Angry residents of the island of Lampedusa took to the streets to protest ahead of a visit by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen along with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Meanwhile, France refused to take in any of the immigrants who have landed at Lampedusa.
In other news, according to several new polls, Donald Trump would defeat Joe Biden in a head-to-head presidential race.
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‘Bidenomics’: Poverty Rate Increases for First Time in 13 Years
Under Democrat President Joe Biden’s leadership, America has just suffered the first rise in the U.S. poverty rate in 13 years.
The news is just the latest failure of the president’s so-called “Bidenomics” policies.
Under “Bidenomics,” a staggering 12.4% of Americans lived in poverty in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
The figure is a huge increase from 7.8% in 2021.
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G20 Leaders Plot CBDCs and Digital IDs Worldwide
In a monumental step toward a digitized future, the convocation of the 20 largest world economies, famously known as the G20, have concluded upon a commitment to herald the advent of digital currencies and digital IDs across their territories. This decision, however, has sparked major anxieties given its potential as a mechanism through which governments can keep tabs on their citizen spending habits and stifle opposition. The announcement came from a recent meeting held in New Delhi, under the mantle of India’s presidency.
Voices from across the globe have raised alarms over the potential grooming of cryptocurrencies through government-aided regulation, which could subsequently lead to the replacement of these decentralized digital currencies with state-controlled Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) that could override privacy and security attributes.
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Benjamin Netanyahu Takes Swipe at Joe Biden, Calls Elon Musk the Unofficial President of the U.S.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a veiled swipe at President Joe Biden while visiting with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Elon gave Netanyahu a ride in his new cybertruck while Netanyahu urged Musk to be more vigilant with antisemitism on Twitter.
Netanyahu said: “I hope you find, within the confines of the First Amendment, the ability to stop antisemitism or roll it back as best you can, but also any collective hatred of a people like the one antisemitism represents.
“I urge and encourage you to find the balance. It’s a tough one.”
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Biden Admin Awards Over $4 Million in Grants to Programs That Target “Misinformation”
Since the start of September, the Biden administration’s National Science Foundation (NSF) and State Department have awarded grants totaling more than $4 million to programs, studies, and other initiatives that target “misinformation” — a term that the Biden admin has used to demand censorship of content that challenges the federal government’s Covid narrative.
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Biden Moves to Block Trump’s Plan to ‘Fire’ the ‘Deep State’ and ‘Drain the Swamp’
President Donald Trump recently pledged that he would move to “fire the bureaucrats and drain the swamp” after winning the 2024 election.
Trump plans to implement Schedule F which would strip federal civil service workers of protections that prevent them from being fired.
The move could reshape the federal workforce and end the liberal bias among government bureaucrats, aka the “Deep State.”
However, Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration is trying to head off the proposal from Trump before he can enforce it.
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Biden’s House Impeachment Inquiry Hearings to Begin Next Thursday
Democrat President Joe Biden’s first impeachment inquiry hearing will be held in the U.S. House next Thursday, according to reports.
House Republicans have now scheduled their first impeachment inquiry hearing to investigate allegations of corruption and abuse of power against Biden.
According to Fox News, the House Oversight Committee, led by Chairman James Comer (R-KY), plans to subpoena bank records of Joe Biden’s brother James and his son Hunter this week.
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Bill Gates COVID Profiteering Exposed: ‘Global Terrorist’
Details have emerged online that expose how Bill Gates’ role in the Covid pandemic saw the Microsoft co-founder take huge profits from the push of mRNA shots.
A viral social media post detailing how Gates profited from the pandemic has been viewed millions of times.
In a post on Twitter/X, popular account Pelham shared details of Gates’ investments in Big Pharma.
The post also exposes how Gates manipulated the public narrative during the pandemic to boost the profits of his trades.
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Bizarre Helena Road Rage Case Leaves 1 Man Beaten, Another Stabbed
Jefferson County district attorney will decide whether to file charges in the case
HELENA, Ala. — A bizarre case of road rage involving a golf cart in Helena. It ended in bloodshed, and now it appears charges could be filed. Police say it started near Bessemer. Apparently, a woman got upset with a family in a sedan for not using a turn signal. That family was a DoorDash delivery person with his wife and infant child with him. It continued into Helena, where it escalated. Helena police Chief Brad Flynn described what happened with disbelief. He says a woman aggressively followed a family down South Shades Crest Road onto Long Leaf Lake Drive. He said she was cursing and pointing a gun. That’s when a man she knows showed up on a golf cart. They say he took her gun and pointed it at the family.
When the family’s car slowed down because of engine trouble, the chief says the man on the cart attacked the other driver. Chief Flynn said, “Apparently, the back passenger window on the driver’s side was down at that point that the male subject entered the vehicle, reached into the vehicle and began to assault the driver with his fist, hitting him several times about the face and the head and even ripping his shirt completely off of him.” He went on to say, “The female, his passenger, began screaming at the male, stop hitting my husband, stop hitting him. And at that point, she produced a small pocketknife and began to stab the individual several times in the arm and in defense of her husband.”
The chief says it worked. The man let go and walked to a nearby fire department with at least three stab wounds. You can still see the trail of blood on the road. It’s a case that has even this veteran police chief dumbfounded. Chief Flynn said, “It’s terrible enough to have road rage over a trivial matter, but to have a weapon produced. And then, at the end of it, someone actually being stabbed. I’ve never even heard of anything remotely close to this happening.” The chief says they’ve turned the information over to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office and expect charges to be filed soon.
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California Sues Big Oil for ‘Lying About Climate Change’
The State of California has filed a lawsuit against America’s largest gas and oil companies for allegedly “wreaking havoc on our planet.”
Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom announced the lawsuit in a statement, accusing Big Oil of “lying about climate change.”
In a recent press release from Newsom’s office, the governor accused Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP, and the American Petroleum Institute of “decades of deception.”
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China’s Communist Party Infiltrates American K-12 Schools
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has, or has had, ties to 143 school districts in the United States, including 20 near military bases, through its “Confucius Classrooms,” according to a recent report, “Little Red Classrooms: China’s Infiltration of American K-12 Schools” by Parents Defending Education (PDE), a grassroots organization.
Confucius Classrooms, are, purportedly, “centers that teach Chinese language and culture.”
