A Russian missile strike hit the SBU (Ukrainian security service) building in Dnipro after Ukrainian Statehood Day celebrations. Meanwhile, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the war in Ukraine is aggravating geopolitical tensions.
In other news, Pope Francis told former President Bill Clinton that the ecological catastrophe brought about by climate change must be stopped.
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US National Debt Surpasses $33 TRILLION
On Monday, the United States’ gross national debt surpassed $33 trillion, the highest number on record. Debt held by the public, that which is owed by the government to those outside Washington, also hit a new record, at $27 trillion. The milestones comes just weeks before the Congress’ September 30 deadline to fund the government.
The US has owed money from its founding, however in recent years the national debt has skyrocketed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, growing $5 trillion between 2019 and 2020, and another $6 trillion since then.
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During a Wednesday House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Justice Department, Attorney General Merrick Garland testified that he did know how many or if there were any undercover federal agents among the crowd on January 6, 2021 at the Capitol.
Referencing a video showed to Garland of himself and other officials saying that they couldn’t comment on ongoing investigations, Rep. Thomas Massie said, “Now in that video, that was your answer to a question to me two years ago, when I said how many agents or assets of the government were present on January 5 and January 6, and agitating in the crowd to go into the Capitol and how many went into the Capitol.”
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Andy Ngo Forced to Hold Virginia Event in Secret Location Amid Antifa Cancel Campaign
Andy Ngo was scheduled to speak at an event organized by The Virginia Council and Common Sense Society at the Commonwealth Club in Richmond, Virginia on September 22, but the venue recently backed out, deciding not to host him and a slate of other speakers.
The event will go on as planned at a new location, however to prevent Antifa activists from shutting it down, Ngo has announced that he will only divulge the details to ticket holders closer to the 22nd.
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Biden’s Candidacy and the Radicalizing Power of Desperation
by Daniel Greenfield
On paper, Biden’s candidacy makes no sense. Unpopular even in his own party, most Americans believe that at the age of 80 he’s too old to run, and his long string of gaffes, lies and inappropriate behaviors are only bringing more Americans over to that view.
Even the majority of Democrats would like another candidate. Yet, bafflingly, the party has allowed Biden’s people to rig the primary calendar. Alternative candidates, most notably California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom, have been told to back down, and more fringe candidates, in and out of the party, have been subjected to harassment and smear campaigns.
A party uniting around an incumbent isn’t unusual, but in a bad economy and with widespread public dissatisfaction, there’s no apparent reason why the party should be clinging to an unpopular old white man from one of the smallest states in the country who has no strong base. It would have been nearly unthinkable for the Dems to drop Obama in 2012, but there’s no real reason for the Dems to make a politician who can barely campaign its presumptive nominee…
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Biden to Create New Deal-Style ‘Climate Corps’ Program Via Executive Order
President Biden announced on Wednesday that he will be bypassing Congress through an executive order to create an American Climate Corps, which is an initiative that will serve as a green jobs training program.
The American Climate Corps will employ more than 20,000 young adults to help promote conservation and help prevent catastrophic wildfires. They will also assist with installing solar panels, planting trees, and building trails, according to AP.
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Biden Moves to Ban Oil Drilling, Mining on New Mexico Tribal Land
Despite rising energy prices, the White House is proposing to block future drilling and mining on thousands of acres in northern New Mexico.
Biden’s Department of Interior claimed that in an attempt to protect Native American lands, the proposal would ban oil and gas development as well as new mining claims in over 4,200 acres in Sandoval County, New Mexico. The restrictions would remain in place for up to 50 years.
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Breaking: Trump Draws Massive Crowd for Iowa Rally as He Surges in Polls
On Wednesday afternoon, Trump appeared before a packed house in Maquoketa, Iowa, with a long line of people waiting in the rain to see the 2024 GOP frontrunner speak.
Trump told the crowd, “we’re going to win the Iowa caucuses in a historic landslide,” noting recent polling, which shows Trump moving ahead of Biden among voters.
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On Tuesday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the creation of the Homeland Intelligence Experts group, which contains 17 members.
This group will “provide advice and perspectives on intelligence and national security efforts to the Office of Intelligence and Analysis and the Office of Counterterrorism Coordinator to support DHS’ vital work to protect our country,” according to the press release.
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Breaking: Ray Epps Charged With Jan 6 Misdemeanor
It has been revealed that Jan. 6 participant Ray Epps was charged on Tuesday in connection to the Capitol riot of January 6.
“Epps is charged with one misdemeanor count, disorderly or disruptive conduct on restricted grounds. He was charged by information, which suggests that he plans to enter a plea deal,” NBC reports.
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Billy Chemirmir, a 50-year-old man who allegedly killed almost two dozen older women in addition to being convicted last year for taking the life of two women, was found dead in a Texas prison Tuesday morning after his cellmate had killed him, according to an official.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokeswoman Hannah Haney said that Chemirmir’s cellmate, who is in prison for murder, was identified as the killer. She would not release his identity nor how Chemirmir lost his life.
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DOJ, SEC Investigating Elon Musk Over ‘Perks’ Paid at Tesla Going Back Years
The pressure campaign to get Elon Musk to censor more on Twitter/X is not only coming from Jonathan Greenblatt at the ADL and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel but also Attorney General Merrick Garland at the DOJ and Gary Gensler at the SEC.
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A former Marine at a Defense watchdog told DailyMail.com that the Pentagon has know about software issues and vulnerabilities in the F-35 since 2019, but has not rectified the problems.
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FBI Lost Count of How Many Undercover Informants it Had at the Capitol on Jan 6
The FBI lost track of how many paid informants the agency had at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and as a result had to perform an audit to find out how many Confidential Human Sources run by different field offices were there that day, according to a bombshell new report.
Miranda Devine of The New York Post reported on Tuesday that Steven D’Antuono, formerly in charge of the bureau’s Washington field office, told lawmakers behind closed doors at a House Judiciary Committee hearing that at least one informant was communicating with his FBI handler as he entered the Capitol.
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First Day of Illinois Cashless Bail System Delivers ‘Absurd, ‘ ‘Incoherent’ Results
The first day of the new cashless bail system delivered “absurd” and “incoherent” results for deep blue Illinois as far as McHenry County state’s attorney Patrick Kenneally is concerned.
The Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today (SAFE-T) Act officially went into effect on Sept. 18 after being signed into law by Illinois Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker in February of 2021.
The law was supposed to go into effect on January 1 of this year but was delayed by months of bipartisan lawsuits aimed at trying to stop it.
The new law has earned criticism from both sides of the aisle. For instance, Will County state’s attorney Jim Glasgow, who is a Democrat, criticized the law last year, saying, “It will destroy the state of Illinois.”
Some of the results of its first day were not encouraging.
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Gavin Newsom Defends Hunter Biden, Says Using Family to ‘Get a Little Influence’ is ‘Hardly Unique’
During an interview with CNN on Monday, Gavin Newsom defended Hunter Biden against allegations he took advantage of his last name to secure business deals with foreign associates, suggesting that using family to “get a little influence” is “hardly unique.”
The California governor claimed that such practices were common not only in politics, but throughout the business world, though he did not state whether he believed the first family was guilty of having engaged in influence peddling.
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General Milley: Ukraine Fight Can be Sustained Since ‘The United States, Allied Countries Are Rich’
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said at a press conference from Germany on Tuesday that the Ukraine War could be sustained because the United States and its allies are “rich.”
Milley was asked: “President Zelenskyy said this weekend that U.S. military aid to Ukraine is arriving far too late. Do Ukraine’s military partners have the industrial capacity to enable Ukraine to make major gains in another fighting season?”
Milley responded: “…you asked about the capacity. Can we continue to do this? The short answer is yes, we can continue to do this, and the United States and its allied countries are rich, powerful, with significant resources, military resources that are capable of sustaining this fight, in President Biden’s words, as long as it takes.”
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Google is Accused of Burying Rumble’s Republican Debate Stream Exclusive in Search
In a significant event leading up to the Republican presidential primary debate in August, Rumble, the rising video platform, was granted exclusive rights to provide a free online broadcast. However, the thrill of this exclusive coverage was swiftly downplayed when it became apparent that Google search had buried references to Rumble’s stream of the debate, sparking concern for proponents of free speech and critics of Google’s monopoly power.
According to a report by The Intercept, prior to the debate, Google’s Civics and US Campaigns team had expressively inquired about the RNC’s live stream plans, seeking to align it with the public’s search for a live event.
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Hunter Biden Mugshot Taken, Not Released to Public
Pundits are demanding the release of Hunter Biden’s mugshot after a CNN report revealed that the first son was “…previously fingerprinted and had his mug shot taken when he was in court in July.”
The article reported that President Joe Biden’s son plans to plead not guilty to federal gun charges and has asked for his initial court appearance to be held remotely according to a court filing Tuesday.
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Instagram Influencer Offered Porn Deal After Plane Freak Out
The Miami-based Instagram influencer who went viral on a plane for informing passengers that she’s “famous” has been offered a porn deal.
Morgan Osman, 35, who appeared on Oxygen’s reality T.V. series “Bad Girls Club,” has been offered $25,000 to perform sexually explicit content on camera for porn website CamSoda, according to TMZ.
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The director of the upcoming prequel series for John Wick has defended casting Mel Gibson as a prominent character in the series, saying his “personal stuff is not my business to talk about.”
Albert Hughes, who is directing two of the three upcoming episodes of The Continental: From the World of John Wick, told the New York Post he cast Gibson “based on his past work that I grew up on.”
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Black nationalist Othal Wallace, who shot Florida police officer Jason Raynor in the head in 2021, which ultimately killed him, was found guilty of manslaughter for his actions.
The verdict came shortly before 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, per Fox News.
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Kaiser Workers in DC, Virginia, Maryland Authorize Strike
Kaiser Permanente workers in the District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland have joined workers in other states in voting to authorize a strike.
The Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 2 said in a news release that members at Kaiser voted to authorize a strike by a margin of 98 percent if no agreement is reached by Sept. 30. This comes after Service Employees International Union members in Colorado, California, Oregon and Southwest Washington voted to authorize a strike at Kaiser in the past two weeks.
Some unionized workers at Kaiser facilities are still voting on possible strike authorization, with voting by additional union members in California concluding on Sept. 20, according to the release. Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser is currently bargaining with the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, which represents more than 85,000 workers at Kaiser facilities in California, Colorado, Oregon, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, Virginia and Washington.
If Kaiser workers end up striking, it could be the largest healthcare strike in U.S. history, union representatives estimate.
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Man Suspected of Killing Illinois Family of Four Found Dead From Gunshot After Violent Police Chase
The man suspected of killing a couple, their two young kids and three dogs inside their suburban Chicago home died from a gunshot wound Wednesday after crashing his car in a fiery blaze while trying to evade police.
Nathaniel Huey Jr., 31, was trying to outrun officers along in Catoosa — an Oklahoma city 650 miles from where the violent murder three days earlier.
Along with the gunman was an unnamed missing female.
Chasing officers found the pair suffering from a single gunshot wound each — Huey’s proved fatal, while the woman was rushed to a hospital in critical condition, the Romeoville Police Department said.
Both were named persons of interest within hours of police discovering the bodies of Alberto Rolon, 38, mother Zoraida Bartolomei, 32, and their two children, 10-year-old Adriel and 7-year-old Diego during a welfare check Sunday night.
The family — and their three pets — were all fatally shot in what police said was “not a random incident.”
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Acting Temple University president JoAnne A. Epps has died aged 72 after collapsing on stage at an event on Tuesday afternoon.
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New York City Considering Removing Statues of George Washington, Others
New York City is considering a measure that would essentially remove statues of Founding Fathers such as George Washington, all while facing a migrant crisis costing taxpayers billions.
According to a list found in New York City’s council agenda for Tuesday, September 19, officials will consider a bill that would:…require the Public Design Commission (PDC) to publish a plan to remove works of art on City property that depict a person who owned enslaved persons or directly benefitted economically from slavery, or who participated in systemic crimes against indigenous peoples or other crimes against humanity.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) is projected to make a huge announcement on Tuesday that the state will be officially implementing “automatic voter registration.”
As The Washington Post detailed, the automatic registration process means that citizens who choose not to vote will specifically have to “opt out” of the system rather than simply not register prior to an election.
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Pro-Censorship Group Being Investigated by Congress Has Ties to UK Politicians
The intricate connections between a self-proclaimed “disinformation” monitoring organization, the pro-censorship Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) and the British government have been gradually revealed, causing a furor among advocates of free speech.
