Four people were killed and several others are missing after an explosion at a hydroelectric power plant in northern Italy. Meanwhile, early on Monday morning someone threw an explosive device over the fence and onto a porch at the Satanic Temple in Salem, Massachusetts.
In other news, Italian police are investigating a gang of Tunisian migrant minors who are thought to have burned down their shared asylum accommodation.
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15 US Agencies Knew Wuhan Lab Was “Trying to Create a Coronavirus Like COVID-19”: Rand Paul
While a massive body of evidence exists on the origins of COVID-19, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is conducting his own investigation into the matter.
In a Tuesday op-ed, Paul writes that government officials from 15 federal agencies “knew in 2018 that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was trying to create a coronavirus like COVID-19.”
These officials knew that the Chinese lab was proposing to create a COVID 19-like virus and not one of these officials revealed this scheme to the public. In fact, 15 agencies with knowledge of this project have continuously refused to release any information concerning this alarming and dangerous research.
Government officials representing at least 15 federal agencies were briefed on a project proposed by Peter Daszak’s EcoHealth Alliance and the Wuhan Institute of Virology. —Rand Paul
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20 Pomona College Protesters Arrested After Storming, Occupying President’s Office
What began as a peaceful pro-Palestinian demonstration on Friday afternoon at Pomona College quickly devolved after protesters stormed and then occupied the college president’s office. By the end of the evening, 20 students had been arrested and booked by riot-gear-wearing local police forces.
Nineteen students were charged with misdemeanor trespassing and one with obstruction of justice, according to the Claremont Police Department. Police from Claremont, Pomona, Azusa and La Verne responded to the scene.
The protest started over the college’s dismantling of a piece of student-erected pro-Palestinian protest art on the Claremont campus that had been standing since March 28.
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Alec Baldwin rushed the crew on the set of Rust in such a way that it led to safety concerns for crew members before the shooting. After the fatal shooting he reportedly “changed his story.”
According to the Daily Mail, documents filed by prosecutors in the case revealed the poor behavior and that it contributed to “safety compromises” that allegedly led to the shooting of Halyna Hutchins in Oct. 2021.
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AOC Says She’s ‘One of the Few That Doesn’t’ Benefit From Biden’s Student Debt Handout
Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has revealed that she won’t benefit from President Joe Biden’s taxpayer-funded student debt handout.
Biden is pushing to wipe the student debts of college-educated voters with tax dollars ahead of the critical 2024 election.
However, AOC says she’s “a little bit outside the threshold and bounds” to take advantage of the socialist vote-buying scheme.
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On Monday, the Department of Justice revealed that it would not be complying with Republicans’ demands to release audio of Joe Biden’s classified documents interview with special counsel Robert Hur, despite threats from House Judiciary Committee and House Oversight Committee Chairmen Jim Jordan and James Comer that failure to abide by the subpoenas could lead them to hold Attorney General Merrick in contempt of Congress.
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A Washington judge ruled the state’s high-capacity magazine ban unconstitutional on Monday, but the law will remain in place for now after an emergency order from the state Supreme Court.
Cowlitz County Superior Court Judge Gary Bashor ruled Washington lawmakers’ 2022 ban on sales of magazines that hold more than 10 rounds violates both the state and U.S. constitutions, the Seattle Times reported.
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Breaking: Michigan Parents of School Shooter Ethan Crumbley Sentenced to 10-15 Years for Son’s Crime
The parents of school shooter in Michigan Ethan Crumbley have been jailed after being convicted of manslaughter.
Ethan is serving life in prison for murder after he killed four students at Oxford High School in Michigan in November 2021. Ethan was 15 at the time.
Ethan’s mother Jennifer Crumbley, 45, and his father, James Crumbley, 47, are now both going to prison for manslaughter. The gun had been given to Ethan as a gift from his parents.
Each of Ethan’s parents are serving 10-15 years for the charges, according to Sky News. The case has broad implications for gun-related crimes and the second amendment.
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CDC Admits Huge Wave of Deadly COVID Vax Injuries
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has quietly published a new report admitting to hundreds of thousands of cases of previously undisclosed injuries caused by Covid mRNA shots.
The CDC revealed that it received a staggering 780,000 previously undisclosed reports about a wide array of adverse effects caused by the COVID-19 vaccinations.
Alarmingly, Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration had tried to hide the reports from the public.
However, the CDC was forced to publish the information following a court order.
These reports are in addition to the shocking number of cases already revealed by the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).
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Chicago’s Lori Lightfoot Lands $400 an Hour Job Investigating ‘Worst Mayor in America’
Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been appointed by the trustees of Dolton, Illinois as a special investigator to probe Dolton’s embattled mayor, Tiffany Henyard — for $400 per hour.
Henyard is accused of mishandling funds. Last month she vetoed calls for an investigation into herself, which was overturned Monday night. A former city employee also accused Henyard of retaliation after she says a village trustee sexually assaulted her on a trip to Las Vegas last year, after which she was fired after speaking up.
During a Monday meeting which had roughly 150 community members in attendance — but Henyard and two village trustees skipped out on, the four remaining trustees present voted in favor of appointing Lightfoot, a former assistant US attorney, to investigate the mayor.
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Controversy Swirls as Speaker Johnson Sidesteps Key Privacy Reform in Surveillance Law Overhaul
The US House of Representatives is about to vote on yet another reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and “reform” of one of its most controversial components, Section 702.
Like FISA’s name goes, the target is supposed to be foreign threats; however, the problem is that the act, with its original roots in the post-9/11 era — also infringes on what should be legally guaranteed rights of Americans.
And it’s been 20+ years since 9/11 — so now some prominent conservatives are asking — might the next big terrorist threat actually be coming along with illegal immigrants?
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Democrat Rep Sheila Jackson Lee Tells Students the Moon is ‘Made Up Mostly of Gases’
Congressional Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) told students during a ceremony that the moon is “made up mostly of gases” the same day of the recent solar eclipse.
The former member of the Science Committee and former Ranking Member of the Space and Aeronautics Committee in Congress spoke to the students on Monday and said that the moon was “made up mostly of gas.”
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Explosive Device Thrown Onto Porch of Satanic Temple in Salem, Police Say
SALEM, Mass. — Massachusetts and federal authorities are investigating a bombing that happened at the Satanic Temple in Salem, according to police.
Salem police said that shortly before 4:15 a.m. Monday, a person threw an explosive device over the fence and onto a porch at the Satanic Temple, which is located at 64 Bridge St.
No one was inside the building at the time and the device, as well as the damage it caused, were not discovered until staff arrived at about 4 p.m., police said. The Satanic Temple was closed on Monday.
“It kind of fizzled out, but scorched some of the side of the house,” said Lucien Greaves, a co-founder of the Satanic Temple.
