The British government issued an ultimatum to France after more than a thousand illegal migrants crossed the English Channel and landed in England in a single day. Meanwhile, in the month since Latvia declared a state of emergency, it has apprehended more than a thousand illegal migrants crossing the border from Belarus.
In other news, health authorities in Sydney are confiscating alcohol from residents of an apartment building that is in strict lockdown. The government is concerned that the locked down residents are endangering their health by having too much alcohol delivered to them.
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“Harmful Language” Trigger Warning Added to US Constitution on National Archives Website
The official National Archives website has added a trigger warning to the US Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights which cautions that the documents contain “harmful language.”
Yes, really.
“The National Archives have now put a disclaimer on their website that our historical documents may include Harmful Content,” tweeted Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado).
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America’s largest Confederate statue — the 12-ton bronze statue of Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee — was removed from its pedestal in Richmond, Virginia, on Wednesday morning to the sound of ‘black lives matter’ chants and crowds singing ‘Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye’ in the latest victory for BLM.
The 21ft bronze statute of Lee atop a horse will now be sent to the Goochland Women’s Correctional Center in Virginia until officials know what to do with it permanently. It is the latest Confederate statue to have been toppled by the BLM movement amid protest from white residents who thought it should be preserved in history.
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AP Forced to Issue Correction on Fake News About Ivermectin
The Associated Press was forced to issue a correction after it falsely claimed that 70 per cent of calls to the Mississippi Poison Control Center were about people ingesting ivermectin to treat COVID-19.
The actual number was 2 per cent.
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AP Source: Trump to Endorse GOP Challenger to Cheney
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has chosen a favored candidate in his bid to unseat Rep. Liz Cheney, one of his most vocal Republican critics.
Trump is planning to endorse Wyoming attorney Harriet Hageman, who is preparing to launch a primary campaign against Cheney, the most prominent member of Congress to vote for Trump’s second impeachment, according to a person familiar with his decision. The person spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of a formal announcement.
[Comment: Lynn Cheney is toast politically. She might have a future, though, as the token Republican on MSNBC talk shows, or founding a think tank funded by the military-industrial complex.]
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Apple Accused of Using “Aggressive” Tactics to Avoid Regulation
According to documents analyzed by the Tech Transparency Project (TTP), Apple used “aggressive” lobbying tactics to sway opinion in Georgia, North Dakota, Arizona and other states that had regulations against existing App Store policies.
The results of an investigation released on Tuesday detail Apple’s lobbying efforts in the United States to thwart regulations for the App Store.
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BLM Members Arrested Two Months After Saratoga Protest
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The series of arrests that began Tuesday night in Saratoga Springs stems from a Black Lives Matter rally that took place earlier in the summer, on July 14th. On that night, protesters gathered at Congress Park and then proceeded to march through city streets, which prompted local police to intercede.
“They’ve been out here. They could have arrested them if they wanted, any other time. They’re not hiding,” said Nedra Hickenbottom, whose two children were among those arrested.
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Far-Left Protesters Plan to Target Kavanaugh’s House: ‘You’re Going to Hear From Us’
A left-wing group is planning a protest next week outside of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home in reaction to his decision to dismiss a challenge to Texas’ controversial abortion law.
“Brett Kavanaugh: You’re going to hear from us directly,” reads a Facebook event from ShutDownDC. The group says they’ll use Monday’s event to tell him to “keep your oppressive” ideology “out of our bodies” and demand his resignation.
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Florida Girl, 11, Describes How She Survived Marine’s Shooting Rampage That Left Family Dead
Lakeland girl told detectives she played dead, prayed, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says
The only surviving victim, an 11-year-old, who remains hospitalized after a Marine veteran on a shooting rampage burst into her central Florida home and killed four people, including a baby in his mother’s arms, has since told investigators that she believes she made it out alive because she played dead and prayed.
Authorities have said there is zero known connection between Marine sharpshooter 33-year-old Bryan Riley, of Brandon, Fla., and his victims whom he allegedly gunned down inside their home in an unincorporated area of Lakeland before barricading himself inside and firing at law enforcement.
“Despite us fearing there were booby traps, our Sgt. Graham rushed into the house when he heard there was someone in there, scooped her up and ran out with her, and she said, ‘The other three are dead,’“ Judd said on camera in front of a Forensic Investigations Lab Services van stationed at the house.
The 11-year-old girl, whose name had not been released, had been shot several times in the legs but is expected to make a full recovery, Judd said. A student at Lake Gibson Middle School, she remains hospitalized at Tampa General Hospital in stable condition…
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Franklin Regional Parents Protest Mask Mandate
A group of about 45 parents protested the state’s mask mandate outside Franklin Regional high and middle schools Wednesday morning.
