My Internet went out last night just before news feed time. I spent an hour or so on hold with the phone company, only to learn that there was a regional outage, and I just had to wait. It came back on at lunchtime today (Wednesday), but I’ve backdated this post.
The most significant news seems to be that an American woman may face up to ten years in prison for carrying a gold-plated handgun in her luggage on a flight to Australia.
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The Walt Disney Co. will be laying off several thousand employees this week, a second round of cuts that’s part of a previously announced plan to eliminate 7,000 jobs this year.
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Poland Sees Largest Drop in Retail Sales Since the Pandemic
Retail sales of goods in Poland decreased by 7.3 percent in March, according to data from Statistics Poland (GUS), marking the largest drop in consumption since the pandemic. This is due to high inflation and slower wage growth, which have limited purchasing power and forced savings.
In February, retail sales of goods decreased by 5 percent. GUS points out that the largest drop in consumption was observed in fuels, amounting to a decrease of 20.7 percent after a decline of 26.2 percent in February. Food sales decreased by 4.6 percent year-over-year in March.
There was also lower demand for furniture and audiovisual and household appliances. In March, their retail sales fell by 15.2 percent after a 10.3 percent decrease in February.
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s chief prosecutor, Meg Reiss, has previously said that prosecutors can ignore the rule of law and supplant their own ideology into prosecution decisions.
Chief Assistant District Attorney Reiss said in 2017 that prosecutors can use their power to ignore mandatory minimum laws at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
“Nobody understands the amount of discretion that prosecutors have,” Reiss said. She stressed the independent “power” they have to decline prosecution cases can effect systemic change in the criminal justice system, which she believes is racist.
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As crime takes hold of U.S. cities, Americans are taking drastic measures to protect themselves and their families by spending tens of thousands of dollars to bulletproof their cars.
Founder and CEO of Armormax Mark Burton explained how his clientele has evolved from the world’s most wealthy to everyday Americans in recent years during “Fox & Friends.
“Ten years ago, it was the richest of the rich that were mainly concerned about their business,” Burton told Todd Piro Monday, “Today, that’s gone down the economic pyramid. You have doctors, you have lawyers, you have real estate agents, you have developers, you have the… average Joe, I can say, that are spending some money to protect themselves in their vehicles.”
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AOC Celebrates Tucker Carlson’s Ousting: ‘Deplatforming Works’
Radical Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has taken to social media to celebrate Tucker Carlson’s ousting at Fox News.
In a video posted to her Instagram account, AOC boasted to her supporters that “deplatforming works.”
Fox News announced Monday that the network had “agreed to part ways” with Carlson.
However, it later emerged that Fox boss Rupert Murdoch personally ordered that Carlson be terminated.
Yet, just hours before Carlson’s ousting was announced, AOC demanded during an interview with MSNBC that her media critics should be banned from TV.
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Arkansas Judge Orders Hunter Biden to Appear in Court Over Paternity Case
An Arkansas judge ruled on Monday that Hunter Biden will have to be present for the duration of court hearings relating to the ongoing child support battle with baby mama Lunden Roberts.
“I will no longer allow us to excuse clients,” Independence County Circuit Judge Holly Meyer said during a heated Zoom call with Biden’s and Roberts’ attorneys, according to Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
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As Silicon Valley races to build powerful and popular artificial intelligence systems, troubling “incidents” ranging from convincing AI deepfakes, banking fraud, bias and even deaths will increase this year, a tech expert says.
Following the release of ChatGPT last November, tech companies have been rushing to develop powerful AI systems to keep the pace with competitors.
The AI Incident Database, which is run by nonprofit Responsible AI Collaborative, tracks various incidents caused by AI and is projected to record double the number of incidents this year compared to last. The database defines incidents through examples such as an autonomous car killing a pedestrian, a “trading algorithm” causing a “market ‘flash crash’ where billions of dollars transfer between parties,” or a “facial recognition system” causing “an innocent person to be arrested.”
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Biden Announces Reelection Campaign
President Joe Biden announced that he and Vice President Kamala Harris are running for reelection in 2024 in a campaign video.
He said in the launch video that he is “in a battle for the soul of America” as “MAGA extremists are lining up” to take away Americans’ basic freedoms, referring to supporters of former President Donald Trump. The video also featured footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Biden, 80, is the oldest president in U.S. history. If reelected, he would be 86 by the end of his second term.
His average approval rating is below most other modern presidents by this point in their presidencies, according to poll analysis outlet FiveThirtyEight.
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The family of a Chicago infant who was killed after two teens reportedly crashed a stolen car is speaking out after the minors were charged with only misdemeanors in connection with the deadly collision.
Six-month-old Cristian Uvidia died from his injuries after the Sunday collision. The 14 and 17-year-old suspects reportedly stole a car and crashed into a pickup truck carrying the baby and other family members.
Uvidia’s aunt, Annelisse Rivera, slammed Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and other officials involved in the investigation, while issuing a stark warning for other families as crime continues to soar in the Windy City.
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Donald Trump Casts Doubt on Participating in GOP Debates
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday cast doubt on participating in Republican primary debates, which would likely hurt television ratings.
Citing a lack of communication, Trump said Republican leaders did not confirm with his campaign about his attending the debate to be televised on Fox News.
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Elon Musk Rips DNC for Not Holding Primary Debates, Coronating Biden: ‘Too Much Back Room Dealing’
In response to news that the Democratic National Committee has no plans to host any Democratic Party primary debates in the upcoming election cycle, Twitter owner Elon Musk declared that his platform will support the campaign messages from all 2024 presidential candidates.
The billionaire engaged with Twitter users Tuesday who were frustrated with the DNC announcement. He told them Twitter will give each candidate a voice.
Musk also accused the party establishment of doing “far too much back room dealing.”
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Elon Musk: Tucker Carlson Could ‘Prosper’ on Twitter After Fox News Exit
Elon Musk has suggested that Tucker Carlson could “prosper” on Twitter as an independent reporter after his sudden exit from Fox News.
Musk said that he wants Twitter to be a platform for “content creators” who can publish freely without censorship.
