Gates of Vienna News Feed 2/15/2023

The AfD (Alternative für Deutschland, Alternative for Germany) called for the reinstatement of compulsory military service in Germany. Meanwhile, the Bundeswehr began training Ukrainian tank crews in the use of the Leopard 2 tank.

In other news, a senator in the Romanian parliament said that she believes the recent earthquake was deliberately engineered by the United States as an attack against Turkey.

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Thanks to Daniel Greenfield, Dean, Fjordman, LP, McN, MM, Reader from Chicago, and all the other tipsters who sent these in.

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Financial Crisis
» CBO: National Debt to Reach $46 Trillion by 2033, 118% of GDP
» IMF Urges Globalist Governments to Prepare ‘For the Unthinkable’
» Wall St. Journal Report Says You Should Stop Eating to Save Money
 
USA
» “Stunning Violation of the Constitution” Texas Attorney General Sues Joe Biden…
» 30% More Young People Dying From Heart Attacks
» Airport Employees Warn Lori Lightfoot Over Growing Homeless Problem Inside O’Hare: ‘it’s Out of Control’
» ‘Alarming’ Increase in Whale Deaths Blamed on Wind Energy Projects: ‘Unprecedented in the Last Half-Century’
» Astronomers Marvel at ‘Perfect Explosion,’ a Spherical Cosmic Fireball
» Big Tech Companies Slash Censorship Teams as Legal Pressures Mount
» Catalytic Converter Thief Picks Wrong Car, Wakes Up Sleeping Woman Who Runs Him Over and Kills Him
» ChatGPT AI Accused of Liberal Bias After Refusing to Write Hunter Biden New York Post Coverage
» Chicago Dad Placed on Watchlist After Opposing Pornography in Schools
» Democratic Lawmaker With Ties to ‘Defund the Police’ Movement Calls for Crackdown on Crime Following Assault
» Department of Justice Formally Decides Not to Charge Matt Gaetz in Probe
» DeSantis’ Office Calls Out Local Reporter Caught on Hot Mic Saying Her Job is Making Governor ‘Uncomfortable’
» FBI Twice Searched University of Delaware for Classified Biden Docs: Sources
» Federal District Court Judge Orders Illinois to Show Examples of Every Newly-Banned Firearm
» Gun Owners of America Spokesman Says the Biden Admin is Trying to Put Gun Stores Out of Business
» I’m a Physician and the Ohio Train Derailment Has Created a Serious Public Health Crisis
» Jim Jordan Subpoenas CEOs of Five US Tech Companies Demanding Information on How They Moderate Content
» Judicial Watch President Says US Was Engaged in Secret Deal to Hide Info About the COVID Vaccine
» Kari Lake Doubles Down on Why She Only Stood for ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ At Super Bowl
» Listen to Recording of F-16 Pilots Intercepting Object Over Lake Huron
» Lori Lightfoot Slammed for Gaslighting Chicagoans Over Declining Police Numbers: ‘Smoke and Mirrors’
» Meteorite Spotted Over Texas, Residents ‘Heard the Earth Shake’
» New York’s First Execution in Decades Could be ISIS-Inspired Murderer Who Killed 8 in Terror Attack: Reports
» NewsNation Reporter Arrested at Ohio Train Derailment Presser Speaks Out as Charges Against Him Are Dropped
» Ohio Train Derailment: Mike Dewine Assures Air, Village Water Are Safe Following Toxic Chemical Spill
» Ohio Mom Blasts Biden EPA Official for Defending Train Derailment Response: ‘We Are Forgotten About”
» Ohio Train Crash Leaves Small Town in Fear of Toxic Fallout
» One Killed, 3 Injured in Shooting at El Paso Mall; 1 Suspect Arrested
» Parents in Liberal State Erupt With Rage as Officials Try to Explain Sex Offender Releases Into Community
» Pete Buttigieg Tries to Pass Buck for Ohio Train Disaster, Blames Trump
» Poll: Support for Endless U.S. Aid to Ukraine Softens as Voters See Problems Closer to Home
» Pollster Shocked Half of Americans Believe National Media Aims to Mislead: ‘Pretty Striking’
» Rand Paul Introduces Bill to Halt Funding for Hospitals Denying Care to the Unvaxxed
» Sam Bankman-Fried’s Other Bail-Backers Revealed
» SCOTUS to Reconsider Hearing Case Alleging Biden, Harris, Lawmakers Ignored 2020 Fraud, Broke Oaths
» Sen. Kennedy Says it’s Time for Biden to Speak About Unknown Flying Objects: ‘The Cow is Out of the Barn’
» Shock Video: Shootout at Texas Shop as Armed Clerk Confronts Gunman
» Soros-Backed Virginia DA Accused of Targeting Political Opponents, Reporters
» ‘The Gates of Hell Were Opened’: Sara Carter Speaks to East Palestine Residents After Toxic Chemical Release
» Trump Vows to Mount Major Ballot-Harvesting Campaign ‘In Every State We Can’
» Video: White Boy ‘Strangled’ by Black Girl on School Bus in Virginia
» Watch: CDC Director Suggests it Will Never Change Child Masking Policy
 
Canada
» Justin Trudeau Could be Next to Resign
» Pastor Put in Week-Long Solitary Confinement for Church Service Predicts Canadian Revival: ‘Something Stirred’
 
Europe and the EU
» 9 in 10 Black People in Mainland France Say They Are Victims of Racist Discrimination
» AfD Joins Call for Germany to Reinstate Compulsory Military Service
» Biden Willing to Let Germans Freeze in Blowing Up Pipeline: Seymour Hersh Interview
» EU is Terrified of Free Speech on Elon Musk’s Twitter, MEP Says
» European Commission Sues Poland After Top Court Defies Primacy of EU Law
» Every Form of Theft Sees Dramatic Rise in Britain, As Cops Focus on Woke Issues
» Germany: Bundeswehr Begins Training of Ukrainian Leopard 2 Tank Crews
» Germany is Threatening Hungary’s Long-Term Energy Supply by Blocking Nuclear Reactor Project
» German Election Do-Over Result Already in Doubt as Hundreds of Postal Ballots Discovered
» Nicola Sturgeon Says Time is Right to Resign as Scotland’s First Minister
» Poland: Is Warsaw About to Ration Travel, Meat and Dairy?
» Scottish Leader Nicola Sturgeon Quits After Outrage Over Transgender Laws
» Spanish Populist Leader: Conservatives Are Just Behind-the-Times Socialists
» US Won’t Apologize for Mistakenly Accusing Hungary of Anti-Semitic Vandalism That Actually Happened in Sweden
 
Middle East
» Elon Musk Says ‘Single World Government’ Could Lead to End of Civilization at World Government Summit
» Elon Musk, Who Co-Founded Firm Behind ChatGPT, Warns A.I. Is ‘One of the Biggest Risks’ To Civilization
» Romanian MP Believes Earthquake Was a Deliberate Attack on Turkey
 
