Earlier today a man crashed his car into the gates in front of No. 10 Downing Street, the residence of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. When he got out of his car he was arrested by police. Although he is white, he is not thought to be a white supremacist neo-Nazi. The Metropolitan Police said that they do not consider the incident to be terror-related.
In other news, the German economy has officially entered recession.
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Disney Begins Laying Off Thousands of Employees
Disney has begun the process of laying off thousands of employees around the world as the company seeks to drastically reduce its workforce.
According to a Thursday report from Deadline, the layoffs are impacting staffers in the United States and the EMEA region (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa).
Deadline notes that the exact number of people who will lose their positions is currently unknown but it’s expected to run into the thousands.
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The figures come as a major blow to Germany’s government, which just weeks ago boldly doubled its growth forecast for this year after a feared winter energy crunch failed to materialise.
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The Market is Not the Economy: Germany Enters Recession With DAX at Record High
The old mantra that ‘the market is not the economy’ has never been more true than in Germany as the country’s stock market continues to surge to record highs as the nation’s economy enters recession.
Germany suffered its first recession since the start of pandemic, extinguishing hopes that Europe’s top economy could escape such a fate after the war in Ukraine sent energy prices soaring.
Q1 GDP shrank 0.3% from the previous three months following a 0.5% drop between October and December.
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Almost Two Thirds of Americans View Media as “Truly the Enemy of the People”; New Poll Finds
Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News
A new Rasmussen poll has found that almost two thirds of Americans believe the media is “truly the enemy of the people”.
The survey found that a total of 59 percent of likely voters either strongly or somewhat agree with the statement.
Among Republicans, the belief is even more prevalent at 77 percent. Only a slim majority of Democrats disagree.
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Biden’s Whistleblower Goes Public on CBS: ‘It Seems to Always Benefit the Subject’
CBS Evening News has blown one of the many scandals surrounding Democrat President Joe Biden wide open by scoring an interview with whistleblower Gary Shapley.
Shapley is a supervisory special agent for the IRS.
During the interview, Shapley held nothing back and warned of a deep plot with many players trying to protect the Biden family.
“There was multiple steps that were slow-walked at the direction of the Department of Justice,” Shapley told CBS reporter Jim Axelrod.
He added that these “Deviations from normal process each and every time, it seems to always benefit the subject.”
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Biden DOJ Drops All Charges Against Soros-Backed DA Who Resigned: Turley
Authored by Jonathan Turley
The Department of Justice’s special counsel, Jack Smith, is continuing his work toward possible criminal charges against former President Donald Trump. While I continue to doubt the viability of criminal charges based on Trump’s speech before the Jan. 6, 2021 riot on Capitol Hill, I have repeatedly said that the Mar-a-Lago matter could present a serious threat for Trump.
However, a recent (and little-reported) decision by the DOJ may complicate the final decision in the case with new concerns over a double standard in charging decisions.
Last week, the Justice Department announced that it would not charge Rachael Rollins, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, despite a referral from the DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), which found evidence that she lied to investigators and may have improperly sought to influence an election. Rollins resigned from office on Friday.
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Biden Blasts ‘Science Defying’ Supreme Court Ruling Against EPA Overreach
Update: As one might expect, the Biden administration is very upset at the nazi-fied Supreme Court for daring to reduce its power somewhat, claiming the decision “defies the science”…
Statement from President Joe Biden on Supreme Court Decision in Sackett v.EPA
The Supreme Court’s disappointing decision in Sackett v. EPA will take our country backwards. It puts our Nation’s wetlands — and the rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds connected to them — at risk of pollution and destruction, jeopardizing the sources of clean water that millions of American families, farmers, and businesses rely on.
Since the Clean Water Act was passed by an overwhelming bipartisan majority in Congress in 1972, it has been used by Republican and Democratic administrations alike to help ensure Americans in every state have clean water. It is the reason why today America’s lakes arc swimmable, why we can fish in our streams and rivers, and why clean water comes out of our taps.
Today’s decision upends the legal framework that has protected America’s waters for decades. It also defies the science that confirms the critical role of wetlands in safeguarding our nation’s streams, rivers, and lakes from chemicals and pollutants that harm the health and wellbeing of children, families, and communities.
I am committed to protecting clean air and water for our kids for generations to come. My team will work with the Department of Justice and relevant agencies to carefully review this decision and use every legal authority we have to protect our Nation’s waters for the people and communities that depend on them. We will wrork with states, cities, and Tribal communities to pass and uphold critical protections for their residents. Through my Investing in America agenda, we’re already deploying historic resources in communities all across America to remove lead pipes, improve water quality, and rebuild the Nation’s drinking water infrastructure.
Our fight for clean water for all must go on, and it will.
As The Epoch Times’ Matthew Vadum detailed earlier, the Supreme Court voted to rein in the power of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate wetlands in a complex decision issued on May 25, the second time in a year that the court has curbed federal environmental authority.
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California Gov Gavin Newsom May Appoint Oprah Winfrey to Senate Seat if Dianne Feinstein Retires
California’s Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom has mentioned appointing media mogul Oprah Winfrey to Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat if she retires or is forced out.
According to a new AP report, Winfrey would serve as a caretaker until the election to replace Feinstein.
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If you’ve been following our reporting on the issue, you’ll already know that the new World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic prevention initiative, the Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats (PRET), recommends using “social listening surveillance systems” to identify “misinformation.” But as more people are learning about how unelected bodies are being used to suppress speech and potentially override sovereignty, it’s starting to get more pushback.
According to documents from the UN agency, PRET aims to “guide countries in pandemic planning” and work to “incorporate the latest tools and approaches for shared learning and collective action established during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
The PRET document describes misinformation as a “health threat,” and refers to it as an “infodemic.”
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Cops Arrest Counter-Protesters at Daniel Penny Rally
Protesters disrupt a press conference held in support of Daniel Penny, an ex-marine who put Jordan Neely in a chokehold after Neely allegedly threatened passengers in a subway.
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Authored by Douglas Carswell via RealClear Wire
Over the past decade or so, America has undertaken a radical experiment with criminal justice reform. The consequences have been devastating.
The number of people arrested in America each year has fallen sharply over the past two decades. Public prosecutors now prosecute significantly fewer cases. Those that are convicted can generally expect shorter sentences. The combined effect of all this is that America’s prison population is now 25 percent lower than it was in 2011.
Part of the reason for this policy change has been pressure from the far left. Ever since the death of George Floyd in 2020, left-wing activists have pursued an explicitly anti-police and anti-prison agenda. But even before that, there were plenty of well-meaning conservatives who signed up for criminal justice reform, too. Everyone needs a second chance, right?
Five years ago, it was conservatives in Washington DC that passed the First Step Act, which explicitly sought to reduce the prison population. Here in my own state of Mississippi, those elected as conservatives have for the past decade been formulating policy in the belief that there are better ways of preventing crime than filling up our jails. Our state’s incarcerated population decreased from over 21,000 in January 2014 to 16,931 by January 2022, a decrease of 19.4 percent.
Reducing the number of people arrested, prosecuted, and jailed might sound like a good thing, but it has helped lead to a sharp spike in crime — including violent crime — in specific parts of the country.
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Elon Musk is Going After ‘Fox’s Territory’: ‘If You’re Rupert Murdoch, This is a Scary Time’
Rupert Murdoch is being warned that Elon Musk is planning to replace Fox News and other corporate media networks by making Twitter the new default for news reporting.
Axios reporter and CNN media analyst Sara Fischer warned Murdoch that his control over the Republican narrative is coming to an end.
