Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner said that it is unfortunate that Europe isn’t taking in more Palestinian refugees. In possibly unrelated news, in a sermon at the Islamic Center of Warren, Michigan, an Islamic cleric said that Muslims will slaughter the Jews like sheep.
In other news, Russia fired 31 ballistic and cruise missiles at Kiev today, but Ukraine reported that its air defenses shot down all the incoming missiles.
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Google appears to have deleted the economic definition of ‘bloodbath’ from its search result in order to mimic hysterical anti-Trump media coverage.
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AOC Pushes ‘Green New Deal’ to Ban Gas Stoves From Public Housing, Fund Socialist Schemes
Radical Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is planning to roll out an updated version of her “Green New Deal” that seeks to advance the globalist agenda and fund social schemes with American taxpayer money.
AOC’s updated “Green New Deal” seeks to remove all gas stoves from public housing to “fight climate change,” among other measures.
It also pushes for the funding of socialist schemes such as the creation of universal healthcare and guaranteed income programs.
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Argument Over Car Parts Leads to Shooting in Woodbridge
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A Virginia man is facing charges after police say he shot another man during an argument over car parts.
According to the Prince William County Police Department, the argument happened at Aggressive Customs, a car wrapping service, in the 900 block of Highams Court in Woodbridge on March 4. Officers were called to the business just before 5:30 p.m.
Investigators say two men were arguing over vehicle parts when the suspect grabbed a gun and shot the other man.
The victims, a 43-year-old man, was an acquaintance of the suspect before the shooting, police say. He was treated at an area hospital and is expected to survive.
Police located the suspect, identified as 44-year-old Sang Kyun Oh, inside the business. He was taken into custody but wasn’t charged until three days later following an investigation. Oh has been charged with malicious wounding, shooting within a building, and use of a firearm in commission of a felony.
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Bill & Hillary Clinton Airport Chief Shot in Head by Federal Agents
The head of Bill & Hillary Clinton Airport in Arkansas has been shot in the head by federal agents, according to reports.
53-year-old Bryan Malinowski, the executive director at the Little Rock airport, has been declared brain dead.
Malinowski’s brother has stated that he is not expected to survive another day.
The airport chief was shot in the head when gunfire erupted at his West Little Rock home around 6 a.m. Tuesday.
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Bronx Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Stabbing, Burning 18-Year-Old Man to Death
NEW YORK — A Bronx man is now facing life behind bars for stabbing an 18-year-old who had dated his younger sister, then lighting the man on fire.
At Thursday’s sentencing, the victim’s family spoke about the pain they’ve been coping with since 2020.
“My son had only love for others,” mother Joan Tamarez said.
For four years, Tamarez has painfully waited for this moment. The horror of her son’s gruesome murder lives with her every day.
Eighteen-year-old Winston Ortiz was stabbed four times, doused in gasoline and burned alive in his apartment building in Highbridge by Adones Betances, who was 22 at the time.
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Bureaucrats Begin Shutting Down Small American Farms
As promised by Democrat President Joe Biden’s outgoing unelected “climate czar” John Kerry, bureaucrats have begun cracking down on farmers and shutting down small American farms.
In Oregon, farmers have come under attack from water conservation and groundwater protection regulations that make it impossible for them to operate.
This comes after Kerry made a pact with several foreign nations to crack down on the American farming industry.
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California Cops Publish Suspect Photos With LEGO Heads to Comply With New State Law
A California police department published suspect images with LEGO heads instead of faces in response to a new woke state law that prohibits law enforcement agencies from posting mug shots of people accused of nonviolent offenses on social media.
The Murrieta Police Department has found a comedic way to comply with the new law and issued a series of arrest photos which consist of Lego heads with a variety of facial expressions photoshopped over the faces of suspects.
The department explained its reasoning behind the gesture in a post on Instagram.
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Following a scheduled appearance of Kyle Rittenhouse at a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) chapter event at the University of Memphis on Wednesday evening that resulted in Black Lives Matter swarming the event, TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk said on Thursday he would be asking Tennessee lawmakers to investigate whether “the University of Memphis colluded with local protesters to sabotage” the event.
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Chicago Mayor Johnson Suggests Trump Voters to Blame for Failure of City’s Tax Hike Referendum
Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson appeared to blame Trump voters in his reaction to a failed referendum he supported.
On Tuesday, Chicago residents struck down the “Bring Chicago Home” referendum that promised $100 million in new tax revenue to combat the homeless crisis in the city by hiking the tax on heftier real estate purchases. Voters rejected the tax proposal by over a 7-point margin, representing a difference of more than 22,000 voters, according to the latest votes counted.
During Wednesday’s post-election press conference, Johnson cited the “38,000” Chicago residents who had voted for former President Trump, saying there’s a “good chance” they were behind the referendum’s failure.
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The CIA blocked federal investigators from interviewing Hunter Biden’s “sugar brother” Kevin Morris during a five-year probe into the first son’s alleged tax crimes, a whistleblower has told House impeachment leaders.
House Oversight and Judiciary Committee chairmen say the whistleblower informed them the intelligence agency stopped IRS and Justice Department investigators from interviewing Morris in August 2021, a Hollywood lawyer and patron of the first son, according to a Thursday letter addressed to CIA Director William Burns.
The whistleblower informed Oversight chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Judiciary chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) that two DOJ officials were summoned to CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. — and told Morris “could not be a witness” for their investigation into Hunter Biden.
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Investigators from the Queens District Attorney’s Office were turned away at a $1 million Flushing home taken over by squatters Thursday — as another tenant claimed he was duped into subletting.
“I’m not a squatter, I’m renting,” said the man, who declined to give his name. “I paid rent. I’m not a squatter. Everyone in there right now is paying rent. Yes, to the same landlord. It is no good.
“People are taking pictures of us and yelling at us,” he said. “We are all paying rent. Everyone in there is paying rent. I don’t want to live with the squatter.”
He emerged from the house on 160th Street just 20 minutes after two DA investigators repeatedly knocked on the door and tried to get in but were left out in the cold — and finally gave up.
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Family members of Maurnice DeClue, a 15-year-old girl Hazelwood East High School student charged with assault after slamming fellow student Kaylee Gain’s head against the pavement multiple times, says that DeClue was “defending herself” in the situation.
Gain, 16, is still in the hospital with critical head injuries including a skull fracture and frontal lobe damage after DeClue smashed her head on the sidewalk multiple times.
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Parents and teachers in Buffalo, New York, are fed up with the ongoing violence in their schools and are calling on school leaders to beef up security for the safety of students and staff.
“We have had a fight at every single school, every single day,” Pastor James Giles of the WNY Peacemakers told Buffalo news station, WIVB-TV.
