Gates of Vienna News Feed 4/27/2022

French President Emmanuel Macron was pelted with tomatoes during his first public appearance since his re-election. Meanwhile, British Secretary of State for Justice Dominic Raab was greeted with cries of “Allahu Akhbar” when he visited a prison dominated by Islamic zealots.

In other news, a female suicide bomber in Karachi blew herself up outside of a minibus carrying Chinese language tutors. Three Chinese teachers were killed, along with their Pakistani driver.

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Thanks to Dean, DV, Insubria, JAS, Reader from Chicago, and all the other tipsters who sent these in.

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Financial Crisis
» Deranged Senator Schumer: The ‘Only Way’ To Fight Inflation is to Raise Taxes [Video]
» Deutsche Bank Just Predicted ‘A Major Recession’ Weeks After Forecasting a ‘Mild’ One
» Hungarian Central Bank Continues Interest Rate Hikes
 
USA
» Australia: Price Surge Hits Consumers at Fastest Rate Since 2000
» Biden Youth Approval Hits Record Low
» Breaking: Biden Administration Creates ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ Under DHS to Fight ‘Misinformation’
» Campbell County School Board Bans Teaching Critical Race Theory
» Documentary Recounts Recent Baltimore Police Corruption
» Donald Trump Jr. Launches 2A Group to Fight Gun Control Restrictions
» Dr. Anthony Fauci Walks Back Comment About US No Longer Being in ‘Pandemic Phase’
» Elon Musk Receives Multiple Death Threats After Purchasing Twitter
» Family to Sue Hospital for Allegedly Blocking Unvaccinated Daughter From Getting a Kidney Transplant
» Fusion GPS Revealed to Have Pushed Russia Collusion Story to Numerous Outlets
» Joe Rogan and Spotify See Substantive Growth Despite Repeated Attempts at Cancellation
» Josh Hawley Calls on Elon Musk to Reveal Number of Twitter Accounts Banned, Suppressed, Or Throttled
» Lawmakers Criticize Facebook for Censoring Local Wisconsin Conservative News Outlet
» Los Angeles DA George Gascon Hit With New Lawsuit: ‘Required Prosecutors to Unlawfully Hide the TRUTH’
» Megan Fox Admits Hollywood A-Listers Drink Human Blood (Videos)
» Michigan RINO Leadership Expel Popular MAGA Representative 3 Days After Establishment GOP Bloodbath
» MSNBC, ABC Claim Elon Musk Wants to See Abuse of Women, Jews and Return to Apartheid
» New York GOP Wins as Court Rules Democrat-Drawn Congressional Maps Are Unconstitutional
» Oklahoma Creates Oversight Committee to Protect Campus Free Speech
» Shareholders Defeat Woke Climate Proposals at Three Massive Banks
» The Biden Administration Wants Private Companies to Censor Online Speech
» Twitter Lawyer Who Cried in Musk Meeting Was Instrumental in Banning Trump
» Twitter Workers Freaking Out Over Elon Musk in Internal Slack Messages
» Twitter CMO Claims Project Veritas Audio Leaked From Company Meeting Was ‘Edited and Misrepresented’
» Wikipedia Co-Founder Calls on Developers to Archive Censored Wikipedia Pages After Hunter Biden Article Censorship
» Woman: Man Stabbed in NYC Laundromat Robbery Chaos Captured on Camera
 
Canada
» Canadian Forces Veteran James Topp Makes it to Manitoba
» Canadian Professor Fired After ‘Questioning Wokeism’ Receives Arbitration Date
» Convoys Converge on Montreal to Fight for Parental Rights
» Feds Suspended Over 2,500 Staff for Refusing to Show Proof of Vaccination
» Freedom Convoy Leader Tamara Lich to be Honored With Award From Canadian Legal Group
» Immunocompromised Mother’s Vaxx Pass Challenge Hits B.C. Supreme Court
» Liberal MP Accuses Doug Ford of “Crimes Against Humanity”
» Liberal-Funded “Anti-Hate” Activist Grilled Over Misinformation About Freedom Convoy
» Save Old Growth Protesters Arrested After Blocking Traffic in Vancouver Wednesday
» The RCMP Seriously Considered Charging Justin Trudeau With Fraud
» Trudeau Gov’t Cites ‘Confidentiality’ to Avoid Explaining Its Use of Rare Act to Quash Freedom Convoy
 
Europe and the EU
» Austria Will Pay in Rubles for Russian Gas
» British Gov’t Threatens to Ban Twitter and Throw Elon Musk in Prison if He Allows Free Speech
» COVID: Sending Hospital Patients Into Elderly Care Homes Was Illegal, UK Court Rules
» France: Majority of Le Pen Supporters Want United Right-Wing Alliance for Parliament Elections
» France: Watch: Macron Pelted With Tomatoes in First Public Outing After Re-Election
» Great Reset: Cut Down on Meat and Travel Less to Save the World, Says UK Science Chief
» Joint Swedish and Finnish Application for NATO Membership
» Muslim Mothers and Children ‘Threw Stones Together’ During Violent Swedish Riots, Chief Prosecutor Claims
» Only Half of Czechs Perceive the Media as Free
» Shroud of Turin Dated by Modern WAXS Method
» UK: Minister Greeted by ‘Allahu Akbar’ on Prison Visit as Report Finds Islamist Inmates Running Amok
» UK: Noisy Protesters Could Feel Full Force of the Law After New Bill is Approved
» Ukraine: No to Aid That Exceeds Defence Right — Conte
 
Middle East
» Investors Raise Alarm on Google Project Whose Data Collection Could Help Saudi Arabia Assassins
 
Russia
» Latest News in the Russia-Ukraine War
 
South Asia
» Pakistan Attack: Chinese Tutors Killed in Karachi University Bombing
 
Australia — Pacific
» Brisbane Protesters Vow to ‘Keep Up the Fight’ For Freedom
 
Immigration
» Clear Majority of Americans Would Welcome 100,000 Refugees From Ukraine, Poll Finds
» France: Teen Fights Off Home Invasion by African Migrant
» Governor Says Texas Crowdsourcing for Migrant Bus Fares to DC After Being ‘Overwhelmed’ By Donations
» Illegal Immigrant Population Increased by One Million in Biden’s First Year in Office and Cost the Taxpayer an Extra $9.4billion, Conservative Group Research Reveals
» Securing EU’s Border Top Priority for Czechia’s EU Presidency, Says Interior Minister
» Spain Strips Nationality From 78 Babies After Migrant Mothers’ Citizenship Lies Uncovered
» UK: Priti Patel ‘Will Hire Private Jets to Fly Migrants to Rwanda Because Airline Bosses Refuse to Put on Flights in Fear of Backlash From Woke Critics’
» UK: What Was the Point Then? 2022 Immigration to Hit Record High Despite Brexit Clampdown Promise
» Ukraine: 70,000 Refugees Have Requested Protection in Italy
 
Culture Wars
» Breaking: Matt Walsh’s Children’s Book is Now #1 in the Nation After Amazon Censorship Backfires
» Breaking: Amazon Pulls Ads for Matt Walsh’s Children’s Book, Claiming it is ‘Political Commentary’
» Census Data Shows Less Than Half of 1 Percent of Canadians Identify as Trans or Non-Binary
» Germany: Deutsche Bahn Must Offer Third Gender Option for Train Tickets, Court Rules
» Italy: Don’t Automatically Give Kids Father’s Name Says Top Court
» Klaus Schwab’s 3 Mentors All Vowed to Depopulate the World and Usher in ‘World Government’
» Oklahoma Governor Signs Law Requiring Birth Certificates With Only Male or Female Options
 

Deranged Senator Schumer: The ‘Only Way’ To Fight Inflation is to Raise Taxes [Video]

WASHINGTON, DC — On April 26th, Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin reportedly had a conversation with Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer to discuss potentially raising taxes as a means to combat inflation…

Sen. Manchin is reportedly open to utilizing “the fast-track budget process,” according to Bloomberg, as a means to circumvent Republicans so as to hike up both corporate and individual tax rates in the Senate.