Russia
» Russia Wants UN Probe Into Nord Stream Blasts
 
Immigration
» Austria’s ‘Integration Barometer’ Shows Dramatic Shift
» Britain Becoming ‘Like Sweden’ Amid Mass Migration, Warns Nigel Farage
» Germany: Migrant Who Allegedly Stabbed Five in Train Attack Should Have Already Been Deported, Minister Admits
» Macron’s Great Replacement Scheme? 40 Migrants Being Sent to Small French Village of Beyssenac With 257 Residents as Local Opposition Grows
» Ron DeSantis Signs Bill That Will Let Him Keep Transporting Migrants to Sanctuary Cities to ‘Protect’ Florida Citizens After Stirring Fury With Martha’s Vineyard Flights
 
Culture Wars
» Christian Teacher Fired for Refusing to Hide Kids’ ‘Gender Transitions’ From Parents
» Diversity, Equity and Inclusion on Drugs
» Ex-CNN Anchor Soledad O’Brien: ‘Woke’ Is a ‘Racist Slur’
» Gov Abbott Vows to Ban Transgender Athletes From Texas College Sports
» MEP: EU Pushing ‘Radical Gender Ideology’ Instead of Protecting Women
» U.N. Chief Guterres Warns of Mass Climate Exodus on a ‘Biblical’ Scale
 

CBO: National Debt to Reach $46 Trillion by 2033, 118% of GDP

The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday the national debt will reach 118% of GDP by 2033 — the highest level ever recorded — and continue to rise “if current laws generally remained unchanged.”

The projections were part of the nonpartisan office’s “Budget and Economic Outlook: 2023 to 2033.”

According to the report, the national debt is projected to increase by $22 trillion over the next 10 years, reaching $46 trillion by 2033.

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

IMF Urges Globalist Governments to Prepare ‘For the Unthinkable’

The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on globalist governments around the world to prepare “for the unthinkable.”

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has warned that the world needs to be prepared to better handle shocks.

The said world leaders must consider “the unthinkable” in a post-COVID-19 world and in light of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.

Georgieva made the comments during a World Government Summit panel hosted by CNBC’s Hadley Gamble in Dubai on February 14.

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

Wall St. Journal Report Says You Should Stop Eating to Save Money

The Wall Street Journal published a report today that suggests Americans should combat economic strife by only eating two meals per day.

It sounds like a Babylon Bee story, but less amusing.

Eggs, cereals, fruit and coffee are among the foods that have rocketed in price the most, and so perhaps breakfast should just be consigned to the dustbin of history, according to the report.

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

“Stunning Violation of the Constitution” Texas Attorney General Sues Joe Biden…

“I am suing the Biden Admin to end the implementation of this bill because it was never lawfully enacted and is unconstitutional”

Attorney General Paxton is suing President Biden and members of his Administration over the unlawful signing and implementation of the omnibus spending bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023.

Attorney General Ken Paxton said: “In a stunning violation of the Constitution, the U.S. House passed the $1.7 trillion omnibus bill without a quorum present. I am suing the Biden Admin to end the implementation of this bill because it was never lawfully enacted and is unconstitutional.

“Nowhere does the U.S. Constitution authorize the House to pass trillion-dollar bills when more than half the members are in their homes, vacationing, or are anywhere physically other than the United States Capitol Building,”

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

30% More Young People Dying From Heart Attacks

Cedars Sinai hospital dropped an atomic bomb of truth on us: 30% more young people are dying from heart attacks than before the pandemic.

The rise in heart attacks is so striking because the demographic it has hit is shocking: people from 25-44 years old. People in this age group are not generally known for dropping like flies from heart disease.

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

Airport Employees Warn Lori Lightfoot Over Growing Homeless Problem Inside O’Hare: ‘it’s Out of Control’

Employees at O’Hare International Airport have reached their limit with another abject failure by embattled Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

Staff are speaking out over the rise of homeless people moving into one of the busiest airports in the world.

Thousands of Chicago homeless are now seeking refuge inside O’Hare, according to CBS news.

Employees sent the network photos of people sleeping on heater vents, using the terminal to dry their clothes, and trashing airport bathrooms. Pictures of the same have gone viral on social media.

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

‘Alarming’ Increase in Whale Deaths Blamed on Wind Energy Projects: ‘Unprecedented in the Last Half-Century’

A humpback whale carcass washed ashore on a New Jersey beach Monday, making it the ninth carcass to wash ashore in the Northeast in the last two months and begging questions as to why the string of deaths began.

Conservation group Clean Ocean Action believes offshore wind energy projects are to blame.

“This alarming number of deaths is unprecedented in the last half-century,” the group stated, adding, “The only unique factor from previous years is the excessive scope, scale and magnitude of offshore wind powerplant activity in the region.”

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

Astronomers Marvel at ‘Perfect Explosion,’ a Spherical Cosmic Fireball

WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (Reuters) — Astronomers have observed what might be the “perfect explosion,” a colossal and utterly spherical blast triggered by the merger of two very dense stellar remnants called neutron stars shortly before the combined entity collapsed to form a black hole.

Researchers on Wednesday described for the first time the contours of the type of explosion, called a kilonova, that occurs when neutron stars merge. The rapidly expanding fireball of luminous matter they detailed defied their expectations.

The two neutron stars, with a combined mass about 2.7 times that of our sun, had orbited each other for billions of years before colliding at high speeds and exploding. This unfolded in a galaxy called NGC 4993, about 140-150 million light years away from Earth in the direction of the constellation Hydra. A light year is the distance light travels in a year, 5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion km).

The existence of kilonova explosions was proposed in 1974 and confirmed in 2013, but what they looked like was unknown until this one was detected in 2017 and studied intensively.

           — Hat tip: McN [Return to headlines]
 

Big Tech Companies Slash Censorship Teams as Legal Pressures Mount

Big Tech companies are making extensive cuts to their workforces amid multiple woes, according to reports.

Silicon Valley firms are slashing their censorship teams as legal pressures continue to mount.

Censorship teams appear to be losing steam amid growing legal scrutiny and waning popularity.

The Big Tech industry is also seeing wider mass layoffs across the board as social media companies become increasingly unpopular.

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

Catalytic Converter Thief Picks Wrong Car, Wakes Up Sleeping Woman Who Runs Him Over and Kills Him

A thief and his accomplices learned a lesson the hard way when a woman drove over a man who was trying to steal her catalytic converter and killed him. The woman said she was asleep in her truck when she was awoken by the sound of the theft in progress.

She put the car in reverse and tried to get away but ran over the thief who was trying to saw off her catalytic converter. She called 911. The thief was pronounced dead at the hospital. The cops arrested his three accomplices.

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

ChatGPT AI Accused of Liberal Bias After Refusing to Write Hunter Biden New York Post Coverage

Biden in the style of The New York Post but obliged the user request when asked to do the same in the style of CNN.

The striking difference in responses from the chatbot developed by OpenAI was first highlighted by The New York Post, with the paper claiming that ChatGPT was exhibiting a liberal bias.

When asked to write the story about Hunter in The New York Post style, ChatGPT said it could not generate content “designed to be inflammatory or biased.”

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

Chicago Dad Placed on Watchlist After Opposing Pornography in Schools

Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)

A Chicago father has learned that he has been placed on a flight watchlist after opposing pornographic materials in his kids’ schools.