According to the book Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World, by Clive Hamilton and Mareike Ohlberg:
“Initiated in 2004 as an innocuous way to spread the Party narrative… ostensibly devoted to teaching Chinese language and promoting Chinese culture they are, as former propaganda chief Li Changchun put it, ‘an important part of China’s overseas propaganda set-up.’“
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Congressman Tom Emmer Reintroduces Anti-CBDC Bill
Opposing the prevailing winds of centralized digital currencies, GOP lawmakers are launching legislation aimed at inhibiting the federal government from implementing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
Led by House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, the Central Bank Digital Currency Anti-Surveillance State Act resurfaces on the House floor, seeking to put the brakes on the Federal Reserve’s exploration of a digital version of the dollar — a move that could significantly influence monetary policies.
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‘Devastating’ Video Emerges of Joe and Hunter Biden Discussing ‘Business’ With Potential Client
Republicans on the House Oversight Committee have just published a video from 2005 that shows Joe and Hunter Biden discussing “business” with a potential client in front of the camera.
The news is a major blow to the Democrat president who has repeatedly claimed that he never spoke about business with his son.
The video has emerged as congressional investigators continue to uncover more evidence against the Bidens.
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Donald Trump to Counter-Program Second GOP Debate by Appearing With Striking Auto Workers in Detroit
Former President Donald Trump will appear with striking union members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) in Detroit, Michigan, as his opponents squabble for the spotlight on the debate stage on September 27, according to a report that multiple sources have confirmed to Breitbart News.
The New York Times first reported on Trump’s forthcoming appearance with Detroit auto workers striking against the big three automakers — General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis — which will serve as counter-programming to the GOP debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
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Elon Musk Sues Joe Biden’s Administration for Violating U.S. Constitution
Elon Musk’s SpaceX fired back at President Joe Biden and sued the U.S. government claiming that the government’s case accusing the space leader of refusing to hire refugees and asylees violates the U.S. Constitution.
According to Law.com: “SpaceX’s lawsuit, filed Sept. 15 in the Northern District of Texas, targets Administrative Law Judge Carol Bell of the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer, who was assigned the discrimination case on Sept. 11, along with Chief Administrative Hearing Officer James McHenry and Attorney General Merrick Garland.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. John Fetterman praised the pause on the Senate’s dress code for members, but some Republicans criticized the move, with one calling it an “embarrassment” to the American people.
“I feel it’s a little more freedom, which should be bipartisanship,” Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat known for his relaxed attire, told Fox News. “I don’t know why the right side seems to be losing their minds over it.”
“I think it’s a good thing, but I’m going to use it sparingly,” he added while wearing a short-sleeve button down. “I hope other colleagues take advantage of it too.”
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Billionaire Democrat donor George Soros gives at least $300,000 to a network of TikTok activists to praise Joe Biden and push ultra-left ideas of open borders and defunding the police on younger voters.
In a review of documents and social media by the New York Post, the outlet reported that Soros’ Open Society Foundation shelled out hundreds of thousands of dollars to ‘Gen-Z for Change.’
The nonprofit, previously known as ‘TikTok for Biden’, believes in abolishing border enforcement, defunding the police and ending cash bail.
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Hasan Minhaj Fabricated Stories to Paint Himself as Victim of White Racism and Anti-Muslim Bigotry
Astroturfed comedian Hasan Minhaj, whose entire act revolves around whining about being the victim of white racism and anti-Muslim bigotry, made up his stories of being oppressed, an investigation by The New Yorker found.
Ironically — and hilariously — Minhaj is now being canceled by the same controlled media that propped him up.
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Illinois Woman Arrested for Allegedly Battering Four Chicago Cops: Police
An Illinois woman was arrested after allegedly battering four Chicago Police Department officers over the weekend.
Cicero resident Esmeralda Aguilar, 24, was charged with four felony counts of aggravated battery to a peace officer over the incident, according to FOX 32 Chicago.
Chicago Police Department said the altercation took place in the 200 block of North Wabash Avenue early on Sunday. Authorities have not disclosed exactly what Aguilar is accused of doing.
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GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz has overruled Kevin McCarthy and took it upon himself to do what the speaker has failed to do for eight months.
Matt said:
“Speaker McCarthy, after eight months of inaction, I have taken the liberty of drafting a subpoena to Hunter Biden. It simply requires your date and signature. Millions of Americans are wondering if you’re serious.”
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NBC Drops Bombshell: Joe Biden is Worried He Might Die Before Hunter’s Legal Issues Are Resolved
NBC News is reporting that Democrat President Joe Biden is afraid that he will die before his son Hunter’s legal issues are resolved.
This admission is a gift to the GOP because VP Kamala Harris as president would be a disaster.
According to NBC, the president’s concerns were revealed by Michael LaRosa, a former press secretary to First Lady Jill Biden.
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NYC Moves to Create ‘Reparations Task Force’ Despite Major Budget Cuts Amid Migrant Crisis
New York City is considering plans to plow huge sums of taxpayer money into a series of measures that will, among other things, create a “reparations task force.”
The city’s Cultural Affairs Committee will also consider plans to remove statues of major historical figures like George Washington.
However, the moves come as NYC buckles under major sweeping budget cuts as the “sanctuary city” battles an unprecedented migrant crisis.
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Phoenix Mayor Moves to Enforce WEF’s Ban on Meat, Dairy, Private Car Ownership
The Democrat mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, Kate Gallego, has taken steps toward enforcing the globalist agenda of the World Economic Forum (WEF) by moving to ban meat and dairy consumption and private car ownership in an effort to meet the radical claim goals of the green agenda.
Gallego is reportedly laying the groundwork to usher in WEF founder Klaus Schwab’s 2030 Agenda in Phoenix.
The mayor has been working with the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group.
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Polls: Donald Trump Leads Biden Nationally in Head-to-Head Presidential Race
Former President Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden in a hypothetical 2024 presidential election matchup, according to a CBS News/YouGov poll and a Harvard-Harris poll.
The CBS News/YouGov poll released Sunday shows that 50 percent of 4,002 U.S. adults sampled would vote for Trump in a rematch of the 2020 presidential election while 49 percent would back Biden. Just one percent of voters are undecided in such a scenario.
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Renowned Biochemist Testifies: COVID Shots Are Spiked With DNA
A renowned biochemist has testified before the South Carolina Senate that he has uncovered evidence showing that every dose of Pfizer’s mRNA Covid vaccine is spiked with billions of pieces of DNA.
The explosive testimony was given by cancer genomics expert Dr. Phillip Buckhaults.