Speculation has been mounting over what Carlson will do next.
His show, “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” was a huge hit on Fox News and drew the biggest audience on cable news, often attracting over 3 million viewers per episode.
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Ex-White House Doctor Demands Joe Biden Drop Out of Race if He Won’t Take Cognitive Test
Ex-White House doctor, Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Tx.), demanded that President Joe Biden drop out of the 2024 presidential race if he won’t take a cognitive test. He made his demands in a letter to Biden.
Jackson wrote: “We call on you to either resign immediately and renounce your bid for reelection or submit to a clinically validated cognitive screening assessment and make those results available to the public.
“When you first announced your bid to run in the 2020 presidential election, questions and concerns were raised surrounding your cognitive abilities.”
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Fauci Denies Role in Lockdowns: ‘Show Me a School That I Shut Down’
Dr. Anthony Fauci has attempted to absolve himself of responsibility for the tyrannical measures that were enforced during the pandemic.
During a testy interview with the New York Times published Tuesday, Fauci denied playing a role in lockdowns.
“Show me a school that I shut down and show me a factory that I shut down,” Fauci said when asked about the consequences of “heavy-handed” public health policies.
“Never. I never did,” he asserted.
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Fulton County DA Tells Police Expect Trump Indictment in Georgia This Summer
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has told police that they should prepare for “heightened security” in “coming months” as she plans to possibly indict President Donald Trump over the summer.
Willis said she will announce this summer whether she will criminally charge Trump over his alleged effort to challenge Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results.
The anti-Trump Democrat prosecutor told the Fulton County Sheriff to prepare for increased security at the Fulton County Courthouse between July 11 and September 1 because her announcement may provoke “a significant public reaction.”
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A Chicago man accused of stabbing his girlfriend “until she lost consciousness” allegedly told her, “I thought you were dead” when she woke up several hours later, CWB Chicago reported on Monday.
Mark Williams, 28, also allegedly told his 23-year-old girlfriend that he had been trying to figure out how to hide her body after the alleged stabbing, prosecutors said.
Assistant State’s Attorney Sarah Dale-Schmidt told Judge Ankur Srivastava during a bond hearing Monday afternoon that Williams and the woman were arguing on Thursday night at the woman’s Pullman apartment.
“Ultimately, Williams hit the woman with the back of his hand, then stabbed her with a steak knife from the kitchen until she lost consciousness, Dale-Schmidt alleged,” the report states.
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The woman allegedly woke up on Friday morning with Williams sleeping next to her, and she was unable to move because of her injuries and pain, Dale-Schmidt alleged.
“When Williams woke up, he told her he thought she had died and needed to hide her body so he wouldn’t go to jail, Dale-Schmidt continued. She said the woman asked Williams to get help, but he refused and instead poured alcohol on her wounds, causing severe pain,” according to the report.
The woman was apparently able to wake up again on Friday afternoon to call someone and ask for help. Subsequently, a relative was able to get into her apartment with the help of a security guard and call 911. Dale-Schmidt said the security guard was able to remove the couple’s 4-year-old daughter from the house until law enforcement arrived.
Chicago police found Williams sleeping in the apartment and arrested him, the report states. Judge Ankur Srivastava held Williams without bail during the hearing on Monday.
Dale-Shmidt said the woman has 11 stab wounds and lacerations and had to have surgery for a collapsed lung and internal bleeding. She had another surgery on her right elbow and was expected to be hospitalized for several days.
“Williams has an active arrest warrant for domestic battery involving strangulation in Nevada, Dale-Schmidt said. He was convicted of misdemeanor domestic battery there in 2019 and has felony convictions in Illinois for residential burglary and retail theft, according to Dale-Schmidt,” the report states.
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Manchin Threatens Inflation Reduction Act Repeal
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is threatening to support a repeal of the Inflation Reduction Act — legislation he helped craft last year — amid disputes over how to implement it.
A repeal of the Inflation Reduction Act is unlikely, at least in the near term, as it would have to make it through the Democratic-controlled Senate and past President Biden, but the move broadly marks an escalation of tensions between Manchin and Biden.
“If the administration does not honor what they said they would do and continue to liberalize what we are supposed to invest in over the next ten years, I will do everything in my power to prevent that from happening,” Manchin told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday. “And if they don’t change, then I would vote to repeal my own bill.”
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Mother of 7 Denied Kidney Transplant for Refusing COVID Jab
A mother of seven in Georgia has been denied a life-saving kidney transplant because isn’t vaccinated for Covid.
The woman, who is known only as Jane Doe to protect her privacy, was rejected as a candidate for a kidney transplant by Emory Healthcare Inc.
The decision was reached even though the mom is on dialysis and potentially facing death.
Doctors argued that the woman, who has already been infected with COVID-19 and has natural immunity, didn’t qualify for the transplant because of her vaccine status.
The woman had refused to receive the shots on religious and medical grounds.
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Mysterious Deaths of Six Cattle in Texas Sparks UFO Fears: ‘Something Strange’ is Happening
A UFO investigator is speaking out about strange things happening in Texas after several cattle were found dead with their tongues removed in three separate counties.
Tim Doyle, a lead investigator on the TV series “UFO Seekers,” said he wasn’t too surprised to hear six cattle were found mutilated because “cattle mutilations have been going on in-depth since the 70s.”
He shared a story about Gabe Valdez, a New Mexico State police officer, who reportedly saw a UFO-like object while investigating a case of mutilated cattle.
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Nebraska Becomes 27th State to Pass Constitutional Carry
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed constitutional carry into law on Tuesday, making it the 27th state to add to the constitutional carry majority.
“Signing this bill upholds the promise I made to voters to protect our constitutional rights and promote commonsense, conservative values,” said Gov. Pillen in a press release. “I appreciate the hard work of those senators who supported this legislation, and particularly that of Sen. Brewer who led this charge and carried it through to the end.”
The law allows law-abiding Nebraskans who are 21 and up to be able to carry a concealed handgun without a permit.
