Geert Wilders, the leader of the Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid, PVV) in the Netherlands, has won an unexpected victory in today’s general election, according to exit polls. The PVV is expected to win 35 seats, which is more than twice as many as it currently holds, and will make it the largest party in the Tweede Kamer.
In other news, two people are dead after a Bentley drove at high speed into a checkpoint at the U.S.-Canadian border at the Rainbow Bridge crossing in Niagara Falls. The car went airborne before it exploded, and both the driver and the passenger were killed. The incident is not thought to be connected with terrorism.
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Breitbart Business Digest: Americans Aren’t Giving Thanks for Biden’s Economy
Ornery Americans Refuse to Stop Noticing Inflation
Someone forgot to tell American families that inflation has been canceled.
The University of Michigan’s survey of consumer sentiment was released on Wednesday. The most striking development in consumer sentiment is not the fact that households remain in the doldrums about the economy—that’s been going on for a while now—but a dramatic increase in consumer expectations for inflation.
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Home Sales Fell to a 13-Year Low in October as Prices Rose
Sales of previously owned homes were 4.1% lower in October compared with September, running at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 3.79 million units, according to the National Association of Realtors.
It was the slowest sales pace since August 2010. Analysts were expecting a smaller drop, to 3.9 million units. Sales were down 14.6% year over year.
The October sales count is based on closings from contracts likely signed in August and September. The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage had dropped to near 7% at the end of August, but then began rising sharply, jumping over 8% by mid-October. Rates have since retreated somewhat.
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White House Claims Credit for ‘Lowering’ Thanksgiving Prices Despite Rising Costs Since 2020
The White House took a victory lap this week for purportedly “lowering costs” to American families preparing to celebrate Thanksgiving this year, while ignoring rising prices that have affected consumers since President Biden’s election in 2020.
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“I’ve been briefed on the incident on the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls and we are closely monitoring the situation,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said.
The FBI is investigating a vehicle explosion Wednesday at the border crossing between Canada and the United States after a vehicle crashed into the checkpoint structure at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, four senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter said.
There were two occupants in the vehicle that crashed and both are dead, according to two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter.
A Customs and Border Protection officer also suffered minor injuries that did not require hospitalization, a senior law enforcement official said.
The vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed when it hit the structure, caught fire and exploded. An initial search did not find a secondary explosive or device, the law enforcement officials said, noting this was preliminary information.
Authorities are investigating whether the crash was intentional.
All western New York bridge crossings into the U.S. were shut down following the incident, the Erie County executive said. The vehicle was headed into the U.S., the Erie County Sheriff’s Office said.
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Another Walmart Shooting: Child Injured After Pulling Out Mother’s Gun Inside Store
An accidental shooting at another Walmart in Ohio late Thursday morning left a child injured.
A 2-year-old boy is recovering from minor injuries after police in south central Ohio say he fired a gun inside a Walmart, striking part of the building. This happened in Waverly, a city about 60 miles south of Columbus.
According to an account provided by the toddler’s mother, her son removed a 9mm Taurus from her purse resulting in “the unintentional discharge of the weapon,” police wrote in a press release.
No other injuries were reported. The child’s mother, whose name was not released, was arrested and charged in Pike County Court with one count of endangering children, police said.
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Biden Admin Official Arrested in Human Trafficking Sting
A top administrator in Democrat President Joe Biden’s Department of Defense (DOD) has been arrested in Georgia on human trafficking charges.
Stephen Hovanic is a senior administrator for the DOD’s school system in the Americas region.
According to a report from the Daily Caller, Hovanic was arrested on November 15.
He was reportedly busted during a human trafficking sting in Coweta County, Georgia.
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Prior to now-reinstalled OpenAI CEO Sam Altman getting fired, a group of staff researchers raised concerns with the board of directors about a significant artificial intelligence breakthrough that they claimed posed a potential threat to humanity, according to two individuals familiar with the situation who spoke to Reuters.
The letter and the undisclosed AI algorithm, not previously disclosed, played a pivotal role in the board’s decision to remove Altman, a prominent figure in generative AI, according to the same sources.
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Following a ruling in Colorado last week against efforts to keep 2024 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump from the primary ballot in the state, the Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to take up the case.
District Judge Sarah Wallace ruled that Trump had engaged in insurrection by inciting the January 6 riots, but said that the 14th Amendment on holding office after engaging in “insurrection or rebellion” did not apply to the the office of the president, according to The Hill. Trump has not been charged with inurrection in any of the cases against him.
Both Trump’s team and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which filed the initial complaint, have appealed to the state’s high court.
Trump’s team has appealed to the court over several of Wallace’s findings, including that he “engaged” in the January 6 riot, according to CNN.
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On Wednesday, Donald Trump released his Thanksgiving message, in which he praised the pilgrims who made the treachorous voyage to the United States all those years ago.
The former president wished Americans a “blessed and joyful” holiday, and called on citizens to remember what it means to live in this great country.
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Zionist “dogs” should be “annihilated,” according to an Islamic cleric in California who accused Israel of evildoing and fabricating videos “like a Hollywood studio,” as he expressed his longing for “the day that I get to listen to the last gasping breath of them hanging from the rope that Allah gave them to hang themselves.”
In a sermon delivered Friday at the Middle Ground Muslim Center in Upland, California, Imam Marc Manley lashed out at the “Zionists,” whom he accused of knowingly perpetrating “evil.”
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Carjacking Suspect Trapped in Porta-Potty by Golfer Following Police Chase: ‘I Got S**t on Me, Bro’
A carjacking suspect in Wisconsin found himself in a crappy situation last week when a quick-thinking bystander tipped over a porta-potty where he was hiding, trapping him inside until cops arrived.
The suspect was one of four people wanted in connection to a stolen vehicle and hit-and-run crash on Interstate 43 last Wednesday, according to local reports.
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Celeste Maloy Beats Moderate Dem in Utah Special Election to Fill Last Open House Seat
Pro-Trump Republican Celeste Maloy beat Democratic state Sen. Kathleen Riebe, a self-described moderate, to win Utah’s 2nd Congressional District in a special election Tuesday night, filling the last remaining open seat in the US House of Representatives.
Maloy, who served as retiring Rep. Chris Stewart’s chief legal counsel, had 57% of the vote to 34% for Riebe with an estimated 70% of ballots counted as of Wednesday morning.
Stewart, 63, stepped down in September to attend to his wife, who was diagnosed with an unspecified illness, after having served nearly six consecutive terms in the House.