Many said they were looking to regain control of the decision from state officials, who announced last week that all schools and daycare centers must require masks for everyone while indoors regardless of vaccination status.
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Gold Star Mom Invites Trump — Not Biden — to Son’s Funeral
A Gold Star Mother whose Marine son was one of 13 who died amid the botched Afghanistan pullout says she’s inviting President Donald Trump to her son’s funeral rather than Joe Biden.
After Trump responded that her son would not have died if he were President, the mother of fallen Marine Kareem Nikoui, Shana Chappell, asked Trump if he would join her to lay him to rest.
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Google Launches ‘Antiracism’ Initiative That Claims America is ‘White Supremacist’
Critical race theory’s number one critic, Christopher Rufo, has once again uncovered a company pushing a particular political ideology onto their employees.
This time it’s Big Tech giant, Google. In this case one of the managers of this program was anti-Israeli, and a portion of the materials targets Ben Shapiro.
At one point in Google’s materials, they place Jewish commentator Ben Shapiro in “The White Supremacy Pyramid.”
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HPD Issues Over 100 Citations on Labor Day Weekend With Majority Related to Large Gatherings
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) — The Honolulu Police Department said officers issued more than 100 citations over Labor Day weekend amid an increase in enforcement.
Officials said more than 200 warnings were also issued with violations relating to large outdoor gatherings as well as park and traffic violations.
HPD said a majority of citations and warnings were issued at beaches and parks to groups that exceeded more that 25 people.
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Jimmy Kimmel Returns to Amplify Debunked Ivermectin Story, Attacks Alex Jones
Jimmy Kimmel returned to the airwaves last night to amplify the debunked claim that poison control centers are reporting huge ‘spikes’ in calls from people taking ivermectin, despite the Associated Press having to publish a retraction admitting that this is not true.
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LAPD Told to Collect Social Media Information for Every Civilian They Stop: Report
On Wednesday, it was revealed that officers with the Los Angeles Police Department have been gathering information on social media accounts from all civilians they interview, regardless of whether or not they were arrested or accused of a crime.
According to The Guardian, copies of the “field interview cards” that police fill out when interviewing and questioning civilians reveal that LAPD officers are instructed to record a civilian’s social media accounts, including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, alongside basic information like name and date of birth.
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Larry Elder Attacked by Egg-Throwing Agitators in Los Angeles
Republican California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder had eggs thrown at him while walking in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
Elder was walking through the Venice neighborhood with members of his campaign team when the attack happened.
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Larry Elder Says He Would Support Legislation Banning Critical Race Theory in Schools
Larry Elder, the frontrunner among California Republicans vying to become governor through a recall election, would support legislation banning critical race theory in public schools, he told Fox News during in an interview.
“My preference is for local school boards to decide what the curriculum is, but I think this is so bad and so insulting that I would look into some legislation like that,” Elder told Fox News.
Elder is the leading replacement candidate in the California recall election. But a Sept. 5 poll showed 53% of voters would keep Gov. Gavin Newsom in office. Newsom only needs a simple majority to keep his position.
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Michigan County Walks Back COVID Letter Threatening to Arrest Parents After Fierce Backlash
A Michigan County health department has revised its COVID guidance letter to parents that originally threatened to arrest them and take their children if the department deemed them a threat to public health.
Allegan County Health Department faced swift backlash after sending notices last week to parents of children exposed to COVID-19 threatening quarantine measures under penalty of arrest.
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Montoursville Area Parents Protest Mask Mandate for School Students
Parents took to the streets of Montoursville Tuesday morning to protest the state Department of Health’s order that required children to be masked in class or risk being sent home.
About 40 Montoursville Area School District parents marched along Broad Street in the borough carrying signs expressing their anger with the order, which took effect on the day students returned from a long Labor Day weekend.
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National Park Removes “Glaciers Will be Gone by 2020” Signs
A national park has removed “glaciers will be gone by 2020” signs because the “global warming” prediction never came true.
Glacier National Park made headlines when it removed park signs meant to highlight “climate change” predictions by the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Police, Fire Unions From Across N.J. Protest Against Newark Mayor’s Coronavirus Vaccine Mandate
Police and fire unions from around New Jersey gathered in front of Newark City Hall on Wednesday to protest Mayor Ras Baraka’s coronavirus vaccine mandate for city employees, which was recently legally challenged.
“No vaccinations without negotiations,” chanted dozens of firefighters, police and their supporters in front of city hall.