Massachusetts State Police bomb technicians ensured the device was no longer a danger and K-9s that can detect explosive ordinances swept the Satanic Temple for secondary devices, according to Salem police. Members of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also provided assistance.
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Update (1700ET): The situation has escalated during the day to say the least.
US officials confirmed that The FAA has announced it is launching an investigation into the whistleblower’s allegations that the 787 Dreamliner suffers from assembly defects that threaten safety
“Rather than heeding his warnings, Boeing prioritized getting the planes to market as quickly as possible, despite the known, well-substantiated issues Mr. Salehpour raised,” said attorneys Debra Katz and Lisa Banks, who pointed to “critical defects” on nearly 1,500 Boeing planes.
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Far-Left Activists in Maryland Lobby to Change Name of Francis Scott Key Bridge
The Caucus of African American Leaders of Anne Arundel County (CAAL) has called on officials to consider renaming the recently-collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, arguing that the author of the national anthem “demeaned black people” with the song’s lyrics and that he had slaves.
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Fifty Anti-Israel Protesters Arrested for Shutting Down Senate Cafeteria
The United States Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested dozens of anti-Israel protesters in a Senate office building after demonstrators blocked access to and occupied the upper chamber’s cafeteria.
Chanting “the Senate can’t eat until Gaza eats” and calling for a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, the protesters included representatives from organizations like Code Pink and Christians for a Free Palestine, videos captured inside the building show.
“Approximately 50 people were arrested for illegally demonstrating inside the Dirksen Senate Office Building this afternoon,” a Capitol Police spokesperson told told National Review. Demonstrating inside any congressional building is against the law, the spokesperson said, and offenders could be charged with “crowding, obstructing, or incommoding.”
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Florida Woman Who Stole, Sold Biden’s Daughter’s Diary Sentenced to 1 Month in Prison
A Florida woman who stole the diary of President Biden’s daughter and then sold it to a conservative group was sentenced Tuesday to one month in prison.
Aimee Harris appeared in a Manhattan federal courtroom where she was also ordered to three months of home confinement.
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Giving Money to Ukraine is in Your Own Best Interest, David Cameron Tells U.S. Congress
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron told America that “it’s profoundly in your interests” to shovel more money into Ukraine while saying he would like to meet with any members of Congress in need of persuading as he visits Washington.
For Ukraine, “perhaps nothing is more important than the supplemental the Congress is looking at the moment” former Prime Minister David Cameron — who quit the post over losing his own Brexit referendum, but is now back in government as Britain’s chief diplomat — said on Tuesday.
Now Lord Cameron — after he was elevated to Britain’s largely appointed House of Lords — tried to claim that he would not “lecture” Americans on how to spend their money while at the same time appealing for U.S. taxpayer money on behalf of Ukraine.
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Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has just dropped the hammer on child abusers with a new bill that seeks to raise the federal minimum punishments for convicted predators.
The congresswoman is slated to introduce the new legislation this week that targets pedophiles and child sex traffickers.
The bill would raise the federal minimum punishments for such offenses to the death penalty or life in prison.
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Idaho Man Arrested for Planning Attacks on Churches in Support of ISIS
The Justice Department on Monday announced the arrest of a man they say planned to carry out attacks on churches in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, over the weekend after pledging support to the terror group ISIS.
Alexander Mercurio, 18, was arrested on Saturday on charges of attempting to provide material support to ISIS. Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray said in statement Monday that the FBI thwarted his plans to use knives, firearms and fire to carry out the attacks.
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Jack Smith Urges Supreme Court to Reject Trump’s Presidential Immunity Claim in Final Filing
Authored by Stephen Katte via The Epoch Times
Special counsel Jack Smith in his final filing before the hearing is urging the Supreme Court to reject former President Donald Trump’s presidential immunity claim and deny any motions to delay a trial on charges related to the 2020 federal election conspiracy case.
Prosecutors from the DOJ allege President Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 election result on Jan. 6, 2021, charging him with four counts of conspiracy and obstruction.
Former President Trump has denied he did anything wrong by calling for transparency and audits of the vote counts in swing states, and maintains presidential immunity for his actions on that day, which prevents prosecution for any actions he took while still in the top job.
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McDonald’s $25 ‘Deal’ Goes Viral; Users Blame California’s Minimum-Wage Increase: ‘Your New Normal’
A viral social media video about a $25 McDonald’s “deal” recently sparked an online debate about California’s minimum-wage increase.
A TikTok user who posts videos under the username @shannon_montipaya shared the video on March 27. She was in the drive-thru of a Southern California McDonald’s location when she saw a sign for a 40-piece Chicken McNugget meal deal, which also included two large fries.
The price of the meal bundle was $25.39 — including sales tax, it would come to roughly $27. In the video, the social media user lamented that the meal didn’t even include a drink.
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Nearly Half of U.S. Muslims, Like U.K. Muslims, Support Hamas in War
A recent poll by the Pew Research Center shows that nearly half of Muslims in the U.S. support the Hamas terrorist group in its war against Israel — a similar proportion to that found in a different poll of Muslims in the United Kingdom.
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On Tuesday, GOP House lawmakers urged the Senate to take up the impeachment trial for Biden’s Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The chamber voted to impeach Mayorkas in February by a vote of 214 to 213.
The process will soon move to the Democrat-led Senate, where some predict lawmakers will seek to dismiss the charges.
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An undercover video from Sound Investigations reveals former FBI employee and contracting CIA officer, Gavin O’Blennis claiming that there were at least 20 FBI agents in the J6 crowd. O’Blennis also revealed that the agency was behind the lawsuit brought by Sandy Hook families against Alex Jones. In the end, he said, the agency got what it wanted: to “take all his money.”
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Oakland Crime Wave: Burglaries Nearly Doubled Over Last Three Years as Arrests Cut in Half
The city of Oakland has experienced a dramatic crime surge since 2020 as arrests plunge and the police department struggles to fill vacancies.
From 2020 to 2023 burglaries increased by 99 percent, motor-vehicle theft surged by 72 percent, robberies jumped by 53 percent and homicides went up 16 percent, according to a supplemental police report on the Oakland public safety committee’s April 9 agenda. Arrests plummeted by 50 percent over the same period.
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Over 500,000 Democratic Voters Have Cast Primary Protest Votes Against Biden
There are clear indicators that large swathes of prior Biden voters don’t intend to vote for him this next time around versus Trump. The latest example is that the “uncommitted” campaign is gaining steam, having garnered the support of more than a half-million Democrat voters.
The initiative organized by dissident Democrats outraged over President Biden’s handling of the Israel-Gaza war has sent a powerful shot across the bow of his presidential campaign, and the movement didn’t even exist at the start of the 2024 primary season. Yet The Nation says that so far in total 530,502 people have voted “uncommitted” or “uninstructed” where it’s available on the ballot.
