A knifeman attacked multiple people on the street outside a school in Dublin city center today, wounding five people, three of them children, before being subdued by passers-by and arrested. A rumor spread on social media that the perp was an Algerian immigrant, and violent street protests erupted, with cars being burned and police attacked. Some protesters carried signs that read “Irish Lives Matter”.
In other news, pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City. Some demonstrators glued themselves to the street during the protest.
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Pro-Hamas thugs targeted the Los Angeles home of the president of AIPAC with smoke bombs during a Thanksgiving Day protest. The rioters carried a banner that read, “F*** UR HOLIDAY BABY KILLER” and smeared ‘blood’ red paint on the driveway in front of the home where tow cars were parked. One of the protesters confronted a neighbor taking video as the smoke bombs went off.
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ABC News: Thanksgiving Dinner ‘Could Soon Become Another Victim’ of Climate Change
Thanksgiving “could soon become another victim of climate change,” a recent report by ABC News warned.
The report said rising temperatures “threaten the abundance and quality” of ingredients that make up a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.
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Arkansas middle school teacher Kaytlann Barnes, 30, is accused of sending and soliciting nude photos from her 14-year-old male student over Snapchat.
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Black Lives Matter Mural on Street Near White House Cost Taxpayers $270,000, Watchdog Reveals
The massive Black Lives Matter mural, that Democrats painted on the Washington D.C. street outside President Donald Trump’s White House, cost taxpayers an eye-watering $270,000, a political watchdog group has revealed.
The massive tax dollar spend was revealed in a report from government watchdog Judicial Watch.
The funding was approved in the summer of 2020 when D.C.’s Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser sought to appease the violent Marxist group Black Lives Matter (BLM) while simultaneously protesting against Trump.
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Being concerned about spreading COVID-19 is reportedly sooo last season.
As the U.S. heads into the fourth holiday season since the pandemic’s onset, most Americans aren’t worried about COVID-19 spread or prevention during the holidays this year, a new study has revealed.
Many people have not received the latest vaccine, according to KFF’s latest COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor survey — which could be a reflection of the decreased concern.
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Democrats Ignore the First Amendment With Censorship Demand Letter to X
A group of over 25 Democratic members of Congress have raised allegations against X, once again ignoring the First Amendment and calling for online censorship.
They assert that the company is both allowing and profiting from the dissemination of false and violent content, particularly regarding the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
On Tuesday, these lawmakers, including notable figures such as Reps. Dan Goldman, Jamie Raskin, Jerry Nadler, Bennie Thompson, Katie Porter, and Adam Schiff, addressed a letter to Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, and Elon Musk, its owner.
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Former NSA and CIA chief Michael Hayden, who has fashioned a post-government career attacking and censoring conservatives, is spending his Thanksgiving week smearing patriotic American Christians who own firearms, claiming they are “no different” from Hamas terrorists.
On Wednesday, Michael Hayden responded to a post on X that juxtaposed two photos: one of a woman holding an American flag, Bible, and handgun; the other of Palestinian terrorist Reem Riyashi, who killed herself along with four Israelis in a 2004 suicide bombing that was claimed by Hamas and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade.
“No different at all,” Hayden chimed in.
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The House Ethics Committee voted against opening an investigation into Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) on Wednesday for falsely pulling a fire alarm in a congressional office building in September.
Bowman, who previously worked as a middle school principal, pulled the fire alarm just as lawmakers were about to vote on a short-term government funding measure to avoid a government shutdown. The New York lawmaker faced six months jail time, but in a plea deal he agreed to pay a $1,000 fine and write an apology to Capitol Police. After three months of probation, the charge will be withdrawn.
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Iowa Elected Official’s Wife Convicted of Voter Fraud in Ballot-Stuffing Scheme
The wife of an Iowa county supervisor was convicted of 52 counts of voter fraud Tuesday in a ballot-stuffing scheme to help her husband secure the Republican nomination to run for Congress in 2020.
Kim Phuong Taylor, 49, was found guilty by a federal jury in Sioux City of 26 counts of providing false information in registering and voting, three counts of fraudulent registration and 23 counts of fraudulent voting in the race which her husband, Jeremy Taylor, ultimately lost. He was running a congressional campaign for Iowa’s 4th Congressional District and finished a distant third.
After Taylor’s husband lost in the primary, he ran for Woodbury County Supervisor in the 2020 general election and Taylor again engaged in ballot fraud, causing absentee ballots to be fraudulently requested and cast, according to the Justice Department. He ultimately won election to the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors that fall.
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JFK Author Discovered Eerie Incident That Occurred a Year Before the Assassination
EXCLUSIVE: This November marks the 60-year anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and one author says he’s surprised more people aren’t talking about another open motorcade incident that occurred about a year before.
Lee Harvey Oswald shot and killed Kennedy during an open motorcade ride through Dealey Plaza in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, leaving the country in shock and mourning. According to author Stephen F. Knott, a professor of national security affairs at the United States Naval War College, Kennedy may have also been in danger in the fall of 1962.
Knott discovered evidence in the archives of the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston where he once worked. In his research, Knott found that during an open-vehicle presidential motorcade in Springfield, Illinois, on Oct. 19, 1962, a witness saw a rifle pointed at JFK from a second story downtown building.
