A 6-year-old boy in a school in Newport News, Virginia had a disagreement with his teacher, so he shot her in the abdomen. The teacher is now in the hospital with life-threatening injuries, while the gunboy is in custody.
In other news, Kevin McCarthy was still unable to win the House speakership after a fourteenth ballot. However, the number of Republican hold-outs has been reduced to six.
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91% of Cryptos From 2014 Have Died, While Bitcoin Continues to Thrive
Authored by BTCCasey via BitcoinMagazine.com
A recent report by CoinKickoff demonstrates the failures of various altcoin projects throughout the years, and how bitcoin is the standout survivor.
According to their data, 91% of the coins that were present for the 2014 cryptocurrency market crash are now entirely abandoned. A large portion of coins that are now dead were created in 2017, with 704 now-dead coins being created that year. The crown for the single most deadly year in cryptocurrency history goes to 2018, during which 751 coins became defunct.
A visualization created by CoinKickoff illustrates just how many of these projects came and went, along with their respective reasoning for failure. Reasons include being a scam or other related issues, being a joke or having no purpose, being an ICO or short-lived scheme, or simply running entirely out of volume.
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December Jobs Report: Payrolls Rise by 223,000, Unemployment Rate Falls to 3.5%
December’s jobs report, the last read on U.S. job growth in 2022, showed the labor market remained strong at the end of the year, even as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates to the highest level in 15 years.
Nonfarm payrolls increased by 223,000 in the last month of the year, according to the latest from the BLS published Friday. The unemployment rate in December fell to 3.5%, and on an unrounded basis, the unemployment rate came in at 3.468%, the lowest since 1969.
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Euro Zone Inflation Rate Slides to 9.2% as Energy Price Surge Cools
Inflation in the euro zone dropped for a second consecutive month in December, but analysts do not expect it to spark a change in tone from the European Central Bank.
Headline inflation, which includes food and energy costs, came in at 9.2% year on year in December, according to preliminary data Friday from the European statistics agency, Eurostat. It follows November’s headline inflation rate of 10.1%, which represented the first slight contraction in prices since June 2021.
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SBF Seeks Access to $450 Million in Seized Robinhood Shares to Pay His Legal Fees
Sam Bankman-Fried is fighting to persuade a US court that he should be able to access Robinhood shares worth around $450 million to help pay for his legal fees. The problem: the Department of Justice — which does not believe the 56 million shares of Robinhood were property of the bankrupt FTX estate — moved on Wednesday to seize the shares. Another problem: both FTX and BlockFi are also laying claim to the shares as well. And while FTX’s creditors hope the shares can help make them whole, Bankman-Fried said he needs the funds to cover his legal fees.
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“We’re Going to Win”: House Adjourns Until 10pm as McCarthy Grows Confident
Update (1550ET): The House has adjourned until 10 p.m. ET, with McCarthy telling reporters “We’re going to win.”
Indeed, things seem tense within the “Never Kevin” camp.
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Update (1400ET): After four days and 13 votes, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has lost his bid for House Speaker yet again.
That said, he’s been able to flip 15 holdouts, the latest being Andy Harris of Maryland. During the vote, Harris could be seen standing in the back of the chamber, several rows behind the 6 GOP holdouts.
Harris had been seeking a subcommittee gavel on the appropriations panel, according to CNN‘s Manu Raju.
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10 Hurt as Gunfire Erupts at Miami Gardens Video Shoot Involving Rapper French Montana
A video shoot involving a multi-platinum rap star outside a popular Miami Gardens soul food restaurant Thursday night erupted in gunfire injuring 10 when a man — for reasons not yet known — opened fire with an assault-style rifle while standing behind a $400,000 car being used as a prop.
Others are believed to have returned gunfire. When the shooting stopped, New Orleans rapper French Montana had managed to escape after being whisked away by security, multiple law enforcement sources told The Miami Herald. Social media posts claimed a young New Orleans rapper who goes by Rob49 and whose real name is Robert Thomas, and one of Montana’s bodyguards were shot and injured during the barrage. Police could not confirm that.