The violence has been so regular that staff have had to call the police “almost every day,” one teacher at Riverside Academy described.
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Just in: Third Suspect Charged With Murder in Kansas City Super Bowl Parade Mass Shooting
On Thursday, police in Kanas City charged a third man in connection with the mass shooting that claimed the life of one and injured numerous others at a Super Bowl victory parade last month.
Terry Young, 20, is the latest to be charged in connection to the shooting, with Dominic Miller, 18, and Lyndell Mays, 23, being arrested and charged with second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action and one count of unlawful use of a weapon in relation to the shooting in February. Two other suspects, who are both minors, have also been arrested.
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Justice Department Sues Apple for Antitrust Violations
The Justice Department on Thursday sued Apple Inc. for antitrust violations, allegedly including preventing rivals from accessing features on its iPhone.
Sixteen state attorneys general joined the Justice Department in the case.
“For years, Apple responded to competitive threats by imposing a series of ‘Whac-A-Mole’ contractual rules and restrictions that have allowed Apple to extract higher prices from consumers, impose higher fees on developers and creators, and to throttle competitive alternatives from rival technologies,” Justice Department Assistant Attorney General of the antitrust division Jonathan Kanter said, per The Hill.
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Man Inside Capitol on Jan. 6 for 3 Minutes Convicted by Jury
Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
A Virginia man who went inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, for several minutes was convicted on March 20 on four counts and faces jail time.
Raymond Chambers entered the Capitol at 3:01 p.m., according to the government, which offered surveillance footage. Once inside, Mr. Chambers walked to the Rotunda and took some photographs. He “immediately exited the building” through the Rotunda doors at 3:04 p.m., prosecutors said.
Mr. Chambers was not accused of carrying out any violence, but authorities said he violated federal law, including a law that bars engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building that disrupts government business.
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Menendez Won’t Seek Reelection as a Democrat, Hints at Independent Run
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez on Thursday confirmed he would not seek reelection as a Democrat, but suggested he may do so on an independent ticket.
Menendez is currently facing a litany of federal charges though he denies wrongdoing. He pleaded not guilty to 12 counts earlier this month as part of superseding indictment over an alleged bribery scheme. Former Menendez associate Jose Uribe has pleaded guilty to seven charges related to the same allegations.
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Michigan Imam: We Muslims Will Yet ‘Slaughter’ the Jews ‘Like Sheep’
Muslims will yet “slaughter” the Jews “like sheep” when the opportunity arises, according to a Michigan Islamic cleric who appealed to Allah, seeking to become “soldiers” for Islam in any form desired, including death.
In a sermon at the Islamic Center of Warren, Michigan, in January, Imam Abdou Zindani warned of the fate of Jews everywhere, pointing to a Palestinian businessman who told a Jewish New Yorker what Muslims have in store for the Jews.
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A 14-year-old Rankin County West student who goes by “she/they” pronouns has been charged with murder in the shooting of her mother as well as the attempted murder of her stepfather.
Carly Madison Gregg, a student from Rankin County West High School in Mississippi, is being charged with murder in connection to the death of her mother 40-year-old Ashley Smylie, after the woman was found dead in her home on Tuesday by Gregg’s stepfather.
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Neuralink’s Milestone: First Brain-Chip Patient Engages in Online Chess, Revealed by Musk
Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-chip venture, showcased its first brain-chip patient engaging in online chess via livestream. Noland Arbaugh, a 29-year-old paralyzed below the shoulders due to a diving accident, controlled a computer cursor with his thoughts using the Neuralink device. The implant aims to empower individuals to operate a computer cursor or keyboard solely through their mind’s commands, as reported by Reuters.
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New York Attorney General Makes First Move to Seize Trump’s Assets
New York Democratic Attorney General Letitia James took her first step toward seizing the assets of former President Donald Trump as part of the more than $450 million civil fraud judgment he faces.
James’ office filed judgments in Westchester County, which indicates that the state is getting ready to try to seize Seven Springs, Trump’s golf course and private estate, CNN reported Thursday.
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America First Legal (AFL) has published emails revealing more ties between the Biden White House and the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) — a controversial group originally based in the UK that’s believed to be involved in censorship pressure around the world.
The emails originate in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of State and refer to using US assets designed to counter domestic terrorism to work with CCDH, the non-profit has announced.
AFL — which positions itself as a counterpoint to ACLU — has filed several lawsuits concerning various government bodies’ involvement in collusion with private tech companies, aimed at promoting censorship.
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Poll: 60% of Independents Disapprove of Biden’s Job as President
Amajority of Americans disapprove of the job President Joe Biden is doing, according to a new poll.
The Center Square Voter’s Voice poll released Wednesday asked voters, “When it comes to President Joe Biden, do you approve or disapprove of how he’s handling his job?”
The survey found that most voters disapprove of the job Biden is doing, with 55% saying so and only 45% saying they approve of the president’s work.
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Two violent Portland Antifa riot suspects have been re-arrested on new felony charges after Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt dropped 10 felony charges against them in November 2020.
Nicole Noreiga, 41, and Chester Hester, 27, were charged with six felonies on March 18 stemming from a violent Antifa riot that occurred in Portland on Nov. 26, 2020.
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Shoplifters in NY Creating Resale Economy With Stolen Goods on eBay, Facebook Marketplace: Report
It has been revealed that the shoplifting epidemic in New York has led to the formation of a black market wherein networks of thieves are selling stolen goods to unsuspecting members of the public.
While ill-gotten merchandise is typically sold online via sites such as eBay and Facebook Marketplace, some criminals have engineered sophisticated schemes involving cross-border “returns” and other shady practices.
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Student Makes His ENTIRE Truck a US Flag After School Told Him Not to Fly One
After a student in Indiana was ordered by his high school not to fly a US flag on his pickup truck, he responded by wrapping the entire vehicle in a US flag design.
As reported by Fox 19, Cameron Blasek, a senior at East Central High School in St. Leon, Ind., was told by school administrators that the flag he was flying on his truck broke the rules and had to be taken down.
Blasek challenged the ruling and got it overturned, because you can’t order Americans not to fly the national flag in their own country.
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Trump Vows to Overturn Biden’s ‘Extreme Electric Vehicle Mandate on Day One’
President Donald Trump has vowed that he will take action to overturn the Democrats’ radical green agenda push to eliminate gas-powered vehicles.
Trump’s presidential campaign fired back at Democrat President Joe Biden’s finalized plan on electric vehicle production.
On Wednesday, Biden unveiled the plan that is considered to be the most extreme push in history to destroy the gas-powered car industry.
