The Israeli government has agreed to a very limited and brief cease-fire on condition that Hamas releases a massive number of hostages. Meanwhile, the IAEA said that Iran possesses enough 60% pure uranium to make three bombs.
In other news, a 5-year-old boy in Santa Cruz County, California stabbed his twin brother to death.
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15-Year-Old Stabbed in Times Square, 5 People in Custody: Police
The incident came around the same time as another stabbing in lower Manhattan in which one of the victims was killed, police said
A teen boy was injured in a stabbing just steps away from the most popular tourist area in New York City, police said, and officers are talking to multiple people in connection to the incident.
The 15-year-old boy was stabbed once in the neck near the corner of 44th Street and Seventh Avenue in Times Square just after 8:30 p.m. Thursday, according to police. The boy’s condition was not immediately clear, though he is expected to survive.
Police were investigating the circumstances surrounding the attack. A 67-year-old tour bus ticket salesman, an 18-year-old and three 16-year-olds were in custody and being questioned, according to police. There was no word on potential charges they could face.
The incident came around the same time as another stabbing in Manhattan in which one of the victims was killed, police said. That violent encounter occurred inside Sara D. Roosevelt Park in lower Manhattan, as an unidentified man was stabbed in the chest. He was rushed to the hospital, where he died.
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American author and investigative journalist Seamus Bruner has released his new book titled “Controligarch” exposing the exploits of globalist billionaires including Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg, Warren Buffet, Klaus Schwab, David Rockefeller, and more importantly, George Soros, the funder of economic meltdowns and social and political disruptions across all such countries he sets his eyes on.
George Soros was among the billionaires whose assets increased by 37.4% post-pandemic from $263,429,906,000 to $362,009,025,000. Others included Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg and the Rockefeller Foundation. The personal net worth of George Soros increased by nearly $300,000,000 between 2019 to 2022.
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Amtrak Train Carrying 200 Passengers Derails in Michigan
A Chicago-bound Amtrak train carrying 200 passengers has derailed in Michigan after striking another vehicle, according to reports.
Authorities said Friday that an empty vehicle was on the tracks in southwestern Michigan, causing the collision.
The Berrien County sheriff’s office said in a statement:
“The engineer and approximately 10 passengers received non-life threatening injuries and were treated by local ambulance services.”
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Barbra Streisand Vows to Leave America if Trump Re-Elected: ‘Can’t Live in This Country’
Hollywood singer and actress Barbra Streisand has vowed to leave America if President Donald Trump wins re-election next year.
The liberal celebrity declared that she can no longer “live in this country” if Trump returns to the White House, asserting that she prefers Democrat President Joe Biden.
“I like Biden. I like Biden,” Streisand told Stephen Colbert during a sit-down interview on “The Late Show.”
“I think he has done a good job.”
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Biden Invokes Wartime Powers to Fund Electric Heaters as He Cracks Down on Gas Appliances
President Biden invoked a Cold War-era law in a surprising move Friday to pour taxpayer funds into domestic manufacturing of electric heat pumps, an alternative to gas-powered residential furnaces.
In a joint announcement with the White House, the Department of Energy (DOE) said the federal government would award a “historic” $169 million for nine projects across 15 sites nationwide in an effort to accelerate electric heat pump manufacturing. The significant level of funding was made possible after Biden utilized the 1950 Defense Production Act (DPA) to increase domestic production of green energy technologies.
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Biden Admin Places Jan 6 Defendant’s 8-Week-Old Baby Son on Terrorist Watchlist
Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration has placed the 8-week-old baby son of Jan. 6 defendant AJ Fischer on the federal government’s terrorist watchlist.
According to Fischer, a U.S. Air Force combat veteran, his infant son was placed on a secretive terrorist watchlist known as Quiet Skies last week.
Fischer says the only possible explanation is that the baby’s father is a Jan. defendant.
The discovery, that the baby was designated as a “Suspected Domestic Terrorist,” was only revealed when the infant’s mother tried to board a plane with her son.
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Biden Appears Confused While Standing With World Leaders After Struggling to Pronounce Names
President Biden appeared confused as he took the stage with other world leaders at APEC Thursday — after botching the name of the venue and refusing to mention a US corporation for fear of mispronouncing it.
Video shared widely online showed the oldest-ever US president picking at his nose and looking around confused as he takes his spot for a photo op at the San Francisco-based conference.
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Biden’s Judicial Nominee Unable to Answer Simple Question on Basic Legal Terms
Senators were left stunned when Democrat President Joe Biden’s judicial nominee Sara Hill was unable to answer simple questions on basic legal terms during her Senate nomination hearing this week.
Biden has been repeatedly accused of choosing many of his judicial nominees based on their “diversity” and partisan activism rather than their experience and abilities.
Critics argue that many of Biden’s nominees’ knowledge of and adherence to the nation’s body of laws is of little importance to the president.
If confirmed, Hill would be the first Native American federal judge in Oklahoma’s history.
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Bill Gates Destroying Farming Industry to Advance Globalist Agenda
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is buying up farmland as part of an effort to control and destroy America’s farming industry in order to advance the globalist green agenda, a new book is warning.
A new book aimed at “exposing the billionaire class” says Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates’s investments in patented fertilizers, fake meat, and U.S. farmland aren’t saving the planet at all.
Instead, the schemes seek to advance the agenda of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and assert his own control of the public, all while enriching his bank account.
The book, “Controligarchs,” is written by renowned investigative reporter Seamus Bruner.
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Breaking: All Jan 6 Footage Publicly Released by House Speaker Mike Johnson
“I am keeping my promise to the American people and making all the January 6th tapes available to ALL Americans.”
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that all footage related to the January 6 riot at the US Capitol have been released to the public.
“Today, I am keeping my promise to the American people and making all the January 6th tapes available to ALL Americans,” Speaker Johnson wrote on X.
Johnson followed up the post with a link to 44,000 hours of footage captured on Jan. 6. from the U.S. Capitol.
“To restore America’s trust and faith in their Government we must have transparency. This is another step towards keeping the promises I made when I was elected to be your Speaker,” Johnson said.
This comes after former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) failed in his promise to release the Jan. 6 footage before his historic ousting in September.
