Two Arabic-speaking migrants in Hamburg sexually assaulted a 29-year-old mother as she was picking up her child from school. In possibly unrelated news, hairstyling for former Chancellor Angela is still being paid for by the German taxpayer. There’s no word yet on how much in the way of bangs the taxpayer may expect for his or her buck.
In other news, the Ukrainian security police raided a factory in western Ukraine that was making uniforms for the Russian National Ski Team.
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4 Officials Found Dead From Single Sheriff’s Department in 2-Day Span
Four officials from the same sheriff’s department have been found dead after apparent suicides.
One former and three current employees of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department died just hours apart this week.
All of the deaths occurred on Monday and Tuesday, according to NBC News.
Sources told the outlet that the cause of the deaths has not been determined by the medical examiner.
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6 Arrested After Anti-Israel Protest at Grand Central Terminal: NYPD
Six people were arrested during the raucous anti-Israel protest at Grand Central Terminal in which hundreds called for the elimination of the Jewish state.
Three of the six arrested protesters — two men and one woman — were taken into custody and issued summonses for disorderly conduct, police said. One protester was a young teen and charged as a juvenile with reckless endangerment, cops said.
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7-Eleven Workers in NYC Defend Store From Unhinged Man Claiming to be Saudi Royalty: Video
A pair of 7-Eleven clerks took matters into their own hands to defend their Tribeca store from an unhinged man who bizarrely claimed to be Saudi royalty.
In a shocking video posted on Reddit, two store staffers at the chain’s Broadway location are seen wielding a stick and dustpan, as well as a long piece of plastic, as they drive out a shouting man in a red-and-black jacket and sweatpants.
The employees proceeded to guard the door in a roughly 3-minute-long standoff with the nutter, who repeatedly tried to re-enter and screamed at the exhausted staffers as they swiped at him with their makeshift weapons.
“You know who you just hit? Mohammed Bin Salman! You’re f***ing dead!” the loon shrieked, calling the Saudi Arabian prince his “brother” and “cousin” before eventually storming off.
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Alaska’s Largest City Declares ‘Snow Emergency’ After Record Snowfall Piles Up on Back-to-Back Days
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A winter storm dropped record snowfall amounts in Anchorage, Alaska, with some areas outside of Anchorage proper receiving more than 2 feet of snowfall in just two days.
The largest city in Alaska broke its daily snowfall record on Wednesday when 9 inches of snow fell in 24 hours. For context, the previous record for Nov. 8 was 7.3 inches set in 1982. Another 8.2 inches piled up Thursday, which also broke the daily record of 7.1 inches set on Nov. 9, 1956. That brought Anchorage’s two-day total to 17.2 inches of snow.
By late Thursday, Anchorage had a 21-inch snow depth, or the total amount of snow on the ground. This was Anchorage’s greatest snow depth for so early in the season, according to Alaska-based climatologist Brian Brettschneider. Already, 26.6 inches of snow has fallen in Anchorage this season, which is 17.5 inches above the average snowfall to date for Nov. 9.
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Albuquerque Public Schools Reaches Settlement Agreement in Bennie Hargrove Shooting
“As long as we can carry forward his memory in a meaningful way, if it helps make children safer, then he didn’t die in vain.”
Albuquerque Public Schools has reached a settlement with the family of Bennie Hargrove, two years after the 13-year-old was shot and killed on the Washington Middle School campus.
Attorneys for the Hargrove family told KOAT that APS has agreed to pay $900,000 in the settlement agreement.
“Going to trial would have been a mistake for them (APS). I appreciate APS and the superintendent for resolving this case because it recognizes and acknowledges that Bennie was an important member of our community. APS is taking ownership of its own failures,” said Frank Davis, who is one of the attorneys representing the Hargrove estate.”I think that we are going to see some changes within APS.”
“We’ve already started to see those changes already start to occur,” said Shane Maier, who also represents the Hargrove family. “First, with the increased presence of police at schools looking for guns. Last year, I believe was the highest amount of guns ever found at APS schools, and they’re able to take action right away.”
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Americans Don’t Want to Fight for Their Country Anymore
A majority of American adults would not be willing to serve in the military were the U.S. to enter into a major war, recent polling has found, while public confidence in the armed forces appears to be waning.
The figures come as all branches of the armed forces have in recent years struggled to meet their recruitment targets, suggesting a growing apathy towards a career of military service. In 2023, the Army and Air Force fell short of their respective goals by around 10,000 recruits, while the Navy was under by 6,000. Since 1987, the number of active-duty personnel has fallen by 39 percent.
Experts say that such shortfalls are worrisome in an increasingly volatile global picture with American leadership unsure when it will next have to bring its full military force to bear.
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Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters calling for the elimination of the Jewish state stormed Grand Central Terminal Friday night, furiously banging and kicking at a locked entrance of the station that was forced to temporarily close over the rowdy demonstration.
The mob was part of a “Flood Manhattan for Gaza” protest that initially converged on Columbus Circle earlier in the evening, where they set fire to an Israeli flag and taunted a small faction of counter-demonstrators before marching through Manhattan and splattering fake blood on the New York Times building.
“We don’t want a Jewish state. We want ‘48!” the anti-Israel protesters chanted at the starting point, referring to Palestine before the establishment of Israel.
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ATF Director Says Assault Weapons Ban Now on His “Wish List”
Submitted by Gun Owners of America
Looks like Biden’s ATF director has drastically changed his views from his Senate confirmation hearing.
During a recent interview with Caroline Light, the Director of Undergraduate studies in Women, Gender and Sexuality at Harvard University, ATF Director Steve Dettelbach was asked about his gun control “Wish list.”