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Connor Sturgeon, the gunman who carried out a massacre at a Louisville bank earlier this year, was an anti-gun activist, police have revealed.
Documents containing entries from 25-year-old Sturgeon’s journal have just been released by the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department.
According to his journal, Sturgeon hoped that he could force radical new gun control laws by killing “upper-class white people.”
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New Hampshire Hospital Shooter Was Banned From Having Guns, Court Documents Say
CONCORD, N.H. — John Madore, the man who shot and killed a security guard at a New Hampshire psychiatric hospital in Concord last week, was not allowed to have guns, ammunition, or any other weapons following an arrest in 2016, according to court records.
At that time, police seized an assault-style rifle and 9 mm handgun from Madore. Madore, 33, who was arrested in Strafford on assault and reckless conduct charges, was later involuntarily admitted at New Hampshire Hospital in Concord, according to records. The charges were dismissed in 2017 following a competency evaluation that remains sealed.
The weapons ban against Madore was part of bail orders unsealed by a judge Wednesday following a request by the New Hampshire Bulletin.
On Nov. 17, Madore had a 9 mm pistol and ammunition when he shot and killed Bradley Haas, a state Department of Safety security officer who was working at the hospital’s front lobby entrance, the state attorney general’s office said. Madore was shot and killed moments later by a state trooper.
In addition to the pistol, police found an AR-style rifle, a tactical vest and several ammunition magazines in a U-Haul truck that Madore had rented and left idling in the hospital’s parking lot.
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Pro-Palestinian Protesters Disrupt Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City
Groups of pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, with some chanting and singing “Palestine will be free” while others glued themselves to the street along the parade route.
One group of protesters took to the parade route in midtown Manhattan and unfurled a banner reading, “Liberation for Palestine and Planet.” They called for an end to fossil fuels while supporting Palestinians in Gaza.
The protesters wore white jumpsuits, doused themselves with red liquid and glued their hands to the street to try to disrupt the parade. The crowd lining the sidewalk could be heard drowning out the chants with boos.
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Report: Prominent Jesuit Universities Stifle Free Speech
ROME — Several prominent Jesuit-run schools rank “among the worst in the nation” when it comes to respecting freedom of speech, the Catholic League noted this week.
In its recently published “2024 College Free Speech Rankings,” the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) found that four Jesuit schools in particular stand out for their hostility to free speech on campus.
The schools that “consistently perform poorly” include Boston College, Fordham University, Georgetown University, and Marquette University, the study found.
The FIRE survey of 248 colleges and universities ranked Boston College at #229, Marquette University at #230, Fordham University at #244, and Georgetown University at #245 (earning it a “Very Poor” rating), noted Catholic League president Bill Donohue.
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Republican Ousted From Congress After Voting for Second Impeachment Crawls Back to Trump
One of the Republicans who voted to impeach President Donald Trump for “insurrection” has changed his tune after being ousted from Congress by his own party.
Former Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI) is warming up to the 45th president and now says he will vote for Trump in 2024.
Like other anti-Trump Republicans, Meijer lost his primary in Michigan last year.
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State of Emergency Declared in Kentucky as Train Derailment Spills Toxic Chemicals
Hundreds of people in rural Kentucky are being evacuated over Thanksgiving after a train derailed and burst into flames, causing a toxic chemical spill.
The incident has caused molten sulfur to catch fire and release dangerous fumes.
At least 16 of the 40 coaches on the train came off the rails near Livingston, 60 miles south of Lexington.
The small town is home to 200 people.
The train reportedly crashed around 2:30 pm on Wednesday, with the incident worsening through the night as chemicals leaked from the wreckage.
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Calls for the Resignation of the Government in Germany
On Thursday, the right-wing German party “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) called for the resignation of the country’s government and early elections in light of the publication of survey results indicating that two-thirds of Germans believe that Chancellor Olaf Scholz is incapable of handling the crisis in the country.
According to the survey results from the Forsa public opinion research institute conducted for the N-tv channel, 66% of respondents believe that Scholz cannot cope with the current crisis situation in Germany, while only 24% consider him competent. The survey also indicates that 69% of Germans believe that the government is not managing the crisis in the budgetary sphere.
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Conor McGregor Calls Ireland for War Hours Before Mass Stabbing in Dublin, Riots Erupt
The great city of Dublin, Ireland is currently engulfed in chaos and riots just hours after rallying tweet from Conor McGregor. Five people that included three children were stabbed right outside a school on Thursday afternoon. Presumably an Algerian immigrant who was neutralized after the killing spree. As a result of the horror this generated in the Irish people, Dublin locals decided to riot and make parts of the city impossible to transit. Conor McGregor’s call to war is one of many from Irish locals who don’t agree with the country’s mass immigration indulgence from the government. Conor wrote a series of tweets about this topic and complained against the current government.
Conor McGregor complains about immigrants voting in Ireland
What Conor McGregor is complaining about is actually happening, he said that non-residents can vote during an election process in Ireland. A tweet directed at all the immigrants currently pouring through the Irish borders. He asked: “US allows non residents to vote? Visitors can vote? I can fly in now and register a vote in the United States elections? Surely not. However, Ireland’s current government is proposing this. A disgrace! A shame! Hang their heads in shame! The Working man is the real hero! Ireland, we are at war. Do not let any irish property be took over unannounced. Evaporate said property. It’s a war.”