Congress in the United States is pointing fingers at the CCDH, asserting that it plays a substantial role in silencing conservative voices on the internet. Its reporting has been used by the government to call for censorship online. The organization, identifiable as a charity in the United States but with a significant base in the UK, has reportedly been instrumental in tackling alleged disinformation in digital spaces.
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Prosecutors to Retry Suspect in Hammer Attack
The Delaware Attorney General’s Office intends to refile charges against Calvin Ushery in connection to the beating of a jewelry store owner in Wilmington a year ago.
Ushery’s trial on robbery and assault charges ended in a hung jury after two days of deliberation.
Ushery was accused of entering the store in the 100 block of West 9th Street on September 15, 2022, and beating then 68-year old Chang Suh with a pistol and a hammer, and stomping on his head.
Ushery allegedly fled with jewelry, and was arrested a week later.
Suh suffered serious head injuries.
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Protesters Rage Outside United Nations HQ in Opposition to WHO, ‘Great Reset,’ Human Rights Abuses
On Tuesday, a series of protests took place outside the United Nations’ headquarters in New York City while diplomats and world leaders congregated in the General Assembly.
Demonstrators demanded an end to the “great reset” they alleged was being pushed by those in power, and the abolition of the World Health Organization. A number of groups also brought attention to other region-specific human rights abuses.
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Rand Paul, MTG Vow to Oppose Further Funding for Ukraine War
Senator Rand Paul said on Wednesday “Today I’m putting congressional leadership & @POTUS on notice that I will oppose any effort to hold the federal government hostage for Ukraine funding. I will not consent to expedited passage of any spending measure that provides any more US aid to Ukraine.”
As the Congress prepares to vote on yet another continuing resolution to keep the government operating, the disagreements over US funding of the war in Ukraine have taken center stage. The deadline to pass the Continuing Resolution (CR) is September 30.
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Report: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Father Sits on Board of Leftist Dark Money Group
A lawsuit found that Sam Bankman-Fried’s father sits on the advisory board of the leftist dark money group Arabella Advisors.
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It has been revealed that the Davis County district attorney’s office closed its investigation into Operation Underground Railroad in March. DA Troy Rawlings found no evidence that the anti-human trafficking organization had engaged in “communications fraud, witness tampering and retaliation against a witness, victim or informant,” as was alleged.
Not long after, founder and now-former CEO Tim Ballard resigned amid a separate internal investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct.
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Robert De Niro to Reprise ‘Taxi Driver’ Role of Travis Bickle in New Uber Ad
Actor Robert De Niro, 80, will be reprising his iconic role in “Taxi Driver” for an upcoming series of Uber advertisements.
De Niro is reprising his role as Travis Bickle and will reportedly grace television screens to re-speak his famous line: “You talkin’ to me.”
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Sacramento DA Files Suit Against the City Alleging Inaction on the Homeless Crisis
Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho has filed a civil lawsuit against the city of Sacramento over its failure to adequately address the homeless crisis.
“The community is at a breaking point,” Ho said in a press conference where other Sacramento residents claimed inaction by the city to their complaints.
If you think San Francisco is bad, Sacramento’s homeless population has grown by 250% in the last seven years, higher than San Francisco’s.
Sacramento has become nearly unlivable, and Ho wants the city to “enforce its ordinances regarding unlawful camping, storage, and sidewalk obstructions,” according to a report by KCRA.
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Salt Lake City Moves to Put Metal Detectors in Schools as Critics Claim it’s Racist
A number of schools in Salt Lake City, Utah will soon be fitted with weapons detectors in an attempt to prevent yet another classroom massacre from taking place. While the move has been celebrated by some, a number of parents and school board members have been less enthusiastic about the possibility of students having to go through airport-level security every morning.
Detractors have cited statistics purporting to show that such technology fails to address the problem and said the practice could disproportionately impact students of color.
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Sen. Ted Cruz: Democrats Will ‘Parachute’ Michelle Obama in to Replace Joe Biden for 2024 Election
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) believes the Democrat Party will “parachute” former First Lady Michelle Obama in to replace President Joe Biden, who will be “jettisoned” out before the 2024 election, arguing that former President Barack Obama is the “puppet master” running the Biden administration.
On Monday, Cruz discussed the possibility that Biden will not be the nominee for the Democrat Party in the upcoming election on his podcast, “Verdict with Ted Cruz,” noting that the odds of such a scenario have “risen significantly” given that Democrats are now “nervous.”
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Soros Foundation Buys Up 23 Maine Newspapers
A number of Maine’s weekly and daily papers have been bought by George Soros’ Open Society Foundation.
According to Semafor, Soros and medical device billionaire philanthropist Hansjorg Wyss played a central role in this purchase, giving millions to the National Trust for Local News.
In July, it was announced that the National Trust for Local News bought all five of Masthead Maine’s daily newspapers including the Portland Press Herald and the Sun Journal, along with 17 weekly papers, in partnership with the Maine Journalism Foundation.
A spokesperson for Open Society told Semafor that the foundation was one of National Trust’s financial supporters, but denied funds from the foundation being specified for the purchase.
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A Texas mother was arrested on Saturday for allegedly making false statements to police about her two-year-old son’s life-threatening injuries sustained in February, in which he had suffered internal injuries, burns, and a lacerated liver.
Shelby Martinez, 30, was arrested on Saturday at her apartment complex where her son was injured and has been charged with making false statements to police, according to KFDX Wichita Falls.
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In day 10 of the Freedom Convoy trial, Judge Heather Perkins-McVey had to ask a prosecution witness to leave the courtroom twice in order to clarify how the Crown wanted to proceed with his testimony.
Tamara Lich and Chris Barber Lich are charged with mischief, counseling others to commit mischief, intimidation and obstructing police as leaders of the Freedom Convoy that polarized residents of Ottawa in February 2022 and arguably began to roll back Covid mandates across Canada.
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Trudeau Says ‘Credible Evidence’ Indian Government Behind Killing of Canadian Sikh Leader
During Question Period on Monday, Justin Trudeau alleged that his intelligence agencies had “credible evidence” that the Indian government was behind the killing of 45-year-old Hardeep Singh Nijjar. The Sikh leader, whose support of the Khalistan separatist movement landed him on India’s “terrorist” list, was gunned down on June 18 outside his Surrey, BC gurdwara. Nobody has been arrested in connection with his death.