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NYC Man Charged With Stabbing Wife to Death, Turning Knife on Son, Cops Say
A Staten Island woman believed to have killed herself as her husband and son desperately tried to stop her was actually stabbed to death by her spouse in a shocking murder-attempted suicide, authorities and sources said Tuesday.
Ming Chen, 71, was hit with murder, assault and other charges in connection to the Sunday evening bloodbath that left his wife, Xiao-Qiong Jing, 62, dead inside their home on Blythe Place near Cotter Avenue in the Richmond neighborhood.
The husband and wife were each found with stab wounds to the torso when cops arrived at around 10:15 p.m., and their 41-year-old son had a cut on his left leg, the NYPD said.
Both men were taken to the same hospital in stable condition, while Jing was pronounced dead at Staten Island University North Hospital.
Cops and sources initially said that Jing had stabbed herself — and wounded her husband and son when they tried to wrestle the knife away from her.
But after speaking to the couple’s injured son through a Mandarin translator, detectives found that Chen was the alleged aggressor, authorities said.
The son told cops he heard his parents arguing in the bedroom and found the door locked — so he broke it, sources said.
Inside, he saw his mother on the floor bleeding, according to the sources.
He then tried to wrestle the knife away from his dad, which is how he was injured, the sources said.
Chen allegedly admitted to police that he stabbed his wife and tried to kill himself, according to the sources.
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RFK Jr. Says Fox Fired Tucker Carlson for Calling Out Big Pharma Advertisers’ “Deadly” Vaccines
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. weighed in on the stunning decision by Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson Monday, claiming that the host “crossed a red line” by calling out the network’s “pharma advertisers” for pushing “deadly and ineffective” vaccines.
RFK Jr. pointed to Carlson’s April 19 monologue in which the host “broke TV’s two biggest rules.”
“Tucker told the truth about how greedy Pharma advertisers controlled TV news content and he lambasted obsequious newscasters for promoting jabs they knew to be lethal and worthless,” RFK Jr asserted.
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Soros-Backed Chicago Area Prosecutor Kim Foxx Won’t Seek Re-Election, Ending Controversial Tenure
Kim Foxx, a Chicago area prosecutor who received millions in financial support from George Soros, announced Tuesday that she would not seek re-election next year.
Foxx became the state’s attorney for Cook County, Ill., in 2016 and has frequently been under heavy criticism over her lax enforcement policies, including her handling of the Jussie Smollett case.
The prosecutor set off widespread objections after she dropped charges against Smollett, a Black and gay actor who had concocted an elaborate “hate crime” hoax in which he claimed two white individuals attacked him in the streets of Chicago while yelling, “This is MAGA country!” while tying a rope around his neck and allegedly dousing him in bleach.
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An Austin, Texas, man who pleaded guilty to attacking a woman and exposing himself to a child was sentenced to 10 years of probation on Tuesday after 16 months of negotiations between the suspect’s attorney and a George Soros-backed district attorney who has been accused of being tough on police and soft on crime, according to reports.
Antonio Cordero-Rios was convicted of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury and injury to a child.
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Another US government agency known as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has managed to put itself at the center of yet another free speech and censorship controversy and get accused of abusing authority by overstepping its powers.
In this case, the CFPB, said to have massive jurisdiction and power that goes along with it, has taken a small mortgage company to court because of what has been said on a radio show and a podcast. This is now treated by those fighting the lawsuit as a First Amendment violation and an authority violation, as per the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.
The nonbank mortgage firm (a form of alternative money lending financial institution) is Townstone Financial, based out of the Chicago area.
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There is an emerging controversy over the prospects of new Chinese-backed battery plants in Michigan. Critics are worried about national security risks.
“Am I worried about national security implications? I have to tell you that I am,” says Michigan Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell.
Rep. Dingell tells Fox News that the U.S. works with these Chinese companies because they are the ones who have the EV technology. Though the relationship is complicated.
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Trish Regan, a former Fox News host, predicted the Rupert Murdoch-owned network will go through some serious soul-searching after firing Tucker Carlson.
But, she warns that the damage has been done and Fox News hosts will never trust the Murdochs again.
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Tucker Carlson Exposed WEF’s Agenda Days Before Fox Firing
Just days before Fox News announced that Tucker Carlson had been ousted, the network’s former star anchor ran a segment exposing the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) agenda.
In one of his last shows to air on Fox, Carlson put out an exposé on the efforts of Klaus Schwab’s WEF to dramatically alter the public’s diet.
As Slay News has previously reported, the WEF has been pushing to change the diets of people worldwide for some time by promoting bug eating.
The WEF argues that banning meat consumption and compelling the public to eat insects instead will “save the planet.”
Carlson, the biggest ratings draw in all of cable news, ran an exposé on the WEF’s bug-eating agenda.
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Tucker Carlson Puts Rupert Murdoch on Notice, Hires Powerhouse Lawyer to Handle Departure
Tucker Carlson has put Rupert Murdoch on notice and hired a powerhouse lawyer after Fox News shocked the nation and sent the highest-rated host on cable packing with a terse announcement.
Carlson has hired Bryan Freedman, according to multiple media reports.
Freedman will deal with Fox News and the Murdoch family.
Until he was ousted on Monday, Carlson was earning around $20 million a year.
Freedman specializes in media disputes and has won big money for his past clients.
Carlson was still in contract when Murdoch personally ordered his firing and he will be entitled to have it paid in full.
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Tucker Carlson Indicates New Direction After Leaving Fox
Following Tucker Carlson and Fox News “agreeing to part ways” on Monday morning, Tucker Carlson has launched a newsletter to keep his fans informed.
Carlson’s website now displays to viewers a newsletter signup saying to “text Tucker to 44055 to become a tuckercarlson.com insider to find out what Tucker’s up to next.”
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Washington State Legislature Legalizes Possession of Drugs by Default
The Washington state legislature decriminalized the possession of all illicit drugs by default during the final day of what critics are calling the “most controversial” legislative session in state history.