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Carrollton Mother Accused of Stabbing Husband, Driving Car With Kids Into Pond
CARROLLTON, Texas — Police said a Carrollton mother is accused of stabbing her husband Friday morning and then driving her car into a pond with her kids inside.
Carrollton police were called to a home on Tall Knight Lane just before 8 a.m. by a man claiming he had been stabbed by his wife.
He was taken to the hospital, where he is expected to survive.
People who live in the neighborhood said they are shocked and saddened that this happened on their usually quiet street.
Neighbors said they heard a lot of yelling and screaming before the stabbing happened.
Minutes after police responded to the stabbing, Lewisville police officers were called to a vehicle that had been driven into a retention pond off of Hebron Parkway.
Inside the vehicle, police found a woman, later confirmed to be the wife of the stabbed man, and three children, ages 8, 9 and 12.
Lewisville police and firefighters were able to pull a woman and two of the children from the vehicle. A third child was able to free themselves.
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DeSantis Hit With Lawsuit Over Deactivation of University of Florida Pro-Palestinian Group
A pro-Palestinian student group at the University of Florida is suing the school and Republican Governor Ron DeSantis after attempts were made to deactivate the organization.
In October, Raymond Rorigues, the chancellor of Florida’s university system, issued a “deactivation order” aimed at the University of Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (UF SJP).
Rodrigues admitted that the order was created “in consultation with DeSantis,” which instructed University of Florida faculty to strip UF SJP of its official recognition.
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Documents Expose NYC Mayor’s Deeper Ties to Federal Corruption Allegations
New York City’s Democrat Mayor Eric Adams is even more closely linked to the center of an ongoing federal corruption investigation than was previously known, newly emerged documents have revealed.
According to documents obtained by Politico, Adams attended over 80 events focused on Turkey.
The country’s ties to Adams are the basis for an ongoing federal corruption investigation.
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Former NFL Star Devon Wylie Dies Suddenly at 35
Former National Football League (NFL) star Devon Wylie has tragically died at just 35 years old, his family has announced.
The sudden death of the young former player is a major, tragic loss for the NFL and the professional sports world.
According to Breitbart, Wylie’s family stated that the former wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs died unexpectedly.
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Gavin Newsom Gave Millions to Mosques That Cheer the Annihilation of Jews
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D.) has awarded millions of dollars in taxpayer funds to mosques whose leaders have preached anti-Semitic hate and called for violence against Israel.
Newsom’s administration awarded $200,000 this year to the Sajjadia Islamic Society as part of its Nonprofit Security Grant program, which aims to help nonprofits protect against terrorist attacks. In a sermon at the mosque this month, the pro-Iran cleric Hamza Sodagar touted Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and said that Allah sent “the rockets from Hamas or Hezbollah” to strike Israel. Newsom has also awarded grants to mosques like the Islamic Center of Hawthorne and Islamic Center of Riverside, whose imams have decried the “malevolence of the Jews” and prayed for Allah to “destroy them.”
All told, the Newsom administration has given $40 million to California mosques whose leaders cheer the annihilation of Jews and Israel.
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George Soros Funds Groups Behind DNC Riot Where Protesters Assaulted Cops
Progressive megadonor George Soros funds the anti-Israel groups behind a demonstration outside Democratic National Committee headquarters where six police officers were assaulted Wednesday night.
Protesters with IfNotNow, Jewish Voice for Peace, and the Democratic Socialists of America gathered outside the Democratic headquarters to pressure lawmakers to support a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. According to U.S. Capitol Police, six officers were assaulted, including some who were pepper-sprayed, when they tried to prevent demonstrators from blocking an exit from the building with a dumpster. Officers arrested one man, 24-year-old Ruben Camacho, who punched a female officer in the face.
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Homeless Man Gets 27 Months in Prison for Attacking Democrat Rep in Her Washington DC Home
On Thursday, the homeless, prolific offender who attacked Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) in the elevator of her Washington, DC apartment building was sentenced to 27 months in prison, followed by 36 months of supervised release.
According to The New York Post, prosecutors had requested a 39-month prison term for Kendrid Khalil Hamlin due to his history of assaulting police officers.
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Hundreds of Pro-Palestinian Protesters Storm University of Michigan Administrative Building
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters on the campus of University of Michigan forced their way into an administrative building as footage emerged on social media depicting the chaotic scene Friday.
“Late this afternoon, a group of pro-Palestinian protesters forcefully gained access to a locked Ruthven Administration Building. An estimated 200 protesters entered the building,” a spokesperson for the university confirmed to FOX News Digital on Friday. “U-M Police report building occupants have safely left the building and officers are working to restore order to the building. We will provide further updates as the situation evolves.”
The spokesperson confirmed that protesters remained in the Ruthven Administration Building going into the evening as police attempted to control the scene. The building holds the office of University of Michigan’s president.
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IBM Pulls Ads From X After Activist’s Complaints of Nazi Content
Elon Musk’s X is facing an abrupt withdrawal of advertising from tech giant IBM due to activist suggestions of the appearance of IBM ads next to pro-Nazi postings.
The adjacency of the advertisements was posited by media watchdog Media Matters for America.
IBM expressed its shock and disappointment regarding the matter, underscoring its strict non-acceptance of any form of discriminatory speech or “hate speech.”
Confirming its decision to halt all advertising on X, IBM stated it is investigating this “entirely unacceptable situation.”
The Media Matters’ report pointedly included two screen captures of IBM advertisements close to pro-Hitler posts.
But X hit back.
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Left-wing firebrand and comedian Michael Rapaport admitted that voting for former President Trump in 2024 is “on the table” for him unless the Biden administration can get the current rash of antisemitism across the country under control.
Rapaport, who’s well known for his explicit anti-Trump epithets on social media, made the stunning admission during his podcast this week, clips of which went viral on social media platform X.
During the episode, the comedian broke into a passionate rant about the current plight of Israel in its struggle against Hamas. He railed about the barbarity of the terror group in the attacks it committed in Israel last month and in its treatment of the Palestinian people as well.
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Manhattan Judge Denies Trump’s Bid for Mistrial in $250m Civil Fraud Case: ‘Utterly Without Merit’
A Manhattan judge Friday said Donald Trump’s bid for a mistrial in his $250 million civil fraud case is “utterly without merit” and rejected arguments that the jurist’s law clerk is co-judging.