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Czech President: NATO Preparing for “High-Intensity Conflict” With Russia
In a recent statement, Czech President Petr Pavel emphasized NATO’s view of Russia as the primary threat in Europe, indicating the alliance’s preparedness for a major conflict. Speaking at a summit of the Visegrad Group, comprising the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia, President Pavel reiterated the collective commitment of Central European nations to support Ukraine in its ongoing struggle against Moscow.
During the summit, President Pavel highlighted the unanimous stance among the Visegrad Group members, asserting, “We’ve all agreed that it is in our immediate interest that Ukraine succeed.” He described the support for Kiev as a “naturally human step” and emphasized the shared determination of these nations to bolster Ukraine’s efforts in the face of regional challenges, Irozhlas reported.
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One of Europe’s leading globalists will leave office and his hoped-for replacement, a Green-Left veteran Eurocrat has been soundly defeated in the Dutch elections, triggering an outpouring of grief as veteran anti-Islamification campaigner Geert Wilders soars into first place.
With 99 per cent of votes counted from Wednesday’s national elections in the Netherlands, Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom (PVV) is confirmed the largest political force in the country by a considerable margin. More than doubling the number of seats taken since the next election, Wilders even exceeded the highest polls to take 37 seats in the Netherlands’ 150-seat parliament.
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European Medicines Agency Says COVID-19 Vaccines Were “Never Approved to Prevent Transmission”
Dutch MEP Marcel de Graaff delivered a press conference on Tuesday where he commented on a letter he received from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) which stated COVID-19 vaccines were “never approved to prevent transmission.”
Alongside seven other EU MPs, including two AfD politicians, they sought clarification from the EMA on the myriad issues surrounding COVID-19 vaccines. Due to the severity of the problems, the Medicines Agency was urged to withdraw approval for the vaccines. Now, an EMA response has arrived, revealing “shocking facts,” according to the Dutch politician.
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European Commission Not Concerned About Nexit After PVV’s Election Win
The European Commission is not concerned about the Netherlands leaving the European Union after the PVV’s victory in the parliamentary election. “We continue to count on the strong participation of the Netherlands in the EU,” a spokesperson for the European Commission told ANP.
Geert Wilders hasn’t spoken about a possible “Nexit” in some time, but the Netherlands leaving the European Union is still part of the PVV’s election manifesto. “The PVV wants a binding referendum on this and therefore wants to leave the European Union. The program also states that no more Dutch money will go to Brussels, Italy, and other funds,” BNR’s Europe correspondent Stefan de Vries said.
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European Parliament Approves Stricter Plastic Packaging Restrictions
The directive, passed by the European Union, mandates that only essential food items, such as raw meat, fish, and dairy products, be packaged in plastic bags.
The aim is to tackle the excessive use of plastic bags, and the directive also places significant limitations on the use of persistent organic pollutants, specifically PFAS, due to their potential health risks. The final approval of these measures is expected by June 2024.
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EU’s Plan for Military Aid to Ukraine May Fail — Bloomberg
The European Union’s plan to allocate 20 billion euros over four years for the purchase of weapons for Ukraine may face failure due to internal disagreements among member states, according to Bloomberg, citing a European diplomat.
Some bloc members including Germany, failed to agree on the terms for allocating the entire amount. They hope to reach an agreement on allocating 5 billion euros for the year 2024 and take on commitments for further support to Kyiv. According to another diplomatic source, Hungary is blocking projects to support Ukraine, insisting on discussing a comprehensive strategy for providing assistance to Kyiv first.
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Geert Wilders’ Victory in Netherlands Election Spooks Europe
The unexpectedly meaty win for controversial, hard-right politician Geert Wilders in Wednesday’s general election in the Netherlands set international headlines on fire.
Right-wing nationalists across Europe rushed to congratulate the populist politician, sometimes dubbed the Dutch Trump — partly for his dyed, bouffant-like hairdo, and partly for his famously firebrand rhetoric.
Geert Wilders’ publicly expressed views — including linking Muslim immigration with terrorism and calling for a ban on mosques and the Quran — are so provocative that he has been under tight police protection since 2004.
Wilders was convicted of inciting discrimination, although later acquitted, and he was refused entry to the UK back in 2009.
But Europe’s far right believes their views have now become more mainstream.
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German Police Conduct Raids Against Hamas and Pro-Palestinian Group
In a continued effort to combat radical Islamists, German police executed raids on 15 properties across four regions with suspected ties to the militant group Hamas and the pro-Palestinian organization Samidoun.
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser emphasized the country’s commitment to taking decisive action against extremists, stating that individuals affiliated with radical ideologies should not feel safe in Germany.
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Hungary Granted 920 Million Euros in EU Recovery Funds
Hungary is set to receive €920 million in EU recovery funds without any additional conditions, as reported by EuroNews.
The European Commission gave its approval to the revised version of Hungary’s recovery and resilience plan, resulting in an amendment that includes €4.6 billion (€3.9 billion in low-interest loans and €0.7 billion in non-repayable grants) in addition to the previously endorsed plan.
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Ireland: Three Children Among Five in Hospital After Dublin ‘Stabbing’
Five people, including three children, were taken to hospital on Thursday, Irish police said, following a suspected stabbing outside a Dublin school.
Police declared a major incident and threw up a cordon around Parnell Square in the heart of the Irish capital but said they do not suspect a terror motive.