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Biden Hammered for Seeming Confused During Veterans Day Wreath Laying: ‘Just So Embarrassing’
Social media users reacted with shock and ridicule over a clip of President Biden appearing to forget what he was supposed to be doing at the official Veterans Day memorial at Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday.
X users tore into Biden for freezing at the wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and having to be directed where to stand by U.S. service members attending to the solemn memorial.
One called it “so embarrassing.”
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Biden, 80, again appeared to suffer a moment of confusion at a Veterans Day service, at the same time his Delaware mansion was flooded by pro-Palestine protestors.
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Bill Gates’ New Plan: Cut Down 70 Million Acres of Trees to “Combat Global Warming”
Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft and one of the world’s richest globalists, is now funding a new initiative to “combat global warming” and “save the planet.” Gates’ organization, Breakthrough Energy, has invested $6.6 million in the project led by a company called Kodama Systems, founded in 2021. The plan is to harvest no less than 70 million acres of forest, mostly in the western United States. After mass harvesting, the millions of trees will be buried in the ground so that no one can use them. This is because climate alarmists believe that “burying trees will reduce global warming” as it prevents them from releasing carbon dioxide into the air.
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Bill Maher SLAMS Progressives, Academics Who Suggest That Western Civilization is a ‘Bad Thing’
Earlier this month, discussing recent anti-Israel protests around the country, talk show host Bill Maher slammed progressives and academics alike for attacking Israel as an “outpost of Western civilization, like it’s a bad thing” and explained how Western ideals are what gave the world the “liberal precepts that liberals are supposed to endure.”
On the HBO show Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher listed off “Individual liberties, scientific inquiry, rule of law, religious freedom, women’s rights, human rights, democracy, trial by jury, freedom of speech. He joked, “Please somebody stopped us before we enlightened again.”
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Breaking: President Trump Pledges to End Ukraine War Before Even Taking Office
President Donald Trump took the stage in New Hampshire on Saturday after he received endorsements from New Hampshire’s largest coalition of conservative activists, the 603 Alliance, as well as ten New Hampshire elected officials. He also holds a 32-point lead over his closest contender in the state, Nikki Haley.
Trump was joined by Abbey Gate Gold Star families at his rally in Derry, NH. “There is no greater act of selfless service than defending America’s God-given freedoms and liberty,” he said in a statement. “The traditions of excellence and integrity demonstrated by our men and women in uniform never fade after leaving the Military—once a Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marine, Coast Guardsman, or Guardian—always.”
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Ex-UFC Champ Jamahal Hill’s Bus Attacked by Pro-Palestinian Protestors in Manhattan
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill, in Manhattan to attend UFC 295 at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, found himself and his team trapped in the midst of a pro-Palestinian rally in Midtown on Friday.
Hill, who was in a van with his management team and others on Friday, was surrounded by protesters that were involved in a march demanding a ceasefire in Gaza in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine.
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First Bronx Republican on NYC Council in 50 Years Says She’ll Even Try to Work With AOC
Newly elected City Councilwoman Kristy Marmorato says it won’t be easy being the first Bronx Republican to hold a City Council seat in 50 years — but she vowed to stand for conservative values like education and public safety while even working with the likes of AOC.
“It’s tough being a Republican in The Bronx,” she told The Post Wednesday. “I listened to people and they appreciated that.”
The 45-year-old health care worker said that high on her list of priorities are school choice, strengthening the NYPD and stopping a controversial halfway house in her north Bronx district.
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House Committee Hearing on Campus Free Speech Disrupted by Pro-Palestinian Protesters
Congress held a hearing on Wednesday in response to the censorship of conservatives and rampant antisemitism that has recently roiled college campuses, a panel that was disrupted when pro-Palestine protesters interrupted testifying students.
Witnesses testifying at the House Judiciary’s “Free Speech on College Campuses” hearing included Jasmyn Jordan, current chairwoman of Iowa Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Iowa, Connor Ogrydziak, former chairman of the University of Buffalo’s Young Americans for Freedom, and Amanda Silberstein, a Jewish student at Cornell University.
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Hundreds of Pro-Palestine Protesters March to Biden’s Delaware Home as President Returns From DC
President Biden is returning to his Delaware home on Saturday — only a short distance from hundreds of protesters accusing him of genocide.
Biden is returning to his residence in Wilmington after delivering a Veterans’ Day address as the “Delaware Palestine March” commences in the same area.
“Biden, Biden, you can’t hide! We charge you with genocide!” the crowd chanted as protesters began gathering earlier this afternoon.
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Illinois has some of the most draconian gun laws in the country. You need a Firearms Owners Identification Card (FOID) before you can possess a gun, there are “universal” background checks to supposedly prevent transfers to prohibited persons, “assault weapon” bans, “high capacity” magazine bans; you name it, Illinois’ got it. Those laws got even worse recently.
While lawful, peaceable people are burdened evermore, criminals missed the memo from the Illinois state government. The Chicago Sun Times reported this story (archived links) of the extent of criminality in relation to the “free” money the Feds tossed out of a helicopter to counter the devastating economic impact of government-induced pandemic lockdowns.
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New Site Posting Daily Updates on if Eric Adams Has Been Arrested in FBI Probe
A new website is keeping New Yorkers up to date on whether Mayor Eric Adams has been arrested amid a federal probe into his campaign fundraising.
The website, hasericadamsbeenarrested.site, is posting daily updates about whether Hizzoner has been cuffed as a result of the FBI’s investigation into his 2021 campaign, which is trying to determine whether there was collusion with the Turkish government and others to funnel money into Adams’ mayoral effort.
