The father of a Marine killed during the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan yelled at President Biden from the gallery during the State of the Union address, and was subsequently arrested by Capitol police. Meanwhile, a senior CNN reporter said that The New York Times displays a shameful bias in favor of former President Donald Trump.
In other news, according to a new survey, less than 40 per cent of Germans would be willing to take up arms to defend their nation if it were attacked.
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February Jobs Report: US Economy Adds 275,000 Jobs, Unemployment Rate Hits 3.9%
The US economy created more new jobs than expected in February, while an increase in the unemployment rate for the first time in four months and downward revisions to job growth in prior months suggested signs of some softening in the US labor market.
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday showed the labor market added 275,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in February, significantly more additions than the 200,000 expected by economists. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate increased to 3.9% from 3.7% in January. This marks the first increase in the unemployment rate in four months, as it now sits at its highest level in the last two years.
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Poland: Inflation Threat Kills Off Any Hope of Interest Rate Cuts
The Polish Monetary Policy Council (RPP), which sets the interest rates of Poland’s central bank (NBP), has decided to keep the interest rate frozen at 5.75 percent, which is the same level it has been at since October last year.
The head of Poland’s central bank (NBP), Adam Glapinski, signaled last month that any loosening of monetary policy was unlikely in 2024. Therefore, the Monetary Policy Council’s decision to hold rates steady on Wednesday was expected.
The uncertainty over the economic regulatory framework the RPP had commented on during its former meetings has remained in place. The new government is likely to reintroduce a 5 percent VAT rate on food and will also be unfreezing energy prices. These events are likely to push inflation up to the 5 to 6 percent level from today’s 3.9 percent.
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In a decisive move by the governing coalition of Civic Platform (PO), the Third Way and the Left, it has been confirmed that there will be no continuation of the zero VAT rate on food, nor will there be a freeze on prices for electricity, gas, and urban heating. Instead, a reduction in VAT rates for eyebrow and eyelash beauty work is on the horizon.
The zero VAT rate on food, introduced by the government of Prime Minister Morawiecki, is set to expire on April 1, leading to an increase in food prices. Meanwhile, the freeze on electricity, gas and urban heating prices will end on June 30, signaling significant price hikes for these energy sources. But from April 1, the beauty industry will benefit from a VAT rate cut from 23 percent to 8 percent, likely resulting in lower prices for these specific services.
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Signed by the Governor: Two South Dakota Laws Take Steps Against a Central Bank Digital Currency
PIERRE, S.D. (Feb 28, 2024) — Yesterday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed two bills into law to reject a central bank digital currency (CBDC), removing it from the definition of money in the state and banning the state from accepting it as payment.
Rep. Mike Stevens and a bipartisan coalition of cosponsors introduced House Bill 1163 (HB1163) and House Bill 1161 (HB1161). HB1163 expressly excludes a CBDC from the definition of money in South Dakota, and HB1161 prohibits state agencies from accepting CBDC as a form of payment.
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Arson Suspect Arrested After Fire at California Target Caused $4 MILLION in Damages: Police
Law enforcement has arrested a suspect allegedly responsible for setting fire to a Target in Vallejo, California.
“This arsonist caused substantial damage to the structure and a new estimated loss exceeding $4 million in merchandise and repairs” to the store located on the 900 block of Admiral Callaghan Lane, authorities said.
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Biden Says He Would Sign the Bipartisan Bill Banning China-Based App TikTok
President Biden on Friday said that he would support a ban on TikTok if the bill to ban the controversial China-based social media app was passed in the House and Senate.
Biden was asked on Friday, the day after his State of the Union address, if he would sign a bipartisan bill that would ban TikTok if its China-based parent company ByteDance does not divest its stake in the social media platform.
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In President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Thursday, one point that he brought up was that he wanted to “ban AI voice impersonations” in the country to avoid “peril” that could come. This comes after Human Events senior editor Jack Posobiec created meme precreation videos of the president.
During his speech, Biden said, that he wanted to pass a law to “harness the promise of AI to protect us from peril. Ban AI voice impersonations and more.”
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Breaking: Trump Posts $92 MILLION Bond in E. Jean Carroll Defamation Case Pending Appeal
On Friday, Donald Trump posted the $91.63 million bond set by a federal judge pending an appeal to the ruling that he defamed E. Jean Carroll.
By posting his bond, the former president can now prevent the original $83 million penalty from being enforced, and make his case to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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Bungling Leftist Humiliated After Botched Attempt to Burn American & Israeli Flags
A bungling leftist was left humiliated after he was filmed botching an attempt to burn an American and Israeli flag in New York City.
The would-be-arsonist was caught on a security camera while targeting a Jewish restaurant in Upper Manhattan.
The kosher eatery, Falafel Crunch, was proudly flying the flags outside which appeared to offend the thug.
Footage of the incident was released on Friday by the NYPD.
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CNN Accuses NY Times of ‘Shameful’ Bias Toward Trump, Complains Outlet Too Harsh on Biden
Cracks appear to be forming among America’s leading leftist corporate media outlets as the critical 2024 presidential election draws near.
CNN has started raising the alarm over fears that other propaganda outlets are not alerting their audience to the “serious danger posed by a second Trump administration.”
According to CNN senior reporter Oliver Darcy, the liberal New York Times has developed a “shameful” bias toward President Donald Trump.
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Members of Congress have been overwhelmed by “thousands” of callers urging lawmakers to reconsider a bill that would ban TikTok in the United States.
The bill advanced out of the House Energy & Commerce Committee on Thursday in a unanimous bipartisan vote — 50-0.
In the run-up to Thursday’s vote, many TikTok users received a notification urging them to “speak up now — before your government strips 170 million Americans of their Constitutional right to free expression.”
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An ex-convict turned criminal justice advocate who just last month appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience to explain how he’d finally turned his life around has been arrested in connection with the murder of his former prison rival in New York City.
Sheldon Johnson, 48, was taken into custody on Thursday after body parts belonging to the victim, 44-year-old Collin Small, were discovered stashed in an apartment Johnson had been spotted entering and exiting in numerous disguises.
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Daily Beast: Minnesota’s 19% ‘Uncommitted’ Spells Trouble for Biden
A new op-ed from The Daily Beast discussed President Joe Biden’s Super Tuesday performance and how the 19 percent in “uncommitted” voters in Minnesota could spell trouble come November.
“Why Minnesota’s ‘Uncommitted’ Vote Is a Real Threat to Biden’s Re-Election,” headlined the article from J. Patrick Coolican.