Irish media and eyewitnesses reported that a man armed with a knife had stabbed the victims outside the primary school.
Witnesses told how a man had been disarmed and Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said a suspect had been arrested.
Police, the Garda Siochana, said in a statement they were “following a definite line of inquiry” and were “not looking for any other person at this time.”
It added: “Five casualties have been taken to various hospitals in the Dublin region.
“The casualties include an adult male, an adult female and three young children.
“One child, a girl, has sustained serious injuries, the other two children are being treated for less serious injuries.
“The adult female is being treated for serious injuries and the adult male for less serious injuries.”
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LONDON — Protests broke out in central Dublin on Thursday evening after Irish police said a 5-year-old girl was receiving emergency medical treatment following an attack that involved a knife.
A woman and two other children were injured.
Irish police said they weren’t treating the case as terror-related, and that a man in his 50s, who was also hospitalized with serious injuries, is a “person of interest.”
Police said they have a “definite line of inquiry” and that they weren’t looking for anyone else in connection with the violence outside a school in the heart of Dublin soon after 1:30 p.m.
In the early evening, protesters fired flares and fireworks at the police cordon in Dublin around the scene of the incident.
Police armed with shields fended off violent demonstrators attempting to kick and punch them. Many of those attacking the police had their faces covered.
A number of police vehicles and a tram were damaged during the disorder in the city center. A bus and car were also on fire on the city’s O’Connell Bridge.
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— Police say attack was ‘not terror’, mob chants ‘get them out’
Violence broke out after three young children and a woman were attacked Parnell Square East in the north of the city centre on Thursday afternoon. A five-year-old girl is undergoing emergency treatment.
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LONDON — Violent clashes broke out in central Dublin on Thursday evening, with vehicles torched and riot police attacked, after a 5-year-old girl was seriously injured in a knife attack earlier in the day that also saw a woman and two other young children hospitalized.
Irish police said the girl was receiving emergency medical treatment in a Dublin hospital following the attack outside a school. Soon after that announcement, at least 100 people took to the streets, some armed with metal bars and covering their faces.
Police said over 400 officers including many in riot gear, were deployed in Dublin city center to contain the unrest, which they said was “caused by a small group of thugs.” A police cordon was also set up around the Irish Parliament building, Leinster House, and officers from the Mounted Support Unit were in nearby Grafton Street.
There were clashes with riot police as some demonstrators let off flares and fireworks, while others grabbed chairs and stools outside bars and restaurants.
A number of police vehicles and a tram were damaged during the disorder, while a bus and car were also set on fire on the city’s O’Connell Bridge.
Shop windows were routinely smashed and a Foot Locker store was looted. All public transport in the city — trams and buses — was suspended and many firms have urged their staff to work from home on Friday.
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Ireland: Dublin Mass Stabbing: Children Among the Injured
Five people were injured in central Dublin, Ireland, on Thursday, two of them seriously in a mass stabbing described by police as a “serious public order incident”.
A man was arrested after multiple stabbing attacks on Parnell Street, Dublin on Thursday. Among the five people injured are three young children, and one of those children and an adult woman are said to be in serious condition.
The Irish Independent described a “scene of terror” as pedestrians fled on foot from the attack and reports that a male suspect arrested in relation to the incident has also been injured. A witness cited by the paper said the stabbings took place near a school and that: “The kids were out walking. All of a sudden one of them fell to the ground, then another fell to the ground, then another falls to the ground… Then this guy started running past.”
[Comment: It seems that mainstream Right publications, such as Fox News and Breitbart, have not stated the ethnicity of the attacker.]
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Ireland: Girl, 5, Receiving Emergency Treatment After Attack
A five-year-old child and a woman in her 30s are in a serious condition in hospital after they were attacked and stabbed in Dublin city centre this afternoon.
Two other young children are also in hospital with minor injuries, as is a man who is being treated for serious injuries. One of these children — a boy — has since been discharged.
The man, who is in his 40s, was arrested at the scene by gardaí before being brought to hospital with injuries that have been described as serious.
At around 1.30pm, a group of young children were lining up outside a school on Parnell Square East.
A man arrived and began attacking the children with a knife.
The five-year-old girl was stabbed and seriously injured. She underwent emergency treatment in Temple St hospital.
The two other children, a boy and a girl aged five and six, were also attacked and suffered minor injuries.
They were both taken to Crumlin Hospital, with the boy later being discharged.
The woman, who worked at the school and cared for the children, intervened and was also stabbed and seriously injured.
She is currently in the Mater Hospital.
A number of other people also intervened and the man was restrained at the scene until gardaí and the emergency services arrived.
Medical staff rushed from the nearby Rotunda Hospital to help.
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Gardaí say the scenes tonight were being driven by a far right element whipping up anger and shouting anti-immigrant slogans, because they suspect the attack was carried out by a foreign national.
However, it is understood the suspect, who is being treated in hospital, is an Irish citizen who came to this country over 20 years ago.
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Netherlands: PVV Wins Election With 37 Seats in Parliament; Got More Votes Than VVD Did in 2021
The PVV has convincingly won the 2023 parliamentary election, standing at 37 seats with 94 percent of the votes counted. About 2.3 million people voted for the far-right party on Wednesday. Geert Wilders’ party is doing better than the VVD did in 2021 and 2017 when 2.2 million people voted for the party. In 2012, Rutte’s party received slightly more votes at 2.5 million.
