Israel has reportedly agreed to delay a ground invasion of Gaza in order to allow more time for negotiations that might lead to the release of some of the hostages held by Hamas. Meanwhile, former President Barack Hussein Obama criticized the Israeli government for its handling of the war in Gaza.
In other news, French President Emmanuel Macron called for an international coalition to fight Hamas.
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Australia’s Strong Inflation Data May Pressure RBA to Hike Rates Further
SYDNEY — Australia’s consumer prices rose by more than expected in the third quarter which may pressure the Reserve Bank of Australia to come off the sidelines and raise interest rates at its meeting next month.
The consumer-price index rose 1.2% on the quarter and 5.4% on the year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday. The data beat market expectations, with core measures of inflation also coming in higher than economists had expected.
The data comes a day after RBA Gov. Michele Bullock warned that the central bank was prepared to tighten policy settings further if the data showed inflation was gathering renewed momentum.
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Fed Governor Admits CBDCs Pose “Significant” Privacy Risks
Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman has raised valid concerns about the grave risks and privacy dangers that the introduction of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) might lead to in an appearance at a Harvard Law School Program on October 17.
The concept of a CBDC creation promises no certain benefit, remarks Bowman, but notably hints towards potential “unintended consequences” for the industry of finance.
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Japan: Gov’t Floats 40,000 Yen Income Tax Cut to Ease Inflation Pain
The Japanese government is considering an income tax cut of 40,000 yen ($268) per person and cash handouts of 70,000 yen to low-income households as part of temporary inflation-relief measures, sources familiar with the plan said Tuesday.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who places priority on wealth redistribution, has instructed ruling coalition executives to work out details of the economic package that he hopes to formalize on Nov. 2, including how to realize the income tax cut.
Legislation will be required to change the current tax system, making it likely that Japanese households, already reeling from the rising costs of living, will start feeling the benefits around next summer at the earliest.
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Academic Journal Editor Claims He Was Fired for Sharing Onion Article on Gaza
The editor-in-chief of an academic journal said he had been fired for sharing a satirical article published by The Onion about people dying in Gaza facing backlash for not condemning Hamas.
Michael Eisen, a professor of genetics at the University of California, Berkeley, who until recently helmed the prominent open-source scientific journal eLife based in Cambridge, UK, tweeted Monday about his firing.
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Anti-Israel Protestors Declare ‘Palestinian Liberation is Black Liberation’ at ‘Gays 4 Gaza’ March
On Monday night, a “Queers for Palestine” march was held in New York City.
In Washington Square Park, the crowd yelled “f*ck Israel,” with speakers telling the crowd, “we understand that Palestinian liberation is black liberation.”
Marching through the streets and into the park, the group chanted, “hey hey, ho ho, the occupation has got to go,” “queer rights, trans rights, we say no to genocide,” and “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
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Arrested Alaskan Air Pilot Who Stopped Engines Was Far-Leftist Tripping on Shrooms
It has been revealed that the off-duty pilot who allegedly caused a San Francisco-bound Horizon Air flight to divert to Portland by attempting to turn off the engines mid-flight told police he was high on magic mushrooms at the time.
Joseph Emerson, 44, admitted to having consumed the psychedelic drug prior to boarding the plane, and said he thought he was dreaming when he nearly downed the plane.
It was also revealed that Emerson was a leftist that tweeted against Donald Trump and in favor of union issues for pilots.
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Breaking: House GOP Nominates Mike Johnson for Speaker
Rep Mike Johnson of Louisiana has been nominated by the House GOP to be House Speaker after closed door meetings.
The nomination comes after Reps Jim Jordan, Steve Scalise, Tom Emmer and a few others have lost their bids to be represent the majority in the people’s house.
Matt Gaetz tweeted out his endorsement of Johnson shortly after the vote.
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Consortium News Sues “Misinformation” Arbiter NewsGuard
NewsGuard Technologies Inc., an organization focused on combating “misinformation” in news media, along with the federal government (which has a contract with NewsGuard), is facing legal challenges over alleged defamation and First Amendment breaches, respectively. The plaintiff in the case is the Consortium for Independent Journalists, which initiated the litigation in the Southern District of New York.
Founded in 1995 by the late investigative journalist Robert Parry, Consortium has contributed an impressive 27,000 articles to the journalistic landscape. Yet, amidst this vast collection, NewsGuard has taken issue five articles, the news outlet alleges, and, as a result of this has put a mark next to every news article on the site in its ratings system.
The entirety of CN’s online archive now bears a red mark when viewed through search engines or social media platforms that use the NewsGuard system.
“NewsGuard attaches an electronic ‘label’ to every CN item on search engines and social media that warns NewsGuard subscribers to ‘Proceed with caution’ because Consortium News ‘fails to maintain basic standards of accuracy and accountability,’ the complaint alleges. “Such statements slander and defame Consortium News and are arbitrary, wanton, malicious and reckless.”
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FIRST ON FOX: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in coordination with the chancellor of the state’s university system, has moved to crack down on student groups in the state they say have expressed support for “Hamas terrorism,” which possibly involves terminating the student chapters and suspending school administrators.
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Former Trump Attorney Jenna Ellis Pleads Guilty in Georgia Election Interference Case
Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis has pleaded guilty to intentionally interfering in the election process in the state of Georgia.
On Tuesday, Ellis’ attorneys informed Judge Scott McAfee that Ellis intended to plead guilty to aiding and abetting false statements in writing, and both were present in a courtroom hearing where a teary-eyed Ellis, 38, read from a prepared typed statement admitting her fault.
“As an attorney who is also a Christian, I take my responsibilities as a lawyer very seriously and I endeavor to be a person of sound moral and ethical character in all my dealings,” Ellis said in the courtroom. “In the wake of the 2020 presidential election, I believed that challenging the results on behalf of President Trump should be pursued in a just and legal way.”
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Georgia Woman Returns From Vacation to Find Atlanta Home Demolished by Mistake
A woman from Georgia reportedly returned from a vacation to find a house she owned in Atlanta completely demolished.
Susan Hodgson said she found her longtime family property totaled after a construction company mistakenly tore it down, Fox 5 Atlanta reported.
Hodgson was apparently notified about the bizarre accident after receiving a call from a neighbor.
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Hillary Clinton Confronted by Heckler Over Biden’s ‘Warmongering’ Speech: ‘Sit Down!’
Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton faced off against a persistent heckler who demanded she comment on President Biden’s “warmongering” Oval Office speech.