“Despite no money and a bare-bones, last-minute organization, the ‘Uncommitted’ line pulled nearly 19 percent, as progressive voters sought to send a message to Biden that he needs to change his policy toward Israel and its ongoing war in Gaza if he’s to earn their vote,” wrote Coolican.
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DC Court Greenlights Flurry of Jan. 6 Lawsuits Against Trump
Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
A federal appeals court in the District of Columbia has issued an order allowing three Jan. 6 lawsuits to proceed against former President Donald Trump after a court rejected his assertion of presidential immunity.
A three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order on March 8, allowing the three consolidated appeals to be “removed from abeyance” and approving motions for summary affirmance, meaning removing a temporary hold on the cases and allowing them to proceed.
The lawsuits that are now allowed to proceed are Moore v. Trump, Kirkland v. Trump, and Tabron v. Trump.
In all three civil suits, law enforcement officers are seeking damages based on the premise that President Trump incited a mob to storm the Capitol, leading to a violent incident in which they sustained various injuries and suffered harm, including emotional distress.
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Gold Star Dad Arrested After Heckling Biden Over Son’s Death in Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal
President Biden was momentarily distracted from delivery of his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, as the father of a Marine killed during the mishandled withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan yelled from the gallery at the top of his lungs, imploring the audience to remember the bloody bombing that took his son’s life.
As Biden was at a part of the speech where he was daring to claim that Americans are “safer today than when he took office,” 51-year-old Steven Nikoui bellowed “REMEMBER ABBEY GATE! US MARINES!” He was referring to a gate outside Karzai International Airport where a suicide bomber killed 11 Marines, a Navy corpsman and an Army soldier on August 26, 2021 as the airport was mobbed by people trying to flee the country. Among the dead: Nikoui’s son, Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui, a 22-year-old Californian.
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Google Releases New Gemini Update to Give Users ‘More Control’ Over AI Chatbot Responses
In an effort to give users greater oversight, Google has unveiled a new feature for its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) that allows those prompting the chatbot to edit inaccurate responses that are not the proper length or suitable for their needs.
“We’re launching a more precise way for you to tune Gemini’s responses. Starting in English in the Gemini web app, just select the portion of text you want to change, give Gemini some instruction, and get an output that’s closer to what you are looking for,” Google said in its latest Gemini release update.
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House Reps Demand MIT Hand Over Records on ‘Pervasive’ Antisemitism: ‘We Have Grave Concerns’
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce is asking the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to produce a trove of documents, citing an investigation into the school’s response to antisemitism and its “failure” to protect Jewish students.
The Committee, led by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., wrote to MIT President Sally Kornbluth and MIT Corporation Chair Mark P. Gorenberg on Friday regarding “pervasive” antisemitism following “numerous deeply troubling incidents and developments” at the university.
Foxx wrote in the letter, “We have grave concerns regarding the inadequacy of MIT’s response to antisemitism on its campus.”
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Maoist New York Goes to Pol Pot With Urban Agriculture
There’s a story about an old Marxist who would address leftist rallies in Union Square a century ago as, “Workers and Peasants of New York City”. Leftists eventually transform farce into fact and that’s why New York’s number two mayoral candidate is touting a “New Agrarian Economy”.
It’s time to farm one of the most expensive and densely populated cities in the country.
Mao had kicked off China’s worst famine by demanding that wheat be grown everywhere. And New York City’s Maoists are following in his footsteps by trying to farm rooftops and parking lots.
Urban agriculture is one of those obscure lefty ideas so insane that few even believe it exists.
But Mayor Bill de Blasio had already created an Office of Urban Agriculture and the New York City Council, which is so crazy that it makes De Blasio look sane, had declared war on “food inequity”, by vowing to grow food in one of the most densely populated cities on earth.
If your city is going to pot anyway, why not go to Pol Pot?
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Matisyahu Concert Canceled in Chicago ‘Due to Threat of Protests, ‘ Artist Donates Proceeds
A performance featuring popular singer Matisyahu was canceled in Chicago “due to the threat of protests,” the performer confirmed Friday.
In a statement released on social media, Matisyahu confirmed to fans that his House of Blues Chicago show Friday would not go on.
“My dear fans, it saddens me to write this to you our sold out show tonight at House of Blues Chicago has been cancelled due to the threat of protests,” he wrote in his message. “While the true details surrounding this decision remain opaque, and while the responsible parties all point fingers at one another over the decision, I can assure you there have been no threats of violence received by our security team who have been vigilant in knowing what is happening in each city.”
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Missouri Man Arrested on Hate Crime Charges for Allegedly Threatening to Kill White People
On Thursday, Missouri authorities charged a black man with a hate crime after he allegedly threatened to kill white people at a Walgreens in Columbia.
Mark Elliot Lewis, 47, has been charged with harassment motivated by discrimination to frighten or disturb another person. Lewis is being held at the Boone County Jail on a $75,000 bond, according to ABC 17.
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NBA Player Collapses Suddenly During Game: ‘Very Scary Stuff’
An NBA player collapsed suddenly during a game Wednesday night, raising concerns for his health as the shocked crowd looked on.
TV cameras captured the moment that Bismack Biyombo of the Oklahoma City Thunder dropped to the ground.
However, despite hitting his head as he fell, Biyombo appears not to have suffered any major medical issues.
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No Labels Moves Ahead With Third-Party Challenge to Biden-Trump — Now All it Needs is a Candidate
The centrist group No Labels announced Friday it would move forward with picking out candidates to challenge President Biden and Donald Trump in the November general election.
The organization had claimed it would not run a presidential and vice presidential ticket that did not have a real chance of winning the White House.
“Earlier today, I led a discussion with the 800 No Labels delegates from all 50 states. These citizen leaders have spent months discussing with one another the kind of leadership they want to see in the White House in 2024 … I wasn’t sure exactly where No Labels delegates would land today but they sent an unequivocal message: Keep going,” No Labels national convention chair Mike Rawlings said in a statement.
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RNC Anoints Trump’s Choices for Top Leadership Roles
The Republican National Committee (RNC) has anointed President Donald Trump’s hand-picked choices for top leadership roles.
Multiple reports Friday confirmed Trump has completed his leadership push of the RNC.
GOP officials have reportedly now anointed the 45th president’s choices, including his daughter-in-law Lara Trump.
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The DNA Scandal That Could Threaten Thousands of Criminal Cases
For nearly three decades, Yvonne “Missy” Woods was Colorado’s star forensic scientist, relied on by police and prosecutors to test DNA evidence in the state’s most baffling crimes.
Her work was considered the gold standard by colleagues and helped put away infamous murderers, including the “Colorado Hammer Killer.”