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Charleston, SC Elects First Republican Mayor Since 1877
William Cogswell has won Charleston, South Carolina’s November 21 runoff election and will become the next mayor of the city, the first Republican to hold the seat since 1877.
According to the Post and Courier, Cogswell beat out incumbent John Tecklenburg with 51 percent of the vote.
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D.C. Homicides Reach 20 Year High Under Joe Biden’s Prosecutor
The number of Washington, DC, homicides reached 2003’s record high (248) under President Joe Biden’s prosecutor, police said Monday.
The District’s soaring crime impacts local taxpayers and business owners. In recent months, several restaurants closed due to cost and crime. Whole parts of the city are impacted, such as H Street, where many shelves are bare.
Below are six key D.C. crime statistics:
| 1. | U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves, who is responsible for prosecuting those D.C. police arrests, prosecuted only 56 percent of those arrested in 2023 | |
| 2. | Homicide rose 33 percent in 2023 | |
| 3. | Robbery spiked 67 percent 2023 | |
| 4. | Motor vehicle theft increased by 97 percent 2023 | |
| 5. | At least 760 carjackings occurred in the first ten months of this year | |
| 6. | 65 percent of those arrested for carjacking are juveniles |
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On Tuesday, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan subpoenaed Assistant US Attorney Lesley Wolf, who had a key role in the Department of Justice’s investigation into Hunter Biden.
According to the Washington Examiner, Wolf is required to appear for a deposition before the committee on December 7.
In the letter to Wolf, Jordan noted that the committee has repeatedly written to Attorney General Merrick Garland that Wolf and other Department of Justice officials be allowed to sit for transcribed interviews, but the department has not complied with the requests. The department eventually allowed six employees to sit for these interviews, but Wolf was not one of them.
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The head of the U.S. Air Marshals union has just made an explosive admission regarding the lengths Democrat President Joe Biden’s federal government is going to target any American even loosely linked to the events in Washington D.C. on January 6, 2021.
Union chief Sonya Labosco, the director of the Air Marshals National Council, has just admitted that the feds are secretly monitoring every single person who flew to the D.C. area on or around January 6, 2021.
Labosco said Air Marshals are no longer going after terrorists or the bad guys.
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Fiery Car Crash at US-Canada Border Kills 2; Terrorism Ruled Out
WASHINGTON, Nov 22 (Reuters) — A speeding car crashed in flames on the bridge linking New York state and Ontario at Niagara Falls on Wednesday, killing two people in the vehicle and sparking a security scare that closed four U.S.-Canadian border crossings and Buffalo International Airport.
Hours later federal and state authorities said investigators had found no evidence of an act of terror, though circumstances surrounding the episode on the Rainbow Bridge remained murky, leaving it yet to be determined whether the crash was accidental or intentional.
“At this time, there is no indication of a terrorist attack,” New York Governor Kathy Hochul told reporters Wednesday evening. Her comments were echoed a short time later by federal law enforcement officials at a separate news conference.
Video of the crash caught on security camera and posted to the social media platform X by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency showed the car traveling at high speed, then hitting an object and flying into the air before it crashed to the ground and exploded in flames.
The driver and a passenger perished in the wreck, and a CBP officer suffered minor injuries. He was treated at a nearby hospital and released, an agency official said later.
Authorities did not give names of the two people believed to have been killed. CNN reported the driver was a 56-year-old man who had been on his way to a rock concert in a luxury Bentley automobile with his wife.
The incident unfolded at a time of heightened security concerns around the world stemming from the conflict in the Middle East and at the peak of U.S. holiday travel on the eve of Thanksgiving celebrations.
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When China’s President Xi Jinping came to San Francisco for a summit last week, power brokers from Washington, Wall Street, and Silicon Valley scrambled to roll out the red carpet, giving Xi a standing ovation and even paying $40,000 each to have dinner with the Communist Chinese leader.
For his part, President Joe Biden did his best to throw cold water on talks of “decoupling” from America’s strongest adversary.
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LA Teen ‘Flash Mob’ Makes Off With $12,000 From Nike Store
Shocking footage captured a group of teens brazenly robbing a Nike store in Los Angeles on Sunday. The robbery comes as authorities struggle to contain rampant retail theft that has plagued California under Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom’s leadership.
Video shows more than a dozen teens stuffing shoes into trash bags, grabbing clothing off the racks, and roaming the store like a pack of wild wildebeests before fleeing the Nike Community Store on South Alameda Street with the stolen items. Many of them wore masks to conceal their identities.
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‘Missing Cow’ Posters Appearing to Mock Israeli Hostages Plastered Around UPenn
Abhorrent “Missing Cow” posters appearing to mock the Israeli hostages held by Hamas were plastered around the University of Pennsylvania this week — with the Ivy League institution vowing to find those responsible.
Posters appeared around campus on Thursday featuring the words “Missing Cow” on a red and white masthead with a silhouette of a cow and the phrase “beef dinner” written across it.
It offered a box of chalk and a can of beer as a reward and encouraged people to get in touch via an email address.
The posters bore a striking resemblance to the original “Kidnapped” posters designed by Israeli artists Nitzan Mintz and Dede Bandaid, which bear the faces and names of those who were abducted by the terrorist group on Oct. 7.
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Most American Households Have Gun Owners, Poll Shows: ‘Stunning Number’
A majority of American households include at least one gun owner, according to a new survey that also shows a sharp increase in the number of firearm owners over the past decade.
The NBC News national poll found that 52% of Americans say they or someone in their household owns a firearm, the highest share since the outlet first surveyed the question in 1999.
In 2019, a NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found 46% of Americans said they or someone in their household owned a gun, while 42% said the same in 2013.
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In a Wednesday appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, former US Senator Claire McCaskill claimed that 2024 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump is “more dangerous” than dictators like Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.
“Other people have tried to draw similarities between Mussolini and Hitler and the use of the terminology like vermin, and the drive that those men had towards autocracy and dictatorship. The difference, though, I think, makes Donald Trump even more dangerous.”
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Oregon Judge Blocks Magazine Restrictions, Permit Requirement for Gun Purchases
Harney County Judge Robert S. Raschio issued a permanent injunction Tuesday afternoon against Oregon’s Ballot Measure 114 (BM 114), which contained magazine capacity restrictions and a permit-to-purchase requirement for firearm buyers.
Raschio initially blocked the gun controls just days before they were to go into effect.
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Police Release Body-Worn Footage Showing Officer Entering Ohio Walmart After Shooting
BEAVERCREEK, Ohio (WKEF/TND) — Authorities released body camera video of an officer rushing into the Walmart store in Ohio after a gunman entered the store and shot four people.