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New York Loses 10 Billionaires in Four Years as Magnates Flee for Florida
New York has lost 10 billionaires in the last four years — three of whom fled to Florida — leaving tax coffers lighter by tens of millions of dollars annually.
This year 62 New York-based billionaires appeared on the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans, compared to 72 in 2019 and 65 last year.
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NYPD Bomb Squad Members Sue NYC for $75m, Claim COVID Vax Mandate Ended Careers
Five members of the NYPD — including three members of the Bomb Squad — are suing the city for $75 million, claiming their careers were ended by the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
The officers, all with decades of experience, said they’ve lost out on a “full pension, with annual interest, and health benefits” after they were fired in 2022 for refusing to get the jab.
The city lifted its vaccine mandate for employees in February, but the five men — Detectives Paul McCartney, a US Marine with 17 years on the job; Jean Pierre Sylvestre, a US Marine veteran who’s worked 20 years at the NYPD; Joseph Trancho, who worked there 18 years; Sgt. Craig Collopy, who served 27 years; and Lt. Christopher Eckert, who also had 20 years — have so far not reapplied for their posts.
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Officer Killed, Another Injured in Shooting in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — A police officer was killed and another was injured during a shooting early Saturday morning in Austin, Texas. The suspected gunman was also killed.
Austin Police Department Interim Police Chief Robin Henderson said they received a call around 3 a.m. Saturday. The caller was reportedly screaming and a woman had been stabbed at a house at 9308 Bernoulli Drive, according to KHOU. When officers arrived at the house, they learned that there were two people inside who were injured along with the suspect.
A third victim was able to escape from the house, Henderson said, according to the news station. They were found in the neighborhood by police. The victim was able to tell investigators that the suspect had a knife.
Sources said, according to KXAN, that officers were able to enter the house and get the hostages out when the suspect shot at officers. One of the officers was killed and another was shot. The injured officer was reportedly shot in the shoulder. The injured officer is believed to be in stable condition.
A firefight ensued and the suspect was hit, according to the Austin American-Statesman. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.
“Two apparent victims of the suspect were located inside of the residence with fatal injuries” and were dead at the scene,” Henderson said, according to The Associated Press.
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Police: Florida Man Arrested in Chicago With $1.2 Million Worth of Meth
A Florida man traveling in Chicago was arrested after Amtrak authorities found $1.2 million worth of methamphetamine in his luggage, police said.
Urani Hector, 32, was stopped by police in Chicago’s Union Station when a law enforcement canine detected a “narcotic odor,” an arrest report obtained by CWBChicago said.
The Tampa-area man’s luggage was subsequently searched, and cops discovered 3.7 kilograms of what they suspected to be meth, the report stated.
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Poll: Donald Trump Leads Joe Biden Among Independents
Former President Donald Trump has an advantage over President Joe Biden among independent voters, Cygnal’s November poll found.
Not only do independent voters view Trump more favorably — six points higher than Biden — they also prefer Trump over Biden, 44 percent to the incumbent’s 38 percent support. In that scenario, 18 percent remain undecided.
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Pope Francis Sacks Ultra-Conservative Critic Bishop John Strickland
Pope Francis dismissed prominent conservative critic Bishop John Strickland, of Tyler, Texas, on Saturday, following an investigation earlier this year into the firebrand’s diocese.
The Vatican did not explain the reasoning for Strickland’s firing.
The move was seen as an extraordinary measure since problematic bishops in the Catholic church are usually asked or pushed to resign in lieu of an outright removal.
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Ramaswamy: DeSantis Was ‘Dragged’ Into 2024 Run, ‘He’s Been Exploited’
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has said that he believes Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is being “exploited” and was “dragged” into his 2024 campaign.
Ramaswamy gave his opinion on fellow GOP contender and Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his 2024 campaign on Friday.
Ramaswamy claimed on the “PBD Podcast” that even though DeSantis had “mega amounts of money” backing him, he couldn’t gain momentum in the GOP primary, causing donors to label him a “lost cause” and leaving them in search of another candidate to support — such as former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
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Road Closures, Mistakes From Officials Trapped Many in Maui Inferno: Report
People trying to flee the Maui wildfires were left with only one way out after mistakes by local officials closed several roads, according to an investigation by the BBC.
Access to the main highway in the town of Lahaina was cut off and police directed people to a single escape route to the south — a road that runs along the ocean, where traffic was at a standstill during the peak of the blaze, the broadcaster revealed.
At least 99 people were killed in the August wildfire, which was the deadliest in modern US history.
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Speaker Johnson Rolls Out Plan to Avoid Government Shutdown, Prevent ‘Spending Monstrosity’
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., unveiled a short-term spending plan on Saturday aimed at averting a government shutdown when federal funding runs out on Nov. 17.
The two-step proposal would fund part of the government until Jan. 19, and the rest until Feb. 2. A senior GOP aide told Fox News Digital on Friday that they are aiming for a Tuesday House-wide vote.
Supporters of a staggered short-term bill, known as a continuing resolution (CR), argue it puts targeted pressure on lawmakers to achieve their goals at an incremental rate.
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Suspect in Detroit Synagogue Leader’s Murder Released Without Charges
A suspect who was taken into custody for the fatal stabbing of a prominent Detroit synagogue leader was released without charges after 72 hours, according to reports.
Police arrested the man late Tuesday in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and let him go Friday without being charged in the Oct. 21 killing of Samantha Woll, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Sources told the outlet that the man was close with Woll and attended her funeral.
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This past summer the Supreme Court ruled in Students For Fair Admissions that racial preferences among college applicants violates the Constitution’s equal protections clause, and it is no longer an acceptable practice in academia.
As a refresher, SFFA filed a lawsuit against Harvard University asserting that their admissions process relied too heavily on racial preferences to be Constitutionally viable.