Clinton spoke on a panel at Columbia University’s “Making Human Rights Come Alive: The UDHR at 75” event discussing the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Monday.
During the discussion, a heckler demanded that Clinton denounce Biden’s speech Thursday in favor of funding military efforts in Israel and Ukraine as they both face ongoing wars.
“Can you please make a statement about President Joe Biden’s speech? This is a clearly warmongering speech! President Joe Biden is calling for $100 billion of funding for Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine, and we’re supposed to just bundle these together and pretend like we’re going to rush to World War III, and we’re all just gonna let Hillary Rodham Clinton sit here and —” someone in the audience shouted said before Clinton interjected.
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House Republicans selected Majority Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota as their latest speaker designate after five rounds of voting behind closed doors Tuesday, only for him to drop out hours later.
Emmer defeated Mike Johnson of Louisiana 117-97 on the fifth ballot after Byron Donalds of Florida, Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, Austin Scott of Georgia, Jack Bergman of Michigan and Pete Sessions of Texas were eliminated in the previous rounds of voting.
Two other candidates, Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania and Gary Palmer of Alabama, withdrew before the voting started.
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House GOP Moves to Strip Democrat Tlaib’s Security Clearance Over ‘Allegiance With Hamas’
House Republicans are raising serious national security concerns over Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-MI) apparent blind “allegiance” with the terrorist group Hamas.
Tlaib is now facing calls to be barred from receiving future classified briefings on military operations in Israel and be stripped of her security clearance.
The calls come after the Palestinian-American congresswoman has continued to promote debunked Hamas propaganda.
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Karine Jean-Pierre Tries to Gaslight Public Over Remarks Downplaying Anti-Semitism
Democrat President Joe Biden’s White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre provoked a backlash from all sides when she appeared to downplay a rise in anti-Semitism.
During Monday’s White House press briefing, Jean-Pierre was asked about the rise in anti-Semitism following the recent attacks against Israel from Islamic terrorist group Hamas.
However, rather than address the issue, Jean-Pierre refused to comment and, instead, swiftly pivoted to condemn anti-Muslim attacks.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Introduces Legislation to Censure Rashida Tlaib for ‘Anti-Semitic Activity’
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has introduced legislation to the House to censure radical Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) for “anti-Semitic activity.”
Greene introduced the resolution on Tuesday, accusing the progressive “Squad” member of “sympathizing with terrorist organizations.”
The move comes in response to Tlaib’s attacks against Israel and apparent support for the Hamas terrorist attacks against the Jewish state.
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Mark Meadows Granted Immunity in Federal 2020 Election Case Against Trump: Report
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows was granted immunity by special counsel Jack Smith in exchange for his testimony in the federal 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump, according to a report.
Trump allies have long suspected that Meadows was cooperating with Smith and some have even been apprehensive about talking with the former White House aide over fears that the FBI was monitoring his communications.
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NJ Handyman Refuses to Take Jobs From Jewish Clients in ‘Solidarity With the Palestinian People’
A handyman employed through TaskRabbit in northern New Jersey has said that he will not accept any more Jewish clients “to express my solidarity with the Palestinian People.”
Melquisedec Francis, who is labeled as an “elite tasker” on the handyman hiring platform, posted to LinkedIn on Tuesday, “I am expressing my solidarity with the Palestinian People until the war in Gaza is resolved. And as a result, I am currently not offering my services to the Jewish Community.”
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NYC Can’t Deny Gun Licenses Based on Applicants’ ‘Moral Character,’ Federal Judge Rules
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that New York City’s gun licensing regime, which allows city officials to turn down applicants for firearms based on their “moral character,” violates the Second Amendment.
US District Judge John Cronan struck down the regulations in a 48-page ruling, determining that empowering unelected officials with discretionary authority to refuse gun permits to those “not of good moral character” or for “other good cause” is inconsistent with the country’s “tradition of firearm regulation” — a standard set by the Supreme Court in last year’s New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen case, which overturned the Empire State’s century-old law restricting the carrying of concealed firearms.
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NYC-DSA Pro-Palestinian Protest Slammed as ‘Disgusting’ — as Two Lawmakers Arrested
A New York City Council member and a state senator were among the more than 100 protesters arrested at a pro-Palestinian rally sponsored by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) — where hostile demonstrators bellowed antisemitic chants and waved signs supporting the bloodthirsty Hamas terrorists.
Brooklyn state Sen. Jabari Brisport, 36, and City Council Member Shahana Hanif, 32, were busted Friday night after the group stormed Bryant Park and blocked traffic at the “Cease Fire Now Rally for Gaza.”
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It’s an Empire State of decline.
Beset by high taxes and quality of life woes, 545,498 New Yorkers left for other states in 2022, according to US Census data.
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Seattle Kicks Off Anti-Drug Push With Dozens of Arrests as Portland Business Owners Beg for Help
Elected officials in Portland and Seattle are beginning to regret turning their cities into crime-ridden hellholes, after their response to Trumpism and the BLM riots in the wake of George Floyd’s death was to defund or otherwise hinder police, elect DAs who refuse to prosecute a variety of crime, and promote rampant drug use.
Now, they’re dealing with the predictable hangover.
In Portland, 25 businesses have banded together for a strongly worded letter to elected officials, who they’ve demanded address their concerns over the city’s crime wave that has decimated foot traffic to businesses such as Ace Hotel, Central Office, Crafty Wonderland, Courier Coffee, Mimi’s Fresh Tees and Multnomah Whiskey Library, according to KGW8.
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Seattle Area Soccer League for Underprivileged Kids Cancels Season Over Crime, Homelessness
A Seattle area youth soccer league is canceling the remainder of its season and searching for a new location due to the rampant crime plaguing the area.
CEO of the league Dean Aldridge said that last Wednesday someone did doughnuts on their field while it was wet and caused over $100,000 in damage.
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Senator Rand Paul is One of the Few Pushing Back Against CISA-Related Censorship
Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul has launched a lone crusade against increased powers for cybersecurity, refusing to advance legislation until certain governmental entities abandon attempts to hamper free speech. This action comes amidst an extensive debate about censorship, the First Amendment rights, and the role of government in regulating speech.
Senator Paul’s has expressed his adamant opposition to legislation that bolsters the powers of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its associate body, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). There have been instances where these organizations were implicated in attempts to suppress American citizens’ freedom of expression, the Senator has contended passionately.
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Support for Hamas vs Israel Among College-Age Students Shows Generational Divide: Poll
A Harvard CAPS/Harris poll conducted last week found a majority of American voters side more with Israel than Hamas, but college-age students are narrowing the gap.