The chaotic scene in the parking lot behind The Licking restaurant at 17647 NW 27th Ave., happened at about 8 p.m., while patrons were inside. None were injured, however, police said, as the shooting was confined to an area behind the business where the only entrance is for employees.
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6-Year-Old Boy Shoots Teacher at Newport News Elementary School, Police Say
NEWPORT NEWS — A first-grade student shot and critically wounded a teacher Friday afternoon inside Richneck Elementary School, according to police and school officials.
Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew said a 6-year-old boy was involved in “an altercation” with his teacher before he shot her with a handgun.
“This was not an accidental shooting,” Drew said, saying one round was fired.
The boy was taken into custody. No students were injured. The teacher, a woman in her 30s, has life-threatening injuries.
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Ashli Babbitt’s Mom Arrested by Capitol Police for Blocking Road During Jan. 6 Anniversary March
Capital Policed arrested Ashli Babbitt’s mother for allegedly violating two traffic regulations during the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 Anniversary March at the Capitol.
Micki Witthoeft, Babbitt’s mother, was charged with “blocking and obstructing roadways” and “obeying an order,” according to a press release by the Capitol Police.
Witthoeft was part of a group assembling to remember the events on Jan. 6 when Capitol police claimed she refused to move the march off the roadway on Independence Avenue near First Street. The group allegedly did not have a permit to march on Capitol grounds and were instructed to move out of the street or face arrest, according to the police.
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Joe Biden’s administration has quietly admitted that the Democrat president’s move to cancel the Keystone XL Pipeline has ended up costing thousands of American jobs and lost billions of dollars.
The Biden admin made the admission congressionally mandated report.
The published report, which the Department of Energy (DOE) completed in late December without any public announcement, highlights the positive economic benefits the Keystone XL Pipeline would have had if Biden didn’t revoke its federal permits.
The report says the Keystone XL project would have created between 16,149 and 59,000 jobs.
It also notes that the pipeline would have had a positive economic impact of between $3.4-9.6 billion, citing various studies.
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Breaking: 6-Year-Old in Police Custody After Shooting Teacher at Virginia School
A six-year-old boy is in custody following a shooting at a Virginia elementary school that left one teacher severely injured.
No students were injured during the incident that happened at around 2 pm at Richneck Elementary School, a statement from the Newport News Police Department said.
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Georgia’s Republican Governor Brian Kemp has overruled the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and California officials by declaring that he will “make sure fans are able to tailgate” at the College Football Playoff.
Gov. Kemp said he will allow tailgating at next year’s title game, even if he has to do it in the state Capitol.
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California Law Allowing Private Residents to Sue Gunmakers Takes Effect
Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
A new California gun law allowing private citizens to sue manufacturers and retailers for selling banned firearms went into effect this year.
California’s new regulations give private citizens the ability to sue anyone who imports, distributes, manufactures, or sells assault firearms, homemade weapons, ghost guns, or .50 BMP rifles.
The law, Senate Bill (SB) 1327, also restricts the sale of firearms to anyone under 21 years old.
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Detroit Man Violently Beaten by Victim’s Family After Allegedly Raping Teen Girl
Shocking footage has emerged of the aftermath of an alleged rapist being severely beaten by his victim’s family in Detroit.
According to Fox 2, the suspect had allegedly sexually assaulted a teenager and was confronted by the victim’s family Tuesday night. After chasing him around the Detroit neighborhood, the family caught him and viciously attacked him.
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Elon Musk Slams Leftist Washington Post Reporter: ‘Contemptible Liar’
Twitter boss Elon Musk has publicly slammed a leftist Washington Post report as a “contemptible liar.”
Musk caught sleazy “journalist” Joseph Menn spreading lies about him and his actions as Twitter’s CEO.
Menn was commenting on a violent leftist who repeatedly champions violence on social media.
However, Menn tried to characterize the leftist as someone “documenting racist and far-right attackers.”
In an article for the Post, Menn wrote that Antifa thug Chad Loder “was banned from Twitter by an order from owner Elon Musk, according to a former employee …”
The Post-Millennial’s editor-at-large, Andy Ngo, called out Menn over the false claims and shady characterization.