           — Hat tip: JAS [Return to headlines]
 

Deutsche Bank Just Predicted ‘A Major Recession’ Weeks After Forecasting a ‘Mild’ One

Less than a month after saying the U.S. would experience a “mild” recession, Deutsche Bank has doubled down, saying the recession will be worse than it previously imagined.

The bank now expects “a major recession” in late 2023 to early 2024, according to a Tuesday note to investors titled “Why the coming recession will be worse than expected.” Although the bank predicts the economy could pick up in mid-2024, things will get worse before they get better, according to the report.

The bank had previously raised eyebrows in early April as the first major bank to predict a recession would hit the U.S. by late next year. The Tuesday report, written by a team led by Deutsche Bank’s chief economist and head of research David Folkerts-Landau, questions why other major banks maintain rosier projections for the U.S. economy.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Hungarian Central Bank Continues Interest Rate Hikes

The Hungarian Central Bank (MNB) on Tuesday again raised interest rates by a full percentage point to 5.4 percent as it continues to fight against inflation.

MNB Governor György Matolcsy spoke at the press conference following the interest rate hike to explain the decision. He said that in addition to the base rate, both sides of the interest rate corridor had been widened 100 basis points to 5.4 and 8.4 percent respectively.

“With this, the fight against inflation has reached an advanced stage, as the MNB was one of the first to start the rapid monetary tightening,” Matolcsy said.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Australia: Price Surge Hits Consumers at Fastest Rate Since 2000

Consumer prices jumped by 2.1 per cent through the first three months of the year, taking annual inflation to its highest level in more than 20 years.

In figures that go to the heart of the election campaign debate about the cost of living, the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday reported a combination of soaring petrol prices, home building costs and university costs drove inflation to a level last this high in September 2000.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Biden Youth Approval Hits Record Low

Joe Biden’s approval rating has dropped by 20 per cent in a single year, with his approval amongst 18-29-year-olds sinking to a new record low.

Polling from the Harvard Institute of Politics reveals that only 41 per cent of young Americans in that age bracket approve of Biden’s job performance.

Data released by Harvard CAPS and Harris also found that 63 per cent of voters “did not want Biden to run for a second term.”

Tracking by Morning Consult Political Intelligence also shows that Biden has a net disapproval rating in 40 out 50 states, including every single one of the key battleground states in the 2024 mid-terms.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Breaking: Biden Administration Creates ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ Under DHS to Fight ‘Misinformation’

The Department of Homeland Security is setting up a new board designed to counter misinformation related to homeland security, with a focus specifically on Russia and irregular migration. The board will be called the “Disinformation Governance Board, and will be headed by executive director Nina Jankowicz.

[Comment: Might as well call it the Ministry of Truth.]

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Campbell County School Board Bans Teaching Critical Race Theory

CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. — On Monday, the Campbell County School Board unanimously voted to ban “inherently divisive concepts” from being taught in the school system.

The resolution states schools in the county will not teach critical race theory, including the use of the 1619 project.

There was no discussion from school board members before voting, but residents of Campbell County did not hesitate to share their views.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Documentary Recounts Recent Baltimore Police Corruption

We Own This City, based on the book of the same name by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton, chronicles the real-life story of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), an elite unit that ruled the city like a roving gang of thieves. They wrongfully searched civilians and stole money from them, planted drugs and guns, and generally acted with brutal impunity, all with the protection of a badge. In 2017, all eight members of the GTTF were arrested on charges of federal racketeering and all were eventually sentenced to multiple years in prison.

We Own This City will inevitably draw comparisons to The Wire, given their shared Baltimore setting… We Own This City specifically focuses on policing, and suggests that it’s actively worsened since the early 2000s when The Wire was set.

We Own This City premieres on HBO in the US on 25 April.

           — Hat tip: JAS [Return to headlines]
 

Donald Trump Jr. Launches 2A Group to Fight Gun Control Restrictions

Donald Trump Jr. is set to launch a new gun advocacy group that he says will fight Democrats’ gun control efforts. Fox News Digital reports that Trump Jr. will launch the Second Amendment Task Force, and will serve as chair of the group.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Dr. Anthony Fauci Walks Back Comment About US No Longer Being in ‘Pandemic Phase’

Dr. Anthony Fauci walked back his comment that the US was no longer in the “pandemic phase” of COVID-19 — the latest jumbled messaging from President Biden’s chief medical adviser on the coronavirus.

Biden administration officials and Fauci were scrambling Wednesday to emphasize that the country is still in the midst of a pandemic and that emergency measures are still needed after Fauci told PBS the precise opposite.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Elon Musk Receives Multiple Death Threats After Purchasing Twitter

Following his purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk, who is no stranger to criticism, has faced dozens, if not hundreds of death threats and countless more wishing bad things to happen to him. And it’s all because he supports free speech.

As Rebel News reported earlier Wednesday, Musk has been accused of promoting misogyny, homophobia, and other “-isms” for his acquisition of the platform, which his critics in the mainstream media say is dangerous to democracy due to his advocacy for free speech.

As Twitter user Dataracer posted, here are some of the death threats Elon Musk is getting after buying Twitter.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Family to Sue Hospital for Allegedly Blocking Unvaccinated Daughter From Getting a Kidney Transplant

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (LifeSiteNews) — A Michigan family plans to take legal action against a hospital for allegedly refusing to put their adopted Ukrainian daughter on the wait list for a kidney transplant because she hasn’t gotten the experimental COVID-19 shots.

Christian homeschooling parents Daniel and Jenna Campau have three biological and two adopted Ukrainian children, including a 17-year-old girl the family adopted last year.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Fusion GPS Revealed to Have Pushed Russia Collusion Story to Numerous Outlets

A new release from Special counsel John Durham has revealed that research firm Fusion GPS sent hundreds of emails to reporters at numerous outlets pushing the false Russia collusion story.

The latest legal document comes in the case against Hillary Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann, where a filing has been made to keep Fusion GPS’ research private under attorney-client privilege.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Joe Rogan and Spotify See Substantive Growth Despite Repeated Attempts at Cancellation

Every leftist effort to cancel Joe Rogan has failed. Despite its constant drive to deplatform the popular podcaster from Spotify, the platform’s refusal to abide by cancel culture has resulted in a massive gain for both Rogan and Spotify.