After intense negotiations between the Democrat-controlled House and Senate on Sunday, Washington state lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on Senate Bill 5536, which would have provided harsher penalties for possession of illicit drugs.
The current state law expires on July 1, and because legislators failed to reach an agreement, there will be no state law on the possession of illicit drugs. Cities will now be forced to create their own laws regarding the possession of drugs within their jurisdictions.
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The Alberta government will require individuals and organizations to be licensed by the province before they can begin handling firearms under Ottawa’s confiscation regime, saying the federal government’s current plan is “reckless” and will jeopardize the safe handling of weapons.
The new regulation marks the province’s second action under the Alberta Firearms Act, which quickly passed the legislature last month, and is hindering the federal government’s efforts to confiscate Albertans’ legally-acquired property.
Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro says the federal government appears to be relying on Public Safety Canada to confiscate the weapons, calling the federal department “a large and inefficient bureaucracy.”
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Government Gave Over 800,000 Raises to Public Servants During the Pandemic
The federal government gave 802,043 raises to workers between 2020 and 2022 according to government records obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF).
More than 90% of federal government workers totalling 312,825 employees received at least one raise in 2020 and 2021.
In 2020, 258,596 federal employees received an economic pay increase with an additional 151,247 in 2021 and nearly 30,000 in 2022.
362,764 federal employees received a step pay increase between 2020 and 2022. However, the results do not include pay raises due to promotions, new positions, or the reclassification of a position.
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Ottawa Roads Blocked by Government Workers Demanding Raises, Remote Work
On Thursday, frustrated public servants descended upon the streets of Ottawa for the seventh day of protests. As representatives from the Public Service Alliance of Canada negotiate with the government to have their demands met— the PSAC has called for a 13.5 percent pay increase, and more accommodation to work remotely— those on the ground have ramped up their tactics.
Protestors congregated on roadways and in front of buildings, taking a page out of the Freedom Convoy’s playbook and disrupting access to “critical infrastructure” in order to have their voices heard.
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Suspect From Surrey Stabbing Released Back Onto the Streets
The suspect from a violent knife attack on Surrey’s SkyTrain has been released with conditions less than two weeks after the incident left a 24-year-old man in the hospital in serious condition.
The suspect is a 29-year-old man from Burnaby who was arrested last Friday and has been ordered not to possess knives or contact the victim. The Metro Vancouver Transit Police are recommending charges of assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon purpose.
According to a report by Global News, the victim has since been discharged from the hospital after recovering from a serious stab wound in the stomach.
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Authorities in a French town have decided to turn public lighting back on amid a crime wave that ensued when energy consumption was dramatically lowered for ‘environmental reasons’ last year, according to reports.
Streetlights and other lamps have been off since November in Sérémange-Erzange, a commune in the department of Moselle with a population of around 4,200 people.
Officials there ordered night lighting to be heavily restricted between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. as part of a push toward ‘greener’ energy policies, Le Figaro reports.
But now, residents have forced a return to the norm due to an increase in thefts and vandalism.
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EU Announces Stricter ‘Content Moderation’ Rules for Big Tech Platforms
The European Commission announced on Tuesday a slew of social media platforms and other Big Tech websites that will come under stricter content moderation surrounding so-called hate speech and disinformation by the summer.
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EU is in a ‘Warlike Mood, ‘ Warns Hungary’s Foreign Minister
Europe is pushing for more war and taking measures to not only accelerate arms deliveries to Ukraine but also stamp out pro-peace voices in Europe, said Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjartó in Luxembourg on Monday.
“The EU is in a warlike mood, with the vast majority of member states wanting to supply Ukraine with more weapons for more money,” said Szijjartó.
“This atmosphere of war here also implies that the pro-peace advocates that continue to argue for peace continue to come under severe political and verbal attack, whether from countries present here or not,” he added.
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EU Proclaims ‘New Era’ of Foreign Policy
The European Union is planning to build relationships with other countries on the basis of their position towards Russia and China, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrel said on Monday. His remarks came as the EU discussed the geopolitical consequences of the Russian military operation in Ukraine.
Speaking at a press conference in Brussels, Borrell emphasized that the EU must increase its bilateral engagements with “third countries” and present a plan that goes “beyond everyday crisis management.” He also highlighted the need to counter the “Russian narrative” in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has attempted to issue an ultimatum to the public, warning that either they rally around his government or they will face the prospect of populist Marine Le Pen taking the reigns of power.
The floundering French president has gone back to his old political playbook, ginning up fear of the so-called ‘far-right’ of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN), in order to galvanise support for his globalist government, which currently only enjoys 26 per cent public support as weeks of protests, union strikes, and full-on riots have eroded trust in his leadership.
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Germany: Two Syrian Nationals Arrested for Plotting Terror Attack Using Homemade Suicide Belt
Two Syrian nationals were arrested in Germany on Tuesday on suspicion of plotting a radical Islamist terror attack targeting civilians.
Authorities apprehended a 28-year-old man in Hamburg along with his 24-year-old brother who lived in Kempten in the southern German region of Allgäu. Both are understood to have been planning an Islamist-motivated attack in the country, according to the Federal Criminal Police Office, the State Criminal Police Office, and the Hamburg Public Prosecutor’s Office.
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Germans Prevent Poles From Paying Homage at Ravensbruck Concentration Camp
A delegation from the association of the National Armed Forces (NSZ), a Polish resistance group that fought both the Germans and then the Soviets, was denied entry for the commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Ravensbrück concentration camp. The organizers called in the police who surrounded the group of Poles.
According to journalist Tomasz Duklanowski from Radio Szczecin, delegations from Poland attend every year. The NSZ delegation was from Szczecin and was denied entry. The organizers said they had a right to deny entry and refused to explain the reasons for their decision. They did however let in a delegation from Antifa who were displaying LGBT symbols and banners equating capitalism with fascism.
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Huge Majority of French Regret Macron’s Re-Election, 69% Think Its Been a ‘Bad Thing’ for France
Almost 7 in 10 French citizens believe the re-election of Emmanuel Macron has been detrimental to France, a damning new poll has revealed.