Over the summer of 2021, Terry Newsome—who described himself in comments to the Epoch Times as a “lifelong Democrat” until recently—was one of several parents in the 99th school district of Downer’s Grove, Chicago, who expressed opposition to books in his children’s library that had sexually explicit and pornographic content.

In December, Newsome discovered he had been placed on a watchlist.

On Dec. 16, 2022, he and his family attempted to board a plane en route to Turning Point USA’s “America Fest” convention in Phoenix, Arizona.

Newsome, who travels a great deal for work, was shocked to learn that he had been placed on a watchlist and had to get substantially more screening before being allowed to board, causing him to miss his original flight.

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

Democratic Lawmaker With Ties to ‘Defund the Police’ Movement Calls for Crackdown on Crime Following Assault

Democratic Congresswoman Angie Craig, Minn., who was allegedly assaulted in the elevator of her Washington, D.C. residence by a 26-year-old man named Kendrid Hamlin, has a past link to the “defund the police” movement.

One of Craig’s former staffers, Liz Young, has spoken out against the police and even called for property destruction on her Twitter account, according to a Washington Free Beacon report from last year.

In 2020, Young responded to news about deaths related to police in New York with four words: “Burn. It. All. Down.”

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

Department of Justice Formally Decides Not to Charge Matt Gaetz in Probe

The Department of Justice (DOJ) handed Republican Rep Matt Gaetz (R-FL) a big win after a two-year probe of alleged sex trafficking involving some corrupt Florida officials.

The DOJ formally decided it will not criminally charge Gaetz in the case, finally vindicating the congressman.

The Justice Department has informed lawyers for at least one witness that it will not bring charges against Gaetz.

Gaetz and his lawyers confirmed the good news.

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

DeSantis’ Office Calls Out Local Reporter Caught on Hot Mic Saying Her Job is Making Governor ‘Uncomfortable’

A local reporter in Florida was caught on a hot mic saying her job is to make Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis “uncomfortable.”

During a livestream of an event attended by DeSantis in Jacksonville, First Coast News reporter Atyia Collins was heard chatting with someone about her role at the press conference.

“No, my job is to ask the tough questions and make him uncomfortable, I guess,” Collins said.

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

FBI Twice Searched University of Delaware for Classified Biden Docs: Sources

The FBI has searched the University of Delaware in connection with President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents, Fox News has learned.

Sources say no classified files have been found yet, but the FBI continues to go through documents and will determine if some are classified.

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

Federal District Court Judge Orders Illinois to Show Examples of Every Newly-Banned Firearm

Things just got very real for the gun-grabbers behind the Illinois Firearm Ban Act. Last Monday the Illinois Gun Rights Alliance filed for a preliminary injunction to block enforcement of the new gun ban in the Land of Lincoln. On Monday, the US District Court judge issued an order that sets up the Illinois Attorney General for an epic failure.

We got an early Valentine’s Day gift. I say “we” because Guns Save Life where I serve as Executive Director stands as a named plaintiff in the FFL-IL lawsuit. As for the gift, US District Court Judge Stephen McGlynn issued an order requiring the state to provide illustrative examples of each and every item banned under the Illinois Firearm Ban Act.

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

Gun Owners of America Spokesman Says the Biden Admin is Trying to Put Gun Stores Out of Business

Gun Owners of America Senior Vice President Erich Pratt says that the Biden administration is going after gun owners and using the ATF to try to shut gun shops down.

“Biden has implemented a zero tolerance policy,” Pratt said on the Wednesday edition of the “Just the News, No Noise” TV show. “If a gun store makes one mistake, the ATF skips the traditional warnings and goes straight to license revocation. These could be just simple clerical mistakes. Licensing revocations are up anywhere from 300 to 500 percent. This is the most since the early 2000s.”

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

I’m a Physician and the Ohio Train Derailment Has Created a Serious Public Health Crisis

OPINION By Nicole Saphier, M.D.

Two weeks ago, at 9 pm on February 3, a freight train operated by Norfolk Southern derailed in Ohio.

Two days after the derailment, news of a Chinese spy balloon on a surveillance flight across the United States captivated the nation, so the catastrophe did not receive significant media attention.

It should have.

The freight train with 150 cars derailed in the town of East Palestine, population 4,700. Twenty of the train’s cars were carrying hazardous materials resulting in a chemical catastrophe. Local residents are now being told it is safe to go home.

I am not so confident.

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

Jim Jordan Subpoenas CEOs of Five US Tech Companies Demanding Information on How They Moderate Content

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan made his move and subpoenaed the chief executives of five large U.S. tech companies demanding information on how they moderate content on their platforms.

Jordan said the committee is seeking to understand “how and to what extent the Executive Branch coerced and colluded with companies and other intermediaries to censor speech.” Twitter has not been issued a subpoena after they publicly blew the whistle on some scandalous behavior by our government and groups linked to it.

The House Judiciary Committee said: “Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) subpoenaed the chief executive officers of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft for documents and communications relating to the federal government’s reported collusion with Big Tech to suppress free speech.

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

Judicial Watch President Says US Was Engaged in Secret Deal to Hide Info About the COVID Vaccine

President of Judicial Watch Tom Fitton said that recent documents obtained by the watchdog group reveal that the United States was involved in a secret deal with the United Kingdom to keep information about adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine hidden from the public.

“They were talking about anaphylaxis responses and adverse events related to the vaccine,” Fitton said on the Wednesday edition of the “Just the News, No Noise” TV show. “They were sharing information with their UK counterparts.”

Judicial Watch put out a press release last week, linking to the 57 pages of redacted documents.

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

Kari Lake Doubles Down on Why She Only Stood for ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ At Super Bowl

Arizona’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has broken her silence about sitting down during the “black national anthem” at the Super Bowl.

A picture of Lake sitting during “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which was played prior to the National Anthem ahead of the game, went viral on social media.

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

Listen to Recording of F-16 Pilots Intercepting Object Over Lake Huron

An audio recording has emerged of the F-16 pilots who intercepted the “unidentified object” that was shot down over Lake Huron on Sunday.

The website TheDrive obtained fascinating recordings of the in-cockpit communications from the two jets involved in downing the object.

The object was “decommissioned” by two 148th Fighter Wing “Bulldogs” F-16CMs.

The fighters launched from Madison, Wisconsin. The Pentagon said the object’s “path and altitude raised concerns, including that it could be a hazard to civil aviation.

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

Lori Lightfoot Slammed for Gaslighting Chicagoans Over Declining Police Numbers: ‘Smoke and Mirrors’

Chicago’s police force has declined by 19% since Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) took office in May 2019 and, despite the drastic drop in numbers, Lighftoot maintains The Windy City is keeping its people safe with more police.

“Everyone in our city deserves to be safe because they are safe,” she said Thursday.

“What have we done? We’ve worked on making sure that we take more handguns and illegal guns off the street. We’ve worked on making sure that we provide more police, particularly in areas of the city that are suffering most,” she added.

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

Meteorite Spotted Over Texas, Residents ‘Heard the Earth Shake’

Two aircraft reported seeing a meteorite in Texas on Wednesday with residents saying that they heard a loud explosion. The meteorite was spotted over South Texas, the police said, adding that the news was shared by two aircraft with Houston Air Traffic Control. The police announced at around 8:30 pm that a meteorite has been seen in Texas . Where did the meteorite exactly hit is not known yet. People also said that the explosion was so powerful that their homes started shaking. “Where the exact point of impact is unknown,” Hidalgo County Sheriff Eddie Guerra said. “No reports of any damage in that area has been received.”