Then, in November, Woods abruptly resigned. The same day, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said it had discovered anomalies in her work during an internal review and was launching a criminal probe.
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On Thursday, Dr. Jordan Peterson appeared before the House Judiciary Committee’s Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government to testify about the dangers posed by collusion between governments and banks seeking to target political dissidents. He said that authoritarian measures are “absolutely coming” to America.
His testimony, among others, were made for the Judiciary Committee’s hearing over concern on how the US government colluded with big banks to surveille Americans’ financial data based on constitutionally protected political and religious expression instead of criminal activity.
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A United Airlines flight went off a runway at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Friday morning, forcing passengers to evacuate — in the latest drama involving a Boeing jet.
The Boeing 737 MAX 8, which arrived from Memphis, “rolled onto the grass when exiting onto the taxiway around 8 a.m.,” the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
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Univ. of Chicago Prof Explains in Just 13 Words Why Julian Assange Must be Freed
Authored by Jonathan Miltimore via The Epoch Times
John Joseph Mearsheimer recently summed up in a single sentence why Julian Assange should go free.
“Journalists don’t go to jail for publishing classified information in the United States,” Mr. Mearsheimer, a political scientist at the University of Chicago, said in a recent video.
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Former President Donald J. Trump will be receive briefings on classified national security matters once he secures the GOP presidential nomination, US intelligence officials say.
The Biden administration intends to share intelligence with Trump, a senior intelligence official told Politico, despite the DOJ having indicted Trump in two federal cases, one alleging that he kept classified documents after leaving the White House, which all presidents do, and another alleging that Trump attempted to overthrow the government while he was the head of that government.
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Utah’s Republican Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson shared a post glorifying events the that led to the Communist Revolution in Russia to celebrate International Women’s Day on Friday.
In the post on her personal X account, Henderson wrote, “In 1917, tens of thousands of Russian women gathered in Petrograd (Saint Petersburg) to protest terrible working conditions and the high price of bread.”
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The Good Samaritan who was stabbed while coming to the aid of a woman at a Bronx subway station this week is a Marine Corps veteran who urged city officials to do something about crime — and “if not, the vigilantes will come out,” he said Friday.
Alfredo Troche, 53 told The Post that when he saw two men threatening a woman with a box cutter at the Pelham Parkway Nos. 2 and 5 train station in Allerton around 12:50 a.m. Thursday, his military training compelled him to step in.
Troche — who on Friday wore a leather motorcycle vest with a Batman logo on the back and a Batman patch — said he was returning to the Bronx after visiting his dad in Williamsburg, Brooklyn when he walked right into the startling scene.
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Why is the Clinton Township Explosion Site Still Catching on Fire?
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (FOX 2) — The site of multiple explosions in Clinton Township on Monday night continues to smolder and occasionally catch fire four days later.
“You can see the smoke rising from certain areas,” Clinton Township Fire Chief Tim Duncan said.
He said there are two main hot spots on the west side of the building. Fire crews continue to apply water to these areas; Duncan says more than 2 million gallons of water have already been used to keep the flames at bay.
After Monday’s fire and multiple blasts leveled the building at 15 Mile and Groesbeck, a pile of debris, including structural steel beams, was left behind. Since the hot spots are covered by the steel, Duncan said he does not believe they will be out completely until the steel is removed.
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Baltic States Prepare ‘Maginot Line’ to Defend Against Russia
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, small in both size and population, are bolstering their defenses through NATO and EU alliances and mutual cooperation in anticipation of potential aggression from Russia.
The Baltic nations face a significant strategic challenge due to the threat posed by Russia, from which they separated just 35 years ago following the dissolution of the USSR. Russia’s aggressive stance has been notably evident since its invasion of Ukraine, periodically threatening the Baltic republics.
Being part of NATO and the European Union, these countries have established various bilateral agreements for specific forms of cooperation, such as Estonia and Finland’s defense collaboration since 2022.
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Czechia Sends 800,000 Artillery Shells to Ukraine
Czechia has gathered the funds necessary to send 800,000 much-needed artillery shells from its existing armory to Ukraine.
“We have provided the financing for some 800,000 rounds of ammunition for Ukraine,” Czech President Petr Pavel announced on Thursday as reported by MTI.
According to Czech state television, 18 countries have joined the Czech-led initiative.
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EPP Endorses Von Der Leyen for Second Term as European Commission President
European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen has been nominated for another presidential term by the European People’s Party (EPP) after the incumbent amassed a majority of more than 80 percent of votes cast at the party’s congress in Bucharest on Thursday.
In her program speech, the German politician promised prosperity, security, and democracy and said that Europe would support Ukraine with “more financial and military aid” for as long as necessary. She also said that Ukraine should spend more on its own security and that a defense commissioner should be created in the European Commission.
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Four Suspected Islamic Terrorists Arrested in Raid on Swedish Mosque, Weapons Seized
Sweden’s security police arrested four people on suspicion of preparing Islamist terror attacks during an afternoon raid of a mosque in Stockholm County on Thursday.
Neighbors of the premises in Tyresö, south of the Swedish capital, reported explosions at around 2 p.m. as security police stormed the Islamic cultural association and detained four suspects.
On Thursday evening, Swedish authorities announced in a press release those being held were facing terrorist charges and were suspected of serious weapons offenses.
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France: Macron Doubles Down on Unlimited Ukraine Support at Meeting With Party Leaders
Following his controversial statements on the possibility of committing ground troops to Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron summoned the heads of France’s main political parties to the Élysée Palace on Thursday to discuss France’s diplomatic position and try to convince them of the validity of his arguments. He met with hostility from both Left and Right.
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French Government Puts an End to Imams Paid by Foreign Countries
From 1 January 2024, France will no longer accept the presence on its soil of ‘seconded imams,’ i.e., foreign imams who are paid by a foreign country but reside and officiate in France. The measure, designed to reduce the influence of foreign powers on France’s Muslim community, is gradually coming into force, with varying degrees of difficulty.
It was one of President Emmanuel Macron’s wishes, expressed in Mulhouse in February 2020 as part of the fight against “Islamist separatism.” At the time, Macron announced his desire to put an end to seconded imams sent by Muslim countries to officiate in France, so that they could be replaced by imams trained in France.
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After an arson attack on an electricity substation knocked out power to a Tesla factory along with tens of thousands of residents outside Berlin, the country’s far-left interior minister has issued a rare warning against left-wing extremism and its growing threat.
Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) referred to the attack on the Tesla factory in Grünheide telling the Rheinische Post newspaper: “Overall, the potential threat posed by left-wing extremism remains high.”