According to a survey conducted by the Elabe Institute for BFM TV, a total of 69 percent of respondents consider Macron’s latest presidential term to have been a “bad thing,” a view which has increased by 14 percentage points from the latest survey of its kind a year ago.
By contrast, just 30 percent of French citizens consider Macron’s second term to be a “good thing,” while 1 percent did not know.
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Mass Demonstrations in Bulgaria Call for Neutrality in Ukraine War
Thousands of Bulgarians attended a mass demonstration in the capital of Sofia on Sunday calling on the Bulgarian government to adopt a stance of neutrality in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict.
Protesters gathered outside the National Palace of Culture where they demanded Bulgaria to be a “zone of peace” and to not involve itself in any kind of conflict.
Local media reported how demonstrators chanted “Bulgaria is a zone of peace,” “We want peace, not war,” and “NATO out,” as protestors expressed their concern at the Bulgarian government following the U.S.-led NATO defense alliance into a conflict with Russia. Bulgaria has deep cultural and economic ties with Russia, although relations have been strained in recent years.
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Murder and Property Crime on the Rise Across Czechia in Q1 of 2023
Crime across the Czech Republic increased by more than 9 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023, according to the latest police statistics.
By March, a total of 51,282 crimes had been recorded across the country, up considerably on the 46,940 registered in the same period last year. While economic crimes such as fraud and drug-related crimes are down, violent crime including murder rose significantly.
In the first quarter of the year, Czech police recorded 47 murders or attempted murders, 12 more than in the same period last year. Authorities confirmed the majority of incidents, some 28 of the cases, involved domestic relationships.
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The War in Ukraine Could End in Compromise, Says Poland’s Conservative PiS Leader
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of Poland’s ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS), has signaled that the war in Ukraine could end in a compromise rather than a final resolution and warned this would entail fresh risks and dangers for the future security of Europe.
Addressing a conference on defense in Warsaw, Kaczynski reiterated Poland’s unwavering support for Ukraine and President Zelensky’s demand for all of Ukrainian territory to be liberated, but warned “not everything depends on us.”
“There are indications to suggest that the war may end with a certain compromise rather than a final resolution,” he noted.
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The home secretary is expected to tell forces they should be using “good old-fashioned common sense” instead of focusing too heavily on “political correctness”.
The Prime Minister said on Tuesday night that he believed the Government was “on the cusp” of having recruited 20,000 new officers for England and Wales — a key pledge dating back to Boris Johnson’s election win in 2019.
Data published by the Home Office on Wednesday morning will reveal if it has managed that.
Ms Braverman is then due to speak at the launch of the anti-crime campaign group the Public Safety Foundation.
She is set to say: “Common sense policing means police focused on delivering criminal justice, not social justice. That’s what the public wants.
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UK: Farage: Remainers ‘Back in Charge’ of Conservative Govt After Ousting of Deputy PM Raab
Brexit leader Nigel Farage has warned that the Remainers are “back in charge” of the Conservative government following the ousting of Dominic Raab from Rishi Sunak’s cabinet last week over allegations of supposed “bullying”.
With former Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab being removed from his post last week, the anti-Brexit forces are in a commanding position in the government, Nigel Farage has claimed.
Following Raab’s dismissal over dubious claims of bullying civil servants under his command, the staunch Brexiteer’s role as deputy PM has been handed to Oliver Dowden and his other post as Justice Secretary was given Alex Chalk, both of whom voted to remain in the EU during the 2016 referendum. Mr Raab, for his part, claimed that the allegations made against him were put forward by anti-Brexit activists in the deep state bureaucracy.
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— as officers stand by while eco-warriors stage second day of protests in London
Police today warned furious motorists stuck in gridlock while Just Stop Oil zealots staged a road blockade that they could be charged with assault if they try to move the demonstrators.
As the eco-fanatics today launched a second day of protests in London, video footage shared by the activist group this morning showed one angry commuter being confronted by police officers after tearing down banners held by the group and trying to force them out of the way.
The man can be heard telling the demonstrators to ‘f*** off, every single one of you’ and ‘move out of the way’. When he rips the banners from the hands of protesters and pushes them to the side of the road, police nearby go to stop him.
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UK: Vigilante Dad Who Murdered Thief Using WW2 Dagger Says ‘Oh, Come on!’ as He’s Arrested
Police bodycam footage shows the moment a vigilante father who killed a thief said ‘oh, come on!’ as he was arrested.
David King, 56 — who worked for construction firm Morgan Sindall, armed himself with a dagger and left their home in Radnor Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, around a minute after his son after they saw a thief trying car doors around their estate.
Tesco worker Edward King, 20, grabbed a two-foot-long sword after he saw the thief on CCTV, Ipswich Crown Court heard.
Thief Neil Charles, 47, was fatally stabbed by the dagger, and sliced across the knee by the sword, in the early hours of June 20, 2021, prosecutor Richard Kelly said.
He described it as “vigilante behaviour” by the father and son, and “revenge or retaliation”.
The prosecutor said that the pair had been “looking to exact violence upon a local thief”.
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UK: Watch Just Stop Oil Protest Ruined by Hero Cyclist Snatching Banner in Epic Video
Two Just Stop Oil activists were left grasping at thin air after a cyclist ripped their banner out of their hands as the eco-protesters blocked the road. Video footage obtained by Express.co.uk shows the cyclist moving through a busy central London street off Trafalgar Square. The cyclist encountered a group of more than ten Just Stop Oil activists in orange high-vis jackets holding up traffic using their distinctive banners.
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Israel is Fighting the World’s War
by Daniel Greenfield
The dead included a 6-year-old boy and his 8-year-old brother killed in a car ramming attack in Jerusalem, a British mother and daughters gunned down on the road, a 27-year-old from Connecticut traveling to a wedding, and an Italian tourist run over on the beach.
In some countries, the soldiers fight wars, in Israel, they fight to stop a genocide.
Islamic massacres are often defended with some variation of “the occupied have the right to resist”. The Muslim occupiers keep resisting the indigenous Jewish population by killing women and children, and random foreigners whose only crime is being non-Muslim in a land that the terrorists want to reclaim for Islam.