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The Florida Legislature has moved to officially strip Disney of its self-governing status, according to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’s office.
The state Legislature announced Friday that it is ending the self-governing status of the Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID), where Walt Disney World is located.
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Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade Labels Anti-McCarthy GOP Reps ‘Insurrectionists’
Fox and Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade on Thursday declared that the GOP reps “who don’t want to vote for Kevin McCarthy” to become Speaker of the House are “insurrectionists.”
“I probably shouldn’t use that word,” Kilmeade said, walking it back.
“Saboteurs,” his co-hosts interjected.
“Saboteurs,” Kilmeade said in the affirmative.
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Houston Man Shoots Armed Robber Dead, Returns Stolen Money to All Victims
A customer at Houston Taqueria had enough of the out-of-control crime in this country and shot and killed a man who robbed him and the restaurant’s customers late Thursday night in Southwest Houston.
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Inspector Report Found Hundreds of Chicago Teachers Allegedly Sexually Groomed, Raped Students
The Chicago Board of Education’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) annual report found hundreds of Chicago Public School (CPS) teachers were accused of adult-to-student sexual misconduct in the 2021-2022 school year.
The OIG’s Sexual Allegations Unit (SAU) opened 447 cases investigating teachers for allegedly grooming, sexually assaulting, or raping CPS students last school year, following the 325 opened in 2021. Of the open cases, the SAU closed 600 over the past 12 months, according to the OIG annual report, reported ChicagoCityWire.
SAU investigated a Chicago high school substitute teacher for grooming several students for sex and engaging in sexual acts with at least one student on school property, the OIG found.
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Police: 9-Year-Old Tulsa Boy Fatally Stabbed by Sister, 12
Police say the girl awoke a parent and said she had stabbed her brother.
TULSA, Okla. — Police in Tulsa say a 9-year-old boy has been stabbed to death by his 12-year-old sister.
Police said in a statement Friday that officers were called to a home in south Tulsa late Thursday and that the boy was taken to a hospital where he died.
Police say the girl awoke a parent and said she had stabbed her brother.
A police spokesperson has not responded to a phone call from The Associated Press seeking comment.
Police have not provided a motive. The girl is in juvenile custody.
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Report: 16-Year-Old Student Dies During ‘Athletic Event’ In Las Vegas
A 16-year-old Las Vegas high school student-athlete has died after suffering a “medical emergency” during an “athletic event” Thursday night, the school’s principal stated.
The student, Ashari Hughes, was reportedly competing in a game on Desert Oasis High School’s varsity flag football team when she collapsed. The school’s principal, Ian Salzman, announced Hughes’ death in an email to the school community.
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Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski is taking on Big Tech censorship with his rapidly expanding video platform which has emerged as a popular alternative to YouTube since going public last Fall.
In the latest episode of “Tucker Carlson Today,” Pavlovski sat down with the Fox News host to discuss his commitment to protecting free speech and why he believes that mission has driven his company toward success as creators continue to upload their content to the fast-growing platform.
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Trump’s National Security Adviser John Bolton Announces He Will Run for President in 2024
Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton has announced he will take on his ex-boss in 2024 run for president. Source: Good Morning Britain, ITV
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U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down Ban on Bump Stocks
Jan 6 (Reuters) — A U.S. appeals court on Friday struck down a Trump administration rule banning bump stocks, which are devices that allow people to rapidly fire multiple rounds from semi-automatic guns.
In a 13-3 decision, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans said that despite “tremendous” public pressure to impose a ban, it was up to the U.S. Congress rather than the president to take action.
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Canada Bans Most Foreigners From Buying Residential Property
Authored by Bryan Jung via The Epoch Times
The Canadian government has implemented a temporary ban on foreigners buying residential property for two years.
The Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act took effect Jan. 1, as Ottawa attempts to ease a housing shortage among Canadian citizens.
The ban was approved by the Canadian Parliament on June 23, to make homes more affordable for local residents, after non-resident foreign investors bought properties across the country, raising prices.
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For the first time since records began in 1900, more people died in The Netherlands than were born in 2022, according to the nation’s official statistician.