Harvard argued that their process complied with an earlier ruling from the Supreme Court,
Grutter V Bolinger, which said that racial preferences were allowable so long as it served an interest to the state, and it was very narrowly applied and that “all factors that contribute to diversity are “meaningfully considered” alongside race.”
The new ruling which came down in June, changed that standard from “it’s OK so long as it doesn’t dictate the outcomes” to “any kind of racial consideration unfairly violates the law”.
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The Great Grift: COVID-19 Fraudster Used Stolen Relief Aid to Buy Private Island in Florida
A freshwater spring bubbles amid the mangroves, cabbage palms and red cedars on Sweetheart Island, a two-acre uninhabited patch of paradise about a mile off the coast of this little Gulf Coast town.
Pelicans divebomb nearby into the cool waters of Florida’s Withlacoochee Bay and the open view westward holds the promise of dazzling sunsets.
It may have seemed like an ideal getaway for Florida businessman Patrick Parker Walsh.
Instead, he’s serving five and half years in federal prison for stealing nearly $8 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds that he used, in part, to buy Sweetheart Island.
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Donald Trump has taken a swipe at President Joe Biden for being ‘confused’ and walking into walls after he suffered another embarrassing bumble at a Veterans Day service.
The 77-year-old held a campaign rally in Claremont, New Hampshire on Saturday afternoon just days after he skipped the third 2024 GOP presidential primary debate.
‘We have a guy in the White House who can’t put two sentences together and who could not find his way off this stage,’ former President Trump told the packed crowd.
His comments came hours after Biden, 80, suffered an embarrassing moment of confusion as he stumbled at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
It has been revealed that Trump would expand his first-term immigration crackdown to include sweeping roundups of people who would be held in large camps to await deportation if he is re-elected in 2024.
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At a Veterans Day rally in New Hampshire on Saturday, former President Donald Trump urged voters who don’t want to see their sons and daughters be drafted to fight in foreign conflicts to vote for him. He also called for Americans across the political aisle to unify and put their country and its people first, regardless of whether they are Republican, a Democrat, or anything else.
In the speech, the former president declared, “Whether you’re a Democrat, a Republican, or Independent, and if you don’t want your sons and daughters drafted to fight and die in distant foreign lands that many of you have never even heard of… then you have to vote for a gentleman named Donald J. Trump.”
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by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
In 2002, I discovered a 1927 lecture by Bertrand Russell entitled “Why I am Not a Christian”. It did not cross my mind, as I read it, that one day, nearly a century after he delivered it to the South London branch of the National Secular Society, I would be compelled to write an essay with precisely the opposite title.
The year before, I had publicly condemned the terrorist attacks of the 19 men who had hijacked passenger jets and crashed them into the twin towers in New York. They had done it in the name of my religion, Islam. I was a Muslim then, although not a practising one. If I truly condemned their actions, then where did that leave me? The underlying principle that justified the attacks was religious, after all: the idea of Jihad or Holy War against the infidels. Was it possible for me, as for many members of the Muslim community, simply to distance myself from the action and its horrific results?
At the time, there were many eminent leaders in the West — politicians, scholars, journalists, and other experts — who insisted that the terrorists were motivated by reasons other than the ones they and their leader Osama Bin Laden had articulated so clearly. So Islam had an alibi.
This excuse-making was not only condescending towards Muslims. It also gave many Westerners a chance to retreat into denial. Blaming the errors of US foreign policy was easier than contemplating the possibility that we were confronted with a religious war. We have seen a similar tendency in the past five weeks, as millions of people sympathetic to the plight of Gazans seek to rationalise the October 7 terrorist attacks as a justified response to the policies of the Israeli government.
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“Ukraine as a Weapon and Instrument of American Foreign Policy” — Maximilian Krah
Recently, the war in Ukraine has captured the attention of the world, leaving many questions and speculations about the roots of this conflict. However, despite various perspectives, one opinion stands out — the belief that America provoked this war with the aim of separating Germans and Western Europeans from Russians and Chinese. Such a viewpoint was expressed by Maximilian Krah, a Member of the European Parliament from the Alternative for Germany party, in an interview with The Duran.
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Britons Have to be Told Not to Stand and Watch Man Drown
Those who travel regularly on public transport have seen mobile devices kill the art of talking to strangers. A recent police warning suggests that many are now too attached to their phones not only to talk to others but even to stop and help those in grave danger.
When North Yorkshire Police officers arrived last week to save a man in the River Ouse in York, they noted that “crowds had amassed” but nobody was helping. All this despite seeing the man struggle to keep his head above water. At least two floating devices were accessible within yards of the scene, but it appears as though those present were too busy filming to see.
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Controversial Nature Restoration Law Clears Final Legislative Hurdle
Centrists came together in Brussels late Thursday night as MEPs from the S&D and EPP coalesced to clear the final legislative hurdle for the Nature Restoration Law (NRL). The highly controversial act, which many farming groups believe will trigger spiralling food inflation, seeks to scale back industrial farming to stop environmental degradation.
Arguably the most hotly contested piece of legislation on the EU’s calendar this year, the NRL was narrowly passed at a plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg in July, despite objections by the centrist EPP. They were accused of pandering to populists months before the EU elections.
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Dutch Minister Pushes for EU Defence Tsar
Outgoing Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren has called on the European Commission to take a new step toward an EU army by creating the office of an EU Commissioner of Defence.
Ollongren told Dutch media, “I think it would be a good idea for the next European Commission to put this very high on the agenda, for there to be a European commissioner who spends 100% of his or her time [on defence] alone,” Euractiv reports.