Ever since the “throw the Jews into the sea” era, the agenda has never changed.
After the shooting of two brothers driving through the occupied village of Huwara, the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research conducted a poll asking the Arab Muslim settlers if they approved of the terrorist attack. 71% of them supported the killings.
When Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, arrives on Monday evening, it finds a nation at war against a genocidal enemy that has half the world under siege…
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Alleged Pentagon Leaks: Biden Administration Worried Ukraine Will Attack Russia
President Joe Biden’s administration fears that a Ukrainian attack on Russian territory could escalate the war, according to a report.
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DeSantis Urges Ceasefire in Ukraine
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) urged Russia and Ukraine to reach a ceasefire, making the comments during a visit to Japan on a multi-stop international tour.
“You don’t want to end up in like a [Battle of] Verdun situation, where you just have mass casualties, mass expense and end up with a stalemate,” DeSantis said in a Tokyo interview with outlet Nikkei Asia, making reference to the major World War I battle.
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Putin Ally: We Are Probably on the Verge of a New World War
Rising nuclear tensions could lead to a conflict that engulfs the world, according to former Russian President Dimitry Medvedev.
Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former president and prime minister, has warned of a global conflict breaking out as nuclear tensions rise and concerns about climate change intensify.
“The world is sick and quite probably is on the verge of a new world war,” Medvedev, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the deputy chairman of Russia’s security council, told a conference in Moscow on Tuesday.
Medvedev was once seen as a Western-leaning reformer but has reinvented himself as a hawk since Russia invaded Ukraine last year. He makes a statement almost daily about the war or Russia’s perceived enemies.
This week, for example, he railed against the United Kingdom on the Telegram messaging app, calling the country “our eternal enemy” after it imposed new sanctions on Russians.
Since Russia’s war in Ukraine began in February last year, officials in Moscow have repeatedly warned that the world faces the most dangerous decade since World War II.
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Soldiers on the frontline of Ukraine’s war with Russia have paid tribute to Australian and New Zealand soldiers for Anzac Day.
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Ukraine Increased Military Spending by 640% Last Year, Reached 34% of GDP
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released data on April 24, 2023, on military spending in 2022, highlighting that Ukraine has increased its military spending by 640 percent to $44 billion.
In contrast, Russia reached $86.4 billion, but the increase was much smaller. In addition, the world’s biggest arms spenders in 2022 were: the United States, China and Russia, accounting for 56 percent of the global total, according to SIPRI. Global military spending increased for the eighth consecutive year in 2022 to an all-time high of $2.24 trillion.
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Wagner Boss Orders Troops to Stop Taking Prisoners and ‘Kill Everyone’
Prigozhin was reacting to a Wagner-affiliated Telegram channel posting of an alleged recording of what it said were two Ukrainians deciding to shoot a Russian prisoner of war.
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Death Toll From NW Pakistan Explosions Rises to 17
ISLAMABAD, April 25 (Xinhua) — The death toll from Monday’s twin explosions in a police station in Pakistan’s Swat district of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province rose to 17 on Tuesday, with at least 70 others injured, health and police officials said.
Confirming the casualties, KP Health Secretary Mahmood Aslam Wazir told Xinhua that the death toll increased after several injured succumbed to their injuries and more bodies were recovered from the debris of the police station building that collapsed following the powerful blasts.
He said that at least eight people among the injured are in critical condition, adding that hospitals across the district have been put on high alert and all the medical staff are directed to report to their respective duties in order to cope with any emergencies.
The deceased included nine policemen, three civilians, and five prisoners in the twin blasts that occurred in the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) police station in the Kabal area of Swat.
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India: Mumbai: Three Muslims Held for Brutally Killing 69-Year-Old Christian Woman in Malad
The accused, which include the deceased’s maid, forced victim’s head into a bucket of full of water; robbed valuables from house
The Malad police on Saturday arrested a 42-year-old housemaid, her lover and his son for allegedly murdering the maid’s employer — a 69-year-old woman — in her Malad residence earlier this week. The trio brutally killed the elderly woman by forcing her head inside a bucket full of water, and fled after stealing valuables from the house.
According to the Malad police, the accused have been identified as Shabnam Shaikh, 42, Umar Shaikh, 71, and Shehzad Shaikh, 22. Shabnam used to work as domestic help for Marie D’Costa, 69, who stayed with her grandson Neel Raybole, 26, in the New Life Cooperative Housing Society in Malad. The police said that D’costa had taken Shabnam in 15 years ago after finding her on the streets. She was a trusted servant, to the extent that Raybole would pick her up and drop her every day, as she had a deformity in one leg.
“Raybole works with a private firm in the Bandra Kurla Complex and was at work when the murder was committed on Thursday evening. He had applied for a driver’s learning license and the agent he had hired called him to ask for a One Time Password, which was part of the process. However, Raybole’s Aadhar card is linked to D’Costa’s mobile number and Raybole called her to ask her the OTP. When several calls went unanswered, he called his neighbour and asked her to check on D’costa,” said an officer with the Malad police station…
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U.S. Woman Faces Ten Years for Flying to Australia With Gold Handgun
American citizen arrested at Sydney airport over a gold-plated handgun in her case, she now potentially faces a lengthy custodial sentence.
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WHO Warns Lab Seized in Sudan Now at ‘High Risk of Biological Hazard’
The World Health Organization is warning about a “high risk of biological hazard” at a Sudan laboratory of which one of the warring factions in the country has taken control.
However, officials don’t know exactly who’s behind the occupation of the National Public Health Laboratory, in the northeast African country’s capital of Khartoum, according to BBC News.
The WHO, part of the United Nations, on Tuesday told the BBC that power cuts were making it impossible to properly manage material at the lab and that lab workers can no longer access the facility.
The city has for weeks been ravaged by fighting between the country’s army and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces.
A broad range of biological and chemical materials that are stored in the lab, according to the WHO. The facility holds measles, cholera pathogens and other hazardous materials.