Police Chief Cesar Torres told KVEO-TV that they started getting calls about a meteorite in Texas at around 6 pm. The calls gradually started growing and now hundreds of residents have called in reporting about the Texas meteorite. People reportedly said that they “heard the earth shake.” A “loud explosion” was heard in Mission which is situated just north of the Mexico-United States border.

Alton Police Chief Jonathan Flores said that they also felt the blast, but aren’t really sure of what caused it.

           — Hat tip: MM [Return to headlines]
 

New York’s First Execution in Decades Could be ISIS-Inspired Murderer Who Killed 8 in Terror Attack: Reports

A violent Islamic extremist who plowed a flatbed truck through a bicycle path in 2017, killing eight and injuring more, could be the first inmate executed in New York in 60 years if a federal jury agrees on the death penalty.

Sayfullo Saipov, 35, was convicted last month of 28 counts, including eight counts for murder, in connection with the ISIS-inspired attack.

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

NewsNation Reporter Arrested at Ohio Train Derailment Presser Speaks Out as Charges Against Him Are Dropped

NewsNation correspondent Evan Lambert is speaking out as charges against him following his Feb. 8 arrest at a Ohio train derailment press conference were dropped.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, R, announced Wednesday that “relevant video and documentary evidence” do not support the charges against Lambert, who was accused of criminal trespass and disorderly conduct.

“While journalists could conceivably be subject to criminal charges for trespassing in some situations, this incident is not one of them,” Yost wrote. “The reporter was lawfully present at a press conference called by the Governor of the state. His conduct was consistent with the purpose of the event and his role as a reporter.”

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

Ohio Train Derailment: Mike Dewine Assures Air, Village Water Are Safe Following Toxic Chemical Spill

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is assuring residents the air and village system water is good following the hazardous train derailment in East Palestine.

“We’ve brought the scientists in,” DeWine told “The Story” on Wednesday. “We brought the people in who can test the air throughout this. The air has been good.”

DeWine told Martha MacCallum that officials “waited until [the] air was again clear” before telling evacuated residents they could return home.

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

Ohio Mom Blasts Biden EPA Official for Defending Train Derailment Response: ‘We Are Forgotten About”

For nearly two weeks, authorities have insisted that residents of East Palestine, Ohio and surrounding areas are safe to return home after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed. But as reports of dead animals and sick residents continue to turn up, locals worry how their exposure could impact their long-term health.

Jenna Giannios, a photographer who lives in Boardman just 12 miles from the spill, started a Facebook support group for surrounding communities to gather information and resources after the train derailment on Feb. 3 that leaked the highly toxic chemical vinyl chloride into the air. The group has been so active that it’s become a “part-time job” for her, she said, as residents, skeptical of what officials have told them, try to piece together information on their own.

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

Ohio Train Crash Leaves Small Town in Fear of Toxic Fallout

Anxious residents are still demanding answers 12 days after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in the small Ohio town of East Palestine.

“It’s pretty dramatic right now,” said James Figley, who lives just blocks from the derailment site. “The whole town’s in an uproar.”

Mr Figley, a 63-year-old graphic designer, was sitting on his sofa on the night of 3 February when he heard the horrifying sound of metal screeching to a halt. He and his wife got in the car to investigate, and discovered a hellish scene.

“There were a series of explosions, continuing, and the smell was getting to be horrendous,” Mr Figley said.

“If you ever burn plastic in your backyard, and [get] that black smoke? That was it,” he said. “It was black, just black. You could tell it was a chemical smell. Burning your eyes. It could get really bad if you were downwind.”

Fires sprung up from the accident, panicking residents who lived just blocks away.

Days later, a toxic pillar of smoke towered over the town, as officials burned off a dangerous chemical known as vinyl chloride before it could explode.

Over the next few days, dead fish appeared in the creeks — thousands of them, officials later confirmed. People nearby told local media that their chickens died suddenly, their foxes panicked, and their pets fell ill. Residents complained of headaches, burning eyes and sore throats.

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

One Killed, 3 Injured in Shooting at El Paso Mall; 1 Suspect Arrested

One person was killed and three others wounded in a shooting Wednesday evening at a mall in El Paso, Texas, authorities said.

One suspect has been arrested and a possible second suspect was being sought, but a police spokesperson noted the scene was no longer active.

At around 5:10 p.m. local time, police responded to reports of a shooting at the Cielo Vista Mall, El Paso police Sgt. Robert Gomez told reporters in a news briefing. One victim was pronounced dead, and three others were taken to local hospitals, Gomez said. There was no immediate word on their conditions.

           — Hat tip: LP [Return to headlines]
 

Parents in Liberal State Erupt With Rage as Officials Try to Explain Sex Offender Releases Into Community

Washington State residents are outraged at state leaders for releasing some of the highest-level sex offenders into the community, shining a light on how the effort has become a “cash cow” for those involved.

Tenino resident Glen Morgan and Enumclaw resident Cathy Dahlquist joined “Fox & Friends First” Wednesday to discuss their public safety concerns surrounding the measure amid growing angst over kids’ safety.

“Clearly, this has been promoted by Washington State Governor Jay Inslee and AG Bob Ferguson, as well as the Democrat senators that sponsored that bill. Originally, it was mostly a Democrat bill,” Morgan told Ashley Strohmier.

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

Pete Buttigieg Tries to Pass Buck for Ohio Train Disaster, Blames Trump

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is finally talking about the Ohio train disaster. But in a move that shocked no one, he passed the buck and tried to blame former President Donald Trump and his administration.

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

Poll: Support for Endless U.S. Aid to Ukraine Softens as Voters See Problems Closer to Home

The Biden administration’s seemingly endless supply of finance and weaponry to Ukraine is starting to wear thin with some Americans, a poll released Wednesday outlines, as domestic problems ranging from the rising cost of living to the porous southern border and free ranging Chinese spy balloons confront sympathetic yet frustrated voters.

The polling numbers released though the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research arrived as the Russian invasion nears a grim one-year milestone and U.S. funding runs into tens of billions of dollars with no off ramp in sight.

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

Pollster Shocked Half of Americans Believe National Media Aims to Mislead: ‘Pretty Striking’

A pollster said Tuesday that the results of a recent Gallup and Knight Foundation poll, which found that half of Americans believe the media intends to mislead the public, were “pretty striking.”

The study found that only 25% of Americans agreed with the statement that national news organizations do not intend to mislead the public. Fifty-two percent of Americans said they disagreed with the statement, according to the poll.

“That was pretty striking for us,” Sarah Fioroni, a consultant for Gallup, told the Associated Press.

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

Rand Paul Introduces Bill to Halt Funding for Hospitals Denying Care to the Unvaxxed

Senator Rand Paul has introduced legislation that would see federal funding stopped for health care facilities that choose to deny critical treatment to people who have chosen not to take COVID vaccines.

“No American should be denied access to critical care based on a personal medical decision, yet tragically, many hospitals and other medical facilities continue to discriminate against those unvaccinated for COVID-19,” Paul said in a statement.