She said more and more conservatives are telling the mainstream media to pound sand and using alternative platforms like Twitter to consume, and report, the news.
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GOP Rep Drops Hammer on Schiff After He Complains About $16 Million Fine: ‘It’s Not Up to You’
Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is complaining about Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s (R-FL) move to hold him accountable for his lies about the Trump-Russia hoax.
As Slay News reported, Luna has introduced a resolution that fines Schiff $16 million for “egregious abuse of trust” over his efforts to peddle the false Russia claims.
Schiff went on any television network that would have him and claimed he had proof Trump was in bed with Russia.
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Smoking gun emails have emerged that show Hunter Biden received a lucrative contract just days before his then-vice president father traveled to Ukraine and withheld U.S. aid from the government in 2015.
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Iowa Poll: Trump Holds 3-to-1 Lead Over DeSantis
Authored by Jake Bevan via RealClear Wire
An abortive rally and an expanding field of challengers hasn’t hurt Donald Trump’s standing in Iowa, according to a new poll from Emerson College. In results released Thursday morning, 62% of Republican voters indicated they would choose Trump as the party’s nominee, giving the former president a 3-to-1 margin over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who clocked in at 20%. Mike Pence and Nikki Haley are tied for third with 5%.
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Jacob Chansley Set Free, Released From Halfway House Phoenix, Arizona
Jacob Chansley, the 35-year-old known as the “QAnon Shaman,” was released from a halfway house in Phoenix, Arizona, according to the Bureau of Prisons.
His attorney Albert Watkins said: “Chansley worked diligently during his period of confinement to take advantage of the opportunities accorded by his plea deal to reduce the time he was required to serve.
“The Court and Bureau of Prisons recognized this effort. I sincerely wish Jake the absolute best as he moves forward with his life.”
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James Comer Finally Puts Dollar Figure on Alleged Bribe Paid to Joe Biden
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has dropped explosive new information that puts a staggering seven-figure sum on an alleged bribe Democrat President Joe Biden took while serving as Obama’s VP.
Comer sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday.
The letter threatens Wray with being held in contempt of Congress if he doesn’t hand over a subpoenaed document a whistleblower says shows that then-Vice President Biden took a cash bribe from a foreign national in exchange for policy considerations.
In the letter, Comer drops a bombshell and finally puts a dollar figure to the alleged bribe.
Comer says Biden took a whopping $5 million bribe.
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Jordan Neely’s Uncle Arrested and Released Without Bail, Despite Long Rap Sheet in NYC
Christopher Neely, Jordan Neely’s uncle, was arrested in New York City but was released without bail despite having a long criminal rap sheet.
As Slay News reported earlier this week, Neely was arrested on charges of theft and resisting arrest.
However, the career criminal was swiftly cut loose when his attorney said his family needed him to deal with his nephew’s death.
Neely has a long criminal record that includes over 70 arrests.
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LA’s Soros-Backed DA Sitting on 10,000 Cases
Los Angeles County district attorney George Gascón is sitting on a backlog of 10,000 cases because his woke ideology and “toxic” management style have pushed many in his office to leave, sources who have worked for him told the New York Post.
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LinkedIn Locks Out Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Censors Him for “Misinformation”
In yet another development that raises serious questions about the suppression of election candidates during a presidential campaign, presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has announced he has been locked out of his LinkedIn account for his comments on climate change and President Biden’s relationship with China.
“I was a bit surprised to get an email noting that my LinkedIn account had been shut down,” Ramaswamy said in a video. “I wondered why, ‘cause actually a number of friends texted me saying they follow me on LinkedIn. That’s how they keep up. They weren’t able to find me anymore. And so when I had my team get in touch with LinkedIn, here’s the response that we got.”
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Authored by Monica Showalter via AmericanThinker.com
From the annals of “What was she thinking?,” here’s San Francisco’s mayor, London Breed.
According to the New York Post:
San Francisco Mayor London Breed and the city’s board of supervisors were forced to retreat inside after a meeting they attempted to hold in a notorious open-air drug market was disrupted by jeers, shouting and a woman who hurled a brick into the crowd, according to a report.
On Tuesday, city leaders decided to hold the meeting outdoors in United Nations Plaza to highlight problems plaguing the area — including surging fentanyl overdoses — and to discuss potential solutions, KRON4 reported.
Breed and Supervisor Aaron Peskin took to the podium and proclaimed the city has been tolerating “illegal, out-of-control behavior for far too long.”
“Many San Franciscans do not feel safe,” Peskin said.
“Brazen drug dealing and deteriorating street conditions have exacerbated a humanitarian crisis on our streets.”
But less than 10 minutes after the meeting began, it was cut short as the crowd hurled insults at the mayor and supervisors until they just walked away from the podium, according to KRON.
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Microsoft Unveils New Censorship Tool
Microsoft has launched a new AI-powered censorship tool to detect inappropriate content in texts and images. Dubbed “Azure Content Safety,” the tool has been trained to understand different languages, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, and Japanese.
The tool gives flagged content a severity score from one to a hundred, which will help moderators know which content to address.
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Militia Leader Gets 18 Years in Prison Over US Capitol Attack
The founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia was handed an 18-year prison sentence Thursday for sedition in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol, the toughest penalty given yet over the January 6 assault.
Out of the more than 1,000 people charged over the attack, Stewart Rhodes was singled out for directing his heavily armed group to descend on Washington and use violence if necessary to prevent Joe Biden from becoming president.
“Seditious conspiracy is among the most serious crimes an American can commit,” said Judge Amit Mehta in pronouncing the sentence.
“You present an ongoing threat and a peril to this country,” Mehta told Rhodes, who organized the Oath Keepers January 6 participation in the attack on the Capitol by supporters of then-president Donald Trump.
“You are smart, charismatic and compelling and that is frankly what makes you dangerous,” Mehta said — rejecting 57-year-old Rhodes’ claim that he was a “political prisoner.”
The sentence fell short of the 25 years the government had sought, although Mehta accepted the argument that the Oath Keepers’ plan to violently block Biden’s presidency amounted to terrorism.
Just ahead of the sentence, Rhodes, wearing an eye patch and dressed in his orange prison jumpsuit, defiantly defended his group and their actions in support of Trump.
“My only crime is opposing those destroying our country,” he declared, comparing himself to the famed Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
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Nolte: Democrat-Run Oakland Suffers 100 Robberies in Single Week
In today’s edition of You Get What You Vote For, Democrat-run Oakland has become the Old West, with 100 recorded robberies in a single week.
This is what Democrats want to do to all of America:
Residents of [Democrat-run] Oakland endured 100 robberies during one tumultuous week this month, some of which erupted in gunfire or assaults, the city’s interim [Democrat-appointed] Police Chief Darren Allison said Wednesday.
Fifty of the incidents occurred in one weekend, Allison told reporters in [Democrat] Mayor Sheng Thao’s third-floor conference room, where he joined other [Democrat] leaders in struggling to explain the surge of violence and chaos to the [Democrat-voting] public.
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NYC Artist Instantly Paralyzed After Homeless Man Shoves Her Into Moving Subway Train
An artist was instantly paralyzed after a deranged homeless man pushed her into a moving New York City Subway train.
Police have charged 39-year-old Kamal Semrade over the attack.
The prosecutor said it was a “completely unprovoked” attack.
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NYC to Monitor Household Food Consumption for ‘Carbon Emissions’
New York City has announced disturbing new measures to tackle so-called “carbon emissions” by monitoring the food consumption of the city’s households.
The city is introducing new limits on meat and dairy products while tracking public purchases and consumption.