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German Plan for Federal Police Commissioner Raises Red Flags
The German traffic light coalition has launched plans to create the new position of police commissioner to supervise federal police authorities. But police unions have sounded the alarm, saying the new position would mean “an undermining of the separation of powers being transformed from a rhetorical possibility into a real threat”
According to the proposed law, seen by Apollo News, the police commissioner would “uncover and investigate structural deficiencies and maldevelopment” within the federal police and federal criminal police. The commissioner’s task would be to initiate investigations based on reports from citizens and police force employees—in the second case, an investigation would be mandatory—and prepare reports if a case is deemed particularly significant.
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Germany Discusses Sending Ukrainian Men Back as Kyiv Needs More Soldiers
Germany’s newspaper of record postulates whether Ukrainian men of military age should be encouraged or forced to go home and fight as Kyiv struggles to build an army big enough to throw back the Russian invasion.
“The Ukrainian army urgently needs new soldiers”, notes Die Welt — the broadsheet The Times analogue founded by British occupying forces after the Second World War to give Germany a highbrow quality paper in the wake of Nazi-era publications being shut down — before examining the number of military-age Ukrainian males who fled the country in the early days of the war and what could be done with them.
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The police are investigating a complaint related to the pedophile scandal in the left-run Budapest district of Újbuda following the arrest of a man police say molested at least one child. According to the latest information, the pedophile suspect, only identified as Péter Gy., was able to avoid detection for a long time thanks to his mother, who worked in a prominent position at the left-run local government.
Istvan Tényi, a private citizen known for his public interest reports aimed at exposing corruption and illegal conduct, turned to the Budapest Police Headquarters (BRFK) after Magyar Nemzet learned that the young man suspected of molesting a young child in a toilet could have been an employee of at least two institutions run and maintained by the Újbuda municipality. However, there are potentially more charges yet to be filed that indicate he molested multiple children under the age of 12.
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The Polish parliament on Wednesday called for the resignation of three Constitutional Tribunal judges and non-recognition of that court’s decisions.
The resolution called for a fresh election of the justices to the constitutional court to be held.
The move was criticized by senior constitutional lawyer, Prof. Ryszard Piotrowski, who reminded deputies that according to the constitution, the verdicts of the constitutional court are binding.
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Senate Report Sounds the Alarm (Again) on Radical Islam in French Schools
The French Senate just made public the findings of a parliamentary inquiry launched in the wake of the murder of Professor Samuel Paty by an Islamist terrorist. The findings on the state of French schools are alarming and show that the situation has been steadily worsening for several years. The senators have put forward a number of recommendations in an attempt to curb the phenomenon.
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Six in Ten Germans Unwilling to Pick Up Arms to Defend the Country if Attacked
Less than 40 per cent of Germans said they would be willing to defend their nation with weapons even if it came under attack, a survey has found.
A poll conducted by Forsa for German broadcaster RTL Deutschland, found that 59 per cent of adults said they would “probably not” or “absolutely not” take up arms to defend their homeland in the case of an invasion or other attack.
Conversely, just 38 per cent of German adults said that they would “definitely” or “probably” be willing to fight to protect their nation, NTV reports.
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Smiling Poland Hit the Citizens With the Clenched Fist of Tusk and Holownia, Says PiS Politician
A large demonstration took place in Warsaw on Wednesday, and the web has been awash with footage of clashes between the protesting farmers and the police. Car tires were burned in front of the Prime Minister’s chancellery, and there were clashes with police outside of parliament.
According to the police, several police officers were injured, and several demonstrators were arrested. Demonstrators were also accused of trying to enter parliament illegally.
Conservative (PiS) MP Adam Andruszkiewicz accused the government of showing the demonstrators fists rather than a smiling face. He told Dorzeczy.pl news outlet that the Donald Tusk government is charging farmers with batons for daring to protest against its policies, rather than having an open discussion with them.
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Spain Amnesties Catalan Separatists, Including for Violent Crimes
The Spanish Justice Commission at the country’s Congress has approved the government’s Amnesty Law made-to-measure for those actors who organised a fraudulent Catalan independence referendum on October 2017, declared independence, and engaged in subsequent acts of violence (on the part of groups like the C.D.R. or “Democratic Tsunami”). The latter, it should be remembered, resulted in deaths and physical incapacity.
An earlier, initial draft for this Amnesty deal was rejected by Junts per Catalunya, the governing party in Catalonia in 2017, and subsequently made far more comprehensive by the Spanish socialists, whose submission to its coalition partners is abject.
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Sweden Democrats Want to be Part of Next Government
The national conservative Sweden Democrats are cementing their place in Swedish politics, with party leader Jimmie Åkesson announcing that his party is prepared to enter the next government after 2026, a move that would potentially dislodge the ruling Moderate Party and centrist PM Ulf Kristersson.
Åkesson made the comments in an interview about speeding up the Swedish deportation process. The populist leader has been propping up a three-party centrist coalition since 2022, but in his remarks, Åkesson made it clear that he wants his party to be a formal part of the next government.
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Swedish Security Services Arrest Four for Planning Terror Attack
Four people were arrested in the Tyresö suburb south of Stockholm on Thursday, suspected of preparing a terrorist attack and for serious weapons offenses.
“It concerns a group of individuals within the violent Islamist extremist environment. We see connections to serious organized crime, as well as international links to the terrorist organization Islamic State,” said Fredrik Hultgren-Friberg, press spokesman for Swedish security services SÄPO. “What I can say is that we have been aware of these individuals for a longer period and have taken action against their plans to avert a threat,” he said, adding that further arrests are not out of the question.
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Swiss Senate Approves Transfer of Frozen Russian Assets to Ukraine
The upper house of the Swiss parliament on Thursday passed by a modest majority a proposal to allow frozen Russian assets in the country to be given to Ukraine as war reparations, Vilaggazdasag reports.
The issue has sparked heated debate in the shadow of the banking system, a key sector for the country’s neutrality. For the time being, the ruling only allows the government to find a way in international law to allow the Swiss assets of the aggressor country to be transferred to the attacked country.
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Tusk’s Party is for Opening Borders to All Ukrainian Products, Says Opposition MP
Conservative (PiS) MP Marcin Przydacz interviewed by portal wPolityce.pl has accused Donald Tusk of being disingenuous in relation to the issue of trade with Ukraine because Tusk’s party continues to support duty-free trade with Ukraine in the European Parliament.
