro, a well-known seaside resort in the province of Udine.
According to Milanese daily Il Giornale, the group of foreigners is suspected of forcing themselves on the girl, with two of them allegedly raping the 15-year-old, while the third migrant, a peer of theirs, allegedly only watched what his friends were doing without trying to stop them or warn anyone. The police are charging him with not stopping the crime.
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Turkey: People Smugglers Using Facebook to Advertise Fake ‘Cruises’ To Europe
People smugglers in Turkey are allegedly advertising their services under the guise of fake “cruises” on social media platform Facebook, offering to ship migrants to Italy for €5,500.
The journeys are advertised as a three to four day trip aboard a yacht from Turkey to the Sicilian coast on a Facebook page labelled “The Road to Europe” with adults paying the full price, half price for children between four and ten and children under three given a free trip.
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Federal Judge Issues Temporary Injunction Blocking Idaho Law That Keeps Males Out of Female Sports
A federal judge issued a temporary injunction Monday to prevent the state of Idahofrom enacting a law that would keep biological males out of girls’ and women’s sports.
Gov. Brad Little signed the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act in March after it passed the Idaho Senate earlier that month. The American Civil Liberties Union has since challenged the law in court.
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“Czechia is Ready to Dump Its Koruna Currency and Embrace the Euro, Says PM Babis”
Don’t believe him. We citizens don’t want the € (not under the current circumstances, as least) and Babiš knows too well it would cost him his mandate.
“‘Christians Are the Jews of the 21st Century’ — Hungarian’s Book on Christian Persecution in Europe is Dropped by Austrian Publisher”
Is there any chance to support the author in publishing this book or does anyone have a link where it can be purchased?
This is the kind of people we need to pay attention to!
With the Green-Left so neurotic about everything they can possibly associate with Nazis, how will they take the truth that precisely the Nazis initiated what is now the favourite item of green politics — wind power?
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.journalistenwatch.com%2F2020%2F08%2F18%2Fwindkraft-erfindung-nazis%2F
Ancillary remark: The metaphor of a watermelon has a very different meaning across the pond. We call the Greens the “Watermelon Party” because of their thin layer of green on the outside, red flesh and brown seeds. Intransigence to facts combined with dictatorial approach and pure socialist underbelly.
Point it out and the brains will explode. Although im also sure the Dutch will be jealous they were surpassed in wind power long ago. The both of us will soon be arrested for climate and wuhan virus denial
GERMANY A day in the life of reading ONE single national newspaper.
(Most news doesn’t make it national any more.)
Muslim terror attack in Berlin, tried to kill six people screaming “Aluha Akbar”.
Bunch of illegals found in truck. Press worried they may be thirsty.
54yo woman pushed in front of an oncoming train (regular occurrence).
Illegal who pushed an 8yo boy and his mother in front of an oncoming train apologizes to mother.
Jewish bar petrol-bombed.
SWAT takes out a Muslim Terror cell in Potsdam.
Muslim rapper fighting in court for millions against a large criminal Muslim Arab family.
Unusually large number of single parents from Africa. Welfare system being systematically screwed.
Kids shot at for being too loud.
Large scale drug dealing found in Kebab shop. Yesterday, they found secret gambling rooms.
Domestic cats being tortured, and hedge hogs used as a football.
Another large number of mail ballot papers, destroyed, never delivered.
Number of truck and bus accidents increases. Refugees from Africa and Arabia are being employed there now.
German “FBI” informer warned several times about the Berlin Muslim Attacker Anis Amri.
German regional minister Reul announces that Arab criminal gangs now play in the same league as the Italian Mafia in Germany.
Red cross rescuer stabbed to death.
Accused murderer of German Politician – who told Germans to leave the country if they don’t like refugees – appears in court.
The Terrorist Turkish PKK boss – lives in Germany – is sent to prison for 2.5 years.
Two rapists arrested by police – nationality not mentioned – because not European.
Mob try and lynch Harley driver, after an accident.
15yo Illegal attacks 10 policemen and women.
An Arab 15yo attacks police and passers by, tries to stab them. Riot breaks out.
