Former President Donald Trump was confirmed as the Republican nominee on the first day of the GOP convention in Milwaukee. Meanwhile, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) was named as Mr. Trump’s running mate.
In other news, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has finally been approved for Secret Service protection.
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Real Wages in Czechia Slump the Most Out of All OECD Countries
Out of all 38 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), real wages in the Czech Republic have experienced the greatest decline since 2019, a new study finds. In the last five years, real wages in Czechia have dived by a substantial 7.5 percent.
Huge inflation since 2019 has caused real wages to fall, despite the fact that their nominal value has increased substantially in the last five years, the OECD says. In 2019, the average wage was CZK 34,125 — today, it stands at over CZK 45,000. Only Sweden has seen similar declines in real wages since 2019.
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Alleged Trump Shooter Spotted by Law Enforcement Nearly 30 Minutes Before Shots Fired, Sources Say
BUTLER, Pa. — Channel 11 news uncovered dramatic new details Monday in the moments leading up to the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump. According to multiple law enforcement sources, Thomas Crooks was spotted by law enforcement on a roof nearly 30 minutes before shots were fired that injured Trump, killed a former fire chief, and injured two others in the crowd.
Channel 11’s Nicole Ford confirmed that Beaver County’s ESU team had eight members at the rally, including snipers and spotters. According to Ford’s sources, one of them noticed a suspicious man on a roof near the rally at 5:45 p.m., called it in and took a picture of the person. We have learned from our sources the person in that picture is Thomas Crooks. We’re told it’s not clear if Crooks had a gun with him at that point.
According to multiple sources, a law enforcement officer had also previously seen Crooks on the ground and called him in as a suspicious person with a picture prior to 5:45 p.m. Our sources tell us an officer checked the grounds for Crooks at that point, but did not see him where the first picture was taken.
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A trans Portland Antifa member with a history of violent threats against Jewish groups was arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman at an Antifa direct action. Isabel Rosa Araujo is also under investigation for a death threat against city council member Rene Gonzalez.
Araujo, formerly known as Philip Vincent Haskins-Delici, was arrested on July 13 at a violent Antifa direct action in downtown Portland to disrupt a public Christian worship event.
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Antifa Militants Attack Christian Families at Jesus March in Portland
On the same day that a would-be assassin attempted to kill former President Donald Trump, Antifa militants attacked a group of people attending an evangelical Christian worship event in downtown Portland, Oregon. Children were among the crowd.
Far-left extremists, including members of Rose City Antifa, were captured on video deploying mace, throwing punches, and violently beating Christians. Some of the attackers wore militant black bloc uniforms, while others hid their identity behind Islamic keffiyeh scarves. The event attacked was the United Revival Jesus March, the same event that Antifa extremists attacked last year.
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Attack on Trump: Severe Security Blunders to be Investigated
Republican lawmakers are launching investigations into the serious security blunders that preceded the assassination attempt against former U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday, July 13th. These investigations will focus on how the shooter was able to carry out his actions despite being detected early on, and how the Security Service failed to provide adequate protection for Trump.
Here’s what you need to know about the assassination attempt and its aftermath.
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Biden Admits it Was a ‘Mistake’ to Use the Word ‘Bullseye’ When Referring to Trump
President Joe Biden admitted on Monday that it was a mistake to use the word “bullseye” when talking about former President Donald Trump, since there was an assassination attempt on the former president over the weekend.
A gunman targeted Trump in an assassination attempt on Saturday afternoon during a Pennsylvania rally. One attendee was killed in the shooting, and three others were injured including Trump, who was hit in the ear. The suspected shooter was also killed.
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Bill Gates Launches Fake ‘Butter’ in Bid to Eliminate Farming
Bill Gates’s latest effort to seize control of the food supply comes in the form of fake “butter” which seeks to “fight climate change” by eliminating the need for farmers.
To achieve this goal, Gates is funding a startup called Savor which produces hyper-processed synthetic “vegan fat.”
The products are made in a factory without livestock or the crops needed for margarine.
The company claims it will stop “global warming” by cutting “carbon emissions” and “saving rainforests.”
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BlackRock Says Gunman From Trump Rally Appeared in Firm’s Ad
(Bloomberg) — Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old gunman who shot and injured former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally, briefly appeared in an advertisement for BlackRock Inc., the company said on Sunday.
Crooks was one of several students who appeared in the background of the 2022 ad and was unpaid, BlackRock, the world’s largest money manager, said in a statement. The ad was filmed at Bethel Park High School, where Crooks graduated in 2022, and featured a teacher, the company said.