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Two Individuals Have Been Arrested in the USA on Suspicion of Spying on Tesla
Two individuals, one Canadian, and the other his business partner, have been apprehended in the US for allegedly engaging in economic espionage targeting Tesla, as reported by Spiegel.
They are accused of trying to sell confidential information regarding battery production. Klaus P., a former employee of a Canadian tech firm, was arrested during a covert meeting on Long Island, where he had anticipated lucrative dealings but instead encountered undercover agents.
Authorities have revealed that P. was negotiating a sale price for the information during the encounter. Another individual, the associate of the Canadian, was also detained but subsequently released. Both suspects, residing in Ningbo, China, are accused of establishing a company in China that allegedly used stolen Tesla technology for battery production.
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Voter Apathy and Four Key Takeaways From Illinois’ 2024 Primary Elections
By Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner of Wirepoints
Don’t get too excited about the results of Tuesday’s primary elections, particularly in Chicago. The results don’t represent either a mandate for, or a categorical rejection of, anyone or anything. They can’t when just 20.2% of Chicago voters cast a ballot on Tuesday, a likely new low according to the Chicago Board of Elections.
What the results do represent is a growing voter apathy. On both sides.
This election should have been a dominating one for the Chicago Teachers Union and its defacto leader, Mayor Brandon Johnson. Union members could have helped produce a new $100 million tax to benefit their allies and themselves. They could have put in power an establishment state’s attorney picked to perpetuate the criminal and social justice agenda led by current office holder Kim Foxx. Instead, the union vote didn’t materialize. For CTU’s leadership, this election should be considered a disaster.
On the other side of the voting ledger, crime has dominated the news, and so has the illegal immigration crisis. Few in Chicago are happy with the progressive leadership under Mayor Johnson. Protest votes should have been out in full force. The numbers should have been big. Instead, most people stayed at home.
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‘Washington is Beyond Broken’: Republicans Slam Party Leaders for Dropping Spending Bill Last Minute
Congressional Republicans on Thursday criticized GOP and Democratic leaders for dropping a massive spending bill on lawmakers shortly before the planned vote on Friday.
The full text of the 1,012 page “minibus” spending bill was released around 2:30am.
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Watch: Biden Judicial Nominee Who Wanted to Ban ‘Assault Weapons’ Can’t Define What They Are
Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
A Biden-nominated candidate for a judicial seat couldn’t define the term “assault weapon” during a confirmation hearing on March 20, even though she once signed a brief defending a ban on “assault weapons.”
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) asked U.S. District Judge Nancy Maldonado of the Northern District of Illinois to define “assault weapons” during Wednesday’s nomination hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
In posing the question, Mr. Kennedy cited a legal brief that Judge Maldonado signed years ago.
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Conservative Party Non-Confidence Vote Defeated as NDP Backs Trudeau Government
The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) was unsuccessful in defeating Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government with a non-confidence vote that would have stopped an imminent rise in the hated carbon tax and triggered a federal election.
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Leftist Corporate Media Reporter: ‘Excessive Free Speech is a Breeding Ground for More Trumps’
A leftist corporate media reporter has been ruthlessly mocked after he attempted to warn the public about allowing a “tsunami of free expression.”
Lawrence Martin, a Canadian journalist with Canada’s establishment media outlet Globe and Mail, published an article denouncing the free speech Americans alternatively enjoy as a birthright.
Martin warned that the First Amendment is causing “excessive free speech” which he says “is a breeding ground for more Trumps.”
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Secret RCMP Report Warns of “Paranoid Populism” Coming to Canada
The RCMP is warning the federal government about potential civil unrest coming to Canada when Canadians realize just how bleak their future economic situations are.
The warning comes in a report designated as “special operational information,” read only by RCMP officers and for the eyes of political “decision-makers” within the federal government.
A law professor at British Columbia’s Thompson Rivers University, Matt Malone, filed an access to information request and received a heavily redacted version of the report, which he published online.
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By Matt Taibbi of the Racket News substack
The German people are famous for putting everything in print, even things they shouldn’t, and in this instance at least, American playwright and author CJ Hopkins is glad. “The irony,” he says, laughing. “The Germans, always documenting everything.”
In a letter from the Berlin Prosecutor’s file on Hopkins, the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA, analogous to our FBI) acknowledges receipt of a document from a government office describing an effort to have tweets deleted. “The Hessen Gegen Hetze reporting office,” the highlighted portion reads, “has already initiated measures to delete the relevant post on the social network”:
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In Poland, amidst widespread farmer protests, manure was dumped outside the home of the parents of the Speaker of the Sejm, Shimon Golvna, leader of the “Poland 2050” party. He expressed hope that genuine protesters were not responsible and that this incident would be the last of its kind, as reported by RMF24.
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Belgian Court Mandates Voting 16 and 17-Year-Olds in EU Elections
The Belgian Constitutional Court has ruled that voting will now be mandatory for individuals aged 16 and 17 in the European Parliament elections, as reported by The Brussels Times. Previously, Belgium had extended voting rights to this age group two years ago, but registration was required.
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British Farmers Will Stage a Protest in London With Tractors
British farmers plan to drive their tractors into central London on Monday to express protest against the import of food products that do not meet local standards, Bloomberg reports.
According to the “Save British Farming” campaign, which is helping to organize the rally, at least 50 tractors are expected near the parliament building on March 25. Farmers are also demanding the government to ensure more accurate labeling of food products and take measures to improve the country’s food security.
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Court Rejects Appeal of German Islam Convert Who Allowed Child ‘Slave’ to Die of Thirst
BERLIN (AP) — A German federal court said Wednesday it had rejected a woman’s appeal of her 14-year sentence for allowing a 5-year-old Yazidi girl she and her husband kept as a slave when they were members of the Islamic State group in Iraq to die of thirst in the sun.
The defendant, a German convert to Islam, was convicted in October 2021 of, among other things, two counts of crimes against humanity through enslavement — one case resulting in death — and membership in a terrorist organization abroad.
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Social media giant TikTok massively restricts AfD MEP Maximilian Krah’s reach ahead of crucial EP elections
In a recent development on the widely-used social media platform TikTok, the visibility of Maximilian Krah, the top candidate for the European elections from the AfD party, has been significantly limited.
TikTok, which boasts immense popularity among the younger demographic, has imposed stringent restrictions on Krah’s content. Now, users can only access his posts by directly visiting his profile, as they are no longer featured in the main feed that most users browse.
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EU to Compel Platforms X, TikTok and Facebook to Take Measures Regarding European Elections
The European Union plans to order social networks like X, TikTok, Facebook, and other major online platforms to take steps to reduce risks to European Parliament elections or else face fines. This was announced on Wednesday, March 20, by a representative of the European Commission, as reported by Euractiv.