The poll was conducted online Oct. 18 through 19 among 2,116 registered voters and held a margin of error of +/— 2%.
When voters were asked who they sided with more in the Israel-Hamas conflict, 95% of voters ages 65 and older said Israel, while only 5% said Hamas.
In the 18-24 age range, 52% said Israel while 48% said Hamas.
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The Supreme Court is Asked to Confirm That Recording Cops Has First Amendment Protections
In a battle for the sanctity of the First Amendment, the Supreme Court is once again being petitioned to affirm that recording police officers while they perform public duties is a constitutional right, one that directly opposes censorship and forges the path for accountability. Despite the digital age having turned everyone into potential citizen journalists, there seems to be an unsavory trend among law enforcement to suppress this fundamental form of free speech. This bitter resistance is especially odd when we consider that police officers themselves have been known to argue that there exists no expectation of privacy in public spaces.
The silence of the Supreme Court on passing a defining ruling on this palpable First Amendment issue has added to the confusion. The judiciary’s failure to address this concern headways until now is concerning as we find ourselves amid a fierce debate on censorship, free speech, and the public’s right to know.
Now, the Supreme Court is being gifted a chance, once again, to set a nationwide precedent that could potentially resolve this dispute.
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Thief Tries to Rob Gun Store With Hammer With Deadly Result: Cops
A suspected robber armed with a hammer was fatally shot when he allegedly tried to rob a California gun store.
The Livermore Police Department said that before 2:30 p.m. Sunday, a man “wearing a mask, a hooded sweatshirt pulled over his head and gloves” who was “acting suspicious” entered East Bay Firearms.
The man, who has only been identified as a 28-year-old from Redwood, then attempted to rob the gun store owner by swiping a firearm while wielding a hammer, according to witness statements to police.
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Trump Motions to Dismiss ‘Vindictive’ 2020 Election Case on Constitutional Grounds
President Donald Trump’s lawyers have filed a motion to dismiss the Democrats’ 2020 election case.
Late Monday night, Trump’s attorneys told the judge that the case should be dismissed as a violation of the Constitution.
They also argue that the get-Trump case is an instance of “vindictive prosecution.”
In a series of motions to dismiss, Trump’s team alleged that his prosecution violates multiple parts of the Constitution.
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Tucker Carlson: ‘Looks Like We’re Going to War With Iran’
Independent news anchor Tucker Carlson has warned the American people that it now “looks like we’re actually going to war with Iran.”
During the latest episode of his hit show on Monday, Carlson asks whether “we are ready for this?”
Iran has become increasingly drawn into the conflict between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas.
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Tucker Carlson Inks First Ad Deal With Conservative-Friendly PublicSq
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the highest rated in history, has officially signed his first advertising deal with conservative-friendly shopping app PublicSquare.
The deal, first teased in July, is for at least $1 million according to the app’s CEO, Michael Siefert. Carlson’s company is named Last Country.
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During an appearance in Derry, New Hampshire Monday, Donald Trump went on a diatribe about how he dreams of punching Joe Biden in the face and watching his “fake nose” splatter all over the floor.
Trump recalled how Biden had previously expressed a desire to “take him to the back of the barn” and beat him up.
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Watch: Alex Jones Joins Top Attorneys in Epic Podcast!
Infowars host and founder Alex Jones made an appearance on the Viva & Barnes podcast Monday to talk with the top lawyers about free speech, globalism and much more.
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WH: Muslims Have ‘Endured a Disproportionate Number’ of Attacks
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declared Monday that Muslims have “endured a disproportionate number of hate-fueled attacks.”
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Wisconsin Cops Fatally Shoot Active Gunman on Middle School Roof
Wisconsin police shot dead a gunman who fired at officers from the roof of a middle school, where up to 70 students were stuck inside.
Germantown police said they responded to a call about a person “acting erratically” in the parking lot of Kennedy Middle School shortly after 6:30 p.m. Monday.
When two officers tried to pursue him, the gunman managed to climb onto the roof — using the high vantage point to shoot at the police below, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Cops returned fire, striking the gunman. No other injuries were reported.
First responders rendered aid, but the shooter died at the scene, according to the Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation.
The gunman has not yet been identified, and a motive is unclear.
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Wisconsin Republicans Advance Election Reform-Centric Constitutional Amendments
Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature have advanced a series of constitutional amendments that would outlaw private funding for elections ahead of the 2024 presidential contest, bar municipalities from allowing non-U.S. citizens to vote in local elections and enshrine existing voter photo ID requirements in the state constitution.
The proposals debated Tuesday at a joint hearing of the Senate and Assembly elections committees stem from false claims made by former President Donald Trump and his supporters that widespread voter fraud tipped the 2020 presidential election in favor of President Joe Biden.
Constitutional amendments must be passed in two consecutive sessions of the state Legislature before being ratified by voters in a statewide election. The governor cannot veto a constitutional amendment.
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Prosecutors Drop Bail Violation Charge Against Freedom Convoy’s Tamara Lich
Crown prosecutors say they are staying one charge against Freedom Convoy personality Tamara Lich because the trial has consumed so much time already.
The charge was laid when Lich was rearrested in June 2022 after she attended a freedom of speech gala in Toronto and accepted the George Jonas Freedom Award. She was accused of communicating with Tom Marazzo, another prominent figure in the Freedom Convoy protest.
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The European Union is a “bad parody” of the former Soviet Union and, despite attempts by Brussels to control Hungary, its government will continue to run the country as it sees fit, Viktor Orban said on Monday.
Speaking at an event to commemorate the 1956 Hungarian Uprising, which saw Nikita Khrushchev’s Soviet Union crush an attempted revolt by the Hungarian people, the Hungarian prime minister contrasted his country’s EU membership to Soviet occupation but claimed that Brussels’ oppression pales in comparison to the bloody communist regime.
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‘EU Army’ Debuts During Spanish Naval Exercises
EU militarisation stepped up a notch as European troops completed what is likely just the first of many live exercises as one joint EU fighting unit off the coast of Cadiz in southern Spain.
For the first time, European militaries operated under a single flag to conduct a joint drill using actual troops and equipment. A total of 2,800 military personnel from 19 member states simulated the initial phase of a “stabilisation operation,” involving land, air, sea, and cyber components.