“This Commission has already taken this up, but in the defence industry in particular, this is still quite fragmented. A lot is approached from a national interest perspective,” she said.
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EU Faces Opposition to Its 20 Billion Euro Military Aid Plan for Ukraine
Resistance from various EU countries is putting the European Union’s plan to allocate up to 20 billion euros ($21.4 billion) for military aid to Ukraine in jeopardy, according to diplomats.
The proposal, put forth by Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, envisages establishing a fund of up to 5 billion euros annually for four years to fortify Ukraine in its struggle against Russia’s invasion, aligning with broader Western security commitments. However, as EU defense ministers prepare to deliberate on the plan, countries like Germany have expressed reservations about committing substantial sums so far into the future.
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Ex-Finnish PM Who Went Viral in Raunchy Dance Video Makes Showy New Career Move: Report
The former prime minister of Finland who went viral last year in a provocative dance video is writing a book and shopping for publishers, Finnish media is reporting.
Sanna Marin, who became the youngest prime minister in Finland’s history at age 34, is working on a book titled “Our Turn: Fearless Leadership for a New Generation,” according to sources who spoke to Finnish outlet Ilta-Sanomat.
The outlet said sources confirmed that William Morris Endeavor, an American talent agency, was trading the rights to the book and that bidding for international rights is likely already ongoing.
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Germany: Berlin: Nearly 1,200 Crimes Linked to the Middle East Conflict Since Its Beginning
Since Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, Berlin police have recorded 1,199 crimes related to the conflict, BILD reported.
The majority are property damage offenses, including painted or sprayed slogans, as well as resistance to the police during gatherings. Among the 345 violent crimes, there are 201 acts of resistance and 50 physical injuries, mostly occurring during pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
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Germany: Taxpayers Still Foot the Bill for Merkel’s Hair
Merkel spent 30,000 euros from the German budget on makeup and hairstyling in a year, as reported by BILD.
Angela Merkel stepped down as the Chancellor of Germany in 2021 and has since been receiving a pension. The state also covers the expenses of the Office of the Chancellor in retirement. When Merkel appears publicly as a representative of Germany, the costs for her image are also covered by the government budget.
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Germany: AfD Climbs to Record High 34% in Thuringia
Just ten months ahead of the state’s elections, the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany party is by far the most popular party in the state of Thuringia, commanding a record 34% of the vote.
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Iceland Declares Emergency as ‘Quake Swarms’ Signal Potential Volcanic Eruption
Authorities in Iceland declared an emergency and issued an evacuation order for thousands of people in a popular tourist town in the country’s southwestern Reykjanes Peninsula after quake swarms intensified in the last 48 hours — sparking fears that the next big volcanic eruption could be imminent.
On Friday night, Iceland’s National Police Commissioner declared a state of emergency for civil defense. Residents in Grindavik were ordered to leave after a magma tunnel formed under the area.
“We want to reiterate that residents MUST evacuate their homes and leave the town. But we also want to reiterate that this is not an emergency evacuation, there is plenty of time to prepare, secure things and drive out of town calmly,” the agency said.
The Icelandic Meteorological Office’s latest update warned:
“The seismic activity has moved south towards Grindavik. Based on how the seismic activity has evolved since 6 PM today, along with results from GPS measurements, there is a likelihood that a magma intrusion has extended beneath Grindavik.”
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Iranian-Born Man Charged With Terrorism Over Norway LGBT Nightlife Area Shooting
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Norwegian citizen originally from Iran was charged Friday with aggravated terrorism for the 2022 deadly shooting ahead of an LGBTQ festival in the nightlife district of the capital, Oslo.
Two people were killed and nine seriously wounded in the shooting at three locations, chiefly outside the London Pub, a popular gay bar, on June 25, 2022.
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Pope Francis Seeking to Reform Conclave?
The first conclusions of the Synod on Synodality have barely been announced, but new prospects for Vatican reform are emerging, according to journalist Diane Montagna, Rome correspondent for The Remnant. Pope Francis is said to be working on a document aimed at changing the conditions for electing the pope in conclave, in particular by allowing women and lay people to take part in the vote.
Pope Francis’ objective would be to reform the apostolic constitution, Universi Dominici Gregis, promulgated in 1996 by Pope John Paul II on the vacancy of the Apostolic See and the election of the Roman pontiff. With the help of the Italian Jesuit cardinal canonist Gianfranco Ghirlanda, Francis has reportedly been working since the spring on a document to amend the constitution. In the run-up to the synod, working meetings with Cardinal Ghirlanda are said to have intensified.
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The Electricity Price Hike: A Czech Government’s Missed Opportuity
The recent surge in electricity and gas prices hitting Czech households and businesses could have been avoided, contrary to claims by government spokesperson Smolka. It turns out that the Fiala government, in a bid to align with EU regulations, overlooked a potential solution using European funds earmarked for emission allowances, reported by Parlamentnilisty.cz.
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The Faculty of Nuclear Engineering at the Czech University Has Been Subjected to a Hacker Attack
The Czech Technical University (CVUT) in Prague is dealing with the aftermath of a cyber attack. The assailants specifically targeted the network of the Faculty of Nuclear and Physical Engineering (FJFI), according to Katerina Vesela, the university’s spokesperson.
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Top Cardiologist Testifies: COVID Shots ‘Are Not Safe for Human Use’
One of the world’s leading cardiologists, Dr. Peter McCullough, has warned the public and government officials, in no uncertain terms, that Covid shots are dangerous and “not safe for human use.”
Dr. McCullough testified before the European Parliament during a hearing hosted by five Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).
The hearing sought to address concerns about the power grab of the globalist World Health Organization (WHO).