The man who police say shot four people in the Beavercreek Walmart was identified as 20-year-old Benjamin Charles Jones of Dayton.
Beavercreek Police Capt. Chad Lindsey, acting police chief said Jones entered the Walmart with a Hi-Point .45 caliber carbine long gun and opened fire. Jones reportedly shot four people before taking his own life.
The video has been edited and doesn’t show graphic footage.
The attack injured three women and a man. Three of the victims were listed in stable condition Tuesday afternoon while a fourth remains in critical condition, but is stable, according to police.
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Poll: Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton Top Candidates if Joe Biden Decides Not to Run
The top two alternative Democrat presidential candidates if President Joe Biden decides not to run are Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton, a recent Harvard-Harris poll shows.
The poll suggests that Democrats prefer far-left candidates over blue dog Democrats.
Executive Producer Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks on stage during “Below The Belt” New York Premiere at Museum of Modern Art on May 24, 2022, in New York City. (Cindy Ord/Getty)
- Kamala Harris: 24 percent
- Hillary Clinton: 13 percent
- Bernie Sanders: 10 percent
- Gavin Newsom: 7 percent
- Pete Buttigieg: 7 percent
- Elizabeth Warren: 5 percent
- Someone else: 4 percent
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 3 percent
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Poll: Young Americans Sympathetic to Hamas, Democrat Party Splits
Younger Americans are far more likely to declare pro-Hamas attitudes than older Americans, according to a November Harvard-Harris poll.
Forty-nine percent of people aged 18-24 blamed Israel for being “primarily responsible for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza,” the poll reported.
In contrast, 22 percent of all Americans primarily blamed Israel for the crisis, which was started by Hamas’s feral attack on Jewish civilians on October 7.
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In November 2023, USC Economics professor John Strauss found himself at the center of a controversy that resulted from his public condemnation of Hamas, a Palestinian group widely recognized as a terrorist organization.
Strauss, who is Jewish, was caught in a storm created by edited video footage that was circulated by students. Consequently, the professor was barred from teaching on campus, necessitating his shift to online teaching for the rest of the semester.
In the full-length video, Strauss can be heard criticizing Hamas and its supporters, claiming, “People are ignorant… Hamas are murderers; that’s all they are. Every one should be killed and I hope they all are.”
However, the video was edited and was shared on various USC student and alumni Instagram accounts and a community petition only contained the latter part of his statement, implying a broader desire for violence against Palestinians when it was, in fact, only Hamas. As a result of the edited video being shared, the professor found himself facing allegations of promoting and inciting violence against Palestinians.
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Report: Susan Sarandon Dropped by Hollywood Agency After Anti-Jewish Tirade
Far-left Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon has been dumped by United Talent Agency in the wake of her shocking rant in which she claimed Jews facing unprecedented antisemitism are “getting a taste of how it feels to be Muslim in America,” according to a Tuesday report.
In a statement to Page Six, a UTA press person confirmed the agency is no longer representing Sarandon. The gossip newspaper, citing unnamed sources, said multiple employees were “extremely hurt” by the Oscar winner’s comments.
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Revealed: Louisville Mass Shooter Targeted ‘Rich White People’ to Protest 2A: Manifesto
The manifesto of Louisville bank shooter Connor Sturgeon, 25, has been released by authorities. It reveals that he planned to kill “rich white people” to teach them a lesson about lax gun policies.
Law enforcement uncovered a series of journal entries written by Sturgeon dating up to a week before the April 10 massacre at Old National Bank. Sturgeon, who previously worked at the bank, gunned down and killed four of his former colleagues, and one police officer, and injured nine others before being killed during a police shootout.
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RFK Jr. Petitions Biden to Release Final JFK Assassination Records
Longshot presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is petitioning President Biden to release the final government records about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on the 60th anniversary of his death.
“The 1992 Kennedy Records Assassination Act mandated the release of all records related to the JFK assassination by 2017. Trump refused to do it. Biden refused to do it. What is so embarrassing that they’re afraid to show the American public 60 years later?” a petition posted to the independent candidate’s website reads.
“Trust in government is at an all-time low. Releasing the full, unredacted historical records will help to restore that trust. In the spirit of transparency, in the spirit of democracy, we, the undersigned, call upon President Biden to obey the 1992 act and release the Kennedy assassination documents to the public.”
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‘So Much Winning’: Trump Wins Battle to Stay on the Ballot in New Hampshire
President Donald Trump will remain on the ballot in New Hampshire despite efforts to have him removed.
On Tuesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld a ruling made by the US District Court for the District of New Hampshire rejecting an attempt to remove Donald Trump from the ballot in the state.
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Social Media Mob’s Cancelation Attack on Comedian Matt Rife Boosts His Comedy Special
The recently launched Netflix special of comedian Matt Rife, “Matt Rife: Natural Selection,” has grabbed the second spot as the most-watched show aired on the streaming platform this week after calls for Netflix to pull the special spread online with some saying the stand-up special was offensive.
Despite sparking outrage with a domestic violence joke that marked the start of his set, the special show has managed to pull in 7.4 million views since its release on November 15, coming in second to the most-watched English TV show of the week with 11.1 million views — The Crown.
Rife refused to back down to the complaints and supported the right to free speech in comedy, including to right to cause offense.
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FIRST ON FOX: A George Soros-backed district attorney in Austin, Texas, who has drawn intense criticism over his prosecution of police officers and his progressive sentencing reform agenda, sparked outrage from law enforcement after showing up at the funeral of a fallen Austin police officer and eventually leaving early, sources told Fox News Digital.
Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza arrived at the funeral for Austin Police Officer and SWAT Team member Jorge Pastore, who was shot and killed Nov. 11 while responding to a call about a barricaded gunman holding three hostages, and multiple law enforcement sources say Garza left the funeral early after his presence sparked outrage.
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Thanksgiving Travel Nightmare: Thousands of Flights Delayed, Canceled as Pete Buttigieg Pontificates
Thousands of flights across the U.S. have been delayed and canceled ahead of Thanksgiving, with a record number of travelers struggling to make it home for the holiday as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg brags about his accomplishments.
With the American Automobile Association (AAA) predicting that 55.4 million Americans are traveling for Thanksgiving, seamless experiences on the road, railways, and in the air should be of utmost priority to Buttigieg. However, travel chaos is ensuing across the country.