The joint exercises lasted from October 16th to 22nd and were led by the Spanish amphibious assault vessel Juan Carlos I. They were welcomed by the head of the EU’s foreign policy wing Josep Borrell, who subsequently emphasised the need to accelerate the creation of an EU army in the face of geopolitical insecurity.
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Instead of looking for ways to foster peace, the European Union’s current and planned actions only serve to extend the war, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjartó said after a meeting of the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council.
“It is all about war, there is no peace. Brussels is still pro-war, as shown by the fact that they would give €5 billion a year for arms over the next four years, which also shows that they expect the war to continue,” Szijjartó said. “No one in Western Europe is talking about peace, Europe is suffering from a war psychosis.”
He added that it is clear there will be no solution to the war on the battlefield. Europeans expect nothing but destruction and death, and the conditions for peace are getting worse.
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Surrounded by controversy, Laurent Wauquiez, president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and affiliated with the Les Républicains (LR), has raised eyebrows with his call for legislative amendments to facilitate the implementation of facial recognition in high schools. This proposal, aimed at beefing up security in educational institutions, has polarized opinions and ignited debates about privacy rights and surveillance boundaries.
On October 20, during a plenary assembly of the community, Wauquiez voiced his appeal, emphasizing the need to enhance security measures in response to the potential terrorist threats that could affect educators and students. He not only wishes to see stricter access control in French educational establishments but is also advocating for the widespread implementation of facial recognition software.
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French President Macron Calls for International ‘Coalition’ to Combat Hamas
French President Emmanuel Macron travelled to Jerusalem on Tuesday to reaffirm his country’s support for Israel and called for an international “coalition” of nations to combat the scourge of Islamist terrorist groups such as Hamas.
Appearing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mr Macron said in a speech that the world must remember that Israel has a “legitimate right to defend itself,” adding: “This cause is just, period.”
The French leader, who expressed solidarity with Israel as the leader of a country that has also faced deadly Islamist attacks, said that the priority of Western democracies should be to defeat terrorism, saying per Le Figaro: “I propose to our international partners that we can build a regional and international coalition to fight against these terrorist groups which threaten us all.”
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Ireland: Islamist Jailed for “Horror” Grindr Murders
A 23-year-old Iraqi refugee has been given two consecutive life sentences after mutilating and murdering two men he lured to their deaths using the gay dating app Grindr in a grisly spate of murders that shocked the entire nation.
Yousef Palani was sentenced to life in prison at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin on Monday, October 23rd for the murders of two gay men, Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee, between the 9th and 10th of April 2022 as well as the attempted murder of a third man who lost use of his eye during an altercation with the defendant.
The murders occurred near the town of Sligo in the West of Ireland. One of the victims was beheaded, leading to a two-day manhunt that ended with the dramatic arrest of Palani by armed police.
Palani is a naturalised Irish citizen who came to the country as part of a refugee resettlement programme in 2006. According to the testimony of one survivor, Palani consensually tied up his victims as part of a sex game before torturing them to death.
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ISIS Bride Shamima Begum Launches Appeal Against Removal of UK Citizenship
(AFP) — A woman who left Britain to marry an Islamic State jihadist fighter when she was a teenager began her appeal against the revocation of her citizenship in a UK court Tuesday.
A lawyer for Shamima Begum, 24, told the Court of Appeal in London that the Home Office had failed to consider its legal duties owed to her client as a potential victim of trafficking.
“The appellant’s trafficking was a mandatory, relevant consideration in determining whether it was conducive to the public good and proportionate to deprive her of citizenship, but it was not considered by the Home Office,” Samantha Knights said in a written submission to the court.
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Majority of Poles Believe Jaroslaw Kaczynski Should Retire From Politics, Poll Finds
A sizeable majority of Poles believe Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, should step down from his position following the recent election, according to a survey conducted by IBRiS.
Despite being the formal winner of the October parliamentary elections, the Law and Justice (PiS) party is unlikely to maintain its hold on power. The party did not secure enough seats to form an independent government, and even a coalition with the Confederation party would not give them this ability.
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More Arrests Made Over ‘Allahhu Akbar’ Brussels Terror Attack
French police have arrested two Paris-area residents over links to the October 16th terrorist attack in Brussels which saw two people killed and a third critically injured.
Two people have been arrested on suspicion of criminal terrorist association over alleged links to the October 16th terrorist attack in Brussels, Belgium. The two unnamed individuals are said by French specialist counter-terror prosecutors, Paris newspaper Le Figaro reports, to have complicity in terrorist “assassination”.
The pair are being held in pre-trial detention. Six people have been arrested in France over the Belgium attack so far, and four continue to be held.
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Potential New Defense Minister Hints at Mass Layoffs in Polish Army Under Liberal Coalition
Potential new players in the new liberal Polish government have uttered murmurs about possible cost-cutting of its armed forces, it has emerged.
Tomasz Siemoniak, who is vying for the role of defense minister and served in the position during Donald Tusk’s previous administration, claimed that an army of 150,000 troops should be sufficient for a country the size of Poland, with an additional 30,000-40,000 territorial forces and 20,000-30,000 in voluntary military service.
This would be a considerable decrease from the current size of Poland’s military. Today, its army is 187,000 strong with 50,000 in its territorial army reserves and 16,500 in voluntary military service.
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Szijjartó: Hungary Does Not Accept Dictates From Abroad
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjartó rebuked allegations of Hungary providing Russia with “sensitive” information regarding EU affairs, saying Hungary is a sovereign nation, whose government does not accept guidance or dictates from abroad.
The minister was responding on Monday, October 23rd to questions by reporters on the sidelines of the EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg, and was asked about European criticism of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two held talks last week at a meeting for the Belt and Road Initiative in Beijing. This was the first in-person meeting Putin has had with a European leader since meeting with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer in April 2022. Orban emphasised the necessity of maintaining economic ties with Russia, particularly in energy-related matters, as Hungary is dependent on Russian energy supplies.
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UK: Bankers Gloated and Celebrated Farage Debanking, Internal Messages Show
Bankers at NatWest have been exposed for gloating and mocking Brexit boss Nigel Farage after his bank accounts were shut down, bragging that they had “single-handedly driven him out of the country”.
A subject access request has unearthed internal messages from employees at NatWest — which owns the Coutts bank that debanked Nigel Farage earlier this year for political reasons — hailing the decision to drop the populist politician.
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UK: Cambridge University Library Making List of “Problematic” Books
Cambridge University Library is asking its librarians to draw up a list of “problematic” books so that it can decide how to deal with them, The Sunday Telegraph reports.
