An unidentified man sexually assaulted a pony on a farm outside the German city of Hamburg. Police are searching for the culprit.
In other news, pro-mask protesters and anti-mask counter-protesters clashed violently outside the office of the British Columbia Health Minister in Vancouver.
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Germany: Record Amount of Shrinkflation and Deceptive Packaging Helps Hide Inflation From Consumers
Germany has seen an astonishing increase in food and product inflation over the last two years, but companies are increasingly turning to deceptive packaging to help hide these cost increases. Consumers are starting to notice the trend, filing a record number of complaints with consumer advocates.
In fact, these deceptive packaging methods are often leading to price increases that exceed the inflation rate. Germany’s Welt newspaper points to a range of products, such as Suchard Express cocoa packets, which have shrunk from 500 grams to 400 grams but remained the same price, amounting to a 25 percent more expensive product.
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Some BRICS Nations Want Their Own Currency to Replace the Dollar, But Will it Actually Happen?
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva last week called on the BRICS nations at the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, to create a common currency for trade and investment between the nations in order to reduce the countries’ vulnerability to fluctuations in the dollar exchange rate.
Officials and economists have highlighted the difficulties involved in such a project, given the economic, political and geographical disparity between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
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12-Year-Old Boy Booted From Class Over Gadsden Flag Patch on Backpack: ‘Origins With Slavery’
A video circulating on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, this week depicted a young elementary school student in Colorado Springs, Colorado, being removed from class for having a Gadsden flag patch on his backpack.
The clip appeared to be recorded by 12-year-old Jaiden’s mother as she, her son and a school administrator discussed the boy being pulled from class at The Vanguard School that day because of the patch.
According to the staffer at the Colorado charter school, the patch was “disruptive to the classroom environment” and that it has “origins with slavery.”
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After Skipping Debate, Trump Maintains 45-Point Lead Over Primary Opponents
Former President Donald Trump’s decision to skip the Republican National Committee’s first primary debate last week appears to have not impacted his standing in the party primary, with the ex-commander-in-chief holding on to a solid lead against his opponents.
Trump claimed the support of 59% of registered voters in the latest The Messenger/HarrisX survey. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took second with 14% while tech mogul Vivek Ramaswamy took 8%. Former Vice President Mike Pence got 6% support, compared to former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s 3%. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott each got 2%.
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AP Poll: Almost 70% of DEMOCRATS Say Biden Too Old to Run Again
A new Associated Press/NORC poll has found that an overwhelming majority of Americans believe Joe Biden to be too old to run for a second term as president, with a huge amount of Democrats concurring.
In total 77 percent of Americans say Biden is too old to carry out a second term. Unsurprisingly, 89 percent of Republicans feel this way, yet the poll also found that 69 percent of Democrats agree.
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Breaking: Project Veritas Board Members George Skakel and John Garvey Resign
Project Veritas board members George Skakel and John Garvey have reportedly resigned as of Tuesday. This after a massive August 17 firing by new CEO Hannah Giles who eliminated most of the investigative reporters, leaving a skeleton crew of 18 primarily comprised of fundraisers.
Garvey resigned earlier this month, but the Connecticut Sentinel confirmed the resignation with management. Skakel accepted a position of Chief Financial Officer in a secret board meeting earlier this month.
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California Mall Will Require Unaccompanied Teens to Wear ID Lanyards After Large Brawl
A Southern California shopping mall will require unaccompanied minors to wear identification tags following a violent brawl over the weekend, after hundreds came to the mall for cheap movie tickets.
The move by the Moreno Valley Mall came after multiple fights broke out Sunday. Hundreds of people were at the mall because the movie theater was offering $4 movie tickets as part of National Cinema Day, FOX Los Angeles reported.
The mall eventually shut down after authorities were called to assist security in breaking up the fights. No weapons were used during the brawl, mall management said.
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Chess Prodigy Hans Niemann Settles Legal Fight Over Sex Toy Cheating Claims
He wiggled his way out of this one.
A US teenage chess prodigy dogged by claims he used vibrating “anal beads” to cheat during a high-stakes match has been partially vindicated after he and his opponent agreed to resolve a bombshell legal battle.
Hans Niemann, 19, rocked the chess world after his rival, Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, 31, alleged the American used a sex toy to cheat during a tournament in St. Louis, Missouri last September.
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Chief Justice of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Says the New Liberal Majority Staged a ‘Coup’
The conservative chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday told the new liberal majority in a scathing email that they had staged a “coup” and conducted an “illegal experiment” when they voted to weaken her powers and fire the director of state courts.
Chief Justice Annette Ziegler, in two emails obtained by The Associated Press, said that firing and hiring a new state court director was illegal and ordered interim state court director Audrey Skwierawski to stop signing orders without her knowledge or approval.
“You are making a mess of the judiciary, the court and the institution for years to come,” Ziegler wrote to her fellow justices and Skwierawski. “This must stop. … I have no confidence in the recent hostile takeover and the chaotic effect it has had on the court, staff, and the overall stable functioning of the courts.”
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‘Crazy Plane Lady’ Tiffany Gomas Returns to the Skies — But Won’t Say What She Saw
The self-described “crazy plane lady” who was kicked off an American Airlines flight last month after a viral meltdown returned to the skies this week — but still won’t reveal what she saw.
Tiffany Gomas, 38, known for her bizarre “that motherf***er is not real” rant, on Monday flew from her native Dallas to Los Angeles International Airport, where she was greeted by a TMZ paparazzo.
When asked what she apparently saw at the back of the plane to cause the caught-on-camera meltdown, Gomas said she “cannot comment.”
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DHS Agency Used Slack and Personal Cellphones for Meetings Aimed at Misinformation Censorship
It has emerged that a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agency has been using unconventional and potentially insecure methods for hosting meetings concerning “misinformation.” Twisting the principles of transparency that democratic institutions are ostensibly built upon, these meetings were not conducted in government facilities or through official secure communication channels, but through a Slack channel and even personal cellphones — according to existing records.
It’s a jarring black mark against the Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Misinformation & Disinformation Subcommittee, part of CISA’s Cybersecurity Advisory Committee, whose primary obligation was to national security, which veered away from standard protocol to hold critical talks about a hot-button issue like “misinformation” censorship.