Nijjar’s death has had diplomatic consequences, with both Canada and India expelling diplomats, cancelling planned visits, and suspending trade talks.
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1,000 People Who Identify as Dogs Gather in Germany: ‘Call Animal Control’
Roughly 1,000 individuals gathered at Germany’s Berlin Potsdamer Platz railroad station, howling and barking in their interactions with each other.
Viral video of the bizarre meetup shows hundreds of people gathered, howling and barking. Many of them can be seen wearing dog-like masks and sitting upright on their knees, as seen in a video shared by the New York Post.
Commenters across social media did not mince words.
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British Minister Claims Crumbling Schools Make Children Happier
Government officials are desperate to downplay the absolute shambles that is the crumbling schools fiasco.
An additional 27 educational settings have been added to the list of those with confirmed cases of cheap and undurable reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), bringing the total to 174. Parents and campaigners are furious about the decades of incompetence and lack of care that has led to yet more missed school time, but Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said some children are actually happier because of the crisis.
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Cracking Coalition? Polish President Duda Snubs Zelensky at U.N., Calls Ukraine a ‘Drowning Man’
Polish President Andrzej Duda reportedly cancelled a planned meeting with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky at the United Nations in New York as relations between the two neighbouring countries have grown increasingly tense over the issue of grain.
A meeting between the two presidents was scheduled to take place during the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, yet, President Duda called off the meeting, claiming that there was a scheduling conflict and that they may meet at another time, Rzeczpospolita reported.
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Dead in the Water: EU Audit Reveals Issues With Offshore Green Strategy
The European Court of Auditors published a report on Monday, September 18th, warning that the EU’s offshore renewable energy development program is falling short of the bloc’s climate targets while its economic and environmental sustainability remains questionable.
The auditors highlighted that the EU’s offshore renewable energy (ORE), or ‘blue energy’ development strategy—which focuses on building offshore wind turbines, tidal and wave energy plants, as well as floating solar technologies—has been granted €2.3 billion from the EU budget since 2007 and a further €14.4 billion in loans and investment equity by the European Investment Bank (EIB).
Despite the large amount of resources committed to blue energy infrastructure, the report states that the results are so far “ambiguous.”
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Elon Musk Acknowledges What Viktor Orban Has Been Saying for a Decade
Fidesz European Parliament MEP Balazs Hidvéghi had reacted to US-South African billionaire Elon Musk’s attack on American oligarch George Soros. In this he pointed towards the Hungarian government’s long struggle against the global Soros network.
In his social media post the Hungarian MEP wrote that
“The Soros NGOs’ are trying to destroy Western societies. Prime Minister Viktor Orban was the first to realize and resist this. It’s good to see that other smart people follow suit.”
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock’s decision to call Chinese state and party leader Xi Jinping a “dictator” during an appearance on Fox News in the United States was “unwise,” said the Christian Democratic Union’s (CDU) foreign policy expert Norbert Röttgen during his appearance on Tuesday’s ZDF Morgenmagazin news debate program.
Röttgen was asked whether her statement was “unwise or the truth.” He it was “both.”
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Germany: No Ceiling: Two Nationwide Polls Show Record Support for AfD
Popular support for the right-conservative Alternative for Germany (AfD) has, for the fourth time in the last few months, climbed to a new record high. Amid a deluge of problems facing the nation, including skyrocketing illegal immigration numbers, soaring prices, and a stagnant economy, the left-liberal political class in Germany has, so far, refused to address the concerns of working-class Germans. But even they are beginning to change their tune.
Two polls, conducted by opinion research firms Forsa and the GMS Institute, found that nationwide support for the AfD now stands at 23% and 22%, respectively, marking the highest nationwide value recorded by both polling firms to date, the Berlin-based daily Die Welt reported.
At GMS, the AfD maintained its upward trajectory from its previous high, gaining two points compared to August’s survey. With the AfD at 23%, this narrows the gap between the AfD and the establishment CDU/CSU to a mere four points, as the Union holds steady at 27%.
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Pope Francis to Bill Clinton: We Must Halt the ‘Ecological Catastrophe’ of Climate Change
ROME — Pope Francis engaged former U.S. President Bill Clinton via zoom Monday, stressing the urgency of addressing the climate change “catastrophe,” the migration “crisis,” and war.
“It is time to work together to stop the ecological catastrophe before it’s too late,” the pontiff told Mr. Clinton at a meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). “Let us stop while there is still time, please.”
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‘Rig the Electorate’ — UK Labour Party Vows to Lower Voting Age to 16 if Given Power
The left-wing Labour Party has vowed to lower the voting age to 16 years old in a blueprint for the party’s next general election manifesto.
In a move being described as a craven attempt to “rig the electorate”, the Labour Party’s National Policy Forum’s final report released late last week states: “Labour will introduce votes for 16— and 17-year-olds, in line with Scotland and Wales, so that young people feel empowered and can fully engage in our democratic processes.
“Those who contribute to our society should have a say in how it is governed.”
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Rumble Rejects UK Government’s Pressure to Demonetize Russell Brand Amidst Allegations
Amidst a growing controversy surrounding comedian Russell Brand, video platform Rumble has taken a stand against the UK government’s push to penalize the content creator based on recent allegations.
Last week, The Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches covered serious allegations of assault against Russell Brand. While the comedian has yet to be convicted of any wrongdoing and whether the anonymous accusers are victims is yet to be determined, several major platforms, including YouTube, Netflix, and BBC iPlayer, took swift action, either demonetizing or removing Brand’s content.
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Slovakia: Ukraine’s WTO Complaint Against Grain Import Ban is Unfounded
Ukraine’s complaint lodged with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the three Central European countries that all banned grain imports from the country has no legal foundation, Slovak Agricultural Minister Jozef Bires said on Tuesday.
As Remix News reported, Ukraine has launched legal action against Poland, Hungary and Slovakia over their unilateral bans on Ukrainian grain exports, which Ukraine considers to be a “violation of their international obligations.”
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Spain Requests EU Recognize Catalan and Basque Languages
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s political stunt in the EU Council meeting on Tuesday went exactly as expected.