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Trump Poll Lead Expands With Biden Losing Black, Hispanic Support
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s polling lead over President Biden is growing — with a new survey finding the Republican on top by 4% nationally, boosted by a dramatic one-year swing in black and Hispanic support.
The latest poll by Emerson College, released Wednesday, finds Trump leading 47% to 43% — with Biden’s edge among historically Democrat-supporting minority groups dropping significantly in just one year.
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Update: ‘No Sign of Terrorist Activity’ in US/Canada Rainbow Bridge Explosion: Governor Hochul
An explosion on the Rainbow Bridge connecting the US and Canada earlier today was initially considered to be a terror attack, but later reports indicated that while there was an explosion due to a car crash, leaving two dead, there was not a terror attack. Governor Kathy Hochul spoke at a press conference, saying “Based on what we know at this moment—and again anything can change—there is no sign of terrorist activity with respect to this crash.”
The vehicle, she said, was being driven by a western New Yorker. The two in the car died, while another was injured.
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A vehicle explosion on the Rainbow Bridge border crossing between the US and Canada on Thursday was reported to be a terror attack by Fox News. The reporter who made that assertion later walked back the reports.
Fox News reported that sources informed them that the vehicle which exploded at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing were attempting to drive towards the border officer building. Reporter Alexis McAdams stated that she had been informed by “high level police sources” that the explosion was “an attempted terrorist attack. Sources say the car was full of explosives. Both men inside are dead.”
She included a statement from the FBI, which stated that “The FBI Buffalo Field Office is investigating a vehicle explosion at the Rainbow Bridge, a border crossing between the U.S. and Canada in Niagara Falls. The FBI is coordinating with our local, state and federal law enforcement partners in this investigation. As this situation is very fluid, that’s all we can say at this time.”
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Vehicle Explodes on ‘Rainbow Bridge’ Connecting New York & Canada, Border Crossings Halted
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on the American side of a U.S.-Canada bridge in Niagara Falls Wednesday, leaving two people dead and prompting the closing of four border crossings in the area, authorities said.
There was no immediate information on the cause of the explosion, but it raised concerns on both sides of the border. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said officials were “taking this extraordinarily seriously,” and the White House said President Joe Biden was “closely following developments.”
The two deceased people were in the vehicle, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The official was not authorized to discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
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Antifa Claims Responsibility for Pre-Election Attack on Dutch Populist Thierry Baudet
An Antifa cell in the Netherlands has claimed responsibility for an attack on Dutch populist leader Thierry Baudet during a campaign event in Groningen on Monday evening.
On the eve of the general election in the Netherlands, it was revealed by the Algemeen Dagblad newspaper that assailant of Forum for Democracy (FvD) leader Thierry Baudet was a 15-year-old member of a local branch of the leftist militant Antifa activist group.
According to the paper, the Antifa cell, Antifascist Action North (AFA Noord), acknowledged that the attacker was a member of their far-left organisation, proclaiming: “We are disrupting and blocking assemblies in our struggle against fascism and right-wing extremism. This boy has acted from his conviction and made use of the possibility.”
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Austria: Only Citizens Should Receive Benefits, Says Vienna FPÖ Chief
The leader of the conservative Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) in Vienna, a party which for roughly a year now has consistently topped the country’s polls, has once again called for social welfare benefits such as minimum income to be linked to citizenship, citing newly released figures from Vienna’s integration report that revealed a third of the city’s inhabitants (34%) do not have an Austrian passport.
Commenting on the integration report released Tuesday, November 21st, Vienna’s FPÖ leader, Councilor Dominik Nepp, stated that the “numbers are a clear indication that we need to protect our social systems and provide incentives for real integration,” the Austrian news portal Exxpress reported.
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Central Europe Opposes EP’s Power Grab Attempts
The European Parliament adopted a report on Wednesday, November 22nd that seeks to amend the treaties of the European Union, liquidating member states’ veto rights, and giving more power to EU institutions. The resolution was accepted by 291 votes, with 274 MEPs voting against it, and 44 abstaining. The vote itself shows how divisive the issue is, and member states don’t seem keen on change either.
As we reported, conservative MEPs called the proposals an attempt “to hijack Europe,” and to create “a dystopian superstate that degrades member countries to the status of regions.”
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Crash Investigator Warns Vaxxed Pilots Are Endangering Passengers
A leading aviation crash investigator is raising the alarm about the dangers that Covid-vaccinated pilots are posing to passengers.
Captain Shane Murdock is an air accident investigator and pilot of over 40 years who holds an MSc in Human Factors in Aviation.
He is now warning about the major risks related to pilots suffering sudden medical emergencies while flying large aircraft filled with passengers.
Murdock alerted the public during a recent interview with the U.K. news website The Conservative Woman.
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With the debate on a possible threat to the rule of law in Hungary, the European Parliament is forcing the Hungarian government and Viktor Orban to run yet another political gauntlet with the help of left-wing political groups and the European People’s Party, said Austrian MEP Georg Mayer on Tuesday.
Alleged threat to the rule of law
Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) MEP Georg Mayer described today’s debate on the “threat to the rule of law in Hungary” as a “political gauntlet.”
“Of course, certain political groups want to put this issue back on the agenda, as the Hungarian government and Orban are not on the left and centralist political line they should be on,” Mayer said.
The Austrian MEP criticized the fact that the left-wing political groups, but also the center-right European People’s Party (EPP), are using flimsy accusations to start a debate by threatening Hungary once again with the withdrawal of EU funding.
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EU Parliament to Vote on ‘Dystopian Superstate’ Proposal
The European Parliament will most likely approve a report on Wednesday, November 22nd, that seeks to amend the treaties of the European Union, liquidating member states’ veto rights, and giving more power to EU institutions in what conservative forces are describing as a dangerous power grab.
As we previously reported, the proposals were put forward by the so-called ‘Verhofstadt Group’, a circle of MEPs led by the Eurofederalist Guy Verhofstadt from the liberal Renew group. The plans would see a massive transfer of competences from a national to an EU level, and the unanimity voting system—veto rights of member states—would almost completely be abolished, to be replaced by majority or qualified majority voting.
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European Lawmakers Vote for Abolition of Member State Vetoes in Latest EU Power Grab
European lawmakers approved plans on Wednesday to remove the national veto for EU member states in the latest attempted power grab by Brussels to wrestle control away from national governments.
A total of 291 MEPs supported the proposal put forward by the “Verhofstadt Group,” a group of MEPs led by the arch-federalist Guy Verhofstadt to amend the European Union treaties in favor of greater centralization and limiting the sovereignty of member states.