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London’s Metropolitan Police have been accused yet again of applying different standards to protests based on their political affiliation as dozens of so-called “far right” demonstrators were arrested to “prevent a breach of the peace” as they attempted to pay their respects to the Cenotaph war memorial on Armistice Day.
As Britons from across the country came down to London on Saturday to honour the nation’s fallen soldiers, the Metropolitan Police permitted another large-scale anti-Israel demonstration to take place, despite many, including Prime Minister Rishi Sunak describing the march as deeply disrespectful to military veterans and the soldiers who gave their lives in service of the country.
A much smaller band of supposed “counter-protesters”, including former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson, came to the city vowing to protect war memorials such as the Cenotaph from vandalism.
Video footage of minor scuffles with police was widely circulated by leftist social media accounts and establishment media as evidence of the threat of the “far-right”. The police also claimed that counter-protesters hurled projectiles at officers.
People on the ground at the protest claimed that such scuffles were initiated by the Police, however, who attempted to block the people from paying their respects at the Cenotaph.
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Judges in the United Kingdom have doubled-down on their mandate to remove a terminally ill infant from life support rather than allow parents to seek treatment at the Vatican.
Justice Robert Peel ruled Wednesday that 8-month-old Indi Gregory was to be removed from her life-supporting ventilator on Thursday against the parents’ wishes. An appeal in the case has been denied and the child is mandated to be removed from life support imminently.
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Several far-right individuals have been arrested, as they gathered for events on Remembrance Day, honoring veterans of wars in which Britain participated.
Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in London, turning a march into a contentious political issue in the UK. Clashes occurred between the police and English nationalists attempting to disrupt the event. The demonstrations, held for the past four weekends against the Israel-Hamas war, gained more attention and controversy due to their timing on Remembrance Day. Home Secretary Suella Braverman called for a ban on the march, accusing the police of political bias. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak criticized the timing but urged calm as the protest proceeded.
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Andrej Mitic: Russo-Ukrainian War Must End Immediately, Sp Dveri Party Does Not Favor Any Side
Andrej Mitic, the International secretary and advisor to the President of the Serbian national-conservative, sovereigntist political party SP Dveri, and to the Dveri parliamentary group in the National Assembly, said the party believes the war should be brought to an end immediately, adding that Europe and Russia should cooperate to forge a better future for everyone.
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Andrej Mitic: It’s Time for a Voice of Real Serbia; Its Time for Dveri
Dr. Andrej Mitic, the International secretary and advisor to the President of the Serbian national-conservative, sovereigntist political party SP Dveri, and to the Dveri parliamentary group in the National Assembly, has said the time for a New Europe—which is traditionalist, sovereigntist, Christian, and illiberal—has come.
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Dveri’s Andrej Mitic: It is a Useless Endeavor to Try and Push Serbs Against Russia
Andrej Mitic, the International secretary and advisor to the President of the Serbian national-conservative, sovereigntist political party SP Dveri, and to the Dveri parliamentary group in the National Assembly, has said that attempts by the US-led collective West to push Serbs against Russia is a useless.
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500K Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Mob London as American Protest Held Near Biden’s Delaware Mansion
A half a million people packed the streets of London Saturday in a Pro-Palestine protest that was among the largest demonstrations ever held in the city, while a group of Americans staked out Joe Biden’s home in Delaware.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters also marched against the Israel-Hamas war in Paris, Brussels, Barcelona, Cape Town, Dublin and more on Saturday, most calling for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.
London’s protest overlapped with Armistice Day, where British citizens commemorate the soldiers who died in World War I.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the rally’s timing was disrespectful, while other ministers had called for the march to be canceled. Home Secretary Suella Braverman called the demonstrators “hate marchers” in a lambasted op-ed in The Times of London.
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Billionaire Plots $50M Media Blitz Against Hamas With Help of Big-Name Moguls
Real-estate billionaire Barry Sternlicht is trying to organize support and spend as much as $50 million on a media campaign targeted at defining Hamas as a terrorist organization, according to a report.
Sternlicht began the campaign just days after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack in Israel committed by Hamas, according to an email viewed by online news site Semafor. He initially sought $1 million in donations from a group of the business world’s richest individuals.
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Gaza’s Main Hospital Goes Dark in Fighting; Allies Speak Out Against Israel Attacks
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel’s prime minister pushed back Saturday against calls for a cease-fire in its war against Hamas, as troops encircled Gaza’s largest hospital where doctors said five patients died, including a premature baby, after the last generator ran out of fuel.
Israel says that Shifa Hospital has served as Hamas’ main command post, and that militants were using civilians as human shields there and had set up elaborate bunkers underneath it — claims Hamas and Shifa staff deny. In recent days, fighting near Shifa and other hospitals in the combat zone of northern Gaza has intensified and supplies have run out.
“There is no electricity. Medical devices stopped. Patients, especially those in intensive care, started to die,” said Mohammed Abu Selmia, the director of Shifa, speaking by phone over the sound of gunfire and explosions.
Abu Selmia said Israeli troops were “shooting at anyone outside or inside the hospital,” and prevented movement between the buildings in the compound.
The claim that Israeli troops were the sole source of fire could not be verified independently.
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A Missile Strike Targets Kyiv as an Improvised Explosive Derails Russian Freight Cars
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say Russian forces targeted Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, as part of an overnight bombardment felt across the country. The head of the Kyiv City Military Administration said a ballistic missile was shot down as it approached the Ukrainian capital, the first attempted missile attack on Kyiv in almost two months. Meanwhile, Russian law enforcement officials say nearly 20 rail freight cars carrying cargo in the Ryazan region were derailed on Saturday morning by an improvised explosive device. Investigators say they’re opening an investigation into suspected terrorism.