Spotify, which released its new quarterly earnings report this week, revealed that the platform exceeded its expectations for all-new subscribers. Refusing to cave under pressure has certainly been a boon for the platform, which saw a 2 million increase in premium subscribers, up from 180 million the previous quarter, and 15% higher year on year.

According to CNN, the total revenue for Spotify was up 24% over last year.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Josh Hawley Calls on Elon Musk to Reveal Number of Twitter Accounts Banned, Suppressed, Or Throttled

In a letter addressed to new Twitter owner Elon Musk, Senator Josh Hawley called on the billionaire to “open the books” on who Twitter has banned, suspended, or throttled, and to reveal who was responsible for censoring the New York Post’s initial Hunter Biden laptop reporting.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Lawmakers Criticize Facebook for Censoring Local Wisconsin Conservative News Outlet

Republican politicians have criticized Facebook for removing the page of a highly-rated Wisconsin-based conservative outlet, the Wisconsin Right Now.

According to the outlet, Facebook did not provide a reason for the removal of the page. Efforts to appeal the decision have been unsuccessful.

Republican politicians have criticized Facebook for its decision and demanded the page be reinstated.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Los Angeles DA George Gascon Hit With New Lawsuit: ‘Required Prosecutors to Unlawfully Hide the TRUTH’

A group of Los Angeles County deputy district attorneys (DDAs) on Monday filed a new lawsuit against the county and District Attorney George Gascon.

Deputy District Attorneys Peter Cagney, Richard Hicks, Mindy Page and Karen Thorp are accusing Gascon’s office of demoting them from their positions for expressing opposition to his resentencing policies.

“Each Plaintiff was removed from their position as a result of disclosing and/or refusing to engage in illegal activities as directed by their supervisors, including, but not limited to, George Gascon, Joseph Iniguez and/or Diana Teran,” the complaint filed in the LA County Superior Court states.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Megan Fox Admits Hollywood A-Listers Drink Human Blood (Videos)

“It’s just a few drops, but yes we do consume each other’s blood on occasion for ritual purposes only,”

“It is used for a reason and it is controlled.”

Megan Fox is the latest Hollywood A-lister to speak out about Satanic blood rituals.

In 1999 an anonymous source secretly filmed Angelina Jolie, then aged 23, speaking to two close friends about Illuminati initiation rituals she had recently taken part in while attempting to establish herself in Hollywood…

She explains that she killed a snake as a sacrifice and was tattooed as part of the initiation ritual. It is well known that many Illuminati members get tattoos as part of the ceremony, as a way of sacrificing more blood to Satan.

In the secretly filmed video Angelina can be heard telling her friends that she has encouraged other celebrities to go through the initiation.

           — Hat tip: JAS [Return to headlines]
 

Michigan RINO Leadership Expel Popular MAGA Representative 3 Days After Establishment GOP Bloodbath

Late in the day on Tuesday, the MI House Republican Caucus, under the leadership of Speaker Jason Wentworth and House Caucus Chair Matt Hall, has expelled the popular conservative MI State Representative Matt Maddock (R)…

We spoke with Rep. Matt Maddock, who said he was “never given a reason” for the decision to expel him from the caucus…

On Saturday, Michigan establishment Republican lawmakers were humiliated when 2,000 GOP delegates voted at the state convention to choose Kristina Karamo as their secretary of state candidate and Constitutional Attorney Matt DePerno as their candidate for Attorney General to run in the general election. Both are grassroots candidates, and with a few exceptions, like Rep. Matt Maddock, they got no support from members of the GOP majority Republican House.

The majority of House and Senate Republicans in Michigan fought hard to convince delegates to support DePerno’s strongest opponent, Tom Leonard, for the AG spot. Leonard is a fellow establishment Republican who ran for AG in 2018 and lost to Dana Nessel, giving Michigan America’s most lawless attorney general.

Michigan GOP delegates, who’ve openly expressed their frustration with Republican leadership in Lansing for refusing to conduct a forensic audit of the 2020 election, rebuffed attempts by establishment Republicans, and overwhelming chose the Trump, and Meshawn Maddock endorsed candidates, leaving GOP leadership in Lansing with egg on their faces.

[ DePerno was the attorney who successfully won a case in Michigan that showed that 16 Dominion machines in one county were at fault for switching thousands of votes changing the outcome from Biden winning the county to Trump winning that county by a large margin. The court mandated a forensic study of the machines and accepted its results. This got little coverage except in alternate media as discussed here: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/fox-news-fbn-block-attorney-matthew-deperno-appearing-hannity-lou-dobbs-explosive-antrim-county-report-dominion-voting-machines/ ]

           — Hat tip: JAS [Return to headlines]
 

MSNBC, ABC Claim Elon Musk Wants to See Abuse of Women, Jews and Return to Apartheid

Amid the meltdown of leftists canceling themselves following Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, the most extreme reactions came from the likes of MSNBC’s Joy Reid and ABC’s The View, where it was declared that Musk is a white supremacist who wants to see the return of segregation, as well as abuse of Jewish people and rampant misogyny against women.

Perpetual race grifter Reid proclaimed that Musk “misses the old South Africa in the 80s. He wants that back,” adding “Elon Musk’s companies have a history of open racism.”

She also charged that Musk’s “idea of freedom means freedom to be a jerk and to be cruel and to have no one be able to stop you.”

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

New York GOP Wins as Court Rules Democrat-Drawn Congressional Maps Are Unconstitutional

A New York court has ruled that congressional maps drawn by Democrats were unconstitutionally gerrymandered.

Earlier this year, New York Republicans filed a lawsuit against the Democrat-controlled state Legislature, alleging that the congressional maps they had drawn up were gerrymandered to favor Democrats, according to the AP.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Oklahoma Creates Oversight Committee to Protect Campus Free Speech

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt recently signed legislation to establish a committee to oversee campus free speech.

House Bill 3543, signed by the Republican governor (pictured) on April 20, creates the Oklahoma Free Speech Committee and gives it specific duties.

Duties of the committee include “review[ing] the free speech policies of Oklahoma public universities,” review and ensure proper training by universities on free speech protection and reviewing free speech violation complaints.

“The Oklahoma Free Speech Committee shall develop a process of collecting complaints of free speech violations on public university campuses and advise complainants of their rights,” the legislation states. “Universities shall publish contact information on how to report free speech concerns to the Oklahoma Free Speech Committee on its website.”

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Shareholders Defeat Woke Climate Proposals at Three Massive Banks

Shareholders of three massive U.S. banks delivered a thumping to climate activists, soundly rejecting proposals to end their financing of new fossil fuel projects.

The proposals — which were voted on at Citibank, Wells Fargo and Bank of America shareholder meetings Tuesday — each garnered less than 13% support from investors, according to the Rainforest Action Network (RAN). Environmental groups — including RAN, Amazon Watch, the Giniw Collective, Climate Finance Action and Stand.earth — backed the resolutions which were proposed by activist investment managers Trillium Asset Management, Harrington Investments and the Sierra Club Foundation.