In a stunning example of Western demographic decline, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of The Netherlands reported that last year the birth rate fell below the death rate, with 168,000 babies born compared to 169,000 deaths. The number of births declined by 11,000 over the previous year, putting the rate of 1.49 children per woman on par with historically low birth rates in the 1980s.
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Belgian federal police recently found €150,000 ($157,700) in cash at the Brussels home of the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Eva Kaili (Panhellenic Socialist Movement), who was then arrested and charged with corruption. She remains in jail. Also arrested were Luca Visentini, secretary general of the International Trade Union Confederation, and former socialist MEP Pier-Antonio Panzeri. Francesco Giorgi, Kaili’s domestic partner and former parliamentary assistant to Panzeri, was also arrested. The home of MEP Marc Tarabella (Socialist Party) was searched.
Notably, Panzeri is the president of the NGO “Fight Impunity”, of which Giorgi is one of the founders. Niccolò Figà-Talamanca was also taken into custody, according to the Italian newswire Ansa. Figà-Talamanca is the executive director of another NGO, “No Peace Without Justice,” which is based in Rome and Brussels and ostensibly focused on international criminal justice, human rights and the promotion of democracy in North Africa and the Middle East. It also happens to have the same Brussels address as Fight Impunity: 41 rue Ducale.
According to media reports, and with respect to the presumption of innocence, this elite of European socialism and trade unionism was corrupted by Qatar to praise the “progress” of the emirate in the field of “labour law.”
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Free Speech Under Threat From Police in Scotland, Says Index on Censorship
Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times
Freedom of expression is under threat in Scotland because the police are increasingly recording non-crimes as “hate incidents,” the watchdog Index on Censorship has warned.
Guidance from the College of Policing, the professional body for officers in England and Wales, suggests officers should log a non-crime hate incident if it is “perceived to be” motivated by hatred or prejudice, even if the speaker insists it was a joke or an innocent remark.
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Germany’s Green Party Foreign Minister Opposes EU Member States’ Veto Rights
German Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, who is a member of the Green party, says she is against the current decision-making process of the European Union, according to which even a single member state can block measures.
Baerbock made the remark while speaking at a two-day diplomatic conference in Lisbon.
Speaking about EU decision-making, she said: “the EU cannot afford to allow individual member states to block decisions.”
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It’s not that Harry and Meghan don’t want their private life plastered all over the media.
They clearly do. They’re weapons grade narcissists.
It’s that they want only one version of events to be made public — theirs.
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Ministry of Ecology Becomes the Latest French Target for Climate Activists
The French Ministry of Ecology was the target of the latest paint attack by the environmentalist organisation “Dernière Renovation” or “Last Renovation.”
A numer of activists spray-painted the facade orange to denounce the French government’s perceived inaction on climate change.
Members of the organisation staged a similar act on Thursday at the Ministry of Economy and on Wednesday at the Matignon Palace, the official residence of the prime minister.
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No Global Warming for 8 Years and 4 Months, Latest Data Show
The U.K. may have had its warmest year on record in 2022 (at least, according to the Met Office’s frequently adjusted data), but globally the temperature has remained flat now for 100 months, since 2014. Christopher Monckton writes about the inconvenient data in Watts Up With That?
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Swedish Jihadist Sentenced After Posing for Photos With Dead Bodies in Syria
Swedish jihadist Nathan Benoitzon has been sentenced to four months in prison for violating international law after he posed for pictures with wounded and dead people in Syria.
The 44-year-old was sentenced to four months in prison by the Blekinge District Court over the incidents, which took place in Syria in 2012.
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The ‘Good Divorce’: Czechs and Slovaks on 30 Years Apart, Together
Ondrej and Katarina first met in 2008, more than a decade after their countries divorced.
He, a Czech, and she, a Slovak, see their cross-national marriage as anything but unusual.
“My uncle is Slovak and has a Czech wife. My sister is getting married to a Czech man,” Katarina said. Her husband chimed in: “Many of us don’t think of Slovakia as a foreign country in the true sense of the word.”
January 1st marked the 30th anniversary of the breakup of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic, two separate states. The “Velvet Divorce”, as it’s known abroad, is remembered as Europe’s most peaceful and successful breakup in recent history.