As Slay News previously reported, NYC’s Democrat Mayor Eric Adams announced last month that he plans to slash the city’s carbon emissions from food by a staggering 33 percent by 2030.
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Salt Lake Man Stabbed Relative Who Was Arguing With Woman, Charges Say
SALT LAKE CITY — A man who police say told a family member to stop arguing or he would stab him has been charged with attacking the victim with a knife.
Isiah James Garcia, 18, was charged Wednesday in 3rd District Court with aggravated assault resulting in serious injury, a second-degree felony.
On April 8, a man and a woman were arguing in a home in Salt Lake City. Garcia, who is related to both, told the man to stop arguing or he would stab him. He then grabbed a knife and stabbed the man approximately five times, according to charging documents.
The victim was taken to a local hospital where he underwent emergency surgery, police say. He stayed in the hospital for five days before being released.
The attack comes less than two months after Garcia hit his mother in the face with a chair, giving her a broken nose and a concussion, according to court documents. He was charged in that case with aggravated assault, a third-degree felony.
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Samantha Power, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) administrator, has repeatedly met with influential liberal foundations while serving in the role, documents show.
According to nearly 700 pages of internal calendar entries obtained by Fox News Digital, Power met with George Soros’ Open Society Foundations at least two times, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation at least five times, and held meetings with several other powerful groups like the Ford and Rockefeller foundations.
Power’s intimate association with the entities exemplifies how the Biden administration, its officials, and agencies keep close contact with left-wing outside groups and lean on them for potential advice and recommendations. Other liberal groups backed by millions of dollars from megadonors like Soros maintain close links to the administration and have boasted of executing domestic policy proposals.
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Top FBI Official Admits She Hasn’t Read Durham Report, GOP Chair Left ‘Speechless’
A top FBI official has admitted during testimony before a congressional hearing that she hasn’t read Special Counsel John Durham’s explosive report on the Russia Hoax.
Republican lawmakers were left “speechless” after Jill Murphy, assistant director of counterintelligence at the FBI, made the damning admission about the Durham Report.
The special counsel’s long-awaited assessment found that the FBI had no evidence to support “collusion” allegations between President Donald Trump and the Russian government.
Durham concluded that the infamous probe should never have been opened.
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Tucker Carlson Issues Warning to Corporate Media: ‘The Old System is Collapsing’
Former Fox News star Tucker Carlson has put America’s corporate media on notice by warning that “the old system is collapsing.”
Carlson warns that the mainstream media provides information to voters that comes from just a handful of people who already have power and will never give it up.
The media has lied too many times to the American people but the public is now waking up.
From the Iraq war to the Trump-Russia hoax, the media has become propaganda.
“The old system is collapsing,” Carlson told Axios.
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Tucker Carlson Named America’s Most Trusted Source of Information, Barack Obama Comes in Last
Ex-Fox News star Tucker Carlson has been named as the most trusted source of news and information in America, a new poll has found.
Carlson topped the list in a new survey from the reputable polling organization Gallup.
Gallup asked the members of the public who their favorite public figure is when it comes to trustworthy information.
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Tucker Carlson Ready to Bring Down Fox News by Leaking ‘Damaging Secrets’ Amid Contract Stalemate
Tucker Carlson and his team have reached their limit with Fox News as exit negotiations have stalled.
Carlson is ramping up a pressure campaign against the network to get Rupert Murdoch to release him from a noncompete clause.
The Daily Beast broke the story and said if Fox News continues to play hardball, Tucker and his team are prepared to bring the pain because they know where the “bodies are buried.”
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US Surgeon General Boasted About Working With Big Tech to Tackle “Misinformation, “ Documents Show
The floodgates that the Twitter Files opened in empowering media to talk about the long-alleged and now for all intents and purposes obvious Big Tech/government collusion — that was until recently treated as pure “conspiracy theorizing” — keep producing reporting about yet more cases to prove the point.
One of the biggest buzzwords of the past few years coming from both Big Tech and government(s) has been, “misinformation.” US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy was among those who started using it early.
And he has been using it often.
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Critics of Canada’s massive assisted suicide program have long warned that it would open the door to ever greater numbers of vulnerable people facing pressure to end their lives rather than be a burden.
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Arrest Made After Car Crashes Into Security Gates at Downing Street, Office of UK Prime Minister
A car crashed into the main gates of Downing Street, London, Thursday afternoon. One person has been arrested in connection with the incident.
The Metropolitan Police have confirmed a man was arrested by armed officers at the gates of Downing Street — the official London residence and office of the Prime Minister — at 16:20 Thursday afternoon. The man was arrested on suspicion of “criminal damage and dangerous driving” after a vehicle drove into the security gates at the entrance to the heavily-guarded street.
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‘Don’t Interfere!’ — Hungary’s Orban Says Democrats Should Stop Telling Others ‘How to Live’
The Democrats in the United States should focus on their own country instead of trying to impose their leftist ideology on the rest of the world, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.
Speaking with the Bloomberg news agency in an interview at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha this week, Hungary’s populist-nationalist leader stressed the importance for countries such as the United States to respect the cultural identity of others, particularly for the left-wing Democrat party, which despite professing tolerance as a virtue seems to often struggle to embody it themselves.
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EU Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn told the European Parliament that Hungary has not yet met the conditions for receiving EU funds. With billions at stake, the Orban government therefore faces new budgetary challenges, Euronews reports.
The Austrian politician said that Hungary has so far failed to meet the expectations at the level expected. He added that the European Commission is not blocking the agreement and that the conditions have not been changed.
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EU Parliament Trying to Block Hungary From Holding EU Council Presidency in 2024
The European Parliament (EP) is set to adopt a new resolution on the rule of law in Hungary and the freezing of EU funds at its plenary session on June 1, opposition news portal Népszava reports after having seen the draft.
The draft five-party resolution questions whether Hungary will be able to credibly hold the EU Council presidency in 2024 while violating the EU’s core values and failing to abide by the principle of loyal cooperation.
The European Parliament therefore calls on the European Council to find a solution to the problem, otherwise the bloc’s parliament will intervene. This is the first time that the EU parliament has attempted to block the Orban government from running the EU27 decision-making body.
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European Commission Admits to Handing Millions in Tax Cash to ‘Far-Left’ NGOs
The European Commission has admitted to handing millions in taxes to a variety of NGOs, leading to accusations Europe is paying for itself to be lobbied by “far-left… radical” groups.
European Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn has admitted that the EU funds a wide variety of NGOs residing on the far-left of the political spectrum to the tune of millions of taxpayers’ hard-earned euros. The revelation led one European lawmaker to tell Breitbart News the revealed payments are sustaining a left-wing echo chamber in Brussels, saying: “The EU is creating and financing its own advocacy and activist groups so they can artificially weigh in on EU decision-making”.
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German Ambassador to Poland: ‘Nord Stream Pipelines Were a Mistake’
The construction of the Nord Stream II and Nord Stream I pipelines was a mistake by Germany’s federal government, the German ambassador to Poland has claimed.
In an interview with Polish Radio 24, Thomas Bagger, Germany’s top diplomat in Warsaw, addressed the gas pipelines connecting Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea, and the EU disputes surrounding them.
“The European Union will never be conflict-free. It provides a method of peacefully balancing member interests, a sort of institutionalized dispute governed by established rules,” Bagger told listeners.
“Not all decisions made in this manner are correct. I am the last person to claim that Germany has always made the right decisions. Nord Stream II and Nord Stream I were mistakes,” he admitted.
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‘Hikikomori Syndrome’: Lockdown Depression Spike Prompts Fears of Long-Term Damage to EU Youth
A spike in depression caused by EU lockdown rules has prompted serious mental health concerns for young people within the bloc.