He was called to testify before the state Senate about the DNA contamination found in Pfizer’s mRNA Covid shots.
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Republicans Move to Prevent Bodies Like a Disinformation Governance Board From Ever Being Created
Legislation that seeks to tie the hands of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from setting up another Disinformation Governance Board is being launched by House Republicans. Brought about by Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ronny Jackson, and August Pfluger, this move is viewed as the Party’s effort to block limitations on what it deems to be free speech by federal agencies.
The DHS had originally set up a Disinformation Governance Board with a view to counteract, as it claimed, misinformation, malformation and disinformation. Yet, the initiative was met with criticism from conservative groups, leading to the body’s disbandment in 2022. Concerns centered around allegations of stifled free speech and political bias, rather than a focus on national security issues.
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Roseanne Barr Criticizes YouTube Censorship, Praises Rumble for Supporting Free Speech
As a champion for free speech and the exchange of ideas, renowned comedian and television personality Roseanne Barr has heaped praises on video-sharing platform Rumble, citing its commitment to free speech as an attractive feature in the wake of censorship by the tech giant YouTube.
Barr, whose ideas and bold statements have often sparked controversy, voiced her support for Rumble this week, adding that she had experienced censorship on YouTube.
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Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) has written to top Biden administration officials demanding the White House reveal if Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, a transgender individual claiming to be a spokesperson for the Ukrainian military, has ties to American intelligence services and if U.S. funds are currently subsidising Ashton-Cirillo’s apparent role in Ukraine after the personality went viral vowing that Russian “propagandists will be hunted down”.
In a letter, seen by Breitbart News, to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance has requested any information the U.S. government has on apparently American-born former freelance journalist Sarah Ashton-Cirillo — born Michael John Cirillo — who reportedly became a spokesperson for the Ukrainian military earlier this year.
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The Pentagon Pays Researcher Who Branded Hunter Biden Laptop Story as “Disinformation”
The Pentagon has recently awarded a contract to a technology company helmed by Lisa Kaplan, a prominent scholar in the field of “disinformation.” Kaplan famously lauded Twitter’s controversial decision in 2020 to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story. The crackdown by Twitter, she argued, was a necessary step in the fight against the spread of false news. This controversial perspective has raised several concerns about infringement on citizens’ rights to free speech and access to information.
A $72,321 contract was issued to Kaplan’s company, The Washington Free Beacon reported, a transaction that has drawn attention in the light of Kaplan’s previous support of censorship. This access to foreign disinformation tracking services has been granted by the Defense Department, on top of a $49,328 contract last year to develop a machine learning tool to “mitigate” disinformation.
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‘They Were Laughing’: Woman Viciously Beaten at Seattle-Area Gas Station Over Cash, Cigs and Candy
A cashier who was viciously beaten during a robbery at a Seattle-area gas station said the young male suspects laughed during the attack.
“They were laughing. They had no [regard] for anything,” Leah Johnston told FOX13.
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Vacant Detroit Credit Union Explodes After Attempted Robbery
(CBS DETROIT) — An explosion happened at a former credit union in Detroit Monday night after three thieves broke into the building and tried to steal a water heater.
The former credit union building is located at 3151 Gratiot Ave.
On Tuesday, Sept. 19, Detroit police confirmed that the explosion happened after three suspects broke into the building and tried to steal water heater.
While they were removing the pipes, an explosion happened.
Police are still searching for the three suspects connected to this crime.
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Washington Mayor Claims She’s Being Harassed After Calling 911 on ‘Far Right’ Activists at Walmart
A Washington mayor said she’s being harassed after audio from her 911 call to report a group of “far right-wing” petition signature gatherers at Walmart surfaced online.
“There’s some far right-wing petitioners at Walmart, and they don’t — they’re not leaving,” Yakima Mayor Janice Deccio can be heard saying in a 911 call from Sept. 3. “Walmart has asked them repeatedly to do so, and the police have not taken them off the premises.”
Activists were gathering signatures on six Washington ballot initiatives relating to taxes, parental rights and police pursuits over the Labor Day weekend. The initiatives are funded by a group called Let’s Go Washington, which did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.
A recording of Deccio’s 911 call was first shared on YouTube by conservative commentator Glen Morgan last week.
In the call, the dispatcher and a supervisor can be heard telling Deccio that the petitioners have a right to gather signatures on private property under state law and that Walmart would need to obtain a court order to stop them.
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‘We Need to Act Now’: 100+ Climate Activists Arrested During NYC Fossil Fuels Protest
The gloomy, rainy weather did not deter demonstrators Monday as hundreds marched in Lower Manhattan as they protested the impact of fossil fuels on the environment.
In the end, more than 100 people were arrested for blocking the doors to the Federal Reserve.
Almost as soon as the protesters locked arms in front of the New York Federal Reserve, the police moved in with zip ties.
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China’s ‘CEO Whisperers’: Chinese Communist Party Takes Over Canada
“When I look… at the subtle but intense influence of China on Canadian institutions — parliaments, provincial governments, local governments, universities, the intellectual community, the policy community — it makes me deadly worried,” said Australian professor Clive Hamilton, author of Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World (co-authored by Mareike Ohlberg), speaking to Canada’s National Post in 2019. “I’ve met some very well-informed Canadians who aren’t sure Canada will be able to extricate itself from this situation.”
Hamilton, who “blew the whistle on Australia says Canada is in even worse trouble.”
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Miklós Szanthó is a lawyer and political analyst, and the head of the Center for Fundamental Rights (Alapjogokért Központ), a conservative legal research institute founded in 2013.
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Czechia: Massive Anti-War, Anti-Globalism Protest in Prague
Tens of thousands of Czechs packed Prague’s iconic Wenceslas Square this past weekend to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s government, criticizing its stance on Ukraine and expressing opposition to NATO, the EU, cultural and political globalism, and Washington’s meddling in European affairs.
The third of its kind to take place in the capital this year, the rally, which Czech and other mainstream press outlets called ‘pro-Russian’ and claimed only saw 10,000 people gather, was organized by the extra-parliamentary, anti-globalist party PRO (Law, Respect, Expertise), led by Jindrich Rajchl, a lawyer, activist, and politician.
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EU Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen Praises EU Censorship Bill
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen can add another issue that she allegedly has no capacity to properly understand, as far as critics of her works are concerned: this time, the digital age.
What caused this latest round of bafflement regarding the EU Commission’s stance was Leyen’s midweek address to the European Parliament, titled, “State of the European Union.”