On Thursday, the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade, with the votes of the EPP, extended duty-free trade with Ukraine and Moldova. The liberalization of trade was supported by MEPs from the current ruling coalition in Poland.
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Twitter’s European HQ Won’t Cooperate With Antifa Anymore
Left-wing activists involved in lobbying Big Tech to censor political content have admitted that they have lost their direct influence over Twitter’s European headquarters in Dublin as a consequence of Elon Musk’s takeover of the company last year—a move that undermines their ability to influence content moderation across the EU.
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UK: BBC Reporter Nick Sheridan Drops Dead at 32 During a Run
BBC reporter Nick Sheridan has tragically died after suddenly collapsing while out running.
The award-winning TV host’s death was announced online by the BBC on Thursday morning.
It was first announced that Sheridan had died after a “short illness.”
However, it has been revealed that Sheridan collapsed unexpectedly during a run and was pronounced dead shortly after.
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UK: Central London Becomes ‘No-Go Zone for Jews’, Warns Govt Advisor
The UK’s Commissioner for Countering Extremism warns central London is being allowed to turn “into a no-go zone for Jews every weekend”, but march organisers counter-claim the government is just trying to “whip up” fear.
“Anti-Semitism skyrocketing” and protests are becoming more forceful, leading to central London becoming a “no-go zone” for Jews at the weekend, the UK government’s Commissioner for Countering Extremism has warned. Robin Simcox, a former Henry Jackson Society and Heritage Foundation fellow who was appointed to the UK advisory post for his expertise on extremism in 2022 observed the tone and nature of protests, warning of a “permissive environment in the UK and saying that: “Protests [are] becoming ever more vociferous, with “from the river to the sea” beamed onto the side of Big Ben during a vote on Gaza.”
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The poster girl of Just Stop Oil has been arrested after the Mail exposed an alleged plot to target MPs.
Phoebe Plummer, 22, is suspected of conspiracy to burgle and of sending a malicious communication.
Just Stop Oil posted footage on social media of Plummer in handcuffs during the arrest in Vauxhall, south London, on Wednesday.
When officers explain the charges she laughs and says: ‘This is bizarre.’
Detectives launched an investigation into her the eco group last month after the Mail On Sunday revealed a plan by activists to ‘occupy’ MPs’ homes ahead of the General Election.
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In a video that has since gone viral online, a protester spray-painted and slashed a portrait of Lord Balfour at Trinity College, University of Cambridge in England.
Lord Balfour was the architect of the Balfour Declaration and was a prominent advocate for a Jewish home in Palestine.
In a letter from Nov. 2 1917, Lord Balfour told Lord Rothschild that the British government looked favorably upon “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.”
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Vox Calls for Ban on Moroccan Agricultural Imports to Spain
Spanish national populists VOX are calling for an end of agricultural imports from Morocco after hepatitis A was found in a shipment of strawberries from Spain’s north African neighbor. This follows weeks of Spanish farmers protesting about unfair competition from Morocco.
Alarm bells were raised by the incident, which caused a stir after the AVA-ASAJA—a Spanish farmer’s association based in Valencia—sent out a press release stating that contaminated strawberries from Morocco had been allowed to enter Spain.
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Suspected Attack by Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Sets Off Explosions Ahead of a Ship in the Gulf of Aden
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels Friday set off explosions ahead of a vessel in the Gulf of Aden, authorities said.
No one was hurt on the ship, which continued on its way, according to the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Operations center, which watches over Middle East’s waterways. The private security firm Ambrey also separately reported the attack.
The Houthis did not immediately claim responsibility for the attack. A statement from Houthi military spokesperson Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree was delayed Friday night over “urgent military developments in the theater of military operations,” according to the rebel-controlled SABA news agency. He was scheduled to speak Saturday.
Friday’s explosions came after a Houthi missile struck a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, killing three of its crew members and forcing survivors to abandon the vessel.
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Nicolas de Pedro is a senior fellow at the Institute for Statecraft in London, where he works on issues related to Russia, Eurasia, and hybrid threats. He is also an analyst at the Centre for International Security at the Francisco de Vitoria University in Madrid, and he is a columnist for El Español. He has been part of election observation missions of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Ukraine. He has travelled extensively in central Asia and China, including a three-year academic stay in Kazakhstan. Past appointments include membership in the EU-Russia Experts Network on Foreign Policy (EUREN), initiated by the Delegation of the European Union to Russia, and the Russia expert group of the European Centre of Excellence for Combating Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE) in Helsinki. He is currently an associate professor at the Paris Institute of Political Studies and at the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas in Madrid.
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Ukraine War: Alarm Raised in Security Council Over Civilian Attacks
A recent sharp rise in deadly attacks against civilians in Ukraine and Russia, including by armed drones, run counter to international law and must end now, top UN officials told the Security Council on Friday afternoon.
“We condemn all attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure,” said Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General at the UN Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations. “They are prohibited under international law; they are unacceptable and must stop now.”
“Regrettably, our repeated calls for protection of civilians appear to fall on deaf ears,” he said, pointing to the Ukrainian port city of Odesa which has become a frequent target of lethal missile and drone attacks in recent days and weeks.
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Susmita Basak | HENB | Dhaka | March 7, 2024:: Again a horrifying news of attack on the Hindu minorities of Bangladesh reached the media. This time, a shocking news of the alleged gang-rape and murder of a woman priest of a Hindu temple has been coming from the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh. The Jihadi rackets involved in attacking temples to wipe out the Hindu symbols in Islamic Bangladesh are suspected by the local people.
The Priest (Pujari) has been identified as Hasilata Biswas alias Hasi (70). She was the Pujari of the Vishwabandhu Sevashram Mandir. She used to live in a room inside the Sevashram Mandir. The Sevashram Mandir is situated in the Malibata village under the Durgapur Union of the Gopalganj district.
On the morning of the 3rd of March, when local devotees visited the temple, they found that the door of her room was broken. They saw that Hasi had been lying on the floor.
A devotee said, “She was lying on the floor. Her hands were tied. Clothes were stuffed in her mouth. There were drops of blood on the floor. It is clear that she faced brutal sexual torture before murder.”
Two donation boxes of the Sevashram Mandir were found broken and all the donations and gold ornaments of the deities were taken away.
A case has already been filed in the Police Station. An investigating officer said that other agencies are working on the case. Very soon, the perpetrators will be arrested. But, no such police action has not been received till this reporting.
Advocate Rana Dasgupta, the General Secretary of Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Council, condemned the heinous ‘rape and murder’ of Hasilata Biswas who was engaged as a female priest in Vishwabandhu Sevashram Mandir in Malibata. Dasgupta visited the temple and consoled the bereaved family of Hasilata.