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A Portland State University professor has resigned in a scathing public letter in which he slammed the university for not allowing any type of thought that didn’t suit its liberal agenda, calling it a ‘social justice factory’ that drives ‘intolerance of divergent beliefs’. Peter Boghossian was a full-time assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University until his resignation letter was published on Wednesday.
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Portland State Professor Resigns, Says University Became ‘Social Justice Factory’
Portland State University professor Peter Boghossian has resigned in an open letter in which he accuses the administration of fostering an environment hostile to intellectual inquiry and dissent.
Boghossian, a philosophy professor and well-known critic of “woke” ideologies, said Wednesday that the university had created a “Social Justice factory” where students were taught “to mimic the moral certainty of ideologues.”
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Revealed: CDC Changed School Masking Guidance After Threats From Prominent Teachers Union
On Wednesday, internal emails revealed that the CDC changed its school mask guidelines in response to threats from a prominent teachers union.
According to Fox News, emails reveal that the National Education Association, America’s largest teachers union, “sent a draft statement to White House officials that included harsh criticism of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s masking guidance.”
The teachers union published a toned down version in the end, with the CDC changing its tune on masking in schools to masks for all, regardless of vaccination status.
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Road Rage Ends With Fatal Shooting in Catoosa County
Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office detectives are continuing their investigation into road rage incidents Monday night that ended with the shooting death of 34-year-old Jack Pedigo.
Sheriff Gary Sisk said heated words were exchanged between Pedigo and Daniel Vaughn at about 8:11 p.m. Monday while they were on Battlefield Parkway.
An investigation shows that Pedigo followed Vaughn and his wife to their home at 236 Elm Ave. when another heated exchange of words and threats erupted. Pedigo then left Elm Avenue and went to his home off of Three Notch Road.
Vaughn called 911 and reported the incident and the Sheriff’s Office placed a “lookout” on Pedigo’s vehicle. At about 9:26 p.m. Pedigo returned to 236 Elm Ave. and more heated words were exchanged. Vaughn then fired a weapon, killing Pedigo.
Sheriff Sisk said, “This appears to be a tragic event that is a result of a couple of strangers who lost control of their emotions in a war of words.”
He said that no charges have been filed at this time as detectives continue their investigation.
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Statue of General Robert E. Lee Statue Removed From Richmond, Virginia
After years of arguments for the largest Confederate monument in the south to come down, which reached a boiling point after the death of George Floyd, the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia was removed on Wednesday morning.
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Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Cop Assault at Portland Protest
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Texas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to assaulting a federal officer with a hammer outside the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, last summer during a protest.
Jacob Michael Gaines was arrested on July 11, 2020, after he banged a hole in plywood covering an entrance to the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.
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The Elite Are Building Remote Doomsday Mansions
Billionaires are buying high tech bunkers in places far away from large population centers.
What could they possibly be getting ready for?
“Wealthy folks are beginning to understand: they don’t want to be the last ones sticking around when the party ends in the US.”
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Trump Announces Rallies in Iowa and Georgia as 2024 Speculation Mounts
Former President Donald Trump is heading to Iowa and Georgia in the coming weeks as he tries to maintain his hold over the GOP and as speculation builds over a potential 2024 bid.
Trump’s PAC announced the rallies late Tuesday, with one on Sept. 25 in Perry, Georgia, and one two weeks later in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Twitter Said it Made an “Error” In the Suspension of J.D Vance’s Campaign Account
Twitter admitted it made an “error” after it suspended the official campaign press account of J.D. Vance, a Republican who plans to run for Senate in Ohio in next year’s midterms. Vance accused the platform of election interference.
Vance took to Twitter, using his personal account, to complain about the suspension of his campaign account. The screenshot of the suspension notice does not specify what Twitter rules the campaign account violated.
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Unmasked Manchester Students Enter Building in Protest of Mandate
MANCHESTER, MI — Around two dozen students entered Manchester High School without masks on Tuesday in protest of a mask mandate issued by the Washtenaw County Health Department.
The students entered the building on Sept. 7, which was the day the health department’s mask mandate for all schools in the county went into effect.
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Video: CNN Weirdos Angry About Football Fans Cheering and Breathing Too Hard
After Anthony Fauci demonised college football fans attending games and having fun, CNN weighed in with a panel of talking heads who expressed their anger about people gathering and breathing too vigorously.
CNN panelist Dr. William Schaffner declared “People are cheering and enthusiastic, exhaling with vigor; if there are people infected, they can infect people around them … Nobody was wearing a mask … I’d be very surprised if we didn’t have outbreaks.”