Politicians in the EU are beginning to fear for the long-term prospects of young people within the bloc, with lockdown in particular being cited as causing a spike in depression amongst children and young adults.
Numerous officials across the continent have previously sounded alarm bells regarding the long-term impact draconian anti-coronavirus measures would have on children, with ministers in Germany finding that as many as three in four under 18s are now struggling with some sort of psychological issue.
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Man Paralyzed for 12 Years Walks Again Thanks to Brain, Spinal Cord Implants
Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
A paralyzed man has been able to walk again for the first time in years simply by using the power of his mind thanks to implants fitted in his brain and spinal cord.
Gert-Jan Oskam, a 40-year-old Dutchman, was paralyzed in his legs and partially paralyzed in his arms following a cycling accident 12 years ago during which he suffered spinal cord damage.
He was told he would never walk again.
However, after being fitted with a device called a “brain-spine interface,” Oskam regained the ability to voluntarily move his legs and feet just by thinking about it, according to a study published May 24 in the journal Nature.
He can now stand, climb stairs, and even traverse complex terrains with the help of a walking aid, according to researchers.
“I feel like a toddler, learning to walk again,” Oskam told the BBC. “It has been a long journey, but now I can stand up and have a beer with my friend. It’s a pleasure that many people don’t realize.”
An international team of researchers, led by Dr. Grégoire Courtine, Professor Jocelyne Bloch, and others from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, fitted Oskam with the brain-spine interface, which works by creating a direct link between “cortical signals and the analogue modulation of epidural electrical stimulation targeting the spinal cord regions involved in the production of walking,” according to researchers.
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An uprising may soon break out in Belarus against President Aleksander Lukashenko, and Poland should be ready to support those willing to carry out operations against the Belarusian dictator, said Polish General Waldemar Skrzypczak, wfho serves as a reserve general, has claimed.
“If the Ukrainian counteroffensive is successful, those armed Belarusians who are part of the Ukrainian army’s military potential will not lay down their weapons,” he told the “Gosc Wydarzen” program on Polsat News. “They will go to Belarus. I hope this will provoke an uprising in Belarus, which Lukashenko fears,” he added.
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Polish President to Call for 260,000 More Troops on NATO’s Eastern Flank to Counter Russia
Polish President Andrzej Duda said he will recommend that NATO increases its response forces along NATO’s eastern flank from 40,000 to 300,000 to counter Russia. Duda, who made the remarks at the London Defence Conference in London on Wednesday, said he will lobby for the large increase in forces to be made a priority when he attends July’s NATO summit in Vilnius.
In order for the West to resist Russia’s efforts, he said he believes that “the situation in our region means that we need to unite our efforts like never before and strengthen NATO to deter the aggressor effectively.”
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The Red-Green Agenda: French Government Told to Implement Wealth Tax to Fight Climate Change
The French government have been instructed to implement a wealth tax on the country’s top 10 per cent in order to help solve climate change.
In a report submitted to the French government on Monday, it was recommended that authorities implement a once-off wealth tax on the country’s top 10 per cent for the sake of the country’s green agenda.
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Tough New Hate Crime Law Has Irish Fearful Their Luck’s Running Out on Free Speech
Authored by S.A. McCarthy via RealClear Wire
Ireland is on the verge of passing the most aggressive hate crime law in the European Union, which includes the first legal protections in the EU for transgender individuals. Government officials say the bill offers necessary protections at a time when immigration is on the rise and traditional ideas about sex and gender are being challenged.
Critics counter that the bill’s vague language could be used to enforce the increasingly progressive Irish government’s increasingly woke agenda and forcibly muzzle critics of unpopular government policies.
The legislation, the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Act, underscores a divide between Ireland’s leaders and many of its people. The bill is making its way through Parliament, winning approval last month in the Dail Éireann, Ireland’s lower chamber, by a vote of 110-14.
But Irish citizens, in a 2019 consultation phase, overwhelmingly expressed a worry that the proposal was an unnecessary expansion of the country’s existing hate crimes law. Seventy-three percent of respondents took issue with the bill’s potential for encroachment on free speech and questioned what qualifies as “hate speech,” particularly asking who crafts that definition. Less than 25% of those polled approved of the legislation.
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Activists from Animal Rising have been arrested and are in custody after they stole and drove off with three lambs from King Charles’s Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.
Militant activists from the animal rights campaign group, previously known as Animal Rebellion, trespassed on to the royal estate last night and emerged this morning with three lambs that would have been ‘slaughtered’.
Three women, in pink Animal Rebellion t-shirts, were pictured carrying the animals off Appleton Farm on the King’s land in West Newton and later in the back of a van with the creatures.
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UK: Chelsea Flower Show: Just Stop Oil Protesters Arrested
Three Just Stop Oil activists have been arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
Protesters released orange powder paint in the show gardens at the Royal Hospital Chelsea at about 09:00 BST.
Cdr Karen Findlay of the Met Police’s major operations team said the gardens had been “criminally damaged”.
A Royal Horticultural Society spokesperson said: “The three protesters are all off site now.”
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UK: Downing Street Car Collision Not Being Treated as ‘Terror-Related’, Say UK Police
LONDON, May 25 (Reuters) — A man was arrested on Thursday after a car collided with the front gates of Downing Street, site of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office and residence, in an incident London police said was not currently being treated as “terror-related”.
BBC television footage showed the vehicle crossing the road towards Downing Street and approaching the gate at a low speed. The main gate appeared to be undamaged.
A witness who did not provide their name said the driver was a white man estimated to be in his 50s.
“A small cordon remains in place outside Downing Street after a car collided with the gates earlier this afternoon,” London police said in a statement.
“The incident is being dealt with by local officers in Westminster and isn’t currently being treated as terror-related.”
Police had said earlier armed officers had arrested a man at the scene on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. Enquiries were ongoing and there were no reports of injuries.
A Reuters witness said there was a small vehicle outside the gate, with its doors and trunk open.
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UK: No 10 in Lockdown After Car Crashes Into Downing Street Gate
Number 10 has been placed in lockdown after a car attempted to drive into Downing Street.
Armed officers arrested a man on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving after a car collided with the gates, the Metropolitan Police said.
Staff in Downing Street were told they could not leave as police officers attempted to secure the scene.
Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, is understood to have been inside the Downing Street complex when the incident took place.
A Number 10 source said the driver of the car was a man. Details are still emerging about what exactly took place.
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Ukraine Will Not be Admitted to NATO During War, Says NATO Secretary-General
Ukraine’s accession to NATO is not on the agenda as long as the war is ongoing, but the question is what will happen when the fighting is over, said NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at an event organized by the German Marshall Fund in Brussels on Wednesday.
At the Brussels forum, the secretary-general outlined preparations for the Vilnius summit in July, where the allies will discuss the issue. He acknowledged that members of NATO are divided on the possible admission of Ukraine.
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US Soldiers Detained for Brawling in Slovakia Supermarket to be Recalled From Their Posts
Three American soldiers who were under the influence of alcohol caused a commotion as they shopped in the Slovak town of Zvolen on Sunday.
The serviceman started to argue very loudly before becoming involved in a physical altercation inside the Billa supermarket, eyewitnesses told Slovak newspaper Pravda.
The police were called to the scene and escorted the soldiers to the local police station.