Hindu minorities, Hindu temples, temple lands and valuables and the temple priests in Islamic Bangladesh are subject to Jihadi attacks again and again.
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Communist China Boasts of Deepening Ties With Russia, Blasts US Trade Policy
The Chinese Communist Party’s top diplomat has boasted of China’s deepening ties with Russia as two of America’s greatest adversaries continue to build their alliance.
During a Thursday press briefing, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi blasted the “unfathomable absurdities” and “bewildering” trade policy from the United States.
He made the comments during China’s annual Foreign Minister’s briefing held during the ongoing “two sessions” gathering of the nation’s rubber-stamp legislature.
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Extinction Rebellion Promises More Chaos After West Gate Bridge Blocked for Hours
Extinction Rebellion is vowing to cause more chaos in Melbourne after blocking traffic on the West Gate bridge during the morning commute.
Three activists, including a serial protestor jailed over a similar stunt before her conviction was overturned, were charged after gathering on the bridge about 7.45am, blocking multiple city-bound lanes with a large truck.
The truck reportedly had a banner draped over the top saying “declare a climate emergency” and “climate breakdown has begun.”
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Mother and Daughter Killed in Stabbing and Police Shooting in Melbourne
A mother and daughter have died after a stabbing developed into a police shooting in Melbourne’s northeast.
Police were called to a Kett Street address after initial reports were made of a woman, 26, attempting to set another 52-year-old woman on fire about 6.30pm yesterday.
Arriving on the scene, officers were confronted with a woman “stabbing her mother” with officers left with “no choice” but to shoot her, Victoria Police Acting Superintendent Scott Colson said today.
“Police called on the daughter to drop the knife, however she continued to stab the mother and the members and what I understand was that they had no other choice but to shoot her”, Colson said.
Acting Superintendent Scott Colson said that only one shot was fired by officers.
He said officers were “confronted with a terrible dilemma and they’ve acted absolutely appropriately in their training and within the guidelines.”
“And for that they have my full support along with the broader organisation.”
“Unfortunately, and tragically, both the mother and the daughter died.”
The daughter, believed to be 26?-years-old, died as result of the single police shot.
Paramedics worked to save the mother, in her early 50s, but she also died at the scene, succumbing to knife wounds to her chest.
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Global Female Genital Mutilation Cases Soar to 230+ Million
Cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) top 230 million worldwide and show no sign of slowing down, UNICEF said in a report released Friday, citing a dramatic increase of 15 percent since 2016 with most cases being reported in Africa.
FGM can include partial or total removal of the clitoris as well as the labia minora, and suturing of the vaginal opening to narrow it, in the incorrect belief the cut can control women’s sexuality and make them more likely to be obedient to religious and social restrictions.
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230 Arrested During Major Human Trafficking Sting, Multiple Victims Rescued
Authorities in Florida have announced the results of a major human trafficking bust, confirming that “Operation March Sadness 2024” secured almost 230 arrests.
During the operation, 13 potential victims were rescued from human trafficking rings.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced the bust of a human trafficking operation during a March 5 press conference.
Judd revealed that the operation, which focused on the west side of the county in Lakeland, led to 228 arrests and the rescue of 13 potential victims.
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46 Migrants Rescued From Rocks on Lampedusa
Agroup of 46 migrants from Pakistan and Egypt were rescued from rocks on the westernmost point of Lampedusa on Friday.
The coast guard also recovered one dead body.
The group is understood to have departed from Zuwara in Libya on Wednesday evening and paid between 4,000 and 6,000 euro for the crossing.
Following preliminary medical checks the survivors will be transferred to the hotspot reception centre in contrada Imbriacola, joining the 15 people already there.
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Adams Administration Offers NYC Religious Groups Up to $54K a Month to House Migrants
Mayor Eric Adams’ administration issued a plea to faith leaders this week, asking them to open their doors to some of the thousands of migrants currently in the city’s care, The Post has learned.
The administration sent out a letter to religious groups across the Big Apple asking for volunteers to provide daytime respite centers for 150 migrants, in exchange for up to $54,000 a month.
It also asked if religious centers would be willing to house 19 other migrants at night, for up to $35,500, according to the letter obtained by The Post.
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Bloodthirsty Venezuelan Gang Tren De Aragua Sets Up Shop in US as Border Authorities Sound Alarm
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is warning agents to be on the lookout for members of a notorious Venezuelan prison gang coming across the southern border — just as the socialist country is refusing to take its citizens back.
A CBP source provided Fox News with an internal CBP intelligence bulletin revealing tattoos and identifiers for Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan prison gang. Members of that gang have been entering the U.S. illegally through the southern border.
Fox News reported this week that the brother of the suspect in the killing of Georgia student Laken Riley has ties to the gang. Both the suspect and his brother are Venezuelans who entered the U.S. illegally.
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EPP Presents Third-Country Asylum Scheme to Attract Right-Wing Voters
The centrist European People’s Party (EPP) is touting migration reforms that mimic the UK’s failing Rwanda ‘plan’ of deporting migrants abroad for asylum processing. The move is a blatant attempt to appeal to the Right ahead of the European elections and, as one ‘Brussels insider’ told The Guardian, will make the Left “go mad.”
The European Parliament group approved its manifesto on Wednesday, which says on illegal migration:
We want to implement the concept of safe third countries. Anyone applying for asylum in the EU could also be transferred to a safe third country and undergo the asylum process there.
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A 52-year-old Iraqi man who allegedly raped an 18-year-old girl on a train has already been released, ending up back out on the streets less than 24 hours after his arrest.
The alleged sexual assault occurred on Friday at 6.30 p.m. on a train near Nienburg in Lower Saxony. The Iraqi man allegedly penetrated the woman’s genital area and bit her, resulting in the woman alerting a train attendant about the incident, who called the police.
The man was arrested at Leese station, according to T Online.
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Illegal Migrants Want to Leave Britain, But the Police Keep Stopping Them
Get spotted making your way across the Channel to Britain and the English authorities will wilfully help you on your way, completing the job for which traffickers were paid a grand sum. But get caught trying to leave Britain, to make your way back to France, and you’ll be stopped in your tracks.
This is what a number of illegal migrants have found after successfully arriving in Britain but then, believing it to be a disappointment, being stopped by the police while trying to escape.
Robert Bates, research director at the Centre for Migration Control think tank, told The European Conservative that “this whole situation is now truly entering a realm beyond parody.”
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Virginia authorities have apprehended an illegal immigrant from Mexico in connection with the Feb. 29 abduction of a 15-year-old Ohio girl.