“We would like to hear from colleagues across Cambridge about any books you have had flagged to you as problematic (for any reason, not just in connection with decolonisation issues), so that we can compile a list of examples on the Cambridge Librarians intranet and think the problem through in more detail on the basis of that list,” a memo sent to college librarians said.
The newspaper also reports that Pembroke College advised its staff that the university is compiling examples of such books and plans to draw up guidance for librarians and readers.
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Britain’s leading Jewish advocacy group has written to the chief executive of ITV News expressing its objections to a recently broadcast interview with a Muslim woman complaining about Islamophobic abuse she has received since the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East.
The Board of Deputies of British Jews said the interview with Latifa Abouchakra amounted to “a staggering failure of due diligence” by the broadcaster after it emerged that Abouchakra, who claimed to have been targeted as a Muslim woman for going about her “daily business” in London, is actually a reporter for Iran’s state-owned Press TV channel and appears to have reported on pro-Hamas propaganda.
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Borrell Urges Ceasefire, Von Der Leyen Amplifies Support for Israel
EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell called for faster aid deliveries and a temporary ceasefire in Gaza after meeting the bloc’s also divided foreign ministers on Monday, October 23rd, a day after Commission President Ursula von der Leyen doubled down on supporting Israel in a speech in Germany, despite the public criticism from rebellious EU staffers.
According to Borrell, the dozens of trucks worth of EU humanitarian aid allowed into Gaza by Egypt is “not enough,” and Brussels should also start providing fuel for the electricity and desalination plants inside the Strip.
Furthermore, the official urged both sides to consider an immediate temporary ceasefire as a “humanitarian pause” in the conflict while internal refugees are taken care of and aid is properly distributed.
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Freed Israeli Hostage Praises Hamas: ‘They Treated Us Very Nicely’
An elderly Israeli hostage who was recently released by Hamas praised the Palestinian jihadist group for their humane treatment towards her and others held captive.
“I went through hell,” Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, initially said in comments translated by her daughter Sharone. “The guys beat me on the way. They didn’t break my ribs but hurt me there very much.”
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A small cell of Hamas terrorists used old-school landline phones specially installed in the “spider web’’ of tunnels under Gaza to evade Israeli intelligence forces for two years while plotting the group’s horrific Oct. 7 attack, a report revealed.
The hard-wired phone system allowed Hamas to communicate without being detected by Israel or the United States, sources told CNN Tuesday, catching the Jewish state by surprise with the attack that left about 1,400 dead.
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Hamas Terrorists Were Promised $10,000 and an Apartment for Every Israeli Taken Hostage
Footage released by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) concerning the interrogations of captured Hamas terrorists revealed the Islamist gunmen were promised $10,000 and an apartment for every Israeli they took hostage during the terror attack on Oct. 7.
Speaking to Israeli authorities, the captured Hamas terrorists revealed how they had received orders from the organization’s leaders to “cleanse” kibbutzim (Israeli communities) by murdering Jews and taking hostages back to Gaza.
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Israel Agrees to Consider Delaying Ground Invasion to Free Hostages: Report
Israeli officials have agreed to consider delaying their ground invasion of Gaza for a few days to allow negotiations to continue over the more than 200 hostages still held by Hamas, a report said Tuesday.
“Both Israel and the Biden administration want to exhaust every effort to try and get hostages out of Gaza,” an unidentified senior Israeli official told Axios.
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Israel a ‘Nuclear Wildcard’ on ‘Dangerous Road to Armageddon’ — Macgregor
Tucker Carlson sat down with Col. Douglas Macgregor (ret.), who laid out a disturbing scenario in which the United States could quickly be pulled into a direct conflict with Iran, Russia and China over Israel’s anticipated response to the October 7 Hamas attack.
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by Daniel Greenfield
Beslan. Mumbai. Paris. Manchester. New York City. Nairobi. Luxor. Sulu. Kibbutz Be’eri.
186 children murdered in a school in Beslan. Dozens of children taken hostage from a Catholic school in the Philippines. Two teachers were beheaded, but not the girls. “We do not kill women. We will just enslave them,” the Jihadists promised. 8-year-olds gunned down in the Westgate Mall in Nairobi. The terrorists asked their victims to name Mohammed’s mother to tell apart the non-Muslims from the Muslims. In Luxor, Egypt, the terrorists danced, sang and killed and mutilated the foreign tourists. They “took all the young women, the girls, and disappeared with them. I don’t know where they went with the women, but they hurt them. We could hear screams of pain.” Among the dead was Shaunnah Turner, a 5-year-old British girl.
Pregnant women and children murdered in Israel baffle the world. They seem implausible because each time they happen, we forget. A few days of horror pass and we move on.
When a Muslim terrorist set off a bomb in Manchester at a concert full of children and teens, there was shock and outrage. Nails were pulled out of children’s faces.
“This attack stands out for its appalling, sickening cowardice, deliberately targeting innocent, defenceless children and young people,” then Prime Minister Theresa May fumed.
That was 6 years ago. It might have been an eternity…
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Obama Criticizes Israel Over Gaza: ‘Don’t Harden Palestinian Attitudes for Generations’
Obama once said Israel should “dismantle” Hamas, but has now criticized Israel for the way it is “dismantling” the Palestinian terror group.
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UN Chief Warns That the Risk of the Gaza War Spreading is Growing as Situation Becomes More Dire
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief warned at a high-level U.N. meeting Tuesday that the situation in the Middle East is growing more dire by the hour with the risk of the Gaza war spreading through the region increasing as societies splinter and tensions threaten to boil over.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire to deliver desperately needed food, water, medicine and fuel. He appealed “to all to pull back from the brink before the violence claims even more lives and spreads even farther.”
Guterres told the U.N. Security Council’s monthly meeting on the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict — which has turned into a major event with ministers from the war’s key parties and a dozen other countries flying to New York -— that the rules of war must be obeyed.
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Turkey Moves to Ratify Sweden’s NATO Membership
Sweden’s prospective NATO membership moved one step closer on Monday evening after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed the protocol on the Scandinavian nation’s accession to the defense alliance and submitted the bill to the Turkish parliament.
A statement posted on the Presidential Communications Directorate’s social media account read, “Our President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed and submitted the Protocol on Sweden’s accession to NATO to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on Oct. 23, 2023.”
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Kremlin Denies Claims Putin Had Heart Attack, Calls Body Double Rumors ‘Absurd’ Hoax
The Kremlin on Tuesday denied reports that Vladimir Putin had a heart attack at the weekend — and dismissed persistent rumors that the Russian president uses body doubles to hide his ill health as an “absurd” hoax.
