Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said that EU policies are destructive to Europe, particularly those that concern Russia, Ukraine, and climate change. He also said that discussion about such matters in Brussels is generally suppressed.
In other news, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz tested positive again for COVID, despite his having had his booster shots.
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Czechia: Water Prices to Surge in Prague Starting Next Year
Residents of Prague are set to face higher water costs in the coming year with a 13 percent year-on-year increase beginning in 2024.
The upswing will impact both the water supply fee and the sewage fee, culminating in a total cost of 144.88 Czech korunas per cubic meter, up from this year’s 128.18 CZK. The approved pricing for 2024 follows a strategy endorsed by the Prague City Council in February 2022, outlining an annual two percent rise in water supply and sewage fees above inflation until 2028.
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Czechia: Rising Costs and Economic Realities: Second Car Ownership Becomes a Luxury
In the current landscape of soaring inflation, owning a second car in Czech Repiblic is increasingly perceived as a luxury that many families are choosing to forego, Novinky.cz writes.
Martin Pajer, the director of Cebia, a company specializing in used car verification, warns that people are cutting costs, resulting in an unnecessary surplus of second cars in the market. Notably, there has been a surge in the availability of used Skoda Octavias, with the selling time for these models extending into the second half of the year.
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“Reality is at Fault”: Tucker Sits Down With Babylon Bee’s Seth Dillon
Tucker Carlson sat down recently with Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon — whose unfair ban at the hands of woke Twitter censors resulted in Elon Musk’s purchase of the platform and subsequent release of the Twitter Files — internal communications which revealed that the social media giant was essentially a government sock-puppet that controlled the flow of information.
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Alex Jones Collects a Million Followers After Having His X Account Reinstated
Alex Jones has seen a surge in followers, with almost a million new followers since his return to X, causing dismay among mainstream media outlets.
The Southern Poverty Law Center expressed concern over Jones amassing over 800,000 followers since his reinstatement to X last weekend. Michael Edison Hayden highlighted that Twitter initially suspended Jones in 2018 with around 900,000 followers, and it took him eight years to reach that count. However, in just a few days, he nearly doubled it to 1.7 million.
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Another Drill Sergeant Found Dead at Fort Jackson Army Base, 2nd in 8 Days
Another drill sergeant has been found dead at the Fort Jackson U.S. Army base in South Carolina.
The U.S. Army revealed the death in a statement Monday.
The tragedy is the second such death in just over a week.
30-year-old Staff Sgt. Zachary L. Melton was found unresponsive on Saturday, the Army revealed.
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A group of anti-Israel protesters descended on the home of Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., over the weekend blowing car horns and screaming as they sought to punish him for what they claimed was his “silence” on the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza amid Israel’s war with Hamas.
“This is my home at 3 AM,” Thanedar wrote in a post on X, including a video that showed cars lined in the street outside his home, an individual waving a cloth-like material, and others screaming through megaphones. The video appeared to be posted by a supporter of the protesters.
“You are complicit in the bombing of Gaza… Your silence is violence. Your silence is abhorrent, and we will not let you sleep!” one protester can be heard screaming.
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James O’Keefe revealed live on Timcast IRL from TPUSA’s America Fest internal training documents from IBM that show the anti-whiteness being perpetrated against IBM employees.
The slides, brought to O’Keefe’s OMG from a whistleblower inside the company, show a graphic on whiteness. It dissects alleged white “blindness,” white “power” and the white impulse to “divide and conquer.”
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A Trump appointed federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on Monday barring the removal of the Reconciliation Monument in Arlington National Cemetery.
According to NBC 4, Defend Arlington filed a lawsuit on Sunday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, seeking a restraining order on the monument’s removal. A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.
Work had been underway on Monday morning when the order was issued, but the monument had yet to be deconstructed.
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EXCLUSIVE: A criminal defense attorney in Austin, Texas, has launched a campaign as a Republican to unseat the county’s Soros-backed district attorney who has been heavily criticized for prosecuting police officers, being soft on crime and promoting policies that make the city less safe.
Daniel Betts, a criminal defense attorney practicing in Austin at the state and federal level for the last 13 years, spoke to Fox News Digital in his first on-camera interview since filing his candidacy petition.
He said he is running in part due to what he has heard from the families of crime victims in Austin who have said they have been treated poorly by the office of Travis County DA Jose Garza.
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Colorado Armed Robbers’ Getaway Car Stolen During Heist
On Saturday, an armed robbery in Commerce City, Colorado took an “unexpected and ironic twist” when the suspects’ getaway car was stolen before the group could make off with their loot.
Two of the three people allegedly involved in the initial heist have since been arrested, however, their accomplice and the thief who nicked the vehicle are still at large.
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Deadly Blast at Hotel in Pennsylvania’s Amish Country
One person was found dead after an early morning explosion and fire at a hotel in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Amish-related tourism area, authorities said Monday.
State police in Lancaster County said the blast was reported shortly after 2:30 a.m. Monday at the Bird-in-Hand Family Inn in the Lancaster County community of Bird-in-Hand.
Trooper James Grothey said arriving first responders reported heavy fire and smoke, and multiple fire departments were sent to the scene.
Grothey said one person was found dead and a preliminary investigation indicates that this “appeared to be from a propane explosion.” The name of the person killed was not immediately released.
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Driver Says He Hit an Animal, But Police Found a Dead Body in His Car
Police think the impact from the crash was severe enough to throw the pedestrian into the vehicle
A man is in custody and expected to face criminal charges after police say he fatally struck a pedestrian in Dallas and then drove nearly 40 miles to a restaurant in White Settlement with the victim’s dead body in his passenger seat.