The Senator added that his bill titled The COVID-19 Vaccination Non-Discrimination Act “will protect the rights of vulnerable patients to make their own health care choices and ensure that federal taxpayer dollars do not support facilities that turn away patients based on their COVID-19 vaccination status.”

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s Other Bail-Backers Revealed

The identities of two individuals who helped the parents of Sam Bankman-Fried secure the disgraced FTX founder’s release on a $250 million bond are now public, and both have ties to Stanford University.

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SCOTUS to Reconsider Hearing Case Alleging Biden, Harris, Lawmakers Ignored 2020 Fraud, Broke Oaths

The Supreme Court is set to reconsider whether to hear a lawsuit alleging President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, former Vice President Mike Pence, 291 House members, and 94 senators violated their oaths of office by refusing to investigate evidence of fraud in the 2020 election before certifying Biden as the victor on Jan. 6, 2021, allowing for Biden and Harris to be “fraudulently” inaugurated.

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Sen. Kennedy Says it’s Time for Biden to Speak About Unknown Flying Objects: ‘The Cow is Out of the Barn’

Following Tuesday’s Senate briefing, lawmakers are left with many questions surrounding the downing of a Chinese spy balloon and three additional unidentified objects flying in U.S. airspace earlier this month. On “America’s Newsroom,” Wednesday, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., reflected on the briefing, arguing President Biden needs to speak directly to Americans concerning the incidents.

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Shock Video: Shootout at Texas Shop as Armed Clerk Confronts Gunman

A shootout at a convenience store ended with a gun-wielding thief fleeing from an armed clerk who returned fire this week, according to authorities.

The harrowing incident unfolded at around noon on Sunday in Sugar Land, Texas.

A masked man entered WB Food Mart and attempted to carry out an armed robbery.

Surveillance footage of the subsequent gun battle was published on social media by the Sugar Land Police Department (SLPD).

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Soros-Backed Virginia DA Accused of Targeting Political Opponents, Reporters

Loudoun County, Virginia, Commonwealth’s Attorney Buta Biberaj, a liberal Democrat prosecutor who has benefited from campaign finance support from a George Soros-backed organization, is now under fire for allegedly misusing her office to target political opponents and local reporters, according to a county supervisor.

Elected officials are calling on the commonwealth’s attorney to reimburse the county for submitting Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for communications between county supervisors and her current and former political rivals, WJLA reported. Biberaj used her official government email and title when filing the requests, the outlet reported.

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‘The Gates of Hell Were Opened’: Sara Carter Speaks to East Palestine Residents After Toxic Chemical Release

Fox News investigative reporter Sara Carter spoke with residents of East Palestine, Ohio, who are concerned about returning home after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed.

Carter said residents want answers from the federal government and from Norfolk Southern Railroad, the company whose train derailed with roughly 20 cars of toxic chemicals.

“You can see the caution tape right here behind me and the creek running behind me. Workers have been here all day and night trying to clean out this creek bed with running water. Neighbors in the area [say] some of the houses have been left abandoned here for the last 11 days. They’re afraid to come home,” she explained Tuesday on “Hannity.”

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Trump Vows to Mount Major Ballot-Harvesting Campaign ‘In Every State We Can’

Former President Donald Trump this week indicated a shift in electoral tactics ahead of the 2024 election, promising to embrace “ballot harvesting” as a major campaign method for his next presidential run.

Trump made the declaration in a fundraising email this week, according to the Wall Street Journal. “The radical Democrats have used ballot harvesting to cancel out YOUR vote and walk away with elections that they NEVER should have won,” the former president said, adding that he himself is “doing something HUGE to fight back.”

“Our path forward is to MASTER the Democrats’ own game of harvesting ballots in every state we can,” Trump continued, urging supporters to help “start laying the foundation for victory RIGHT NOW.”

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Video: White Boy ‘Strangled’ by Black Girl on School Bus in Virginia

A Fort Belvoir mom has released shocking video of her 12-year-old son being “strangled” by a girl twice his size on a school bus in Virginia and claims her son’s abuser only received a slap on the wrist.

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Watch: CDC Director Suggests it Will Never Change Child Masking Policy

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky suggested during congressional testimony Tuesday that the organisation will never change its policy on masking for children, despite multiple studies showing that the face coverings do nothing to stop the spread of COVID.

During a hearing in the House on the government’s response to the pandemic, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers asked Walensky if the CDC is going to consider revising its guidance on masking in schools (which is still happening in many areas of the country) in the wake of perhaps the most extensive study yet confirming that masks are not effective.

The study, published in the peer-reviewed Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, is the strongest science to date refuting the basis for mask mandates worldwide.

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Justin Trudeau Could be Next to Resign

The same man who accurately predicted the political downfall of Jacinda Ardern and Nicola Sturgeon says Justin Trudeau is next.

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Pastor Put in Week-Long Solitary Confinement for Church Service Predicts Canadian Revival: ‘Something Stirred’

A Canadian pastor who allegedly spent a week in solitary confinement after keeping his church open during the pandemic said he believes Canadians are poised to experience a spiritual revival.

A federal judge dismissed the charges against Pastor Phil Hutchings of Higher Life Church in Saint John, New Brunswick, last week — following a legal saga that began when he was arrested in 2021 for holding church services in defiance of a provincial health order.

“We just drew a hard line because we found that the mandates just conflicted with our faith in what we stood for,” Hutchings told Fox News Digital. “For us, it wasn’t about bravado. It wasn’t a fight-the-man attitude. It just conflicted with what we believe as a church. We believe in assembling together.”

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9 in 10 Black People in Mainland France Say They Are Victims of Racist Discrimination

According to a survey commissioned by the Representative Council of France’s Black Associations, only a quarter of victims filed a complaint.

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AfD Joins Call for Germany to Reinstate Compulsory Military Service

A number of high-ranking military officials have joined some politicians in calling for Germany to bring back compulsory military service, and the AfD parliamentary group has now tabled a motion to discuss the possibility in Germany’s parliament next month.

The motion entitled “Reactivation of conscription” will be debated in the Bundestag on March 3, after which the proposal will be referred to the parliament’s defense committee for further deliberation.

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Biden Willing to Let Germans Freeze in Blowing Up Pipeline: Seymour Hersh Interview

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh in a fresh interview with Germany’s Berliner Zeitung newspaper which follows up on his bombshell reporting How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline, has provided more context to the Biden White House’s decision-making behind the brazen, high-risk covert op.

“The President of the United States would rather see Germany freeze than [see] Germany possibly stop supporting Ukraine,” Hersh asserted.

He explained that in reality the Ukraine conflict was “not going well for the West” and that it’s important to remember that Stream 2 “was put on hold by Germany itself, not international sanctions, and the US was afraid Germany would lift sanctions because of a cold winter.”

That’s when the legendary investigative journalist emphasized:

“The point is that Biden has decided to let the Germans freeze this winter. The President of the United States would rather see Germany freeze than [see] Germany possibly stop supporting Ukraine.”