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Blueprint for COVID Lockdowns Created 17 Years Ago, Docs Show
Newly discovered documents have emerged to reveal that the blueprint used for lockdowns during the Covid pandemic was actually created over 17 years ago.
The documents, dated January 16, 2007, were hosted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security(DHS) and created under former President George W. Bush’s administration.
The files appear to have been uploaded in March 2023 by Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration.
The plans detailed in the documents are deeply disturbing, however, and amount to a full-blown corporatist imposition on the U.S.
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Breaking: Elon Musk to Donate $45 Million Per Month to Trump Super PAC: Report
Elon Musk plans to allocate approximately $45 million monthly to a new super PAC supporting former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, according to a Wall Street Journal report, citing sources.
Established in June, America PAC aims to boost voter registration and encourage early voting and mail-in ballot requests in swing states, according to reporting.
The coalition observed that Democrats traditionally run strong “get out the vote” campaigns and have committed significant funds to grassroots efforts in swing states. America PAC seeks to counter these efforts.
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Donald Trump was officially nominated as the Republican nominee for president on Monday at the RNC in Milwaukee. He announced his vice president and running mate Ohio Senator JD Vance. He was not expected to make an appearance at the Republican National Convention, yet he arrived on the floor, appearing with Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson.
He entered the floor of the convention to cheers from the crowd that had nominated him that day, a wounded political warrior fresh from the fight. The crowd exploded with applause and a standing ovation.
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Chicago Suburb to Expand Eligibility of Guaranteed Income Program: ‘We All Need Help’
The Evanston, Illinois, city council on Monday expanded eligibility of its guaranteed basic income program that it previously touted as a model that other municipalities should follow.
Evanston’s city council voted 5-4 to increase the age restriction for children in the program. Per The Chicago Tribune, the vote stemmed from prior concern that the program was not reaching enough residents within Evanston’s tract 8092. (According to the federal government, “census tracts are small, relatively permanent statistical subdivisions of a county.”)
The program did not have as many applicants as expected, with only 60 households participating with 90 spots left.
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The effort to replace President Biden as the Democratic Party’s 2024 nominee has lost all momentum and is essentially “over” following the assassination attempt against former President Trump, allies of the president say, according to a new report.
A steady stream of Democratic lawmakers and top donors had called on Biden to drop out of the race throughout last week and the weekend. Allies of Biden now say Trump’s attempted slaying has taken the wind from the sails of Biden’s critics.
“I think it’s over,” one ally to the president told NBC News. “You just lose all momentum.”
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A top advisor to Democrat megadonor Reid Hoffman reached out to corporate media outlets and urged them to spread the false narrative that President Donald Trump’s failed assassination attempt was “staged.”
The call was made by Dmitri Mehlhorn, a senior advisor to Hoffman, the anti-Trump billionaire founder of LinkedIn who admitted to visiting Jeffrey Epstein’s “Pedophile Island.”
Mehlhorn has also visited the White House at least 10 times during Joe Biden’s presidency, according to The Washington Free Beacon.
Following Saturday’s failed attempt on Trump’s life, Mehlhorn sent emails to the Democrats’ corporate media allies to urge them to push claims that the assassination attempt had been faked.
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Discord Reveals Details of Would-be Trump Assassin’s Account on Platform
The 20-year-old Pennsylvania man identified as the gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Trump on Saturday appeared to have an account on the Discord platform, the company said Sunday.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, a Discord spokesperson said an account that appears to be linked to Thomas Matthew Crooks was identified and removed in accordance with the company’s “off-platform behavior policy.”
“It was rarely utilized, has not been used in months, and we have found no evidence that it was used to plan this incident, promote violence, or discuss his political views,” the spokesperson said. “Discord strongly condemns violence of any kind, including political violence, and we will continue to coordinate closely with law enforcement.”
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Donald Trump Officially Becomes the Republican Nominee
Former President Donald Trump was just announced on Monday as the Republican nominee on the first day of the GOP convention, securing all 1,215 delegates needed.
Eric Trump, one of Donald Trump’s sons, made the official announcement as the leader of the Florida delegation. Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr., and daughter Tiffany Trump were next to their brother for the announcement.
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Elon Musk Threatens to Sue Advertising Alliance, Despite Re-Joining it
The relationship between X and the powerful advertising group known as the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) keeps getting increasingly interesting — and puzzling.
X predecessor Twitter was a member, but the social platform left GARM after Elon Musk became the new owner. However, only recently, X announced that it was “excited” to rejoin GARM.