Sanchez, who currently holds the EU’s rotating presidency while also in delicate negotiations to get another term as his country’s prime minister, took advantage of his EU position to force the General Affairs Council to debate a singularly Spanish topic—the inclusion of Catalan, Basque, and Galician in the EU’s recognised official languages.
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Sunak Scales Back UK’s Green ‘Net Zero’ Agenda Over ‘Unacceptable’ Costs to Working Families
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that his Tory government will scale back some of the green agenda policies that have become a staple of the neo-liberal Conservative party, arguing that families should not be forced to endure “unacceptable costs” to meet Net Zero goals.
In a speech from Downing Street, Mr Sunak said on Wednesday evening that his government will push back the ban on the sale of new petrol and deisel cars from 2030 to 2050, as well as delaying a scheduled prohibition on gas and oil home boilers.
Taking on two pillars of the Great Reset green agenda, Sunak went on to announce that he has scrapped proposals to tax meat and air travel, in addition to abandoning plans to limit the number of people allowed in a car.
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The UK Passes Sweeping New Surveillance and Censorship Measures in the Online Safety Bill
The UK has passed its controversial online censorship act known as the Online Safety Bill. The bill, one of the widest sweeping attacks on privacy and free speech in a Western democracy will become law.
The bill seeks to shield internet users, especially youth, from the slingshots of malicious online content. But the bill goes beyond forcing platforms to remove illegal content.
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UK: 16-Foot Statue of Hijab-Wearing Woman to be Unveiled in Suburb of Multicultural Birmingham
A 16-foot statue of a woman wearing the Islamic hijab headdress will be unveiled next month in a suburb of the multicultural city of Birmingham, in what is believed to be a first in the world.
The sculpture designed by leftist artist Luke Perry, dubbed the ‘Strength of the Hijab’, will be erected in the English town of Smethwick in October and will stand 16 feet (five metres) and weigh approximately one tonne. According to a report from the BBC, the Birmingham suburb statue is thought to be the first of its kind, with even Islamic countries not celebrating the hijab in such a manner.
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UK: Animal Rising Protesters Held Up and Stormed Egg Delivery Van
Three protesters who stormed a lorry delivering eggs in West London have all been given a conditional discharge. The City of London Magistrates’ Court found Lucia Alexander, 39, of Hall Lane, Wacton, and Rob Smith, 51, of Campus Court, Ashford, guilty of tampering with a motor vehicle outside a Freshways dairy depot on September 6, 2022.
Magistrate Briony Clarke struck down claims the defendants had been exercising their right to peaceful protest. Sentencing Alexander and Smith, she said: “Had it been for a shorter bit of time then perhaps it might be that a conviction is not needed but given the evidence I have seen, I take the view that interference of a conviction would not be an interference of the defendants’ rights [to protest].”
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The 20mph blanket speed limit in Wales is a mindless nod to ‘climate crisis’ nonsense and safetyism hysteria that won’t even save lives and is just another giant feeding frenzy on the poor.
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Brexit’s Nigel Farage has accused a top British banking regulator of engaging in a “whitewash” after it claimed that there was no evidence of political figures being debanked for their political views, despite evidence indicating exactly that in the case of Mr Farage.
Briefing the globalist neo-liberal Financial Times newspaper on Monday evening, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) claimed to have found no evidence of politically-inspired closures of bank accounts, despite internal records from the Coutts bank released by Nigel Farage showing that the lender had decided to terminate his account because the Brexit leader’s views did not “align” with their own.
Mr Farage declared that the FCA review was nothing more than a “whitewash” and their findings were a “joke”.
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Conservative Journalist Jack Posobiec Put on Enemies of Ukrainian List
American conservative journalist and political commentator Jack Posobiec has been included on a list of supposed enemies of Ukraine.
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While lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. debate sending billions more in military aid to Ukraine, an American citizen journalist, Gonzalo Lira, is languishing in a Ukrainian prison on allegations of spreading Russian propaganda, throwing into question the status of free speech in the supposed democracy the Biden administration argues is worthy of more taxpayer dollars.
The Biden administration is asking Congress to approve another $24 billion for Ukraine for now through the end of this year, which would add to the $113 billion that Congress has committed to the country since its war with Russia began in February of last year.
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Missile Strike Hits SBU Building in Dnipro After Celebrations Marking Ukrainian Statehood Day
Russian forces targeted a Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) building in a missile strike on the city of Dnipro, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on July 28, denouncing “Russian missile terror” just hours after marking Statehood Day by defiantly reiterating the country’s sovereignty.
A high-rise building and the SBU building were hit, and Zelenskiy said he immediately spoke with the SBU, the Interior Ministry, the State Emergency Service, and the head of the Ukrainian military.
Zelenskiy said all necessary services were on site and pledged to “do everything to bring Russia to full punishment for aggression and terror against our people.”
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Russia’s War in Ukraine ‘Aggravating Geopolitical Tensions,’ UN Chief Says
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday that Russia’s war in Ukraine “is aggravating geopolitical tensions and divisions, threatening regional stability, increasing the nuclear threat, and creating deep fissures in our increasingly multipolar world.”
Guterres was first to address the Security Council meeting on Ukraine taking place during the annual gathering of world leaders at the UN General Assembly. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attended in person for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
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‘Scrap Metal’ — Ukraine Rejects 10 German Leopard 1 Tanks in Need of Repairs
Ukraine last week refused to take delivery of 10 Leopard 1A5 tanks from Germany because of their unsatisfactory technical condition, Der Spiegel reported.
The article reveals that Kyiv has informed the special command under the German Ministry of Defense that German weapons systems that arrived in Poland need to be repaired. However, as neither the necessary technical personnel nor spare parts are available, “there is no point in sending the Leopards to Ukraine”.
The statement from Kyiv has “raised concerns” in Berlin, the magazine notes. The German defense ministry urgently sent specialists to Poland to service the tanks. On the spot, it turned out that the tanks were indeed in need of repairs.
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Ukraine Will Get Abrams Tanks Soon — Pentagon
The first batch of American-made M1 Abrams main battle tanks “will be entering Ukraine soon,” US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told reporters on Tuesday. An anonymous military official told AFP that deliveries will begin within days.
“I’m … pleased to announce that the M1 Abrams tanks that the United States had previously committed to will be entering Ukraine soon,” Austin said at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Germany.