Well, some members (MEPs) of that parliament, not least Germany’s digital security and privacy advocate and MEP Patrick Breyer, don’t think the state of the EU is particularly healthy, given Von der Leyen’s remarks.
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EU Invests Millions in Dystopian Degrowth Project
With the European Green Deal meeting resistance, the EU Commission is planning for its next sweeping political agenda: a global, planned economy.
The Commission is now funding—to the tune of €10 million—the ‘Post-Growth Deal,’ a project that proposes to provide the framework of the next New Deal, this one based on the concept of economic degrowth.
According to the World Economic Forum, degrowth “broadly means shrinking rather than growing economies, to use less of the world’s dwindling resources.” For many of its advocates, it means a planned restriction on economic growth and a rationing of resources by the government. In its most pernicious forms, it includes population control.
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FPÖ Surges to 32%, Austria Nears First Woman Chancellor
With dissatisfaction rife among the population over a considerable decline in the standard of living, among other things, support for the right-wing, anti-globalist Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) has once again climbed to a new record high, with the latest poll revealing that nearly one in three Austrians would vote for the conservative party if elections were held this weekend.
The opinion survey, published Saturday, September 17th, was carried out by the firm Unique Research for the magazine Profil and indicated the anti-establishment FPÖ would garner 32% of the national vote, far ahead of the liberal-conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) and the left-liberal Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), which stand at 24% and 21%, respectively.
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Germany Plans Energy Subsidies Without Brussels’ Consent
The German government is laying down the foundation for a new multi-billion-euro subsidy scheme to prevent companies from leaving the country due to high electricity prices, despite such programs being an important redline for the EU for distorting the internal market, Politico reported on Monday, September 18th.
The news came directly from Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s office, who was against further energy subsidies until recently but has been experiencing heavy pressure from his Socialist Party (SPD) and regional governments of 16 German states.
According to Scholz’s spokesman Steffen Hebestreit, the chancellery, the economy, and the finance ministry are “working intensively” to find ways to finance and introduce the next energy subsidy scheme.
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Hungarian Farmers Protest Against EU Decision to Allow Ukrainian Grain Imports
Hundreds of Hungarian farmers protested on Sunday at the Zahony border crossing with Ukraine after the European Union decision on Friday not to extend the import on Ukrainian grain, known for its heavy reliance on toxic substances and pesticidies banned in the European Union.
Farmers with tractors and other agricultural machinery lined up on the main road leading to the border crossing, with their machines occupying one lane of traffic.
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Irish Populism Starts Stirring? Dublin Conference Airs Unease Over Hate Speech Bill
Something of a European blackspot when it comes to right-wing populism, a remarkably well-attended event in Ireland over the weekend offers tangible hope that a political thaw could be coming to the Emerald Isle faster than originally anticipated.
Billed as a rallying point for Irish citizens against draconian new hate speech legislation scheduled to come onto the books over the next few months, the conference, dubbed “Ireland Uncensored” managed the best part of a thousand attendees in a country where the ruling party can scarcely manage 700 at their annual conference.
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Netherlands: Hundreds of Activists Block the A12 for the Ninth Day in a Row, Removed by Police
Several hundred climate activists from Extinction Rebellion blocked the A12 highway in The Hague on Sunday for the ninth day in a row. With the action, they protested against government measures that support the fossil fuel industry. The police used a water cannon after some time to disperse the protesters.
The blockade began shortly before noon. The activists were divided into two groups. A smaller group of about 30 men blocked an intersection. In addition, several hundred people stood along the road to support the demonstrators.
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Gimo Baram is the leader and founder of Zwarte Piet is Zwart, an anti-globalist, anti-mass migration party aiming to return the Netherlands to a place of tradition and community, and defend the country against ‘climate mass-hysteria.’ He talked to The European Conservative about the divisions in Dutch society, the problems with uniting the Right, and his views on the BBB and COVID-19.
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Poland Preparing WWII Reparations Claim Against Russian-Led Soviet Union
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki used the 84th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s WWII-era decision to invade Poland on Sept. 17, 1939, to announce that Poland is preparing a report on the losses incurred by Poland due to the Soviet Union’s invasion and occupation of Poland.
Morawiecki said that “Sept. 17 is a painful date for Poland and should be a painful one for Europe too.” He added that the Soviet occupation did not end when the war finished but continued for another 45 years.
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Polish Minister Attempts Suicide After Police Raid Foreign Ministry Over Visa Bribery Scandal
Polish liberal media outlets claim that migrants received visas by paying bribes to a Polish deputy foreign minister, a situation that could be particularly damaging to the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, known for its hardline stance on immigration.
In late August, Poland’s Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA) conducted a police search at the foreign ministry after receiving alerts from other EU states about an unusually high number of migrants entering the Schengen Area on Polish visas, which give holders the right to work throughout the bloc, including in countries like Germany.
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Romania Mulls Building Massive Electricity Link to Hungary to Export Green Energy
Romania is planning to build a massive electricity link to sell its green energy to the West, including Hungary, with the cost of the high-voltage lines expected to run into the billions.
According to the Financial Post, Romanian Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja said in an interview in Bucharest that the Balkan country’s electricity production will be boosted by 10,000 megawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030. The minister hopes that within six months, a detailed feasibility study will be completed, detailing the capacity of the planned pipeline, which is estimated to cost more than €3 billion.
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Spain: More Busts in the Green Energy Boom
Just a few months ago the future looked sunny and bright for both SolarProfit and EiDF, two companies in Spain that install solar panels both for private citizens and for large solar parks connected to the grid.
But in August, EiDF’s profits collapsed, falling 69.9%. Its shares dropped to €8.93 from €29.76. It lost €1.2 billion in a day.
SolarProfit was next. In September, its stocks sank 42.92% and it had to lay off 30% of its staff to rebalance its books.
Both are traded on the BME Growth, Spain’s stock market for smaller companies.
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Spain Leads OECD in School Dropouts
Spain has a giant missing middle of young people without an education that would allow them to compete in the job market, according to the latest annual report on education from the OECD.
Ironically, while students spend more hours in school than average and the country also boasts slightly higher than average levels of university graduates, it has among the highest rates of young people who barely complete the required secondary education.