White Settlement Police said they were called to a restaurant parking lot at about 11:15 p.m. Saturday after a passerby reported a vehicle in the parking lot with extensive damage and the driver slumped over the steering wheel. An officer arrived a short time later and noticed a lifeless person was also in the front passenger seat.
Police said the officers asked the driver, 31-year-old Nestor Luján Flores, to exit the vehicle and contacted emergency fire and medical personnel, who confirmed the passenger was deceased.
In a statement, police said detectives believe the impact was so severe that the pedestrian was thrown inside the vehicle and came to rest on the passenger seat. Investigators also believe Flores may have arrived at the restaurant parking lot between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., at least two hours before being noticed.
White Settlement Police Chief Christopher Cook told reporters Sunday that Flores never called 911 to report he’d had a collision. Cook added that in his 28 years of law enforcement, he’d never seen a case like this.
“It’s very unfortunate that he did not realize that this was a human being to stop and render aid, and call for help,” Cook said. “When you’re impaired to this level where you hit a pedestrian on the roadway and you think it’s an animal, that’s a significant impairment.”
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Family Business: The Cases Against Joe and Hunter Biden
U.S. President Joe Biden faces possible impeachment by the United States Congress, while his son Hunter faces felony counts on several charges. Both cases are linked to Hunter’s business dealings—stretching back almost a decade—to when Biden senior served as vice president.
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to formalise the impeachment inquiry into President Biden’s involvement in the foreign business dealings of Hunter Biden. One Chinese deal, which involved the company CEFC China Energy, saw the Chinese power conglomorate transfer around $4.8 million in payments to entities controlled by Hunter Biden or Joe’s brother James Biden between 2017 and 2018.
Hunter Biden’s involvement in Ukraine dates back to 2014 when he was hired to the board of energy company Burisma, despite having no prior energy sector experience. During this period his father Joe Biden served as Vice President to Barack Obama.
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A Fernandina Beach, Florida man pleaded guilty on Monday after threatening to kill a U.S. Supreme Court Justice in July.
U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that 43-year-old Neal Brij Sidhwaney pleaded guilty to transmitting an interstate death threat.
The Department of Justice said on July 31, 2023, Sidhwaney called the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. from Florida and left a threatening voicemail that was reportedly filled with expletives.
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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has penned an opinion piece in which he presented his “6-point” plan for combating what he has decided to consider election “disinformation.”
Some of Schmidt’s ideas include blocking VPNs and “authenticating” people behind every social media account, and he would like US legislators, regulators, and (tech) companies to heed his recommendations — “before it’s too late.”
By no means does Schmidt’s choice of alarmist vocabulary end there. In the article, published by the MIT Technology Review (that was once dedicated to technology and sciences behind it, rather than being used as a sounding board for political initiatives), he talks about the upcoming year as one of “seismic” political shifts, and just in general, “the biggest election year in history” with democracies “facing a historic test worldwide.”
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Harvard University hosted graduation celebrations for certain identity groups in 2023 but excluded Jews.
The now-deleted “Affinity Celebrations for Graduates” page on Harvard’s website boasts events for “Graduates with Disabilities,” “Indigenous Graduates,” “Latinx Graduates,” “LGBTQ+ Graduates,” “Arab Graduates,” “Black Graduates,” and more.
“Affinity celebrations are student-led, staff supported events that recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of graduates from historically marginalized communities,” the web page stated. “These University-wide celebrations provide an opportunity for graduates to honor those who have helped them achieve their milestone while centering their cultural traditions and values.”
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Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville Cancels Sunday Services, Other Events Due to Email Threat
Several Sunday services and other events have been canceled by the Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville after receiving an email threat, according to the organization.
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the organization posted out of caution that many organizations would be canceling Sunday services due to an email threat.
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Kansas Supreme Court Allows Challenge to Key 2021 Voting Law
The Supreme Court of Kansas has agreed to allow a legal challenge to a voting law that was passed in 2021.
The law at issue made it a felony for anyone to impersonate an elections official, according to the Associated Press.
This was one of several voting laws that the state’s Republican-led legislature passed in 2021.
It was introduced following the 2020 elections and the voting concerns that resulted therefrom.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, unsuccessfully attempted to veto the laws but was overruled by the state legislature.
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Man Arrested Near DC Synagogue Following Alleged Assault ‘While Shouting an Anti-Semitic Phrase’
A suspect has been arrested in Washington, D.C., after allegedly spraying an unknown substance at two people while making antisemitic remarks in the vicinity of a synagogue, police say.
Brent Wood, a 33-year-old with a last known address in Toledo, Ohio, is now facing charges of simple assault and resisting arrest in relation to the incident on Sunday morning, which is being investigated as an offense “being motivated by hate or bias,” according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
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The Big Apple is not so safe for Broadway artists. Musicians have been repeatedly attacked by violent criminals who are preying on them right outside theater doors.
The New York Post reports that a 66-year-old violinist with the Disney production “The Lion King” was brutally assaulted after exiting the Minkskoff Theater’s stage doors on Aug. 5. She was shoved to the ground and her wrist was fractured in 10 places, which nearly ended her career, according to the ouetlet.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams again called out the Biden administration and the federal government over its ‘baffling’ inability to address the Big Apple’s migrant crisis.
Adams, a Democrat, has often clashed with the president and Democrats in Washington, constantly begging Washington for money to solve a disaster that he claimed will ‘destroy my city.’
It comes alongside the news there are now over 67,000 migrants living in the city’s shelter system, over triple the 21,300 at this time last year.
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Photo Emerges of Bill Gates With Jeffrey Epstein Victim
A previously unseen photo of Bill Gates has emerged that shows the Microsoft co-founder posing with one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims.
The image was revealed in a report by the Wall Street Journal.