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Senior Editor: NPR Employs 87 Democrats in Editorial Positions, 0 Republicans in DC Newsroom
Far-left National Public Radio (NPR) employs 87 registered Democrats in editorial positions but zero Republicans in the same positions in its Washington, DC, headquarters, NPR Senior Editor Uri Berliner wrote Tuesday.
Berliner, who admittedly leans left, wrote a scathing article about NPR’s illiberal newsroom, slamming the taxpayer-funded network for refusing to address “a diversity problem” within the office.
In an article published in the Free Press, Berliner said he opposed many of the left-wing and perhaps false narratives NPR spun about the coronavirus “lab leak theory,” Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, Hunter Biden’s laptop, former President Donald Trump, and the 2016 Russia hoax.
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The CDC found suicide was the eighth leading cause of death in men in 2021, with 38,400 deaths per year, while Alzheimer’s was ninth at 37,000 fatalities.
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The View co-hosts had a heated debate on Monday as they tried to explain the science behind the total solar eclipse, which saw millions of Americans taking to the streets to view the phenomenon.
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Tennessee Senate Passes Bill Allowing Teachers to Carry Guns Amid Vocal Protests
Tennessee Senate Republicans passed legislation Tuesday that would allow public K-12 teachers and school staff to carry concealed handguns on school grounds — despite vocal protests from Covenant School families, their supporters and others seeking stricter gun-control measures.
The measure passed in a 26-5 vote that fell along party lines. Discussion over the bill halted as a group of around 200 gun-reform advocates voiced their opposition in the Senate gallery. Several were holding signs, and the crowd reacted by snapping their fingers in support or hissing in dissent as Senators debated the bill. Some spoke out during the early parts of the discussion.
After repeated warnings about disruptions, Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, called for state troopers to clear the gallery. He permitted a group of mothers of Covenant School students to stay, saying they had not caused a disruption.
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Trump Supporter Attacked With Sledgehammer in New Jersey
A well-known supporter of President Donald Trump has been hospitalized after being brutally attacked with a sledgehammer in New Jersey.
64-year-old Rocky Granata was attacked by an anti-Trump activist and repeatedly hit with a sledgehammer.
Granata drives an RV around town with prominent pro-Trump and Make America Great Again signs covering it,
He was attacked by Michael Gonzalez, 36 at Crown Tire in the Port Monmouth section of the city.
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Two NYC Correctional Officers Assaulted, Injured by Inmates on Rikers Island
On Monday, two correctional officers on Rikers Island were assaulted by inmates in separate areas of the facility.
The officers, whose identities have not been released, were left bloodied and received medical attention.
According to the New York Post, the first incident took place around 1pm in the George R Vierno Center. The 22-year-old officer in question was responding to what is believed to have been a fight involving members of rival gangs.
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Anti-Lockdown Doctor in Court This Week for Judicial Review of Censure by Medical College
An outspoken Ontario doctor is in court this week so a judge can review the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario’s “cautions” against her COVID-19 commentary.
Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill’s judicial review is slated for Wednesday before the Ontario Superior Court.
Her legal costs have been largely supported by Elon Musk’s X Corp. Gill is fighting to quash three cautions ordered against her by the college for her commentary on what was then Twitter at the height of COVID panic.
“The (college) issued guidance that doctors’ opinions during COVID-19 had to align with the government, and took steps to censure ethical physicians who raised alarm bells about public health policies,” said Gill’s lawyer, Lisa Bildy of Libertas Law. “But the stifling of scientific debate, especially on novel measures being imposed on a massive scale, is not reasonable, in our submission, nor is it in the public interest.”
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Breaking: PM Trudeau Attacks Rival Poilievre for Not Denouncing ALEX JONES Endorsement
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ranted on the floor of Parliament against his main political rival Pierre Poilievre for not denouncing an endorsement by Alex Jones.
After Poilievre called out Trudeau’s radical policies that decimated Canada’s economy and squeezed Canadians with soaring rent and grocery prices, Trudeau launched into a bizarre ad hominem rant of his own against Poilievre’s character.
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China Interfered in 2019, 2021 Canadian Federal Elections: Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Trudeau government officials testifying before the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference Monday confirmed Chinese interference in at least two Canadian federal elections and that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office was briefed on the matter.
According to top secret documents released by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), the People’s Republic of China (PRC) “clandestinely and deceptively interfered in both the 2019 and 2021 general elections.”
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“Today’s Democracy Cannot Save Us From the Climate Crisis”
We need a third alternative between democracy and eco-fascism, according to philosopher Odin Lysaker. In a new book, he advocates ecological love.
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Polish television (TVP) has officially been put into a state of liquidation by a court despite the fact that back in January an official of the Registry Court had refused to authorize the liquidation on the grounds that it transgressed legal provisions on the existence of public media and bypassed the constitution.
At the time, Culture Minister Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz had dismissed the court’s decision, saying that the liquidation would continue and that he would eventually get his way.
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Ahead of Olympics, France Unveils New Paris Travel Rules
France has unveiled a system of compulsory QR-code passes for travel throughout Paris, with the new system reportedly being implemented to reduce the threat of terrorism ahead of the Olympic Games in the city.
Due to be brought in a week before the Games’ opening ceremony, all those wishing to travel in large parts of the French capital, including any one of its many quays, must register for a QR-pass.
This pass will then be granted as long as the individual applicant passes a security background check.
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Brussels Fears “Disinformation” Campaign Before EU Elections
In a bid to protect this year’s European election campaign from “disinformation” and “foreign interference,” the European Commission has asked the European political groups to sign a code of conduct. By pressuring them to “commit to maintaining the integrity of the 2024 European Parliament elections. Brussels seems to be preparing to pursue sovereigntists, whose campaign messages are often labelled as “Russian disinformation.”
Nevertheless, the document was signed on Tuesday, April 9th, by all the European umbrella groups, including the right-wing Identity and Democracy Party (ID), whose members—such as the German Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party—are regularly accused of spreading “false Russian narratives.” The ID party may have agreed to the code of conduct, as it is non-binding and does not apply to national parties, who are responsible for their respective national campaigns before the EU elections in June.
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Czech Government Invests Six Billion Euros in New Nuclear Reactors
The Czech government is investing in nuclear energy as a means to decarbonisation.
The Czech government wants the new units to gradually go in service between 2029 and 2040, and fully phase out from Coal and Lignite by 2033. The goal is for oil and gas to be phased out by 2050, according to the ambitious National Energy and Climate Plan.
The Czech Republic is traditionally a carbon energy exporter, yet its government is seemingly ready to cut ties.
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Despite Farmers’ Anger, EU to Renew Trade Deal With Ukraine
European Union institutions have struck a deal to extend an agreement allowing the tariff-free importation of Ukrainian agricultural products — despite protests from farmers within the bloc.