And now Musk has declared that X “has no choice but to file suit against the perpetrators and collaborators in the advertising boycott racket.”
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Elon Musk Hails Trump’s VP Pick, JD Vance
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk celebrated former President Trump’s decision to choose Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate for the Republican Party’s 2024 national ticket on Monday.
“Congratulations @JDVance1!,” Musk posted on his social media platform, X, following the announcement that Vance would be the GOP’s vice presidential nominee. “Excellent decision by @realDonaldTrump.”
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Ex-CDC Chief: FDA Underreported Deadly COVID Shot Side Effects to Combat Vaccine Hesitancy
Former U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Robert Redfield has just exposed a major cover-up of the risks linked to Covid mRNA shots.
According to Redfield, who led the CDC under President Donald Trump, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) underreported adverse events from the injections in order to push a false “safe and effective” narrative for the shots.
The Covid mRNA shots “never should have been mandated,” Redfield warned as he testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Redfield was called to testify as a witness for the Democrat-controlled Senate oversight hearingentitled “Risky Research: Oversight of U.S. Taxpayer-Funded High-Risk Virus Research.”
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FBI Says it Now Has Access to Suspected Trump Shooter’s Phone, Still Hunting for Motive
The FBI announced on Monday that it now has access to the suspected shooter’s phone, which could reveal a motive for opening fire on former President Donald Trump over the weekend.
A gunman attempted to kill the former president during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon, which killed one attendee, and wounded three others including Trump. The suspected shooter was also killed on the scene, and has been identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.
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Forbes Deletes Article Suggesting Trump Would Use Assassination Attempt to Try to Gain Black Voters
Just one day after former president Donald Trump was shot at a Pennsylvania rally, Forbes published an article by contributor Shaun Harper in which the self-described diversity, equity, and inclusion expert suggested that Trump would use the shooting to try to gain more black voters. Trump was shot while delivering remarks at a campaign rally by would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks. Harper claimed that Trump would likely attempt to court black voters in a “racially problematic kinship narrative” which may gain him more support from the black community.
The piece, titled “Will Surviving Gunfire Be Donald Trump’s Next Appeal to Black Voters,” went up just hours after the shooting but was quickly deleted following backlash on social media. Many users questioned how it had gotten past editors in the first place.
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Former IRS Contractor Says it Was Easy to Steal Trump’s Tax Returns, Tells Agency How to Prevent it
Charles Littlejohn, the former IRS contractor who stole former President Trump’s tax returns, said it was easy to do and that he could have stolen any taxpayers’ return.
“There was nothing to prevent me from accessing returns of any American,” Littlejohn said, according to a report from the Washington Times.
Littlejohn, a former contractor with Booz Allen Hamilton who had an IRS-issued email address and laptop, also was able to steal tax returns filed by about 7,500 wealthy Americans and leaked some of it to journalists.
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Former NIH Chief of Staff Denies Suppressing Lab Leak Theory Amid Pandemic Censorship Allegations
Carrie Wolinetz, past Chief of Staff of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), asserted in no uncertain terms last Thursday that there was no suppression of the lab leak theory throughout the Covid-19 drama. This denial, made during the Senate Homeland Security hearing, came in response to queries from Senator Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, regarding her potential role in suppressing the theory — suggesting that the virus was inadvertently released from a lab in China — across internet platforms.
Hawley sought to ascertain if Wolinetz had any regrets about not resisting supposed censorship attempts orchestrated by her then-superior, NIH’s previous Director Francis Collins, or Dr. Anthony Fauci. Hawley asked Wolinetz directly, putting forth, “Do you regret your role in helping censor millions of Americans who were kicked off social media, who were disciplined at work for saying ‘maybe a lab was involved?’“ Her response was firm, maintaining that she never played the role he suggested. When posed with the question of whether she regretted not standing against such censorship, Wolinetz adamantly reiterated, “I don’t believe censorship took place, sir.”
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Jack Smith to Appeal Cannon Dismissal of Trump Classified Docs Case
Special counsel Jack Smith is expected to appeal Judge Aileen Cannon’s dismissal of a classified documents case against former President Donald Trump.
No timeline for Smith’s appeal has been given so far, but it is expected to go to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. However, the case could eventually reach the Supreme Court.
Cannon sided with Supreme Court Clarence Thomas on Monday when dismissing the federal case, claiming there was no federal statute cited by the Justice Department that authorized Smith’s appointment by Attorney General Merrick Garland. This would mean Smith has no authority to prosecute the case.