According to Education at a Glance, the OECD’s annual macro report on education, 27% of the Spanish population 25-34 years old—32% of boys and 21% of girls—have not completed either the baccalaureate or basic post-secondary professional formation. This means 1.4 million young people in Spain have no professional qualification at all, and among these are many who do not even complete compulsory secondary education, known as ESO. Additionally, 17% are ninis, meaning they are neither working nor studying, a rate that is worse only in Italy.
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State-Funded Video Sparks Hungary-Sweden Diplomatic Spat
A new video produced by the Swedish public broadcaster Utbildningsradion (UR) that attempts to paint the Hungarian state as anti-democratic has sparked widespread outrage in Hungary, prompting stern warnings from high-level government officials that the inflammatory content could affect Sweden’s NATO accession bid.
The 10-minute episode, titled “The EU and Democracy,” is part of a four-part series on the European Union, that, among other things, details—and puts forward a sympathetic view of—actions taken against Hungary by various EU institutions in the name of ‘democratic values’ and what they call ‘the rule of law.’
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Top EU Leader Calls on Public to Rise Up Against Mandates and Lockdowns: ‘It’s All Coming Back’
A top European Union official has gone rogue to warn the public that Covid lockdowns and mandates are “all coming back.”
Christine Anderson, Germany’s member of the European Parliament, issued a statement calling on citizens around the world to rise up against the return of Covid restrictions.
During an address before the European Parliament, Anderson vowed to continue fighting for the freedoms of people across the globe.
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UK: Black People Built Stonehenge
New children’s history book promoted by government-funded body says black people built Stonehenge, and that Britain was a black country before white people came.
We wuz Mesolithic hunter-gatherers n’ shiet!
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UK: Brexit Bitterness Continues to Cloud Reporting
In the same way that Britain’s more Eurosceptic newspapers will take even harmful policies and suggest they illustrate the successes of Brexit, those that campaigned for ‘Remain’ rarely miss an opportunity to remind their readers that the 2016 vote was a mistake.
Having untied itself from Brussels regulations, Britain is now becoming the “toxic poster child of Europe.” That is according to a campaigner quoted in The Guardian on Wednesday in an article criticising the government for failing to ban 36 pesticides that are not allowed in the EU. Of these, the paper noted that 13 are considered “highly hazardous,” while four are “highly toxic to bees,” one “contaminates water,” and one is “highly toxic to aquatic organisms.”
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UK: Labour Pledges Closer Ties With EU if Elected
Britain’s Labour Party has said the Tory-negotiated Brexit deal is “too thin” and that it will work towards greater UK-EU bonds if it wins the next general election.
Party leader Sir Keir Starmer seems to be working on the assumption that Britons are less wary of Brussels now than when they voted seven years ago to split from the bloc. After last week dipping its toes into the idea of cooperating more with the EU after the 2024 election, on stopping illegal Channel migration, Labour HQ has now publicly submerged itself in the drive to building closer ties.
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An unsettling wave of censorship, imposing a wall of silence around the Covid vaccines’ sometimes adverse effects, has been revealed by the official UK Covid Inquiry. Those afflicted or bereaved by the vaccines are resorting to coded online communication to share their experiences due to censorship fears. Chairperson Baroness Hallett was informed during a recent hearing that even healthcare personnel are apprehensive about voicing vaccine-induced side effects, out of concern for repercussions.
Without a doubt, this represents an appalling curbing of free speech and free expression. This issue has come to light as campaign groups representing a multitude of individuals affected by vaccines in one way or another are now able to present their case to the public inquiry.
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Why the EU is Unlikely to Take Action Against Poland’s Ban on Ukrainian Grain — for Now
With Poland openly defying the European Commission decision not to extend the embargo on Ukrainian grain, there are questions as to how the EU will respond.
However, according to Polish commercial radio RMF, the European Commission will not be hurrying with such actions before the Polish general election, which is to take place on Oct.15.
According to the portal of RMF 24, a high-ranking official within the Commission said that “there is no appetite at present for any tough actions against Poland.”
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YouTube Targets Russell Brand, Cuts Off His Income, Despite No Content Violations
Big Tech woes deepen for British comedian and actor Russell Brand as the popular video-sharing platform YouTube extinguishes his monetization privileges in response to sexual assault allegations. However, Brand’s demonetization isn’t based on any of the content on the platform. YouTube has made the decision to punish the creator for off-site allegations that have yet to face a court of law.
A YouTube spokesperson said: “If a creator’s off-platform behavior harms our users, employees or ecosystem, we take action.”
Brand, a prolific commentator with an impressive following of 6.6 million subscribers has, in recent years, turned his attention to growing authoritarianism and the threats to civil liberties — surrounding the Covid pandemic and beyond.
His production frequency, averaging five videos weekly, has included critical social debates and commentary. With the demonetization in effect, Brand can still circulate his videos but is entirely stripped of all advertising profits.
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After Ukraine Sues Poland, Former Polish PM Slams Ukraine’s Aggressive Attitude Towards an Ally
Ukraine has launched legal action against Poland, Hungary and Slovakia over their unilateral bans on Ukrainian grain exports, which it considers to be a “violation of their international obligations.” The lawsuit filed on Monday evening before the World Trade Organization (WTO) is meant to launch “consultations” with the three Eastern countries, read the statement from Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko.
Earlier, the Ukrainian trade minister, Taras Kachka, announced the lawsuit in an interview with Politico, claiming “it was important to demonstrate these bans are illegal and that the whole world should see how EU member states behave with regard to their trading partners.” He said it was important to file the lawsuit against the three countries so that others do not follow their example.
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Milley and Stoltenberg Agree: ‘We Must Prepare Ourselves for a Long War in Ukraine’
Two top Western officials have just said that NATO is preparing to settle in for a “long war” in Ukraine, as the prospect for peace negotiations retreats further and further on the horizon.
First, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in an interview published Sunday by Germany’s Funke Media Group said the alliance is committed to seeing military support to Kiev through, and that this is the only way to achieve peace. “Most wars last longer than expected when they first begin. Therefore, we must prepare ourselves for a long war in Ukraine,” he said, and added: “We must recognize that if Zelensky and the Ukrainians stop fighting, their country will no longer exist. If President Putin and Russia stop fighting, we will have peace.”
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Polish President Calls for Special Tribunal for Investigating Russian War Crimes in Ukraine
Andrzej Duda tells UN that Russia needs to pay for human damage inflicted in Ukraine
WARSAW — Polish President Andrzej Duda urged the UN on Tuesday to support the creation of a special tribunal to investigate Russian war crimes in Ukraine.