In February, the European Commission unveiled a draft set of guiding principles, part of the Digital Services Act (DSA), which requires large technology companies to exert more effort in combating illegal and harmful content on their platforms.
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European Leaders Advocate for Nuclear Energy Renaissance to Meet Climate Targets
Leaders from pro-nuclear European nations and energy experts are convening in Brussels to push for a revival of nuclear energy, aiming to rejuvenate the industry after years of decline, Reuters writes.
This initiative, slated for discussion at the Nuclear Energy Summit, underscores efforts to address Europe’s ambitious climate goals by leveraging nuclear power, considered a low-carbon energy source.
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Farmers’ Protest in Poland: Nearly 600 Roadblocks Across the Country
Poland faces a nationwide farmers’ strike, encompassing nearly 600 roadblocks in various regions of the country, according to Rzeczpospolita. Farmers continue their protests, expressing their dissatisfaction and demanding changes in agricultural policy. The blockades aim to exert pressure on the government to consider their demands.
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French Senate Rejects EU-Canada Trade Deal Over Farmer Concerns
The French Senate has overwhelmingly voted against the legislation required to ratify the EU-Canada trade deal known as CETA, citing concerns raised by farmers about unfair competition, as reported by AP News. While the bill had previously been approved by the National Assembly, this Senate vote has thrown its fate into uncertainty.
The rejection by the Senate, with a vote of 211-44, reflects widespread worries about protecting local farmers from what is perceived as unjust competition and safeguarding France’s food sovereignty. However, this setback doesn’t guarantee the ultimate rejection of ratification as the bill now returns to the National Assembly, which could potentially override the Senate’s decision.
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Germany Could Become Party to War: Sahra Wagenknecht Criticizes Scholz’s Policy
German politician Sahra Wagenknecht sharply criticized the government and the opposition in her recent speech, pointing out the increasingly dangerous foreign policy of Germany under the traffic light coalition.
“It seems that the Union is ambitious to demonstrate forcefully to everyone who is fed up with this disastrous traffic light coalition that there could indeed be something worse for our country than Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and that would be a Chancellor Friedrich Merz,” Wagenknecht explained.
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Germany Discovers Border Control: Bans Right Wing Activist Martin Sellner
Austrian identitarian activist Martin Sellner has been banned from Germany after the city of Potsdam obtained a national entry ban on the Identitäre Bewegung Österreich leader for the next three years.
Sellner — a prominent figure in the Neue Rechte (New Right) and Identitarian movements which advocate against mass migration and against the “Islamisation” of Europe — confirmed on social media on Tuesday that a rare entry ban obtained against an “EU citizen” by the German city of Potsdam was indeed against him. Sellner vowed to launch legal challenges to the ban, arguing that he has never been convicted of a crime and that the ban is based upon his opinions and writings.
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In Brussels, a Two-Day Summit of EU Leaders Begins
In Brussels on Thursday, a two-day summit of leaders of European Union countries begins, with support for Ukraine among the key topics.
According to the press service, at the March 21-22 meeting, EU leaders will discuss continuing support for Ukraine, security and defense issues, as well as the situation in the Middle East, expansion issues, international relations, migration and agriculture.
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Italy: Worried About Growing Hatred Towards Jews in Unis — Di Segni
Letter to Minister Bernini and Rectors’ Conference
Noemi Di Segni, the president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, on Wednesday expressed concern over the growing expressions of hatred towards Jews and Israel in Italian universities amid the war in Gaza sparked by the October 7 massacres by Hamas in Israel.
There is “a worrying escalation in universities, with expressions of hatred towards Israel and Jews that in recent weeks have reached levels of very serious concern” said Di Segni in a letter addressed to University Minister Anna Maria Bernini and the president of the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI) Giovanna Iannantuoni on the eve of a meeting to address the growing climate of protest in Italian universities over the condition of the civilian Palestinian population in Gaza.
Di Segni called for “certain episodes and situations to be curbed and avoided”, “favouring rather than isolating knowledge of the reality in Israel”.
“No to boycott, no to demonization, no to violence and prevarication in Italian universities in the name of constitutional rights and academic motions that thus become a means of evasion and abuse, instead of an exercise of knowledge and respectful confrontation, so that Italian universities may be that place capable of generating innovation, knowledge and intelligence useful to the country and humanity, to peace and coexistence,” she continued.
The letter came after Turin University’s Academic Senate decided not to participate in a call for scientific cooperation with Israel and La Repubblica editor Maurizio Molinari was de-platformed at a Naples university on Friday.
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Italy: Indians Fined for Turning Public Park Into Cricket Field
Six men ordered to pay damages to council near Vicenza
Six Indian citizens have been fined for turning a public park into a cricket field in northern Italy.
Traffic cops fined the six at Montecchio Maggiore nrear Vicenza after they dug out wickets and put a canvas sheet over the pitch as well as preventing the grass from getting too long.
The men have been fined and ordered to pay damages to the local council.
“In order to use public land an authorisation is indispensable,” said Mayor Gianfranco Trapula, “and necessary also to practise sporting activity in safety.
“In the case of the park they ran the concrete risk of affecting pedestrians, cyclists or cars”.
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Muslims Make Up Nearly Fifth of All Prisoners in Britain, Govt Figures Show
Muslims make up nearly a fifth of all prisoners in England and Wales as of September of last year, with 15,594 inmates belonging to the Islamic faith, government data has revealed.
While Muslims only make up around 6.5 per cent of the British population overall, they account for around 18 per cent of the prison population according to data from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), The Telegraph reports.
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Netherlands: Potential Right-Wing Coalition Starts Next Phase of Government Formation Talks
The next phase of the Cabinet formation talks starts today. For the first time since the elections in November, the PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB will begin negotiating the content of a concise coalition agreement. “We have a lot of work to do in a short time,” formation leaders Elbert Dijkgraaf and Richard van Zwol said Wednesday night after a first preparatory meeting, NOS reports.
This morning, the two will meet with Kim Putters, who led the previous phase of negotiations, which mainly focused on what form the potential right-wing Cabinet would take. After that, Dijkgraaf and Van Zwol will meet with the leaders of the four parties to set up work meetings. “We will look at how we can work as effectively as possible and which topics we should start with.”
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Netherlands: Arrest Made After ‘Burning Object’ Thrown at Israeli Embassy in the Hague
AFP — Dutch police said Thursday they had arrested someone suspected of throwing a burning object at Israel’s embassy in The Hague, which is under heavy security amid the war in Gaza.
“Around 10:50 am someone threw a burning object… towards the Israeli embassy,” police said.
“We have arrested one suspect. No-one was injured. We are investigating and there is a large barrier around the embassy.”