Trump, 77, filed a motion for mistrial Wednesday, claiming there was “overwhelming” bias by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron in his fraud case and that the judge’s principal law clerk, Allison Greenfield, has had improper sway on the proceedings.
Greenfield has been seen whispering into the judge’s ear and passing him notes throughout the seven weeks of trial so far.
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A New Jersey teachers union wants to change the state’s standards for entering the profession.
The Garden State requires that candidates for a teacher certification pass a basic skills test called the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators, which demonstrates proficiency in reading, writing and math.
As another way of showing competency in basic skills, new teachers can show SAT, ACT or GRE scores in the top third percentile the year they were taken.
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Nolte: Disney’s $200 Million ‘Wish’ Earns Weak Reviews
The Disney Grooming Institute’s next cinematic offering is the $250 — $300 million Wish (promotion plus production), and so far, the critics are not impressed.
With 48 reviews filed, Disney’s next tentpole sits at a dispiriting 63 percent fresh at Rotten Tomatoes.
To avoid accusations of sexism (because you know how much those bother me), I’m only going to quote the lady reviewers…
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Pentagon Fails to Account for Over $3 Trillion for 6th Year in a Row
Via The Cradle
The Pentagon has failed its independent annual audit for the sixth year in a row, as US defense officials could not provide auditors with enough information to form a full accounting evaluation, according to the Defense Department’s yearly financial report released on Thursday.
“Auditing the department’s $3.8 trillion in assets and $4 trillion in liabilities is a massive undertaking,” Pentagon Comptroller Michael McCord said.
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Philadelphia City Council Seeks Volunteers for Its Reparations Task Force
The Philadelphia City Council released new details about the city’s reparations task force Friday, calling on Black residents to apply to join the effort.
The task force will “study and develop reparations proposals and programs for Black Philadelphians whose ancestors endured chattel slavery and Jim Crow in the United States,” according to the office of councilmember Jamie Gauthier, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Gauthier co-authored the legislation that led to the creation of the task force, which is set to launch in February.
The task force will consist of 10 volunteer members, including leaders of the Philadelphia chapter of the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America. The remaining eight seats will include the roles of economic justice coordinator and health and wellness coordinator.
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Rothschild-Owned Newspaper: ‘Trump Poses the Biggest Danger to the World in 2024’
The Economist has declared on its front page that President Donald Trump “poses the biggest danger to the world” next year.
The weekly British newspaper, which is partly owned by the Rothschild family, has made Trump the central feature for its upcoming November publication.
Puck Senior Correspondent Dylan Byers shared the image of the Economist’s front page.
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Seamus Bruner: ‘Controligarchs’ Plan to Use AI as a Vehicle to Control the Masses
“Controligarchs” — the billionaires who are part of the “most exclusive club in the world” — want to “control every aspect of your life” and plan to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a vehicle to do so, Seamus Bruner told told Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk an interview discussing his new book Controligarchs: Exposing the Billionaire Class, their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life.
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Sheriff: 5-Year-Old Stabbed to Death by Twin Brother in California
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. — A 5-year-old was stabbed to death Wednesday by his twin brother in Santa Cruz County, California, officials say.
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said that on Wednesday just before 4 p.m., deputies were called out to the 200 block of Tucker Road about a 5-year-old who was stabbed. When deputies arrived, they learned that two 5-year-old twins were fighting “as siblings sometimes do.”
During the incident, one of the twins grabbed a small kitchen knife and stabbed the other one, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
The 5-year-old was taken to the hospital where he later died from his injuries, KRON reported.
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Support for Israel Drops as 68% of Americans Want Ceasefire, Negotiations
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll reveals that 68% of Americans believe Israel “should call a ceasefire and try to negotiate” with Hamas, indicating widespread opposition to continued military operations in Gaza. This viewpoint was shared by approximately three-quarters of Democrats and half of Republicans, demonstrating broad public support for de-escalation.
When asked what role the United States should play in the conflict, just 32% of respondents believed that “the U.S. should support Israel.” This figure represents a substantial drop from the 41% who expressed support for Israel in a previous Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted just a month earlier in mid-October.
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A Washington, D.C., teenager accused of fatally shooting a 14-year-old boy earlier this month allegedly bragged on Instagram about the murder, which his mother watched, according to police.
FOX 5 in D.C. reported that 17-year-old Lorenzo Thompson was arrested by Metropolitan Police and charged with second-degree murder as an adult in the fatal Nov. 3 shooting of Niko Estep.
Court records state that Thompson was seen on a live stream on Instagram on Nov. 6, appearing to brag about killing the 14-year-old boy.
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The Army is Begging Unvaccinated Soldiers to Return
Authored by Igor Chudov via Igor-Chudov.com
Oh, how much the times have changed!
The United States Army is now begging COVID unvaccinated soldiers, who underwent involuntary discharge for their refusal to take the vaccine, to return to service and also permits them to correct their military records!
Just two years ago, in a shameful campaign, the Pentagon was gleefully discharging soldiers who refused to take Covid vaccines.
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Trump to Remain on Colorado Ballot After Judge Rejects 14th Amendment Challenge to Eligibility
Former President Donald Trump’s name will remain on the Colorado 2024 presidential primary ballot, a judge ruled Friday.
“The court orders the Secretary of State to place Donald J. Trump on the presidential primary ballot when it certifies the ballot on January 5, 2024,” U.S. District Court Judge Sarah B. Wallace wrote in her ruling.
The decision came following a legal challenge seeking to disqualify Trump from appearing on the ballot, citing the 14th Amendment.
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Trump Commends Johnson for ‘Having the Courage’ to Release Jan 6 Tapes Publicly
Former President Trump praised Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday, after Republicans began to release footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the Capitol.
The tapes, shared by the Committee on House Administration, show the Capitol premises during the insurrection. So far, roughly 90 hours of the 44,000 hours of footage have been made public, but the full collection is expected to be released by Monday.
“Congratulations to Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson for having the Courage and Fortitude to release all of the J6 Tapes, which will explicitly reveal what really happened on January 6th!” Trump wrote in a Friday Truth Social post.
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Trump Leads GOP Field by 27 Percent in New Hampshire, DeSantis Drops to Third: Polls
The latest RealClearPolitics average of polls has revealed that 2024 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump has a 27 point lead over his next opponent in the state of New Hampshire, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is frequently a distant second place in other states, is fourth in the state’s race.