It was agreed without conflict or acrimony, albeit without the public’s opinion being asked, and politicians from both sides hammered it out in over just six days.
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UK: Exclusive: Acid Attacks on the Rise Again in Sadiq Khan’s London
Acid attacks in London are on the rise again, Breitbart News can reveal, with 88 “noxious and corrosive attacks” logged from January to November 2022, compared to 65 in all of 2021.
The latest figures available show there were 88 ‘acid attacks’ in London in the first 11 months of 22, compared to 65 in all of 2021, suggesting despite the fall in all types of crime seen across the UK during the coronavirus lockdowns London criminal gangs are wasting no time getting back to work. Newham was the London borough with the greatest number of acid attacks last year, followed closely by Hammersmith and Ealing.
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Students have accused a university of “greenwashing” after it spent almost £24,000 on a life-size statue of Greta Thunberg.
Winchester University has been accused of ignoring its commitment to the environment by protesters.
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UK: Prince Harry Claims Magic Mushrooms, Cannabis, Cocaine Let Him See ‘The Truth’
Troubled California-based royal Harry, Duke of Sussex, has suggested that illegal drug abuse helped him see “the truth”, according to his memoir Spare.
While the Z-list style tell-all memoir, which also details such inglorious incidents as Harry losing his virginity outdoors to an older woman who treated him like a horse and being tossed into a dog food bowl by brother William during an argument over Meghan Markle’s alleged rudeness, was not supposed to be released until Tuesday, with pre-release publicity tightly controlled through tame legacy media journalists.
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Woke Lancet: Climate Change ‘The Biggest Global Health Threat of the 21st Century’
ROME — The once venerable Lancet medical journal has launched the very unscientific claim that climate change is the “biggest global health threat of the 21st century.”
In celebrating its 200th anniversary, the Lancet asserts that it is “more than a medical journal,” declaring that its mission is to “drive social and political change.”
According to Richard Horton, Lancet‘s Editor-in-Chief, the publication has “a unique commitment among medical journals to improving health, achieving health equity, and advancing social justice.”
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Shots Fired in Tense Greece-Turkey Patrol Boat Ramming Incident
Turkish media is confirming a major incident between a Turkish coast guard vessel and a Greek coast guard patrol boat on Thursday, describing that the Greek patrol was harassing Turkish fishing boats before Turkish coast guard authorities intervened. But Athens has countered that it was the Turkish side harassing Greek vessels.
Both sides are saying warning shots were fired and are attributing acts of aggression to the other side: “A Greek coast guard patrol boat’s crew fired warning shots early Thursday to deter a Turkish coast guard vessel that was trying to ram them in the eastern Aegean Sea, authorities in Athens said, as tensions between the two neighbors remain high,” the Associated Press reports.
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Yemen: Bomb Attack in Mudiyah, Abyan Governorate, Jan. 6
Bomb attack targeting military vehicle kills four soldiers and wounds nine others in Mudiyah, Yemen, Jan. 6. Heightened security likely.
A bomb targeted a military vehicle belonging to the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in the Mudiyah District in Abyan Governorate, Jan. 6. The blast killed at least four soldiers and wounded nine others. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack; however, Islamic State (IS) militants, who have perpetrated similar attacks in Abyan Governorate in the past, could have been responsible. On Dec. 26, a similar attack killed at least two soldiers and wounded three in the Al-Mahfid District of Abyan Governorate.
Security forces will likely maintain a heightened security presence around the site of the blast until the associated investigation concludes. Increased security measures will almost certainly prompt transport and business disruptions in the affected area over the coming hours and days.
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The Russian tycoon’s seven children may now have access to a host of luxury assets worth at least £3.3bn, including a superyacht and shares in Russian firms, ultimately shielded from sanctions.
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Ukraine War: Washington ‘To Send 50 Bradleys’ and Five Other Top Developments
1. Fighting reportedly continued despite Russia’s Christmas ceasefire
Artillery fire could be heard from the front line in Ukraine on Friday, even after the official start of a unilateral ceasefire declared by Moscow and rejected by Kyiv.
Additionally, air raid sirens were sounded across the entire country around 1:30 pm local time on Friday.