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Caroline Glick: Israeli Power is the Foundation of Regional Peace
Over the past week, the media have been aflutter with reports and rumors that the Biden administration has decided to mediate a peace accord between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
The case for peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia is easy to make. Owing to their shared interest in containing Iran, Israel and Saudi Arabia have developed cooperative intelligence ties and strategic relations for a decade. Even without formal diplomatic relations, trade ties between the two countries are significant and quickly expanding.
A formal Saudi-Israeli accord would form a strategic ballast against Iran’s rise as a regional hegemon. It would destabilize the Iranian regime and its satrapies in the Levant.
For Saudi Arabia, the drawback of open relations with Israel is that it would have to accept the hypocrisy of its official hostility towards the Jewish state, and its actual friendship and reliance on it. Islamist media outlets like Qatar’s Al Jazeera will pillory it. But then again, they already do.
Israel has made no effort to hide its eagerness to forge a peace with Saudi Arabia. But like Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no reason to pay a significant price to formalize relations that already exist.
This brings us to the United States. Arguably, the party with the most to gain from a U.S.-mediated agreement is the United States itself.
Such an accord would reassert America’s superpower primacy in the region over both China and Russia at a very low cost.
Such an accord would empower America’s closest regional allies at the expense of Iran—Washington’s most powerful regional enemy. A Saudi-Israel accord would facilitate the bipartisan goal of diminishing U.S. involvement in the region. It would stabilize other U.S. allies, including Egypt and Jordan, and destabilize both the Iranian regime and its proxy regimes in Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.
At the same time, a Saudi-Israeli peace would effectively end the Arab-Israeli conflict, thus delivering the long-sought dream of American statesmen since President Harry Truman…
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Dubai Police Arrest 8 Suspects From Israel Over Fatal Stabbing of Fellow Israeli
UAE authorities say Ghassan Shamsyeh was killed in ‘confrontation and a mutual assault’ that ‘stemmed from an ongoing dispute between two families’
DUBAI, Dubai United Emirates — Police in Dubai said Thursday a dispute between two families was behind the fatal assault of an Israeli man by eight other Israelis who have been arrested in the emirate.
Ghassan Shamsyeh, 33, died of wounds suffered in Wednesday’s attack in the Business Bay area of Dubai, the main tourist hub of the United Arab Emirates, according to the authorities.
The eight suspects, all of whom are in police custody, “had arrived from a European country for tourism and shopping,” Dubai police said in a statement.
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3 Arrested Russian Scientists Accused of Handing Hypersonic Missile Secrets to China
A week ago, just as Ukraine was claiming to have shot down Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, three top Russian scientists who’ve reportedly worked on the country’s hypersonic program were arrested on suspicion of treason.
The Kremlin had said the three face “very serious accusations”. They were identified as Anatoly Maslov, Alexander Shiplyuk and Valery Zvegintsev — and worked at the Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk. Shiplyuk was actually director of the institute, thus the highly visible case has sent shockwaves through the Russian ruling establishment and academic community.
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F-16s Won’t Make it to Ukraine Any Time Soon, Says Pentagon
Advanced Western fighter jets won’t make it to Ukraine in time to be felt in the long-discussed Spring offensive, says the U.S., saying the F-16 was more about ‘long term’ defence.
Several European nations have started talking about training Ukrainian pilots in operating modern NATO jets with an eye to qualifying them on the F-16 platform in recent days since the United States appeared to cautiously green-light the donation of the fighter to Kyiv. But its deployment won’t be any time soon, the Pentagon has said, with no chance of Western jets playing a role in the long-trailed but yet to emerge Ukrainian Spring counter-offensive.
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Russia Formalises Agreement to Deploy Nuclear Weapons to Europe in Belarus
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia and Belarus signed a deal on Thursday formalizing the procedure for deploying Russian nuclear weapons on Belarusian territory. Control of the weapons will remain with Moscow.
The move formalized the deal agreed on earlier by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Putin previously announced in March that his country planned to deploy tactical, comparatively short-range and small-yield nuclear weapons in Belarus. The inking of the deal comes as Russia braces for Ukraine’s much-anticipated counteroffensive.
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Mikhail Podolyak, head of the presidential office, said Thursday that operations to push Russia back to its borders ‘has already been underway for days.’
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Ukrainian Terrorist Attack Against Russian Nuclear Plants Foiled — FSB
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said it intercepted a Ukrainian saboteur group that was planning a terrorist attack against two nuclear power plants in the country ahead of May 9, when Russians celebrate the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.
The suspects were aiming to destroy more than 30 pylons of high-voltage lines linked to the nuclear power plants, the FSB announced in a statement on Thursday.
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Ukrainian Intelligence Says it’s Trying to Kill Putin
Authored by Kyle Anzalone via AntiWar.com
The Ukrainian intelligence service says it’s attempting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin. A high-ranking official admitted to actively plotting the Russian leader’s assassination after a recent drone attack on the Kremlin.
“Putin is noticing that we are getting closer and closer to him,” Vadym Skibitsky, the deputy head of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate, told Welt in an interview. He added, Putin is number one on the kill list “because he coordinates and decides what happens.”
The Ukrainian intelligence official claimed his agency had failed to kill Putin because he “stays holed up.” Skibitsky suggested another attempt could be made soon as the Russian leader “is now beginning to stick his head out.”
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Wagner Head Says His Forces Are Handing Control of Bakhmut to Moscow
It comes days after Yevgeny Prigozhin said troops from the Russian private military contractor had captured the ruined city.
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India: Making a New Khilafat by Congress in Karnataka
Congress Govt in Karnataka may withdraw circular banning hijab, warns of RSS — Bajrang Dal Ban, contemplates repealing all legislations made in favour of Hindus including the anti-cow slaughter and anti-conversion laws.
B Upendran | HENB | Bengaluru | May 25, 2023:: After gaining a thumping majority in the Karnataka Assembly election with the help of communal Muslim votes, the Congress Govt in the state is trying to make a Khilafat to boost up Islamist mentality there to harp on Hindus indiscriminately. Now, the Congress government in Karnataka is seriously considering withdrawing the primary and secondary education department’s circular prohibiting hijabs in schools and pre-university colleges in the state to ease the Sharia abidance by the Momin believers.
It’s amazing that only 13% of Muslims in Karnataka are influencing the Congress Politics in the State with its power of Islamic brotherhood and fruitfully perpetuating all their demand one by one.
Senior state minister Priyank Kharge, who is the son of AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, also said that his government would ban outfits like Bajrang Dal if peace in the state was disturbed. “We have promised in our manifesto to turn Karnataka into a paradise. If peace is disturbed, we won’t consider if it is Bajrang Dal or any other Sangh Parivar outfit,” he said. Now Congress is supporting the Muslims in Karnataka who have been demanding the ban on all Hindutva organisations for a long.
state minister Priyank Kharge, who is the son of AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, also said that his government would ban outfits like Bajrang Dal if peace in the state was disturbed. “We have promised in our manifesto to turn Karnataka into a paradise. If peace is disturbed, we won’t consider if it is Bajrang Dal or any other Sangh Parivar outfit,” he said.
But, the vision of Congress to make Karnataka a paradise is visually resembling the Islamic paradise desired by the Muslims living in the state.
Already, the Muslim outfits are pressuring on Govt to ban all Hindutva outfits in Karnataka as was promised by Congress in their election manifesto.
Asked specifically about the RSS, the Congress Minister said, “If anyone breaks the law, they will be treated as per the law of the land, even if it means a ban.” Some elements have been roaming freely in society without fear of the law or police for the past four years, he said. “If the BJP leadership finds it unacceptable, they can go to Pakistan,” Priyank added. “We will review the hijab order and the revision of textbooks, besides all legislation, including the anti-cow slaughter and anti-conversion laws, passed by the previous BJP government. If we find any of these laws contentious, communal or going against the social fabric or image of the state, we will consider repealing them,’’ said Priyank.