The latest average of polls, spanning from November 9 to 14, has Trump at 45.7 percent support, with former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley in second at 18.7 percent. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is in third at 11.3 percent support, and DeSantis came in at fourth place with 7.7 percent. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is quickly closing in on DeSantis though, bringing in 7 percent support.
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A Los Angeles father who pulled a gun on masked intruders when they tried to break into his luxury home has revealed he has been stripped of his firearm permit.
In a video for the National Rifle Association, Vince Ricci said his concealed carry license was ‘revoked’ after he was attacked by two men at his $2million house.
‘After successfully defending my home and my family and my five-month-old child, California has now decided to suspend my Second Amendment [rights],’ Ricci said.
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EU Commission Accused of Using Illegal Micro-Targeted Ads
The European Commission violated the EU’s own data protection act in order to garner support for its ‘Chat Control’ bill, claims citizen advocacy group None Of Your Business (NOYB).
The group filed a complaint earlier this week against the EU Commission’s Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs for allegedly using unlawful micro-targeted ads on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to promote the ‘Chat Control’ regulation. The complaint has been lodged by NOYB on behalf of a Dutch citizen with the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS).
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Critics of censorship might consider the recent decision by the European Commission to halt advertising on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, as a controversial step. The decision, rooted in concern over the spread of alleged disinformation on the platform, was formally conveyed in a memo by the Commission’s Deputy Chief Spokesperson, Dana Spinant. POLITICO’s Brussels Playbook, which managed to obtain the note, reveals Spinant citing how misrepresentation, especially around the Israel-Hamas conflict, jeopardized the Commission’s reputation.
The Commission’s action is associated with the rising scrutiny faced by X in Europe, primarily due to the region’s newly implemented Digital Services Act (DSA), also known as the EU censorship act.
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France: Macron Takes Instructions From the Masons on Euthanasia
While a bill instituting euthanasia in France is due to be presented to MPs shortly, French President Emmanuel Macron is still hesitating over the method to be adopted and the content of the reform. On Wednesday, November 8th, he attended the 250th anniversary celebrations of France’s largest Masonic lodge, the Grand Orient de France, where he was encouraged to speed up work on this sensitive issue.
Since the campaign for the presidential elections in spring 2022, President Macron has made no secret of his intention to change French end-of-life law, moving closer to the Belgian ‘model.’ But as the content of the reform becomes clearer and the deadline for a vote draws nearer, he is showing himself to be increasingly hesitant and anxious to avoid tension on a subject that is philosophically, humanely, and politically delicate to decide.
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George Soros and Ringier Axel Springer Are Carving Up Poland’s Media Market
George Soros’ Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) and the German-Swiss media group Ringier Axel Springer have carved up Poland’s media market, according to a report by French portal Observatoire du journalisme.
The analysis by the French outlet reveals that since Nov. 8, a representative of the Soros-backed MDIF has been sitting on the supervisory board of the Wirtualna Polska Holding group, which owns entities with stakes in several Polish media outlets.
This follows acquisitions in other prominent Polish media such as Agora, the publisher of major daily Gazeta Wyborcza and Radio Zet, and Gremi Media, the publisher of influential daily Rzeczpospolita.
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An Italian mural depicting a teary-eyed Anne Frank holding an Israeli flag was vandalized to edit out the Holocaust victim and paint over her with the words “Gaza Free.”
The street art in Milan’s Piazza Castello was put up by contemporary artist AleXsandro Polombo to mark one month since Hamas launched its surprise attack on Israeli civilians.
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Macron’s Dangerous Game on Israel
French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent statements on the Israel question gave rise to one of his usual delicate balancing acts. In an interview on British television, he said unequivocally that there was “no justification” for Israel bombing Gaza. This statement drew the ire of the Israelis, forcing Macron to then apologise in a telephone conversation with the president of the Jewish State, Isaac Herzog. And in France, the French president’s amateurism in foreign policy matters is once again under fire.
Interviewed by the BBC on the Israeli-Palestinian war on Friday, November 10th, Emmanuel Macron began by explaining his support for Israel, saying that France “shared its desire to get rid of terrorism.” But he then moved on to a condemnation of the bombing of civilians in Gaza: “De facto, today, civilians are being bombed. These babies, these women, these elderly people are being bombed and killed,” he explained, saying that these bombings had “no justification,” before adding: “It is important, in the medium and long term, and for the security of Israel itself, to recognise that all lives count.” “It is impossible to explain that we want to fight terrorism by killing innocent people,” he stated forcefully.
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Majority of Hungarians Oppose Ukraine’s EU Membership, Survey Shows
The majority of Hungarians do not support Ukraine’s accession to the EU, according to a recent opinion poll conducted by the Nézopont Institute for the Magyar Nemzet newspaper.
The survey revealed that a majority of 62 percent of Hungarians disagree that Ukraine should join the European Union, and just one in four (26 percent) agree.
Even 44 percent of left-wingers and 54 percent of those in the left-leaning capital of Budapest who generally oppose the government’s position do not agree with Ukraine’s accession. Less than a third (30 percent) of Budapest residents support Ukraine’s membership.
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Extinction Rebellion (XR) announced plans to block a section of the A10 ring road in Amsterdam to protest against ING’s funding of the fossil fuel industry. The activist group will block the A10 near Amstelveenseweg at the iconic Infinity building where the bank’s headquarters was formerly located.
“Extinction Rebellion will not release the A10 until ING stops financing climate disruption,” the organization wrote in a statement. It was not immediately clear if XR intends to block the A10 on a daily basis, similar to the daily blockade of the A12 in The Hague during a four-week period at the end of the summer. “We will basically stay on December 30 for as long as it lasts. If we are removed, we will see what we do next,” an XR spokesperson told reporters during a press conference on Friday in front of the bank’s current headquarters in Amsterdam-Zuidoost.
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The Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) has sent shock waves through mainstream Dutch politics. In March’s provincial elections, the BBB secured 15 out of 75 seats in the upper house of parliament and garnered nearly 20% of the vote. This remarkable performance positioned the BBB to become the largest political party in the Dutch Senate. However, the party has now suffered a marked slowdown and polls suggest it can command only around 8% of the vote, making it the fourth-largest political force in the country.