The European Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on extending the Autonomous Trade Measures (ATM) on April 8.
As part of the deal, politicians have introduced safeguards aimed at appeasing concerned EU farmers, with the measures said to be designed to prevent “distortions” in the market.
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EC ‘Spreading Misinformation’ Over Bulgaria Gas Controversy, MEP Claims
An MEP has accused the European Commission of spreading misinformation concerning an ongoing gas scandal in Bulgaria.
In a press statement seen by Brussels Signal, Identity and Democracy group representative Gunnar Beck slammed the EC for claiming that all European Union Member States were following its recent post-Ukraine war gas-storage directives despite the Bulgarian scandal.
Critics claim the Bulgarian Government has illegally shown favouritism to state-owned operator Bulgargaz in the provision of aid following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine while private operators are refused similar grants.
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EC Set to Target Poland Over Excessive Debt, Warsaw Warns
The Polish finance ministry said it expected the European Commission to initiate a so-called excessive deficit procedure (EDP) against the country.
According to Poland’s Central Statistical Office calculations, the Polish general government deficit reached 5.1 per cent of GDP in 2023, compared to 3.5 per cent in 2022.
The EC may activate an EDP if a European Union Member State breaches the deficit threshold of 3 per cent of GDP in the public finance sector, known as the general government deficit in the EU’s terminology.
The EDP is designed to encourage EU countries to correct excessive deficit and/or debt levels.
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EU DisinfoLab, a non-profit officially operating independently but regularly making policy recommendations to the EU and member-states, is now pushing for a security structure created by ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) to be utilized in the “war on disinformation.”
EU DisinfoLab, which receives grants from George Soros’ controversial Open Society Foundations, is now testing the water regarding “repurposing” of an ICANN security operation set up to combat malware, spam, phishing, etc., and turn it into a tool against “disinformation sites.”
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Europe, the UK, and the Legacy of Brexit: An Interview With David Frost
David Frost, Lord Frost of Allenton, is a former British diplomat, civil servant, and politician who served as a minister of state in 2021 at the UK Cabinet Office. Among his many roles, Frost has served as ambassador to Denmark and as special adviser to Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in Theresa May’s government. When Johnson became prime minister in 2019, Frost became chief negotiator for exiting the EU and then served as Johnson’s Europe adviser. In September 2020, Frost was elevated to the House of Lords as a life peer. He became minister of state and a full member of the cabinet in March 2021, but resigned from the government in December that year over lockdown policy. This interview was
conducted in London on 19 March 2024.
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Four Dead After Blast at Italian Power Plant
Four people have died and several are missing following an explosion at a hydroelectric power plant in northern Italy.
The blast occurred underwater at the plant on Lake Suviana, 70km (43 miles) from the city of Bologna.
The affected area is located 30m (100ft) below the surface of the lake.
The mayor of the nearby town of Camugnano told Ansa news agency that a fire was believed to have broken out during maintenance work.
Marco Masinara said rescuers had trouble gaining access and that the accident had been “serious”.
The prefect of Bologna, Attilio Visconti, said a fire broke out when a turbine exploded on the eight floor below the surface, causing the floor below to become flooded.
One of the divers involved in the search and rescue operation told Italian newspaper La Repubblica he had managed to reach the seventh floor below the surface but could not reach the three people trapped further down.
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German Intelligence Chief Advocates for Monitoring Speech and Thought
The head of Germany’s domestic spy agency, Thomas Haldenwang, has penned an op-ed for a German newspaper and provided some insight into the way he understands freedom of expression, and more importantly, its limits.
Haldenwang, who is at the helm of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), defended in the article published by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung his policy of keeping watch on citizens, which includes things like “thought and speech patterns.”
At the same time, Haldenwang didn’t rule out that legal expressions of opinion might be targeted in this population surveillance effort, and made attempts to provide justification for such a stance.
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German Politician Calls for Slovakia to be Kicked Out of EU
Politicians from establishment German parties are calling for Slovakia’s EU funds to be frozen, and for the country to be ‘kicked out’ of the European Union after electing Peter Pellegrini as its new president. Pellegrini, a close ally of sovereigntist-nationalist Prime Minister Robert Fico, won Saturday’s presidential election in the Central European nation, defeating Europhile candidate Ivan Korcok.
Fico has harshly criticised EU policy on Ukraine, refuses to send military aid to the country, and is opposed to Ukraine joining NATO, which he believes would result in World War III. Pellegrini, too, has called for peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, a message that is at odds with the position of most member states of the EU. Western elites would have preferred Ivan Korcok—who would have urged his country to provide military aid for Ukraine—as the next president of Slovakia.
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German Troops Start First Major Foreign Deployment Since the Second World War
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanian leaders hailed a “historic event” as Germany on Monday began deploying troops in the Baltic country — a NATO member — marking the first time since World War II that German forces will be based outside the country on a long-term basis.
About two dozen soldiers arrived in Lithuania, laying the groundwork for a further 150 to join them later this year. The deployment is expected to be up to its full strength of 5,000 by the end of 2027.
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‘Honour-Based’ Crimes Soar by More Than 60 Per Cent Over Two Years in England
The number of so-called “honour-based” crimes, associated with some Islamic cultures, has risen by over 60 per cent in England over the past two years, according to an analysis of police data.
A report from the left-wing Guardian newspaper, based on figures from 26 of the 39 constabularies in England, found that in 2022 there were 2,594 instances of “honour-based” crimes, including assaults, death threats, female genital mutilation, forced marriages, and rapes.
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Human Rights Law Could Force European Countries to Pursue Net Zero
Climate extremists look like they scored a major victory in Strasbourg on Tuesday with an announcement from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in favor of a case by four elderly Swiss women claiming that the state was violating their human rights by not sufficiently living up to its climate obligations.
The ECHR is an international court set up to rule on alleged violations of the European Convention on Human Rights. Its judges are elected by the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe, a human rights organization comprising 46 nations, each of which submits a list of three nominees for consideration.
While the ECHR is not formally part of the EU administration, it has functioned as an instrument to enforce policies Eurocrats would like to see implemented.
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Irish Leader Resigns and Youngest-Ever PM Appointed Amid EU-Linked Legislation Pressures
Ireland’s Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar has officially resigned his position amid growing concerns nationally about European Union-linked legislation.
His replacement Simon Harris — at 37 the youngest-ever Irish PM and appointed on April 9 — is already under pressure over a number of issues originating in Brussels, including the forthcoming EU Migration Pact and Ireland’s planned hate-speech legislation.
Speaking shortly before officially tendering his resignation, Varadkar expressed certain regrets about his time in office, especially surrounding Ireland’s handling of the economic aspects of the Covid outbreak.