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Judge Dismisses Trump’s Classified Documents Case, Rules Special Counsel Unlawfully Appointed
The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified documents case in the Southern District of Florida dismissed the case Monday on constitutional grounds.
“The Superseding Indictment is DISMISSED because Special Counsel Smith’s appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution,” Judge Aileen Cannon wrote in her order granting Trump’s motion to dismiss.
The judge ruled that no federal statute cited by the Justice Department authorized the appointment of Special Counsel Jack Smith by the Attorney General, meaning he has no authority to prosecute the case.
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Judge Removed From Long-Running Gang and Racketeering Case Against Rapper Young Thug and Others
ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the long-running racketeering and gang prosecution against rapper Young Thug and others has been removed from the case after two defendants sought his recusal, citing a meeting the judge held with prosecutors and a state witness.
Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Ural Glanville had put the case in Atlanta on hold two weeks ago to give another judge a chance to review the defendants’ motions for recusal. Judge Rachel Krause on Monday granted those motions and ordered the clerk of court to assign the case to a different judge.
While not faulting Glanville for holding the meeting and saying she has “no doubt that Judge Glanville can and would continue presiding fairly over this matter,” Krause wrote that “the ‘necessity of preserving the public’s confidence in the judicial system’ weighs in favor of excusing Judge Glanville” from the case.
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The rooftop location occupied by the gunman who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump on Saturday was reportedly a police force staging area for the event in order to provide overwatch of the crowd.
Two law enforcement sources told ABC News that the building that Thomas Matthew Crooks occupied as he took his shots at Trump and others in the crowd was a staging area for a police tactical team conducting overwatch of the rally crowd. Sources familiar with the investigation into the incident told the outlet that the roof had allegedly been swept before the event, however, Crooks was still able to gain access to the area.
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Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Hugging Robbers’ in Southern California
While two people have been arrested in connection with an attempted robbery in Orange County earlier this month, authorities are warning Southern Californians to be vigilant of approaching strangers who appear to want a hug.
Deputies with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department responded to a residence in Rancho Santa Margarita on July 2 after a victim reported the robbery attempt.
The man told authorities that a male driver parked his vehicle in front of his driveway while a female passenger exited the suspect car, approached him with arms out for a hug and attempted to forcibly rob him of a gold chain around his neck.
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One of the two men injured during the attempted assassination of Donald Trump on Saturday at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania has been identified as David Dutch of New Kensington, a town 26 miles to the south. The 57-year-old Marine veteran was struck twice, once in the liver and once in the chest when 20-year-old gunman Thomas Crooks opened fire at Trump with crowd behind him at the rally. He has since underwent surgery.
Dutch has been placed in a medically induced coma, however he is in stable condition, per the New York Post. 74-year-old James Copenhaver is also in stable condition. A third attendee, 50-year-old retired fire chief Corey Comperatore, succumbed to his injuries after being shot while protecting his family from the rounds
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‘Morning Joe’ Hosts, Staff Shocked After Being Only MSNBC Show Monday Replaced by NBC News Feed
EXCLUSIVE — The hosts and production team of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” were “shocked” on Monday by the circumstances of their show’s benching in the aftermath of the stunning assassination attempt on former President Trump, Fox News Digital has learned.
An MSNBC insider said the show’s production team was informed by network leadership Cesar Conde — the chair of NBCUniversal News Group — and Rashida Jones — the president of left-leaning cable affiliate MSNBC — that all MSNBC programming on Monday would be supplanted until primetime by a single NBC News programming feed, which would presumably air across all NBC platforms. Hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski were also told and assented.
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Pennsylvania Fire Chief Resigns Over Inappropriate Post on Trump Assassination Attempt
A fire chief in Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, resigned on Sunday night after he made an insensitive social media post about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
A gunman attempted to kill the former president during a rally on Saturday afternoon, which killed one attendee, and wounded three others including Trump. The shooter was also killed on the scene.
Prospect Park Fire Chief Jim Simmonds wrote “a little to the right next time please,” in a now-deleted post on Facebook on Saturday, according to CBS News. The comment was a reference to the shooting.
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Rancher Blows Whistle: Food Supply Spiked With mRNA Vaccines
A Texas rancher has come forward to blow the whistle and expose efforts by the federal government to spike the U.S. food supply with mRNA vaccines.
Rancher Trevor Cowley revealed during an interview that the feds have been experimenting on livestock by injecting animals destined for the food supply with mRNA shots.
Cowley told the “Real Business Owners” podcast that Democrat President Joe Biden’s Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been running secret trials on animals.