Established in 2019, the party has strong connections with farmer protest groups and rural communities who have felt overlooked by the Rutte government. The current leader of the party is Caroline van der Plas, a 55-year-old lawmaker and former agricultural journalist known for her signature green nail polish and a ring featuring an upside-down Dutch flag that symbolizes the farmer protests. In European politics, the party is regarded as Eurosceptic. The BBB supports Dutch membership of the EU for trading purposes, but it wants to reduce the power of the EU “to a level of how the EEC was once intended,” and it opposes federalization of the EU. The party argues that each country and region within the EU should be allowed to maintain its identity and culture without interference.
In the March 2021 national elections, the BBB won one seat in the parliament. With those results in mind, I interviewed Henk Vermeer, a co-founder of the BBB and key figure within the party alongside Caroline van der Plas and Wim Groot Koerkamp. I asked him how the party is preparing for the elections in light of the fact that one of its biggest enemies, former commissioner Frans Timmermans, is ahead in all the polls to be next prime minister.
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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will seek to form a coalition government with the centrist Third Way alliance and right-wing Confederation party. However, he admitted facing a daunting challenge to attain a parliamentary majority to ensure the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) continues to govern.
In an interview with Polish tabloid Fakt on Friday, the Polish leader upheld his view that the United Right alliance won last month’s election after amassing the largest popular vote but accepted that the parliamentary arithmetic would be tough to navigate to remain in power.
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Polish Eco-Activist Trying to Prove a Bear Den Was Destroyed by Foresters is Attacked by a Bear
An environmental activist in Poland attempting to prove that a bear den had been vacated because foresters had destroyed its habitat has been attacked by a bear.
Camera footage emerged of the bear attacking an eco-activist from a pro-wildlife NGO in the eastern part of the Bieszczady Mountains in southeastern Poland.
The incident took place on Sunday afternoon when the activist ventured too near to the bear’s winter lair and was attacked. The 56-year-old man’s back and arm were torn. The bear finally ran away, passing the man’s friend who was rushing to his aid; the friend was not attacked.
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‘Reduce Your Emissions Within Two Months or Face the Consequences,’ Brussels Tells 12 Member States
The European Commission has ordered Hungary, Romania, and 10 other member states to comply with EU air pollution legislation and reduce their emissions of several pollutants to reduce air pollution.
The EU executive sent a letter of formal notice to Luxembourg, Poland, and Romania, and a reasoned opinion to Bulgaria, Ireland, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Austria, Portugal, and Sweden for failing to ensure the correct implementation of their commitments to reduce several air pollutants as required by Directive (EU) 2016/2284 on the national emission reductions of certain air pollutants (“NEC Directive”).
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Scotland: Tyre Extinguishers Edinburgh: Group Targets New Town SUVs
Tyre Extinguishers claim to have targeted 32 vehicles in Edinburgh overnight.
The environmental activists say they let down the tyres of a number of SUVs in the New Town area on Thursday, November 16, specifically targeting Land Rovers and Range Rovers.
It is part of a protest against the pollution produced by these vehicles and the impact on climate change and clean air in cities.
Taking to social media, the group said: “Edinburgh, Scotland: 32 SUVs hit last night in posh New Town…again!
“Yet another action in the New Town area of Scotland’s capital city, specifically targeting Land Rovers and Range Rovers. Why do you own a tank in the middle of the city?!”
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Turkey Continues to Drag Its Feet on Sweden’s NATO Bid
Following 18 months of waiting due to a litany of delays by Ankara, which has sought so-called ‘terror-related’ concessions from Stockholm, Sweden must now wait a little longer before it joins the NATO military alliance after the foreign affairs commission of the Turkish parliament on Thursday, November 16th opted to postpone a vote on Sweden’s membership.
Fuat Oktay, who chairs the foreign affairs commission controlled by President Erdogan’s ruling neo-Ottoman Justice and Development Party (AKP), said that discussions concerning Sweden’s accession into the Atlanticist military alliance would continue and mentioned the possibility of reintroducing the bill to the agenda next week, The Financial Times reports.
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UK: Labour Leftists ‘Purge Themselves’ Over Ceasefire Vote
With all the mess the Tories are putting themselves through, it should be hard to imagine Labour officials breaking their united front at this time. Yet on Wednesday evening, they managed to do just that.
Sir Keir Starmer suffered what has understandably been described as the biggest rebellion of his leadership yet, as eight shadow frontbenchers and almost a third of Labour MPs defied him over a vote on a ceasefire in Gaza.
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This is the moment a furious taxi driver crossed the road to avoid a Just Stop Oil protest that was causing problems in London today.
The disruptive group, which aims to pressure the Government into abandoning fossil fuel once and for all, took to the streets near Trafalgar Square to march towards Whitehall this morning, blocking the roads and angering motorists, which included an ambulance.
One black cab driver clearly did not have time for these eco-warriors and can be seen driving across the footpath onto the other side of the road at the Equestrian Statue roundabout, near the National Gallery.
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Who to Watch in the Knife-Edge Dutch Elections
With less than one week to go until crucial parliamentary elections, Dutch politics is set for a shake-up it has not seen in a long time.
After a 13-year stint as prime minister, Mark Rutte exited national politics this past summer following his coalition government’s collapse over its infighting on asylum policy.
Snap elections were called, and all parties found themselves in campaigning mode overnight.
On November 22nd, Dutch voters will head to the polls to decide how all 150 seats of their House of Representatives are to be distributed among 18 parties, after which the process of forming a new coalition government can begin—with a truly new prime minister.
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Israel Agrees to ‘Very Limited and Short’ Cease-Fire if Hamas Releases ‘Massive’ Number of Hostages
Defiant Israeli officials said Friday they will agree to a “very limited and short” cease-fire if Hamas releases a “massive” number of hostages.
Israeli National Security Council Chairman Tzachi Hanegbi warned that the freeing of a substantial number of the roughly 240 people still being held cannot be a “manipulative release” or exploited for public relations, according to the Times of Israel.
“Only then will we agree to a cease-fire, and it will be very limited and short because afterward, we will continue advancing toward our goals for the war,” the chairman said at a press conference Friday.
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A video clip from an Al Jazeera interview is circulating online after a reporter cut off the broadcast from a Gaza hospital as the patient made an unwelcome statement.