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Islamic State Threatens Terror Attack on Champions League Football Matches
A possible terrorist attack by the Islamic State (IS) on the Champions League football quarter-finals this week has security forces concerned following a social media post.
Via the Al Azaim Foundation, a media outlet responsible for spreading messages from the the terrorist group, on April 8 the IS released a picture indicating it wanted to attack the four stadiums hosting the first-leg matches, stating: “Kill them all”.
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Islamic State Rears Its Ugly Head With Latest Terror Threat
Less than a month after it claimed responsibility for the major terror attack on Moscow Concert Hall, which saw at least 139 Russian civilians killed, Islamic State (IS) has threatened to target a list of major football venues.
A post circulated by the Al-Azaim Foundation, the terror group’s de facto media outlet, called for attacks on UEFA Champions League football games ahead of the event’s quarter-finals.
Spanish officials say they have activated all of their “alert” and “response systems” ahead of Manchester City’s match against Real Madrid tonight, on April 7th. Threats have also been made against Arsenal’s home game with Bayern Munich at the Emirates Stadium, also tonight.
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NATO Kicks Off Black Sea-Danube Delta Exercise Labeled Sea Shield 24
NATO has launched its second major exercise this year in the vicinity of Ukraine, this time focusing on the Black Sea and the Danube Delta region.
The joint operation, Sea Shield 24, which runs until April 21, brings together more than 2,200 troops from Bulgaria, France, Greece, Italy, the U.K., Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Turkey, the United States, Georgia and Moldova. The forces will include 27 river and naval warships, 17 aircraft, and 91 land-based military vehicles.
According to a Romanian Navy statement, Sea Shield is the most complex event of the 2024 training year, with scenarios focusing on missions to combat illegal activities, maritime and river control, the rescue of vessels in distress, and the protection of critical infrastructure in the Black Sea, along the coast, in the Danube, and in the Danube Delta.
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Donald Tusk’s liberal coalition government in Poland has no intention of continuing plans to deliver the state-of-the-art Central Communication Port (CPK) proposed by the previous conservative administration, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has claimed.
In an interview with the Polish news outlet wnp.pl, O’Leary, shared insights from a conversation with the Polish Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Pawel Gancarz regarding the CPK transport hub project and claimed the new government in Warsaw is scrapping the idea.
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Politico Accuses Hungary’s Orban of Launching ‘Ideological Attack’ Against the EU
Hungary’s Viktor Orban has launched an ideological attack on Brussels, according to Politico. The news outlet states that Orban is looking for allies to reshape the European Union and turn the Hungarian presidency, which starts in July, to his advantage.
In the article “Viktor Orban’s plan for Europe,” journalist Suzanne Lynch writes that the Hungarian prime minister is in no danger of losing power at home, so he has launched an ideological attack on Brussels in an attempt to influence European political culture. As a means of doing so, he is using the local office of the Matthias Corvinus College organization (MCC) and the European Conservative news outlet.
The article references Orban’s recent speech, which was featured in a Remix News short, in which the Hungarian leader says that “we have no choice but to occupy Brussels.”
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National governments are infringing on citizens’ human rights by not doing enough to tackle climate change, the European Court of Human Rights has held in a landmark ruling that could have far-reaching consequences and influence climate policy across the continent.
In a highly-anticipated judgment, the Strasbourg court on Tuesday sided with a group of Swiss pensioners who brought a claim against their national government for its perceived failure to act sufficiently in reducing carbon emissions, claiming that existing climate policy was violating their human rights.
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UK: Arrest Made After Mother Pushing Baby in Pram Stabbed to Death in ‘Broad Daylight’
A 25-year-old man has been arrested after police launched a nationwide manhunt for a suspect over the knife slaying of a young mother out with her baby.
Kulsuma Akter, a 27-year-old woman was stabbed to death “in broad daylight in a busy area of Bradford” in an attack “witnessed by a number of people” while she pushed her baby in a pram on Saturday, sparking an urgent manhunt by police for a suspect. Now a man, reported to be 25-year-old Habibur Masum who police had named as their prime suspect, has been arrested, West Yorkshire Police say.
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UK: Convicted BLM Fraudster Only to Pay Back £1 of £70,000 Stolen Charity Donations
A Black Lives Matter activist fraudster will only have to pay back £1 of the tens of thousands she stole from a charity intended to help disadvantaged black children after pleading poverty at the Bristol Crown Court.
Xahra Saleem, 23, previously known as Yvonne Maina, was sentenced to two and half years in prison last year after being found guilty of using GoFundmen donations intended to send local black children on a trip to Africa on herself, using the stolen £70,000 to on hair and beauty treatments, taxis, takeaways, Amazon purchases, and a new iPhone and Mac laptop.
However, the fraudster will — at least for now — only have to pay back £1 to the charity she had defrauded. It was revealed that Saleem’s prison sentence was more lenient than normal, with Judge Michael Longma saying that he took into account her immaturity and age when sentencing her, the Daily Mail reports.
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UK: Eco Vandals Lead Attacks on SUVs as They Deflate the Tyres of 100 Cars… Using Lentils
Environmental vigilantes have claimed responsibility for deflating the tyres of more than 100 vehicles in Scotland last week.
The group, who call themselves the ‘Tyre Extinguishers’, targeted vehicles across Aberdeen.
It is believed that they stuck lentils into the tyre caps in order to deflate the tyres.
The group has carried out similar activities in Dundee, Edinburgh, and Glasgow.
A statement on their Twitter page said: ‘Aberdeen Scotland: SUVs disarmed last night in Ashgrove and Cornhill areas.
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Sadiq Khan has been dealt a fresh ULEZ blow, after new figures revealed that congestion in London is worse than it was five years ago.
Daily average congestion levels in the capital was 45% last year, up from 37% in 2019 when Khan launched the ULEZ scheme, which was designed to lower congestion levels in London.
TomTom, the location tech company, said it figured out the ‘congestion level percentage’ by calculating the time a driver sat in traffic on a given journey and comparing it to the time it would take with free-flowing traffic.
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UK: ULEZ Protesters Furious as They Complain Police Are Blocking Them From Demonstrating
Anti-Ulez protesters have clashed with police after campaigners were stopped from demonstrating outside Sadiq Khan’s home.
On Saturday, activists were left furious when officers prevented them from marching near Khan’s house in south London.
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A political rally in Budapest over the weekend has enjoyed widespread and enthusiastic coverage across Europe and American media, acutely reflecting the desire among Western political elites to see Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban removed from power.
Former Hungarian government insider and erstwhile Viktor Orban ally Péter Magyar, who was married to one of the Hungarian Prime Minister’s most prominent cabinet ministers until their divorce last year, led a rally reportedly attended by tens of thousands of anti-government protesters on Saturday. Hungary — like all European Union member states — is just months away from elections for the European Parliament, which Magyar (literally ‘The Hungarian’) says he plans to contest with a new party; a move warmly welcomed among Orban’s critics in the West.