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Elon Musk Warns Zelensky: Stop Sending Young Ukrainians to Die in War
Twitter/X boss Elon Musk has warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to stop sending his young citizens to die in an endless globalist war with Russia.
During an interview with American podcaster Lex Fridman, Musk warned Zelensky that “history will not look too kindly” on leaders who send their “youth to die in the trenches.”
Musk’s comments come amid Ukraine’s faltering counteroffensive.
Moscow claims Ukraine’s counteroffensive has already left tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers dead.
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Map Shows Another Key Ukraine City Almost Fully Encircled by 40k Russian Troops
More evidence has emerged this week that Russia is poised to soon solidify hold over all of the Donetsk region, in yet more bad news for Ukraine, after its struggled to make any gains at all for the last six months.
Newly published military maps show that Russian forces are in the midst of a large pincer move involving some 40,000 troops closing in on the key city of Avdiivka, which has long been a Moscow objective since the war’s start.
Ukraine’s military has acknowledged this week: “They are building up reserves. They’ve brought in about 40,000 men here along with ammunition of all calibers.”
According to more of the statement issued by Anton Kotsukon, spokesman for Ukraine’s 110th mechanized brigade, “We see no sign of the Russians abandoning plans to encircle Avdiivka.”
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Peter Hitchens: Even My Fiercest Critics Now Agree — It is Time to Make Peace in Ukraine
PETER HITCHENS: So what has happened to the great Ukrainian offensive, which we were led to believe would dislodge Vladimir Putin ‘s invading armies?
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Russia Targets Kyiv in First Missile Attack on Capital in 52 Days
Russia launched a ballistic missile attack against Ukraine’s capital Saturday, the first air attack aimed at Kyiv in 52 days.
Kyiv’s mayor Vitali Klitschko said in message posted on Telegram that “strong explosions were heard” in the early hours of Saturday morning, the BBC reported.
“After a long pause of 52 days, the enemy has resumed missile attacks on Kyiv,” said Serhiy Popko, director of the city’s military administration, in a separate post on Telegram. “The missile failed to reach Kyiv, air defenders shot it down as it was approaching the capital.”
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A factory in Ukraine was caught making uniforms for Russia’s national ski team, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said, per The Kyiv Post.
The SBU said it had found evidence of a production line for the ski team operating within a factory located in the Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine, per the report.
The facility, which it said was owned by a foreign national, started producing winter clothing adorned with Russian symbols at the start of this year, long after Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022.
The SBU report said that more than 40 loads of the winter sportswear were discreetly transported to Russia through a European country where the factory owner resided. The head of Zakarpattia Regional State Administration Viktor Mykyta said the owner was Italian, the Kyiv Post reported.
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Consider the source (and the timing)…
No lesser deep-state mouthpiece than The Washington Post just dropped a bombshell with the revelation that Ukrainian Colonel Roman Chervinsky “was integral to the brazen sabotage operation” on the Nord Stream pipeline, “according to officials in Ukraine and elsewhere in Europe, as well as other people knowledgeable about the details of the covert operation.”
The bombing, dubbed a “dangerous assault on Europe’s energy infrastructure” by US and Western officials at the time, marked a critical juncture in the ongoing tensions between Russia and the West. By targeting the pipeline, the operatives (whoever they were) struck a blow to a critical artery of Russian energy exports, a sector that has been at the heart of European-Russian economic relations.
Additionally, as the Goebbels-ian narrative that ‘Russia did it’ was pushed by mainstream media (and politicians), it enabled further ‘aid’ to be sent to Ukraine, to ‘protect interests’.
Chervinsky, a senior figure within Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces, was allegedly the “coordinator” of the attack on the Nord Stream pipeline. The operation, executed with precision and secrecy, involved deep-sea diving and explosive charges, ultimately resulting in substantial damage to the pipeline which Ukraine had long complained would allow Russia to bypass Ukrainian pipes, depriving Kyiv of huge transit revenue.
Of course, as one would expect, the Ukrainian Colonel, via his counsel, refutes any involvement in the pipeline sabotage, blaming Russia for this accusation.
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Ashleigh Vlahos was living her dream — she was the head of English and Languages at a private school in Canberra, she was married to the love of her life, and celebrated the birth of her first child.
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Disturbing Moment Sydney Woman and Child Shout ‘F*** the Jews’ at ‘Anti-Israel’ Protest in Coogee
A woman and child have been caught on video shouting ‘f*** the Jews’ after an anti-Israel rally in Sydney’s east on Saturday evening.
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Landlord Charges $250 a Week for Small Garage in Sydney’s Dulwich Hill
A tiny garage in Sydney barely big enough for a double bed, small fridge and couch is being rented out for $250 a week.
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Professional Soccer Player, 28, Dies After Collapsing on Field
A former member of the Ghana national soccer team died Saturday during a game.
Raphael Dwamena was playing for KF Egnatia in the Albanian Super League when he collapsed during the 24th minute of a match against Partizani.
Footage shows Dwamena attempting to run, but he limply fell forward.
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Germany: Migrants Rape Mother at Hamburg School
Once again, a Hamburg school has become the scene of a bewildering incident. According to the authorities, two men identified as “Arabic-speaking” assaulted a 29-year-old woman as she was picking up her child from school on Weusthoffstrasse in the Heimfeld district.
The occurrence took place on Tuesday, a day preceding an incident where migrant children and young individuals reportedly threatened teachers with firearms at least two schools. The police have only recently made the information public as they actively seek witnesses to the crime, Junge Freiheit reports.
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A man who committed a horrific murder in his home country of Malaysia is now walking free in Australia after a High Court ruling against indefinite detention.