The network’s correspondent was reporting from a Gaza hospital.
During the live broadcast, he appears to abruptly end the interview with an injured Palestinian man.
The man was cut off by the reporter as he started criticizing the presence of Hamas terrorists in the complex.
The Al Jazeera reporter was at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza.
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Watch: Breitbart News Joins First Media Visit to Netiv HaAsara, Town Hit by Hamas
NETIV HAASARA, Israel — The nights are the hardest part, says Hila Fenlon. That’s when the horror of October 7 returns.
The 46-year-old farmer, mother, and stepmother guided reporters on the first media visit to this community, where Hamas murdered 20 people in the attack.
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International Atomic Energy Agency: Iran Has Enough 60% Pure Uranium for Three Bombs
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) produced a confidential report that said Iran has now accumulated enough uranium at 60 percent purity to build three nuclear bombs if the relatively swift final steps are taken to reach weapons-grade 90 percent enrichment.
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In early November, members of the Bohdan Khmelnytsky Battalion, made up of former Ukrainian servicemen, swore allegiance to Russia, according to Russian state-owned media sources.
This unit is reportedly the first Russian military formation created from captured Ukrainians. The battalion is expected to be deployed to the frontlines in Ukraine soon.
Former Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier, Vladyslav Kovalenko, told RIA Novosti: “We once swore an oath to the Ukrainian people, but we have not betrayed them. The Ukrainian nation is currently a hostage of the criminal Kyiv regime.
“We pledge ourselves to the Russian people, not to betraying the Ukrainian nation. We are forever with them, as we are brothers,” he added.
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MSM Admits “Magical Thinking” Guided Its Reporting on Ukraine… Many Thousands of Deaths Later
A very short while ago, any US politician or media pundit publicly calling for peace negotiations in Ukraine with Russia’s Putin was branded ‘pro-Kremlin’ and somehow compromised. For example, mainstream media has sought to isolate and cancel thinkers like John Mearsheimer for his realism toward Moscow and the conflict, and urging immediate ceasefire which would require territorial concessions from Kiev. It was only in September that one prominent publication branded him “the world’s most hated thinker.”
But now, at a moment Ukraine’s leadership itself has become more desperate while admitting its forces are facing almost insurmountable odds, the D.C. beltway consensus has clearly and drastically changed, and now it’s apparently okay to admit the following…
The WSJ piece actually calls for a longer-term strategy of confronting Russia, while also admitting that Washington’s approach thus far has been based on “magical thinking”.
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A decorated Russian general who previously blasted President Vladimir Putin for running a “third-rate” air force has died under mysterious circumstances alongside his wife.
Lt. Gen. Vladimir Sviridov, 68 — who commanded Russia’s 6th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense from 2005 to 2009 — was found dead in bed Wednesday at his home in the village of Adzhievsky in the Stavropol region.
Sviridov’s 72-year-old wife, Tatiana, was found next to him, reported the popular Russian Telegram channel Baza.
The couple had been dead for about a week before the bodies were discovered, according to Baza.
No signs of violence were observed at the scene.
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DAVID PATRIKARAKOS argues the future of the West now rests on us helping them win
DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: Sweat stings my eyes. It pours down my face and gathers in the crook of my shoulder. I have just run into a trench on the frontlines of eastern Ukraine.
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Ukraine and Russia May Never Sign Peace Treaty, Warns Kyiv’s Intelligence Chief
Russia and Ukraine may never sign a peace treaty but remain in a perpetual state of unresolved conflict even after fighting subsides, Ukraine’s top intelligence chief warned.
Speaking to the NV Ukrainian news magazine, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), Kyrylo Budanov painted a bleak picture of the conflict between his country and Russia, warning of a protracted war in Eastern Europe.
Budanov said that he believes that Moscow will never agree to sign a peace treaty with Kyiv and therefore even if the active fighting in the war turns cold, the situation could remain unresolved, pointing to the example of Russia and Japan still technically being at war after never formally agreeing to peace after World War II.
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Ukraine Claims Breakthrough With Multiple Bridgeheads Across Dnieper River
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s troops secured multiple bridgeheads on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region in fighting that the country’s marine corps described Friday as having left nearly 3,500 Russians killed or wounded and dozens of ammunition depots, tanks, armored vehicles and other weaponry destroyed.
The Marine Infantry Command’s claims were the first to come directly from the Ukrainian military about advances across one of Russia’s most significant strategic barriers. Earlier this week, Andriy Yermak, the head of the president’s office, confirmed for the first time that Ukraine had established a foothold on the eastern side of the river.
The wide river is a natural dividing line along the southern battlefront, and Moscow’s forces have used it since leaving the area around the city of Kherson in November 2022 to prevent Ukrainian troops from advancing farther toward Russian-annexed Crimea.
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Zelenskyy Warns That Supply of Vital Artillery Ammunition to Ukraine Has ‘Really Slowed Down’
The 155mm artillery shells are arguably the most important munition for Ukraine.
In a rare admission, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has gone public about the reduction in the supply of artillery shells to Ukraine, telling reporters that deliveries of the munitions have “really slowed down.”
The 155mm artillery shells are arguably the most important munition for Ukraine in its war with Russia. Ukraine has always been outmatched by Russia’s superior artillery firepower, however this imbalance, which is key on the battlefield, is set to get worse.
In a briefing on Thursday, Western officials agreed with an estimate, attributed to Ukrainian officials, that Russia currently produces around a million artillery shells a day.
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Mongolian mother-of-two Altantuya Shaariibuu, 28, died in 2006 when she was driven to a forest on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur and shot twice in the head.
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Pilot Warns of Airline Industry Disaster Due to COVID Vaccines
CAPTAIN Shane Murdock says the air industry is ‘poised on the precipice of disaster’. A pilot for more than 40 years and a qualified air accident investigator, he has found official data that back up his claim of impending global catastrophe. He adds: ‘When correlated, the data indicate there is an enormous problem that is having, and will have, a significant impact on aviation safety worldwide. There is enough evidence to be sending out red flags.’
There have been many tragedies this year. Phil Thomas, a young graduate of the Cadiz, Spain, flight training academy, fell ill and died suddenly in April. There were five pilot incapacitations in March including a British Airways pilot who collapsed and died in Cairo, Egypt not long before he was due to fly.