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The EU Did Not Agree on Extending Trade Preferences for Ukraine With Limitations
The European Union will not extend the agreement on duty-free trade with Ukraine in 2025, as reported by the Polish publication RMF FM, citing sources in Brussels.
According to their information, this year the agreement will be extended for the third time until June 2025. After that, Ukraine and the EU will return to the framework of the Association Agreement, which outlines a gradual mutual opening of markets, rather than unilateral measures.
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Polish President Andrzej Duda stated that he had not received any official requests regarding the intentions of the new Ministry of Foreign Affairs to replace 50 Polish ambassadors appointed by the previous administration, and that he would not rush to make decisions on this matter, RMF24 reports.
During a press conference as part of the Polish president’s visit to Slovenia, Duda was asked for his opinion on the announced decision of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to replace 50 ambassadors appointed by the previous administration.
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The Polish Government Promises to Continue Blocking Agri-Imports From Ukraine
Poland’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Cheslav Sekerski, has signed an agreement with farmers to maintain the embargo on agricultural products from Ukraine, RMF24 reports.
One of the clauses in the agreement signed with farmers stipulates that the Minister of Agriculture will appeal to Prime Minister Donald Tusk to cease transit of agricultural products from Ukraine, subject to the embargo, through Polish territory.
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Two Just Stop Oil supporters hijacked an event featuring Emily Thornberry yesterday, after she ignored a letter the eco-protest group sent to her home last week.
The letter requested Thornberry, who serves as Shadow Attorney General, to leave Labour if the Party fails to revoke the Tory oil licences granted since 2021.
As Thornberry was delivering her open remarks at the Institute for Government, the pair — named Caspar and Genevieve — interrupted and stood up to confront the Labour frontbencher.
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UK: Kings Cross Station REMOVES Islamic Messages From Display Boards After Backlash
The company that operates trains at Kings Cross station in London has removed Islamic messages on information boards about “sinners” who must “repent” after a massive backlash.
As we highlighted yesterday, Network Rail was pairing big board announcements of train delays and cancellations with Islamic hadiths to mark Ramadan, the religious holy month.
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UK: London Most Antisemitic Capital in West as Islamists and Hard Left Join Forces, Warns Israel
Antisemitism in European cities is reaching 1930s levels and London is the worst of them all, an Israeli government minister says, warning of mass migration, radicalisation, and the hard left coming together and “serious consequences” for inaction.
The growth of antisemitism in Britain is “terrifying”, says Israeli government figure Amichai Chikli, who warns freedom of speech is being extinguished in the old “beacon of light and democracy”. “Wokeism”-infected London is now the “most antisemitic place in the West”, the Diaspora and Antisemitism Minister said, counselling the United Kingdom and other Western nations to take another look at their open borders polities and soft-touch approach to extremism.
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UK: Leftist Extremism: Anarchist Jailed for 13 Years Over Plot to Kill Members of Parliament
A self-described “left-wing anarchist” has been sentenced to 13 years in prison on terrorism charges in Britain over plotting an assassination campaign against members of Parliament and for producing and distributing a bomb-making manual.
Jacob Graham, 20, of Norris Green in Liverpool, described himself as “the first UK home-grown terrorist” and plotted to kill at least 50 people in attacks on government buildings and the homes of politicians, the Manchester Crown Court heard.
According to Sky News, Graham’s plans were uncovered by security services in the process of an investigation into the purchasing of dangerous chemicals on the internet.
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UK: TV Host Calls for Twitter to be “Shut Down” to Stop Conspiracy Theories
Television host Jeremy Vine stoked anger when he suggested that Twitter (X) should be “shut down” completely to stop conspiracy theories, pointing out that “China does it”.
Vine made the comments earlier this week during a debate about speculation surrounding the health of the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton.
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UK: Turbo Cancer Deaths Surge in Vaxxed 15— to 44-Year-Olds
An alarming new study has revealed a dramatic surge in Covid mRNA vaccinated young people dying from turbo cancers.
According to a new study, official government data shows a shocking spike in turbo cancer deaths in young people aged 15— to 44 years old since 2021.
In the last three years, doctors have been reporting skyrocketing cases of deadly turbo cancers.
People who have been vaccinated with Covid mRNA injections have been suffering from a high incidence of these fast-developing cancers.
Some doctors are reporting that cancers are so rapidly developing that their patients are dying within a week of being diagnosed.
An analysis of U.K. government data shows an unprecedented increase in cancer deaths among 15— to 44-year-olds who were vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new report by data analyst Edward Dowd.
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Von Der Leyen Urges Finland to Lead EU Defense Preparedness Efforts
Ahead of the EU leaders’ summit, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called upon Finland to spearhead efforts in bolstering the European Union’s civilian and defense readiness in the face of escalating tensions, POLICO writes.
Speaking alongside former Finnish President Sauli Niinistö, von der Leyen emphasized the imperative nature of the situation, highlighting concerns over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s expansive ambitions beyond the borders of Ukraine.
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Wilders: “I’m Convinced I Would be the Best Prime Minister in the Netherlands”
Wilders, leader of the PVV in the House of Representatives, refutes claims that he was required to step down from the premiership talks.
He asserts that not all parties involved shared this view, underscoring his belief in his candidacy for the role of prime minister. Describing stepping aside as a significant political sacrifice, Wilders reaffirms his aspiration to assume the position in the future.
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World Happiness Report Reveals Nordic Nations Most Happy, Again
Nordic nations continue to dominate the list of the world’s happiest countries, according to the latest World Happiness Report for 2024.
Based on a global survey spanning over 140 countries, Finland retains its top spot for the seventh consecutive year, with key factors including social support, GDP per capita, and perceptions of corruption.
Finland’s strong showing is attributed to its high levels of social cohesion, trust, and quality healthcare and education systems. Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden also rank among the top four happiest countries, while the United States experiences a notable decline in happiness, particularly among younger generations.
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EU Leaders Set to Approve Bosnia’s and Herzegovina’s Accession Talks
European Union leaders are poised to approve the initiation of accession talks with Bosnia and Herzegovina, as outlined in a draft document dated March 19 and obtained by POLITICO.
Bosnia attained candidate status from the EU in December 2022. Following a positive recommendation from the European Commission last week to commence formal accession negotiations, EU leaders are now preparing to endorse this course of action.
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How ‘The Zone of Interest’ Makes Jews and All of Us Into Nazis
Some people were shocked when Jonathan Glazer used the Academy Awards to launch into a vicious diatribe, disavowing his Jewishness, and demanding that Israel stop attacking Hamas.
But that’s probably because they didn’t watch his movie.