GroenLinks-PvdA became the second-largest party on Wednesday with 1.57 million votes, followed closely by the VVD with almost 1.53 million votes. NSC also attracted over a million voters. Pieter Omtzigt’s party got almost 1.3 million votes.
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Netherlands: Rutte IV Coalition Lost About Half Their Seats; Voter Turnout Slightly Lower Than 2021
The four coalition parties that made up Rutte IV — VVD, D6t, CDA, and ChristenUnie — all lost seats in yesterday’s election. Of the 78 seats the parties won in the 2021 elections, just over half remain. According to the latest forecast from the ANP Election Service, the four parties are good for only 41 seats.
Relatively speaking, the CDA is the biggest loser. The party is expected to lose 10 of its 15 seats. D66 dropped from 24 to 9, and ChristenUnie from 5 to 3. The VVD was the largest party in the polls for a long time but had to surrender 10 of its 34 seats and becomes the third party after winner PVV and GroenLinks.
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Netherlands: Second Underage Boy Arrested in Connection With Baudet Beer Bottle Attack
Police arrested a second suspect in connection with the assault on Thierry Baudet on Monday, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) announced on Thursday. The leader of the far-right party Forum for Democracy was struck on the head with a beer bottle at an election event in a cafe in Groningen on Monday.
A 15-year-old boy from Groningen had already been arrested for the assault on Tuesday. On Thursday, the examining magistrate of the court in Groningen decided that he would remain in custody for an additional 14 days.
According to the OM, the second suspect, also a minor boy from Groningen, was arrested on Thursday. He is scheduled to appear before the examining magistrate on Friday. The Public Prosecution Service has described the suspicion as “serious.” No details were provided regarding his role and the nature of his involvement in the assault.
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Nine Arrested After Gang Goes on Deadly Rampage to ‘Stab White People’ in Small French Village
Nine members of a gang that descended upon a small French village to “stab white people” have been arrested after leaving one dead and 16 injured.
During a village winter ball in Crépol on Saturday evening, a gang of “outsiders” descended on the French village and went on a rampage that left a sixteen-year-old boy named Thomas dead and 16 others aged between 16 and 65 injured. The dance had seen around 300 of the 532 members of the village attend.
On Tuesday, the government announced per Le Figaro that it had arrested nine individuals in connection to the horrific attack on the. Reports have claimed that the band of young male attackers came from the La Monnaie neighborhood of Romans-sur-Crépol. The area has been associated with rampant issues involving drug trafficking and was the site of widespread unrest during the racially-inspired riots across France in July following the police shooting of an Algerian heritage teenager.
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Orban’s Speech in Switzerland Europe’s Loss of Control, Hungary’s Sovereign Stand
Viktor Orban, the Prime Minister of Hungary emphasizing that Weltwoche provides a platform for free speech unlike mainstream media, Orban highlighted the significance of such spaces in Europe, Hungary Today reports.
He noted that the upcoming EU elections would impact Switzerland and suggested that Hungary, as the EU Council President in the second half of the next year, could shape the EU agenda.
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Poles Are Changing Their Preferences by Avoiding Purchases of Ukrainian Brands
The popularity of Ukrainian products among Polish consumers has significantly declined, with a growing belief that they may jeopardize local products, as reported by Rzeczpospolita.
Following the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian war and the increase in the number of refugees in Poland, the presence of Ukrainian brands has become more noticeable. In 2022, Poles were relatively favorable towards Ukrainian products, expressing a willingness to purchase them despite the brands not being highly recognized.
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Police Operations Target “Reichsburger” Movement Across Eight States in Germany
Law enforcement agencies conducted raids on Thursday, targeting individuals associated with the “Reichsbürger” movement in eight federal states, including Baden-Württemberg.
Approximately 280 officers participated in the searches, aimed at individuals suspected of forming a criminal organization within the movement. The Munich Public Prosecutor’s Office coordinated the operations, involving police forces in Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Schleswig-Holstein, Brandenburg, Hamburg and Lower Saxony.
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Scholz Announces Construction of New Gas Pipeline Through the Alps to Italy
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has revealed plans to build a new gas pipeline to Italy that will traverse the Alps. He made this announcement during a joint press conference with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Berlin after their participation in a virtual G20 summit, as reported by ABC News.
Simultaneously, he added, the two countries aim to swiftly conclude a German-Italian gas and solidarity agreement.
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Slovenia Approves New Taxes on Banks and Corporations for Post-Disaster Reconstruction
The Slovenian government has given the green light to a tax on banks and increased levies on companies as part of the funding strategy for reconstruction projects following the country’s most severe natural disaster in over three decades.
In August, Slovenia, with its 2.1 million population, experienced devastating floods that caused widespread destruction to businesses, homes and infrastructure, resulting in at least seven casualties. The estimated cost of rebuilding, reaching up to €10 billion ($10.9 billion) or about 18% of Slovenia’s annual economic output, has strained public finances and placed additional pressure on the government.
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Spain: 3 Arrested for the Attempted Murder of Vox Founder Will Appear in Court on Saturday
The three individuals apprehended in Lanjarón (Granada) and Fuengirola (Malaga), suspected of being involved in the attempted murder of VOX founder Alejo Vidal-Quadras, who was shot in the center of Madrid on November 9, will appear before Judge Francisco de Jorge of the National Court next Saturday.