However, a huge percentage of the livestock that received the injections has died.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Will Receive Secret Service Protection: Mayorkas
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been approved for Secret Service protection as of Monday afternoon, after a man tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump on Saturday.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said he was ordered by President Joe Biden to give the independent presidential candidate the Secret Service protection he has requested.
“In light of this weekend’s events, the president has directed me to work with the Secret Service to provide protection to Robert Kennedy Jr.,” Mayorkas announced during a White House press briefing, per Newsweek.
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Rooftop Where Gunman Shot at Trump Was Identified as a Security Vulnerability Before Rally: Sources
The rooftop where a gunman shot at former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally was identified by the Secret Service as a potential vulnerability in the days before the event, two sources familiar with the agency’s operations told NBC News.
The building, owned by a glass research company, is adjacent to the Butler Farm Show, an outdoor venue in Butler, Pennsylvania. The Secret Service was aware of the risks associated with it, the sources said.
“Someone should have been on the roof or securing the building so no one could get on the roof,” said one of the sources, a former senior Secret Service agent who was familiar with the planning.
Understanding how the gunman got onto the roof — despite those concerns — is a central question for investigators scrutinizing how a lone attacker managed to shoot at Trump during Saturday’s campaign event.
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Investigators will want to examine the Secret Service’s site security plan for the rally, said Cangelosi, the former Secret Service agent. He expects they’ll discover one of two things: Either officials failed to make an effective plan for keeping potential shooters off the building Crooks fired from, or officers on the ground failed to execute the plan.
“I don’t like making any assumptions, but it does look like some mistakes were made, that this was preventable,” said Cangelosi, now a lecturer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.
Although it’s common to task local law enforcement agencies with patrolling outside an event’s security perimeter, Cangelosi said, the ultimate responsibility for ensuring that all vulnerabilities are covered rests with the Secret Service.
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Rumble’s Bold New Path: Independent Products to Bypass Demonetization Fears
In recent years, it has become clear that advertisers have a lot of control over online speech. Advertising boycotts and demonetization efforts by advertisers have emerged as potent tools to influence the content hosted by platforms. When advertisers withdraw from platforms, citing content disagreements, it effectively limits what can be said or shown, as creators and platforms alike rely heavily on advertising revenue.
The situation creates a precarious environment where the threat of losing financial support can compel platforms and creators to self-censor, often sidestepping topics that might be deemed controversial by some advertisers. This financial vulnerability opens up a broader debate about the sustainability of relying solely on traditional advertising models, which can be whimsical and politically or culturally biased.
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Secret Service Blames Local Police After Trump Assassination Attempt
After the assassination attempt on Donald Trump over the weekend, the US Secret Service (USSS) placed blame on local law enforcement for failing to secure the rooftop where gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to assassinate the presumptive GOP candidate.
According to the New York Times, USSS spokesman Anthony Gugliemi told the outlet that the building, since it was outside the perimeter of the event, was supposed to be covered by local police, not the federal agency, during the rally. There had been four counter sniper teams covering the rally on Saturday, two of them were from USSS and two were from local police officials. Lt. Col. George Bivens of the Pennsylvania State Police told reporters, however, that “Secret Service always has the lead on securing something like this.”
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Trump Met With RFK Jr. Seeking Endorsement: Report
Former President Donald Trump met with independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday seeking his endorsement, Politico reported, citing “multiple people familiar with the huddle.”
The meeting did not result in such an endorsement.
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Trump Calls for National Unity, Resilience Morning After Assassination Attempt
Former President Donald Trump urged Americans on Sunday morning to “stand united” and “defiant in the face of wickedness” just hours after a gunman in Pennsylvania tried to assassinate him.
“It was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform after he was wounded in his ear on stage by a hail of bullets that killed one attendee at his rally and seriously injured two more.
“We will FEAR NOT, but instead remain resilient in our Faith and Defiant in the face of Wickedness. Our love goes out to the other victims and their families,” he added.
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Trump Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks Was ‘Spotted on Roof 26 Minutes’ Before Assassination Attempt
Donald Trump’s would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks was spotted on the roof 26 minutes before he opened fire, a bombshell new report claims.
Cops at the scene noticed Crooks, 20, on top of the building just 130 yards away from the rally stage and took two photos of him because he was acting suspiciously, sources told WPXI.
It’s not clear if he had the AR-style rifle on him when he was first seen scaling the AGR International Inc. factory or if he stayed on the roof for the whole time.