There are two kinds of Holocaust stories, the particular, which deal with the realities of what happened, with the Jews, with the Nazis and their collaborators, and those that make all of us into Nazis. Glazer’s ‘The Zone of Interest’ is the ultimate example of universal ‘Nazification’.
Particularists go to great trouble to retell the story of what really happened. They value and cherish the actual history. Universalists however see the Holocaust as only another example of capitalism, nationalism and the bourgeoisie making all of us (except leftists) into monsters.
For the particularists, Jews are the survivors of the Holocaust, but for the universalists, like Glazer, Jews (and all of us who aren’t militant leftists) are on the verge of being Nazis.
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US Calls for Vote Friday on UN Resolution Declaring That Immediate Gaza Cease-Fire is ‘Imperative’
UNITED NATIONS — The United States called for a vote Friday on a newly revised and tougher U.N. resolution declaring that “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is “imperative” to protect civilians and enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to more than 2 million hungry Palestinians. In the previous draft, the Security Council did not make such a declaration. Instead, it would have supported international efforts for a cease-fire as part of a hostage deal. The new draft obtained Thursday by The Associated Press “determines” — which is a council order — “the imperative of an immediate and sustained cease-fire,” with no direct link to the release of hostages taken during Hamas’ surprise attack in Israel on Oct. 7. But “toward that end” it would unequivocally support diplomatic efforts “to secure such a cease-fire in connection with the release of all remaining hostages.”
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Source — Stars and Stripes
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German Intel: Russia May Double Its Military Power
Recent reports from German intelligence agencies have raised alarms about a potential escalation of Russia’s military power.
The intelligence documents suggest that Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to double his military strength by 2026, with significant increases observed in weaponry production and troop movements in the western regions of Russia, according to media reports.
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Polish General Claims Ukraine Has Suffered Millions of Losses
In a candid interview with Polish TV channel Polsat, former Chief of the Polish General Staff, Rajmund Andrzejczak, has issued stark warnings about the dire situation unfolding in Ukraine.
Andrzejczak, renowned as one of Poland’s most esteemed military figures, highlighted the catastrophic toll of the war, estimating that over 10 million people are missing, and casualties likely reach into the millions.
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Russian and Belarusian Athletes Excluded From Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Tuesday that Russian and Belarusian athletes will not partake in the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Last year, the IOC determined that athletes from these countries could compete as neutral participants, devoid of national flags or anthems. Now, the committee has outlined specific guidelines for these neutral athletes.
In an unprecedented move, the opening ceremony will occur along the river Seine, with boats symbolizing each national delegation. However, neutral athletes will not join the parade of teams as they are considered individual competitors, according to the IOC. Nevertheless, they will have the opportunity to attend the ceremony and participate in the event.
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Russia Rains Missiles Down on Kyiv in Major Strike, First in Six Weeks
YIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired 31 ballistic and cruise missiles at Kyiv before dawn Thursday in the first attack on the Ukrainian capital in 44 days, officials said. Air defenses shot down all the incoming missiles, though 13 people including a child were injured by falling wreckage, they said.
Residents of Kyiv were woken up by loud explosions around 5 a.m. as the missiles arrived at roughly the same time from different directions, said Serhii Popko, head of the Kyiv City Administration.
Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched two ballistic missiles and 29 cruise missiles against the capital.
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Ukraine Sets Sights on ‘Important Target’ in Crimea
Kyiv’s military has set its sights on Russia’s newly constructed railway that is connecting parts of occupied Ukraine with the Crimean Peninsula.
Speaking on national television Thursday, Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) spokesman Andriy Yusov said that the railroad—which passes through the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia region to connect the port city of Rostov-on-Don with Crimea—was a “serious challenge” and “significant target for Ukraine’s Armed Forces.”
Russian officials said in November that construction had begun on the railway to help transport goods—such as grain, iron and coal—to mainland Russia in light of the attacks against the Kerch Straight Bridge, which has become a key target for Ukraine as it ramps up its attacks against Crimea. At the time, Yevgeny Balitsky, Moscow’s appointed head of the Zaporizhzhia region, said that building the raillroad would “solve the problems of the military.”
“They [Russia] are not satisfied with what is happening with the Crimean Bridge,” Yusov said on Thursday, according to a report by The Kyiv Independent. “Therefore, they are trying to strengthen the railroad connection.”
Yusov added that Russia was using the railway to help supply its forces fighting in Ukraine. The Crimean Peninsula, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, served as an important military hub prior to Moscow launching its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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Rebecca Judd who lives in a $7.3million Brighton mansion with her AFL star husband, Chris and four kids, was incensed by new crime statistics and promptly took to Instagram to vent her frustration.
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Muslim Country of Gambia Wants to Allow Female Genital Mutilations; “These Are Our Norms and Values”
Gambia is deliberating over the possibility of lifting the ban on female circumcision, sparking a contentious debate among parliamentarians and legal experts.
Advocates argue that the ban infringes upon the “religious rights” of Muslims and should be abolished to preserve cultural norms and values.
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“Unfortunate” Europe Isn’t Taking in More Palestinian Refugees
Jared Kushner says it’s “unfortunate” that Europe isn’t taking in more Palestinian refugees, suggesting that the “cleaning up” of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip should be accelerated.
Donald Trump’s son-in-law and former senior foreign policy advisor made the comments during a conversation with Professor Tarek Masoud.
“Gaza’s waterfront property could be very valuable … if people would focus on building up livelihoods,” Kushner told Masoud, Harvard University’s Middle East Initiative faculty chair.
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Austria Deported 12,900 Individuals in 2023, Emphasizing Strict Asylum Policies
In 2023, a total of 12,900 individuals were deported from Austria, as announced by Interior Minister Gerhard Karner, Kurier reports. The majority of these deportations involved citizens from European countries, particularly Slovakia, Hungary and Romania.
Karner emphasized that the past year could be termed as the “year of deportations,” especially considering the 5,990 forced deportations, primarily linked to criminal offenses. Despite the high number of deportations of EU citizens, he considers this a success for Austria’s asylum policy, as the country has become unattractive for human traffickers.
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Drone Video Reveals Massive NYC Migrant Tent City, Kept Under Wraps by Democrats & Media
Democrats in New York City and their allies in leftist corporate media are keeping a massive migrant shelter hidden from the public, located at a previously operational airfield in southern Brooklyn. This comes as the metro area has been flooded with upwards of 175,000 illegals in just a few short years.
According to a recent AFP News report, large white tents full of Central and South Americans, Africans, Chinese, and Russians are packed like cattle on one of the runways at Floyd Bennett Field. It’s hard to say how many migrants are in the tent city, but some figures put it at nearly 2,000.