“The perpetrators must be punished,” said Duda, speaking at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, adding “evil should be called evil.”
“We in Poland know that freedom is not given once and forever. That is why we perfectly understand the tragedy of the Ukrainian nation,” he said.
Russian President “Vladimir Putin wanted to subjugate Ukraine, but he failed. I believe he will not succeed.”
Duda noted that today there is an attack on Ukraine, but another country could also take its place.
Duda was scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday.???????
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Russian Drone Attack on Western Ukraine City Sparks an Inferno at a Warehouse and Kills 1
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a massive drone attack on the western city of Lviv early Tuesday, burning down a warehouse said to house humanitarian supplies and killing one man, Ukrainian authorities said. It was one of at least three deadly attacks in different cities.
Ukraine intercepted most of the 30 Shahed drones overnight, the country’s air force said. But drones that got through air defense systems sparked an inferno at the industrial storage facility, Gov. Maksym Kozytsky said.
The U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine condemned the drone strikes and said they had burned down a charity’s warehouse that contained vital relief supplies. Denise Brown said the attack violated international humanitarian law that protects workers, facilities and supplies.
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Zelensky: Ukraine Will Respond in ‘Civilized Manner’ to Poland, Hungary and Slovakia’s Grain Bans
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country will offer a “civilized response” to the recent grain import bans instituted by three Central European countries.
The Ukrainian president also reacted on his Telegram channel, where he thanked European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for the decision to lift restrictions on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products into the EU. He, however, warned Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.
“Ukraine will respond in a civilized manner,” he wrote.
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Zelensky’s Latest Sackings Could be a Message to Biden
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sacked six of his deputy defence ministers on Monday, September 18th, only two weeks after firing the minister himself, Oleksii Reznikov. There was no explanation given for the sackings, with new Defence Minister Rustem Umierov calling the decision a “fresh start”, and a source close to the Ministry saying “a complete overhaul is underway.”
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American Citizen Among 19 Taken Hostage by Taliban for ‘Promoting Christianity’
An American citizen is among a group of 19 people to be captured and taken hostage by the Taliban.
The Islamic terrorist group raided the offices of a Swiss nonprofit group based in Afghanistan for allegedly “promoting Christianity.”
The International Assistance Mission (IAM) has confirmed that the Taliban detained the American worker and 18 others.
The Taliban stormed the offices of the nonprofit in Ghor, just 400 miles outside of Kabul.
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Three West African Nations Forge Security Pact Amid Shifting Global Dynamics
Following the military coups in the Sahel nations of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso which—along with the ascendancy of the BRICS group and the Global South—have laid bare the liberal, collective West’s diminishing influence worldwide, the three states over the weekend inked a collective security agreement.
The decisive move toward collective defense comes just weeks after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) threatened to invade Niger in the wake of its military coup that overthrew President Mohomad Bazoum, which in turn prompted Niger to place its armed forces on the highest alert level.
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Bamberg is considered one of Germany’s most beautiful cities and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, but the city has not been spared the scenes of chaos seen in bigger cities due to the country’s spiraling migrant crisis. Over the weekend, a migrant center housing hundreds of people saw rival migrants battling each other after an ongoing feud that had forced police to be called back to the location multiple times.
In a video posted to social media, a group of approximately 40 men was seen storming the migrant center, with a number of them screaming “Allahu Akbar.”
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With Germany’s left-wing government sinking in the polls over a spiraling migration crisis and an economy in free fall, the left is starting to run low on voters. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser may have the solution to the problem: give asylum seekers the right to vote in local state elections after just six months in Germany. The program, if implemented, would translate into millions of new voters overnight.
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Chicago Democrats are revolting against President Joe Biden over the large number of illegal Southern Border crossers who are arriving in the state of Illinois.
The people of Chicago voted for Biden by a huge percentage in the 2020 election.
However, they are now revolting and demanding that city leaders “close the borders of Chicago” to stop the influx of illegal migrants.
Migrants are not eligible for asylum if they are just coming here for work.
However, many admit they are economic migrants when asked.
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— as Experts Warn That Public Opinion is Turning Against Open-Door Policies
With the political row raging in the UK, figures show that numbers of asylum seekers were higher in Germany, France, Austria, and Spain last year.
Keir Starmer has been accused of risking turning Britain into a ‘dumping ground’ for migrants coming to the EU after he mooted joining a ‘burden-sharing’ scheme to distribute arrivals.
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EU’s New Migration Crisis Needs Radical Action, Not Old Solutions, Warns Polish Expert
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s visit to the embattled Italian island of Lampedusa after it received 10,000 migrants in just three days was mostly a PR mission, as the solutions being offered will only encourage more immigration, argues Polish prof. Tomasz Grosse.
Grosse, an expert on EU policy, says that the current migration crisis requires radical measures such as refusing to process the asylum claims of illegal arrivals and sending them back to where they came from rather than the plan proposed by Ursula von der Leyen, which simply encourages more illegal migrants to arrive.
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France: Foreigners Commit 69% of Robberies, Violent Crimes, and Sexual Assaults on Public Transport
Last year, 69 percent of violent robberies and other violent crimes, including sexual assaults, on public transport in the greater Paris region of Île-de-France were perpetrated by foreign nationals, according to the annual figures of the SSMSI, the statistics bureau of the French Ministry of Interior.
However, looking closer at the data, it is revealed that Africans alone are responsible for 52 percent of such crimes while only representing 3.2 percent of the population of France.
Even for all of France, the data clearly shows that African nationals account for 42 percent of the above-mentioned types of crimes, way above their statistical weight within the French population.
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France’s Le Pen Slams Meloni’s Handling of Italy’s Migrant Crisis, Refers to ‘Cowardice’
Marine Le Pen, who leads the National Rally’s parliamentary faction in France, joined her Italian ally Matteo Salvini during a rally in Italy where she slammed Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni over her handling of Italy’s raging immigration crisis.
“(There is) trouble, trouble for those leaders who don’t realize there are signs of alarm and danger from the massive arrival of migrants on Lampedusa. An island of 6,000 people, where more than 6,000 migrants arrived in a single day — trouble for the population in which the leaders don’t take action immediately to face this giant challenge,” said Le Pen. Although Le Pen never mentions Meloni by name, the Associated Press characterized the comments as a “swipe” at Meloni during the rally in Pontida, Italy, where thousands gathered to watch Le Pen and Salvini, leader of the Leauge party, speak.