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“Bring Them Home”: Israeli Hostages’ Families Press Europe to Help Free Loved Ones
Relatives of Israeli civilians taken hostage by Hamas during its October 7th terrorist attack made a strong plea to the German government to step up its efforts in securing their release.
By way of a high-profile leaflet campaign in the German capital of Berlin, on the attack’s 6-month anniversary and despite a decrease in media attention paid to their plight, relatives sought to remind the world that their loved ones are still languishing in Gaza.
From a hot air balloon, hundreds of pictures of the hostages were dropped, accompanied by the message “Bring them home.” The relatives had also set up a large hourglass in Berlin’s governmental district with the inscription: “Time is running out.”
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Moscow Accuses Hunter Biden-Linked Company Burisma of Financing Terror Attacks
Russia says it has uncovered more damning evidence connecting the US and NATO to recent terror and assassination campaigns in Russia, including making connections to the March 22 Crocus City Hall terror attack which resulted in over 140 Russians dead and hundreds more wounded and injured.
Russia’s Investigative Committee, which is the country’s top investigative body, announced Tuesday that it has launched a criminal probe into senior US and Western officials who are believed to be “financing terrorism”.
The formal statement claims that an ongoing investigation has “established” that money from commercial organizations tied to NATO were used to “eliminate prominent political and public figures” inside and outside Russia, as well as to “inflict economic damage” against the country. Lately there’s also been a spate of devastating cross-border attacks on refineries, ports, and oil facilities.
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US Arms Ukraine With Weapons From Top Russian Ally
The United States has delivered over 5,000 firearms and hundreds of thousands of rounds to Ukraine’s military after obtaining the weapons from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
According to U.S. Central Command, over 5,000 AK-47s, machine guns, sniper rifles and RPG-7s were sent to the Ukrainian armed forces last week, alongside 500,000 rounds of ammunition. The equipment is enough to arm one Ukrainian brigade, read a post to X, formerly Twitter from Central Command, who added that the “weapons will help Ukraine defend against Russia’s invasion.”
The U.S. government originally obtained ownership of the weapons on December 1, 2023, through civil forfeiture claims against the IRGC. Central Command said in its statement that the munitions were “originally seized by U.S. Central Command and partner naval forces from four separate transiting stateless vessels” between May 2021 and February 2023.
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Border Firefights Erupt After €270M EU Aid Deal for Armenia
The entire Armenia-Azerbaijan border has suffered five consecutive nights of firefights in a major escalation of conflict following a European Union announcement on April 5 of an aid package intended to draw Armenia into the bloc’s orbit and away from Russia.
As of writing, the latest incident was at 10am on April 9, with the Azeris claiming the Armenians started it and they simply returned fire.
The €270 million, four-year EU support deal was offered during three-way talks in Brussels between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
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India: Muslim Owners: Employees of Eatery Arrested for Selling ‘Beef’ Samosas in Gujarat
The owners have been identified as Yusuf Sheikh and Naeem Sheikh, and the other four are employees — Hanif Bhathiyara, Dilawar Pathan, Moin Habdal and Mobin Sheikh.
100 percent HalalSurabhi Singh Bist | HENB | Gandhinagar | April 8, 2024:: Two Muslim owners of a food outlet have been arrested along with their four Muslim employees for serving samosas stuffed with cow meat without the customers’ knowledge in Gujarat’s Vadodara. On getting the information, the police raided the ‘Hussaini Samosa’ shop in Chhipwad area on Saturday and seized hundreds of kilograms of samosa stuffing with beef ingredients and sent it for FSL tests.
The cops then arrested six persons — the owners of the shop and four others, reported Times of India. “The tests proved that the stuffing had cow meat following which six persons were booked and arrested,” DCP (zone 4), Panna Momaya said, reported TOI.
Arrested
Indulgence of BJP
It is unbelievable that a BJP run State like Gujarat saw such an Islamic nuisance to hurt the religious sentiment of Hindus as prompted by the “Pasmanda Triptikaran” (Muslim appeasement) as designed by once CM of the state and the present PM Narendia modi in a very culpable way to maintain his secular face by the way.
As per the report, police said many people across the city consumed these samosas believing that they were meat samosas. “The owners used to prepare the kachha samosas (not fried) in big quantities every day and supply them to the shops across the city where they were fried and sold to the customers. The Sheikhs used to sell them to the retail shop owners as meat samosas,” Momaya told TOI.
How Accused Operated
The accused operated from a five-storey building where they converted one of the rooms into a deep freezer to store beef and meat. Yusuf Sheikh, one of those arrested, told the cops during interrogation that his father used to sell samosas and he too joined the business.
“But investigations revealed that they don’t even have a licence to operate the shop. Inquiry is on to find out how long the owners were selling beef-laced samosas,” the DCP further said, quoted TOI.
Yusuf said that he preferred cow meat as it was cheaper than the buffalo or goat meat and earned him more profit. Meanwhile, a probe is also on to ascertain the source of the beef meat the accused used.
Dangerous for Hindus
The Beef Samosa case as unearthed in ‘Hussaini Samosa’ clearly indicated that Muslim Eateries can be dangerous from the Hindus with their Sanatani Faith. Muslim Eateries, 786-Halal marked Food Stations, No- Beef Restaurants, Islamic Hotels cannot be believed in any way as they can destroy Hindu faith stealthily.
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Victoria’s premier will not rule out the possibility of backing a proposal to exclude Aboriginal people from paying land tax as part of upcoming treaty negotiations.
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Penny Wong Makes an Extraordinary Suggestion That Australia Could Recognise Palestine as a State
In a speech at Australian National University, Senator Wong said a secure and prosperous future for both Israelis and Palestinians would only come with a two-state solution.
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Brazil: Video Shows Man Shoot Father’s Killer in Courtroom
A shocking video has emerged that shows the moment a revenge-seeking son shoots his father’s alleged killer in the middle of a courtroom.
27-year-old Cristiano Alves Terto was seen unloading six shots at Francisco Cleidivaldo Mariano De Moura, 38, during court proceedings.
The incident occurred during a jury session for Terto’s father’s murder trial in São José do Belmonte, Brazil, according to CNN Brasil.
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Musk Says Starlink Will be Free for Brazil Schools if Government Cancels Contract
Authored by Stephen Katte via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said he will provide Starlink services free of charge for schools in Brazil if the government chooses to follow through and cancel a contract for the service in the country.
Many schools in Brazil have reported using the company to provide internet access to their citizens. Starlink terminals connect to the company’s satellites in low Earth orbit and provide high-speed communications.
Brazil’s government has reportedly announced plans to suspend all contracts with Starlink. Prompting Mr. Musk to offer the service free of charge.