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ALM BEACH, Florida — Former President Donald Trump told Breitbart News exclusively last week that he sees a new category of crime emerging in the United States because of President Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats’ policies: “Migrant crime.”
“We have a new form of crime in the United States—it’s called ‘migrant crime,’“ Trump told Breitbart News in a 90-minute exclusive interview at Mar-a-Lago last Wednesday. “Now, it would be called and normally I would call it ‘Biden migrant crime,’ but that’s too long and too crazy. But everyone knows we have a new category in crime. So we have crime, and we have migrant crime. It’s vicious and it’s horrible and these people are very tough. Everyone talks about the migrants coming to America; many of these people are real bad people. Many of them are sick. Many of them are mentally ill.”
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Finland Probes Over 30 Suspects in Eastern Border Migrant Smuggling
The Finnish Border Guard is actively pursuing 25 criminal inquiries into the facilitation of unauthorized entries. Approximately 35 individuals are under suspicion by the Finnish Border Guard for their involvement in smuggling asylum seekers through the eastern border, according to YLE News.
Tomi Kivenjuuri, who heads the Border Guard’s crime prevention unit, states that investigations cover a spectrum of offenses ranging from minor to large-scale illegal entry operations into Finland.
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Germany: 14-Year-Old North African Has Committed 95 Crimes Since Arriving Two Years Ago
Bremen is grappling with a surge in crime, largely attributed to young North African offenders. One recent arrest sheds light on the severity of the situation.
On February 11th, police apprehended four individuals, aged 14 to 17, from Morocco and Algeria, for various thefts in the Ostertor district. However, what seemed like routine police work revealed a troubling pattern, German media reported.
The youngest among them, a 14-year-old, had amassed a staggering record of 95 criminal incidents, starting shortly after arriving in Germany at the age of 12. His offenses include theft, robbery, assault, drug-related charges, and even causing an explosion.
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In Germany Introduces Payment Card for Refugees, Limits Cash Withdrawals to 50 Euros Monthly
Bavaria introduces its own payment card for refugees in March, limiting cash withdrawals to 50 euros per month, as reported by Der Spiegel. The card is primarily intended for local transactions and will be issued in four pilot municipalities before being rolled out statewide.
Minister-President Markus Söder of the CSU links the introduction of the card with statements on migration policy and emphasizes the need for stricter limits on asylum applications. The card is intended to be part of a broader solution to disrupt money flows to smugglers.
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The father of Laken Riley, a nursing student who was murdered last month with an illegal immigrant as the main suspect, spoke out in the Georgia State Senate on Wednesday and pleaded with Governor Brian Kemp to “declare an invasion” and to “detain and deport criminal illegal” immigrants to save future families from tragedy.
Jose Ibarra, 26, who is reportedly an “active member” of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, has been charged with the murder of Laken Riley. Riley’s father, Jason, pleaded with lawmakers to make changes so that more Americans would not get hurt.
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More than 500 migrants reached the UK after crossing the Channel on small boats yesterday — a record for the year.
Home Office figures suggest 514 people made the journey in 10 boats, suggesting an average of 51 people per vessel.
This takes the running total for Channel crossings in 2024 to 4,043 — 10 per cent higher than this time last year (3,683) — and a quarter higher than 2022.
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Around 200,000 migrant deportation cases have been thrown out under President Biden because the administration failed to file paperwork before court hearings, according to a new report.
An analysis by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse found the Department of Homeland Security failed to file the required Notice to Appear before court dates in 200,000 cases, leading to them being thrown out.
The failure left courts without the jurisdiction to handle deportation cases and rule on asylum claims and left migrants in ‘limbo’ and unable to work.
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EL PASO, TEXAS — A group of over 100 migrants attempted to enter the US illegally by rushing a border wall Thursday, breaking through razor wire and knocking over guards in the process.
The Post had earlier witnessed around 600 migrants amassed at the international border, as part of a ‘spring surge’ of migrants arriving and hoping to gain access to the US.
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Over the past year, the population of the Czech Republic has increased from 10.83 million to 10.90 million people. Population growth was solely due to migration, while the number of births was minimal in the last 22 years.
The indigenous population of the Czech Republic (including all those who have Czech citizenship) decreased by more than 21 thousand people in a year, partly because the number of births decreased by 10%, which is an extremely worrying indicator.
“The generation born in 2023 has become the weakest in the last 22 years. A similar decline can be expected in the overall fertility rate,” statisticians said.
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82-Year-Old Woman Threatens Legal Action After YMCA Bans Her for Opposing Men in Women’s Locker Room
An 82-year-old woman is threatening to sue after being banned from a local YMCA for speaking out against a biological man in the women’s locker room.
According to a report by the Daily Wire, Julie Jaman is asking for an apology from the City of Port Townsend and a local YMCA after being banned from the Mountain View Pool in 2022.
Jaman said that she was showering in the women’s locker room when she observed a biological male wearing female attire seemingly watching two young girls preparing to use the facilities. The 82-year-old approached the individual, later identified as “Clementine Adams,” and asked, “Do you have a penis?” Adams replied, “None of your business.”
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ACLU Targets a Whistleblower, Accused of Rejecting Its Free Speech Roots
The clearly emerging bias of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) over many years now — although the organization either does, or likes to appear to keep up the appearance of a principled actor by taking on some cases opposed to its political philosophy — has led to it being branded by some as a “former civil liberties group.”
The reason is the decision to wade into a transgenderism controversy, where it concerns children — and in the process, according to reports, try to subpoena a whistleblower.
The whistleblower, Jamie Reed, is critical of medical procedures that allow gender transition of minors.
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LGBTQ+ History to be Taught in All Washington State Public Schools in 2025
This week, Washington Democratic Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill into law mandating that all public schools in the state teach LGBTQ history as a required curriculum.
The controversial Senate Bill 5462 was passed by the Democrat-controlled legislature after originally being introduced in 2023 to expand “inclusive learning standards and instructional materials” using a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) framework, according to KPTV.
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Scotland: Police Accused of Suggesting JK Rowling Wants Trans People to be Sent to “Gas Chambers”
Police in Scotland have been accused of using Harry Potter author JK Rowling as an example of someone with a large social media following who could be engaging in a ‘hate crime’ for stating that sex is binary.
The Telegraph reports that during a hate crime “youth engagement” event in Scotland last month, attendees were asked to imagine a hypothetical scenario where an “online influencer” named ‘Jo’ “travels around university campuses” to “debate her beliefs about the LGBTI community”.
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UK: J.K. Rowling Threatens Legal Action Against Transgender Fan Site for Posting Claims About Family
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has threatened to take “legal action” against a transgender-themed fan site for spreading what Rowling said are lies about the novelist’s family.