However, in even more shocking terminology, Le Pen referred to Meloni and what she described as “cowardice,” saying that there are those leaders “who justify their cowardice by claiming there is no alternative.”
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France Refuses Lampedusa Migrants Amid Rising Tensions
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has stated that France will not take in any migrants from the Italian island of Lampedusa after waves of boats containing more illegals than the island’s entire population arrived in recent days.
While the French minister assured Italy that France would aid in helping to defend Italy’s borders, Darmanin was firm on rejecting the idea that his country would take in any illegals saying, “We will not take charge of the migrants who are arriving in Lampedusa,” the newspaper Il Giornale reports. Darmanin added,
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Germany : 8 Migrants Arrested for Sexual Assault of 13-Year-Old Girl in Cologne Swimming Pool
Eight foreign nationals have been arrested for surrounding and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in a Cologne swimming pool in Germany, with the girl managing to free herself and immediately alert police on Sunday.
According to police, there are eight suspects between the ages of 16 and 26 who are said to have surrounded the girl in a bathroom at the pool. They harassed her and fondled her, according to the police report released on Monday.
The main suspect, a 16-year-old Iraqi, is said to have reached inside the girl’s bikini bottom. She freed herself from her attackers and went to inform a lifeguard, who then called the police. They arrived in seven patrol cars and discovered the suspects at the exit of the pool, according to German broadcaster ZDF.
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The NSW Labor government has blamed surging population growth for the ‘housing affordability crisis’. More Australians are now living in a high-rise unit as cities become overcrowded.
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Invasion Unfolds — Musk Slams Soros for Wanting “Destruction of Western Civilization”
UPDATE: After seeing viral footage of the invasion unfold in Lampedusa, tech billionaire Elon Musk slammed George Soros for appearing to want the “destruction of Western civilization.”
“That’s because Western Civilization is founded on Christianity,” responded Infowars editor Jamie White.
Original article below:
The situation in Lampedusa, Italy, continues to worsen as hordes of African migrants have deluged the Mediterranean island and are now erecting blockades reportedly in protest of Italian authorities.
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Italians staged mass protests on the island of Lampedusa just hours before the visit of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen along with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Sunday. Italian residents on the island, who are now outnumbered by illegal immigrants, were demanding measures to stop the flood of migrants, which has become unsustainable.
More boats carrying migrants continue to arrive on the island, with more than 100 arriving so far on Sunday. The influx of migrants has exceeded 10,000 in the past week, while the small island of Lampedusa has a total population of around 6,000. Last Tuesday alone, over 6,000 illegal migrants arrived on the island in just 24 hours.
Hundreds of people took to the streets on Saturday to demand an immediate solution to the situation. Footage posted on social media shows the frustration of locals.
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Lampedusa Crisis Enters Polish Election Campaign
“Those who advocate for a quota system and the reception of illegal migrants want to bring about a humanitarian crisis in Poland,” Dominik Tarczynski, Member of the European Parliament for the Polish governing conservative party, Law and Justice (PiS) said in a video posted on social media platform, X. The politician recently visited Lampedusa, a small Italian island, which is the nearest European destination for migrants making their way across the Mediterranean Sea from Libya or Tunisia. Lampedusa has been heavily burdened by waves of illegal migrants ever since the start of the European migration crisis in 2015. The number of people crossing the sea with the help of smugglers has significantly increased in the past few months, and a record-breaking number of illegal migrants, 5,000 arrived in one given day last week. The island, whose population is just around 6,000 people, is being overwhelmed.
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Right-wing politicians gathered in Italy at a political rally hosted by League leader Matteo Salvini in the run-up to next year’s European Parliament elections, with the parties focusing on fighting mass immigration and the left-liberal bloc’s domination of European politics.
During the rally, France’s Marine Le Pen, parliamentary leader of the National Rally, said that Europe’s right-wing parties must gather forces together to protect the people of Europe against mass immigration.
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Poland: Pro-Migrant Activist Arrested on Charges of People Smuggling
An activist working along the Poland-Belarus border to assist incoming foreigners has been arrested on charges of leading an activist group that, for a fee, helped migrants illegally cross into Poland.
Investigators have determined that at least 13 individuals, mainly citizens of India and Egypt, have used the services of the 48-year-old woman.
Each foreigner allegedly paid members of the group €5,000 to enter Poland. The woman was apprehended by officers of the Silesian Border Guard Unit in cooperation with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBSP).
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EXCLUSIVE: Two illegal immigrants who were put in charge of an £800,000 cannabis factory at the heart of the Home Counties have been jailed for two years each and face deportation.
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UK: Hotels for Asylum Seekers Are Now Costing the Home Office Up to £8million a Day, Figures Reveal
Taxpayers are stumping up £8million a day to keep Channel migrants in hotels, official figures revealed yesterday.
Campaigners described the sum as ‘horrendous’ and urged ministers to ‘get a grip’ on the spiralling costs.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman cited a figure on Monday of £6million — a sum not updated since January despite there being nearly 24,000 clandestine crossings since then.
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Italy’s hard-Right prime minister has claimed that Europe’s future is at stake unless the EU can stop the surge of uncontrolled migration across the Mediterranean.
Giorgia Meloni, leader of the populist Brothers of Italy party, made the declaration alongside the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on the Italian island of Lampedusa, where thousands of irregular migrants have landed on their journeys to Europe.
‘The future that Europe wants for itself is at stake here,’ Meloni, 46, declared at a press conference on the island.
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Von Der Leyen’s Ten-Point Plan to Solve Italy’s Migration Crisis
“A European challenge needs a European answer,” EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a joint press conference with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Sunday, September 17th, during the duo’s surprise visit to the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, overwhelmed by thousands of illegal arrivals in recent weeks. The Commission’s chief announced her ten-point action plan to counter the crisis, which includes ramping up deportations, cracking down on traffickers, and relying on the solidarity of the entire EU.
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Watch: Freight Train Full of Migrants Heading to Southern US Border
Fox News journalist Griff Jenkins shared a video on X showing a freight train packed with hundreds of migrants heading north toward the US border. This further suggests that President Biden’s new strategy to curb illegal southern border crossings may not work.
Jenkins explained the FerroMex freight train departed from Zacatecas, Mexico, on Sunday and is “heading to our southern border right now.” He said the migrants were cheering and clearly not heeding the message: do not come.”