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The Ukrainian military has announced that it has suspended controversial transgender spokesperson Sarah Ashton-Cirillo for allegedly making unapproved statements on social media; however, there have been no updates from the Ukrainians or the Biden administration on the fate of an American citizen journalist currently imprisoned in Ukraine.
Following a row sparked by inquiries initiated by Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), as reported by Breitbart News, the Command of the Territorial Defense Forces (TDF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) announced on Wednesday that Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, an American transgender individual, has been suspended from the role of spokesperson.
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Ukraine Accused of Disguising Its Grain as Moldovan to Evade Embargo
Romanian farmers’ organizations have joined forces and written a letter to the government that the ban on Ukrainian grain is being evaded by relabeling it as Moldovan wheat. Romania was one of five countries that joined a blanket ban on a number of Ukrainian agricultural products, including grain, but Ukraine may be avoiding the embargo by first transiting its grain through Moldova.
The farmers refer to data from the Romanian Statistical Office, which indicate that a significant part of the Ukrainian products arrived in Romania via the Republic of Moldova as Moldovan goods.
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Ukraine Plans to Ban Select Polish Vegetables and Fruits
Ukraine will soon block the import of select fruits and vegetables from Poland, with the move set to take place within the next few days, said Taras Kachka, Ukraine’s deputy minister for economic development, trade and agriculture, while speaking with Poland’s Rzeczpospolita newspaper. Ukraine’s embargo will apply to Polish onions, tomatoes, cabbages, and apples.
He noted that after months of negotiations, “Ukraine has given up on an amicable resolution to the trade dispute with Poland and other regional countries.”
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Zelensky Seeks to Cancel Russia at UN, Asks Why “Russian Terrorists” Have a Place
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is trying to use his visit to the United Nations in New York to get Russia canceled from the international assembly.
He questioned how it is that “Russian terrorists” have a seat at the UN. He also warned that Russia is poised to expand its war beyond Ukraine — an assertion with no evidence.
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Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh Consent to Ceasefire
Ethnic Armenian forces on Wednesday agreed to a Russian proposal for a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh on Wednesday, September 20th, just one day after Azerbaijan launched a military assault—or what the country called an ‘anti-terror’ operation—against the Armenians living in the enclave, and struck the region with artillery.
During Baku’s military offensive, which they claimed to have initiated as a result of the deaths of six people at the hands of Armenian ‘separatists,” some 32 people were killed and hundreds more were injured. The ceasefire, which only was agreed upon after Azerbaijani forces made significant gains in the area, was set to begin at 13:00 local time Wednesday, the Nagorno-Karabakh Presidential Office announced.
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Nepal: Blade ‘Wandered’ Around in Man’s Body After He Was Stabbed and Stitched Up, Doctors Say
Emergency room doctors are rarely shocked by what type of injuries come through the department’s doors.
But in rare cases, even they can’t believe what they are seeing.
A 22-year-old man walked into the emergency room of a mid-level hospital in Nepal with complaints of mild abdominal pain that he had been feeling for about a day, according to a Sept. 2 case report published in Cureus.
His abdomen wasn’t tight, he didn’t experience any nausea, diarrhea, vomiting or constipation, and his blood levels looked normal, doctors said in the report.
He was alert, chatting with doctors and overall stable.
When doctors took a closer look at his body, they found a line of stitches on his right side, the opposite side from where he was reporting pain, according to the report.
The doctors asked him about the wound. It was only then he told them he had been in a drunken fight the day before — and was stabbed.
The man underwent various laboratory tests, and doctors took an X-ray, according to the report, but since the wound was stitched up well and his pain was relatively small, the doctors sent the man home.
Then the X-ray imaging came back.
Inside of the man’s abdomen, across the body from the stab wound, was a nearly half-foot-long blade.
“The retained knife blade is an unusual and spectacular injury. Retained stabbing instruments are seldom encountered in patients and have rarely been reported in the literature,” doctors said in the case report, titled The Wandering Blade.
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South Korea: Mass Stabbing Fears Set Off Stampede in Seoul Subway
SEOUL — Commuters on Seoul Metro Line No. 2 were thrown into a frenzy on Sept 6, when a man was seen shoving people and plunging through the crowded train.
The incident, captured by security cameras, unfolded at 8.22am local time at Euljiro 4-ga Station during the morning rush hour. This highlight fears among commuters riding the subway, following a spate of seemingly random attacks against strangers that rattled the nation throughout the summer.
Footage obtained by Seoul Jungbu Police Station shows the suspect in a black hoodie and mask forcefully pushing through passengers as he strides across the train aisle.
The man’s actions sent passengers scattering in panic, leading to a stampede inside the train and toward the station exit.
Twenty-one individuals were reportedly injured as a result of the mayhem. Train operations were also halted, causing a delay of approximately six minutes.
Following a review of the security camera footage, the police apprehended the suspect near his Seoul residence on Tuesday. He now faces charges of injury resulting from violence and interference with business operations.
Upon questioning, the suspect reportedly stated he was merely attempting to walk through the crowd, and had no intentions of causing harm. He had a medical history of mental disorder, according to the police.
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The government’s watered down expert inquiry into Covid will lack the powers of a royal commission to compel witnesses to appear and testify truthfully.
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When he claimed victory in May last year, the first thing Mr Albanese committed the Labor government to was implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart ‘in full’.
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Anthony Albanese reveals why he cries ‘all the time’ in lengthy podcast interview
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Power bills have hit record highs with thousands of families in Melbourne ‘s outskirts and regional Victoria now forking out as much as $4400 a year to keep the lights on.
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Declan Cutler Stabbing: 13-Year-Old Boy ‘Too Young’ to be Held Criminally Responsible
A judge has ruled there was a ‘reasonable possibility’ a boy, 13, did not know his conduct was ‘wrong in a moral sense’ when he allegedly stabbed Declan Cutler to death in March 2022.
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The the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in the far north-west of South Australia covers 103,000 square kilometres and just 2,333 people — 2,048 of the Indigenous — live there.
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Karen Mundine Labels No Campaigner Uncle Warren ‘Inconsistent’ as She Backs Indigenous Voice
Two months ago Australia’s highest profile Aboriginal family seemed to be bantering about their opposing views on the Voice referendum. Now the signs are the family is drifting apart over it.