Hersh has also in a fresh update to his Substack teased that more details are coming based on his sources. “Stay tuned,” he said. “We are only on first base…” — writing that:

“There may be more to learn about Joe Biden’s decision to prevent the German government from having second thoughts about the lack of cheap gas this winter.”

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EU is Terrified of Free Speech on Elon Musk’s Twitter, MEP Says

The idea that free speech could spread on Elon Musk’s Twitter is terrifying many within the European Union, an MEP serving in the bloc’s parliament has said.

Tom Vandendriessche, a Flemish nationalist elected representative within the European Parliament, has told Breitbart that the EU’s repeated attacks on Elon Musk and his social media platform Twitter are the result of the bloc fearing the impact of free speech.

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European Commission Sues Poland After Top Court Defies Primacy of EU Law

The European Commission referred Poland to the European Court of Justice on Wednesday over two rulings from the country’s top constitutional court that held that EU law does not take precedence over the Polish constitution.

The referral follows a formal notice by the European Commission to launch infringement proceedings against the country served on Dec. 21, 2021.

The European Commission’s complaint relates to two rulings of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal on July 14, 2021, and Oct. 7, 2021, where it held that where contradictions exist between the EU treaties and the Polish constitution, the latter will prevail, a move the bloc says is incompatible with the primacy of EU legal principles.

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Every Form of Theft Sees Dramatic Rise in Britain, As Cops Focus on Woke Issues

A review from the House of Commons Library has found that every form of theft saw a stark rise last year, with crime overall increasing by over ten per cent.

In the nine months between January and September of last year, the overall number of crimes rose from 3,742,541 to 4,174,205 compared to the same time period during the previous year. This was accompanied by an increase in every statistical form of theft, with personal theft, including pickpocketing, increasing by 59 per cent to 75,906 incidents.

Meanwhile, thefts of motor vehicles spiked by 30 per cent 97,225, the highest level of any year since at least 2014, according to The Telegraph. The study also found that domestic burglaries increased by 6 per cent to 142,430 and muggings rose by 18 per cent, however, both of these categories were brought in line with their pre-lockdown levels.

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Germany: Bundeswehr Begins Training of Ukrainian Leopard 2 Tank Crews

The German army (Bundeswehr) has started a new training program for Ukrainian forces defending against a Russian attack on Ukraine, it was announced in Berlin on Monday.

A spokesman for the federal defense ministry said the training program for Ukrainian soldiers will be held at the tank training center in Munster, Lower Saxony, and will include exercises on Leopard 2 tanks. The program will run until the end of March. Ukrainian soldiers will also be trained in the use of the Marder infantry fighting vehicle as part of a support program launched earlier.

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Germany is Threatening Hungary’s Long-Term Energy Supply by Blocking Nuclear Reactor Project

Germany is taking action to hinder Hungary’s energy supply by preventing the German conglomerate Siemens from delivering a needed system to upgrade Hungary’s vital Paks nuclear power plant, which is jeopardizing the country’s long-term energy security, said Hungary’s foreign minister.

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjartó said on Tuesday it was regrettable that certain ministers in the German government were blocking Siemens Energy’s participation in the Paks nuclear plant. Szijjartó underscored that each country can put together its energy mix as its national interests dictate.

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German Election Do-Over Result Already in Doubt as Hundreds of Postal Ballots Discovered

The result of Berlin’s local elections which saw right-wing parties soar is now reportedly in doubt after hundreds of postal ballots turned up late in one key constituency in the city, in a development that could benefit the left.

Around 450 ballots are said to have turned up in the Lichtenberg district of Berlin, with reports indicating that the few hundred extra ballots could put the overall result of the capital city’s elections in doubt.

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Nicola Sturgeon Says Time is Right to Resign as Scotland’s First Minister

Nicola Sturgeon has announced she is resigning as Scotland’s first minister after more than eight years in the role.

The Scottish National Party leader said she knew “in my head and in my heart” this was the right time to step down.

Ms Sturgeon said she would remain in office until her successor was elected.

She is the longest-serving first minister and the first woman to hold the position.

Ms Sturgeon insisted her resignation was not in response to the “latest period of pressure”, which has included controversies over gender reforms, trans prisoners and the strategy on independence.

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Poland: Is Warsaw About to Ration Travel, Meat and Dairy?

A report commissioned for the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group has proposed radical reductions in the consumption of meat and the amount of travel its citizens should undertake.

Researchers from Leeds, England, provided the report of the C40, an association of metropolitan cities responsible for 10 percent of global emissions of greenhouse gasses that is committed to the development of “healthy, just, and resilient communities.”

Cities involved with the C40 include Warsaw, Berlin, London, and Istanbul.

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Scottish Leader Nicola Sturgeon Quits After Outrage Over Transgender Laws

Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon unexpectedly resigned Wednesday following months of outrage over relaxed transgender laws that allowed a rapist to be sent to a female prison.

Sturgeon, 52, said she was stepping down “proud” of having been “the first female and longest-serving” first minister, calling it the “privilege of my life” to have led the country’s government for eight years.

She noted how many will be “upset” by her shocking announcement while quipping that others will “cope just fine.”

“For every person in Scotland who loves me, there is another who, let’s say, might not be quite so enthusiastic,” she noted of her critics.

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Spanish Populist Leader: Conservatives Are Just Behind-the-Times Socialists

Santiago Abascal, the leader of the Spanish populist party VOX, has slammed the establishment-right conservative People’s Party (PP), remarking they act like the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (SPOE), just on a ten-year delay.

Abascal made his comments on Sunday at a rally in Murcia saying, “the PP is the PSOE with 10 years of delay,” and added, “I celebrate that there is no longer a cowardly right. Now they are directly a centre-left party.”

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US Won’t Apologize for Mistakenly Accusing Hungary of Anti-Semitic Vandalism That Actually Happened in Sweden

A U.S. ambassador claimed Hungary was responsible for an instance of anti-Semitic vandalism of a Holocaust memorial, in front of an international audience at the United Nations, only to privately admit the incident actually happened in Sweden. Despite Hungary asking for a public apology and correction, the U.S. has refused to do so.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield made the unfounded accusation during a high-level UN meeting on global efforts to combat anti-Semitism at the UN’s headquarters in New York.

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Elon Musk Says ‘Single World Government’ Could Lead to End of Civilization at World Government Summit

Billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday gave brief remarks at the World Government Summit, warning attendees to avoid excessive cooperation because it could pose an existential threat.

The 2023 World Government Summit commenced Monday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Musk delivered his speech remotely via video call.

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Elon Musk, Who Co-Founded Firm Behind ChatGPT, Warns A.I. Is ‘One of the Biggest Risks’ To Civilization

ChatGPT shows that artificial intelligence has gotten incredibly advanced — and that it is something we should all be worried about, according to tech billionaire Elon Musk.

“One of the biggest risks to the future of civilization is AI,” Musk told attendees at the World Government Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, shortly after mentioning the development of ChatGPT.

“It’s both positive or negative and has great, great promise, great capability,” Musk said. But, he stressed that “with that comes great danger.”

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Romanian MP Believes Earthquake Was a Deliberate Attack on Turkey

A Romanian member of parliament, Senator Diana Sosoaca, has delivered a speech in which she warned that the horrific earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria had been engineered by the US.