The denial came after the Telegram channel General SVR, which purports to be run by a former Russian intelligence officer, claimed that Putin collapsed in his bedroom at his Moscow residence Sunday night.
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Kremlin Says Russian Economy Ready to Handle More Sanctions
Sanctions have boosted domestic industrial production, officials say.
Russia’s economy has adapted well to Western sanctions and Moscow does not fear the prospect of more such measures, the Kremlin says.
On February 25, 2022, a day after Russia undertook a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the European Union introduced wide-ranging sanctions intended to send a clear signal to Moscow that there would be severe consequences for the war.
The bloc has imposed 11 sanctions packages to date and last week said it would work to shut down loopholes in the existing measures. EU officials have suggested the sanctions could remain in place for years.
“Russia has been living under a sanctions regime for quite a long time, for decades, and we have sufficiently adapted to it, so such time horizons as five to 10 years do not scare us,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday.
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Russian Navy Losing Grip on Crimea, Ukraine Says
Moscow discusses deepening ties with Tehran as Ukraine downs Iranian-made aerial drones
Ukraine has said it is loosening Russia’s hold on Crimea and will ultimately liberate the Black Sea peninsula, as Moscow said its forces had destroyed three marine drones launched by Kyiv’s military in an attempted attack on the region’s main port.
Russia’s defence ministry said “three unmanned motorboats of the Ukrainian navy were detected in the northern part of the Black Sea. A missile and bomb attack was carried out on the… boats.” Officials in Crimea said explosions were heard at about 4am local time on Tuesday near the port of Sevastopol, location of the main base of the Black Sea fleet.
Ukraine has stepped up missile and marine-drone attacks on Crimea this year, striking several Russian warships and a submarine and badly damaging the headquarters of the Black Sea fleet in the centre of Sevastopol. Russia illegally annexed Crimea in 2014.
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Russia Accuses US of Stoking “Escalation” by Mideast Force Build-Up as Pentagon Blames Iran
Update(1845ET): Russia has weighed in strongly against the additional US warships recently sent by the Pentagon to the Middle East region, saying this heightened US presence only serves as a risk of “escalation” of the conflict in Gaza.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday during a meeting Tehran that “the more a state takes this kind of proactive measures, the greater the risk and the danger of an escalation of the conflict”. He called out Washington as “already among the countries intervening the most” since the October 7 Hamas terror attack.
The same day, the Pentagon said it believes Iran-backed groups in the region are planning to ramp up attacks on US forces in the region. This came amid continuing sporadic drone and missile strikes against US bases in Syria and Iraq.
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Ukraine Aims to be Europe’s Weapons Factory
Once known as the “breadbasket of Europe,” Ukraine is now eyeing a cooler, and more profitable, title.
In an interview with Politico published on Monday, October 23rd, the Ukrainian Minister for Strategic Industries, Oleksandr Kamyshin, argued that Western countries need to ramp up weapons production as close to the frontlines as possible, and that—with the right investors—Ukraine could become the epicenter of Europe’s emerging defense industry.
On Monday, Kamyshin traveled to Berlin along with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal to lobby German defense contractors into signing joint ventures in Ukraine. One such partnership—the first of many, Kyiv hopes—between the German Rheinmetall and the Ukrainian Ukroboronprom will be announced later on Tuesday by Chancellor Scholz and OM Shmyhal at the German-Ukrainian Business Forum.
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WashPo: Ukraine’s SBU, Clandestinely Trained by CIA, Assassinated Daughter of Russian Intellectual
Ukraine’s domestic security service (SBU) has been receiving clandestine training from the CIA for eight years and used said training to assassinate Darya Dugina, the daughter of Russian intellectual Alexander Dugin, the Washington Post reports.
SBU sources boasted about the assassination — which they previously denounced as terrorism — and said they did it to advance a “narrative” that no one is safe inside of Russia.
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Zelensky Exposed: Former Advisor Reveals How Ukrainian President Thinks He is Omnipotent
The arrogance of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is causing problems with Kyiv’s allies and he believes that, as his country is at war, he can do anything, his former adviser has claimed.
In a bombshell interview with Polish news outlet dorzeczy.pl, Oleksyi Arestovych slammed his former boss for his increasingly overbearing behavior and believes he has fallen victim to delusions of grandeur and a belief that he is all-powerful.
Arestovych cited Zelensky’s response to the ongoing diplomatic conflict over the dumping of Ukrainian grain as an example, accusing the president’s office of “behaving as if it has a decisive voice in the European Union rather than being a country aspiring to join the bloc.”
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India: Man Dies After Bomb Goes Off in His Mouth in Chittoor of Andhra Pradesh
A man died after a country-made bomb exploded in his mouth after he reportedly tried to bite into it.
The incident occurred in Bangarupalyam mandal in Chittoor district on Monday. The deceased has been identified as M. Chiranjeevi, a resident of Gaddamvaripalle. He left home after a tiff with his wife and consumed alcohol.
Bangarupalyam Circle Inspector Nagaraja Rao said that Chiranjeevi, in an inebriated condition, bit the tip of a country-made bomb which exploded in his mouth. With the help of local police and the neighbours, Chiranjeevi was rushed to the nearest hospital, where he was declared brought dead.
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A construction company that completed projects around Australia is the latest in the industry to collapse and appoint a liquidator.
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Two police officers pinned down a black man as his friends yelled: ‘He’s not an animal!’
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Sydney Mayor Blocks Proposal to Light Town Hall in Israeli Colours
Sydney Mayor Clover Moore, civic leader of Australia’s largest city, blocked a motion to light the town hall in Israeli colours.
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Sydney Trains Driver Plays a Pro-Palestinian Song Through the Carriages’ Loudspeakers
Australian Jewish leaders have called for a Sydney train worker to be sacked after a pro-Palestinian song was blasted through a trains public announcement speakers,.
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Aruba Weighs Charges Against Joran Van Der Sloot Following Shocking Natalee Holloway Confession
Authorities in Aruba are reportedly weighing the possibility of leveling new charges against Joran van der Sloot since he confessed to murdering Natalee Holloway on the island 18 years ago, officials said.
Van der Sloot, 36, told US investigators earlier this month that he bludgeoned 18-year-old Holloway to death on an Aruban beach and disposed of her body in the ocean in May 2005.