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In an interview with Newsmax Tuesday, President Trump slammed the Biden administration’s calamitous Afghanistan withdrawal, labelling it “the most incompetently handled withdrawal or anything else in the history of our country.”
“We’re embarrassed in front of the world,” Trump continued, adding “I don’t think our country has ever seen a period like this, how badly we’re doing, and then you take a look at the border. And worst of all is what took place in Afghanistan.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Trump said it was incredible that Afghans that were taken out aboard US planes were not vetted.
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Video: Joe Rogan Says He May Sue CNN for “Making S*** Up” About Him “Taking Horse Dewormer”
Podcast king Joe Rogan threatened to sue CNN on a broadcast this week, saying that the network is constantly spreading lies about him taking Ivermectin, after CNN claimed that the medicine is horse de-wormer, when it is not.
“Do I have to sue CNN? They’re making s*** up,” Rogan said during the episode of The Joe Rogan Experience.
“They keep saying I’m taking horse dewormer. I literally got it from a doctor. But CNN keeps saying I’m taking horse dewormer. They must know that that’s a lie,” Rogan added.
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Wilson Board Hears Arguments to Ban Critical Race Theory
SPRING TWP., Pa. — The Wilson School Board on Tuesday night heard from several community members who asked for a resolution to be adopted to eliminate critical race theory from the curriculum and from a proposed equity policy.
Over the last several months, parents and community members have criticized a proposed equity policy that was removed from a voting agenda in May in order to allow an ad hoc committee to address the issue this fall.
Many parents have said they believe the proposed policy is a way to incorporate critical race theory into the curriculum.
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Wyoming Superintendent, Senate Leaders to Talk Bill to ‘Fight’ Critical Race Theory in K-12 Schools
CASPER, Wyo. — Wyoming Superintendent Jillian Balow, Senate President Dan Dockstader and Senate Majority Floor Leader Ogden Driskill will be holding a media conference at the Wyoming Capitol at 10 a.m. Friday, September 10, according to the Wyoming Department of Education.
“They will discuss proposed legislation to fight back against Critical Race Theory in Wyoming’s K-12 classrooms,” the WDE says.
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Environmental Protest is Now Biggest Act of Civil Disobedience in Canada’s History
Canadian police have arrested more than 800 people since April in what the Guardian reported is now the biggest act of civil disobedience in the country’s history.
“We have experts in rigging, we have climbers, we have carpenters — we have all these people getting together to build amazing, beautiful things,” Jean-François Savard, one of several protesters camping out in the remote Fairy Creek watershed, told The Guardian. “The [police] are getting very frustrated by our tenacity because we’re constantly rebuilding and coming up with new ideas. People aren’t giving up.”
The country’s indigenous population has a long history of civil disobedience that often aligns with the concerns of environmentalists. Last year, protesters blocked rail lines across the country as the Wet’suwet’en Nation fought against a natural gas pipeline, reported The Canadian Press. But the arrest of at least 866 protesters has surpassed the previous record of arrests, reported The Guardian, set during the “War in the Woods,” another series of anti-logging protests that took place in the 1990s.
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Kevin J. Johnston Sentenced to Jail Time, Fined $20K
CALGARY — A controversial candidate in Calgary’s mayoral race has been sentenced to 40 days in jail for breaking Alberta’s COVID-19 health orders.
Kevin J. Johnston was in court Wednesday morning for sentencing after being found guilty of three counts of civil contempt for holding illegal gatherings during the pandemic earlier this year.
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Partying at Queen’s University Results in Over $117,000 in Fines Over Long Weekend
On Tuesday, the City of Kingston and the Kingston Police updated the community on their efforts to enforce the University District Safety Initiative (UDSI) between Friday, September 3rd and Tuesday, September 7th.
The update comes after several straight days where partygoers could be seen packed into local streets. Police say each night there were between 3,500 and 5,000 people congregated on the streets.
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Rebel News Wins Court Challenge Against Trudeau Liberals to Cover Leaders Debate
Rebel News will be sending eleven journalists to cover the national leader’s debates after being granted an emergency hearing Tuesday. This comes as the debate commission denied eleven of its employees the credentials needed to join the event and ask post-debate questions of the leaders.
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Trudeau Says He’ll Support Businesses Sued for Forcing Vaccine Passports
The Trudeau government announced last month that it was considering mandating vaccination passports for federal public servants and employees in federally regulated industries.
Now the government has announced that it is backing businesses that are worried about being sued for forcing vaccine passports.