A former Japanese Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, Heizo Takenaka, has made similar claims about geological events in his country.

According to Sosoaca, US “geological weapons” caused the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Syria that killed over 40 000 people.

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Russia Wants UN Probe Into Nord Stream Blasts

The Russian Parliament’s Committee for International Relations has approved a motion to ask the UN Security Council for an investigation into last September’s explosions on the Baltic Sea pipelines, for which its members blame the US. The motion was introduced on Tuesday and is expected to be approved by the State Duma later this week.

The proposal describes the blasts as “an act of international terrorism” and a “monstrous sabotage,” calling on the UN to hold accountable both those who gave the order and those who carried it out. The criminal act has threatened the security of all Eurasia, TASS reported, quoting the text of the document.

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Austria’s ‘Integration Barometer’ Shows Dramatic Shift

In view of the mass influx of “refugees” and asylum seekers that has been going on for months, the mood towards immigrants is changing in Austria: According to the current “Integration Barometer”, 67 percent of the population are now against living with “refugees”. A few months ago it was 20 percent less.

The survey is done at regular intervals by the Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF). The most recent survey dates from December and the results have now been published. The negative attitude of the population towards refugees and immigrants has increased dramatically.

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Britain Becoming ‘Like Sweden’ Amid Mass Migration, Warns Nigel Farage

Brexit leader Nigel Farage has warned that Great Britain faces the prospect of suffering the same fate as Sweden if it continues down the path of allowing in unfettered waves of young male illegal migrants into the country.

“Every day we become a little more like Sweden. Anyone that speaks out against this is denounced,” Brexit’s Nigel Farage warned this week following the arrest of four teenage asylum seekers from Afghanistan in connection to the alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl in Kent. The suspects, said to be aged between 13 and 16, have been accused of sexually assaulting the girl at the school in which they were placed after allegedly arriving in the country illegally by crossing the English Channel in small people-smuggler-operated boats from the beaches of France.

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Germany: Migrant Who Allegedly Stabbed Five in Train Attack Should Have Already Been Deported, Minister Admits

A migrant accused of a stabbing spree which saw two killed in Germany should have already been deported by authorities, a minister in the country has admitted.

Nancy Faeser, Germany’s Antifa-linked Interior Minister, has admitted that the migrant thought to be behind a mass stabbing on a train in January likely should not have been in the country at all at the time of the attack, with authorities having previously had the opportunity to deport him before the attack took place.

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Macron’s Great Replacement Scheme? 40 Migrants Being Sent to Small French Village of Beyssenac With 257 Residents as Local Opposition Grows

Ever since the Macron government said it would prioritize sending migrants to rural areas, a number of towns have struggled against the construction of migrant centers and planned relocations. Now, a new reception center for asylum seekers is planned to be built in the small French town of Beyssenac, which will house 40 migrants where an old inn had operated.

Local opposition to the asylum center, which was permitted by the prefects of the county of Corrèze, is now growing, according to French newspaper France Bleu.

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Ron DeSantis Signs Bill That Will Let Him Keep Transporting Migrants to Sanctuary Cities to ‘Protect’ Florida Citizens After Stirring Fury With Martha’s Vineyard Flights

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Wednesday that he’d signed legislation to transport undocumented migrants to ‘sanctuary territories.’

The Republican leader courted controversy in September when he claimed credit for flights that sent dozens of mostly Venezuelan migrants from the Texas border to the wealthy liberal enclave of Martha’s Vineyard.

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Christian Teacher Fired for Refusing to Hide Kids’ ‘Gender Transitions’ From Parents

A Christian teacher has been fired from her job after she refused to comply with the California school district’s policy of hiding children’s “gender transitions” from their parents.

Jessica Tapias, who worked at the Jurupa Unified School District, argues that the policy conflicts with her Christian beliefs.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion on Drugs

by Daniel Greenfield

“I use psychedelic drugs to deepen my DEI practice,” writes Steven Huang, a diversity consultant who urges CEOs to get high.

DEI stands for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Every corporation has gone DEI. Some call it racism, others call it a cult, and some have taken the racist cult to an exciting new place.

At his DEI firm, Huang “seeks to leverage the power of psychedelics to inspire a generation of leaders to interrogate systems of oppression.”

This is DEI. This is DEI on drugs.

“So what does Black History Month look like in the psychedelics ecosystem?” he asked. “From the lens of a social justice warrior operating within a ‘corporate’ psychedelic system… it’s a lot to process,”

Huang then pitched “black-Centered MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy, Addressing Racial Trauma” through the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.

MAPS advocates the use of psychedelic drugs to treat trauma. One of its favorites is MDMA, methylenedioxymethamphetamine, better known as ‘ecstasy’ or ‘molly’, and previous efforts by MAPS to use it to help people suffering from PTSD, ended in therapists being caught on video groping a sexual assault victim who was getting therapy with the hallucinogenic rape drug.

One of the therapists was apparently a disciple of Salvador Roquet, a Mexican shrink known as “the master of bad trips”, who was accused of torturing dissidents by dosing them with psychedelics, blasting Wagner symphonies, displaying pictures painted by the inmates of an insane asylum, and reciting, “I am a cat and you are a mouse” to the patient.

That’s a whole lot to process…

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Ex-CNN Anchor Soledad O’Brien: ‘Woke’ Is a ‘Racist Slur’

Former CNN Anchor Soledad O’Brien has been met with widespread ridicule after she tried to claim the term “woke” is a “racist slur.”

In a post on Twitter, O’Brien went as far as to raise the alarm to other reporters that “woke” is “a synonym for the N-word.”

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Gov Abbott Vows to Ban Transgender Athletes From Texas College Sports

Republican Governor Greg Abbott has vowed to ban transgender athletes from competing in college sports events in Texas.

Gov. Abbott announced the move during a meeting of Young America’s Foundation in Dallas.

“This next session, we will pass a law prohibiting biological men to compete against women in college sports,” Abbott declared.

Abbott has already made strides toward this end.

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MEP: EU Pushing ‘Radical Gender Ideology’ Instead of Protecting Women

German populist MEP Guido Reil slammed the European Union for pushing gender ideology, claiming the bloc was more interested in ideology than protecting women from violence.

Reil, a member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), made his comments as the European Parliament debated a motion on the Istanbul Convention, a conference against violence against women and domestic violence that took place in 2011.

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U.N. Chief Guterres Warns of Mass Climate Exodus on a ‘Biblical’ Scale

ROME — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres offered his apocalyptic view of the coming climate catastrophe Tuesday, warning the Security Council that rising seas threaten the very existence of “entire countries.”

In his doomsday address, the U.N.’s alarmist-in-chief declared that the danger “is especially acute for nearly 900 million people who live in coastal zones at low elevations — that’s one out of ten people on Earth.”

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10 thoughts on “Gates of Vienna News Feed 2/15/2023

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    NORTH STREAM SABOTAGE

    Kremlin:
    US should prove it was not behind it The US should try to prove that it was not behind the Nord Stream blasts. The Russian embassy in the US says so in a statement, according to Reuters. Moscow considers the September sabotage on the Baltic Sea “an act of international terrorism” and will not allow it to be swept under the carpet, the embassy says.