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Family of 4, Including 2 Toddlers, Found Dead With Stab Wounds in Suspected Murder-Suicide
A spokesperson for the NYPD told PEOPLE that all four victims had trauma to different parts of their bodies
A family of four, including two toddlers, were found dead inside their Upper West Side apartment from possible stab wounds in a suspected murder-suicide.
A spokesperson for the NYPD told PEOPLE that police were called for a wellness check on 86th Street at 2:56 p.m. Monday. With help from the New York City Fire Department (FDNY), NYPD officers gained entry into an apartment on the fourth floor, where they discovered four individuals.
Among the victims were a 41-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman who both had trauma to the neck. Police also discovered two children, ages 1 and 3. The three-year-old had trauma to the torso, and the one-year-old had trauma about the body, according to the NYPD spokesperson. CBS News New York reports the toddlers were the adults’ children.
The NYPD spokesperson told PEOPLE that all four victims were pronounced dead at the scene and that the investigation is ongoing.
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Gold Star Dad Calls Out Biden as ‘Disgrace to This Nation’: ‘I’m Done Biting My Tongue’
The father of a U.S. Marine killed during the terrorist attack at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan two years ago tore into President Biden on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, saying he is a “disgrace to this nation” who has “more American blood” on his hands “than any president in U.S. history.”
Mark Schmitz, the father of Marine Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, who was one of the 13 U.S. service members killed in a bomb blast on Aug. 26, 2021, during the military evacuation at the Kabul airport, participated in a roundtable discussion with other Gold Star family members before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
“Not a single person has been held accountable,” Schmitz said. “Our so-called leader can’t seem to even utter their names in public, not even once.”
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Joe Biden Used Pseudonyms in at Least 5,400 Emails
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) revealed it’s in possession of some 5,400 records that contain email pseudonyms that President Joe Biden used during his tenure as vice president.
The jarring number was revealed in a letter from the Archives to the Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF), which last year filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for any documents that referenced three pseudonymous email accounts: robinware456@gmail.com, JRBWare@gmail.com and Robert.L.Peters@pci.gov.
“We have performed a search of our collection for Vice Presidential records related to your [June 9, 2022] request and have identified approximately 5,138 email messages, 25 electronic files and 200 pages of potentially responsive records that must be processed in order to respond to your request,” said the letter from NARA.
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Jordan Presses White House Over Meetings With Jack Smith Staffer
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Tuesday wrote to White House chief of staff Jeff Zients and Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding that the pair account for reports that a staffer in special counsel Jack Smith’s office repeatedly met with Biden White House officials.
Jordan contended that contact between the White House and the office of an officially independent prosecutor pursuing multiple cases against President Joe Biden’s chief political opponent had called the probe’s integrity into question.
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Judge Rules Kari Lake Lawsuit Seeking Mail-in Ballot Signatures Will Go to Trial
Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times
Arizona Republican candidate Kari Lake announced an upcoming trial date in a lawsuit to acquire mail-in ballot signatures nearly a year after the November 2022 midterm election.
“We are scheduled for a 2-day trial set for September 21 & 25th,” Mrs. Lake wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, over the weekend.
“I will never stop fighting for Honest & Transparent Elections.”
In a separate statement to The Gateway Pundit, Mrs. Lake also said that the recent court order “is a huge victory for election transparency.”
“We’re moving forward,” she said.
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Man Sentenced for Strangling, Stabbing 80-Year-Old Woman in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS) — A man who killed an 80-year-old Springfield woman was sentenced to the Illinois Department of Corrections on Tuesday.
David Dale Smith, 58, of Lindenwood, formerly of Springfield was sentenced to life in prison and charged with three counts of first-degree murder for the death of Donna Bricker.
Smith was accused of killing Donna Bricker in her Springfield home on West Elliot Street on Jan. 6, 2019.
Smith allegedly killed Bricker by strangling her, stabbing her in the chest with scissors and hitting her in the back of the head.
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NARA has acknowledged holding around 5,400 emails, electronic records, and documents suggesting President Biden’s used pseudonyms while Obama’s Vice President.
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New Hampshire Secretary of State Backs Down, ‘Not Seeking’ to Remove Trump From Ballot
New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan told NBC News on Monday he is “not seeking to remove any names” from the Republican primary ballot after Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk urged his supporters to call Scanlan’s office following reports Scanlan was weighing using the Fourteenth Amendment to keep former President Donald Trump off the ballot.
On Friday, Scanlan met with New Hampshire attorney Bryant “Corky” Messner to discuss Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, which says public officials are not eligible to hold office if they “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against” the United States.
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San Francisco Store Clerk Attacked by Robber Dies After Beating Put Him in Coma
A San Francisco store clerk who was beaten into a coma by a robber last week has died, his family said.
Yowhannes Tewelde’s family told FOX San Francisco that he died just before 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. Fox News Digital has reached out to Tewelde’s family.
Tewelde, 60, was attacked last week at a market in the Outer Richmond District.
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A city official in San Francisco has referred to the rising number of overdose deaths from fentanyl and other drugs as the most severe crisis the city has faced since the AIDS epidemic.
During a town hall meeting hosted by News Nation, District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey emphasized the alarming loss of life, which he claimed is twice as deadly as COVID-19 due to drug overdoses. This year has been the deadliest for drug overdoses in the city’s history, leading to visible street-level crimes and retail theft.
San Francisco has been among the cities hit hardest by addiction and homelessness in the United States. Paul Humphrey, a deputy police chief in Louisville, Kentucky, echoed Dorsey’s concerns, describing the fentanyl crisis as frightening and affecting Black and brown communities disproportionately. Both officials stressed the importance of addressing the issue before it reaches a crisis level and treating individuals struggling with addiction with empathy and access to proper healthcare services.
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Teen Suspect Arrested After 10 Carjackings, Robberies in Hours
Authorities apprehended a 16-year-old male suspected of committing at least 10 armed robberies, carjackings, and a kidnapping in a span of hours last week in Washington D.C.
The prolific crime spree unfolded on August 23 and 24 at a variety of locations across the nation’s capital.