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Trump Shooting: FBI Enters Pennsylvania Home of Would-be Assassin
FBI agents on Monday entered the Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, home of would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks.
Federal authorities say Crooks, 20, shot at Trump with an AR-15 while the former president was speaking at his rally in Butler on Saturday evening, but the gunman missed his intended target and hit three other victims — one of whom died.
“The FBI continues to investigate the shooting incident at the July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, as an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump and as potential domestic terrorism.,” the FBI told Fox News’ David Spunt in a statement. “The investigation is still in the early stages and the FBI is providing the following updates: FBI technical specialists successfully gained access to Thomas Matthew Crooks’ phone, and they continue to analyze his electronic devices. The search of the subject’s residence and vehicle are complete.”
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Trump Picks J.D. Vance as Running Mate
Ohio Republican Sen. J.D. Vance was named as former President Donald Trump’s running mate on Monday afternoon.
After surviving an assassination attempt over the weekend, Trump carried forward to the Republican National Convention and unveiled his choice.
“After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “J.D. honorably served our Country in the Marine Corps, graduated from Ohio State University in two years, Summa Cum Laude, and is a Yale Law School Graduate, where he was Editor of The Yale Law Journal, and President of the Yale Law Veterans Association.”
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Trump Campaign Sues Michigan Gov. Whitmer Over New Voter Registration Sites
The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee sued Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and others Monday for allowing federal Veterans Affairs and Small Business Administration sites to be used for voter registration efforts.
In papers filed in federal court in Michigan, the campaign and the RNC contend Whitmer and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson exceeded their authority when they struck agreements to use the VA and SBA offices as “voter registration agencies,” or VRAs.
“Under Michigan law, the authority to make such designations is held solely by the Legislature,” the filing said.
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Trump Shooter Bought 50 Rounds of Ammunition on the Day
The gunman who opened fire on Donald Trump purchased 50 rounds of ammunition on the day of the shooting as it also emerged his father owned more than 20 firearms.
Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was identified by the FBI as the man who tried to assassinate the former president at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening.
He had travelled to a local gun store hours before clambering onto a rooftop on the edge of the Butler Farm Show Grounds and opening fire on the former president minutes into a speech.
The federal investigators said he had used an AR-15-style rifle, one of the many guns legally purchased by his father, CNN reported.
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Trump Tells ABC News Assassination Attempt ‘Has an Impact,’ Biden ‘Couldn’t Have Been Nicer’
Former President Donald Trump said the assassination attempt on his life over the weekend has left an impact.
In a phone call with ABC News’ Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl on Monday as the Republican National Convention kicked off, Karl asked the former president if the close call with the bullet striking his right ear “changed him?”
“I don’t like to think about that, but, yes,” Trump said, adding that the incident “has an impact.”
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Alberta Nurse Told Author Heather Hancock She Was ‘Selfish’ for Not Getting MAiD
Heather Hancock is a successful Christian author who campaigns for life and against censorship. She was also told by a nurse to consider government-assisted suicide.
She has battled cerebral palsy since she was a young child and it was that condition that prompted a nurse in a Medicine Hat, Alberta hospital to tell her that Hancock should stop being “selfish” and think about accessing Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), the euthanasia program that has made Canada the suicide capital of the world.
The nurse was helping Hancock access the bathroom while receiving treatment for muscle spams at the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital.
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Campus Watch: Canadian Profs Post Disappointment Over Trump Surviving Assassination Attempt
Several Canadian university professors are being criticized online over posts expressing disappointment over former U.S. president and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump’s survival of an attempt on his life.
“Damn, so close. Too bad,” wrote University of British Columbia medicine professor Karen Pinder.
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Canadian Doctor Boasts of Euthanizing ‘Over 400’ Patients: ‘I Love My Job!’
Canada’s rapidly expanding euthanasia industry has been a growing concern for some time.
The Canadian government first introduced Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in June 2016.
By relaxing the laws, the nation legalized assisted suicide for those whose death was reasonably foreseeable.
The MAID program was supposed to offer an alternative option for terminally ill people so they could avoid a painful death and die with dignity.
However, the nation’s Liberal government has increasingly expanded the laws since 2016.
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Danielle Smith Urges “Progressive Politicians” to “Dial it Down” After Trump Attack
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith urged her progressive counterparts to reflect on their aggressive rhetoric after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
Smith is among Canada’s premiers currently participating in the 2024 Council of the Federation, a biannual meeting attended by provincial and territorial leaders to promote cooperation.