The vote was only narrowly passed with a majority of just 17 after a faction of conservative parliamentary groups expressed considerable opposition to the move.
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Far-Right Populist Geert Wilders Set for Landslide Win in Dutch Election, Exit Poll Shows
Dutch anti-EU far-right populist Geert Wilders, who has vowed to halt all immigration to the Netherlands, was set for a major victory in parliamentary elections on Wednesday, an exit poll showed.
Beating all predictions, the exit poll put Wilders’ Freedom Party (PVV) at 35 out of 150 seats, 10 seats ahead of the closest rival, former EU commissioner Frans Timmermans’ Labour/Green Left combination. That margin was far greater than expected and appeared to be too great for the outcome to change.
Exit polls are generally reliable with a margin of error of roughly two seats.
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France Test-Fires Its Latest Nuclear Missile as a Warning to Russia
France conducted the first test of its latest M51.3 nuclear missile on Monday in a bid to show its counterstrike capability.
The new missile, which was launched from a submarine in southwest France, can reach speeds of up to Mach 25 (approximately 30,000 kilometers per hour), according to Naval News.
The French Armed Forces Ministry confirmed the operation was a “test run” intended to “validate an important development of the missile that will contribute to perpetuating the credibility of our ocean deterrence in the coming decades.”
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The 20-year-old has been accused of risking splitting the movement which is trying to tackle global warming.
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Paulina Matysiak, a Polish MP of the left-wing Razem (Left Together) Party, voiced her hope that the Central Communication Port (CPK), a significant infrastructure project in Poland, will not be abandoned and that successive governments will not discard their predecessors’ projects simply because they were initiated by them.
Matysiak expressed her desire to see the CPK proceed, albeit potentially under a different name or with minor changes. She highlighted the project’s ambition and necessity and considered the proposed development of nearly 2,000 kilometers of new railway lines as a significant leap for Polish civilization. This expansion is contrasted with the mere 60 kilometers built since the early 1990s.
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Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom (PVV) have swept to a stunning victory in Dutch elections, with exit polls predicting that his populist anti-mass migration party will become the largest force in the House of Representatives in the Netherlands.
UPDATE 2130: Pieter Omtzigt, whose New Social Contract (NSC) party is projected to secure 20 seats in the House of Representatives, said that he is “available to govern”, suggesting that a potential coalition with election victor Geert Wilders. While Omtzigt did not mention Wilders’ Party for Freedom by name, he referenced comments from the populist, saying he is “willing to jump over his shadow”. Previously, Omtzigt had suggested he would not be willing to work with Wilders and said Wednesday evening that forming a government would not be easy, but it is the first indication that Wilders’ strong success may force centre-right parties to fall in line and support him as prime minister. Wilders, who is projected to have secured 35 seats, will need at least 41 seats from other parties to pass the 76-seat threshold needed for a majority.
UPDATE 2100: In his first response to his impressive election upset, Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders hailed the success as a “mega victory” while saying that it is now impossible to ignore the Dutch populists. Wilders went on to say that he was determined to govern and called on the other centre-right parties to “step over their own shadows” and come together to form a government. He said that if they refused to do so, it would be “very undemocratic” and that the voters of the Netherlands “would not accept that”.
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Netherlands: “A Fight Between Good and Evil”: An Interview With Frederik Jansen
Frederik “Freek” Jansen is a member of parliament for the Forum for Democracy (FvD), a fast-growing Dutch conservative party led by the charismatic Thierry Baudet. Jansen has been involved in FvD ever since it became a party in 2016 and is also the chair of its highly active youth wing.
We met Jensen in the FvD offices in the parliament, just as the staff was preparing for the final push at the last round of debates on Tuesday night. Baudet was also there—despite being hospitalized after being assaulted the night before—full of energy and ready for the action.
The FvD is currently polling at five seats, but that might be misleading as the party’s true support was never easy to gauge, precisely because of its highly unique character in the Dutch political scene. Considering their huge support among the youth, the FvD believes it’s only a matter of time before the Netherlands abandons the old establishment and shifts profoundly to the Right.
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Nothing to See Here: EU Claims No Evidence Palestine Aid Gone to ‘Unintended Purposes’
The European Commission has asserted that there is no evidence of EU aid to Palestine being diverted to “unintended purposes”, despite having limited resources on the ground to make such a determination and a history of European money funding antisemitic Hamas propaganda in Palestinian schools.
An audit of financial aid to Palestine, launched by the executive arm of the European Union days after the mass slaughter terror attacks on October 7th, has claimed that “controls and existing safeguards in place— which have been significantly strengthened in the past years — work well,” to prevent money from flowing to the Hamas terrorists who have been in control the Gaza Strip since a coup in 2007.
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Thousands of protests against the way the migration referendum was affected by irregularities, involving members of precinct committees discouraging people from participating, have poured into the Polish Supreme Court and may lead to the court ordering the referendum to be held again.
The referendum was held together with the parliamentary elections on Oct. 15. On that day, there were many reported instances of voters being asked by election officials in the precinct committees whether they wanted to receive the ballot paper for the referendum.
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Speaking to Polish news outlet DoRzeczy.pl, Professor Przemyslaw Zurawski vel Grajewski, the former advisor of Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski, expressed skepticism over the new Polish government under Donald Tusk engaging in political disputes with Germany, given the perceived political indebtedness.
He highlighted how Berlin has previously influenced Polish policy through mechanisms like financial incentives tied to the rule of law, suggesting a precedent that could affect Italy and others.
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Poland: Abolition of EU National Vetoes Too Extreme Even for Tusk
Plans to abolish national vetoes on important issues such as foreign policy and further centralise power in the hands of Eurocrats are proving a step too far even for prospective Polish PM and leader of the liberal opposition Donald Tusk.
MEPs in a vote passed a report Wednesday, November 22nd that, if applied, would strip member states of their power to object to EU foreign policy. One conservative Polish lawmaker has already referred to it as an attempt to engineer a “dystopian superstate” against the wishes of voters.
Responding to the Brussels power grab, Tusk has publicly referred to the plans as “stupid” as he declared that his Civic Platform party and almost all MEPs in the Polish delegation would oppose the federalist push on the grounds of national sovereignty and protecting the EU’s reputation in Poland.
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Polish President: ‘Tusk Will Not be My Prime Minister’
Polish President Andrzej Duda has defended his decision to entrust Mateusz Morawiecki with the task of forming a government despite the fact that the liberal-globalist opposition coalition secured a parliamentary majority in last month’s election, underscoring that the move is in line with a tradition upheld by his predecessors.