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Tucker Carlson has claimed the United States ‘hates’ Russia because ‘it’s a Christian country’ — amid claims in Moscow that he’s trying to land an interview with Vladimir Putin.
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Turns out he was just imitating.
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has announced that he’ll no longer rap to Eminem’s music on the campaign trail after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from the rapper’s music licenser.
“Yeah, look, I think that I’ll respect his wishes, but I would just say, will the real Slim Shady please stand up?” Ramaswamy, 38, told MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell on Tuesday, referencing Eminem’s alter ego and his hit 2000 song.
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What We Know About the Shooting at UNC-Chapel Hill After Arrest of Suspect
A graduate student was arrested in the shooting at UNC-Chapel Hill on Monday that left a member of the faculty dead and put the entire campus on lockdown for more than three hours.
The university identified the professor who was killed as Zijie Yan, 38. He was an associate professor in the Department of Applied Physical Sciences, where he led the Yan Research Group.
Tailei Qi, 34, was taken into custody on Monday approximately an hour-and-a-half after the initial alert went out from the university just after 1 p.m. warning of an armed and dangerous person on campus. Yan was Qi’s adviser, according to Qi’s UNC bio.
Qi has been charged with first-degree murder and possessing a firearm on educational property, and had his first appearance in Orange County District Court in Hillsborough on Tuesday afternoon. He is being held in jail without bail.
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Where Are 2,025 Missing Lahaina Schoolchildren?
by Diana West
Above is a snap of Keith T. Hayashi, Superintendent of the Hawaii Department of Education, presenting a report on “Maui Wildfire Impacts” on August 24. The “impacts,” of course, have been ghastly — surreal . For starters, none of Lahaina’s four public schools in West Maui are operational since the fires of August 8. However, it is in this same DOE report that we can see, in the dispassionate navy blue and white of a simple graphic (below), that over two thousand — 2,025 — previously enrolled Lahaina schoolchildren are missing from the public school system. That’s a little over two-thirds of the 3,001 children heretofore served by Lahaina schools who “have not re-enrolled in another public school or opted for distance learning.”
As if to soothe spiking palpitations of panic, the slide also notes that these two-thousand-plus kids may well “have moved out of state” or “enrolled in private schools.” Yes, yes, they may well have done exactly that. Further, some or even many of these children and their families could be so overwhelmed by the ordeal they are suffering through that school is the last thing on any of their minds. But it is also possible, as noted by the Hawaii Star Advertiser, that some of these children “may have died in the fire.”…
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Whistleblower Who Disclosed Myocarditis Spike in Military After COVID Vaccine Rollout Goes Public
Authored by J.M. Phelps via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
A service member who earlier this year blew the whistle and disclosed data from a Pentagon medical database showing a spike in the rate of myocarditis in the military in 2021, after the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, is going public.
The whistleblower is active-duty Navy Medical Service Corps officer Lt. Ted Macie. He has also revealed new data showing a substantial rise in accidents, assaults, self-harm, and suicide attempts in the military in 2021, compared to the average from 2016 to 2021.
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X Will Allow Political Ads From Candidates, Parties Ahead of 2024 Election
X, the social media company formerly known as Twitter, said Tuesday it would now allow political advertising in the US from candidates and political parties and expand its safety and elections team ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
Before billionaire Elon Musk acquired the company in October, Twitter had banned all political ads globally since 2019. In January, Twitter lifted the ban and began allowing “cause-based ads” in the US that raise awareness of issues such as voter registration, and said it planned to expand the types of political ads it would allow on the platform.
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Anti-Mask Counter-Protester Violently Assaulted by Pro-Mask Activists in Vancouver
On Monday, a crowd of people gathered outside British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix’s office on Kingsway in Vancouver to call for the reinstatement of mask mandates in healthcare settings. Counter-protesters showed up a short time later, and while the two sides were able to coexist for a short while, things eventually turned violent.
While a pro-mask demonstrator spoke to the media, a fight broke out between two of her allies and an elderly counter-protester identified simply as Rob.
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Climate Protestor Smears Pink Paint on Tom Thomson Painting at National Gallery of Canada
A climate activist smeared pink paint on a Tom Thomson artwork at the National Gallery of Canada as part of activities this week drawing attention to demands for a national firefighting service.
A video uploaded to Facebook by the group On2Ottawa appears to show Kaleb Suedfeld, 28, splashing paint onto Thomson’s 1915 landscape Northern River, kneeling and gluing his hand onto the floor before pulling a written speech from his pocket.
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Clinical psychologist and Daily Wire contributor Dr. Jordan Peterson has been cast into Canadian outer darkness for thought crimes.
And by Canadian outer darkness, we mean “social media sensitivity training” for his controversial (practical) statements, which a panel of three Ontario Divisional Court judges agreed have been “unprofessional.”
According to court documents, the “coaching program” will require Peterson to “reflect on, and ameliorate [his] professionalism in public statements.”
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Returning Home Amid the War: Why Some Ukrainians Are Choosing to Leave Toronto
Three Ukrainians share their stories of willingly returning to Ukraine despite the frequent bombings, having dealt with various challenges while living in the Toronto area.
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Watch: Canadian Activists Demanding Return of Mask Mandates Attack Counter Protester
The Covid cult is still out there, desperate for a return to the days of lockdowns and restrictions and in Canada they appear to be highly militant.
Mask mandates were perhaps one of the most egregious violations of science during the pandemic scare (though there were so many violations, that question is up for debate). Government officials including Anthony Fauci in the US admitted in the early days of the crisis that masks would do little to save the public from transmission. Suddenly, the narrative changed and masks became a hard requirement in many regions just to enter retail establishments to buy necessities.
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“A Very Dangerous Moment” — Hungary’s Orban Warns Tucker “A 3rd World War is Knocking on the Door”
During Tucker Carlson’s recent visit to Budapest, where he gave a speech apologizing for the “disgusting” behavior of the US Ambassador to Hungary, the former Fox News anchor sat down with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Orban — Hungary’s longest-serving prime minister — knows a thing or two about Russia (having grown up under their occupation, and been arrested and thrown into jail by Russian-backed police for his efforts to liberate the country) and Ukraine (a nation with which is shares a border), and so Tucker sat down to ask him — what exactly is going on in Ukraine right now (given the propagandic opacity of news in America).