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59 Migrants Land on Lampedusa in First Arrival in Days
(ANSA) — ROME, OCT 24 — A group of 59 migrants and refugees arrived on Lampedusa on Tuesday in the first landing in several days following a hiatus due to bad weather.
The new arrivals, who were rescued by a coast guard patrol, came from Palestine, Syria, Pakistan and Egypt.
They travelled on an eight-metre boat that had departed from Zuwara in Libya.
The Egyptians reportedly paid 160,000 Egyptian pounds and the Syrians 4,000 euro for the crossing.
All were taken to the island hotspot in Contrada Imbriacola, which was empty following the transfer off the island of the last ten remaining unaccompanied minors on Monday.
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Biden’s 2023 Flood: One Migrant for Every American Newborn
Biden’s deputies welcomed at least one economic migrant into the United States during the last 12 months for every American newborn.
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Biden Admin Welcomed One Economic Migrant Into US for Every Newborn American in 2023: Report
A new report has revealed that the Joe Biden-led US government has taken in at least one economic migrant in the past year for every American newborn or high-school graduate.
Federal data released on Oct. 21 revealed that over 4 million economic migrants traversed through the US-Mexico border during Fiscal Year 2023, according to Breitbart News.
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Brussels Attack: From Lampedusa to Molenbeek — A Timeline of Terror
Shots rang out in northern Brussels last week as a Tunisian asylum seeker already convicted of attempted murder in his home country opened fire on Swedish football fans using an AR-15 assault rifle resulting in two fatalities.
A sure sign that Islamist terror has returned to the European capital in force several years after the infamous 2016 bombings on the city’s transport infrastructure, the attack was enabled by a series of policing and asylum-related failures by authorities culminating in the resignation of Belgium’s Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne.
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A former minister under Angela Merkel has said that the EU could eventually close its external borders in as little as ‘five years’.
Speaking about migration on ThePioneer podcast, former German health minister Jens Spahn demanded that ‘anyone who is rescued in the Mediterranean must be returned to the North African coast.’
The deputy chairman of the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) went on to say that the closure of EU borders ‘will happen’.
He said: ‘The border will be closed sooner or later. Whether in five or 15 years, I cannot tell you. But it will happen.’
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Germany needs to start deporting illegal immigrants much more regularly and effectively, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has claimed amid a dramatic rise in illegal immigration into the country.
The leader of the liberal federal coalition government toed a more radical line in a recent interview with Germany’s Der Spiegel news website as his Social Democratic Party (SPD) continues to falter in the latest polls, languishing in third place behind the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD).
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Illegal Immigrants to Get City ID Cards in El Paso
The city of El Paso, Texas has moved forward with its plan to give illegal immigrants, homeless people, and others for whom obtaining state or federal ID is difficult or impossible the ability to apply for free municipal identification cards.
Given its proximity to the United States-Mexico border, El Paso has a large population of illegal immigrants who live there, but do not have any way to access services restricted to those who are legal residents.
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Italy: Budget: 200 MN for Migrant Reception in 2024
(ANSA) — ROME, OCT 24 — The government has allocated 200 million euros to migrant reception in 2024 and 300 million euros in 2025 according to a draft of the 2024 budget bill approved by cabinet last week but only made available on Tuesday.
The funding, which comes on top of additional resources allocated for migrant reception in a recent government decree, will also be used to support local authorities in their reception efforts, including in favour of unaccompanied minors.
So far this year Italy has seen an 81% increase in the arrival by sea of migrants and refugees compared to the same period in 2022.
The rise in numbers has put the national reception system under severe pressure, with the cities, which are responsible for second-level reception projects focusing on integration and inclusion and for special reception facilities for unaccompanied minors, coming under particular strain.
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Migrant Crisis 2.0: Germany and Greece See Huge Influx of Arrivals
Germany and Greece are seeing a new surge of illegal immigrant arrivals this year as Greek reception centres on the Aegean islands are beginning to fill to capacity and Germany has reported the largest number of illegal migrants entering the country in a single month since 2016.
Germany published data on Saturday, October 21st indicating that around 21,000 people entered the borders of the country illegally in September. This is the highest number since February 2016, when over 25,000 people arrived during the European migrant crisis, which had started several months earlier in 2015.
According to a report from the European Union-funded website InfoMigrants, over 92,000 illegal migrants have entered Germany between January and September of this year so far. This is already higher than last year and far higher than 2021’s figures, which stood at over 57,000 for the year.
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Nearly Two-Thirds of New Yorkers Blame Biden for Migrant Crisis: Poll
The overwhelming majority of New York voters blame President Biden for letting the migrant crisis spiral out of control, a new poll released Tuesday reveals.
The Siena College survey found that a stunning 84% of voters consider the influx of migrants a serious problem, with 57% identifying it as a “very” serious problem. Only 12% of respondents said the problem is not serious.
“It’s a sad case and Biden doesn’t even care. This is a federal problem and has always been a federal problem,” said Maria Ortiz, 37, works in retail and says she constantly sees migrants begging on the train with their babies.
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Sweden is tackling the problems caused by mass migration in a way that puts other European countries to shame.
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Protestors Try to Block Construction of Proposed Chicago Migrant Tent Site in Brighton Park
CHICAGO (CBS) — Construction has resumed at the planned site of a proposed migrant tent camp in Brighton Park, after neighbors opposed to the project tried unsuccessfully to stop the heavy machinery from moving on Tuesday morning.
It comes after a heated protest last week ended with an alderwoman running for safety.
As CBS 2’s Sara Machi reported, at least 30 protestors were at 38th and California with signs and American flags to oppose the migrant tent site coming to their neighborhood. Protesters temporarily blocked the driveway construction trucks use to enter the site.
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Romania Loses 20% of Its Workforce to Emigration in 15 Years
A World Bank report revealed that Romania has lost no less than 20 percent of its labor force to emigration over the past 10-15 years.
Its “Systematic Country Diagnostic” report showed that Romania’s working-age population is shrinking, largely due to emigration and low labor market participation, which reduces labor supply and therefore potential economic growth.
The country’s population fell from 22.8 million to 19.1 million between 2000 and 2021 and is projected to fall to 17.8 million by 2030.
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Texas AG Sues Biden Administration for Cutting Razor Wire Used to Secure the Southern Border
Attorney General for Texas, Ken Paxton, has sued the Biden administration for cutting razor wire put in place to secure the Texas border from illegal immigrants trying to enter the United States, in the state’s ongoing fight against the federal government to secure the southern border.