The WSJ has unearthed disturbing details about deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s continued exploitation and abuse of women and children.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters marched through New York City on Monday afternoon, making stops at major transportation hubs and disrupting traffic along the way.
The hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters walked in traffic lanes while passing buses and cars, demanding a cease-fire in Gaza.
Many of the protesters were seen holding Palestinian flags and signs that read, “From Gaza to Jenin, Revolution until Victory,” and “Support Palestinian Resistance,” among other things.
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Ramaswamy Slams Corporate Media, Tells CNN Host to ‘Shut the F*ck Up’
2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has blasted the corporate media and its propagandist figures.
During a speech at a Turning Point USA event on Sunday, Ramaswamy particularly took aim at CNN host Van Jones.
Ramaswamy quoted a fearmongering statement from Jones before demanding that the media analyst “shut the f*ck up.”
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Record Number of American 40-Year-Olds Have Never Been Married
A quarter of 40-year-olds in the United States have never been married, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by the Pew Research Center.
As Statista’s Anna Fleck reports, this marks the highest figure since the data first started being published back in 1900, and a major leap from the 6 percent low of 1980.
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Tennessee Sues BlackRock in First-of-Its-Kind ESG Lawsuit
First on Fox: The State of Tennessee is suing BlackRock, the world’s largest financial asset manager, in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit alleging the firm has harmed consumers through its environmental commitments and climate strategy.
According to the lawsuit filed in state court Monday and first obtained by FOX Business, BlackRock has articulated two inconsistent positions: one prioritizing financial returns and the other prioritizing investment policies to combat climate change. While BlackRock has faced widespread opposition over its so-called environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy, Tennessee’s action on Monday is the first legal challenge to accuse BlackRock of violating consumer protection laws.
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Former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard spoke at Turning Point USA’s Americafest (AmFest) on Monday evening, speaking out about the weaponization of government undertaken by the Biden administration and Democrat lawmakers.
“The future of our country is at risk and we are the only ones that can save her,” Gabbard said. “It’s the Democrat elite and the permanent Washington establishment, the war machine made up of both Democrats and Republicans who are abusing their power, undermining our God given rights and freedoms enshrined in the Constitution with one goal and objective in mind: protecting their power at any cost.”
Gabbard noted that all members of Congress, including herself, take an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution of the United States against enemies, both foreign and domestic.
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Video: Michigan Imam Urges Muslims to Wage Jihad Against the United States From Within
Alex Jones presents video footage of a Muslim preacher calling upon young Muslims to wage Jihad against the United States from within, encouraging them to fight and become martyrs.
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Washington State Community Vandalized With Anti-Israel Slogans Across Dozens of Buildings: Police
Police in Washington state are searching for the suspects involved in vandalizing over 50 buildings with calls for a “ceasefire” and “free Palestine.”
According to a post on Facebook from the Edmonds Police Department, on Saturday morning, dozens of business owners in Edmonds reported being vandalized with calls to end the Israel-Hamas War painted in red on their windows.
“Overnight, multiple businesses downtown (several blocks near 5/Main) were tagged with posters and graffiti. The graffiti stated “free Palestine” or “cease fire”, police posted.
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White House Plans One More Ukraine Aid Package, Then Up to Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Joe Biden is planning one more military aid package in December for Ukraine in its war against Russia, the White House said on Monday, then further assistance to Kyiv will require an agreement in Congress where prospects for a deal were uncertain.
“When that one’s done … we will have no more replenishment authority available to us and we’re going to need Congress to act without delay,” White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said.
The White House has warned that U.S. aid will run out by the year’s end for Ukraine’s fight to retake territory occupied by Russian forces since it invaded in February 2022.
Talks continued on Monday in the Senate, where Democrats have a slim majority, on a deal that would include aid for Ukraine and Israel as well as new measures to improve security at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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‘Woke’ Scientists Blame Human Breathing for Climate Change
A group of “woke” scientists has claimed that human breathing is contributing to “climate change.”
The globalists’ battle against the alleged “climate crisis” was always going to come down to restricting basic, essential human biological activity.
The agenda has always been a war against humanity itself.
In 2010, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates admitted as much during a Ted Talk event.
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Attempted Brussels Firebombing Linked to Congo’s Elections
Belgian police thwarted an attempt to firebomb a music concert in central Brussels Saturday by a Congolese militant in what is understood to be a politically motivated act in the lead-up to the African nation’s hotly contested election this week.
Local media reported that authorities arrested a 53-year-old man of Congolese origin at around 5:30 p.m. Saturday. The suspect attempted to enter a concert at the city’s ING Arena carrying lighters and bottles of petrol in what is believed to have been an attempt to firebomb the event.
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Czechia: Tragedy in Prague: Shooting Claimed the Lives of Two People, Including a Child
Law enforcement officers found two people mortally wounded in the Klanowice Forest in Prague. Local residents reported shooting at police officers. According to law enforcement agencies, one of the victims is a small child, 420ON reports.
On Saturday morning, the entrance to Klanowice Forest from Chmielicka Street in Prague’s Klanowice district was cordoned off with tape and under surveillance by two police officers. Additional patrols were patrolling the area. On Friday afternoon, a crime occurred at this location in which two people were shot.
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EU Bureaucrats Formally Investigate X Over Lack of “Disinformation” Censorship
Elon Musk’s social media giant X, formerly Twitter, has been targeted by pro-censorship commissioners at the EU. While this has been ongoing for some time, ever since Musk took over the platform last year, and since the introduction of the EU’s new censorship law “The Digital Services Act” came into force this summer, this is the first time X has faced a formal investigation.
The investigation was announced by the EU’s European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton, an unelected bureaucrat that has been pushing both formally and informally for X to censor more speech over the last year.