“It is not just a misunderstanding, it is a lie,” Orban begins, when asked about the fact that American media continue to claim that ‘Ukraine is winning’ the war.
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“EU Should Preserve Its Original Values, “ Former Slovak Prime Minister Jan Carnogursky Emphasizes
Jan Carnogurský, former Prime Minister of Slovakia, recently spoke about the European Union’s trajectory and its significance. He highlighted the EU’s inception as a means to prevent historical conflicts between countries like Germany and France.
He stated, “The European Union began by preventing enmity, primarily between Germany and France, which lasted for centuries, and it effectively prevented wars among its members across Europe.” He also acknowledged the role the EU played in managing tensions between Slovakia and Hungary, emphasizing the importance of preserving such contributions.
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Belgium: Brussels Associations Denounce Situation at Train Station
A group of dozens of associations in Brussels have written an open letter to authorities decrying the state of insecurity at the Brussels Midi train station and noting the high rates of crime, drug use, knife violence, and verbal attacks toward ‘LGBT’ persons.
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Europe’s Largest Wildfire Spurs Blame Game Amidst Search for Arsonists in Greece
Greece is facing a massive wildfire that has become the largest in Europe’s history. The search for someone to blame is intensifying. For ten days straight, firefighters have been struggling to control the raging flames in the northeastern Evros region of Greece, reports Politico.
Authorities believe that the initial fire near the town of Alexandropoulis might have been caused by lightning. However, as anger rises due to inadequate prevention measures and calls for more emergency help, the focus in Greece has shifted to finding a responsible party.
Vassilis Kikilias, the minister for civil protection, angrily blamed “lowlife arsonists” for the fires in a televised speech last week, vowing to hold them accountable.
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Financial Strains Push Czech Workers Towards Job Changes
One in four workers in the Czech Republic struggle to meet unexpected expenses of 13,000 crowns, as revealed by a JobsIndex survey executed by LMC in April. This research, which involved 1,000 respondents, indicated a broader financial challenge beyond just specific demographics.
Tomas Ervin Dombrovski, a labor market analyst at LMC, elaborated that financial strains are prevalent among various groups including young to middle-aged workers and families. Surprisingly, even older individuals with tertiary education and decent earnings experience financial difficulties, potentially due to family support obligations.
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Former Slovak Prime Minister Concerns Over EU-US Relations and Sanctions Against Russia — Exclusive
Former Prime Minister of Slovakia, Jan Carnogurský, has expressed his viewpoint regarding the relationship between the European Union and the United States, as well as the situation surrounding sanctions against Russia. He emphasized that, in his opinion, the EU is subservient to the United States and the Anglo-Saxon world.
“The European Union is not capable of standing up to the United States and saying, ‘We will not follow you in this,’“ Carnogurský noted.
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Jennifer Wenisch, originally from Lohne in Lower Saxony, joined ISIS in Iraq and allowed the young girl to die of thirst for wetting the bed in August 2015.
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A German woman who joined the Islamic State in Syria, enslaved a 5-year-old Yazidi slave girl, and left her chained up to die in the scorching sun has had her sentence increased to 14 years’ imprisonment.
Jennifer Wenisch, an Islam convert from Lohne in Lower Saxony, was initially jailed for 10 years in October 2021 for her role in the girl’s death. This, however, was increased at a hearing on Tuesday at the Higher Regional Court in Munich.
The German national was convicted of enslavement resulting in death and of being a member of a terrorist organization.
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A suspect is being pursued by police after he was caught on a surveillance camera raping a pony at a stable south of Hamburg. The 18-year-old pony, which is named “Carrie,” was abused by the man at 1 a.m., with footage showing the man calmly walking onto the property and starting to attack the defenseless animal.
Steffi B. released the footage to German newspaper Bild, which posted stills of the perpetrator on its web publication.
The attack happened in Birkenmoor, which is in Harburg, just a few kilometers from the Hamburg city center.
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The German economy will stagnate for as long as the federal government remains obsessed with the green energy transition and wedded to bureaucracy, the Federation of German Industries (BDI) President Siegfried Russwurm has claimed.
In an interview with the German newspaper Die Welt, Russwurm criticized the economic policy of the liberal federal coalition government, which has presided over a dramatic fall in Germany’s global economic standing and pushed ahead with the closure of nuclear power plants at a time when energy prices remain high and other European nations have boosted their nuclear energy production.
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Germany: Climate Activists Continue Road Blockade in Munich: Drivers Can’t Keep Their Cool
Activists from the Last Generation group continued their street blockades in Munich. The police are urging motorists to remain patient but it seems not everyone is heeding the call, as reported by Spiegel.
During a street blockade in Munich, a driver reportedly pushed two climate activists with his car, according to the police. The man allegedly moved the two protesters at a slow speed in front of his vehicle on Monday, as stated by the police. Afterward, he disappeared without further attention to the incident.
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Government UK Plans Ban on Keyless Car Hacking Devices to Tackle Rising Thefts
The UK government and police are thinking about stopping the use of devices that can hack into keyless cars. This is because there has been a 25% increase in car thefts. They want to make it against the law to sell, buy or have these hacking devices. This is to stop the rising number of car thefts, reports The Telegraph.
The police believe that these hacking devices are responsible for most of the car thefts in the UK. Last year, there were 130,389 car thefts, which is 25% more than the year before.
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Is Russia Behind Rail Traffic Disruptions in Poland?
A series of incidents on Poland’s railways has raised security concerns after a number of trains were halted by unauthorized “stop” radio-signal alarm directives, with concerns that Russia may have played some role in the incidents.
After the affected trains came to a halt, the Russian national anthem was played together with a fragment of a speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Two arrests have been made, but so far it is unclear if the two arrested have any affiliation with Russia.
Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW), along with the police and rail company officials, has launched an investigation into the signals being sent to trains in several parts of the country.
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Majority of ‘Russian Spy Ring’ Arrested in Poland Were Recruited Ukrainian Refugees
The majority of those arrested earlier this year in Poland for their alleged involvement in a Russian spy ring seeking to sabotage arms shipments to Ukraine were Ukrainian refugees, information that was withheld by the Polish authorities at the time.