President Vladimir Putin ordered the 36-hour ceasefire from midday on Friday to observe Orthodox Christmas.
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Prince Harry Says He Killed 25 People in New Book: ‘They Were Chess Pieces Taken Off the Board’
“Woke” Prince Harry is facing backlash for admitting in his new book that he killed 25 Taliban fighters while serving in the British Army in Afghanistan.
Harry disclosed the number in his upcoming autobiography “Spare.”
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Mariam Raad was greeted by a bunch of flowers from her children at a compound in Young, rural NSW, when she was released from custody after spending a night behind bars.
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The Albanese government has spent more than $150,000 in three months on functions and hospitality for the purpose of ‘introducing themselves’ between June and August.
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Britain lacks the capacity for Rishi Sunak’s plan to detain every migrant who crosses the Channel in a small boat, the chief inspector of prisons warned today.
Charlie Taylor said the government would need to dramatically increase its stock of secure accommodation for the plan to work given most centres are already overcrowded.
The prime minister has promised new legislation, expected next month, which would allow anyone who crosses the Channel to be held pending removal to their home nation or deportation to a third country like Rwanda.
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A crime boss serving 20 years in prison for the deaths of 39 people as they were smuggled into the UK in a lorry will pay more than £180,000 in compensation.
Ronan Hughes, 43, is serving a 20-year sentence for the 2019 manslaughter of the Vietnamese nationals, who were aged between 15 and 44.
On Friday at the Old Bailey, Judge Mark Lucraft KC confiscated Hughes’s ill-gotten gains from his leading role in the long-running fatal trafficking operation.
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France: Traffic Transgression Nets Hardened Migrant Criminal
In Clermont-Ferrand, the police were surprised to find that the Cameroonian migrant they arrested for driving without a licence is serving a 22-year prison sentence in Italy for atrocious acts.
The 29-year-old man of Cameroonian origin was arrested on Sunday night in the French city Clermont-Ferrand. He was the subject of a European arrest warrant.
The man was checked because he was driving too fast. In addition, he was driving under the influence of alcohol, without a driving licence or insurance.
The Clermont-Ferrand police were surprised by the man’s background. The man was the subject of a European arrest warrant issued by Italy. He must serve 22 years in prison for human trafficking, reported La Montagne.
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Italy: Meloni Tells Migrant Taxi NGOs: Stop Ferry Service
Italian conservative Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called on migrant taxi NGOs to stop their “ferry service” in the Mediterranean after enacting new stricter rules on how the NGOs operate.
Prime Minister Meloni released a statement on social media regarding the new regulations for migrant taxi NGO vessels saying, “the Italy that pretends not to see who systematically violates the rules is over.”
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Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Friday, activating the National Guard to help with an influx of migrants arriving by boat on Florida’s coast.
In response to the Biden administration’s alleged inability to manage a record number of migrants attempting to cross the southern border into the U.S. and anticipating a wave of migrant arrivals, DeSantis authorized state agencies to take emergency response measures Jan. 6, according to the order. The governor also authorized the National Guard to deploy “as needed, to deal with this emergency,” given that “the migration of unauthorized aliens to the State of Florida is likely to constitute a major disaster.”
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A public broadcaster in Germany has been accused of trying to “cover up” migrant riots in Berlin on New Year’s Eve.
Tagesschau, a public news broadcaster in Germany, has come under fire for its coverage of riots that took place in Berlin during New Year’s Eve, with one publication going so far as to accuse the broadcaster of trying to “cover up” the large proportion of migrants involved in the violence.
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Residents of Chicago’s Woodlawn Neighborhood Protest Shelter for Migrants
Residents of a Chicago neighborhood protested preparations to establish a migrant shelter inside a closed-down elementary school, allegedly without the locals’ permission.
A group of Woodlawn residents gathered Thursday morning to insist the community provide resources for locals rather than the migrants, the Chicago Tribune reported. The city reportedly plans to convert Wadsworth Elementary School into housing for migrants relocated to the city.
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UK: Migrant Removal Flights Cost an Eye-Watering £8,000 Per Person Staggering New Figures Reveal
Deportation flights for illegal migrants and foreign criminals are costing Britain at least £8,000 per person.