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EU Parliament Supports Granting Access to Sensitive Health Data Without Asking Patients
The latest European Parliament (EP) efforts, grappling with how to allow access to sensitive medical records without patients’ permission, while still maintaining a semblance of caring for privacy, has had an update.
Last week, a plenary vote in this EU institution revealed that while most EP members (MEPs) want to allow that access — and in that manner — they are also opposed to wholesale, mandatory creation of electronic records for every person in the EU.
The scheme is known as the European Health Data Space, and it received the support from an EP majority.
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EU Plans Apecial Summit on February 1 to Discuss Budget, Including Funding for Ukraine
European Council President Charles Michel revealed on Monday that the European Union is organizing an extraordinary summit scheduled for February 1 to address revisions to its multi-annual budget, as reported by Reuters.
The agenda will encompass discussions on financial allocations, including funding for Ukraine. Last week, EU leaders reached a consensus to initiate membership talks with Ukraine. However, a unanimous decision on a 50 billion euro ($54.6 billion) financial aid package for Kyiv faced hurdles, primarily due to opposition from Hungary.
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Europe, Get Ready: Addressing the Potential Void in US Military Support for Ukraine
Europe is preparing for the possibility that Ukraine may lose military support from the United States and will need to compensate for it, according to German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius in an interview with Welt am Sonntag.
“Of course, we are talking about it. We understand clearly that sooner or later we may have to compensate for some of what may no longer come from Washington,” he said.
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Farmers Across Germany Protest Diesel Tax Break Cuts
The German establishment has been caught off-guard by the sudden emergence in force of major agrarian discontent as thousands of farmers took to the streets of Berlin and other regional centres Monday morning to protest the abolition of diesel fuel subsidies by the country’s green-left government.
Hundreds of tractors were seen simultaneously in the cities of Berlin, Leipzig, and Chemnitz as farmers rallied against government plans to abolish subsidies on agricultural diesel and introduce new taxes for their vehicles with farmers’ groups proclaiming the matter a clear red-line issue for their industry.
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Germany: Anti-Immigration AfD Party Wins First Mayoral Seat in a Mid-Sized Town
The Alternative for Germany’s candidate, also a master carpenter, has won the mayorship in the east German city of Pirna, marking the party’s first mayoral election victory in a mid-sized town.
Tim Lochner had already been well ahead in the first round of voting in Pirna, a town of nearly 40,000 in Saxony. According to the official final result, he received 38.5 percent of the vote in the decisive ballot.
The third-placed candidate from the first round, CDU candidate Kathrin Dollinger-Knuth, who was supported by the SPD, Greens and Left Party, received 31.4 percent, while 30.1 percent of Pirna residents voted for Ralf Thiele, the candidate of the Free Voters who came second in the first round of voting, 10 points behind Lochner.
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German hospitals are currently overloaded with seriously wounded Ukrainian soldiers, many of whom require extensive treatment and rehabilitation, with the country’s hospitals putting out an “emergency call” over financial and resource burdens. However, the federal government says it is not responsible for the costs, and in fact, refuses to even acknowledge there is a problem.
“There is a risk that the treatment of newly arriving patients from Ukraine can no longer be guaranteed in the near future,” announced Professor Dr. Steffen Ruchholtz, managing director of the Center for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery at the University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg and deputy president of the German Society for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery (DGOU).
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Germany is Deploying Troops Abroad for the First Time Since World War II
Germany is deploying troops abroad for the first time since World War II. Germany and Lithuania have signed an agreement for the deployment of a Bundeswehr brigade in the Baltic state. For the first time since World War II, German soldiers will be stationed abroad on a permanent basis.
According to the agreement signed by the head of the German Ministry of Defense, Boris Pistorius, and his Lithuanian counterpart Arvydas Anusauskas, 4,800 people will be stationed in Lithuania. It is expected that the brigade will reach full operational capability by 2027.
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German Chancellor Tests Positive for COVID Again, Despite Booster Shots
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has tested positive for Covid-19 once again. Expressing his dissatisfaction, he shared the news on the X platform, stating, “This is clearly not a surprise that I am happy about,” and mentioning, “My current Covid-19 tests show two lines.”
This marks Scholz’s second bout with the coronavirus; the first occurred in September 2022 during a trip to the Gulf region, leading to quarantine in the Chancellery. Despite the recent infection, the head of government continues to work from his office.
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Germany: AfD Co-Leader Weidel: In Reality, the “Firewall” Hasn’t Existed for a Long Time
In a recent interview with Junge Freiheit, Alice Weidel, the co-leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, addressed the Christian Democratic Union’s (CDU) purported change in attitude toward migration policies.
Weidel attributed this shift to the AfD’s success, suggesting that the CDU’s adoption of some AfD demands is merely a strategic move, especially with upcoming elections in 2024. Weidel acknowledged the CDU’s programmatic changes but questioned their sincerity, emphasizing the need for concrete actions to match the rhetoric. She argued that the CDU’s announced shift in migration policy would only be feasible through collaboration with the AfD, not with other mainstream parties.
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Countries in the European Union have discarded 215 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, amounting to four billion euros, as reported by Politico, citing its own analysis. The report notes that Europe, during the height of the pandemic, procured a total of 1.5 billion doses.
“We believe our figures are conservative and the actual number of discarded vaccines is likely much higher,” the publication states.
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Hungary’s Position on EU Future
Hungary’s Foreign Minister, Péter Szijjartó, emphasizes the country’s firm stance on European Union accession talks and the future of Europe. He insists that discussions should commence only with adequately prepared countries and if the EU itself is ready.