In an interview titled “Tusk will not be my prime minister” published on Monday, November 20th, by the Warsaw-based, conservative weekly magazine Sieci, Duda stated:
Under the current constitution, all presidents, my predecessors, have always entrusted the mission of forming a government to the winning party. This year’s elections were won by Law and Justice.
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Swiss Government Preparing to Ban Hamas and Its Supporters
Switzerland announced Wednesday it is readying legislation to ban the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas and its supporters.
A proposed law will be rushed to parliament aimed at providing the necessary legal tools for Bern to counter any Hamas activities or support for the organisation in Switzerland, Swissinfo reports.
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Tusk’s Liberals to Hold Parliamentary Show Trials of Outgoing Polish Government Officials
The leader of the Civic Coalition (KO) and its nominee for prime minister, Donald Tusk, has told reporters that the new ruling parliamentary majority intends to establish three parliamentary committees to investigate the actions of outgoing conservative ministers.
They are to be tasked with examining the issuing of visas to foreign nationals, the use of the Pegasus software in illegal surveillance of opposition politicians, and the attempt to hold a postal ballot in the presidential elections during the pandemic.
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UK ‘Conservatives’ Make Fake Tax Cut Their Election Offer
British Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered an upbeat message in Parliament at the Wednesday Autumn statement, bragging of tax cuts while failing to mention they are massively outweighed by the huge scale of tax rises in recent years.
Workers in the United Kingdom generally pay two taxes at the same time on their income, known as Income Tax and National Insurance which were both established for historically different reasons but have now essentially lost all distinction and only really serve to obfuscate what the true taxation level is. It is the second and smaller of these taxes, National Insurance Contributions, that the Conservative Government of Rishi Sunak has said it will cut on Wednesday morning.
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Nigel Farage has revealed whether he would run for Prime Minister after fellow campmates quizzed the GB News Presenter about his political future.
The former politician laid his cards on the table when he was asked if he would ever want to take up residency in No10.
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A Just Stop Oil spokesman caused a scene on GB News during an interview about the climate action group’s approach to protest, swearing and interrupting Jacob’s presenting to try and win round viewers.
The conversation was spurred by the United Nations’ response to the arrests at Just Stop Oil protests, claiming the UK sentences of such protesters could be in breach of international law.
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More than a dozen Just Stop Oil protesters were arrested ‘within seconds’ of their latest march today in London’s Trafalgar Square.
The controversial protest group attempted to block the road at lunchtime when Metropolitan Police officers swooped to remove the activists from the road.
Scotland Yard confirmed 14 people were arrested within ‘two minutes’ for slow marching on the road, while nine JSO activists who were arrested yesterday in a similar protest have all been charged.
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UK: Viral Video Shows Sex Toy Stuck on ULEZ Camera Van in Bexley
A video which has gone viral on social media shows a sex toy stuck onto the camera of a ULEZ van in Bexley.
The footage, which was posted on Facebook on November 20, appears to show a ULEZ van driving along with a sex toy stuck onto its camera.
The 10-second clip, which has more than 1,500 shares and 2,000 reactions, is captioned: “The c*ck is heading to Bexley Village.”
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‘ULEZ for Motorways’ at Risk of Being Rolled Out in Wales
A Ulez-style motorway charge is at risk of being rolled out across Wales after Cardiff Bay approved powers to force motorists to pay carbon-curbing levies.
Labour’s Welsh Government granted itself access to the powers in a clean air law.
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Who’s Who in Spain’s New ‘Frankenstein’ Government
After getting just the majority he needed in parliament last week to form a government, Spain’s Prime Minister President Pedro Sanchez has been sworn into office along with his 22 cabinet members.
The new government has shaped into a more drastic reiteration of Sanchez’s last governmental monster, only with its deformations of liberal democracy more pronounced.
This is Sanchez’s third stint in the Spanish presidency.
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by Daniel Greenfield
How did we end up with Hamas rallies on college campuses across America? Start with ‘equity’.
America started out with the idea of ‘equality’ that all people should be treated equally so that regardless of where they started out, everyone had the same rights and their lives had the same value. Advocates for ‘equity’ argue that this was unjust because different people were starting out in different places. What they really needed was a level playing field by imposing ‘equity’.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion disposed of equality. Its equity agenda dismissed the idea that people would be treated equally. The only way to achieve equality was through an indefinite period of inequality: raising up some people and pushing down others. Organizations, from the White House to Corporate America, vowed to “embed equity” into everything that they did.
The moral DNA of society was completely rewritten so that everything from freedom of expression to the value of human life had to be weighed in terms of identity politics. Even the most basic moral questions came down to the paradigms of oppressor and oppressed. Right and wrong were determined purely in terms of ‘punching up’ or ‘punching down’.
“Is it wrong to murder, rape and kidnap people?” was a question to which the answer was no longer “yes”, but “were the victims or the killers members of an oppressed group?”
What matters is not so much that Hamas raped, killed and kidnapped kids, but that it appears to be the weaker party in the conflict, the one with backing from leftist figures in good standing, and the one that has the revolutionary vibe that bourgeois radicals love so much.
Siding with Israel or Hamas has become a litmus test for the left of center. It evenly divides liberals from leftists. The dividing line is between human decency and ideology. It’s a familiar moral struggle that played out time and again throughout the twentieth century…
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Ex-Israeli Interior Minister Says ‘All 2 Million’ Palestinians Must Leave Gaza, Settle in US & EU
Former Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked said during a recent Israeli television interview that the nation should “take advantage of the destruction” that has taken place during the war and force “all two million” Gaza residents to leave.
“With God and the IDF’s help, after we turn Khan Younis into a soccer field. I’m sure there will be international pressure at some point after we finish the job to rehabilitate Gaza and to think what needs to be done with Gaza.”
“And then, we need to take advantage of the destruction that we will wreak upon them in order to tell the countries of the world that each one of them should take a quota. It can be 20,000 or 50,000 to say that they too should shoulder the burden in order to allow them to leave… we need all two million of them to leave. In all honesty, that’s the solution for Gaza.”
[Comment: You know, its statements like that which makes me support Israel less. Dumping their problems on others.]
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Fighting in Gaza Continues Into the Night as Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Delayed Until Friday
Fighting continued through Wednesday night in Gaza, but plans for a four-day cease-fire for a hostage and prisoner swap were put back a day, according to reports.
The cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas brokered this week is the first diplomatic breakthrough since the war started.