The new figures, obtained via a Freedom of Information request, indicate that between January and October 2022 there was a cost of £11million for removing those with no right to remain in the UK.
And since 2020 as much as £30million has been spent on sending people back after arriving in Britain.
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California’s Trans Law Makes Prisons “Unsafe” For Women: Former Inmate
Authored by Siyamak Khorrami via The Epoch Times
A new California law, allowing men who identify as female to be housed in women’s prisons, is wreaking havoc within the women’s prison system and creating an environment of fear and “total chaos emotionally,” according to Amie Ichikawa, a plaintiff in a lawsuit which seeks to overturn it.
“It’s the worst human science project I’ve ever seen,” she said during a recent episode of EpochTV’s California Insider.
“This is very callous and brazen psychological warfare that is occurring right in our own state being fully funded by taxpayers’ dollars.”
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Go Woke Go Broke: Victoria’s Secret CEO Quits Following Brand’s Woke Reforms
Victoria’s Secret brand CEO Amy Hauk has abruptly resigned from her position less than a year into the job, the company announced on Tuesday.
Hauk, who helmed the company’s Pink apparel brand, gave notice of her resignation last week, CNN Business reports.
The news comes after a disastrous few years of woke reforms such as hiring transgender models and the cancelation of the “Angels” fashion shows, described by former Victoria’s Secret model Bridget Malcolm as “performative allyship.”
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Major University Pays More Than $18 Million to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Staff
The University of Michigan (UM) spends more than $18 million annually to support its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) staff, according to an analysis of public salary records by UM emeritus professor Mark Perry.
UM pays a total of $18,120,242 to support more than 142 staff members who work to promote DEI initiatives on campus during the 2022-2023 school year, according to data analyzed by Perry. The total equals the amount it would take to cover the cost of in-state tuition for 1,075 students, he told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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‘Now I’m Also a Mom’: Man Legally Changes Gender to Help Win Custody of His Children
An Ecuadorian man has changed his gender from male to female to help him win custody of his daughters due what he claims is his country’s unfair policy of favoring mothers in custody disputes.
René Salinas Ramos, 47, claims that his daughters’ mother is abusive and that he hasn’t seen his children in five months.
“My actions are not against anyone in particular, but against the system,” Salinas Ramos told local outlet La Voz del Tomebamba.
“Being a father in this country, Ecuador, is punished and seen only as a provider,” he continued. He also reportedly La Voz del Tomebamba his new ID card, which identifies him as a woman.
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WHO: Anti-Vaccine Activism is Deadlier Than Global Terrorism
The World Health Organization shared a video on Twitter promoting the claim that anti-vaccine activism is deadlier than global terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and gun violence.
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With Schools Ditching Merit for Diversity, Families of High Achievers Head for the Door
Authored by Vince Bielski via RealClear Wire
Alex Shilkrut has deep roots in Manhattan, where he has lived for 16 years, works as a physician, and sends his daughter to a public elementary school for gifted students in coveted District 2.
It’s a good life. But Shilkrut regretfully says he may leave the city, as well as a job he likes in a Manhattan hospital, because of sweeping changes in October that ended selective admissions in most New York City middle schools.
These merit-based schools, which screened for students who met their high standards, will permanently switch to a lottery for admissions that will almost certainly enroll more blacks and Latinos in the pursuit of racial integration.
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DR. MIKE YEADON, FORMER V.P. AT PFIZER,
CONCLUDES “THERE ARE NO RESPIRATORY VIRUSES!”
https://www.bitchute.com/video/ExAqwaCt85mB/
America ranks #24 in avg. IQ in the world and slips more each year.
Well when you import the 3rd world by the millions, what the heck do you expect?
I’ll be curious to see what our judicial system does with a 6 yo in this case. Long ago I was ten yo sitting in an adult jail cell by myself the system simply had no good way to deal with a pint size criminal that I was.
I am sure you didnot shoot your teacher or anyone else .Pint size savages today would be better off removed from their savage mothers and run away aka absent fathers and put in a structured environment orphanages.