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Watch: Calgary Firefighters, EMS, And Police Stand in Silence to Protest Vaccine Mandate
Dozens of Calgary firefighters, EMS and police, stood for one hour in silence Tuesday at City Hall in solidarity against government mandates. More first responder demonstrations are in the works and will be announced soon, according to Calgary Freedom Central.
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Czechs Are More Critical of EU Membership Than Hungarians, Poles, And Slovaks
Citizens of the Visegrad Group, which is an alliance between the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland, have different views on their countries’ membership in the European Union, with the least favorable opinion being expressed by the Czechs. The public in all four countries also differs in attitudes towards the United States and Russia, notes the public opinion poll conducted by Bratislava’s Institute for Public Affairs (IVO).
Only 41 percent of Czechs described their country’s membership in the EU as a good thing, in Slovakia 57 percent expressed the same opinion, in Hungary 59 percent, and in Poland up to 68 percent of the population.
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France: Bataclan Terrorist Declares Himself ‘Islamic State Soldier’ As Trial Begins
Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving terrorist who took part in the 2015 Bataclan massacre in Paris, has declared himself a soldier of the Islamic State during the first day of his trial.
The trial for the November 13th, 2015, attacks which saw Islamic State terrorists murder 130 people and injured 350 others, began on Wednesday in the special Assize Court of Paris and is expected to last at least nine months.
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France: Trial Begins of 20 Men Accused Over 2015 ISIS Paris Attack That Killed 130
PARIS (AP) — In a secure complex embedded within a 13th-century courthouse, France on Wednesday will begin the trial of 20 men accused in the Islamic State group’s 2015 attacks on Paris that left 130 people dead and hundreds injured.
Nine gunmen and suicide bombers struck within minutes of each other at France’s national soccer stadium, the Bataclan concert hall and Paris restaurants and cafes on Nov. 13, 2015. Survivors of the attacks as well as those who mourn their dead are expected to pack the rooms, which were designed to hold 1,800 plaintiffs and 350 lawyers.
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Five German retailers have been accused of profiting off slave labour in the concentration camp region of Xinjiang by the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), claims the businesses deny.
The ECCHR filed a criminal complaint in Germany against the retailers Hugo Boss, Lidl, C&A, Aldi Nord and Aldi Sud, accusing them of benefiting from forced labour from the Muslim Uyghur population in the Xinjiang region of Western China based on publicly available information on the supply chains of the companies.
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Member of Bundestag Wants German Industry to Put Pressure on Hungary
A member of Germany’s liberal FDP party, Renata Alt, who is also head of the committee on Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia, has called for a number of punitive measures to be introduced against Hungary for what she perceives to be the deterioration of the rule of law. The Slovakian born German MP, who has a long history of exceptionally offensive and partisan views on the conservative government of Viktor Orban, has spoken to the Hungarian news portal Index about her frustration regarding the fact that none of the past disciplinary proceedings initiated by European Union’s institutions have led to real economic sanctions that would have hurt the current government.
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Polish Justice Minister Accuses EU of ‘Legal Hybrid Warfare’
Poland’s justice minister is harshly criticizing what he says is the European Commission’s attempt to fine Poland over allegedly defying a European Court of Justice (ECJ) injunction, with the justice minister calling it “legal hybrid warfare”.
Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro and other politicians from “Solidarity Poland” (a junior partner of the ruling Law and Justice party) say the position of the European Commission represents a direct attempt to meddle in Poland’s democratic affairs.
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Pope Reportedly Set to Snub Orban as Catholic Congress in Budapest Begins
The first Eucharistic Congress has begun in Budapest, and it will be the first hosted by Hungary since 1938. Ironically, the pandemic is limiting the number of attendees, while in 1938, Berlin closed its borders to religious pilgrims from Germany and Austria in retaliation against Pope Pius XI’s condemnation of national socialism.
Polish pilgrims were the third-largest contingent at the time, behind only Italy and Czechoslovakia. They were warmly greeted, despite the fact that Warsaw had been Budapest’s rival for hosting the event, ultimately withdrawing in favor of the Hungarians, who were commemorating the 900th anniversary of the death of Saint Stephen, the first king of Hungary.
Poland and Hungary’s roads will cross once more on Sept. 12 when Pope Francis visits Budapest. On the same day, Warsaw will host the beatification of Polish Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski. Pope Francis will spend just seven hours in Budapest before going on to spend three and a half days in neighboring Slovakia.
There has been extensive commentary in Hungary regarding an interview granted to Spanish radio by Pope Francis last week. In that interview, the pope said that he did not know if he would meet Viktor Orban:
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Returned Islamic State Women Arrested in Sweden, Then Released
Two Islamic State women who returned to Sweden from Syria have been released from police custody after being held on suspicion of engaging in war crimes.