The Butler County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio on Tuesday reported the arrest of Isauro Garcia Cruz, 43, on warrants for first-degree felony kidnapping, third-degree felony unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, fourth-degree felony gross sexual imposition and first-degree misdemeanor interference with custody.
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Judge Orders Biden to Stop Diverting Border Wall Money
A federal judge on Friday shot down the Biden administration’s plans to divert money from border wall construction to other projects like environmental remediation, ruling that it appears to violate the law.
Judge Drew B. Tipton said Congress gets to decide how money is spent and when it wrote its spending bills for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 it allocated nearly $1.4 billion each year for wall-building. The president trampled on that when he decided to spend wall-building money on “remediation projects.”
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Judge Rejects Texas Lawsuit Against Immigration Policy Central to Biden’s Border Strategy
A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by Republican officials in Texas that sought to shut down a federal program that has allowed hundreds of thousands of migrants to fly to U.S. airports, preserving for now a policy central to the Biden administration’s immigration agenda.
The dispute centered on a Biden administration program that allows up to 30,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to enter the U.S. each month if they have American financial sponsors. Those permitted to fly to the U.S. under the policy have been granted two-year work permits under an immigration authority known as humanitarian parole that President Biden has used at an unprecedented scale.
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Laken Riley’s Mother Blasts Biden as ‘Pathetic’ for Getting Daughter’s Name Wrong During SOTU
Laken Riley’s mother slammed President Biden on Friday for saying her daughter’s name incorrectly during his State of the Union speech Thursday night.
The president seemed to refer to the 22-year-old Georgia nursing student, who was allegedly killed by a Venezuelan migrant in the country illegally last month, as “Lincoln” rather than “Laken” in his speech.
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Migrants Disrupt Icelandic Parliamentary Debate on Stricter Migration Law
Three migrants on Thursday disrupted proceedings in the Icelandic parliament, demanding family unification and housing, as the body was starting a debate on implementing stricter immigration laws. One of the men climbed over the railing from the upper gallery, making it look like he intended to jump onto the chamber floor.
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A second brother of the Venezuelan migrant charged in the brutal murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was arrested after crossing the border illegally last year, it has been revealed.
Argeinis Ibarra, the 24-year-old brother of accused killer Jose Ibarra, was nabbed by Border Patrol on April 30, 2023, while trying to sneak across the besieged southern border into El Paso, Texas, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.
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The Venezuelan migrant charged with murdering Laken Riley has been identified as member of a deadly gang, but was still waved through the US border, sources have revealed.
Jose Ibarra, 26, is listed as part of the deadly Tren de Aragua gang on internal Department of Homeland Security documents seen by The Post.
He was first arrested for illegally crossing into the US in September 2022 at El Paso, Texas. However, after less than 24 hours in custody, he was released on parole and given free rein in the US until October 2024, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement insiders.
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Moroccan Who Beat German Teen to Death During Football Tournament is Spared Jail
A 17-year-old Moroccan footballer who beat a German teen to death during a football tournament last year has avoided being sent to prison.
The perpetrator was an associate of the French football club FC Metz’s Performance Program when his side competed in the Germany Cup, an under-17s international tournament held in Frankfurt last spring.
On May 28, a brawl ensued during one of the fixtures which resulted in the Moroccan national punching his young German opponent, Paul P., to the ground. Emergency responders were dispatched to the scene when the victim did not regain consciousness and he was rushed to hospital after falling into a coma.
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Netherlands Wants Ukrainian Refugees to Contribute to State Expenses
Ukrainians who have been granted refugee status in the Netherlands and are already working will have to contribute around €350 a month to their care costs, Minister of State for Justice and Home Security Eric van der Burg announced in a note to the House of Commons.
Since the start of the Russian war against Ukraine, Ukrainian refugees have been able to live and work in the Netherlands without a visa and are exempt from paying utility costs, health insurance fees, and municipal taxes. They also receive between €280 and €380 a month from the local municipality to cover living costs, but this support stops as soon as they start working.
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During President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Thursday, when speaking about Jose Ibarra, the illegal immigrant charged in the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, he used the term “illegal” to describe him. On Friday he rephrased after backlash from Democrats and instead said, “technically he’s not supposed to be here.”
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The Sex Pistols’ John Lydon today claimed immigration had created ‘division’ across many parts of the UK.
John, best known by his stage name Johnny Rotten, said the country today is ‘so, so catastrophically disappointing’ as he suggested people arriving into Britain are creating ‘animosity in communities’.
The musician was speaking to Andrew Marr during an interview on LBC about his upcoming tour and claimed a number of the seaside towns he will be visiting are ‘full of what they term prospective immigrants’.
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A Syrian asylum seeker found guilty of sexually assaulting four 11-year-old girls in the swimming pool of a Center Parcs holiday resort in the Netherlands has been sentenced to 60 hours of community service.
A total of 10 young girls and women filed police reports concerning the behavior of the 29-year-old migrant who targeted and groped visitors of the swimming complex in Zandvoort on Feb. 19, 2023.
Hart van Nederland reported how some of the girls had their buttocks groped by the man, while others claimed the migrant had clamped his legs around their waists and pressed his genitals against their hips.
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Von Der Leyen Faces French Revolt as EU Establishment Party Stumbles on Migration
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is facing an unexpected obstacle to her reelection bid this week as French establishment conservatives strongly criticised her “technocratic reflexes” and alliances with the left at the annual congress of the European People’s Party (EPP) in Romania this week.
Europeans are less than three months away from elections, with von der Leyen expected to easily return to the EU top job in what critics have branded a “coronation” rather than an actual reelection campaign.
Centre-right parties from across Europe are meeting in Bucharest this week to decide on a common platform as the EPP, the largest faction within the European Parliament, meets to launch its manifesto amid concerns that the group has veered way to the left since 2019 on green issues and migration.
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Johns Hopkins Medicine’s ‘Diversity’ Chief Resigns After Pushing ‘Privilege Hit List’
Johns Hopkins Medicine’s head of so-called “diversity” has been forced to step down after sending out a controversial “privilege hit list” that sparked a major backlash.
According to The Baltimore Sun, Dr. Sherita Golden, the institution’s “chief diversity officer,” has resigned after defining the word “privilege” in the most racist and asinine way possible.
Golden published a radical and divisive definition of the word in a January newsletter from the institution.
However, the definition immediately caused a backlash that would lead to her departure.
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NXXT Golf Tour Blocks Biological Men From Playing Against Women in New Policy
On Friday, NXXT Golf CEO Stuart McKinnon announced that effective immediately, athletes who want to play in in the Women’s tour must be biological women.