However, after initially agreeing to its terms and a 10 a.m. local start time on Thursday, Israel’s National Security Council later clarified: “Talks to release our hostages are advancing and are ongoing.
“The start of the release process will take place according to the original agreement between both sides, and not before Friday,” according to CNN.
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Hamas Terror Organization Charter Targets Christians and US Service Organizations
You may be surprised, but Hamas does not call for only killing Jews and eliminating Israel.
If you are Christian, a member of another religion or even participate in your local Rotary club or the Lions, Hamas also considers you an enemy, too.
“Hamas is using Gaza as an umbrella to be legitimate,” says author and Middle East expert Walid Phares. “The reality is this is a jihadist movement, and it is manifesting itself in America and Canada, and in Western Europe. We have never been at this level of danger for our democratic world.”
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Israel-Hamas Truce Deal: The Devil is in the Details
Israel and Hamas announced a deal on Wednesday allowing at least 50 hostages and scores of Palestinian prisoners to be freed, while offering besieged Gaza residents a four-day truce after weeks of all-out war.
The first major diplomatic breakthrough in the conflict follows weeks of painstaking negotiations brokered by Qatar with help from Egypt and the United States.
It is also intended to allow the delivery of desperately needed food, medicines and fuel to the 2.4 million civilians trapped in Gaza in increasingly dire conditions.
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Pollak: Israelis No Longer Want Two-State Solution After October 7 Attack
Breitbart News senior editor-at-large Joel Pollak said Tuesday on JNS TV that Israelis no longer wanted a two-state solution after the October 7 attack.
Pollak said, “Hamas has to be eliminated or Israelis can’t live in that area. If Israel can’t eliminate this threat to Israel itself it’s sense of purpose is challenged whole reason to have Israel is that these things wont happen. There is something existential that happened here and it is diffrent from a round of rockets verse air strikes which is a little more abstract. Yes it is real for the the people in the line of fire but there was this idea that the Iron Dome anti-missile system would sort of keep people safe and it has kept people safe it is very important.”
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Pope Francis: Palestinians and Israelis Are ‘Two Fraternal Peoples’
ROME — Pope Francis issued another appeal for peace in the Holy Land on Wednesday, insisting the Palestinian people and the people of Israel are “two fraternal peoples.”
Palestinians and Israelis “have the right to peace, have the right to live in peace,” the pontiff asserted in launching a campaign of special prayer for peace in the world and in the Holy Land.
In particular, the pope asked for prayers for peace in the Holy Land, so that “the difficulties resolve themselves in dialogue and negotiation and not with a mountain of dead on each side.”
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Watch: IDF Exposes Hamas Terror Tunnels, Operations Center Under Shifa Hospital
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released video Wednesday of the latest Hamas terror tunnels discovered under Shifa Hospital in Gaza — including a command and operations center, and facilities for long-term occupancy, such as air conditioning and a toilet.
IDF Spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari provided a guided tour of some of the tunnels found underneath the hospital.
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Putin Tells G20 Leaders it is Necessary to Think About How to Stop ‘Tragedy’ of Ukraine War
Fighting in Ukraine since Russia’s February 2022 invasion has killed or wounded hundreds of thousands and displaced millions more
Russian president Vladimir Putin told the leaders of the G20 on Wednesday that it was necessary to think about how to stop “the tragedy” of the war in Ukraine, some of his most placatory remarks to date about the conflict.
Mr Putin’s decision to send troops into Ukraine in February 2022 triggered Europe’s deadliest conflict since the second World War and the gravest confrontation between Russia and the West since the depths of the Cold War.
Addressing G20 leaders for the first time since the start of the war, the Kremlin chief said some leaders had said in their speeches that they were shocked by the ongoing “aggression” of Russia in Ukraine.
“Yes, of course, military actions are always a tragedy,” Putin told the virtual G20 meeting called by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Russia is Hoarding Cruise Missiles Ahead of Winter Assault on Ukrainian Civilians, Says London
Russia hasn’t launched one of its advanced cruise missiles against Ukraine in months and is likely building up stocks ready for a winter assault on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, Britain has said in an intelligence digest.
There hasn’t been a use of one of Russia’s “premier air launched cruise missiles” for nearly two months, the UK Ministry of Defence says, and this is “likely allowing it to build up a substantial stock of these weapons” as new supplies are delivered. This in turn, the intelligence digest from the British government states, is “highly likely” so the country can launch a major assault on Ukraine’s infrastructure come winter.
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Russia Never Gave Up on Ukraine Peace Talks — Putin
by RT
Russia has never rejected peace talks with Ukraine, whereas Kiev has publicly withdrawn from the negotiation process, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during an online address to an extraordinary G20 summit on Wednesday.
Speaking via video link, the Russian leader responded to comments made by other speakers of the conference who said they were “shocked” by Russia’s continued “aggression” in Ukraine. Putin admitted that the conflict in Ukraine, like any military conflict, is a “tragedy for specific people, specific families and for the country as a whole” and stated that “naturally, we must think about how to end this tragedy.”
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Australia Issues 860 Visas to Palestinians Trapped in Gaza
Hundreds of temporary visas have been issued to desperate Palestinians by the Australian Government.
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Australian Town Plagued With ‘Millions’ of Dead Rats on Beaches, Roads: ‘Out of Control’
Residents are horrified by a plague of rats that has descended on a usually picturesque Queensland fishing town, leaving a foul smell as they die and decay on the beaches.
Locals in Karumba, in The Gulf Country between the Top End and the Northern Territory, say the rats appeared a few weeks ago and have since surged in numbers.
Images and videos posted to social media show what appear to be thousands of rats, often dead or dying and piled up on beaches, at the edge of boat ramps and on footpaths by the water.
Another disturbing clip, this one taken at night, shows hundreds of rats floating in the water, surging in and out with the tide.
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Australian property prices are back at record highs again, just 10 months after bottoming out. Suburbs of Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide are at new levels despite the Reserve Bank’s 13 rate rises.
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‘Racist’: Socialist Mexican President AMLO Laments Libertarian Populist Win in Argentina
Mexican far-left President Andre’s Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) claimed on Tuesday that the election of libertarian economist Javier Milei as president of Argentina was an “own goal” for the South American nation.
“To put it in a word, with all due respect, it was an own-goal. And I do not agree, although I respect the decision of the people, with right-wing governments,” López Obrador said on Tuesday during a press conference. “I do not agree with classist, racist governments. I do not agree with the hypocrisy that characterizes the right wing in the world.”