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Russell Brand Australia Tour Canceled Amid Sexual Assault Allegations
Another day, another cancelation for British actor/comedian Russell Brand. The Australia segment of his upcoming comedy tour was dropped Wednesday following the sexual assault accusations from several women that have dominated headlines for the past week.
Brand was set to visit three cities on Australia’s east coast as part of the Wanderlust Festival, the Sydney Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday, as the headlining act in February 2024.
The tour was expected to make stops in Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne — Australia’s three biggest cities.
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The tide has turned once again, with a wave of new celebrities showing their hand to say they’ll be voting Yes in the October 14 referendum.
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TikTok Accused of Censoring Indigenous Voice Debate After Ben Fordham Video Disappears
A TikTok video shared by 2GB host Ben Fordham about the way to vote in the referendum was removed from the platform due to ‘misinformation’ -only to be reinstated after platform admits error.
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Africans Loot Grocery Store in German Town Plagued by Migrant Crime
A group of Africans attacked a security guard who confronted them while they looted a grocery store in a town in Germany plagued by criminal migrants, according to reports.
The incident unfolded at around 8:30 p.m. on Monday night in Soeste, located in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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As Lampedusa Crisis Rages, Poland Adopts Resolution Against EU’s Mandatory Relocation of Migrants
At its regular Tuesday session, the Polish government adopted a resolution on illegal migration. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, the leader of the ruling conservatives (PiS), Jaroslaw Kaczynski, said that the resolution was an answer to the raging migration crisis on the Italian island of Lampedusa, which “is a symbol of the threat facing the whole of Europe, Poland included.”
The resolution calls upon the EU to return to the agreement of 2018, which excluded any enforcement of the relocation of migrants against the will of the member states. This year, the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum was passed under controversial circumstances, with the new pact allowing for mandatory migrant quotas. That means member states such as Hungary or Poland, which have traditionally rejected migrant quotas, will be forced to take migrants from other member states or face penalties totaling €20,000 per rejected migrant.
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Cape Cod Residents Outraged at Democratic Governor’s Migrant Housing Plan
Earlier this month, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey declared a state of emergency in response to the surging number of migrants in state-managed shelters. Then, last week, the governor mobilized the National Guard to assist with the migrant crisis. Now, residents are outraged with the governor’s decision to house the migrants as Biden’s southern border crisis spreads nationwide.
Local newspaper The Bourne Enterprise reports anger spreads across the Cape Cod peninsula as “residents turned out in force to express opposition to the state’s opting to provide temporary housing for migrant families who have been relocated to Massachusetts.”
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A Texas developer has been accused of creating a sprawling illegal migrant town by selling off land to border crossers without asking for any paperwork.
William ‘Trey’ Harris sells plots at Colony Ridge by allowing buyers to purchase land without the need to prove income or credit, it is alleged.
Critics say the scheme — around 20 miles northeast of Downtown Houston — has drawn in thousands of illegal migrants, as well as cartel activity.
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Donald Trump Promises the ‘Largest Domestic Deportation Operation in American History’
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday promised to carry out “the largest domestic deportation operation in American history” in the pattern of the Eisenhower model, making the vow during a speech in Dubuque, Iowa.
Trump delivered remarks on securing the border and stopping illegal immigration in the country.
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Frontex: Only 8% of EU’s Illegal Migrants Were Women Last Year
Last year, the vast majority of migrants smuggled into the European Union were males, with the proportion of females only 8 percent, the European Border Agency Frontex said in its 2023-2024 risk analysis report.
In what Frontex terms “clandestine entries,” the leading group of nationals were Afghans (33 percent) followed by Syrians (15 percent) and Turks (10 percent).
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Germany Summons Polish Ambassador to Explain Migrant Visa Scandal
Germany has summoned Poland’s ambassador to the country, Dariusz Pawlos, to discuss the revelations regarding allegations surrounding the issuance of visas in exchange for bribe money. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has also talked to her Polish counterpart about the issue as well.
According to Reuters, Germany wanted to know how many visas have been issued, to which nationalities, and what is being done by the Polish government to deal with the irregularities.
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I Won’t Let Italy Become Europe’s Refugee Camp — Meloni
(ANSA) — ROME, SEP 20 — Premier Giorgia Meloni has said that “I will not allow Italy to become Europe’s refugee camp” in New York, where she is taking part in the United Nations General Assembly.
The premier has said that a surge in migrant-boat arrivals to the island of Lampedusa has put Italy under “unsustainable pressure”.
In New York she dismissed criticism of the Memorandum of Understanding that the EU has signed with Tunisia for cooperation on stopping human traffickers using its coasts to launch migrant-boat departures.
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— as migrants continue to pour through the US-Mexico border
A Peruvian migrant who illegally crossed the U.S. southern border with Mexico has been arrested in connection with the heinous murder of a Houston man who was found ‘bludgeoned to death’ in a Texas backyard.
Roberto Emilio Vasquez-Santamaria, 64, was processed for release with a Notice to Appear in court for immigration removal proceedings after multiple Customs and Border Protection sources told Fox News he ‘crossed illegally into Eagle Pass.’
Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber said that the victim was a 40-year-old Houston man, but are yet to identify him adding that a ‘struggle’ took place before he was found dead.
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Migration Policy Must be Reviewed by Serbia
Serbia must review its migration policy, because the situation in the country is becoming more and more untenable every day, Istvan Pasztor, President of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ), stressed on Monday on Pannon RTV in Subotica.
He stressed that the VMSZ has been drawing attention to the dangers posed by illegal immigrants crossing Serbia since the peak of the migrant crisis in 2015. “This is not a current phenomenon, we have been suffering from it since 2015, but it is getting rougher and rougher every day.
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Migrant Arrivals Continue to Lampedusa
(ANSA) — ROME, SEP 20 — A total of 460 migrants and refugees landed on Lampedusa in 14 separate groups on Wednesday, including one of 40 people intercepted directly on the island.
The figures were updated to around 5 pm local time.
On Wednesday morning 511 new arrivals were transferred off the island by ferry to the Sicilian port of Porto Empedocle where they were due to arrive in the evening.
Regular transfers from Lampedusa resumed on Monday after a problem of overcrowding at the tent camp set up in Porto Empedocle to receive migrants and refugees arriving from the island was resolved.