    It cites an audit by journalist Seymour Hersh, which said it was the US that blew up the Nord Stream pipelines in collaboration with Norway.

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also mentions the role of Sweden and Denmark in the affair.

    – The countries have not responded to official letters from Russia’s government minister Mikhail Mishustin in six months, asking to designate those responsible for contacts regarding the attacks on Nord Stream, Lavrov said, according to the AP news agency.

    Journalist legend:
    US and Norway blew up Nord Stream

    Russia:
    Sweden covers up Nord Stream blast

    Theory:
    surface ship blew up Nord Stream

    Swedish prosecutor:
    sabotage at Nord Stream confirmed

  2. As for the romanian senators opinion on the earthquake: my suspicion is that it was caused by a count resident in a castle in the romanian province of Transsylvania who is presently haunting the earthquake afflicted areas for „ survivors“ .

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    The CIA NordStream Blast Story Was ‘Not Hard to Find’

    FEBRUARY 14, 2023 GEOPOLITICS

    Media outlets like the NYT and WaPo “don’t seem to have anyone inside” among their sources, Seymour Hersh claims.

    Legendary investigative journalist Seymour Hersh claimed on Saturday that his latest bombshell report, which suggests the CIA was responsible for the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines in September, was not a hard story to find. It was obvious that there was more to the issue than was being reported by most media outlets, Hersh said.

    In his first interview since he published the story on Substack last Wednesday, the Pulitzer-prize winning journalist was asked by Radio War Nerd to comment on his source for the story, who still remains anonymous.

    Hersh refused to expose any details about who he spoke to and noted that it was his job to protect his sources and take the heat when a story went live. But those within the media who criticize him for using anonymous sources should “understand the business a little better,” the journalist suggested.

    “The problem is, it’s all been cheapened. Because now the New York Times and the Washington Post think an unnamed source can be a press guy, a press secretary, that whispers something to them on the side. I don’t know, they don’t seem to have anyone inside,” Hersh said.

    He also noted that major news outlets are failing to report a lot of things about the ongoing conflict between Moscow and Kiev. “The war I know about is not the war you’re reading about,” Hersh observed.

    “It’s amazing to me how they fall in line, my colleagues,” he added, lamenting that many outlets such as the NYT, WP, CNN and MSN have become a front for the White House and the Biden administration.

    As for the Nord Stream expose, Hersh insisted it was “not a hard story to find” and that it was obvious that some NATO country was involved, especially after top US officials, including President Joe Biden, issued clear threats that the Russian-German project would be stopped “one way or another” if Moscow chose to send troops to Ukraine back in February 2022.

    Hersh also pointed out that the entire international pipeline industry knew “who did what” and that this was a reality that “nobody thinks about.” “But I did, so there you are,” he concluded.

    The White House, as well as officials from the CIA and State Department, have all vehemently dismissed Hersh’s report since it was published. Moscow, meanwhile, has called for an open international investigation into the attack, saying it was “impossible to leave this without finding the perpetrators and punishing them.”

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    US openly admits it blew up Nord Stream – Russian FM
    The pipelines were sabotaged because Washington saw Russian-German cooperation as a threat, Sergey Lavrov has claimed

    The release of gas emanating from a leak on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea. © AFP / AIRBUS DS 2022
    US officials are basically admitting that they were behind the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines, which was perpetrated to prevent rapprochement between Moscow and Berlin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.

    “The US decided that we [Russia] have been cooperating too well with Germany over the past 20 or 30 years; or rather, the Germans cooperated with us too well,” he said in an interview published on the Foreign Ministry’s website on Sunday.

    The “powerful alliance” based on Russian energy resources and German technology “began to threaten the monopoly position of many American corporations,” Lavrov explained.

    So, Washington decided to destroy this alliance between Moscow and Berlin, and did it “literally” by attacking the pipelines, which were built to deliver Russian gas to Europe through Germany, he added.

    “American officials are basically admitting that the explosions that occurred at Nord Stream 1 and 2 were their doing. They even speak about it with joy,” the foreign minister stated.

    Lavrov was likely referring to a confession made by US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland during a Senate hearing in late January. “I am, and I think the administration is, very gratified to know that Nord Stream 2 is now… a hunk of metal at the bottom of the sea,” she said at that time.

    “The vileness of Western politicians is well known,” Lavrov continued, suggesting that “the plan, which is now being implemented through ‘inciting’ Ukraine against Russia and waging a war by the entire West against Russia by means of Ukraine, is to a large extent aimed at preventing a new rapprochement between Germany and Russia.”

    Viktoria “F*** the EU” Nuland
    The comments by Russia’s top diplomat come just days after iconic American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh released a bombshell report blaming Washington for sabotaging the Nord Stream pipelines last year.

    According to an informed source who talked to Hersh, explosives were planted at the pipelines in the Baltic Sea back in June 2022 by US Navy divers under the guise of a NATO exercise. They were detonated in late September, rendering the key European energy infrastructure inoperable.

    US National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson denied the report by the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, calling it “utterly false and complete fiction.” No one among high-ranking American officials has even commented on the accusations made by Hersh.

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    The Crap on the Wall
    Seymour Hersh
    Feb 15

    The Baltic Sea after the explosion of the Nord Stream pipelines in September. / DANISH DEFENSE COMMAND

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    This a brief combat report from the battlefield here and abroad in the aftermath of the release last Wednesday of my story about Joe Biden’s decision to blow up the Nord Stream pipelines.

    First, many thanks for your interest in what the pipeline story was all about: a very dangerous Presidential decision. You are careful readers.

    I’m an old hand at dropping bombshell stories that are based on the disclosures of sources I do not, and cannot, name. There is a pattern to the response by the mainstream media. It dates back to my breakthrough story: the My Lai massacre revelation. That story was published in five installments, over five weeks in 1969, by the underground media group Dispatch News. I had tried to get the two most important magazines in America, Life and Look, to publish the story, with no success. Editors at both publications had earlier invited me to do some freelance writing for them, but they wanted nothing to do with a story about a massacre committed by American soldiers.

    It was a frightening time for me, in terms of my faith in the profession I had chosen. I was allowed to read and copy by hand much of the Army’s original charge sheet accusing a sad sack 2nd Lieutenant named William L. Calley Jr. of the premeditated murder of 109 “Oriental” human beings. I also had tracked Calley, the Army’s only suspect, and interviewed him at a base in Georgia—he was tucked away—and gotten his assertion that he was merely doing what he was ordered to do. Given all this, I was more than a little rattled—make that terrified—by the failure of senior editors at prominent magazines to jump at a story that would get international attention, especially when those editors professed to deplore the war and want it to end.

    © 2023 © 2023 Seymour Hersh

  5. On the one hand I say that people living in a country should do some service.
    Nothing is free and if you want to have free speech you must be willing to fight for it.

    But now I am against this service because before you can say “Bohoo” the german government will send german soldiers to Ukraine.
    And I have absolutely no interest dying for Annalena and Co!
    Give them uniforms and guns and let them fight. I dont care about their lives as they dont care about my live (prices are going through the roof, they demand we lower the use of gasoline and gas).
    They intrude into my life like dictators. If they want to live vegan and like the 1500 – they should do it themselves but not force me or anybody else to do it.

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