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Airbus and Thales ‘Try Again to Merge Space Businesses’
Two European space technology giants, Germany’s Airbus and France’s Thales, are again in talks to merge their space activities, French weekly La Tribune has reported.
The operation would focus on bringing together Airbus Defence & Space (Airbus DS) and Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the business news outlet said on July 15.
There are reportedly several avenues being considered: a full merger, a joint venture, or a division of activities by speciality (telecommunications for one, observation for the other). Closer co-operation in programmes and export is also being discussed.
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Brussels Commissioners Resign to Take Seats in European Parliament
Two commissioners with the European Commission under its President Ursula von der Leyen have resigned to take their seats in the European Parliament.
Romanian Adina-Ioana Valean, former Commissioner of Transport whose resignation is effective as of July 15, had announced her move on July 11 in her native country.
The other EC official to depart is Lithuanian Virginijus Sinkevicius, former Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, whose end of term becomes official on July 16.
Valean is replaced by Dutch Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra who in turn succeeded Frans Timmermans when the latter left his post to run as a consensus candidate on the Left in the Dutch general elections of November 22, 2023.
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ECR Split About Supporting Von Der Leyen
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s Fratelli d’Italia, the largest delegation of the European Conservative and Reformist (ECR) group, may still decide to support the Commission chief in exchange for an influential portfolio in the next EU executive, splitting from its allies who came out firmly against Ursula von der Leyen’s re-election bid. Only days are left until the landmark vote in Strasbourg on Thursday, but Meloni said she would only decide after meeting von der Leyen on Tuesday.
“There will be a meeting between ECR and Ursula von der Leyen [about her program], and depending on what she says, we will discuss with the other delegations [in ECR] and decide what to do,” Meloni said on the sidelines of the NATO’s Washington Summit a few days ago.
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EP’s Sovereigntists ‘Will Protect European Identity and Fight EU Green Deal’
The Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) group in the European Parliament will work to protect “European identity” and fight to roll back the Green Deal, leaks from the group’s constitution show.
A draft of the group’s new Statutes document seen by Brussels Signal on July 15 revealed that it plans to focus on pulling powers away from Brussels while maintaining close co-operation between European Union Member States.
As part of this, the group has vowed to fight against what it sees as the various EU-backed elements currently eroding Europe’s various national identities.
“European civilisation is in peril,” the document read.
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Estonian PM Resigns, Hoping for Cozy Brussels Job
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas formally submitted her resignation on Monday, July 15th, as she expects to be voted in as the EU’s new foreign policy chief.
Kallas was appointed prime minister of the small Baltic nation in 2021 after the fall of the previous government and then led her liberal-centrist Reform Party to victory in the 2023 elections, forming a coalition with the Social Democrats and the liberal E200 party.
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EU Foreign Affairs Chief Deliberately Undermines the Hungarian Presidency
We are only two weeks into the EU Council’s Hungarian presidency, held between July and December, but Brussels is already on the offensive, trying to undermine Budapest’s work simply because its conservative government has a different approach on certain policies. Backed by several large member states, Josep Borrell, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs is practically forcing every member state to boycott one of the most important meetings organized by Hungary.
One of the biggest events planned by the Hungarian presidency is a foreign affairs summit in Budapest on August 28-29th, involving the EU’s 27 foreign ministers, to discuss the main geopolitical challenges facing the bloc—including, of course, the war in Ukraine.
However, after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s series of bilateral meetings with world leaders on both sides of the conflict—including Zelensky, Putin, Xi, Erdogan, and Trump—the outraged Eurocrats in Brussels immediately began planning their revenge.
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EU Media Blames ‘Would-be Despot’ Trump and Tea Party for Assassination Attempt
European media has taken to blaming the “authoritarian would-be despot” former US president Donald Trump and the now-defunct Tea Party movement for the July 13 assassination attempt of the presidential hopeful.
Outlets in Germany, France, Ireland and beyond have all been running comprehensive coverage of the Butler, Pennsylvania shooting on July 13, with the consensus being that the event will likely alter the trajectory of US politics.
Many of the publications have also attempted to blame Trump himself for the attack, accusing him and his stoking of “divisive” rhetoric that had now sparked political violence.
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PARIS — French officials say a soldier patrolling Paris was stabbed outside a train station; attacker arrested.
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French Left Floundering in Chaos
A week after the second round of parliamentary elections failed to produce a clear majority, France is still waiting for a new government. The left-wing coalition, which came out on top in terms of number of seats, is tearing itself apart trying to find a consensus candidate for prime minister. President Emmanuel Macron, meanwhile, is ploughing his own furrow with no sign of wanting to work with them. The discredit of the French Left risks becoming deeply entrenched.