As reported About Hungary, Szijjartó asserts Hungary won’t be swayed, stating their position considers Europe’s future and cannot be influenced by external pressures. He defends Hungary’s standpoint on Ukraine, clarifying it’s not aimed at leveraging EU funds but is based on the EU’s insufficient preparation for Ukraine-related issues. Emphasizing support for Ukraine’s integrity, he advocates for stronger EU-Ukraine cooperation.
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Hungarian FM: Russia Does Not Pose a Threat to NATO
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has asserted that Russia does not pose an immediate threat to NATO, even for member states near its borders, as any attack would provoke an overwhelming response.
In an interview with French broadcaster LCI, Szijjarto responded to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s warning that Russia might threaten NATO countries after the Ukraine conflict. He expressed doubt that Russia would attack any NATO member state, emphasizing the strength of the US-led military bloc as the world’s most potent security and defense alliance.
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In Northern Germany, a Huge Minute Hand From a 100-Meter Cathedral Clock Tower Collapsed
The metallic minute hand, measuring 1.8 meters in length and weighing several kilograms, fell from a height of nearly 100 meters from the clock on the bell tower of St. Peter’s Cathedral in the city of Schleswig.
The hand fell onto the lawn next to the church, and fortunately, no one was injured. According to a representative of the cathedral, as reported by BILD, the bolt holding the hands in place has not been found yet. A comprehensive renovation of the bell tower and clock, costing 21.5 million euros, was carried out from 2017 to 2021.
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In the Czech Republic, the district court of Pardubice has issued sentences to two Roma individuals and one Ukrainian who were involved in a mass brawl in the city earlier this year, according to CTK.
Two Roma individuals involved in the mass brawl between Roma and Ukrainians in Pardubice during the early part of the current holidays were sentenced to 150 and 200 hours of community service. The Ukrainian was given a suspended sentence of seven months in prison with a probationary period of 1.5 years.
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International Schools in Spain Close Following Hoax Bomb Threats
Multiple international schools in Spain underwent police inspections with sniffer dogs, while others remained closed on Monday due to receiving hoax bomb threats via email, according to the Interior Ministry, as reported by Reuters.
In Zaragoza, four international schools, including the French Lycee Moliere, did not open on Monday. Additionally, at least three British-run schools in Madrid reported receiving similar threats either last week or on Monday. In Tenerife, a French Lycee and a German School also received threats and did not open, as confirmed by the regional government.
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Italy Contemplates Joining Maritime Coalition in the Red Sea
Italy is contemplating joining a Western naval coalition aimed at safeguarding ships in the Red Sea from potential attacks by the Iran-aligned Houthi forces in Yemen, according to an anonymous source familiar with the situation, as reported by Reuters.
U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan previously mentioned ongoing discussions with various nations regarding the formation of a maritime task force for the Red Sea, without providing specific details.
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Polish President Rejects Church Pleas and Signs IVF Treatment Refund Into Law
Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed into law a bill restoring state funding for in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment, which had been removed under the previous Law and Justice (PiS) government on financial grounds, and also because of doubts expressed by the Catholic Church regarding the treatment.
It was the first time the president, a PiS ally, was called on to approve legislation after the formation of the liberal government led by Donald Tusk. The newly signed bill assumes annual state funding of at least €116 million for IVF treatment.
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Polish Conservatives Respond to Losing Power by Merging Parties
Law and Justice (PIS) leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski called the decision to merge with The Republicans an “element of consolidation of patriotic and conservative forces.” The decision was taken by the party’s ruling body and the merger over the weekend.
Adam Bielan, who was the leader of The Republicans before its merger with PiS, said that the United Right under the leadership of PiS had topped every election since 2014. He said that in the past, the right had reacted to election defeats with rancor and division, but today “we had learned from our past mistakes and therefore have decided to deepen our integration.”
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Polish Voters Call for Tusk to Prioritize Fulfillment of Electoral Promises Over EU Relations
A majority of the Polish electorate wants the new liberal government to focus on fulfilling its electoral promises rather than prioritizing relations with the European Union or punishing the outgoing administration.
In a comprehensive survey conducted for RMF FM radio and Dziennik Gazeta Prawna newspaper by United Surveys, 56 percent of respondents emphasized the importance of the new government fulfilling its electoral program promises over anything else.
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Portuguese Liberal-Globalist Socialist Party Elects New Far-Left Leader
Following the resignation of Antonio Costa, Portugal’s Socialist Party (PS) has selected Pedro Nuno Santos to lead the party in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Santos, a former infrastructure minister with support mainly from the left wing of the progressive party, secured victory in the PS election with 62 percent of the vote, defeating Interior Minister Jose Luis Carneiro, Reuters reports.
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Potential Loss of Voting Rights in EU for Hungary Over Block on Aid to Ukraine
Amidst allegations that Hungary is impeding the European Union’s distribution of funds to Ukraine, there is growing consideration of Budapest facing the revocation of its voting rights within the EU.
The Financial Times reports the obstruction, prompting a cautious response from various European leaders. Despite concerns, there is a collective desire to demonstrate to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban the potential consequences of isolating Hungary within the European Union.
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Slovakia: Fico: EU Policies Are Destructive to Europe
The EU’s support for Ukraine, sanctions against Russia, and what Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico considers “fanatic” environmental policies are deemed “destructive for Europe,” according to Fico.
He expressed frustration that discussing these matters is not tolerated in Brussels, stating on Facebook, “If we can’t tell the truth at the Brussels table that, for example, anti-Russian sanctions didn’t work, that further destruction of Ukraine and killing Ukrainians is going nowhere, that the fanatic implementation of the Green Deal is killing our economies, that 20 thousand casualties in the Gaza Strip cannot be overlooked just because Israel causes them, we are on a slippery slope that can be not only politically, but also economically destructive for Europe.”