This comes after an extension of their detention, as outlined by Pedro Fernandez, the Government Delegate of Spain in Andalusia, La Gaceta reported.
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The Budget Crisis in Germany is Hindering the Provision of 8 Billion Euros in Aid to Ukraine
Germany’s planned increase in financial assistance to Ukraine from 4 to 8 billion euros next year is “not yet guaranteed at the moment,” according to the head of the Bundestag’s defense committee, Mari-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, as reported by Der Tagesspiegel.
The Constitutional Court prohibited the German government from transferring 60 billion euros of unspent pandemic funds to environmental initiatives and industrial support. The court ruled that the “debt brake,” introduced by the Merkel government should not be violated, but the Scholz government did so by incurring new debts.
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The Real Damage Being Done to the EU is Being Done by of Groupings Left of Center…
Interview with Peter Suhel, Former Chief of Staff to the Slovenian PM and the International Secretary of the Slovenian Democratic Party
Peter Šuhel served as the chief of staff to Slovenia’s former Prime Minister Janez Jansa and has been the international secretary of the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) since 2013. He’s worked in the European Parliament for a decade, during which he, as a campaign manager for SDS, led two successful EU parliamentary campaigns.
During this interview with the Voice of Europe, Mr. Šuhel discusses the European People’s Party (EPP), the center-right EU parliamentary grouping of which his party, the SDS, is a member of. He also considers the possibility of an EPP-ECR alliance, and talks about the upcoming European elections in 2024, various issues plaguing the EU, the pressing need to rein in the European Commission, and more.
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UK Black Friday Shoppers Embrace Second-Hand Deals for Savings and Sustainability
Black Friday shoppers in the UK are increasingly turning to second-hand options in their quest for value. As reported by Reuters, as the holiday shopping season begins, retailers and manufacturers are anticipating a rise in demand for refurbished and pre-owned goods among British consumers.
The impact of persistent inflation and high mortgage rates on consumers’ spending ability has led to a growing interest in saving money and adopting more sustainable shopping practices.
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UK: Eco-Zealots Just Stop Oil Invade St Paul’s Thanksgiving Service for Silent Protest
Eco-zealots Just Stop Oil have invaded St Paul’s Thanksgiving service in London in a silent protest.
Photos from the Cathedral show a pair of activists stood up at the front holding bright orange posters saying ‘just stop oil’ and ‘will our children thank us?’
Just Stop Oil announced the service was interrupted by Sue Parfitt, 81, an active Anglican priest and retired psychotherapist from Bristol, and Judy Bruce, 83, a biology teacher from Swansea.
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Watch: Bill Gates Celebrates World Toilet Day With Stroll Through Sewers
Billionaire Bill Gates took himself to Brussels on Monday to celebrate World Toilet Day by descending into the Belgium capital’s sewer system.
His scatological subterranean mission saw him share a video of his visit to the Brussels Sewer Museum.
“It stinks and there are rats” Gates quickly realised before pointing to the scientific research that happens in the sewer system.
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We Must Learn More to Mobilize as Civil Society, in Spain and Throughout Europe…
— Interview with Spanish political analyst and expert on security and migration Ruben Pulido
Rubén Pulido is a Spanish and European patriot, former military man, political analyst, and an expert on migration and security. He has long been a fixture in the European patriotic scene and currently, among other things, writes columns for the Spanish newspaper at La Gaceta de Iberosfera. He formerly served as the communications secretary for VOX Andalusia and regularly makes appearances on Spanish television and radio programs.
In this interview with Voice of Europe, Mr. Pulido discusses the mass demonstrations that have been sparked by Prime Minister Sanchez’s amnesty legislation, the ongoing illegal migrant invasion in Spain, the country’s rapidly deteriorating security situation, the recent assassination attempt on VOX founder Alejandro Vidal-Quadras, his friendship with the Roberto Vaquero, who leads the anti-liberal leftist, pro-worker, anti-immigration, anti-woke Frente Obrero (Worker’s Front), and his admiration for international political figures like Hungary’s Viktor Orban and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele.
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Mayor Albert Halilaj said that the UK is helping to fund efforts to train up locals in Kukes, one of Albania’s poorest regions, to deter them from seeking a new life in the UK.
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Gaza War Ceasefire to Start at 6am on Friday, With the Release of Hostages Beginning at 4pm
Majid al-Ansari, the spokesperson for the Qatari Foreign Ministry, has announced a new date for the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Reuters reported.
The ceasefire is set to commence on Friday at 7:00 a.m. local time (6:00 a.m. CET), according to Qatar’s mediator role. Al-Ansari also mentioned the scheduled release of the first 13 Israeli hostages held by Hamas at 4:00 p.m. local time (3:00 p.m. CET), including children and women handed over to the Red Cross.
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AMI H ORKABY: Israel is losing the battle for hearts in large part, to a multimedia campaign based on a combination of fake news, bogus images and a sinister manipulation of social media.
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Book Review: Being Hindu in Bangladesh — The Untold Story
Hindu women can’t marry Muslim men in Bangladesh. Couple must declare they’re atheists first… The book ‘Being Hindu in Bangladesh’, by Deep Halder and Avishek Biswas, published by Harper Collins is a result of their extensive research to find the truth behind the statistics on atrocities against Hindus in the Muslim-majority state.