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‘Throw Him Out’: Elon Musk Declares War on Brazil’s Most Powerful Judge
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk accused Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) Minister Alexandre de Moraes of rigging the 2022 presidential election, allowing socialist convicted felon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to be elected president for a third term.
Musk also called the STF Minister, a title roughly equivalent to U.S. Supreme Court justice, the “brutal dictator” of Brazil in the latest episode of heightened tensions between the X social media platform and the Brazilian judiciary.
“Why does the parliament allow [Alexandre de Moraes] the power of a brutal dictator?” Musk wrote on Monday evening. “They were elected, he was not. Throw him out.”
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Two serial-criminal Venezuelan migrants attacked NYPD officers as they tried to stop their gang from ransacking a Target store, according to officials.
Yusneiby Machado, 23, and Brayan Freites, 21, are among six migrants accused of trying to steal $82 worth of items at the Upper East Side store on April 2, as reported by the New York Post.
The group allegedly took a gaming light, tools, a backpack and snacks including Doritos, Fruit Loops and water bottles.
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Illegal Immigrant With 7 Deportations and 11 Arrests Charged With Murder
Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
An illegal immigrant who had been deported seven times and arrested 11 times was charged with aggravated murder after an unidentified body was found in Ohio, according to local authorities.
Police found the body in Hamilton on Monday after responding to a 911 call. Investigators interviewed suspect Fermin Garcia-Gutierrez the following day.
Butler County Sheriff’s Office stated that Mr. Garcia-Gutierrez, a 46-year-old Mexican national, was detained on an ICE holder and held in the Butler County Jail for weapon charges, aggravated murder, and drug possession.
Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones said that Mr. Garcia-Gutierrez had previously been deported and arrested multiple times using seven different names and three different birth dates.
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A gang of Tunisian migrant minors is under investigation by Italian police after being accused of burning down their shared accommodation after being caught smoking cannabis and having a laptop confiscated.
The incident occurred on the night of March 3 on via di Novoli, a facility for unaccompanied minors located in the city of Florence.
Il Fatto Quotidiano reported how four minors of Tunisian nationality, aged 16 and 17, were accused of arson at the reception center following an altercation with one of their supervisors.
It is alleged the group was found by a staff member at the facility smoking hashish some hours before the incident.
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A review of available federal records shows the Biden administration has secretly flown 33,000 illegal aliens into New York City and an astounding 326,000 into the state of Florida over the last several years.
The number of illegals that Biden has flown around the country dwarfs the number that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) sent via bus to deep blue cities, even though it is Abbott who suffers the barbs of the left-wing media for the practice and Biden’s human trafficking is wholly ignored by the press.
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Migrant Crime Explodes Higher in Germany in 2023, Violent Crime Hits Record Levels
The number of foreign suspects soared to around 923,000 last year, representing a massive 18 percent increase in just one year nationwide, according to crime statistics from the German Interior Ministry released on Tuesday. However, the even more shocking number may have to do with violent crimes, which soared to record levels in 2023.
The data from the interior ministry shows that 41 percent of all crime suspects are foreigners, with 2.246 million people in the country suspected of a crime in 2023, which is 7.3 percent more than in 2022. Overall, foreigners only represent 15 percent of the population.
This corresponds to an increase of almost 18 percent, reports Die Welt, citing the as yet unpublished crime statistics for 2023 from the Federal Ministry of the Interior. They now account for almost 41 percent of all suspects. A total of 2.246 million people in Germany were suspected of a crime — 7.3 percent more than in 2022.
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New Wave of Illegal Migrants Tries to Cross Poland’s Border With Belarus
There have been more than 1,000 attempts to illegally cross Poland’s border with Belarus in just the last few days, and border police have detained eight people for assisting in people smuggling.
In total, 1,047 illegal migrants attempted to cross the Polish border with Belarus over four days, according to the Polish Border Guard.
“Foreigners threw stones and branches at Polish patrols several times, resulting in three people sustaining minor injuries,” wrote the border protection authority on X.
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Right-Wing Feminist Arrested for Denouncing Immigration and Violence Against Women
A young woman was arrested in the eastern French city of Besançon and taken into custody for holding up a sign calling for the deportation of foreign rapists. She faces up to a year in prison. Her lawyer has stated that she intends to lodge a complaint for “infringement of personal freedom.”
During Besançon’s carnival on Saturday, April 6th, two young women, one of them a 19-year-old, held up signs in the street reading: “Violeurs étrangers dehors“ and “Libérez-nous de l’immigration“ (“Foreign Rapists Away”, and “Free us from immigration”). On one of the facades of the Grande Rue, one of Besançon’s main thoroughfares, they also unfurled a banner pointing out that “46 women could have been spared if the OQTFs (Obligation de Quitter le Territoire Français for Obligation to Leave French Territory) had been applied in 2023”. They both belong to the feminist identity group Némésis, which regularly denounces the increase in violence against women due to the massive influx of immigrants who do not respect the rules of Western society with regard to women.
The mayor of Besançon, a member of the Ecologist party, denounced the association made “between migrants and rapists,” and announced that she would be filing a complaint on behalf of the city for “incitement to hatred.”
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“We Cannot Cope”: Police Scotland Deluged With Politicized Hate-Crime Reports
Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news
Entirely as predicted, Police Scotland has been deluged with vexatious and politically-driven ‘hate crime’ reports, with one top official complaining “we cannot cope.”
Didn’t see this one coming.
Under the new legislation, anyone deemed to have been verbally ‘abusive’, in person or online, to a transgender person, including “insulting” them could be hit with a prison sentence of up to seven years.
That instantly led to a flood of bad faith reports, including from conservatives making a mockery of the system and from deranged left-wing activists trying to punish their ideological adversaries.
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Arizona Supreme Court Upholds 1864 Law Limiting Nearly All Abortions
The Arizona Supreme Court issued a historic decision on Tuesday, ruling that the state must abide by a 123-year-old law which bars all abortions except to save the life of the mother.
The law, which goes back as far as 1864, also calls for a prison sentence of two to five years for abortionists. Justices heard arguments in the case, Planned Parenthood of Arizona v. Mayes/Hazerigg, in December, and were asked to answer whether Arizona’s 15-week abortion limit signed into law in March of 2022 overrides the older law.
While the court did not rule on the constitutionality of the 1864 law, the court issued a 4-2 decision with one recusal finding that the 1864 law is “enforceable” over the newer 15-week limit.
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Belgian Health Fund Chair Proposes ‘Voluntary’ Elderly Euthanasia
Facing rising costs of care for the elderly, Luc Van Gorp, the chairman of the largest Belgian health insurance fund, ‘Christelijke Mutualiteit‘ (Christian Mutual Insurance), is proposing euthanasia as a money-saving solution.