In March, the Russian intelligence network that operated on Polish territory was dismantled by the Internal Security Agency (ABW) in collaboration with the National Prosecutor’s Office.
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More Poles Worried About Security, Survey Reveals
The voting revealed that an increasing number of Poles are concerned about their safety. According to a survey conducted by the newspaper “Rzeczpospolita” and the research center IBRiS, the number of people in Poland who believe that the level of security is decreasing is growing.
This study was commissioned by the newspaper “Rzeczpospolita” and conducted last weekend during an air show in Radom organized by the military and a parade in Warsaw. The head of the Ministry of National Defense, Mariusz Blaszczak, has already announced another upcoming show, scheduled for September 17th at the training ground in Ozysz, where the army will demonstrate shooting techniques.
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Netherlands: Suspect Faces 12 Year Sentence if Convicted of Incitement to Murder Geert Wilders
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) demanded on Tuesday a 12-year prison sentence for 37-year-old Pakistani cricket player Khalid Latif, who is accused of offering 21,000 euros in 2018 for the murder of the Dutch MP and PVV leader Geert Wilders. The offer was allegedly made via an online video posted from Pakistan.
The Pakistani man is accused of incitement to murder, sedition, and threats. In May 2018, he posted a video online in which he called upon people to kill Geert Wilders and issued a reward of 3 million rupees. At the time, this sum was the equivalent of 21.000 euros. This offer was made after Geert Wilder announced a cartoon contest featuring caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Netherlands: Wilders to Attend Trial Against Man Who Offered Money for His Murder on Social Media
PVV leader Geert Wilders will go to court on Tuesday to attend the trial against 37-year-old Pakistani cricket player Khalid Latif. According to the Public Prosecution Service (OM), Latif offered 21,000 euros for the parliamentarian’s murder via a video posted on the internet in 2018.
The OM is prosecuting the Pakistani for incitement to murder, sedition, and threats. The suspect is a well-known person in his home country, so the Dutch police recognized him in the videos. His case is being tried in the high-security court at Schiphol. Latif is not expected to attend his trial. According to the OM, he has not reported, and neither has a lawyer.
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Thierry Baudet is a father, a Dutch politician, a bestselling author, and the founder and leader of the anti-globalist party Forum for Democracy (FvD). Before making his foray into politics and becoming a member of the Dutch parliament, Baudet completed a Ph.D. under the supervision of the British philosopher Roger Scruton. Baudet, in his dissertation, which was later published as a book titled: The Significance of Borders, explored ideas like national identity, European identity, and multiculturalism.
In this exclusive interview with the editorial team at Voice of Europe, we discuss, among other things, Mr. Baudet’s newly published book, The Covid Conspiracy: The Globalist Takeover and the Great Reset, his political party, its mission and positions, the war in Ukraine, the emergence of a multipolar war, the future of the United States, globalism, the Great Replacement, the upcoming elections in the Netherlands, and more.
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Poland Challenges EU Climate Policies, Cites Energy Security and Social Impact Concerns
Poland has formally challenged three key European Union (EU) climate policies, submitting its concerns to the European Court of Justice. The Polish government argues that these policies compromise energy security and do not adequately safeguard the interests of European citizens.
The three contested EU policies include the significant initiative to phase out combustion engines. These legal challenges were initiated on 17 July, following an announcement by Poland’s climate minister, Anna Moskwa, in June. The details of the legal actions were disclosed by the European Commission recently.
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Salvini’s League Renews Call for Chemical Castration After Spate of High-Profile Rapes Shocks Italy
Matteo Salvini, the leader of Italy’s co-governing League party, has renewed his call for the introduction of chemical castration for rapists and pedophiles after a number of high-profile sexual assaults on minors sparked uproar across the country.
In an Instagram post published last week, the Italian government minister announced his party would soon be tabling a proposed law for the experimentation of chemical castration for sex offenders, insisting there should be “zero tolerance” for those convicted of such offenses.
“For rapists and pedophiles, whether Italian or foreign, prison and chemical castration,” he added on X.
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Surge in Weapon Purchases in Czech Republic Amidst Ukraine Conflct
The Czech Republic has seen a significant surge in weapon purchases this year with more pistols and rifles sold in the first half of the year than all of last year, when the Ukraine conflict began. Interestingly, there’s a rising trend among women procuring firearm licenses.
The growing preference leans towards weapons that don’t necessitate a firearm passport, such as gas guns and Flobert cartridge revolvers. These weapons, resembling standard pistols are used predominantly for self-defense and sports and can be bought merely with an identity card. Within the first half of this year, almost 12,500 of such weapons, categorized under C-I, were registered with the Ministry of Interior (MVD); a significant uptick from the previous year by 3,500 units. To acquire such weapons, one must meet specific criteria, including being at least 18 years old, having Czech residency, maintaining a clean reputation and registering the weapon with the local police department.
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The Euro Commissioner Stated That Ukraine Won’t be Able to Join NATO Until the Conflict is Resolved
Ukraine cannot become a member of NATO while the war is ongoing, stated Thierry Breton, the Euro Commissioner for the Internal Market, during an appearance on the French television channel LCI.
“As long as the conflict continues on European territory, Ukraine cannot become a NATO member. Because otherwise, according to Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, it would mean involving all alliance countries in the conflict,” Breton said.
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Trade Unions in Czech Republic Demand a 13% Rise in Minimum Wage for 2024
The Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions (CMKOS) is advocating for a minimum wage hike to 19,500 crowns starting January 2024, marking a 2,200-crown surge from the present rate. This call was publicly voiced by CMKOS leader, Josef Stredula, in a discussion with CTK.
While the Labor Minister, Marian Jurecka, hasn’t disclosed the proposed increment for the upcoming year, the ministry is currently formulating a systematic approach for regular adjustments. Talks are ongoing between the ministry, trade unions, and business entities, with the latter expressing reservations regarding the proposed significant leap.
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UK Delays Post-Brexit Border Checks by Three Months Amid Inflation Concerns
The UK has officially announced a three-month postponement to post-Brexit border checks on food imports from Europe. Originally slated for January 2024, these checks will now commence in April 2024. This decision comes as part of the 2020 Brexit agreement the UK made with the European Union to inspect “medium-risk animal products, plants, plant products and high-risk food.”