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Australia’s housing crisis is set to get even worse with the federal Labor government now wanting to make it easier and quicker for corporations to recruit highly-skilled migrants on six-figure pay.
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Proposed Schengen Rules Would Mandate Open Internal Borders
MEPs in the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee voted to adopt a proposal to reform the rules of the Schengen Area on Wednesday, September 20th, in order to ensure internal border controls are reinstituted by member states “only as a last resort,” drawing criticism from conservative MEPs.
The proposal, aimed to ensure that free movement is respected within the Schengen Area by limiting the capabilities of member states to control their own borders, was adopted by 39 votes in favor, 13 against, and 12 abstentions.
All the leftist parties supported the proposal, and only the two conservative groups, ECR and ID, voted against it, while four members of the center-right EPP voted in favor and the remaining 11 abstained.
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Chaos erupted outside a Staten Island shelter for migrants as protesters tried to stop asylum seekers from moving in.
About 10 protesters were arrested on Tuesday outside a former Island Shores Assisted Living Facility in Midland Beach, where a crowd met migrants with chants including, ‘Take them back, Take them back.’
Footage from the scene shows protesters banging on the bus windows as they tried to prevent the migrants from disembarking and entering the shelter.
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Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk visited the campus of Northern Arizona University on Tuesday to help with tabling efforts as the conservative organization works toward establishing 1,600 high school and college chapters in the USA.
Triggered leftists and trans activists yelled slurs and screamed at the wildly popular conservative celebrity.
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Former Bud Light workers have accused leadership of ‘cowardice’ following the Dylan Mulvaney fiasco — and said that the company should have supported the trans influencer more.
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Attendees of a parental rights gathering led by the 1 Million March 4 Children group were forced to vacate after a group of pro-trans activists rushed the state during an ongoing address delivered by women’s and parental rights activist Meghan Murphy, leading police to shut Murphy’s speech down entirely.
Shortly after the occurrence, which took place in Victoria at one of many 1 Million March 4 Children events that were held Wednesday, Murphy posted on X: “The trans activist terrorists won. They rushed the stage and the cops had to shut down the entire event half way through my speech because it was too dangerous for us to continue.”
She added, “You ramped up hate and put us in danger @JustinTrudeau @KasariGovender @cupenat @Dave_Eby @KenSimCity. Protect women, children, and families in Canada!”
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Elliot Page Celebrates First Movie as a ‘Leading Man’
Elliot Page, who “transitioned” from a woman to a man in 2020, hit the Toronto International Film Festival to promote what some outlets like Yahoo! News are hailing as the Inception and Juno star’s “first movie as a leading man.” Page called the role of Sam in the film Close to You “one of the most incredible experiences of my career,” as scenes feature Page topless and the actor’s first love scene.
The Canadian performer’s return to TIFF for Close to You, comes 16 years after starring in Jason Reitman’s Oscar-nominated comedy, Juno.
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Howard Stern Brags About Being Woke: ‘I’m a Woke Motherf***er and I Love It’
Shock jock Howard Stern said proudly proclaimed he was “woke” in another tirade against former president and current Republican frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination Donald Trump.
Stern, who made a career off interviewing strippers, said on his SiriusXM show on Monday in response to a fan on YouTube claiming the show had gone woke, “I hear that a lot, that I’m not good anymore because I’m woke. By the way, I kind of take that as a compliment, that I’m woke.”
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Leftist Academic Arrested After Trantifa Attack Women’s Rights Conference in San Francisco
A women’s event in San Francisco was attacked by Antifa on Saturday, resulting in a Hilton hotel manager being assaulted and others being injured.
According to Reduxx, around 100 members of the Women’s Declaration International US chapter attended the Saturday conference, held at the Chinatown Hilton conference center.
At the event, women spoke on issues such as the right to free speech in academia as a female, and issues concerning black women, lesbians, and detransitioned women.
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Pennsylvania High Schoolers Stage Walk Out Over School Board’s ‘Gender Neutral’ Bathroom Policy
On Friday, hundreds of students at Perkiomen High School in Pennsylvania staged a walkout to protest the board’s decision to allow biological males in female spaces.
The 5-4 ruling handed down on September 11 opened the doors to anyone wishing to use the bathrooms or locker rooms that corresponded not with their sex, but their gender identity.
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A Texas middle school teacher was fired after assigning her students the graphic novel version of ‘Anne Frank’s Diary’ which references male and female genitalia.
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UK: Braun Trimmers Slammed for Advertising Trans Model With Surgical Scars
The shaving company Braun has been taking heat in Britain for an ad that featured a trans model with surgical scars from a past double mastectomy operation.
The ad featured a woman who identifies as a man shaving with the Braun Series X Hybrid Trimmers in the mirror, prominently displaying the woman’s scars from having both breasts removed. In Britain, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) guidance warns against “glamourizing” or “trivializing” cosmetic surgery, according to the Telegraph.
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LONDON (AP) — London’s police force says that over 1,000 officers are currently suspended or on restricted duties as the department steps up efforts to root out bad cops following a scathing report that found it was institutionally racist, homophobic and misogynistic.
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“the multicultural city of Birmingham”
When I left Birmingham, I was the last white guy for four miles squared.
And that was some time ago now.
God only knows how bad it is now.
RIP England
A Polish “book for 6 year-olds”:
“The mothers of Kalim, Abraham and Abdul are Polish. And the fathers? Kalim’s father is from the Congo. Abdul’s from Iraq, Abraham’s from Israel.
In the country of Abdul’s and Kalim’s father there is a war, and in Abraham’s father’s – a battle.
For Kalim, Abdul and Abraham Poland is a peaceful country. Here they eat, live and play. Here there is no war, no battles – there is peaceful life”.
https://twitter.com/PrezesObywatel/status/1704608325009104951
And that’s just how the globalists and cultural predators want it.
The males killed trying to kill other white christian males in Ukraine; fighting to make the world safe for Blackrock & Co to loot, and the females rutting with orcs with IQs so low they make squirrels look like geniuses.
Soros is destroying EDOM, christianity, as it blocks his world domination.
Pope Frances – Argentinian presidential candidate had interesting things to say about him in Tucker Carlson interview.
The jesuits are the commies of the Church and should have been Purged ages ago.
Well, the jesuit poope and the serial rapist Slick Willie are now a team.
they are a joke because man made climate change is a hoax created by anti-christ Al Gore.