On Wednesday, J.K. Rowling fired off the salvo against Wizarding News — which is nominally a Harry Potter fan site that has recently devoted itself to promoting transgenderism and reporting on what it calls “the demise of J.K. Rowling’s legacy.”
Wizarding News appears to have posted claims that Rowling’s daughter has sought to distance herself from her mother. The site also reportedly posted a photo of what it claimed to be Rowling’s daughter and grandchild — though Rowling responded by saying the people in the image were misidentified.
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Julie Jaman, 82, says she’s been defamed and humiliated by Port Townsend officials, adding: ‘If this had been the 17th Century, I would have been burned at the stake,’
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Wikipedia Entry on the ‘History of the Chair’ Becomes Culture War Battleground
Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news
A simple Wikipedia entry about the history of the chair reveals how the site’s far-left editors desperately try to reframe the past in real time.
The Wikipedia page describing the history of the chair initially read, “Chairs are known from Ancient Egypt and have been widespread in the Western world from the Greeks and Romans onwards.”
“They were in common use in China from the twelfth century, and were used by the Aztecs. In Sub-Saharan Africa, chairs were not in use before introduction by Europeans.”
That final sentence, believe it or not, is currently the subject of a culture war struggle.
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Global Population Set to Fall for First Time in 700 Years
A major study published in scientific journal The Lancet has found that the global population will start to fall within decades due to vastly reduced fertility rates and may never recover.
The study, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, found that by the year 2050, 155 of 204 countries are on course to have birth rates lower than required to sustain the population level.
It notes that as of 2021, the “total fertility rate” worldwide was 2.23, hovering only just above the 2.1 children per woman needed to maintain population growth.
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“in a sermon at the Islamic Center of Warren, Michigan, an Islamic cleric said that Muslims will slaughter the Jews like sheep.”
Imagine all the world stomping Islam into Passover wine..
Aloha Snackbar!!
Palestine – told you it is all about stealing the land and resources. Religion is just an excuse and a way to vilify them in order to justify killing them if they refuse to move. They don’t care if they kill them or move them to us. “They” get rich and we get the burden. Where is the fairness and our profit?
I’m all for the Palestinians hanging onto their own land and not coming here.
“I’m all for the Palestinians hanging onto their own land and not coming here.”
I’m all for the hanging part..
Jews and Israel are getting slaughtered and vilified, not rich. The statement was to highlight the hypocrisy of western nations that claim to be for the Palestinians, but know they would only bring more terror to their own countries. Why will no Arab countries give them safe haven?
It is more important to them to destroy Israel than save the Palestinian civilians.
Palestinians are not indigenous people of Israel. It is NOT their homeland. They are from muslim countries in the middle east.
Those Palestinians do not have rights to own any land in Israel.
Sara, IT is not muslim land.
Israel / Palestine is in the middle east, or do you think its in Europe?
There is no such place AS PALISTINE! There is only Israel and fakeistinans, who the Israeli’s have been far too nice too instead of eliminating them all.
I’m all for letting the Israeli’s go all Old Testament on those GD savages called Fakestinians, until none are left. Then no problems with those savages coming here.
RINO Johnson no good
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Ukraine loses
21/3 2024
By Lars Hedegaard / snaphanen.dk
When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy claimed about a month ago that Ukrainian casualties in the war against Russia totalled 30,000, the figure was widely accepted in Western media.
Russian sources have listed Ukrainian losses at more than 600,000, but now senior Polish general Rajmund Andrzejczak says in an interview on Polsat TV that the losses should not be calculated in hundreds of thousands, but in millions.
Andrzejczak is a former chief of the Polish General Staff.
TASS quotes him as saying that Ukraine has no more resources and no one left to fight. “Ukraine is losing the war”, he says, describing the situation as “very, very dramatic”.
This is perhaps why President Macron and the Lithuanian government have started talking about deploying European troops.
Business Insider quotes a Ukrainian soldier describing the threat of Russian bombing, saying “Ukraine is losing so many people. There are so many bodies that we can’t even take care of them all.”
The situation is “bloody awful”, the soldier says, adding that the Ukrainian forces in his front section cannot advance. “We can hardly hold the position,” he says.
Experience shows that it is risky to trust belligerents who have a habit of lying.
Perhaps General Andrzejczak is exaggerating Ukrainian losses to get NATO to intervene with combat troops. If this is the case, his summary is hardly likely to animate Western populations to send their sons straight into the Russian meat grinder.
The bleak outlook, however, does not seem to have dampened the fighting spirit of Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen.
TASS: Ukraine’s real losses should be counted in millions – ex-Polish Army Chief of General Staff
Ukraine had lost from the start
We knew who used other sources than the Danish media. It is therefore almost impossible to find Western sources quoting the Polish general. It is perhaps not surprising when they have been indoctrinating people for three years that Ukraine had a chance to win.
Now Macron is fantasising about deploying 2,000 French soldiers in Odessa to cut off the Russian fleet’s exit from the Black Sea via the Dardanelles.
NATO takes us a big step closer to nuclear war. Danish media and politicians support this deadly policy, and we should be shamed for their ineptitude/cowardice. If the NATO warmongers cannot manage to lose, then we will have a nuclear war and everyone will lose.
Professor K.O. Arnstberg comments on these elites who support that policy against Russia: “They are incompetent as children!”
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See further here:
https://gatesofvienna.net/2024/03/gates-of-vienna-news-feed-3-20-2024/#comment-603917
CHANNELS Preliminarily write that the terrorist attack in Moscow was carried out by people from the North Caucasian Muslim region of Ingushetia.
By the way, in France, teachers were killed the first time by a Chechen, and the second time by an Ingush. But he was called a Chechen in the press.
This is an article in French that Muslims from the North Caucasus cannot be deported from Europe to Russia.
https://www.amnesty.org/fr/latest/news/2024/01/europe-halt-returns-of-people-from-the-north-caucasus-to-russia-where-they-are-at-risk-of-torture-and-abuse/
Europe. Stop sending people from the North Caucasus back to Russia, where they risk torture and human rights violations
Let those bloody savages of islam be dealt with by the Russian mailed fist, the bloody Russians at least get the job done.
“At least 40 people were massacred and more than 100 others were wounded after several gunmen opened fire during a concert in Moscow on Friday, according to Russian officials. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in a brief statement posted on Telegram on its affiliated news agency Amaq.” —New York Post
https://nypost.com/2024/03/22/world-news/casualties-reported-after-multiple-gunmen-open-fire-at-people-at-concert-hall-near-moscow/
The Russians will at least go to the villages those savages came from and raze them and eliminate all muslims.