At the same time, Congress is planning to free all the jailed members of Jihadi outfits including banned PFI under pressure from the Minority board of the state as apprehended.
The hijab row erupted after six students at the Government Pre-University College for Girls, Udupi, who were not allowed to enter their classrooms wearing the hijab, began a protest in December 2021. The protests spread across the state, vitiating educational campuses in coastal and Malnad districts.
The previous BJP government had issued circular prohibiting hijabs in schools and pre-university colleges in the state. The matter reached the Karnataka HC, which upheld the decision of the state government. The issue was later taken up in the Supreme Court where a two-judge bench pronounced a split verdict. The Supreme Court then said it would consider setting up a three-judge bench to adjudicate the matter.
“Our government stands firm on reviewing legislation that is unconstitutional, violates the rights of an individual, and affects the image of the state, investment, and employment. We want to build an economically and socially equal Karnataka. As many as 18,000 minority students have been out of school since the hijab circular came into effect. We want to ensure they return to the mainstream and continue their education,’’ said Priyank, son of AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge.
The previous BJP government had passed the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act, 2020, which laid out stringent punishments for violations and provided for powers to search and seize premises; and the Anti-Conversion Act, 2022, which said: “No person shall convert or attempt to convert either directly or otherwise any other person from one religion to another by use of misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, allurement, or by any fraudulent means or by marriage, nor shall any person abet or conspire for conversions.”
Not only promoting Hijab on educational campuses, the Karnataka Congress is also contemplating the special provision of ensuring Triple Talaq which is now restricted under central law provisions but objected to by many Sharia and Muslim Fatwa bodies.
Congress insiders claimed the party was planning to withdraw the circular on the hijab and repeal the anti-cow slaughter and anti-conversion laws brought by the previous BJP government.
While campaigning for the assembly polls, Congress had stated that the ban on the hijab and all laws made on a communal basis by the previous BJP government would be withdrawn once the party formed government in the state. While some senior party functionaries are in favour of a ban on Bajrang Dal, as promised in the manifesto, several have taken objection in view of the fact that Lok Sabha polls are not far off and the party does not want to play into the hands of BJP.
But, the dangerous communal game plan of Congress as if a new ‘Khilafat movement’ to woo the Muslim voters for getting their support in the next Lok Sabha election, will endanger the social fabric of Karnataka as Sharia mandates do not match with the democratic structure anyway.
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Two Police, One Woman Killed in Japan Gun and Knife Attack
A woman and two male police officers were killed in a shooting and stabbing attack at a farm in central Japan on Thursday, police said.
A suspect, believed to be a farmer in his 30s, was holed up inside a building after the incident, which also left a fourth person injured, according to police and media reports.
The suspect’s mother escaped from the building where he was hiding, Kyodo News reported late Thursday.
Authorities urged people to stay indoors in the semi-rural area around the city of Nakano in Nagano region, where the attack took place.
It was a rare instance of violent crime in Japan, which has a low murder rate and some of the world’s toughest gun laws.
Public broadcaster NHK and other major outlets said the woman was stabbed and the two police officers were shot in the afternoon attack.
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Watch: African Muslim Vandalizes Shrine in Japan
An African migrant was arrested under suspicion of vandalizing a Shinto shrine in Japan while proclaiming ‘the only god is Allah,’ according to reports.
The incident unfolded at around 9:30 a.m. on May 3 in Kobe City.
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On Monday, Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn told his 49,000-strong workforce they will be required to come into the office at least 50 per cent of the time from July.
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Atlantis Beach Baptist College in Perth north remained closed on Thursday as police released bodycam footage of the arrest of the boy who is alleged to be WA’s first school shooter.
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The motorist was slapped with the hefty fine after touching his phone, which was in a hands-free cradle, to check the navigation.
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Energy prices are set to skyrocket by up to 24 per cent for millions of Australians — with some households facing bill hikes of up to $512 a year.
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A married couple has appeared in a Melbourne court amid claims they kept a woman in their family home as a slave.
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A gathering of ultranationalists who support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine held at the Russian Consulate in Sydney on Tuesday has led to call to ban such rallies.
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Just last week Sydney shivered through the coldest May morning in four years when temperatures dropped to 2.5C in the city’s west but a warm change is on the way.
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Mexico’s President Urges Latinos Not to Vote for DeSantis
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andre’s Manuel López Obrador on Thursday urged Latino voters not to back Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the next U.S. presidential election, accusing the Republican politician of trying to win votes at the expense of migrants.
DeSantis said Wednesday he would seek the 2024 Republican nomination for president and vowed to build a wall on the Mexico border, the latest in a series of hardline comments on immigration that he says resonate with Latino voters who want strong enforcement.
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Popocatepetl volcano has been blanketing towns with ash and disrupting flights at Mexico City’s airport this week. Authorities are preparing for the possible evacuation of millions of people as thousands of troops were deployed to the region, according to NPR News.
On Tuesday, Mexico raised the alert level of Popocatepetl to “yellow phase three” from “yellow phase two,” one notch below the top “red” level. About 25 million people are living within 60 miles of the 17,797-foot volcano.
The country’s Defense Department said nearly 7,000 troops had been deployed to the region, located 45 miles southwest of Mexico City.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) claimed Thursday that the U.S. government doesn’t financially support illegal immigrants, while federal dollars continue to fund nonprofits helping illegal migrants.
CBP asserted that “the U.S. government does not provide help or financial support for noncitizens.” However, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) runs the Emergency Food and Shelter program, which provides tens of millions of dollars every year to fund nongovernmental groups helping migrants, according to FEMA’s website.
Former Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott, who testified to Congress Tuesday that the U.S. government is using tax dollars to aid illegal immigrants, called the program “basically money being laundered to the NGOs.”
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Biden to End Key Anti-Child Trafficking Policy at Border
Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration is ending a Trump-era policy that has been serving as a vital deterrent against child trafficking across the U.S. Southern Border.
The policy was designed to crack down on fake claims of family relationships among illegal immigrants crossing the border from Mexico.
According to a leaked memo published by Just the News, the Biden admin will end the key policy on May 31.
Prior to the policy being introduced under President Donald Trump, adult male migrants were crossing the border with unrelated children, who were often found abandoned on the American side.
The fake claims of family relationships made it easier for illegal border crossers to claim asylum when apprehended by border officials.
However, Trump’s policy of DNA-testing migrant families saw a dramatic reduction in child trafficking across the border.
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Fifty migrants packed into a floundering rubber dinghy in the Channel were picked up by a Border Force vessel today after refusing to be rescued by a French Navy warship.
In a two-hour operation, Border Force vessel Ranger raced from the Kent coast to the centre of the Channel to bring the ‘agitated’ migrants into Dover.
Videos and maritime radio messages between Ranger and the warship Formentin, obtained by the Mail, reveal a high level of collaboration between the French and British over organising the flimsy dinghy’s journey safely to the UK.
The migrants are understood to have turned down the French navy’s offer of rescue to avoid being returned to France and losing the chance of claiming asylum in Britain.
They arrived at Dover this morning around the same time data from the Office for National Statistics revealed UK net migration soared to a record 606,000 people last year.
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Germany: Drunk Somali Attacks Riders, Workers at Train Station
An intoxicated African migrant was arrested after a spree of violence at a train station in Germany this week, authorities say.
The incident unfolded at around 11 p.m. on Tuesday night in Bad Cannstatt, a borough of Stuttgart.