“As we navigate through the evolving landscape of sports, it is crucial to uphold the competitive integrity that is the cornerstone of women’s sports. Our revised policy is a reflection of our unwavering commitment to celebrating and protecting the achievements and opportunities of female athletes. Protected categories are a fundamental aspect of sports at all levels, and it is essential for our Tour to uphold these categories for biological females, ensuring a level playing field,” McKinnon wrote.
A press release stated that the updated policy came as the result of “comprehensive research, thoughtful deliberation, and extensive consultations with a broad spectrum of stakeholders in the sports community.”
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A corporal in the Spanish Army has revealed how an administrative gender change under Spain’s new Trans Law has seen their pension increase, unlocked the child benefit since they are now recognized as a “mother,” and facilitated a move to a private room in the barracks with their own private bathroom.
“On the outside, I feel like a heterosexual man. But on the inside, I am a lesbian woman, which prevails. That’s why I made the legal change to being a woman,” said 35-year-old Roberto Perdigones in an interview with El Español online newspaper.
The soldier explains that they are a man, equipped with male genitalia and a beard. They have also fathered a son and remain attracted to women.
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A Portland bartender has been found guilty on hate crime and harassment charges for misgendering and physically confronting a trans-identified biological male who had been using the women’s restroom.
On Wednesday, Multnomah County Circuit Court found Cassie McIntyre, 40, guilty of second-degree bias crime and harassment following a two-day jury trial. Judge Christopher Marshall sentenced McIntyre to two years of probation and 50 hours of community service, per the Oregonian.
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UK: TV Broadcaster Files Police Complaint Against J.K. Rowling for ‘Misgendering,’ ‘Transphobia’
India Willoughby, Britain’s first transgender broadcaster who has appeared on Celebrity Big Brother, previously filed a police report against author J.K. Rowling for the crime of “misgendering.”
Willoughby, a man living as a woman, said in an interview with UK’s Byline TV he had a “cut and dry” complaint against Rowling because she allegedly “misgendered” him. Per Deadline:
Willoughby underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2015 and was credited with being the first transgender TV news reporter in the UK, working for ITV Tyne Tees regional news.
In recent days, Rowling has repeatedly declined to use Willoughby’s preferred pronouns and has openly mocked the broadcaster in posts on Twitter, now X.
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WEF Advisor: AI Will Make ‘Big Decisions’ for Public
A top World Economic Forum (WEF) official has told the American people that artificial intelligence (AI) will soon make all the “big decisions” for them and “tell” humans “what to do.”
Yuval Noah Harari, one of the architects behind the WEF’s anti-human agenda and a senior advisor to founder Klaus Schwab, made the declaration during an appearance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” this week.
Harari discussed how AI will replace a large portion of the human race.
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Go Jordan go ( Peterson that is).
I’m a big fan of his, but sometimes it is hard to stop him from talking…lol…
Congratulations to Swedens police for finally raiding a mosque full of mosquitoes. Hopefully they will keep it up.
🙂
“Czechia Sends 800,000 Artillery Shells to Ukraine”
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“The Ukrainian Government of the Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren has gathered the funds necessary to send 800,000 much-needed artillery shells for the War Effort in Ukraine.”
There – I fixed that for ya
Martin Sellner tweeted: Ich bin froh und dankbar, dass ich wieder auf Twitter/X sein kann. Besonders danke ich Musk, der diese Plattform wieder offener gemacht hat. Hoffe der Trend setzt sich fort und alle anderen Gesperrten kommen wieder.
Danke auch an alle die meine Klage unterstützt haben!
Google translate: I’m happy and grateful to be back on Twitter/X. I would especially like to thank Musk for making this platform more open again. Hope the trend continues and everyone else who has been banned comes back.
Thanks also to everyone who supported my lawsuit!
Frankfurt is now 15% Muslim, and political opportunists are choosing their sides.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/frankfurt-becomes-first-german-city-hang-ramadan-lights
“Frankfurt is now 15% Muslim”
Gosh, who could’a seen that coming?! Oh, wait..
“What’s another way to say “Resettlement Jihad”?” —posted to fb (June 2018)
“Whilst America battles Bolshevik two year-olds, illegals and their fellow travelers, the “Resettlement Jihad” quietly metastasizes here and throughout Europe (except Hungary and Czech, which had the common-sense to ban the entry of Muslim migrants)…” —posted to fb (Aug 2018)
“Whilst America’s fixated, once again, on its political reality show (remember: the US was fixated on a missing congressional aide when we were attacked by Mohammedanists on 9/11), the Mohammedanists quietly continue their “Resettlement Jihad”. I wonder what “the religion of peace” is up to (that’s a rhetorical question—the answer’s clear to anyone with a logic-based brain and a working knowledge of history… the question is: How many more innocent Americans will die before we put a stop to it?)..” —posted to fb (Sept 2018)
“Less than 40 per cent of Germans said they would be willing to defend their nation”
Does this include New Germans?
Maybe they should be asked if they would be willing to take up arms to help the invaders?
So, Chris Bort, acting chief of ATF’s Firearms Ammunition Technology Division….introduced by the ATF Director as the ATF’s “expert”….right?, does NOT appear to know how to disassemble (or reassemble) the most common sidearm in Obamerica—a Glock…..right? And these two are The Party’s “experts” in charge of enforcing firearm laws in Obamerica….right?
Now, I’ll grant that knowing how to operate modern firearms, especially the SCARY LOOKING ones, CAN be complex, intimidating and confusing for someone with 0 experience with firearms, especially the SCARY LOOKING ones…..right? But these two’re supposed to be THE federal government’s TOP FIREARMS EXPERTS. And you wonder why non-hyphenated AMERICAN citizens, many of whom ARE experts in firearms (especially the SCARY LOOKING ones), want to ban dopey weapons—i.e., the biological poopy-heads that have the trigger fingers—rather than inanimate tools….right?
It’s NOT an exaggeration to suggest that placing people like this in charge of firearm law enforcement is akin to placing me in charge of crafting Mandarin grammar rules….and I don’t speak a word of Mandarin!….right? C’mon, guys….really?
p.s. Memo to ATF director: ANY law-abiding American CITIZEN who’s willing to submit ATF paperwork and pay ATF for a $200 “tax stamp” can purchase any registered machine gun; and that “75-round clip” is a called magazine….right? But whatever…..right?
F’ing ‘toddlers….Oy veh…..right?
https://youtu.be/J3CM8tZQ9Es?t=627