For those who carry the scars of Partition, more than seven decades after arbitrary lines scarred the subcontinent, home is still on the other side of the Padma river. They pine for those who were left behind as a great mass of humanity moved from the east to the west of Bengal to settle in Hindu-majority India. Where are they today in the land that was then east Bengal, which became East Pakistan in 1947, and then Bangladesh in 1971?
According to an estimate from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, there were 17 million Hindus in Bangladesh in 2015, though the population is steadily dwindling. Hindus in Bangladesh in the late 2000s were almost evenly distributed in all regions of the country, with large concentrations in Gopalganj, Dinajpur, Sylhet, Sunamganj, Mymensingh, Khulna, Jessore, Chittagong and parts of Chittagong’s Hill Tracts. Since the rise of Islamist political formations in the country during the 1990s, many Hindus have been threatened or attacked, and substantial numbers are leaving the country for India still.
Despite their dwindling numbers, Hindus wield considerable influence because of their geographical concentration in certain regions of the country. They form a majority of the electorate in at least two parliamentary constituencies and account for more than 25% in at least another thirty.
For this reason, they are often the deciding factor in parliamentary elections where victory margins can be extremely narrow. It is also alleged that this is a prime reason for many Hindus being prevented from voting in elections, either through intimidating voters, or through exclusion in voter list revisions.
In Being Hindu in Bangladesh, journalist Deep Halder and academic Avishek Biswas explore the ground realities behind the statistics. Through extensive research in Bangladesh and using archival material and records, they attempt to sift out the truth behind the numbers. Their aim is to find out the lived experience of those who stayed on in the country, and ask important questions about the nature of identity, its connection with religion, and ultimately, the very idea of ‘home’…
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Almost 1,000 students abandoned school on Thursday show their support for the people of Palestine.
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Melbourne Labor MP Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah called out the trend for downplaying the harmful effects of excessive weight gain — including diabetes and fertility issues.
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Bill Gates Pushes Genetically Modified Food to Fight ‘Climate Crisis’
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is pushing for the public to switch to consuming genetically modified foods in order to allegedly fight the so-called “climate crisis.”
Gates recently gave an address at the Africa Climate Summit.
During his speech, Gates promoted his genetically modified (GM) seeds and chickens by arguing that they tackle “climate change.”
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Falkland Islanders Have Asserted Their Determination to Remain a Part of the UK
In response to Argentina’s newly elected president, Javier Milei, vowing to “reclaim” the Falkland Islands, Falkland Islanders have asserted their determination to remain a part of the United Kingdom, as reported by Daily Mail.
Mark Pollard, the Chair of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, strongly rejected Milei’s claims, emphasizing that the Falklands are British and discussions on sovereignty are non-negotiable. Pollard reiterated the Islanders’ commitment to the UK, citing the overwhelming support in the 2013 referendum, where 99.8% voted to remain a British Overseas Territory.
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Annual Net Migration to UK Hits 672,000 in Year to June 2023
Official data reveals that annual net migration to the United Kingdom has increased to 672,000 in the year ending June 2023, compared to 607,000 in the previous year. This development poses a challenge to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s commitment to reduce immigration, as reported by Reuters.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) also revised the net migration figure for the year ending December 2022 to 745,000, marking a new record high and an increase of 139,000 from its earlier estimate.
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Australia: Afghan Refugee Asked Three Boys for Sex After Being Released From Immigration Detention
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An Afghan refugee who repeatedly approached boys for sex after being freed from immigration detention did not think he had done anything wrong or committed a criminal offence.
The man, given the pseudonym FYBR, was jailed for his crimes against children then returned to a detention centre and could now be back on the streets.
FYBR was on a list of serious offenders prepared by the Department of Home Affairs ahead of the High Court’s ruling that indefinite immigration detention was unlawful.
The court’s decision has seen at least 111 detainees including murderers, rapists and paedophiles let out into the community and FYBR is likely among them.
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Biden’s 2024 Border Pitch: Trump Will Make Migration Worse
President Joe Biden’s campaign is previewing their 2024 theme for the central issue of immigration: Donald Trump will make the border chaos even worse.
“He’s promising to make it worse: Rounding up Latinos into mass detention camps, ending birthright citizenship, and shooting people at will,” says a Thanksgiving Day script from the Biden campaign.
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Border Agents Rushed to EU Border as Russia Weaponises Migration
HELSINKI (AP) — The European Union’s border agency said Thursday that it will send dozens of officers and equipment as reinforcements to Finland to help police its borders amid suspicion that Russia is behind an influx of migrants arriving to the country.
Frontex said that it expects a “significant reinforcement” made up of 50 border guard officers and other staff, along with patrol cars and additional equipment, to be put in place as soon as next week.
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Estonian Government Approves Immigration Quota for the Next Year
The decision made by the government on Thursday has approved an immigration quota for Estonia for the upcoming year at 1303 individuals with a significant portion of this quota to be distributed freely, as reported by Postimees.
Considering the increasing demand for labor resources in the country in recent years, the government has decided to set the maximum immigration limit at 0.1% of the total permanent population of Estonia for this year.