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Biden’s Parole Pipeline Imports 300K Ukrainians, Twice the Population of Charleston
President Joe Biden’s parole pipeline has imported more than 300,000 Ukrainian nationals to the U.S. in just one year.
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Germany: Hamburg Paid €14.2 Million in Hotel Bills for Migrants in March Alone
Germany, like many Western nations, is facing a housing crisis partly driven by mass immigration. As housing and rent prices soar, German taxpayers are being forced to pay hundreds of millions every year to house migrants across the country. In expensive cities such as Hamburg, the bills are shockingly high.
In March alone, the Hamburg government spent €14.2 million on hotel rooms involving 6,500 accommodation spots, which amounts to an average of €2,154 per accommodation — a surprisingly high sum for just one month.
The amount of money spent came to light to light after the AfD parliamentary group in Hamburg’s parliament submitted a request for the information.
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Huge Migrant Caravan Heading Toward U.S Southern Border
A huge caravan of migrants has formed in southern Mexico and is heading toward the United States border.
The caravan is estimated to be around 3,000 migrants strong and growing and is mostly made up of military-aged men.
The migrants set out on Sunday in a large caravan from southern Mexico and started walking north en route to the U.S.
The organizers claim the caravan is a protest against detention centers like the one that burned down last month, killing dozens.
The migrants, mostly Venezuelans, started walking north from Tapachula, a city in Mexico close to the border with Guatemala.
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Hungary Says EU Migration Pact Will Only Extend Migration Crisis and Force Through Migrant Quotas
Following the European Parliament’s vote to approve the Migrant Pact, Hungarian politicians are warning that the pact will do little to stop the migrant crisis and will force mandatory migrant quotas on Europe.
Fidesz MEP Balazs Hidvéghi told state-run Kossuth Radió on Monday that migrants are taking advantage of Europe’s weakness, and helped by people smugglers and NGOs, they are arriving in Europe en masse in violation of the law
The reaction comes after the European Parliament last week voted on the main pillars of its migration pact, which would on the one hand speed up the repatriation of illegal migrants but also establish a mandatory quota for member states. Hungary, along with a number of Central and Eastern European nations, has long opposed mandatory migrant quotas.
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After 35-year-old Algerian migrant Ahmed Khalef was convicted of raping a woman who was waiting for a tram in the French city of Bègles, he argued that he is a “good person” and that he was “shocked” at the length of his prison sentence.
“I am a good person,” said Khalef in court. On Monday, April 24, the Assize Court of Gironde found him guilty of rape under the threat of a weapon and violence against a person holding public authority.
However, he claimed not to “understand anything. I am shocked to find myself here and in prison for 26 months when I came to France to build a future.”
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Sweden Democrats Threaten to Collapse Government if Sweden Approves EU Migration Pact
French National Rally parliamentary leader Marine Le Pen has called the EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum the “suicide of Europe,” and warned already in 2020 that it would mean 75 million more migrants for Europe. The controversial pact is now moving closer to becoming a reality, and various conservative and populist parties across Europe are scrambling to use any political means possible to block it from passing, including the Sweden Democrats.
The EU’s Migration Pact passed with a clear majority in the European Parliament last week with 420 votes to 130. SD politician MEP Charlie Weimers warned that the pact may force member states to accept migrants against their will; this is especially relevant for countries like Hungary, Czechia and Poland, which have all rejected mandatory migrant quotas.
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FIRST ON FOX: A House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Wednesday will feature the testimony from a whistleblower who will warn lawmakers that the U.S. has become the “middleman” in a multibillion dollar migrant child trafficking operation at the border.
The hearing, “The Biden Border Crisis: Exploitation of Unaccompanied Alien Children,” will be held by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement and will examine the surge in unaccompanied children (UACs) at the southern border.
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A concerned young woman has taken to social media to asked how the Albanese government intends to house 650,000 migrants coming to Australia over a two-year period.
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Appeals Court Guts Religious Accommodations for Teachers That SCOTUS May Soon Strengthen: Lawyers
A week before the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could force employers to more freely grant religious accommodations, a federal appeals court determined that calling all students by their last names for the sake of religious conscience was a fireable offense.
A three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this month that Indiana’s Brownsburg Community Schools Corp. had a “legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason” for firing music teacher John Kluge: He caused “emotional harm” and disrupted the learning environment by not addressing transgender students by preferred names and pronouns.
[Comment: All three judges were appointed by Repubilcan presidents.]
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Biden Provokes Outrage With Anti-Parent Comments: ‘There’s No Such Thing as Someone Else’s Child!’
Democrat President Joe Biden has provoked a fierce backlash over his communist-style anti-parent comments.
During a speech at the White House, Biden pushed radical claims about who is responsible for raising children in America.
Biden attempted to downplay parents’ roles in their children’s upbringing by pushing the Marxist ideology that all members of society have an equal say in raising a person’s child.
The president made the comments while he and First Lady Jill Biden honored educators at the White House who were nominated to be teachers of the year for 2023.
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A Concordia University nutrition panel held last Friday claimed, among other things, that large-scale animal agriculture is linked to “Western modernism,” “patriarchy,” “Eurocentrism” and “whiteness.”
One of the panellists also compared the killing of animals by humans for consumption to genocide.
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Critical Race Theory Taught at America’s Top Veterinary Schools, New Study Finds
Eight of America’s top 11 veterinary schools have implemented controversial critical race theory (CRT) or Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) related curricula or training, according to a new study.
“If veterinary schools think they are advancing racial justice by embedding racial group identity politics into training, they are barking up the wrong tree,” CriticalRace.org founder William A. Jacobson told Fox News Digital.
CriticalRace.org, which monitors critical race theory (CRT) curricula and training in higher education, has expanded its database to veterinary schools. The findings included that four of the schools have mandatory training or curriculum for students, eight have some sort of mandatory faculty and staff training, and six have incorporated DEI training into their search and hiring processes.