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The final day of the Notting Hill Carnival was “marred by serious violence,” police said after hundreds of arrests and several hospitalizations overshadowed the famed-event.
An estimated 2 million people packed the streets of West London on Sunday and Monday for the festival, Europe’s largest street party and one of the world’s biggest celebrations of Caribbean music and culture.
Violent riots took over the streets Monday, during which eight people were stabbed, leaving one 29-year-old man in critical condition.
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UK: Watch: Protests Erupt in London as Mayor Sadiq Khan Expands Carbon Tax Green Zone
Protests are underway in London on Tuesday as Mayor Sadiq Khan announced the expansion of a “green” zone that will tax drivers based on vehicle emissions.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) charges drivers in vehicles weighing over 3.5 tons £12.50 daily for driving within the zone, which has now expanded to include all of greater London, which will bring 5 million more Londoners into the tax zone.
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Did Zelensky’s Family Purchase a $5 Million Vacation Villa in Egypt Next to Angelina Jolie?
According to in formation uncovered by an Egyptian investigative journalist, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s family bought a $5 million luxury villa in Egypt, right next to the estate of actress Angelina Jolie. Documents provided by the journalist show the villa was purchased in the middle of the war.
The information has not been corroborated, but has been widely reported, including in the Hungarian press.
The real estate documents were revealed by Egyptian blogger and journalist Mohammed Al-Alawi, who provided what he says is exclusive evidence.
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Jan Carnogurský emphasized the EU’s historical and geopolitical interest in improving ties with Russia, citing Europe’s need for cooperation due to its inability to defend itself against various challenges.
He stated, “The EU has a historical and geopolitical interest in good relations with Russia. This interest is based on the fact that the EU itself is not capable of defending itself, let’s say, against Africa, against a united Africa.” He further noted that Europe struggles to manage refugee influx from North Africa and the Middle East.
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Former Prime Minister of Slovakia, Jan Carnogurský, has shared his insights on the Ukraine war, emphasizing that historical precedents don’t show instances where a country that captured territories simply handed them back without military defeat.
“In history, there hasn’t been a case where a country that seized territories just gave them away without military defeat. Ukraine should maintain neutrality and refrain from joining NATO, meaning it won’t become a NATO or U.S. base.” Carnogurský stated.
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Pope Francis Calls on “Heirs of Great Mother Russia” to Move Forward
Pope Francis has called on the “heirs of Great Mother Russia” to move forward. The pontiff made this statement during an online address to Russian Catholic youth, as reported by Bloomberg.
“You are the heirs of Great Russia: the Great Russia of saints, rulers, the great Russia of Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, that empire: great, enlightened, with great culture and great humanity. Never forsake this heritage; you are heirs of the great Mother Russia, move forward with it. And thank you. Thank you for your way of being, for your way of being Russians,” said Pope Francis.
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Putin Social Media Influencers Profiting From War Propaganda
Russian pro-war influencers generate large advertising revenues from conflict coverage, the BBC has found. They share ads for anything from cryptocurrency to fashion alongside gruesome videos of drone strikes and false claims about Ukraine’s President Zelensky.
(Or: They augment their daily ration of gruesome videos of drone strikes and false claims about Ukraine’s President Zelensky with ads for anything from cryptocurrency to fashion).
Known in Russia as “Z Bloggers” (‘Z’ is used to show support for the invasion), they embed with the army, share exclusive footage from the frontline and call on young Russians to enlist in the army.
Since the start of the war, pro-war influencers have gained millions of followers on Telegram, the social media platform many Russians turned to after President Vladimir Putin banned Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
The explosion in users meant the advertising market on Telegram grew rapidly.
War influencers have taken advantage of this. They sell ad spaces for companies looking to reach their young audiences.
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Ukraine Signed Weapon Contracts Worth Millions of Dollars With a Polish Company But Received Nothing
A Polish company that entered into contracts with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense for weapon supplies has failed to meet its obligations and owes Ukraine $95 million, according to information from Rzeczpospolita. The supplied body armor turned out to be unfit for use and a significant portion of the weaponry was never delivered.
In 2022, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense concluded several agreements with the Polish company Alfa for the delivery of various types of weapons. However, the company did not fulfill its commitments and starting from 2023, it owed the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense around $95 million.
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UN Report Reveals Massive Human Trafficking for Online Scams in Southeast Asia
The United Nations disclosed in a report on Tuesday that criminal gangs are trafficking hundreds of thousands of individuals. Coercing them to work in illegal online operations, including scam centers, that have emerged across Southeast Asia in recent years.
The report, backed by “credible sources”, estimates that a minimum of 120,000 individuals in Myanmar and around 100,000 in Cambodia are ensnared in these deceitful operations. The illicit enterprises spread across Laos, the Philippines and Thailand encompass a variety of fraudulent activities from cryptocurrency scams to online gambling. Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, emphasized that the individuals forced into these operations, who often face cruel treatment are victims rather than perpetrators.
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Aboriginal Woman Reveals Why She is Voting NO Against the Indigenous Voice to Parliament
A First Nations woman has explained she will be voting No in the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum, claiming it has already created ‘so much division.’
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TikTok comedian Jon-Bernard Kairouz pranked tellers at bank branches across Sydney after he was asked to explain why he needed the $6,000 cash he was withdrawing.
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Facebook Ends Partnership With RMIT’s Factlab After Receiving Complaints About Bias Over the Voice
Facebook has ditched Melbourne’s RMIT University as its fact checker following complaints about how it handled material on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
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First COVID Deaths Were Fully Jabbed, Australian State Records Reveal
Authored by Jessie Zhang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
In light of a court case launched by a group of doctors challenging the Queensland government’s COVID-19 vaccination mandates, records have revealed that the first deaths in the Australian state were individuals who were fully vaccinated.
A list of the state’s first 183 COVID-19 deaths from the pandemic’s start on March 13, 2020, until Jan. 27, 2022, produced by Queensland’s chief health officer in an affidavit, indicates it was known to authorities as early as Jan. 2022 that the vaccines may not be preventing deaths.