Three Islamic State women were flown back to Sweden earlier this week along with their six small children after being held in Syria by Kurdish authorities.
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The EU is Not Prepared for Open, Democratic Debates, Says Hungarian Foreign Minister
There is no opportunity for real, mutually respectful, democratic debates in the European Union, as the ever-evident double standard applied to conservative nations remains an enormous challenge, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjartó said at the Karpacz Economic Forum in Southern Poland on Tuesday.
It is important to have an honest debate on overcoming the challenges facing the continent, yet those who disagree with the mainstream are labeled “anti-European,” Szijjartó said at a “Europe of the Carpathians” panel discussion.
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Britain’s two senior heath ministers continue to give mixed messages on whether parental consent is needed to vaccinate 12— 15-year-olds against the Chinese coronavirus.
On Friday, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) declined to recommend vaccines for non-vulnerable children aged 12 to 15. But the government is reportedly consulting medical officers on whether to go against the advice.
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UK: Just Three Ministers Challenged Boris Over Manifesto Pledge-Breaking Tax Hike
Just three Cabinet ministers had reportedly challenged Boris Johnson over his proposed tax hike, with media suggesting any failed rebellion was minimised amidst the threat of an impending reshuffle of the prime minister’s top table.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Johnson announced a rise in National Insurance tax of 1.25 per cent from April 2022, breaking his election manifesto pledge. Media estimates put that rise on someone earning £20,000 annually to losing around £130 a year and for someone on a salary of £30,000, a £255 loss. A doctor earning average wages could lose as much as £650.
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Woke Scottish Separatists Renew Drive to Break Up United Kingdom
The separatist, left-wing Scottish National Party (SNP) is calling for a second referendum on seceding from the British Union by the end of 2023, despite a senior national government minister ruling out such a vote before the 2024 General Election.
Nicola Sturgeon — whose party works to separate Scotland from the UK under the guise of independence, but demands the loss of sovereignty by rejoining the undemocratic superstate EU — announced that her regional government would renew work on the second referendum.
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Singapore Launches Dystopian Robots to Police “Bad Behavior”
Singapore is testing the use of patrol robots as the new addition to its mass surveillance infrastructure and the pair of machines, named “Xavier,” will have the task of making sure the country’s residents behave themselves in public spaces.
The announcement was made by the city-state’s Home Team Science and Technology Agency, adding that the press release clarified the test would last three weeks and be carried out in the central parts of Singapore.
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The Taliban have started painting over artist’s murals of western symbols and values that adorn the walls of the Afghan capital — including one of George Floyd — and are replacing them with ‘victory slogans’.
Afghan activist Omaid Sharifi’s art collective, Artlords, have spent eight years transforming stretches of Kabul’s labyrinthine concrete blast walls with colourful murals.
They created more than 2,200 murals across the country addressing everything from the killing of George Floyd in the US and the drowning of Afghan refugees in Iran, to gender equality and the signing of the US-Taliban agreement towards peace.
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China’s Weibo Suspends 22 K-Pop Accounts
China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo suspended 22 K-Pop (Korean pop) fan accounts over what it described as “irrational star-chasing behavior.” The move appears to be part of a wider crackdown on the entertainment industry.
Followers of one of the banned accounts raised funds for Park Ji-Min, a member of K-Pop band BTS, on his 26th Birthday to customize a plane. Weibo said the move was “illegal fundraising.”
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Australian High Court Strikes Blow Against Online Free Speech, Comments Sections
In a ruling that will likely make it difficult for websites and users to allow free commenting in the country, the high court of Australia has ruled that creators are liable for comments made by other people underneath their content. The ruling even extends to Facebook posts made by media outlets.
The High Court, the country’s equivalent of the U.S. Supreme Court, rejected an appeal from News Corp and Fairfax Media, finding that both companies can be held liable for defamatory content published underneath online articles on websites operated by the two media companies.
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Extinction Rebellion is Akin to a Secular ‘Cult’
Broadcaster Kel Richards says Extinction Rebellion is akin to a secular “cult” with a “charismatic leader”.
“They have a charismatic leader — bloke named Roger Hallam,” Mr Richards told Sky News host Peta Credlin.
“He manages to persuade his followers that they should give up their jobs, they should be full-time protestors, doing nothing else and risk a criminal record.
“Now that’s a very charismatic leader.
“It reminds you of the earlier religious cults, like Jim Jones in the jungles of Guyana.”