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Metsola Admits EU Failure on Immigration
The EU has failed on illegal immigration, EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola has admitted.
Delivering the annual ‘State of Europe’ Speech of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) in Berlin on November 6, she also expressed “cautious optimism” that the bloc would “finally break the deadlock” regarding migration through the latest immigration reform under negotiation.
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Polish Border Guards Detained a Ukrainian Who Was Transporting Illegal Immigrants
The Border Service of Poland apprehended a Ukrainian citizen attempting to smuggle illegal migrants from the territory of Belarus, as reported by the Polish border agency in X.
“The border unit in Bialowieza detained a Ukrainian citizen for aiding and abetting in the transportation of four illegal migrants,” the statement said.
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Right-Wing Populist Sweden Democrats Call for Citizenship to be Revoked for Non-Integrated Migrants
Ahead of the upcoming country days in November, the leadership of the Sweden Democrats is advocating for an expansion of circumstances under which Swedish citizenship can be withdrawn.
According to a report from TT, the party board is proposing an addition to the existing set of principles with the following statement: “However, naturalized citizens (those who have been granted citizenship, editor’s note) who neglect their civic duties and significantly harm society should be eligible to have their citizenship reconsidered.”
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Swedish Prosecutors Formally Charge Somali Who Gang Raped a 12-Year-Old Girl
Swedish prosecutors have officially filed charges against a Somali individual involved in the gang rape of a 12-year-old girl, Borlänge Tidning reported.
One of the two Somalis from Borlänge, who raped a 12-year-old girl in late July at a location in the local Tjärna Ängar ghetto, is now facing prosecution. Following the crime, an 18-year-old man was apprehended on suspicion of committing aggravated rape against a child.
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Swedish Security Services Reject Record Number of Naturalizations
Sweden’s center-right government, which is grappling with the highest crime rate in northern Europe and an increasingly out-of-control security situation precipitated by many years of left-liberal, pro-mass migration policies, appears to be taking action in an attempt to reverse, or at the very least slow down its societal turmoil.
So far this year, Säpo, Sweden’s security service, which is responsible for maintaining the country’s national security, has prevented over 600 migrants, a record number, from obtaining Swedish citizenship, the news agency TT reported.
The number of naturalization rejections so far this year marks at least a 308% increase compared to 2019 when the security services objected to 147 applications for naturalization.
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On September 18, the young Syrian, Khaled A., was apprehended at the border with Poland. He was behind the wheel of a van with Swedish plates, where authorities found 27 undocumented migrants, as reported by Bild.
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UK Strips Visa From Migrant Caught Celebrating Hamas Terrorists
In the first action of its kind since the murderous October 7th rampage by Hamas terrorists in Israel, the Home Office has revoked the visa of a man who expressed support for the Islamic terrorists.
According to a report from The Sun, Britain’s most circulated newspaper, a foreign national has had his right to remain in the UK revoked over celebrating Hamas, which is a banned terror organisation in the country.
The man, who remains unnamed for legal reasons, was also caught supporting Palestine Islamic Jihad, which is classified as a banned proscribed terrorist group as well.
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Biden’s New Mandate Forces All Federal Employees to ‘Salute’ to Pride Flag
Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration has just introduced a new “gender pronoun” mandate for federal employees.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the new rules on Thursday.
The mandate will force all federal employees to comply with the chosen gender pronouns of people, even when it conflicts with their biological sex.
According to a Heritage Foundation expert and former HHS official, the new Biden mandate infringes upon employee rights.
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Judge Upholds Florida Law That Bans Men From Competing in Women’s Sports
Florida can enforce its law that prevents men who identify as women from competing in sports at the grade school through college level, a federal judge recently ruled.
The Monday ruling from the Southern District of Florida dismissed a challenge from a male high schooler who has taken estrogen and identifies as a female. He wants to be able to play soccer and volleyball on the women’s team, but state law, Senate Bill 1028, prohibits it.
Judge Roy Altman ruled the law does not violate guarantees of equal protection because there is a “governmental interest” in preserving opportunities for female athletes. “[W]e find that promoting women’s equality in athletics is an important governmental interest,” Judge Altman wrote.
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New York Nuns Declare Victory as State Backs Off Investigation Into Pro-Life Pregnancy Center
New York officials agreed not to investigate a Catholic pro-life group, after a federal court forbid the state from demanding the group’s internal records on Wednesday.
Sisters of Life, a group of Catholic nuns in New York City who offer free resources and help to women in unplanned pregnancies, was one of several pregnancy centers targeted by a New York statute passed in June of 2022. At the time, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul authorized the health commissioner to investigate whether crisis pregnancy centers, which do not offer referrals for abortion, were coercing women with inaccurate information in order for them to continue their pregnancies.
The Sisters of Life sued the state in September of 2022 over the probe, arguing the law required “intrusive and burdensome disclosure requirements,” based on the pro-life center’s unwillingness to offer abortion referrals. They argued the act was “plainly unconstitutional.”
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“The Electricity Price Hike: A Czech Government’s Missed Opportuity. The recent surge in electricity and gas prices hitting Czech households and businesses could have been avoided, contrary to claims by government spokesperson Smolka.”
It was not a missed opportunity – The Protektorat Bohmen und Mahren is not here to make its citizens happy, it is required to pay hard money to the Fourth Reich, and the top politicians shall be rewarded for their service by a well paid job in Brussels.
The Czech Republic is becoming one of the most expensive countries in Europe, even though average Czech wage is one third of the German wage. And from new years our puppet government is going to increase taxes.
Czech Republic is about to hit the Laffer’s curve real hard next year.
Judging from history, the Czech Republic is being set up for revolution against our Euro-Elites…
Haha, good one! “bangs for the buck”