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As Surrogacy Booms, Arrangements Get Weirder
A French ‘couple’ now has two babies thanks to contracting surrogacy arrangements in the U.S.
The caveat, though, is that the pair are brother and sister and their children now have impossibly muddled family relationships—all motivated by the desire to have heirs to the family fortune.
So reports the Mail Online about the strange case, and more cases like this are expected to happen as surrogacy heads for a global boom.
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Singer Maren Morris claimed the “Trump years” exposed the bigoted views of people in the country music industry which led to her giving up on the genre.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times on Friday, the “Get the Hell Out of Here” singer spoke about her transition from country music over the last year. She primarily blamed what she called “the Trump years” for allowing people to feel “proud” for being “misogynistic and racist” in their music.
“After the Trump years, people’s biases were on full display. It just revealed who people really were and that they were proud to be misogynistic and racist and homophobic and transphobic. All these things were being celebrated, and it was weirdly dovetailing with this hyper-masculine branch of country music. I call it butt rock,” Morris said.
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France: C’est Ma’am! Gynaecologist Accused of Transphobia for Not Examining Male Patient
A French gynaecologist has come under fire from groups who claim to tackle homophobia after refusing to examine a male-to-female transgender person claiming that he only knew how to take care of women and had no experience treating men.
The alleged ‘anti-hate’ group SOS Homophobie called attention to doctor Victor Acharian, a gynaecologist in the city of Pau, and specifically to an exchange of words on the doctor’s Google review page.
“I have no competence to deal with men, even if they have shaved their beards and come to tell my secretary that they have become women,” Dr Acharian wrote after receiving a negative review from the transgender person involved, the newspaper Le Figaro reports.
On X, the social media platform formally known as Twitter, SOS Homophobie wrote, “We denounce the transphobic and discriminatory remarks of gynaecologist Victor Acharian in Pau. Transphobia is a reality with serious consequences, particularly in access to health. It affects the entire territory.”
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Major Retailers to Pull Bud Light From Shelves After Sales Fail to Return
Several major retailers across America are to soon stop stocking Bud Light after the ongoing catastrophic dip in sales has shown no sign of ending.
Over the last several months, Bud Light has failed to see sales return after the beermaker fully embraced the “woke” movement by featuring transgender Dylan Mulvaney in an ad campaign.
The disastrous campaign resulted in the company losing its title as America’s most popular beer brand.
Bud Lught’s parent company Anheuser-Busch has also seen billions of dollars wiped from its value.
The news just keeps getting worse, however.
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Ukraine’s Trans ‘Spokesperson’ Lashes Out at J.D. Vance for Spreading ‘Gender Chaos’
Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, a transgender “spokesperson” of the Ukrainian military, criticised Senator J.D. Vance for focusing on “gender chaos” while refusing to deny links to the U.S. government.
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Ursula von der Leyen is “visiting” Lampedusa? How nice. The locals should pack her off to North Africa in one of the boats used to ferry invaders to Lampedusa.
I’d settle for her being tossed with her entourage into one of the overflowing orc holding pens and being raped to death and eaten; not necessarily in that order. Then the orc invaders can be driven into the sea and swim back to Africa.
If its God’s will they will survive the sharks; if not, it must not have been God’s will.
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The deadly threat of Muslim migration
No, Pim, it is now hours past midnight, not just five inutes, in both the Netherlands and in Europe
“It is five minutes to midnight, not just in the Netherlands but in Europe. I stand with this country, which has been built up in six centuries. There is a goddamned fifth column in this country that wants to take us into the abyss. I tell them [foreigners], you can stay here, but you adapt. When I visit their neighborhoods they tell me Allah is great, that I am a dirty pig and the leader of the Christian Democrats is a Christian dog. The people are fed up with the soft approach of the ruling parties, which is the reason I have won many seats during the elections. Fine, then I will be murdered. But the problem will remain.”
— Pim Fortuyn
Remembering Pim Fortuyn
Webb17 sep. 2023
by Eric Rembrandt, American Renaissance,
BOTH AUDIO AND TEXT
https://www.amren.com/news/2023/09/remembering-pim-fortuyn/
3.4 BILLION “Africans” will leave “Africa” just next year.
Thats 3.4 BILLION in ONE YEAR!
There are not even 1 BILLION “Whites” left on Earth.
Ever feel betrayed?
I repeat: that would leave Africa with MINUS 2 billion people.
I call that a good start.
Polish MEP returns from Lampedusa, with a message for all of Europe…
https://twitter.com/D_Tarczynski/status/1704503926446231916
He has a few good observations but with regards to Putin funding this he is way off mark.
Perhaps the invasion of orcs causes problems for the European countries dumb enough to allow it, which might indirectly benefit Russia, but it is a shortsighted benefit like cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face. And maybe this politician thinks he will make political points by blaming the russian Schicklgruber, but the funding for this comes from Soros and other WEF billionaires and the retarded EU countries which freely spend taxpayer money to keep these orcs housed and fed once they are in Europe.
Poland isn’t blameless either, since while they currently are refusing to take orcs they freely fellate Uncle Sam and allow the FUSA to make them a colony with its soldiers garrisoned on its territory, while taking the position of belligerent with Russia at the behest of its new master.
EU, Schm-EU. That Poland has not changed one bit since 90 years ago, then and now emboldened by English/American backing.
https://www.wintersonnenwende.com/scriptorium/english/archives/articles/wrsynopsis.html
Very politically incorrect to dare utter such truths.
Like all European history, present day realities are echos of wrongs done to one another over centuries.
Poland once was a vast country which for a time dominated Eastern Europe and controlled a substantial chunk of Russia and what would later become Germany.
Granted Schicklgruber wasn’t a saint by any means but a lot of historical dirt was swept under the German carpet in the aftermath of WWII since it was far easier to blame one man for all the wrongs than the multitudes who had dirty hands and consciouses in bringing about the conditions which led to war.
This leads off-topic now but the Anglosaxons and we have a lot of talking to do. I don’t know when all of us might be ready to open up to the truth and put this terrible century to rest, this generation still doesn’t seem ready for it. There was some hope for new insights only recently when the Russians announced the opening of some hitherto closed archives, but now all that is out of everybody’s mind again. If we’re still here in another century or so…
I blame the bloody Brits in telling the Poles not to allow Germany access to East Prussia and that the Brits will have their back, and like every other deal with the devil(Brits) they stabbed the Poles in the back and the Germans attacked them on schedule.