Pilots are super-fit, so why are so many dying suddenly or collapsing? Cpt Murdock concludes they are suffering severe adverse reactions to the Covid-19 vaccinations, which has myocarditis (heart inflammation), brain fog, insomnia, blood clots and anaphylaxis as side effects.
He thinks some pilots are ticking timebombs and claims many are not declaring ill-health. He said: ‘They are not reporting brain fog, heart flutters and dizzy spells because they don’t want to lose their jobs.’
Aviators have comprehensive annual health checks, or six-monthly if they have been ill. Rules state they can pass only with a less than 1 per cent chance of suffering an illness that could incapacitate them.
How are they passing medicals if they are suffering serious adverse reactions? Last year the global aviation regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), changed the electrocardiogram (ECG) markers that measure the ‘PR interval’. This is the time it takes for an electrical impulse to travel from one part of heart to another and is an indicator of heart health. The new limit is 50 per cent longer than the previous limit, and means that if a pilot has developed a heart condition, it could slip past.
It was November 15, 2020, when Australian airlines mandated Covid-19 vaccines for 900 pilots, and all air and ground crew. Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Moderna were available in Australia.
Today is the third anniversary of that mandate and Cpt Murdock is one of 12 pilots who refused. He was sacked of course, accused of serious professional misconduct, a charge generally reserved for inappropriate sexual behaviour or reckless and dangerous behaviour.
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Argentina Election Showdown as Libertarian Outsider Looks to Take Down Establishment Candidate
BUENOS AIRES — Argentina, the majestic name conjures up images of sizzling steaks, velvety red wine, the sprawling wheat-laden Pampas and towering Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Americas. The nation is riding high on the glory of Messi and last year’s victory in the World Cup, its first since 1986.
Yet, it is another Argentinian, one arguably more famous than even the great Lionel Messi, whose life and legacy could leave a resounding impact on a tense presidential election unfolding this weekend, more than seven decades after her death.
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A group of black Chicago residents rallied on the city’s South Side to warn City Hall and the City Council that they are organizing to defeat any official that supports Mayor Brandon Johnson’s fealty to sanctuary city policies and the continued spending of millions on illegal aliens, even to the extent of voting for Republicans over the Democrat Party.
Speakers warned the city’s aldermen that they will be targeted for removal and that blacks in the areas so badly impacted by the onslaught of border crossers flooding into the city would even begin voting for Republicans and independents to defeat Democrats who are so sold-out to the illegal alien lobby.
The warnings came just ahead of a new policy from City Hall that will limit the freebies doled out to border crossers to 60 days in city shelters.
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Finland Closes Border Crossings Amid Migrant Wave From Russia
The Finnish government has announced that it will be closing its eastern border with Russia at several crossings at midnight on Friday following an uptick in asylum seekers entering the country.
The crossing points at Imatra, Niirala, Nuijamaa and Vaalimaa, all of which lie toward the south-east of the country, will all be closed this week and asylum applications will be centralised to the Salla and Vartius border stations, Finnish broadcaster Yle reports.
According to the Finnish border guard, around 280 asylum seekers have arrived from Russia since September. Interior Minister Mari Rantanen stated that all of the arrivals were living in Russia legally but it is unclear if they are all Russian nationals.
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France: Paris Clears Thousands From Migrant Camps in Olympics Clean Up Effort
Hundreds of migrants living in camps along the Seine River in Paris were removed this week as the city embarks upon a cleanup effort in preparation for hosting next year’s Summer Olympics.
Paris police cleared 221 migrants living on the streets near the Austerlitz train station on Tuesday morning, with around 100 being transferred to accommodations outside of the city.
Over the past seven months, more than 2,800 illegal migrants have been removed from makeshift camps set up in the French capital to regional facilities as Paris makes preparations for hosting the 2024 Olympics, Le Figaro reports.
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Illegal migrants attempting to cross from Serbia into Hungary are being armed by the Albanian mafia in Kosovo, Serbian Interior Minister Bratislav Gasic has claimed.
Speaking in Belgrade on Thursday, Gasic said that a number of firearms recently confiscated by border officials on the Serbian-Hungarian border have been traced back to organized crime groups operating in Pristina who are facilitating the influx of illegal activity on the European Union’s external frontier.
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Lampedusa Overwhelmed Again as Italy Fails to Stop the Boats
The southern Italian island of Lampedusa is overwhelmed yet again after around 1,600 migrants arrived on the island in 33 separate landings in just 36 hours as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government continues to fail to stem the tide of illegal migrant arrivals.
A total of 394 migrants were picked up by Italian authorities, which include patrol boats of the Harbour Master’s office alongside the Guardia di Finanza and the European Union border agency Frontex, in a single night aboard six different boats, the newspaper Il Giornale reports.
The migrants came from Djerba and El Amra in Tunisia, and from Zuwarah and Abu Kammash in Libya, largely aboard rubber dinghies and metal boats, though one landing of 45 migrants took place aboard a yacht.
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Mexico’s President Andre’s Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) called President Joe Biden an “extraordinary president” on Friday and praised the administration’s expansive Catch and Release network at the United States-Mexico border.
During a meeting between Biden and AMLO at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference in San Francisco, California, the Mexican president called Biden a “good man” who has been an “extraordinary president” for the U.S., according to the Associated Press.
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Migrants Fly From Turkey to Serbia for €100, Smuggled to Germany in Containers
Ahead of Turkish President Erdogan’s planned state visit to Berlin on Friday, November 17th, German MPs are urging Chancellor Olaf Scholz to sign yet another migration deal with the Turkish leader, who according to reports, is allowing migrants to board planes to Belgrade, from where they are smuggled into Europe’s Schengen Area.
Instead of having to scale border fences and evade police along Turkey’s border with Greece before going on to traverse the Balkan route into Europe, migrants can simply board a flight from Istanbul to Belgrade on Serbia’s state airline for a mere €122. Once migrants arrive in Belgrade, Serbian authorities do little to prevent them from proceeding northward, where Germany is often the final destination.
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Asylum seekers billeted at a former military base in new Home Secretary James Cleverly’s constituency held a protest yesterday over the ‘prison-like’ conditions.
About 40 men demonstrated outside MDP Wethersfield in Essex, complaining they didn’t have access to doctors, were freezing due to poor clothing and bedding and were unable to contact their families.