           — Hat tip: JAS [Return to headlines]
 

The Biden Administration Wants Private Companies to Censor Online Speech

The White House continued pressuring the tech giants to censor content that it deems to be “misinformation” yesterday by throwing its support behind the use of Section 230 and antitrust reforms to combat misinformation.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki shared the Biden administration’s support for these reforms when a reporter asked whether the White House would be interested in working with Twitter, “like it has in the past,” to continue to combat COVID misinformation and disinformation.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Twitter Lawyer Who Cried in Musk Meeting Was Instrumental in Banning Trump

The Twitter lawyer who broke down crying during a meeting about the ramifications of Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media company was previously instrumental in banning President Trump as well as censoring information about the COVID lab leak theory.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Twitter Workers Freaking Out Over Elon Musk in Internal Slack Messages

Leaked internal communications by Twitter employees reveal woke employees are overtaken by despair and anger about Elon Musk’s month-long effort to acquire Twitter.

Musk announced he would purchase the company for $44 billion on Monday. The deal concludes a month-long saga that began with Musk first tweeting out polls and his thoughts about the decline of free speech on Twitter.

On the business communication platform Slack, some Twitter employees vented against the new owner, leaked messages reveal.

“Physically cringy watching Elon talk about free speech,” a site reliability engineer who identifies as a nonbinary transgender and plural person wrote.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Twitter CMO Claims Project Veritas Audio Leaked From Company Meeting Was ‘Edited and Misrepresented’

Following Project Veritas’ release of both a clip and the full leaked audio of a Twitter all-hands meeting held in the wake of Elon Musk buying the social media platform, the company’s chief marketing officer, Leslie Berland, claimed that the clip that was released ahead of the full audio “leaked, edited and misrepresented” her and the the company’s views.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Wikipedia Co-Founder Calls on Developers to Archive Censored Wikipedia Pages After Hunter Biden Article Censorship

The Wikipedia page for Hunter Biden’s investment firm Rosemont Seneca Partners was removed because editors said it was “not notable.” The investment firm is the subject of multiple probes into Hunter Biden’s overseas dealings that some have described as questionable.

“This organization is only mentioned in connection with its famous founders, Hunter Biden and Christopher Heinz,” a Wikipedia editor said, adding that “keeping it around” would make it “a magnet for conspiracy theories about Hunter Biden.”

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Woman: Man Stabbed in NYC Laundromat Robbery Chaos Captured on Camera

Eventually, a laundry cart enters the fray as the mayhem escalates, video shows

Police are looking for a man they say walked into a 24-hour Bronx laundromat in the middle of the night last week and, while trying to steal cash from the register, stabbed a 37-year-old woman working there multiple times in the head, face and body.

He also attacked a male customer in the store, authorities said Wednesday.

Surveillance video of the 3 a.m. Friday attack shows the chaos unfold, with one man seen arguing with another person, potentially the female employee. Then another man is seen rummaging underneath a desk area before two men appear to be scuffling.

Eventually, a laundry cart enters the fray…

           — Hat tip: DV [Return to headlines]
 

Canadian Forces Veteran James Topp Makes it to Manitoba

Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) veteran James Topp has crossed from Saskatchewan into Manitoba, reaching the second-to-last province of his protest march to Ottawa and facing the nastiest weather his team has seen yet.

Topp gave an update just outside of the village of Kirkella before calling it a day on Tuesday evening.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Canadian Professor Fired After ‘Questioning Wokeism’ Receives Arbitration Date

A Canadian professor who said she lost her job for “questioning wokeism” recently told The College Fix that she plans to continue her legal battle to regain her job.

“All of my grievances are going forward together at this time,” Frances Widdowson said in a video interview with The Fix. Mount Royal University fired her from her professor job in December 2021.

Widdowson said that academic freedom is necessary to foster open debate.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Convoys Converge on Montreal to Fight for Parental Rights

On Saturday, April 23, a Freedom Convoy initiated by the Freedom Fighters of Canada and Ottawa’s ‘Unifier,’ left Coventry Road in Ottawa to make its way to Lafontaine Park in Montreal to support Quebecers in their fight against Bill 15.

This action, which involved people from all over Canada, aimed to show their support for Quebecers regarding the adoption of Bill 15. This law is a reform of the Youth Protection Act. In this reform, the rights of the child come before the maternal family, thereby removing parental rights if the government sees the need.

The convoy of about 140 trucks and cars, according to Montreal police, ended its journey at Lafontaine Park, where several speeches were made.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Feds Suspended Over 2,500 Staff for Refusing to Show Proof of Vaccination

After refusing to provide proof of vaccination, managers in the federal government suspended their employees without pay.

Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu accused the federal government of violating human rights, knowing that most people couldn’t afford to take legal action.

“At the beginning of the pandemic there was a significant threat from COVID-19 and extreme measures may have been needed at the time,” said Gladu. “But when people began working from home there was no reason for these suspensions.”

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Freedom Convoy Leader Tamara Lich to be Honored With Award From Canadian Legal Group

(LifeSiteNews) — One of the principal organizers of the Canadian truckers’ Freedom Convoy will be honored with the George Jonas Freedom Award by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF).

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Immunocompromised Mother’s Vaxx Pass Challenge Hits B.C. Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of British Columbia is set to hear the legal challenge against the province’s vaccine passport that, with the help of your generous donations, Rebel News was able to partner with The Democracy Fund charity to take on.

The vaccine passport, which was in effect September 13, 2021 through April 8, 2022 for many indoor spaces, and is still in effect in certain health facilities, created a medical apartheid against Canadians who have not received two COVID-19 shots or did not want to participate in a “show your digital papers” society.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Liberal MP Accuses Doug Ford of “Crimes Against Humanity”

Liberal MP Julie Dzerowicz has accused Ontario premier Doug Ford of “crimes against humanity” due to his stance on climate change.

Dzerowicz made the accusation in the House of Commons on Monday and even doubled down on the statement when questioned about it.

“These inactions (on climate change) to me are irresponsible, unconscionable and a crime against humanity,” said Dzerowicz.

[Comment: Rather, Doug Ford is guilty of crimes against humanity due to his support of COVID restrictions.]

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Liberal-Funded “Anti-Hate” Activist Grilled Over Misinformation About Freedom Convoy

Conservative MP Dane Lloyd grilled an activist from the far-left Canadian Anti-Hate Network (CAHN) before a parliamentary committee this week, accusing the group of bias and for spreading misinformation during the Freedom Convoy.

CAHN executive director Evan Balgord admitted to the Commons public safety committee on Tuesday that his so-called research organization did not in fact verify a photo of an anti-Semitic flyer allegedly found at the site of the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa before CAHN chair Bernei Farber pinned it on convoy protesters.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Save Old Growth Protesters Arrested After Blocking Traffic in Vancouver Wednesday

Protesters were once again arrested after blocking Grandview Highway in Vancouver Wednesday.

Four protesters were arrested by Burnaby RCMP.

The group is with Save Old Growth, which is demanding an end to old-growth logging through legislative change.