Currently ‘unbearable suffering’ is a prerequisite under Belgian law for granting a euthanasia request. Moving forward, Van Gorp wants people to be able to signal that their lives “are done with” to get state assistance with dying.
The head of the—now Christian-in-name-only—health insurance fund made the remarks during an interview published Monday, April 8th in Het Nieuwsblad.
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Children Questioning Gender Need Care, Not Rushed ‘Treatments’
Children who say they are transgender may actually have mental health issues, a highly-anticipated report will reveal.
Paediatrician Dr. Hillary Cass will on Wednesday unveil her review into the medical treatment given to children who believe they are transgender. Media coverage beforehand expects it will say that children should receive counselling to address possible mental health issues rather than be rushed into treatment, such as by being prescribed hormone treatment or puberty blockers.
Paola Diana, who chairs the Women’s Policy Centre think tank, said that “we all knew that, except for the members of the gender-insanity cult.”
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North Face Sponsors Overnight Transgender Camp for Children to Cross-Dress, ‘Explore’ Adult Themes
The North Face is facing a widespread backlash after it emerged that the outdoor clothing brand is sponsoring an overnight transgender camp for children.
The camp is restricted to “non-straight” kids and features activities where children are “encouraged” to “explore” sexualized adult themes.
During the Camp Brave Trails, children as young as 12 are indoctrinated with gender ideology by being urged to dress in drag and use “genderless” bathrooms and housing.
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The Farcical First Week of Scotland’s ‘Hate Crime’ Law
Police Scotland has been overwhelmed by a “deluge” of ‘hate crime’ reports in the week since the country’s new public order act came into effect.
The force’s commitment to investigate every report—currently totalling an average of 60 an hour—means that it is failing to solve an increasing number of shoplifting cases, sexual assaults, and car thefts, according to analysis by The Daily Telegraph.
Reporting on the legislation focused at first on Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, who pledged that if the police “go after any woman for simply calling a man a man, I’ll repeat that woman’s words and they can charge us both at once.” But it was soon revealed that more of the first 4,000 complaints related to Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf than to anyone else—a major and humiliating blow to the hard-left Scottish National Party administration.
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‘Studies have shown that there is no good evidence for the routine use of puberty blockers,’ Oxford University endocrinologist Ashley Grossman said ahead of the release of long-awaited UK review.
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UK: Sunak as Committed to Banning Conversion Therapy as Ever
Britain’s Conservative government continues to view conversion therapy—therapy to overcome homosexual attraction or to preserve someone’s biological gender identity—as “abhorrent” and will bring forward legislation to ban it “shortly,” despite reports to the contrary.
Political blog Guido Fawkes today, on April 9th, put out a story claiming that Prime Minister Rishi “Sunak completely kills off gay conversion therapy ban.” The website also claimed that Sunak “has let [a ban on transgender conversion therapy] die” by “cutting it off” at the first legislative stage.
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A person’s gender is a “gift from God” and those considering gender reassignment should respect their bodies as they have been created, a Vatican policy document approved by Pope Francis has stated.
The 20-page declaration published on Monday issued staunch criticism of the progressive gender theory dominating Western society, denouncing gender-affirming surgery and modern-day gender ideology as a violation of human dignity and “deeply harmful.”
According to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican department responsible for outlining the religious discipline of the Catholic Church, the attempts to introduce new rights in relation to gender theory in recent years have “led to instances of ideological colonization,” which the Church regards as “extremely dangerous.”
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Agatha Christie, an elderly lady from Devon, had plenty of blood on her hands, all of it fictional. But none of the killers in her many books and short stories are nearly as monstrous or obsessed as the censorious wokes who have been coming after the deceased author for decades.
The latest episode in the long-running saga takes place not on a luxurious train speeding through Yugoslavia or on the Nile, but at the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) which had performed Christie’s play, “And Then There Were None.”
“And Then There Were None” is a natural fit for a high school setting. With lots of different balanced roles and one-note characters who reveal a hidden side, it’s a training wheels production for students learning the basics of performing a character and acting on stage.
It’s also fun. Ten people. One island. And a killer.
There’s a reason why “And Then There Were None” has remained popular and Hollywood keeps ripping it off for movies like 2022’s ‘The Menu’ which added food to the premise.
Over February, a mutlti-racial cast of Philly teens had taken on the roles of murderers and murder victims on an island off Christie’s native Devon, England, with the enthusiasm and polish to be expected of teenage actors, and had fun with it, smoking cigars, rocking in rocking chairs, dressing up and trying to deliver lines in shocked voices, until they were told it was all wrong.
And the play, based on one of the best-selling novels ever written, was really a hate crime.
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Obamerica: When BLACK Lunatic Madness rules the streets, it’s up to the Guardians of Civilization to draw the line. It looks like the line’s getting drawn.
“A crowd of New Yorkers were filmed banding together against a man seen punching a woman in a seemingly random attack.” —Daily Mail (9 Apr 2024)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13290169/group-beats-man-punches-woman-14th-street-nyc.html
Tweet from Voice of Europe:
Czech household spending on housing soars amid rising prices: report
According to the latest data from the Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ), household spending on housing witnessed a significant surge, increasing by 21.7 percent compared to the previous year. On average, Czech households spent 8299 Czech koruna per month on housing, nearly seventeen percent of their net income, marking a notable rise from just under fifteen percent in the preceding year.
The spike in housing expenditures is primarily attributed to escalating prices of energy, water, and rents, placing greater financial strain on households. Despite a 7.7 percent increase in household incomes in 2022, reaching an average of 259,900 Czech koruna per person, the real purchasing power witnessed a decline of 6.5 percent due to high inflation rates.
Robert F Kennedy’s assassin was a Palestinian (1968)
Black September attack on Jordan was Palestinians (1970)
Munich Olympic massacre was Palestinians (1972)
Rabbi Meir Kahane’s assassin was a Palestinian (1990)
9/11 celebration was Palestinians
[various Palestinian “Interfadas”, assassinations and massacres of civilians]
7 October massacre was Palestinians (2023)
Before the list’s next amended, be aware that..
“Almost three in four Palestinians believe the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel was correct.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/poll-shows-palestinians-back-oct-7-attack-israel-support-hamas-rises-2023-12-14/
Aloha Snackbar!!
just believe this nonsense cia narrative and follow the mkultra rules strictly.
Do you mean to say: “Let us put all the Palestinians into gas chambers and use their skins to make lampshades”?
“Do you mean to say: “Let us put all the Palestinians into gas chambers and use their skins to make lampshades”?”
Please don’t put words in my mouth that exist only in your head.
No one will say it so I will, If I was in charge, those fakestinians would be lining the roads all throughout the Levant impaled so you can see them as far as the eye can see. Deo Volente! Let the Red Dragon visit all those like you.