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Health Authorities Confiscate Alcohol Deliveries to Sydney Tower in Strict Coronavirus Lockdown
NSW Health have confiscated bottles of spirits and large quantities of alcohol from residents living in a locked-down apartment block in Sydney’s inner west in an attempt to limit the number of drinks consumed every day.
Mission Australia’s Common Ground Facility in Camperdown was placed into lockdown for two weeks on September 2 after four tenants tested positive.
Residents are now allowed to receive a ration of one of the following per day: six beers or pre-mixed drinks, one bottle of wine, or one 375ml bottle of spirits, according to NCA NewsWire.
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Nine People Fined Over Illegal Party in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs
Nine young men have been fined over a party in Sydney’s eastern suburbs as police continue to crackdown on illegal gatherings in the area.
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A police operation is underway in inner Melbourne, focused on 100 Jewish New Year worshippers who it is understood have breached Covid health orders in two separate gatherings.
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‘Havana Syndrome’ And the Mystery of the Microwaves
Doctors, scientists, intelligence agents and government officials have all been trying to find out what causes “Havana syndrome” — a mysterious illness that has struck American diplomats and spies. Some call it an act of war, others wonder if it is some new and secret form of surveillance — and some people believe it could even be all in the mind. So who or what is responsible?
It often started with a sound, one that people struggled to describe. “Buzzing”, “grinding metal”, “piercing squeals”, was the best they could manage.
One woman described a low hum and intense pressure in her skull; another felt a pulse of pain. Those who did not hear a sound, felt heat or pressure. But for those who heard the sound, covering their ears made no difference. Some of the people who experienced the syndrome were left with dizziness and fatigue for months.
Havana syndrome first emerged in Cuba in 2016. The first cases were CIA officers, which meant they were kept secret. But, eventually, word got out and anxiety spread. Twenty-six personnel and family members would report a wide variety of symptoms. There were whispers that some colleagues thought sufferers were crazy and it was “all in the mind”.
Five years on, reports now number in the hundreds and, the BBC has been told, span every continent, leaving a real impact on the US’s ability to operate overseas.
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After 1,000 Migrants Arrive on British Shores in One Day, The UK Gives France an Ultimatum
The French government will not see a penny of the promised financial aid until it stops the flow of migrants heading for the British Isles across the English Channel, said British Home Secretary Priti Patel on Tuesday, just a day after a record 1,000 migrants allegedly arrived to British beaches.
The United Kingdom is to send €62.7 million to France to strengthen police patrols.
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Dendias From Romania: We Will Not Allow the Instrumentalisation of Migration
“A major challenge we share is the risk that some countries may try to instrumentalize migratory flows,” Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Wednesday in joint statements with his Romanian counterpart Bogdan Aurescu after their meeting in Bucharest.
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FM Szijjartó: Hungary, Poland Cooperate in Handling Migration
Hungary and Poland are closely cooperating in preventing some western European states from imposing on the European Union the “flawed and dangerous” migration policy whose consequences have been felt since 2015, Péter Szijjartó, Hungary’s foreign minister, said after talks with his Polish counterpart Zbigniew Rau in Karpacz, Poland.
The situation in Afghanistan, he said, keeps deteriorating, with reports on a forthcoming civil war emerging but half of the population of that country had lived on welfare even before the Islamist Taliban rebels came to power.
“The western European statements that can be interpreted as invitations to all Afghans are particularly irresponsible,” Szijjartó said.
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French Pro-Migrant Group Suspected of Human Smuggling and Far-Left Links
A French pro-migrant association known for organising large pro-migrant protests is on the radar of French intelligence over alleged links to people smugglers and far-left extremism.
Utopia 56 has allegedly been on the radar of French intelligence services for some months, the claims assert. The activist group is well-known for organising protests, mainly in Paris, that have seen hundreds of migrants camp in major historic squares and parks demanding housing from the government.
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Latvia Says it Intercepted More Than 1,000 Migrants on Belarus Border Over Past Month
Latvia says it has prevented more than 1,000 people from illegally entering the Baltic country since a state of emergency was declared at its border with Belarus a month ago, amid accusations that Minsk is intentionally sending migrants into EU member states.
The Latvian State Border Guard said in a statement on September 8 that its officers turned away 27 migrants from crossing the border with Belarus the previous day, bringing the total number of attempted crossings during the crisis to 1,005.
The EU member state on August 10 declared a three-month state of emergency in several southern and southeastern regions following an influx of migrants coming from its neighbor.
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‘No Place for Afghan Refugees in Europe, ‘ Says Czech PM Babis
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis has said there was “really no place” for Afghan refugees in the European Union.
The populist leader suggested it would be better to “find a solution that allows them to stay in Afghanistan”.