The group says it will not be deterred from escalating action, even though drivers and commuters are becoming frustrated by the disruption.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

The RCMP Seriously Considered Charging Justin Trudeau With Fraud

On last night’s episode of The Ezra Levant Show, we looked at a story in the Globe and Mail revealing that the RCMP seriously considered charging Justin Trudeau with fraud over his 2016 Aga Khan trip — a story that was later changed by the news outlet to run cover for the prime minister.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Trudeau Gov’t Cites ‘Confidentiality’ to Avoid Explaining Its Use of Rare Act to Quash Freedom Convoy

OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — Citing “cabinet confidentiality,” the government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is refusing to disclose why it used the Emergencies Act (EA) to crush the trucker Freedom Convoy in response to a rash of legal challenges against its use.

Currently, four legal organizations are challenging the Trudeau government. The EA was enacted on February 14 to shut down the Freedom Convoy, which took to the streets of Ottawa for three weeks demanding an end to all COVID mandates.

           — Hat tip: Reader from Chicago [Return to headlines]
 

Austria Will Pay in Rubles for Russian Gas

Austria has accepted the new ruble gas payment mechanism, introduced by Russia earlier this month, and will abide by it, Chancellor Karl Nehammer announced on Wednesday.

“We, that is, [state energy company] OMV, accepted the terms of payment, as did the German government. They [the terms] were found to be in line with the terms of the sanctions. For us, this was important,” Nehammer said at a press conference.

He added, however, that Austria still supports Ukraine-related anti-Russia sanctions.

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British Gov’t Threatens to Ban Twitter and Throw Elon Musk in Prison if He Allows Free Speech

The British government is threatening to ban Twitter and potentially imprison Elon Musk if he violates their incoming “Online Safety Bill” by allowing free speech on his platform.

The move came just hours after the EU also threatened to ban Twitter if Musk allows free speech on the platform and the US threatened to “reform” Section 230 to hold social media companies “accountable” for the “harms they cause.”

Britain’s Online Safety Bill would make it mandatory for social media services to tackle … material that is “legal but harmful,” a vague definition.

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COVID: Sending Hospital Patients Into Elderly Care Homes Was Illegal, UK Court Rules

LONDON (AP) — A British court ruled Wednesday that the government’s decision to discharge hospital patients into nursing homes without testing them for COVID-19, which led to thousands of deaths early in the pandemic, was illegal.

Two High Court judges said the policy from March and April 2020 was unlawful because it failed to take into account the infection risk that non-symptomatic carriers of the virus posed to older or vulnerable people.

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France: Majority of Le Pen Supporters Want United Right-Wing Alliance for Parliament Elections

A majority of supporters of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) are in favour of a proposal to form a united right-wing coalition ahead of June’s French parliamentary elections.

Around three-quarters of supporters of Le Pen’s National Rally are favourable to a right-wing coalition, according to a poll taken by the firm Ipsos released this week.

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France: Watch: Macron Pelted With Tomatoes in First Public Outing After Re-Election

French President Emmanuel Macron was pelted with a flurry of tomatoes during his first public appearance since winning re-election on Sunday.

During a a visit to a market in the commune of Cergy in the Parisian suburbs on Wednesday morning, President Macron was bombarded with tomatoes as he tried to meet members of the public.

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Great Reset: Cut Down on Meat and Travel Less to Save the World, Says UK Science Chief

People should eat less meat and travel less in order to save the planet from the alleged climate crisis, a scientist who became well known to the public as a face of the government’s coronavirus response has said.

Appearing before a House of Lords committee on Tuesday, Sir Patrick Vallance claimed that in light of climate change he has altered his diet and has opted to travel less and suggested that the public follow suit.

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Joint Swedish and Finnish Application for NATO Membership

On Monday, the Finnish newspaper Iltalehti reported that the Swedish government had expressed a wish to Finland to submit simultaneous applications for NATO membership. The newspaper reported that it was now agreed between the countries to announce such an application during week 20, sometime between 16 and 22 May.

According to Swedish daily Expressen, Swedish government sources have confirmed the information, which is further supported by the fact that Aftonbladet reported that it had received information about concrete promises of military protection from the United States and Great Britain in a NATO application. Furthermore, the information on the dates coincides with the arrival of Finnish President Sauli Niinistö in Stockholm on 17-18 May.

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Muslim Mothers and Children ‘Threw Stones Together’ During Violent Swedish Riots, Chief Prosecutor Claims

It was not only young men but also mothers and children who took part in the violent riots in Sweden on Easter weekend, said Eva Nemec Nordh, the chief prosecutor at Linköping’s Public Prosecutor’s Office,,

The Muslim riots took place in Skäggetorp in Linköping, where around 200 people participated — mainly young men but also burka-clad women and children. The rioters burned police vehicles and injured dozens of officers, some severely. They were protesting Danish far-right supporters organized by Stram Kurs who vowed to publicly burn a Quran.

Sweden has long suffered from disastrous immigration policies and Muslim migrants especially have been responsible for large increases in crime, a reality the establishment media has often sought to obfuscate.

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Only Half of Czechs Perceive the Media as Free

Media freedom across Central Europe is deteriorating according to most inhabitants of the Visegrad Group, with just 38 percent of people considering the media to be independent.

Data published by the Median agency reveals the rising distrust in the freedom of the press across the four countries.

Within the group, Czechs are the most likely to reject state or owner intervention in the functioning of the media. At the same time, Czechs most often see their media as free.

Almost half of Czechs think that the media can do their job currently without government intervention and censorship. In contrast, a quarter of people do not consider the media free.

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Shroud of Turin Dated by Modern WAXS Method

Italian scientist Liberato De Caro explained that he managed to discover the age of the Shroud of Turin using a technique called “Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering” (WAXS).

As reported by CBN News, the findings under the WAXS method contradict a 1988 carbon-14 study that determined that the Shroud was only 700 years old.

“Fabric samples are usually subject to all kinds of contamination, which cannot always be controlled and completely removed from the dated specimen,” De Caro explained to NCR.

“If the cleaning procedure of the sample is not thoroughly performed, carbon-14 dating is not reliable,” he continued. “This may have been the case in 1988, as confirmed by experimental evidence showing that when moving from the periphery towards the center of the sheet, along the longest side, there is a significant increase in carbon-14 (radiocarbon dating).”

According to Aleteia, De Caro argued that the WAXS method produces more accurate findings. He also noted that the technique has been used on different samples of ancient fabrics dating from 3000 BC to 2000 AD.

Following a comparison with the samples, De Caro found that the Shroud of Turin matched a piece of fabric dating back to the siege of Masada, Israel, in 55-74 AD.

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UK: Minister Greeted by ‘Allahu Akbar’ on Prison Visit as Report Finds Islamist Inmates Running Amok

Britain’s Justice Tsar was greeted by shouts of ‘Allahu Akbar’ on a visit to a UK prison, in which Islamists are now said to be running amok.

Islamists are reportedly running riot within Britain’s prison system, frequently being left alone by staff who apparently fear accusations of racism or homophobia should they try and restore order.

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UK: Noisy Protesters Could Feel Full Force of the Law After New Bill is Approved

Greater police powers to clampdown on noisy protests in England and Wales are set to become law.