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Sweden Democrats Leader Åkesson Addresses Arabic Speakers: Islamism the Evil of Our Time
In the latest video using AI, Jimmie Åkesson directly addresses Arabic speakers, aiming to communicate without the filters that media and others often impose when discussing the Sweden Democrats.
In his speech, Åkesson emphasizes Sweden’s constitution, highlighting principles such as freedom of expression and the right of every individual to voice their thoughts. He also mentions freedom of religion, which not only grants the right to believe but also the right to abstain from intrusive religious influences—a concept challenging for some individuals globally and now in Sweden.
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Thousands of German Restaurants Face Closure as VAT on Food Rises
The German hospitality industry is facing a grim Christmas as the government announces a VAT increase for food served in hotels and restaurants, raising it from 7% to 19% starting January. This move comes three years after the tax was initially reduced in response to the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The decision has drawn strong criticism from restaurant owners, especially as Chancellor Olaf Scholz had, during his election campaign, promised that the tax rate would not revert to its pre-Covid level of 19%. According to Ingrid Hartges, Chief Executive Officer of DEHOGA, Germany’s hotel and restaurant body, this change puts thousands of establishments at risk, with an estimated 12,000 companies facing the possibility of closure or insolvency.
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UK: Cause of Professional Soccer Player’s Sudden Collapse Remains a “Mystery”
Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news
What caused a fit, healthy, young footballer to suddenly collapse in the middle of the pitch during a Premier League game on Saturday remains a “mystery,” according to reports.
29-year-old Luton Town club captain Tom Lockyer suffered a “medical emergency” in the 59th minute of his team’s match against Bournemouth, falling to the ground as fellow players looked on concerned, causing the match to be abandoned.
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UK: Sidcup: Two Men Arrested Over ULEZ Camera Explosion
Two men have been arrested over an explosion that damaged a Ulez camera in south-east London.
The blast happened in Sidcup on the evening of 6 December after a camera had been cut down shortly before.
Det Ch Supt Trevor Lawry said: “The explosion could easily have had far more harmful consequences.”
The Met’s Counter Terrorism Command arrested a 60-year-old man in Sidcup and a 61-year-old man in Horsham, West Sussex, earlier on Monday.
They were held on suspicion of conspiracy to cause an explosion likely to endanger life or property and remain in custody at a south London police station.
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Ukraine’s Accession Into the EU Could Collapse Several Sectors of the Irish Economy
Ukraine’s potential accession to the EU could have detrimental effects on various sectors of the Irish economy, warns The Irish Times.
The publication argues that the inclusion of these countries in the Commonwealth of European States would fundamentally alter the nature of the union. The author contends that such expansion would likely result in the collapse of several segments of the Irish economy.
The author speculates that the EU might need to overhaul its decision-making system to accommodate the admission of these two countries. This could entail the removal of the veto right, placing decisions solely in the hands of the majority. Consequently, Ireland might lose its ability to block initiatives that are unfavorable to its interests, particularly those actively supported by Germany and France, thereby impacting the country’s economy.
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Marian Duris is a geopolitical analyst, policy strategist, researcher, forecaster, and foreign policy advisor to Milan Uhrik, who serves as an MEP for Slovakia’s conservative, patriotic Republika party. He has spent time in the United Kingdom, where he worked in the fields of international relations, security, analytical teams, and strategic communication. Duris serves as the head of the international relations team for Republika.
In this interview, we discuss Republika and its positions on the important issues of the day, the upcoming European parliamentary elections in 2024, Robert Fico’s left-patriotic government, the increasingly outdated Right-Left political spectrum, COVID-19 ‘vaccines,’ and liberal-globalist smear tactics against Republika.
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Albanian Lawmakers Discuss Former Prime Minister’s Immunity as Supporters Protest
Supporters of Albania’s opposition Democratic Party demonstrated against the government while a parliamentary commission discussed whether to lift the immunity from prosecution for the party’s leader, former Prime Minister Sali Berisha.
Prosecutors had requested last week that lawmakers strip Berisha of his parliamentary immunity, as he allegedly did not comply with an order to report to them regularly and refrain from traveling abroad during a corruption investigation.
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Serbia: Populist Right Declares Landslide Victory
Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic has declared his party has won a commanding victory in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, consolidating the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS)’s rule in the Balkan country.
Official results are set to be announced late Monday but just hours after the polls closed, the president was confident in his party’s performance.”We will have an absolute majority in parliament with 127 seats,” Vucic told reporters during a press conference, saying around 76 percent of ballots had been counted.
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Egypt Election: President Sisi Wins Third Term
Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has won a third six-year term with 89.6% of the vote, the electoral commission has announced.
The former army chief beat three low-profile candidates, with the runner-up securing only 4.5%.
Leading opposition candidate Ahmed Tantawy had pulled out months before last week’s poll, claiming intimidation and violence against his campaign camp.
Egypt’s faltering economy and the war in Gaza were key electoral issues.
Mr Sisi, who is 69, first became president in 2014, a year after he had led the military’s overthrow of his Islamist predecessor Mohammed Morsi.
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Joint Patrols to Guard Ships in Response to Attacks by Houthis Backing Palestinians
GAZA/MANAMA/JERUSALEM, Dec 19 (Reuters) — Several countries have agreed to jointly carry out patrols in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to try to safeguard commercial shipping against attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who say they are supporting Palestinians under siege by Israel in the Gaza Strip.
A statement on Tuesday by U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, on a visit to Bahrain, identified several countries taking part in an international force. It was unclear whether those countries are willing to do what U.S. warships have done in recent days — shoot down Houthi missiles and drones and rush to the aid of commercial ships under attack.