The list shows that the first locally acquired COVID-19 death was one in their 80s and another in their 30s, with both having received two doses of the vaccine in December 2021 and January 2022, respectively.
While Queensland recorded seven deaths early in the pandemic, these cases were acquired outside of the state and before vaccine rollouts began.
Queensland’s border opened in December 2021 after 80 percent of the state population vaccination was reached. By Dec. 31, 2021, nearly 90 percent of the population over 16 were fully vaccinated.
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The former federal deputy Liberal leader teamed up with her old political rivals in her hometown of Perth to drum up support for the Yes vote ahead of October’s referendum.
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Pfizer told a Senate hearing earlier this month it mandated Covid shots for its Australian staff, which caused ‘a small number’ to leave the company.
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Queensland MP Don Brown Forced to Delete Tweet Calling the State’s Youth Crime Wave a Media Beat-Up
Don Brown, the MP for Capalaba in Brisbane’s south-east, was responding to footage of a group of golf club-wielding youths in bandanas and hoodies appearing to case a house.
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A Teal MP who wanted gas connections in new homes to be banned has just sold a house loaded with new gas features for more than $6million.
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Communist China Helps Itself to Ecuador
“We are basically being plundered. There are no words. There are no words to describe this tragedy. They [China] have control of the natural resources,” said Ecuadorean investigative journalist and presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in the award-winning 2022 documentary, This Stolen Country of Mine. “China took control of the natural resources. They control the hydroelectric plants, they control the oil, a large part of mining, and they control political power. We’ve been colonized. Again.”
From 2007 to 2017, Villavicencio, who was a leading critic of the country’s sellout to China and government corruption, investigated the corruption and China dealings of left-wing Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, who effectively sold the country and its rich resources to China. In 2020, Correa was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison for corruption, but had already fled to Belgium. Today, China is Ecuador’s largest creditor.
Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno, the left-wing politician who succeeded Correa in the post in 2019, only deepened and broadened China’s activities there, now including the industrial-scale destruction of the land of indigenous people in the Amazon rainforest. Moreno signed contracts with China for the exploration — and exploitation — of Ecuador’s Amazon for oil, “mostly,” according to Villavicencio, “in protected areas.” Regarding mining, Moreno signed even more contracts with the Chinese for what Villavicencio called “brutal projects.”
“The indigenous people were next,” Villavicencio noted. “They are the victims. Their houses were violently destroyed, their children attacked, people being detained, trials, the criminalization of their parents…”
Villavicencio, a leading figure in the fight against government corruption, the Ecuadorian government’s sellout to China and drug cartels, was assassinated on August 9, just days before the presidential elections, which took place on August 20. It is still not clear who killed him.
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In the Swiss Canton of Bern, refugees have insufficient knowledge of the German language. According to statistics, only half of them have a basic level of language proficiency after three years. The head of the Social Care Office, Claudie Hänzinova, asserts that refugees are making efforts but are facing various challenges, including trauma and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 15,000 refugees have arrived in Europe during this year, reports Parlamentni.
The canton of Bern has set three goals for refugee integration. Half of refugees over 16 years old should achieve language proficiency at level A1 within three years of their arrival. Additionally, 50% of them should initiate education or vocational training within the first year and 25% should achieve financial independence within seven years. Unfortunately, these goals are currently not being met.
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More than 100 business leaders in New York City have penned an open letter calling on President Joe Biden to ‘take immediate action to better control the border’ and speed up the asylum and work authorization process for migrants.
The letter published on Monday was addressed to ‘President Biden and Congressional Leaders’ and backed New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s recent plea for more federal resources to respond to the migrant influx.
The letter comes as New York City has been overrun with 100,000 migrants, filling shelters and leaving many to sleep on the sidewalks throughout Manhattan.
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Police in the Swedish county of Värmland have urged residents not to wear branded clothing or expensive jewelry when walking through the county’s largest city of Karlstad due to a rise in robberies and migrant gang violence.
As reported by the Samnytt news outlet, citizens are being told to dress poorly to ensure they aren’t robbed, with local authorities identifying several areas within the inner city and the suburbs that should be avoided.
It’s a bad idea to wear any expensive items, such as “a branded vest, gold chains, or a cap,” said Tia Jylhä, the crime prevention coordinator for Karlstad district police.
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Anti-Abortion Activists Face 10 Years in Prison Following Convictions Over DC Clinic Protest
A group of five anti-abortion activists face up to ten years in prison following their Tuesday convictions in relation to a 2020 protest at a Washington, D.C., abortion clinic.
Five members of the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU) group were found guilty of conspiring to prevent others from exercising their rights and violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, the Epoch Times reported. Lauren Handy, Herb Geraghty, John Hinshaw, Heather Idoni, and Will Goodman were among eleven PAAU members who participated in the Oct. 22, 2020, demonstration.
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FIRST ON FOX — In what’s been called a landmark victory for parental rights, a California school district has settled for $100,000 with a mother who said her daughter was “socially transitioned” to a boy without parental knowledge or consent.
Jessica Konen said her 11-year-old daughter, Alicia, was told by her school in the Spreckels Union School District in Monterey County that she may be upset because she didn’t know who she “truly was inside.” From there, the school allowed her to use the boy’s bathroom, used male pronouns to refer to her and was “socially transitioned” away from her biological gender.
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Finland: Christian Official Faces Second ‘Hate Speech’ Trial Over Twitter Post Quoting the Bible
A respected member of Finland’s parliament is set to reappear in court for a second time facing “hate speech” charges for a social media post citing Bible verses, more than a year after a district court dismissed the charges against her.
In a press release, Parliament Member Päivi Räsänen, a 62-year-old medical doctor and grandmother of seven, said that she is “ready to defend her freedom of expression in all necessary courts.”
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A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by University of Wyoming sorority sisters contesting the admission of a transgender woman whom they accused of being a sexual predator.
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A new poll conducted by the Angus Reid Institute has found that a majority of Canadians are in favour of ensuring schools inform parents if their children express a desire to change their name or identify in a way that does not correspond to their biological sex.
In recent months, a growing number of provinces have, in response to backlash from parents and concerned citizens, implemented policies aimed at preventing schools from keeping such information secret.