After a stand-off at Westminster, the House of Lords voted by 180 to 113, to approve a new Bill that will widen the range of situations in which police officers can place conditions on protests — allowing officers to specifically set conditions to prevent noise.

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Ukraine: No to Aid That Exceeds Defence Right — Conte

Draghi, Guerini must brief p’lmt on arms to Kyiv says M5S chief

(ANSA) — ROME, APR 26 — 5-Star Movement (M5S) leader Giuseppe Conte said Tuesday its national council had decided against Italy sending military aid to Ukraine that exceeded the legitimate right to self defence enshrined in the Charter of Human Rights.

The M5S has opposed Rome’s upping its military spending to 2% of GDP and sending more and more arms to Kyiv.

“The M5S opposes sending military and counter-offensive arms that exceed the perimeter of legitimate exercise of defence rights described in article 51 of the Charter of Human Rights”, said Conte.

The populist party also wants Premier Mario Draghi and Defence Minister Lorenzo Guerini to report to parliament on the issue, Conte added.

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Investors Raise Alarm on Google Project Whose Data Collection Could Help Saudi Arabia Assassins

In an upcoming shareholder meeting, a group of Google investors plan to probe the company over its Saudi Arabia data project, warning that it could place “sensitive data on a silver platter to Saudi’s top hitmen.”

In 2020, Google announced that it was collaborating with Saudi’s state oil company Saudi Aramco to build a cloud computing center. Google said the project would help the middle-eastern country’s “customers to confidently grow and scale their offerings in this market.”

However, a shareholder group called SumOfUs said the project could allow the autocratic government to monitor its critics, including activists and journalists.

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Latest News in the Russia-Ukraine War

Commodities: Russia halted gas flows to Poland and Bulgaria over their refusal to pay on Moscow’s new terms, marking an escalation in its standoff with Europe over the war in Ukraine. European officials called the move blackmail. Natural gas prices rose in Europe.

Russia: An ammunition depot in Russia’s Belgorod region bordering Ukraine caught fire, the region’s governor said. Authorities also reported blasts in other regions adjacent to Ukraine. Moscow released new economic data, but it appeared inconsistent and didn’t reflect the impact of sanctions.

Ukraine: Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces had launched high-precision, long-range sea-based Kalibr missiles at the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia. Russian defense officials said their air force hit 59 military facilities in Ukraine overnight. Russia’s claims couldn’t be independently verified.

Washington: Former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed, who had been detained in Russia since 2019, was released in a prisoner swap. The Biden administration is considering naming Russia a state sponsor of terrorism.

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Pakistan Attack: Chinese Tutors Killed in Karachi University Bombing

Three Chinese language teachers and their Pakistani driver were killed in a suspected suicide bombing in the southern city of Karachi, police say.

The blast ripped through their minibus, injuring at least four others near the university’s Confucius Institute.

The separatist Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) said it attacked the vehicle carrying the Chinese staff, and that the suicide bomber had been a woman.

The group opposes Chinese investment in Pakistan, saying locals do not benefit.

It would be the first time a suicide attack by the BLA has been carried out by a female militant. The group has targeted Chinese nationals on a number of occasions, as has the Pakistani Taliban.

China is heavily involved in large infrastructure projects across Pakistan, including in resource-rich Balochistan province…

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Brisbane Protesters Vow to ‘Keep Up the Fight’ For Freedom

Thousands gathered once again at Brisbane’s Botanic Gardens last weekend despite the rain to ‘keep up the fight’ against vaccine mandates.

While the majority of mandates have been lifted in Queensland, the protesters said that it was important to continue to have their voices heard, many concerned about what lies ahead after the Federal election concludes.

The protesters marched under the banner of ‘The People’s Revolution’ a group formed in 2020 to stand for human rights and to stop government oppression.

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Clear Majority of Americans Would Welcome 100,000 Refugees From Ukraine, Poll Finds

More than three in four Americans favor accepting Ukrainian refugees to the United States, a new Gallup poll shows.

It’s the highest level of support — by far — Gallup has recorded among Americans for any refugee group since the start of World War II more than 80 years ago, the independent polling firm found.

Of those surveyed, 78% agreed that they would accept 100,000 people from Ukraine.

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France: Teen Fights Off Home Invasion by African Migrant

A teenage boy thwarted a home invasion by an illegal alien from Africa in France last week, according to reports.

The harrowing incident unfolded at around 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon in Montpellier, a city in the south of France.

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Governor Says Texas Crowdsourcing for Migrant Bus Fares to DC After Being ‘Overwhelmed’ By Donations

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that the state has been “overwhelmed” with people from across the country wanting to help bus migrants to Washington, D.C, and that is why they launched an online website to accept donations.

“As soon as the announcement was made we were overwhelmed with phone calls, with letters, with requests about people providing buses, people driving buses, people paying for buses and we got to thinking if people all across the country are so eager to participate in this then we should put a website link up and let them participate and as soon as we did that the donations have come in,” Abbott said Wednesday during a visit to McAllen where he received an award for helping with broadband connectivity to students in the Rio Grande Valley.

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Illegal Immigrant Population Increased by One Million in Biden’s First Year in Office and Cost the Taxpayer an Extra $9.4billion, Conservative Group Research Reveals

The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. grew by one million during President Biden’s first year in office, according to research by a conservative group.

A study by Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), which advocates for cracking down on immigration overall, found that the undocumented immigrant population in the U.S. grew from 14.5 million in 2020 to 15.5 million now and cost the American taxpayer an additional $9.4 billion.

FAIR roughly estimates that the U.S. now spends $143.1 billion on public services for undocumented migrants, including on public schools, migrant schools, English language proficiency, uncompensated hospital stays, Medicaid, law enforcement and other welfare programs.

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Securing EU’s Border Top Priority for Czechia’s EU Presidency, Says Interior Minister

A crucial topic of the Czech presidency of the EU Council will be the protection of the bloc’s external borders following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country’s Interior Minister Vit Rakusan claimed on Tuesday.

Following discussions with his Austrian counterpart Gerhard Karner, Rakusan revealed his country wanted to emphasize issues related to internal security, with the six-month Czech presidency of the Council of the European Union, which begins in July, being the perfect opportunity to do so.

“We did not choose the basic topic,” Rakusan told reporters. “Vladimir Putin gave us the basic topic. The basic topic will be the Ukrainian crisis.”

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Spain Strips Nationality From 78 Babies After Migrant Mothers’ Citizenship Lies Uncovered

The Spanish government has revoked the nationality of 78 babies from Moroccan mothers who gave birth in a Spanish North African exclave and lied about the father of their child being Spanish.

The women were clients of an organised criminal group which paid men of Spanish nationality to sign documentation declaring themselves the father of the babies after they were born in the North African city of Melilla, in order that the children to receive Spanish nationality.

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UK: Priti Patel ‘Will Hire Private Jets to Fly Migrants to Rwanda Because Airline Bosses Refuse to Put on Flights in Fear of Backlash From Woke Critics’

Priti Patel ‘will hire private jets to fly migrants to Rwanda’ because airline bosses ‘refuse to put on flights in fear of a backlash’ from critics.