The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday, states that Paxton is suing the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection, detailing the multiple occasions in which CBP agents have cut the wire barriers and aided illegal immigrants as they attempt to cross into the US.
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Ministers today pulled the first plug on use of eye-wateringly expensive hotels to house small boat migrants today.
Robert Jenrick told MPs that the first 50 contracts for accommodation would be ‘exited’ by the end of January with a focus on putting them up in cheaper locations like motels, former military bases and floating barges.
In a statement to the Commons, he said the plans are possible because of ‘the progress we’ve made to stop the boats’, with arrival numbers this year down by a fifth and a reduced backlog of asylum cases.
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The ‘king’ of Britain’s migrant hotels has seen his profits soar to more than £60million a year — all from the taxpayer.
Graham King, a former caravan park and disco tycoon, made £25million in 2021 thanks to a Home Office contract to house asylum seekers in southern England and Wales.
But surging numbers of cross-Channel arrivals meant his profits more than doubled last year.
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Iceland’s Female Prime Minister Joins Walk Off Strike Against ‘Gender Wage Gap’
Icelandic Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdóttir has said that she will join tens of thousands of women walking off the job on Tuesday to protest the widely disputed gender wage gap.
For the seventh time in the history of the country, female Icelanders will take part in the “Kvennafri,” translated into English as “Women’s Day Off”. The strike is intended to protest the supposed inequality faced by women in one of the most egalitarian societies in the world, as well as to protest against the supposed wage gap between men and women.
Joining the tens of thousands of women, Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdóttir of the Left-Green Movement party said that she too would take the day off on Tuesday.
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Male Runner Wins Girls’ Cross Country Championship
After failing to rank in boys’ events, a male runner has soared to “victory” after entering a high school girls cross country championship in Maine.
15-year-old Soren Stark-Chessa, a male who claims to be a transgender “female,” destroyed the competition during the event Saturday.
He beat the runner-up, a girl, by nearly a minute and a half.
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Study Reveals the Twisted Way Incels View Dating — and Why They Have So Much Less Success
Incels — involuntary celibates — are men who form their identity around their perceived inability to have romantic relationships with women.
They make up a dark and depraved online community of young heterosexual men who blame society and women for their lack of success with intimacy.
Some commentators have suggested that one reason why incels fail in the dating world is because they judge women too highly, and are unrealistic about the caliber of potential partner they will attract.
However, the first official study into incel mating psychology has suggested this is not the case.
Researchers at the University of Texas found that self-confessed incels actually make fewer demands of potential female suitors than men who are not in the group.
Another interesting finding was that incels were more likely to be of shorter height. Studies show that women are more likely to be attracted to taller-than-average men, which could contribute to the feeling of rejection that incels are known to harbor.
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UFC Announces Bud Light as Its Official Beer in Partnership With Anheuser-Busch
UFC announced Bud Light will be its official beer as part of a partnership with Anheuser-Busch following months of controversy surrounding the beer brand that erupted earlier this year.
The mixed martial arts organization revealed Tuesday it struck a multiyear deal with the beer giant involving the Bud Light brand having a heavy presence in UFC’s content in its broadcasts and online beginning in 2024.
“Anheuser-Busch and Bud Light were UFC’s original beer sponsors more than fifteen years ago. I’m proud to announce we are back in business together,” UFC CEO Dana White said in a statement Tuesday. “There are many reasons why I chose to go with Anheuser-Busch and Bud Light, most importantly because I feel we are very aligned when it comes to our core values and what the UFC brand stands for. I’m looking forward to all of the incredible things we will do in the years ahead.”
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Re: “Alaskan AirPilot was Far Left Tripping…”
Did he land in the Aleutians, or perhaps Hawaii?
“Israel has reportedly agreed to delay a ground invasion of Gaza in order to allow more time for negotiations that might lead to the release of some of the hostages held by Hamas. Meanwhile, former President Barack Hussein Obama criticized the Israeli government for its handling of the war in Gaza.”
History keeps repeating itself and only the names and dates change….BECAUSE only the names and dates change.
“Far too much time, energy and blood has been expended in the Middle east. It’s time to take decisive action. We need to take out the terror regimes in Iran, Iraq and Syria. Then say to the Palestinians: “You have two choices: You can live as civilized citizens or you can be next.”” “Terrorism Isn’t Rocket Science” (2002)
http://www.triumphpc.com/psst!/jul02/rocket1.shtml
I was going to respond to the same news article, as I don’t quite understand what they are doing there. Initially Israel said Gaza will be sealed off to receive no supplies, humanitarian or otherwise, unless and until the hostages are returned. And they seemed to mean it. They already know that any softening leads to the opposite result. Are they going to make matters worse by caving in again?
“Are they going to make matters worse by caving in again?”
Only if they’re willing to trade US “support” for [some transitory] safety…..again.
“The hand that feeds you, owns you.” —Me
True words.
In reference to the article from Sderot – I’m Lutheran and I certainly don’t hate Jews. The position of the Lutheran Church today is that the Jews are God’s chosen people and believers should bless them. Many Christians (myself included) have been helping poverty -stricken Jews in Israel and elsewhere. I at times have my differences with the Lutheran Church, but I don’t feel responsible for what Martin Luther did in the Middle Ages. It ‘s a pity to have that attitude in any time or place
Marvelous. This is very convenient…for Jews.
Your words once again confirm the ideas of spiritual colonization of non-Jewish peoples.
As a sympathizer of the ancient philosophers of the Mediterranean, as well as Indo-European pagans, I affirm: All life is sacred!
But the Abrahamists (Jews and Muslims) think that their lives are more important.
Hebrews ARE the most important people in the world. Also thoughout history, Elena.
Why? Why Jews, and not, for example, the Romans or the French? Give REAL arguments, and not the inventions of the Semitic tribe about their so-called “chosenness of God.”
Because Almighty God claimed them as HIS Chosen People.
If there are Jews living Rome or France they ARE part of HIS Chosen People.
My words are from the Holy Bible, AV1611 the best translation of all.
And the HOLY Bible is based on FACTS.
Arguments are silly and prove nothing. Furthermore this was was not an invention of anyone.
Obama is Muslim, any questions?
“Obama is Muslim”
President Affirmative Action’s also a virulent anti-American commie-toddler (Sowell refers to him as “America’s first affirmative action president”, which I paraphrased into “President Affirmative Action” for brevity’s sake).
This just shows you how dumbed down America has become.
“This just shows you how dumbed down America has become.”
When you aspire to and lionized the lowest portion of the bell curve..
Amen!