A man began verbally and physically attacking passengers at the station.
Then he went outside and climbed a tree while continuing to harass bystanders.
The man then went back into the station where he was confronted by Deutsche Bahn employees, who he also assaulted.
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Germany: Gang Rapes Hit Another Record High in 2022, Half of Offenses Committed by Foreigners
Gang rapes have hit another record high in Germany in 2022, reaching a pace of more than two a day in the country, according to data released by the government after a request for information from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
The data shows that the total number of gang rapes hit 789, higher than last year when the number hit 677 and the previous record high of 710 in 2019. In 2017, there were 380 gang rapes recorded, more than 50 percent fewer than recorded in 2022.
The data shows that exactly 50 percent of all gang rapes are committed by foreigners. However, as Remix News previously reported, individuals with a migration background, or even those with dual citizenship, who number nearly 4 million, are simply listed as “German.” As a result, it is unclear what percentage of these rapes were committed by ethnic Germans.
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Migration Figures ‘Failed to Count 500,000 Migrants’ Entering UK on Cheap Flights
A total of 1.2 million people moved to the UK in 2022, while 557,000 left, according to the latest ONS figures released today. The net figure is up from just under 500,000 in 2021. However, in previous years, the migration figures have apparently been way off, as the ONS reportedly missed an extra 500,000 migrants arriving on cheap flights to non-major airports in their counts.
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Net Migration to UK Climbs to New Record of 606,000
There are signs that people who arrived in the UK for study reasons in 2021 are now starting to leave.
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New York City universities and colleges should open up their student dorms and apartments to asylum seekers this summer, two of the state’s congressional representatives said Monday as the city continues to struggle to find room for the tens of thousands of migrants who’ve arrived since last year.
In a letter to the heads of CUNY, SUNY, NYU and a coalition of local private institutions, Democratic New York Reps. Dan Goldman and Jamaal Bowman said the educational systems should have plenty of “available space on your campuses that may be suitable to provide shelter for new arrivals” during the summer break.
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NYC Migrant Spending Expected to Increase by More Than $1b, City Hall Budget Chief Warns
Mayor Eric Adams’ top budget official warned Wednesday that if migrants continue to arrive in the Big Apple at increased rates, the city may need to “update” their multi-billion dollar price tag budgeted for the crisis — a figure the city Comptroller also estimates could be higher.
New York City Office of Management and Budget Director Jacques Jiha said the city’s two-year, $4.3 billion estimate is based on the city housing, feeding and providing other social services to an average of 40 new “households” per day — which includes families with kids and also single adults.
But he noted a spike in arrivals over the last several weeks, showing the Big Apple started accepting approximately 180 new households daily.
“We don’t know if that is going to persist, that it will sustain over time. We don’t know if it’s a blip, if it’s going to go back to the trend line,” he told reporters Wednesday at City Hall.
“But if that persists, it is gonna be a very expensive position to basically cover the costs of caring for the migrants.”
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Chicago-area parents are voicing their outrage over public schools allowing migrant children to enroll without health documentation, as cities across the U.S. are dealing with an influx of migrants into their communities.
Mother Jennifer Preston joined “Fox & Friends First” on Thursday to discuss the hypocrisy of requiring vaccination records from residents, while migrants are allowed to enroll without such documents.
“Right now in the school district in which we live we have to provide residency, citizenship, health records and vaccination records on an almost annual basis. I have a child right now, and I must have five emails in my inbox stating that my child cannot return to school next year without a specific vaccine. So it’s certainly inconsistent with what they’re allowing for the migrant children coming into the Chicago public schools.”
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Tennessee Governor Sends National Guard to Mexican Border to Aid in Migrant Crisis
Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee has dispatched 100 members of the state National Guard to the southern border to help address the ongoing surge in illegal migration.
“America continues to face an unprecedented border crisis that threatens our nation’s security & the safety of Tennesseans,” Lee said on Thursday. “Today, I authorized the deployment of 100 TN National Guard troops to support Operation Lone Star in TX.”
“The federal government owes Americans a plan to secure our country. In the meantime, states continue to step up, & I commend our [National Guard] troops for answering this call to service,” he continued.
The Tennessee troops will deploy at the end of the month and assist in patrolling the southern border, according to a press release. They will further provide additional security presence, aid in road clearance, and help staff outpost operations.
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U.S. Put Migrant Gangbanger With MS-13 Tattoos in Foster Home After Raping, Killing Woman
The teenager who raped and murdered a Maryland woman last summer was a known gang member arrested in his native El Salvador before coming to the U.S. under a special program that welcomes illegal immigrants under the age of 18 and provides them with a multitude of taxpayer benefits. Even after getting charged with homicide federal authorities placed the migrant offender, who sports tattoos displaying affiliation with the famously violent Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), in a foster home with other children. The unbelievable facts of this case are outlined in a congressional report that illustrates how the Biden administration’s radical open border policies allow dangerous criminals into American communities. “DHS did not sufficiently screen this alien for potential gang affiliation at the time of his apprehension or adequately safeguard Americans by ensuring that he would not be released into the country,” a House Judiciary Committee investigation found.
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UK Government Has Processed Just 1% of Asylum Applications From Small Boat Migrants Last Year
The U.K. Home Office has processed just 1 percent of the 45,000 individuals who entered Britain illegally and claimed asylum in the year to March, government figures revealed.
The data published on Thursday regarding the status of irregular migrants in Britain showed that 44,797 people that the government is aware of arrived on England’s southern shore via small boats from mainland Europe in the year to March 2023. Of those, 40,444 claimed asylum.
As of May 25, the government had only processed 504 claims, just over 1 percent of cases in the past year, granting asylum in 61 percent of those cases.
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UK: Dorset Asylum Seeker Barge: Residents Protest Arrival of Bibby Stockholm
Residents are protesting against the imminent arrival of a barge to house migrants off the Dorset coast.
They said the only communication they had received about the plans was a leaflet last week.
The Bibby Stockholm is expected to arrive in Portland Port in June despite protests from local groups.
Portland Port Authority and the Home Office said they planned to arrange meetings as part of a “wider community information” programme.
The barge will house 500 “single adult males” claiming asylum in the UK, it was previously announced.
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‘Undocumented’ Migrant Leaves Florida Following New Illegal Immigration Law: Report
TAMPA, Fla. (FLV) — Axios shared a story of an “undocumented” migrant leaving Florida after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an anti-illegal immigration bill into law May 10.
The new law mandates E-Verify, adds money for migrant transports and increases penalties for human smuggling.
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$15.7 Billion Wiped From Anheuser-Busch’s Market Value Since Dylan Mulvaney Stunt
The backlash against Bud Light is continuing and now threatening to completely sink parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev.
The company’s market value has fallen by a staggering $15.7 billion since Bud Light launched its destructive campaign with Dylan Mulvaney.
According to Investor’s Business Daily, “The market value of Anheuser-Busch InBev, whose fourth bestselling brand is Bud Light, dropped $15.7 billion since April 1, based on a conversion to U.S. dollars by Investor’s Business Daily using data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.
“That’s the day Dylan Mulvaney, a TikTok influencer and transgender woman [sic], pitched the Bud Light brand during the NCAA March Madness tournament.
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Alabama Lawmakers Advance ‘What is a Woman’ Bill Defining Male, Female Sex
Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation on May 24 that seeks to define an individual’s sex based on their reproductive systems under state law.
HB405 (pdf), known as the “What is a Woman” Act, was introduced by Republican state Rep. Susan DuBose.
The House Health Committee voted along party lines to approve the bill, which now heads to the House floor for a vote.