Arab wanted to kill someone and chop them into pieces, but just killed them instead.
African illegal from Somalia kills another African illegal from Somalia and gets 6 years sentence.
Number of Iceland ponies stabbed. This began happening as a regular occurrence when the illegals arrived.
A man accused of insulting politicians at an anti-corona demonstration is described as a Nazi, right-wing extremist by the press.
Illegal who stabbed a train conductor is caught. Lots of this going on. 2 days ago another conductor was stabbed in the neck.
Fresh water becoming scarce. Record number of illegals and no travelling means people stay home, use more water.
Another 24yo found killed on the street. Never used to happen a few years ago. Every other day something like this is reported.
Child brings a hand grenade to school.
Dog (Muslims consider them to be unclean) bites into a bread roll prepared with razor blades.
Police shoot an illegal in leg at hospital who attacked them with broken glass bottles. Again, regular occurrence. He had stabbed another man with a broken bottle in the town center the day before and was being treated. Free of charge of course.
19yo fireman killed deliberately – someone turned on a propane tank and lit a candle. The guy walked into a trap.
ACAB. German State TV feeds hatred towards policemen. Calls them racists. 12% left into early retirement last year. 60% to retire within 5 years. Germany wants to recruit Arabs and Turks as policemen. No joke.
People in a bar attacked by a man yielding a gun. Nationality / Ethnicity hidden from the press.
Man found dead in the woods.
Man stabs 40yo to death in the chest.
Rapist sought by police. Looks illegal,can’t speak German.
In Hungary, the staunchly catholic country with traditional family values that does not want to legalize queers and transgender, Germany flies to rainbow flag at it’s embassy there.
Germans who refuse to work a mask are to be fined heavily. (Won’t happen to the illegals).
Really? Because you had to go a ways back for more than a few of those headlines. That doesnt distract from the point, but two can play this game. What country are you from by chance?
Lots of enriching news today
https://www.rt.com/news/498408-swedens-arab-party-responsibility/
Sweden’s new Arab party denies it will “Arabize” the country….😑
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/football/53767540?__twitter_impression=true
Tolerant dhimmi Britain at it again.
Mass Arab and African rioting in France. It’s only the 50th time this year.
https://mobile.twitter.com/MLP_officiel/status/1296038314710118400
Whatever, just more youths I suppose. Time for more one sided corona rules.
Who’s with me!
https://mobile.twitter.com/patcondell/status/1296091636137693184
https://mobile.twitter.com/BaronStrucker/status/1295893107763019779
Indians tried to celebrate their independence too, but Pakistanis weren’t having it.
Why continue to live under British rule instead of living in a India and Pakistan free of Great Britain? Might as well sing God save the Queen because it infers the same thing.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/four-men-stabbed-london-bar-a4528906.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1597859634
Four men stabbed in London.
Vehicular Jihad in Berlin was a failed “asylum seeker” who was supposed to be deported but he escaped said deportation apparently (he should have just head across the channel!)
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-germany-motorway-road-attack-terror-islamic-a9677106.html%3famp
German media surprisingly reported he yelled “ALLAHU AKBAR” which I thought was a big no no. He has since been called crazy but motivated by “Islamism”, the fake propaganda word in which any terrorist identified as Muslim must be mitigated with.
https://mobile.twitter.com/BasedPoland/status/1296171701949038600
https://mobile.twitter.com/BasedPoland/status/1296159433710600193
MSM dead quiet as usual as “Parisians” show their love for French society, this would make national headlines literally anywhere else.
https://mobile.twitter.com/ybouziar/status/1295869889933185024
https://mobile.twitter.com/ybouziar/status/1295849031437090816
https://www.thelocal.fr/20200819/toulouse-first-french-city-to-make-masks-compulsory-in-all-outdoor-areas/amp
Well congratulations Toulouse. But I suppose if the rioters reach you from Paris that wouldn’t matter huh?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/news/world/1324893/Emmanuel-macron-paris-riot-football-fans-riot-police-champs-elysees-france-news-champions/amp