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Putin Announces Increased Military Presence Near Finnish Border
Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared an increased military presence in the Russian-Finnish border region, citing Finland’s NATO membership as the reason.
Putin revealed plans to establish the “Leningrad Military District” in the northwest and relocate specific units in an interview aired on Russian state television. He accused the West of coercing Finland, previously neutral, into NATO, the Austrian press reported.
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Tensions Mount for Russia’s Neighbors
Russia is building up the number of troops near the Finnish border as tensions grow along NATO’s eastern edge.
On Sunday, December 17th, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave an interview to state broadcaster Russia 1, warning that there will be “problems” with the now NATO-member Finland, just days after a major defense pact between Helsinki and Washington had been announced.
The Finnish-U.S. cooperation agreement, signed on Monday, December 18th, grants the U.S. armed forces broad access across the Nordic country, to 15 facilities and areas—including four airbases, a military port, and railway access to the entire 1300 km length of the Russian border.
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Ukraine War Graduates to Drone-on-Drone Battles
Ukraine’s drone war is heating up as both sides find innovative ways to use drones to protect their troops and target enemies across largely gridlocked battle lines. It is a sign of how effective drones have been for Ukraine and Russia, and speaks to the continued investment to make them more useful and more frightening on the battlefield.
This week, video shared by Ukrainian ground forces showed a rather strange interaction between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) near Avdiivka.
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Ukraine’s Top Spy Admits Failure of Forced Conscription
by RT
Forcibly conscripted Ukrainians have been displaying subpar combat performance, Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kirill Budanov has admitted. Still, the harsh recruitment drive must continue, and no one will be able to “escape mobilization,” he warned.
The spymaster made the remarks during a panel discussion dubbed ‘2024: challenges and prospects,’ excerpts from which were circulated by local media on Sunday. Budanov backed the idea of continuing forced conscription into the country’s armed forces, claiming it was the only way to maintain its numbers.
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The City Aussies Are Fleeing in Droves — And the One We Can’t Seem to Get Enough Of
Australians fed up with congestion and unaffordable housing are fleeing Sydney in droves to other states where the weather is warmer and a home near the beach or the city is more affordable.
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At Least 13 Dead, 178 Injured After a Massive Fuel Depot Explosion in Guinea’s Capital
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — An explosion and inferno at Guinea’s main fuel depot in the capital of Conakry has left at least 13 people dead and 178 injured. It is not clear what caused the explosion that damaged the heart of the Kaloum administrative district that’s home to most government offices. The depot supplies most of the fuel in the West African nation, raising fears of a major supply disruption. The depot had been in the process of being relocated to a remote site in a bid to avoid such a disaster.
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By 2070, Only 20% of Newborns in Germany Will be Ethnic Germans, According to Thilo Sarrazin
He made this forecast in an interview with BILD. Sarrazin, a former official who held high positions at Deutsche Bahn and the Central Bank of Germany, served as a finance senator (minister) in Berlin.
In 2010, he released the book “Germany Abolishes Itself,” sharply criticizing the immigration policy of the Federal Republic of Germany. While the book became a bestseller, Sarrazin lost all his positions and faced sharp criticism for his politically incorrect views. Angela Merkel accused him of defamation, and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) expelled him after 47 years in the party. According to Sarrazin, many people still avert their eyes when they encounter him on the street.
[Comment: Germany abolishes itself.]
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Eric Adams Admits Biden Admin Will Not Help NYC With Illegal Immigrant Crisis
On Sunday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that Democrats “underestimated” the impact that illegal immigration would have on their cities, and warned New Yorkers to brace for “extremely painful” budget cuts to pay back the debt created by it.
In an interview with WPIX-TV, Adams said, that a low for the city in 2023 was “150,000 migrants and asylum seekers that put a real bump in the road of our recovery effort in the city.”
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Germany: Federal Migration Commissioner Rejects CDU’s Deportation Plan
Joachim Stamp, the federal government’s migration commissioner from the FDP, has expressed criticism of Jens Spahn’s proposal (CDU) to transport illegal migrants to safe third countries.
Stamp, in an interview with Bild newspaper, deemed Spahn’s idea as unrealistic and stated that it would complicate diplomatic efforts rather than simplifying them. According to Stamp, Spahn’s approach is detrimental to the ongoing debate.
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Gov. Abbott Signs Bill Allowing Arrest, Removal of Illegals by State Authorities
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed a measure to make illegal entry into the Lone Star State a state crime, giving state law enforcement a potentially pivotal tool to combat illegal immigration on its own amid perceived federal apathy.
The law, which is slated to take effect in March, would empower Texas law enforcement to arrest illegal entrants and grant judges the ability to order their deportation, CNN reported.
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Slovenia Has Extended Border Checks Until June 2024
Following a “significant deterioration in security in the Middle East,” terrorist threats and violent conflicts in Africa, Slovenia has decided to extend police checks at the borders with Croatia and Hungary until June 22, 2024, according to Euractiv.
The country initially introduced temporary checks on October 21 under Article 28 of the Schengen Borders Code, which can last for a maximum of two months. It has invoked Article 25 of the code, allowing police checks for six months. During this time, authorities will monitor the situation and any further extension will depend on the evolving security situation in Slovenia and the region as a whole.
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Sweden: “If You Want Our Aid, Take Back Your Migrants”
Ulf Kristersson’s center-right government, which relies heavily on the support of the national-conservative Sweden Democrats (SD), has announced a landmark reform to its foreign aid policy that will require beneficiary countries to cooperate with its repatriation efforts to continue receiving financial assistance.
The announcement comes after leaders in the SD-supported government, in an op-ed penned for Dagens Nyheter earlier, revealed that the country has witnessed 26% fewer asylum applications in 2023 than the previous year due to policies it enacted aimed at eliminating migration pull factors.