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Since April 1, the company has consistently been dropping down the rankings, with experts saying it ‘just keeps getting a little worse each week’.
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A North Face advertisement featuring a drag queen in rainbow-themed outdoor sports gear has sparked backlash after going viral online. The popular outdoor apparel company has learned nothing from mounting customer boycotts against Bud Light and Target in recent weeks.
“Hi, it’s me, Pattie Gonia, a real-life homosexual,” drag queen and self-described environmentalist and community organizer Pattie Gonia said in The North Face ad, adding, “Today I’m here with the North Face. We are here to invite you to come out … in nature with us!”
“We like to call this little tour, the Summer of Pride. This tour has everything: hiking, community, art, lesbians, lesbians making art. Last year we gay sashayed across the nation and celebrated pride,” the drag queen continued.
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‘Bonkers’: Minnesota Finishes Legislative Session With Sweeping Left-Wing Reforms
The Minnesota State Legislature concluded its 2023 legislative session on Monday after passing a comprehensive set of left-wing legislative priorities, such as expanding access to abortion, legalizing cannabis and granting new rights to illegal immigrants.
The legislature, which has a slim Democratic majority in both houses, began its 100-day-long 2023 session on Jan. 3 and concluded on May 22, passing 72 bills that were signed by Democratic Gov. Tim Walz. Many of the bills enacted reflect top left-wing priorities — such as tax hikes and gun control — over the opposition of the GOP, with Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson calling it “the most partisan session, not only in my memory but in the history of the state.”
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Google Renews Its Partnership With the WHO
Google has renewed its partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide what it calls “factual” information about different diseases and conditions. The partnership is positioned as a way to combat what it says is the spread of medical “misinformation” observed during the pandemic.
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Stores ‘Selling’ Bud Light for Free as Boycott Shows No Signs of Letting Up
Stores across America are “selling” cases of Bud Light at huge discounts of up to 100 percent off as the nationwide boycott against the company rages on.
A new promotional rebate campaign from Anheuser-Busch is seeing some Budweiser products essentially being sold for free in some stores.
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A trans athlete who ‘smashed to smithereens’ a women’s Parkrun record is revealed as Sin Longthorpe — who was living as a married man until four years ago
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WEF Demands Regulations to Make Artificial Intelligence ‘Inclusive’
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is demanding that governments around the world put regulations in place to ensure that rapidly advancing artificial intelligence (AI) technology is “inclusive.”
Klaus Schwab’s globalist organization is raising concerns about AI “deepfakes” and the “harms” that they can cause due to “misinformation.”
Deepfakes use a form of artificial intelligence called deep learning to make images of fake events featuring celebrities or other public figures, usually as a parody.
However, the regulations the WEF is pushing for deepfakes would also set the standard for more sophisticated AI in the future.
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Two Swedish politicians are the driving force behind the forced distribution of asylum seekers: MEP Tomas Tobé (M) and EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson (S).
Poland refuses to join the EU’s forced migration program.
Published on May 26, 2023 in Fria Tider
The EU wants to introduce a fine of a quarter of a million euros for every forced asylum seeker a member state refuses to accept. But Poland will not agree to this.
The immigration pact negotiated by Swedish moderate Tomas Tobé in the European Parliament has been hotly debated.
The pact, which has been approved by the Parliament, would allow the EU to force member states to accept asylum seekers from the third world.
Polish news agency PAP now reports that Swedish Social Democrat politician Ylva Johansson, the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, has presented details of a forced distribution plan.
Under the plan, an EU member state would be fined 22,000 euros (just over 250,000 kronor) for each Third World immigrant it refuses to accept despite orders from Brussels.
– Commissioner Johansson proposed on Wednesday to introduce a de facto mechanism for the mandatory relocation of migrants, a Polish diplomatic source told PAP, Remix News reports.
Poland, along with other member states, has reportedly opposed the proposal.
According to PAP, the European Commission proposes that 30,000 migrants could be relocated to other EU countries, but that figure could be increased to 120,000 migrants.
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How Google steers results to favor the left
Published May 26, 2023
Google uses search results, recommendations and other means to systematically favor people on the political left and disfavor the right. This is according to new research, reports the New York Post.
Dr. Robert Epstein is leading an extensive research project to map political manipulation on Google and YouTube.
Most people who have used Google to search on the subject of politics have probably noticed the trend. Googling people on the right usually brings up mostly negative results and often outright slander, preferably written by the person’s political opponents.
When searching for left-wing politicians, positive or neutral results come up instead.
Psychology professor Robert Epstein is himself a left-wing sympathizer, a Jew and has a doctorate from the left-liberal Harvard University. But he is concerned about how Google is using its enormous power to manipulate people’s political views to influence election results, the New York Post reports.
He has spent the last decade monitoring the US web giant’s manipulation of news feeds, search results and suggested videos on YouTube.
For example, according to Robert Epstein’s calculations, Google managed to give Joe Biden around 6 million extra votes in the 2020 election by manipulating search results with positive links about Biden and negative links about Donald Trump. Also contributing to this was Google’s campaign to get people to vote, a campaign that mainly targeted left-wing voters.
On YouTube, Epstein’s research shows that the manipulation is extremely clear. And children are particularly targeted by the propaganda.
For example, he has found that YouTube’s ‘next video’ suggestions for adults come from left-wing sources 76% of the time.
But for children and teenagers, initial data from the last three months shows that the percentage of suggested videos on YouTube that come from left-wing sources is as high as 96%.
– That’s how aggressive they are towards our children, because they consider themselves gods. And no one has ever held them accountable, never,” says Robert Epstein.
In his research, Epstein uses real users, whom he calls ‘field workers’. Currently, he has 7,566 registered voters across the US who have given him permission to monitor and record all their Google interactions.
Most recently, he has added 1,600 children aged 5 to 17 among those whose Google usage he monitors, and Epstein plans to expand his panel to more than 25,000 “field workers” of all ages and political views.
Very interesting letter from Nigerian: From Barenakedislam.com
Interesting email from Nigeria
I am a Nigerian from black Africa. I grew up thinking that the white race are Godly, Godlike, super intelligent and domineering. the White man is highly respected as our former Colonial Masters. but today that’s not the case. the white race are gradually self-destructing as a species. Your wisdom or liberalism will destroy you. your societies are the only place on Earth where multiculturalism are practiced. you want to please everybody but yourselves. you brought Christianity to Africa but hate God in your countries. you encouraged us to have one wife but introduced gay marriage. you taught us how to have laws and govern ourselves but destroy your Constitution to please aliens and their foreign religion. you made the Christianity unfashionable while you respect the doctrines of a Mad prophet. Christians are killed every day and everywhere yet your politicians call Islam a religion of peace. you sold the house of Jacob to Ismael because of a bowl of porridge (oil). no country in the Middle East accepts refugees but your doors are wide open. mark my words: your children will hate your generation when Islam Bears its fangs. the reasonable ones among you are branded racist, bigots. … Etc. your media are pawns on the hands of the New World Order chess master. my white friends think, think. you are the Last Frontier of Hope. You Know It And fight for the sake of your children or someday there won’t be france but Francistan, Britain, britainstan and United States of Arabia.
The problem with the western world is one of affluence.
The reason I say “western” instead of “white” is that in countries in Eastern Europe and in Russia, while there is indeed dysfunction there is not this willful idiocy that has infected the rest of the white race.
The madness that affluence brings can also be seen in Japan and South Korea, where the younger generations ape the dysfunction that has been transmitted from America and to a lesser extent Western Europe. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is very much in evidence when it comes to predicting which countries will be infected with this madness.
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