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Ohio YMCA Faces Backlash From Women Over Trans-Identified Men in Their Locker Rooms
Ohio YMCAs are facing backlash for allowing trans-identified men into women’s changing rooms, which has sparked a war against the gym’s “inclusive” policies that allow for women to be subjected to male genitalia in the locker rooms, with one claiming they had even been sexually assaulted.
Women who patron multiple YMCA locations across the state of Ohio spoke to Daily Signal about their “disturbing” experiences with Rachel Glines, an obese trans-identified male who was recently found not guilty after being charged with three counts of public indecency for allegedly walking around fully nude in female locker rooms.
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The federal government has issued a travel advisory for 2SLGBTQIA+ Canadians looking to travel to the United States, warning of state laws that may affect them.
“Some states have enacted laws and policies that may affect 2SLGBTQI+ persons. Check relevant state and local laws,” the August 29 update to the Canadian government states.
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UK Trans MP Proposes Sending Ukraine Condoms, Lubricant
Britain’s only openly transgender member of Parliament, Jamie Wallis, has proposed a delivery of condoms, lubricants and other “hygiene” products to Ukrainian LGBT soldiers and said President Vladimir Zelensky should welcome it personally.
Wallis made the suggestion in a Zoom call with what he believed was Garry Kasparov, a former chess grandmaster and now an outspoken Russian dissident. In reality, he was speaking with the notorious Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus, who posted a 16-minute cut of the conversation online on Monday.
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UK: Khan Funds Housing “Free From LGBT Oppression”
The Mayor of London has allocated funds to a city-based, non-profit project geared towards providing homes specifically for “LGBTQ+ people [so they] can live safely, joyfully, free from oppression.”
The Mayor’s office is listed by First Brick Housing (FBH) as one of its two funders, the other being environmental organisation Greenpeace. A series of other groups are labelled as “supporters.” Members of the public are also asked to donate money because “we are a small and diverse team, but if we are ever to lay our first brick, we need your help.”
Mr. Khan has signed off on £5,000 (€5,800) for the project, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph. London funding documents seen by the newspaper indicate that the money is for
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UK: Look What They Did to Bond
In the new James Bond novel (likely to become a movie), 007 fights against ‘right-wing’ British patriots who oppose mass migration and the ‘woke’ agenda.
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From rare Earth metals used in smartphones to helium that could perhaps provide an invaluable source of energy, the lunar surface is a multi-quadrillion-pound hotbed of unearthed riches.
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The police are looking for an unidentified man who sexually assaulted a pony?
The perp is likely to be a real stud.
MERKEL GERMANY
A clinic employee (Syrian, illegal immigrant) has raped multiple women who were to their bed having just undergone surgery.
One had just had her leg amputated.
https://jungefreiheit-de.translate.goog/kultur/gesellschaft/2023/missbrauch-syrer-klinik/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en
The incident is only now being handled, 3 years later. The press has been complicit, silent.
“…travel advisory for 2SLGBTQIA+ Canadians…”
I appreciate the warning. I will definitely be on the lookout for 2SLGBTQIA+ Canadians.
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Viktor Orbán: Bring back Trump and end the war
https://www.snaphanen.dk/2023/08/30/vestens-stoette-til-ukraine-smuldrer/
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The West’s support for Ukraine is crumbling
By Lars Hedegaard
Any hint that the war in Ukraine might not be going so well, that the government in Kiev is not winning, and that globalists in Western capitals are pouring money and weapons into the conflict to little avail, is met with furious protests and accusations of doing Vladimir Putin’s bidding. But that can change. Now Italy’s former prime minister Giuseppe Conti writes on Facebook that the Western world’s strategy in Ukraine has failed. The result has been a “defeat for all”.
Here, a year and a half after Putin’s invasion, it is time for an “honest analysis” instead of the “deafening war propaganda” flowing from European and American leaders, writes Conti, who points out that Russia’s expected military defeat has not materialized. Nor have the US and the EU succeeded in causing the Russian economy to collapse.
Conti expresses strong criticism of the EU, which has shown a lack of leadership and instead acted subserviently towards the US.
Nor does he think Russia has much to be happy about. Instead of the expected quick victory over the much smaller Ukraine, Putin must now see himself drawn into a conflict that by all accounts has been costly. He is also accused of having committed crimes against humanity.
According to the former prime minister, the war has so far cost 500,000 Ukrainian and Russian dead, while six million Ukrainians have fled the country.
In contrast to Conti, the incumbent Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has chosen to act hawkish in line with the leaders in Berlin, Brussels and Paris.
According to experts quoted in the German newspaper Die Welt, Ukraine must mobilize three million soldiers to defeat Russia, which is not easy in the light of a calculation by the United Nations, which shows that Ukraine’s population has decreased from 48.2 million in 2001 to today’s 29 million.
The lack of Ukrainian victories threatens to crack the previous Western agreement on support for Kiev. The former CIA agent, Larry Johnson, writes in the weekly newspaper The Week (August 27) that he has noticed a number of critical articles in the American mainstream media that paint a gloomy picture of the course of the war. When these kinds of stories find their way into the media, it is, in his experience, an indication that cracks have appeared in the earlier agreement on Washington’s unconditional support for Kiev.
Washington’s support for Ukraine is crumbling, he writes, even though the government officially claims that Ukrainian victory is just around the corner. The CIA and the US intelligence agencies have clearly come to a different conclusion.
Importing 3th. World, your country is becoming 3 th. World !!, Germany hit a rock bottom, I mean !! Who You [vulgar intensifier] importing to your country!!, 7th century savages, reapists, murders! Well done Germany!,
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“Muslims sacredly honor their military duty, voluntarily and at the call of their hearts participate in the Special Military Operation”: an appeal of support from the muftis of the Russian Federation to President Putin
Run through an automatic translator and be surprised.
Russia is becoming some kind of ISIS with the idea of political jihad.
What kind of country is this, a defender of Abrahamic values, in which there is no place for us – Russian atheists, polytheists and agnostics. This is how you become a humanoid without a Motherland.
I subscribe to two Russian person channels on youtube. They live a great life and they are precious people.
YOU don’t know your own country, Elena. You are [ad hominem redacted]. Russia is NOT ISIS.
Furthermore, Abrahamic values are God blessed,
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