The comments were made after a meeting on Tuesday with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Slovakian Prime Minister Eduard Heger.
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PM Orban: Hungary and Serbia to Protect Europe From Migration Waves
Hungary and Serbia will join forces to stop potential migration waves and so protect Europe, including Germany, where many of the migrants are headed, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday, after talks with his Serbian counterpart, Ana Brnabic.
Orban told the joint press conference after the meeting that Europe had to be protected from a new wave of possibly millions of people heading towards Europe in the wake of “the US failure in Afghanistan”. Should the migrants choose to travel by land, Serbia and Hungary will find themselves in a very difficult situation, he said.
“Governments, NGOs and Soros organizations previously in favor of migration” are now clearly just as ready to support migration from Afghanistan, Orban said. This, however, is diametrically opposed to Hungary and Serbia’s interests, he said.
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The North Rhine-Westphalian State Arbitration Commission of the Left Party has unanimously rejected two motions seeking to expel MP Sahra Wagenknecht, former parliamentary chairperson of the party and ardent critic of political correctness, identity politics, and mass migration.
Following the vote, which took place over the weekend and comes only weeks ahead of the country’s federal elections, state spokespersons Christian Leye and Nina Eumann said, “We are glad that there is a decision in this truly unnecessary procedure. Neither party members nor voters were in support of this,” the left-leaning newspaper Die Zeit reports.
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UK: Migrants Continue to Cross Channel as Priti Patel Meets Counterpart
Migrants continue to arrive on UK shores after a steady stream of crossings since the weather conditions became more favourable.
Lifeboats from Hastings and Eastbourne have been deployed to “incidents” off the Sussex coast, the coastguard said.
Eastbourne RNLI rescued 104 people from the English Channel, including a pregnant woman and 16 children.
It comes as the home secretary discussed the number of small-boat crossings with her French counterpart.
The Home Office said “under 500” people arrived in small boats on Tuesday.
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UK: Tory MPs Finally Back Farage’s ‘Send Back the Boats’ Approach to Illegal Migration From France
There is growing pressure within Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s own party to enact the “high-octane measure” of adopting Brexit leader Nigel Farage’s proposal of sending boat migrants back to France, as record numbers of illegal aliens continue to pour across the English Channel.
In the past two days, alone, the number of migrants landing in Dover has totalled more than half of all illegals that arrived during the entirety of 2019. So far this year, an estimated 13,500 migrants have reached the UK by travelling in small rubber dinghies from the beaches of France. Estimates have predicted that by the end of the year, between twenty and thirty thousand could arrive through this method, compared to 8,410 last year.
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Australia: ‘Erasing Women’: NSW Woman of the Year Could be Awarded to a Trans Woman
Women’s Forum Chief Executive Rachael Wong says more and more biological males are being given the opportunity to take the place of women.
It comes amid revelations the recipient of next year’s New South Wales Woman of the Year award could be awarded to a transgender woman.
Ms Wong says this is the latest in a series of moves to “erase women” both in Australia and globally.
“It wasn’t sort of a big shock-horror because this has been happening for a long time now,” she said.
“Women are being progressively pushed out.”
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Megyn Kelly says the reason she left her sons’ school was because the boys were asked on a weekly basis if they were “still sure” they were boys. Kelly said the gender ideology being pushed in schools today is “creating mental health problems” and is “100 percent abusive.”
“In my sons’ school — the one we left because of these agendas — they asked the boys, one of the best all-boys schools in the country, whether they were ‘still sure’ they were boys,” Kelly said in a recent interview with Outkick’s Bobby Burack. “Are they ‘still sure’? They asked them that weekly. Weekly, as if they had changed their minds.”
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Mission Australia who owns the apartment block is a charity hence the clamp down on alcohol. Charities in Australia own lots of real estate under the guise of “helping the poor” providing low cost housing but sometimes they buy million dollars homes in nice areas to put Africans in. They push up housing costs for Australians who have to save and work and pay for their own homes. Is this like the great reset? Charities owning all the real estate?
Many “Charities” or “non-Profits ” here in America are own and operated by relatives and “close friends” of elected officials in city, state or federal positions. They get massive amounts of taxpayers dollars from city ,state, and federal coffers .The overhead to run these “non-profits” the salaries for employees can run as high as 98 cents on ever dollar collect in donations or payed by the government (your tax money) .
wpm: Indeed. This is how non-profits and NGOs are used to launder money. Federal support (or state, or city) flows to “charities,” “social service organizations” and “humanitarian relief” and the money ends up in the pockets of politically connected “friends and family.”