The Home Secretary was reportedly told that her plan to send migrants to the East African nation for processing could result in protesters targeting the firms involved in the flights.

As a result, charter flights may be used to take migrants to Rwanda, while the Sun reported claims from insiders that the Home Office may have to acquire its own plane for the 4,000 mile route.

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UK: What Was the Point Then? 2022 Immigration to Hit Record High Despite Brexit Clampdown Promise

Despite Conservative Party talk of securing the border, 2022 is likely to see record immigration when compared to pre-Brexit Britain.

The United Kingdom is likely to see significantly more immigration this year than in the years before Brexit, with the government actively loosening the barriers to entry being largely credited for the rise.

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Ukraine: 70,000 Refugees Have Requested Protection in Italy

3,100 unaccompanied minors, majority housed with families

(ANSA) — ROME, APR 26 — Some 70,000 of the 101,000 Ukrainian refugees in Italy have asked for protection there, the interior ministry said Tuesday.

Some 65,000 have requested temporary protection under EU norms while the rest have requested asylum, special protection or other forms of protection, it said.

The majority of refugees are currently housed with families and acquaintances, then there is a quota that is housed by the voluntary sector, and a further 10,000 are accommodated in the extraordinary reception centres (CAS) and the reception and integration system (SAI) network.

There are some 3,100 unaccompanied minors: 2,600 are living with families while around 500 are in special facilities.

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Breaking: Matt Walsh’s Children’s Book is Now #1 in the Nation After Amazon Censorship Backfires

Amazon employees freaked out over Matt Walsh’s children’s book Johnny the Walrus, pulling its advertising from the platform and crying in a meeting about the book. Their attempt to censor and suppress the book failed, and it’s now the number one best-selling book in America.

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Breaking: Amazon Pulls Ads for Matt Walsh’s Children’s Book, Claiming it is ‘Political Commentary’

Matt Walsh of The Daily Wire broke the news on Wednesday that his bestselling children’s book Johnny the Walrus had been barred by Amazon from advertising on the platform.

Amazon said that the Walsh’s children’s book, which challenges the narrative of transgender activism, was not “appropriate,” pulled it from the category of children’s books, and labeled it political commentary.

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Census Data Shows Less Than Half of 1 Percent of Canadians Identify as Trans or Non-Binary

New census data shows that just .33 percent of Canadians identify as transgender or non-binary, according to CTV News.

Data shows that 100,815 people identify as such, with 31,555 transgender-identifying biological males, 27,905 transgender-identifying biological women, and 41,355 individuals who say they are non-binary.

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Germany: Deutsche Bahn Must Offer Third Gender Option for Train Tickets, Court Rules

The Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt is forcing Deutsche Bahn to offer customers a third gender option when buying tickets.

The court, concurring with a lower court ruling, found that the company should not require people who do not identify as being either a man or a woman to choose between the two classic gender categories, according to NTV. Deutsche Bahn has six months to implement the new ruling, or it can appeal to the Constitutional Court, which is Germany’s highest court.

The decision came following a lawsuit filed by a woman who described herself as “non-binary.” The gender entry on her birth certificate read “unspecified” and the customer felt discriminated against when buying a BahnCard because she had to choose between male and female categories on the form.

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Italy: Don’t Automatically Give Kids Father’s Name Says Top Court

Both parents’ name shd be given to children says Const Court

(ANSA) — ROME, APR 27 — Italy’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that all norms that automatically attribute a father’s surname to his children are illegitimate.

The court said that both parents surnames should be given to their children.

The top court said the norm attributing the father’s name to his children “is discriminatory and injurious of the child’s identity”.

Children should be given both parents’ surnames in the order the parents agree on, the court said.

Or the parents may agree that their children should bear the surname of just one of them, the supreme court added.

Failing an agreement on the order of name attribution, the court said, a judge should decide.

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Klaus Schwab’s 3 Mentors All Vowed to Depopulate the World and Usher in ‘World Government’

Many people are now aware of Klaus Schwab’s World Economic Forum and its Young Global Leaders program which has produced many of the world’s radical leftwing leaders of nations including Canada, Germany, France, Ukraine and New Zealand.

But who is Klaus Schwab and who chose him to lead the globalist agenda in our era?

You won’t be surprised to learn that Klaus Schwab’s three mentors were leading proponents of a globalist world government and the depopulation agenda.

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Oklahoma Governor Signs Law Requiring Birth Certificates With Only Male or Female Options

OKLAHOMA CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pro-life Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law Tuesday a bill that requires birth certificates in the state to indicate only male or female as a person’s biological sex and expressly banning any nonbinary options to the ire of the far-left transgender movement.

The official Bill Summary for SB 1100 states that it “requires the biological sex designation on a birth certificate to be either male or female and prohibits a nonbinary or any symbol representing a nonbinary designation.” The new law also prohibits anyone from changing the sex indicated on a birth certificate.

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13 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 4/27/2022

  1. “New census data shows that just .33 percent of Canadians identify as transgender or non-binary, according to CTV News.

    Data shows that 100,815 people identify as such, with 31,555 transgender-identifying biological males, 27,905 transgender-identifying biological women, and 41,355 individuals who say they are non-binary.”
    That’s still about five times the estimate of transsexual individuals in the population. Would be interesting to compare data with the US and a country like Japan, that’s modern, but not subjected to propaganda. Would expose the US system really well.

  2. Paludan’s new election rallies stopped – freedom of expression expert critical

    Published 28 April 2022 in Samnytt

    On Wednesday, it became clear that lawyer, party leader and free speech activist Rasmus Paludan will not be allowed to hold the town hall meetings on Valborg = April 30, that he applied for. This time, the police rejected the applications on the grounds of lack of time – they said they did not have the staff resources to process them. Freedom of expression expert Nils Funcke is critical.

    After thousands of Muslim extremists, assisted by gang criminals, took to the streets over the Easter weekend and staged violent Koran riots in six cities in which over a hundred police officers were injured and police vehicles were stolen and set on fire, the Social Democratic government and the party-affiliated police leadership have acted to stop further Koran burnings that risk inciting Muslim civil society to new riots.

    The police’s pretexts for now saying no to Rasmus Paludan vary. In several cases, they have referred to the previous disturbances and said that they cannot guarantee the safety of the organiser or the public. However, this argument has weak legal support.

    Police change refusal tactics
    With regard to the two applications submitted by Palaudan for demonstrations on Valborg on 30 April, the police are now changing their tactics in explaining why they are refusing. Several police districts have coordinated their efforts, saying that the applications were submitted too late and that the police do not have time to process the cases due to time constraints and insufficient staff resources.

    The current applications concern Trollhättan and Örebro, the latter in the immigrant-dominated, problem-ridden and “vulnerable” area of Vivalla, where Paludan was forced to cancel his authorised demonstration because of the immigrant violence over the Easter weekend. However, despite the fact that the date of a rally for which a permit had already been granted has been brought forward, it has now been refused.

    Recently, Paludan was also refused an application for a square meeting in Borås. The organiser has appealed against this decision to the Administrative Court.

    In his applications, Paludan has stated that he is a parliamentary candidate for the newly registered party Stram Kurs Sweden – sister party to the party he previously successfully ran in Denmark – and that the purpose of the meetings is to communicate the party’s policies, not just to burn a Koran.