López Obrador did not clarify if he believes Milei is personally a racist, nor provide any evidence for using the epithet against the president-elect. He also did not clarify if he meant to call Milei a racist or “right-wing governments” in general.
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An asylum seeker released into the community after a landmark High Court ruling has launched a legal challenge against the ‘draconian’ new laws Labor has rushed through Parliament.
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Australia Opens the Door to Palestinian Refugees as Arab Countries Still Say ‘No’
The left-wing Australian government has quietly welcomed hundreds of Palestinian refugee arrivals in the weeks since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel.
The Department of Home Affairs confirmed Tuesday that 860 temporary visas have been approved for Palestinians with connections to Australia seeking to escape the Gaza Strip up to November 20, ABC News reports.
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Exclusive: 500 Migrants Cross Into Texas Border Town in Single Group
Nearly 500 migrants crossed the border into the small border town of Eagle Pass on Wednesday morning. The latest large migrant group crossing into Eagle Pass continues a trend of large single migrant group crossings in recent months.
The large group of mostly Venezuelan and Central American migrants attempted the crossing in one group near the heart of the downtown. The group managed to breach the existing concertina wire barriers installed by the State of Texas.
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Finland’s prime minister said on Wednesday that the country will close all but its northernmost crossing point with Russia following a surge in migrants, which Helsinki claims Moscow is intentionally pushing after it joined NATO
Since the start of August, around 700 asylum seekers have entered Finland without a visa over its 1,300-kilometre (800-mile) border with Russia.
‘The government has today decided to close more border posts. Only Raja-Jooseppi station will remain open,’ Prime Minister Petteri Orpo told a press conference, announcing that they will be shut from midnight on Friday.
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Migrant Crisis Warning Issued by New York Mayor: ‘The Visible Signs Will Start to Show’
New York is at risk of turning into one huge refugee camp as the city’s mayor warns that the migrant crisis could soon spill out onto the streets.
Mayor Eric Adams claims the city has seen huge cuts due to mass numbers of migrants arriving into the five boroughs.
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Border Agents Ordered to Stop ‘Misgendering’ Illegals: ‘Do Not Use He, Him, She, Her Pronouns’
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a new order for agents to begin complying with radical gender ideology while addressing “members of the public.”
The “woke” new rules were revealed in an internal memo obtained by the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project.
According to the memo, agents are now prohibited from using “he, him, she, her” pronouns when initially interacting with people in case they “misgender” them.
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Catholic Women’s College in Indiana to Consider Applicants That ‘Identify as Women’
Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana recently declared it will consider allowing biological males to attend the university if they have a history of identifying as women.
President Katie Conboy told the faculty in an email on Tuesday about the change in policy, according to the Notre Dame student paper, The Observer.
“Saint Mary’s will consider undergraduate applicants whose sex assigned at birth is female or who consistently live and identify as women,” Conboy emailed.
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Christian School Penalized for Refusing to Force Girls’ Basketball Team to Compete Against Male
A Vermont Christia school has filed a lawsuit against state officials after being penalized for refusing to force the girls’ basketball team to compete against a male player.
Mid-Vermont Christian School (MVCS) filed the lawsuit on Tuesday.
MVCS argues that the girls’ team was forced out of the state’s athletic association for refusing to make their female players compete against a biological male, according to court documents.
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We do not want 2e6 Palestinians. They should go to moslem countries. Why do moslem countries not take in moslem refuse?
That is where they should go.
This is the crux of the matter, I was sickened to read that Scottish gazans(…) and Australian Gazans had been carefully rescued from Gaza and had been sent “home” – that is, back to Scotland and Australia. BTW the First Minister of Scotland, who is pakistani, has a gazan wife and children and you’ll be thrilled to know they are all safely back in Scotland. ///s
Congratulations Gert !!, what a wonderful day for Holland, He will clean up this mess for sure , this Whole Muslims holes in every city in Holland has to be clean from this Islamic cancer , a specially Moroccans scum’s , lots of them over there, He have to have protection 24/7 , God bless this guy ..
So I am baffled. Didn’t Numan tell us Wilders stands no chance? I would love his analysis of what is happening now.
Reddit post by ex-Muslims. https://www.reddit.com/r/exmuslim/comments/1826shn/muslim_speakermen_in_manchester_uk/
There’s a short street in Manchester central in the U.K. called Market Street, it’s lined with shops either side. It’s essentially a high street with shops with lots of hustle and bustle.
At the moment they have Christmas Markets and stalls present.
Usually there is one stand blaring Islamic noise with one or two men stood there under a sign that says “Free Islamic Literature”.
Today there were THREE of these stands blaring their Islamic noise located at the beginning of the street, in the middle, and at the end of the street.
The noise was that loud it was drowning out any Christmas music that was being played from the stalls sandwiched between these Islamic stalls.
Manchester is a multicultural city but the majority that shop around there aren’t Muslims as it’s your standard high street.
It made me feel uncomfortable walking up and down this street whilst wanting to shop. It must have made others feel uncomfortable too as soon after I exited a shop I saw the police and a big gang crowding around them (no doubt whatever happened they would’ve portraying themselves as the victim).
long time lurker. followed gates for years. when i saw this i had to come congratulate baron and so so so very sad to learn of Dymphna. i truly did love her.
so glad for baron. his heart is pure. i wish him only the best. stay true to your quest.
[Comment: You know, its statements like that which makes me support Israel less. Dumping their problems on others.]
No, the terrorists are not Israel’s problems in the sense they didn’t create them: uk( of which I am a citizen) is responsible for encouraging and funding these terrorists as are the governments of the US and the EU. And they’ve managed to convince the useful idiots that abide there that it’s ok to fund terrorists to attack a sovereign country.What the uk, us and eu have done is forced this problem of their own creation on the people of the uk/us/eu.
Interesting to see what’s happening in Ireland right now…
PS Pope Francis Invites 44 Transgenders Who Work as “Prostitutes” to Vatican for Lunch (VIDEO)
By Jim Hᴏft
The love the sinner thing hate the sin only works if you explain how the act of sinning condemns the soul. Only if the communist pope makes the “transgender” men attending this lunch to dress like men, use men’s names face the fact they are men will progress be made in these men’s lives. Will he try to convince them that a life as as a prostitute will not only led to condemning their souls, but lead to an early death by disease , or drugs, or suicide ,or murder by customers , that it empty and mean less? Or will he use it as a photo op have lunch with them in drag ,give them a hug ,a kiss on the cheek and send them back to the street to ply their “trade” as rent boys. Will he offer them any job training education , drug rehab ,or a way out of a short ,violent , mean less life ?