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A significant scandal has recently shaken the Catholic Church in Italy, as reported by La Verita Italian paper. Investigations by the city of Ragusa prosecutor’s office have exposed the involvement of certain Italian dioceses in funding Mediterranea, an organization responsible for the illegal migration of African immigrants to Europe.
These dioceses have allegedly contributed at least €2 million, with some of the Church’s payments ending up in the personal accounts of pro-immigration activists, according to Polish newspaper wPolityce.
Key figures in this informal network of bishops include Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, Archbishop Corrado Lorefice of Palermo and several others, with Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich of Luxembourg also implicated for donating €25,000.
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Two migrants living on the Bibby Stockholm barge have been arrested on suspicion of an alleged sex attack on a woman in a nightclub four miles away.
The asylum seekers, aged 24 and 27, were held by the police after officers were called to the Kika Beach Bar in Weymouth, Dorset, in the early hours of December 10.
The floating hotel is only a 15 minute drive from the scene of the suspected crime.
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64% of Gen Z and Millennial Men Turned Off by Women Who Identify as Communists
A Change Research survey from September revealed that 64 percent of Gen Z and Millennial men find women identifying as communists to be a red flag in dating, while 76 percent of women from the same demographic think the same of men who identify as MAGA Republicans.
The poll questioned 1,033 registered voters ages 18-34 about their red and green flags while dating found that women in the age range tend to lean further left than men, with 41 percent identifying as progressive, while just 24 percent of men did the same.
53 percent of women said it was a red flag if their partner refused to see the Barbie movie, while 55 percent said it was a red flag if they listened to Joe Rogan. 60 percent of women said it was a red flag if their partner says “All Lives Matter.”
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Assaulting Women is the New Feminism
by Daniel Greenfield
Last year, Payton McNabb, a teenage girl, was seriously injured while playing in a high school volleyball game against a transgender male athlete in North Carolina. A year later she’s still struggling with partial paralysis and constant headaches, and has trouble learning.
If Payton expected feminist groups to side with her, she was disappointed. Instead the Feminist Majority Foundation, the nonprofit that publishes Ms. Magazine, denounced the “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” bill meant to protect teenage girls like her.
The Feminist Majority Foundation, along with Feminist Campus, Equal Rights Advocates, Girls Inc, Women’s Legal Defense and Education Fund, Trust Women, United State of Women, and the National Organization for Women, and numerous feminist groups signed a letter attacking the federal ‘Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act’ for daring to protect women from suffering the way that Payton and other female athletes had.
A dozen organizations with “women”, “girl” or “feminist” in their names were dedicated to the proposition that womens’ sports should be eliminated and that any women or girls who play should be ready to suffer catastrophic injuries from 220-lb. ‘transgender’ male athletes.
Beating women and denying their existence is the new feminism. So is raping women.
In the wake of the Hamas rapes during the invasion of Israel on Oct 7, some have wondered where the feminist organizations are. The answer is that they’re supporting the rapists.
Feminist Front coordinated a statement claiming that “Palestine” was a “feminist issue” and complaining that “Palestinian boys and men have been falsely portrayed as bloodthirsty terrorists, rapists, and savages”. The statement was signed by the Global Women’s Strike, Feminist Uprising, Black Feminist Future, HEART: Women and Girls and other socialist organizations.
When feminist groups weren’t outright supporting the rapists, they were ducking the issue…
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Early Sexualization Program: WHO Pushes for Guidance on “Sexuality for Young Children”
The World Health Organization (WHO) is facing significant criticism for its new guidance, urging parents and educators to initiate discussions on adult topics with children “from birth.” The controversial guide, promoting “Sexuality for Toddlers,” encourages parents to explore “gender identities” for their infants.
Distributed to schools, the guidelines advise young children to “ask questions about sexuality” and delve into the “enjoyment” of “early childhood masturbation.” According to a report from the UK Telegraph, the WHO describes the guide as a “framework for policymakers, education and health authorities, and professionals.”
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A pro-pedophile activist group with political connections in Germany is advocating for the exclusion of lesbians from an exhibition at Berlin’s Gay Museum, reports Reduxx.
The group, Krumme-13, is protesting the museum, alleging that lesbians have historically aligned themselves with the anti-pedophile sentiments prevalent in the heterosexual mainstream. According to Krumme-13, lesbians have “submitted in every way to the anti-pedophile zeitgeist.”
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Pope Francis Approves Blessings for Same-Sex Couples in Win for Progressive Catholics
Traditional and conservative Catholics worldwide are stunned and outraged in the wake of another ‘victory’ for the progressive wing of the church, which clearly more influence at the Vatican, a trend which has been very visible throughout Pope Francis’ liberalizing pontificate.
The Vatican has on Monday issued official approval for Roman Catholic priests and bishops to administer a formal blessing for same-sex couples.
While the new ruling approves of “the possibility of blessings for couples in irregular situations and for couples of the same sex” it stipulates that “this blessing should never be imparted in concurrence with the ceremonies of a civil union, and not even in connection with them.”
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Women Athletes Allowed to Sue Connecticut Over Letting Boys in Girls’ High School Sports
The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit on Friday brought forth by four female track and field athletes against the state, challenging the rules that allow trans-identified males to compete in women’s sports.
The judges found that the female runners have standing to sue, and have described injuries that could qualify for monetary damages, according to NBC News.
The runners are also seeking to alter some athletic records, alleging that they were deprived of opportunities at the elite-level competitions because the trans-identified males were allowed to compete.
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TO THE SHOUTS OF “ALLAHU AKBAR,” TEENAGERS BROKE A TREE IN THE VIENNA RUDOLF-BEDNAR PARK