They noisily chanted ‘Wrong plan, wrong place’ and ‘It’s like a prison’ during the protest.
Between 400 and 500 asylum seekers are housed in refurbished barracks and portable buildings at the former RAF base — a fraction of the 1,700 the government wants to place there.
The plan was furiously opposed by residents and Braintree District Council has challenged the site at a judicial review, arguing it is not suitable.
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British Prime Minister promised deportation flights under his flagship Rwanda plan in the Spring, prompting his government colleagues to quickly try to manage expectations and push back the date, first to before 2024, and now perhaps not at all.
The UK government can not guarantee any Rwanda deportation flights will take off before the next UK general election, which the governing Conservatives are — polling claims — likely to lose, suggesting the policy is unlikely to ever happen. The admission from the UK’s Chancellor (finance minister) is a major rowing back of remarks made by the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a press conference on Wednesday evening as he attempted to claw back control of the situation after the Supreme Court ruled the Rwanda plan illegal for now.
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UK: Hundreds More Migrants Arrive After Making Journey Across Channel
Hundreds more migrants arrive in Dover after making perilous journey across the Channel — just days after Government’s Rwanda policy declared ‘unlawful’
Hundreds more migrants arrived in Dover after crossing the Channel by small boat yesterday just days after the government’s Rwanda policy was ruled ‘unlawful’.
A total of 356 asylum seekers were intercepted by Border Force officials from seven boats and escorted into Dover, Kent, throughout the day.
Around 50 asylum seekers were picked up from an inflatable dinghy off the coast of Dover and brought to shore on Border Force catamaran Hurricane shortly before 10am.
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California Judge Rules Against Mandatory DEI Policies for Faculty
A California judge has issued a report that sides against California community college policies that require faculty to embrace diversity, equity and inclusion as part of their job.
Judge Christopher Baker recommended blocking California Community Colleges’ leaders and Kern Community College District trustees from enforcing mandatory diversity, equity and inclusion policies in a report issued this week in response to a lawsuit filed against the district by a professor.
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Girl Scouts USA Starts Pushing Marxism, Announces Radical Training Programs
The Girl Scouts of the USA has announced a new direction that will see the organization push radical Marxist training programs for children.
The Girl Scouts is set to offer a four-part Marxism-based “racial equity” training series to volunteers and parents.
Part of the training will focus on “internalized racism” and “white supremacy culture.”
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MCC: EU Abuses LGBT Rights to Discipline and Undermine Member States
The real reason why LGBT rights have become a driving force in EU policy-making is not a desire to help disadvantaged people, but to assert control over misbehaving member states in an inherently undemocratic way, concludes a new report written by Dr. Carlton Brick of the University of West Scotland and published by MCC Brussels. The author presented his findings during MCC’s panel discussion on Thursday, November 16th, along with comments from sociologist Ashley Frawley, author of two books in the field.
“Sexual identity has become core to how the European Union understands itself, and now frames both its internal and external relations,” Brick observes as the premise of his report, describing how LGBT rights—as the new epitome of social equality—have become an essential part of the post-Cold War identity of the EU in the past twenty years.
By now, LGBT advocacy groups have been deeply incorporated into the EU institutions and Brussels’ decision-making process, giving way to a bizarre symbiotic relationship that permeates even completely unrelated policies.
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Invading foreign countries for bulls*** reasons — bad.
Killing innocent people via terror attacks — also bad.
TikTokers being able to grasp this basic concept — impossible.
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Star Trek Actor Levar Burton Threatens VIOLENCE Against Parental Rights Group Moms for Liberty
While hosting one of the oldest and most prestigious literary awards in the US, Reading Rainbow star Levar Burton said he would fight conservative group Moms for Liberty.
On Wednesday, the Star Trek: The Next Generation actor said during his opening monologue at the 74th National Book Awards ceremony in New York, “Before we get going, are there any Moms for Liberty in the house?” to laughter from the audience.
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UK: Trans Critics Will be ‘Utterly Ashamed’ in Future, Warns Top Left Labour MP
Critics of the transgender lobby will one day feel “ashamed” for emphasizing male-or-female biology over a person’s self-reported “gender,” said Labour Shadow Minister Lisa Nandy.
Labour Shadow Minister Lisa Nandy (above right) is trading blows with Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, making her view that critics of the transgender lobby will one day feel “ashamed” because they had the temerity to speak of a biological basis for gender.
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Official: Rejected Rohingya Boat Sighted Off Indonesia Coast
The group of around 250 people from the persecuted Myanmar minority arrived off Aceh province on Thursday, but residents told them not to land. The boat traveled to another location in Aceh where a second group of residents again turned them back to sea late Thursday.
https://www.voanews.com/a/official-rejected-rohingya-boat-sighted-off-indonesia-coast/7360555.html
Aceh Residents Against The Arrival Of “Badly-Behaving” Rohingya Refugees
Pulo Pineung village chief Mukhtaruddin explained that residents immediately went to the location after learning about the arrival of more Rohingya refugees that often made their landing in Aceh.
Mukhtaruddin said the rejection was not without reason. According to him, they often cause trouble for the local communities. “The popular sentiment is that most of them are seen as badly behaving,” he said.
Lhokseumawe Police chief Superintendent Henki Ismanto said the community rejected the arrival of Rohingya refugees because there were no available shelters and the bad impression given by previous refugees who were considered disrespectful to the societal norms that apply in Aceh.
“The refugees did not maintain cleanliness and did not heed Islamic law and customs practiced by the community,” explained Henki.
Out of compassion, the residents provided assistance in the form of food, bottled water and instant noodles to the refugees. However, the refugees threw them into the sea instead.
https://observerid.com/aceh-residents-against-the-arrival-of-badly-behaving-rohingya-refugees/
You wouldn’t gather this from the MSM, but the (muslim) Rohingya were imported into Burma, as was, by the British. Following the Japanese invasion, the Brits gave them weapons to resist; instead they turned them on their non-muslim neighbours.
Without this information, and without excusing the atrocities of the military regime in what is now Myanmar, it is not possible to understand the current situation.
What you call atrocities by the Burmese military in their culling operations of muslims is nothing more than warfare ole boy.
Not only Muslims.
Eleven minutes of truth and honesty from Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX). Watch..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2j-4qeBGGQ