    Criticised by freedom of expression expert
    But the police still say no. These are generally controversial decisions from a democratic point of view, but even more so in view of the fact that it is an election year. The police have been harshly criticised by high-profile freedom of expression expert Nils Funcke, who urges the police to reverse the no-decision and grant permission instead.

    Funcke is critical of the way the police have argued on the basis of what happened over the Easter weekend. This is not the way to do it, he says.

    – You can’t really argue like that. Every situation, every application for a demonstration permit must be examined on its own merits and not based on what has happened in the past.

    Politicians want to hide problems
    In several parts of the country, politicians have also put pressure on the police to deny permits because of the political sensitivity of religious and gang-related riots, which show both a failure of integration and a lack of resources in society to defend democracy against violence from these groups.

    It is also inconvenient for the government to deal with in an election year. The simple, urgent and symptom-based solution is to say no to Paludan’s demonstrations so that Muslim civil society is not triggered into new violence. But that’s not legally tenable, Funcke argues.

    What the police may do if they fear disorder at a certain place or time is to hold a dialogue with the organiser about changing the place and/or time. According to Funcke, categorically saying no is not in accordance with the law. Nor can you move an event to a place or time that is detrimental to the organiser – for example, midnight in the woods.

    – Freedom of demonstration must be allowed to express itself. The starting point is that if he applies again, he should get a yes, Funcke states in a comment to the state television.

    • Well, I admire Rasmus’ courage and commitment, and of course support his wish to make his point, but burning books you disagree with has unpleasant associations, from the Nazis’ literally doing so to the online censorship of conservative views we’re all familiar with.

      • Burning the devil’s book is a righteous act. Normally I would agree with you where book burnings are concerned, but we no longer live in normal times. Keep provoking the bloody savages so they act more and more to the point that people will get off their backsides and do something about it. You place your faith in government, I place my faith in people.

  3. British Gov’t Threatens to Ban Twitter and Throw Elon Musk in Prison if He Allows Free Speech-
    What an incomprehensible statement to make-Free speech is what Britain is all about-what it has fought for over centuries. A Free people with Free speech that is our Parliament or was.

    • The UK has hate speech laws. That means it doesn’t have free speech.

    • Your bloody so called democracy is dead, and you will have to shoot your way out of the mess now. You are no longer free no have you been for some time, you just didn’t notice and now it is too late.

  4. Sometimes I check Facebook. Now it is difficult for me to do this, because Facebook is recognized as an extremist social platform in Russia. And so I have to do it through TOR.
    Sometimes I look at the page of a Russian Muslim woman, the ex-wife of a well-known Dagestan Muslim extremist and the mother of his children.

    Somehow she managed to escape from the FSB. From Bosnia, where she lived in poverty, she moved to Sweden.
    I wonder how? Surely someone helped her, because her ex-husband is wanted by Interpol.

    So Sweden denied her asylum. Oh, if you could only read what Muslims write in the comments. “How dare they! You must apply to the Strasbourg court and demand justice!”. “They have no right to send you to Russia – it’s inhumane!”

    At the same time, this woman published a post on Facebook against Rasmus Paludan.
    Swedes, do you need such a “refugee”?

  5. THE SUICIDE IS ONGOING

    EU Commission: more legal routes for migrants to the EU

    Foreign 28 April 2022

    There will be more legal ways for migrants to come to Europe, the European Commission announced on Wednesday.

    The new policy aims, among other things, to prevent migrants from making a dangerous journey across the Mediterranean. At the same time, it is claimed to provide a solution to the serious shortcomings of the European labour market.

    The Commission’s proposal is politically sensitive as anti-immigration campaigners see it as an unwanted boost to migration. According to the Commission, the policy will allow Europe to bring in desired workers and make it easier to combat illegal migration.

    To promote legal migration routes, the EU is making funds available for humanitarian aid and other purposes. Member States also receive financial support to bring migrants in for study or work. Member States will be encouraged to allow citizens, communities and civil society organisations to sponsor migrants.

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    Health care
    The European Commission will initially focus on labour migration in the health and ICT sectors. In the health sector in particular, the aim is to get people from outside Europe to work here for a longer period of time in order to alleviate labour market shortages. In the last quarter of last year, 2.6% of vacancies in the EU remained unfilled, the highest rate for several years.

    A pilot project involving migrants from some North African countries has been successful, according to Greek commissioner Margarítis Schinás. That’s why the commission has also committed to partnerships with Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt. The Commission also wants to create a “talent pool” for the millions of Ukrainian refugees expected to stay in the EU for a long time, where employers can then see who they might have use for.

    Easier to get a visa
    For less well-educated migrants, the EU offers language training in their home countries, says Swedish EU commissioner Ylva Johansson. But to prevent all skilled workers from leaving a country, legal migration plans must go hand in hand with development aid.

    It will also be made easier for migrants to apply for visas to the EU and the visa process will be digitised. At the moment, that procedure is still “difficult”, Johansson said. An applicant has to hand in their passport at an embassy or consulate, sometimes in another country, after which a paper visa is attached to the passport. Both the application and the visa itself will be digital in the future.

    • Sosseledare is tired of diversity: “Does not feel like I’m in Belgium”

      Published April 27, 2022 at 7:32 p.m.

      FOREIGN. Conner Rousseau, leader of the Flemish Social Democratic Party Vooruit, has stirred up a storm in Belgium after commenting on the Arabization of the country.
      Ahmed Laaouej.
      It is in an interview with the Belgian newspaper Humo that Conner Rousseau talks about the vulnerable Brussels district Molenbeek.

      – When I drive through Molenbeek, it does not feel like I am in Belgium, says the Social Democratic party leader.

      In the interview, Rousseau states that a large part of the inhabitants of Molenbeek were born in Belgium, but that they are still not assimilated and barely learn the language.

      – Due to the shortage of teachers, there are people in Brussels who teach Arabic because they do not speak French. This is unacceptable, he says.

      The outbursts have hit like a bomb within the Belgian establishment and aroused hot feelings.

      Vooruit’s French-speaking counterpart is the Socialist Party (PS) and its group leader in parliament, Ahmed Laaouej, strongly condemns Conner Rousseau. According to Laaouej, Rousseau’s words are “unacceptable, stigmatizing and xenophobic”.

      – Brussels is a cosmopolitan region with districts that have a large population diversity. They deserve better than this contempt worthy of a pub discussion. Sorry and unacceptable, says Ahmed Laaouej according to Remix.

      Molenbeek’s mayor Catherine Moureaux describes Rousseau’s attitude towards the municipality as “caricatured” and “contemptuous”. Several federal left-wing ministers also condemn his statements – and even some members of his own party have joined the critics’ chorus. However, the Flemish nationalist right defends only 29-year-old Conner Rousseau, writes Remix.

  6. @Macron

    Only tomatoes? (No, I dont write what I wish they should have thrown.)

    On the other hand:
    As a German I am ashamed, because while the French pelt their vaxx-pusher with tomatoes, we Germans arent able to do the same with our vaxx-pusher Lauterbach.

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