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Peter Dutton takes hard line hit at Labor after ‘undetected’ Indonesian boat carrying 12 people arrives on mainland in WA
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German Police Arrest Two for Smuggling 200 Migrants Into EU
German police apprehended two individuals for their alleged involvement in the illegal transportation of up to 200 migrants into the European Union. The arrests followed coordinated efforts in the capital city and the northern state of Lower Saxony, with approximately 260 officers conducting raids at eight locations in Lower Saxony and six in Berlin, as reported by AP News.
According to reports from the German news agency dpa, the suspects, whose identities remain undisclosed, are accused of smuggling over 200 migrants, predominantly Syrians, into the EU. The arrests involved a 23-year-old man from Berlin, apprehended in Garbsen near Hannover, and a 40-year-old man placed in custody in Lehrte near Hanover based on an Austrian arrest warrant.
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Open Borders Lobby: Americans Should ‘Open Up Their Homes’ to Illegal Aliens This Thanksgiving
In Massachusetts, where the first Thanksgiving is considered to have been celebrated, Americans are being urged by one of the nation’s leading open borders groups to “open up their homes” to border crossers and illegal aliens.
While tens of thousands of border crossers and illegal aliens continue flocking to the sanctuary state of Massachusetts — which now offers driver’s licenses to those in the United States illegally — Jewish Family Services is asking residents to consider bringing new arrivals into their homes.
“We’re asking people to open up their homes for three to seven days or two to three weeks, depending on what people are able to give,” Janelle Crumpton, with Jewish Family Services, told Spectrum News 1.
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Over 1,000 Migrants Reach Lampedusa in a Single Day
More than 1,000 migrants arrived on the island of Lampedusa in a single day. On Monday, November 20, a total of twelve landings were reported, bringing the number of people reaching the island to 1,087.
Also as reported by Info Migrants, two-year-old girl lost her life in a shipwreck off Capo Ponente, where eight passengers were reported missing.
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In light of a sharp rise in the traffic of illegal migrants along the “Balkan route,” Poland has decided to extend temporary border control at the Slovakian border until December 3.
This information was announced by the Polish Border Guard on its official website.
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UK: Mass Migration Has Been an Economic and Political Catastrophe
It is time the consensus that immigration always and everywhere increases growth and makes us richer was smashed
Living standards have fallen. Net after tax earnings have gone down, and so have the numbers of self-employed, and participation in the labour market.
There is, however, one set of statistics in which the UK is still booming. Net migration. According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, the number of people coming to the UK hit an estimated 672,000 in the year to June, while the figure for the whole of 2022 was revised up to an astonishing 745,000.
That comes at a time when we were meant to reduce the economy’s dependence on cheap imported labour, not increase it. The political class spends so much time obsessing over minor tweaks to the tax system of the sort the Chancellor announced in his Autumn Statement. But we keep ignoring the far larger problem. Our dependence on mass migration is turning into an economic, social and political catastrophe — and until we start getting to grips with that nothing will start to improve.
It probably won’t come as any great surprise to anyone that net immigration has hit yet another record. A country that was meant to be gradually weaning itself off foreign labour after the vote to leave the European Union has been doubling and tripling it instead. We are adding the equivalent of a city the size of Manchester to the population every year. With businesses clamouring for more and more workers every year there is little sign of that ever stopping. On current trends we could add 10 million people over the next 15 years, and perhaps more.
There is a consensus that immigration always and everywhere increases the growth rate and makes us all richer. Sometimes, of course, it does. Every vibrant economy should be open to new people, new skills, and exceptional talents, and we have plenty of evidence to show that entrepreneurs, artists, and political leaders are often predominantly drawn from a highly-driven, ambitious and hard-working immigrant population. And, of course, companies need access to a global talent pool if they are to build world-class businesses.
There are three big problems, however. First, the UK has turned into a country that is chronically unable to build anything. We hardly construct any new houses, we can’t build new roads, or railway lines, and we won’t secure our own energy resources to generate the gas and electricity that all the extra people will need. Sure, we could make the reforms necessary to unblock all of that, but there is absolutely no sign that any of the major political parties have the appetite. Once we figure out how to build the extra 250,000 new homes, on top of the existing demand, plus a couple of nuclear power stations to power them all, then it might make sense to run immigration at 700,000 annually. To do it before then is simply crazy.
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French Government Considering Reparations for Gay Men
France is considering plans to give reparations to gay men in the form of financial compensation for those jailed under previous laws.
The French Senate is considering extending compensation to gay men jailed under laws the country had in the 1940s and 1960s.
Despite France having decriminalized homosexuality in 1789, up to 60,000 men were jailed by the government using two laws that targeted homosexuals, specifically men.
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Pope Francis Dines With Transgender Women for Vatican Luncheon
Pope Francis hosted a group of transgender women — many of whom are sex workers or migrants from Latin America — to a Vatican luncheon for the Catholic Church’s “World Day of the Poor” last week.
The pontiff and the transgender women have formed a close relationship since the pope came to their aid during the COVID-19 pandemic, when they were unable to work. Now, they meet monthly for VIP visits with the pope and receive medicine, money and shampoo any day, according to The Associated Press.
“Before, the church was closed to us. They didn’t see us as normal people, they saw us as the devil,” one member of the transgender group, Andrea Paola Torres Lopez, told the AP.
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Hang them all. Or impale them…
Guess who I am talking about….
Dr. John MacArthur
The Mahdi is the AntiChrist
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