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Elon Musk Goes Off on Gender Surgery That Can Sterilize Minors: ‘Should Go to Prison for Life’
Elon Musk responded to multiple tweets on Tuesday and called for an “age limit for sterilization,” arguing that any doctor or parent who allows sterilization at a young age should “go to prison for life.”
“This is super messed up. Mature, consenting adults should do as they wish, so long as they do not harm anyone else, but this child was too young for any kind of consent,” he said in response to a report in the Post Millennial, which details a 2016 Dutch case report about an 18-year-old transgender woman who experienced multiple organ failure after a “laparoscopic intestinal vaginoplasty.”
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Medical Schools Go ‘Woke,’ Drop Standardized Testing to Promote ‘Diversity’
Medical schools across America are going “woke” by dropping the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) requirements in an effort to promote “diversity.”
Colleges are dropping standardized testing in favor of holistic admission practices, a trend that has been rapidly spreading.
However, the medical watchdog group Do No Harm has warned that the “dangerous trend” will negatively impact the medical profession by “eliminating” a “standard for schools to consider when admitting students who demonstrate the aptitude to be good doctors.”
The MCAT is a multiple choice exam that determines an individual’s ability to problem solve, think critically, and understand concepts about medical studies.
So far, approximately 40 medical schools across the country have dropped the MCAT as a requirement for some applying students, according to a list compiled by Inspira Advantage.
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Police arrested three individuals reportedly involved with an Antifa-affiliated counterprotest against an organization protesting an all-ages drag brunch at a restaurant in Fort Worth on Sunday.
Black-clad counterprotesters, many of whom were decked out in tactical gear and armed with handguns and long guns, showed up outside the Fort Brewery and Pizza in Fort Worth in response to a protest from nonprofit Protect Texas Kids, the Fort Worth Police Department said in a press release.
Kelly Neidert, founder of Protect Texas Kids, told Fox News Digital that counterprotesters were already there when they arrived at the restaurant to peacefully protest the event.
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Seven Arrested in Protest That Disrupted Montana House Hearing on Youth Transgender Bill
Seven people in Montana have been arrested in connection with a protest Monday at the state capital over the censure of a state Democrat lawmaker opposed to a GOP-led bill limiting youth transgender medical procedures.
The incident took place in the capital’s House chambers. Those arrested faces charges of criminal trespass after refusing to leave the gallery, which overlooks the House floor, Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton told local NBC affiliate KTVH-TV.
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Two-time Olympian Mara Yamauchi has voiced her displeasure after a transgender athlete beat thousands of women in the female category of the London Marathon.
Yamauchi finished in sixth place in the marathon at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 while representing her home country of Great Britain. Yamauchi did not mince words when she spoke on transgender racer Glenique Frank’s win at the marathon over the weekend.
“Males in the [female] category is UNFAIR for females,” Yamauchi wrote in a tweet.
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Vatican Archbishop Walks Back Approval of Assisted Suicide
ROME, Italy — The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life has walked back statements in support of legalized assisted suicide, accusing journalists of having misinterpreted his thought.
The press office of the Pontifical Academy for Life issued a statement Monday in response to “incorrect interpretations” of the thought of Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the Academy’s president.
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Washington School Board Called Out for ‘Absurdity’ After Cutting Music Classes for ‘White Supremacy’
The Olympia School District in Washington state is under fire for cutting music classes amid claims they promote “White supremacy culture” and “significant institutional violence.”
Board members for the Olympia School District, which is facing a budget shortfall of millions of dollars, voted last week to eliminate band and orchestra for fourth-grade students, with one member commenting on the “problems with how elementary instrumental music is administered.”
Alesha Perkins, a mother of three in the district, called out the “absurdity” of the move Tuesday on “Fox & Friends First.”
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By reason of and in preparation for the
upcoming Reformation 2.0 in Magdeburg
on April 29, 2023, as already has been
announced on this blog, 4 videos.
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Covidism: Contagious Deception – Part 1 – Gaming the Numbers – 2023 Documentary
This is the first episode in a series of 4, summarizing and exposing the global attempted genocide by a made-up flu that doesn’t exist. 53 min
https://odysee.com/@HealthImpactNews:1/COVIDISM-Contagious-Deception-Part-1:d
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Covidism: Contagious Deception – Part 2 – Lockdown Timeline – 2023 Documentary
This is the second episode in a series of 4, summarizing and exposing the global attempted genocide by a made-up flu that doesn’t exist.
They succeeded to a large extent, but in the end a majority understood that it was an attempt at global genocide. 65 min.
https://odysee.com/@Fingerbob:c/Covidism-Contagious-Deception–Part-2–2023-Documentary:1
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Covidism: Contagious Deception – Part 3 – Vaccine Frenzy – 2023 Documentary. 43 min.
https://odysee.com/@Fingerbob:c/Covidism-Contagious-Deception–Part-3–2023-Documentary:e
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Covidism: Contagious Deception – Part 4 – The Great Reset Agenda – 2023 Documentary. 39 min.
https://odysee.com/@HealthImpactNews:1/Covidism_-Contagious-Deception-%E2%80%93-Part-4—2023-Documentary:2
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German politician said
“everything for Germany”
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April 26, 2023
Björn Höcke, top representative of the Alternative for Germany (AFD) party, is about to be prosecuted again for the crime of incitement to racial hatred. The reason is that he ended a speech with the phrase: “All for Germany”.
This is the seventh time in a row that prosecutors have lifted immunity from prosecution for Björn Höcke, the leader of the AFD group in Thuringia.
This time, Höcke will be prosecuted for saying “everything for Germany” at the end of a speech he gave in Merseburg, Saxony-Anhalt, during the 2021 election campaign there.
As a basis for this intervention, the authorities refer to the fact that the same phrase was also engraved on SA daggers during the Nazi era.
Björn Höcke rejects the claim that his statement has anything to do with Nazism. He points out that “Everything for the homeland” was actually the AFD’s slogan in the election campaign.
Sebastian Striegel, leader of the Green Party in Saxony-Anhalt, is behind the complaint.
On Facebook, Höcke writes that he is not surprised to be reported by “an anti-German environmentalist”, NTV reports.