The left-wing coalition known as the New Popular Front (NFP) managed to win 178 seats with just over 7 million votes, beating the Macronist coalition (150 seats) and the Rassemblement National (RN) and its allies (142 seats). On the strength of this apparent success, the NFP believes it is entitled to form the new government. The problem is that its constituent parties are unable to agree on a candidate for the post.
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German Christian Democrats and Greens ‘Plotting New Government Coalition’, Outlet Claims
Germany’s Christian Democrats and Greens parties are plotting a new governing coalition to replace the current left-wing “traffic light” government, a major publication in the country reported.
Bild — owned by media firm Axel Springer — claimed senior figures from both parties have held clandestine meetings, reportedly coinciding with a sudden thawing of relations between the two groups.
This is despite the fact that the Greens are in government, while the Christian Democrats head the opposition.
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Germany Again Rejects Calls to Deliver Fighter Jets to Ukraine
The German government on Monday again rejected calls for the delivery of fighter jets to Ukraine, after opposition leader Friedrich Merz from the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) said he supported the idea.
Government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said Ukraine is already due to receive a number of F-16 jets, which Germany does not possess, from Western partners this summer.
“It makes no sense to hand over different types of fighter jets to Ukraine,” Hebestreit said. “Even though fighter jets may look similar from the outside, they are very different to handle. It involves long-term training,” he added.
Merz had on Sunday demanded further assistance for Ukraine in an interview with German broadcaster ARD.
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Influencer-MEP Puts Von Der Leyen’s Future to the Vote on X
Social media influencer-turned-MEP Fidias Panayiotou has let his followers choose whether they wanted to support Ursula von der Leyen as the head of the European Commission for a second term.
In an online poll, Panayiotou asked his followers over July 13-15 if they wanted him to vote for von der Leyen to remain as EC President.
As of writing on the morning of July 15, more than 100,ooo people had taken part in the vote and more than half did not support von der Leyen.
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‘It’s Fantastic When Fascists Die’ — German Public TV Employee Scolded for Wishing Trump Dead
Sebastian Hotz, an employee of German state television ZDF who regularly appears on Jan Böhmermann’s “ZDF-Magazin Royale” under the name “El Hotzo,” has expressed regret that Donald Trump did not die in the assassination attempt.
On X, where the 28-year-old has 694,000 followers, he wrote: “I think it’s absolutely fantastic when fascists die.”
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Japan Warns Its Citizens Over Violent Crime and Drug Wars in Germany
The Japanese Government has issued a warning to its citizens visiting the Germany amid an uptick in violence and inter-gang drugs wars.
Japanese people were advised that they should be very careful when travelling to North Rhine-Westphalia and Dusseldorf, among other places.
The South East Asian country’s authorities said in the alert issued on July 12 that Germany was suffering high drugs-related crime. Japanese visitors should be aware of that when they travel there.
“Since late June, there have been multiple explosions and confinement incidents in several cities, including Düsseldorf in North Rhine-Westphalia, which are believed to be conflicts between drug groups”, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated.
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Leftist Media Downplays Trump Assassination Attempt
Elements of the international media did an impeccable job of covering the attempted assassination of former U.S. president Donald Trump—an attack which also saw one person killed and two seriously injured.
To his credit, the BBC’s senior North America correspondent Gary O’Donoghue conducted an insightful on-the-ground interview with a witness shortly after the gunshots rang out.
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Major UK Grocery Store Chain Begins Replacing Meat With Insect-Based ‘Foods’
The UK’s most popular supermarket chain Aldi has started rolling out new insect-based “foods” as alternatives to meat.
The discount grocery store chain Aldi is planning to sell edible insect recipe kits for families who are struggling to buy real meat.
The company says the move will help consumers meet the daily protein needs of families amid soaring food prices.
In recent years, globalists such as the World Economic Forum (WEF) and Bill Gates have been promoting bugs such as crickets as a cheap and sustainable form of protein.
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Monument of WWII Volhynia Massacre of Poles by Ukrainians Unveiled in Poland
In Domostawa, a village in Poland’s south-eastern Podkarpackie province, a solemn crowd unveiled the monument dedicated to the victims of the Volhynia massacre.
The event, held on Sunday, saw large numbers of Polish citizens come together to honor those who perished during the Ukrainian genocide.
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Nine Out of 10 EU Jews Experience Anti-Semitism, Says EU Study
Nine out of ten Jews in the European Union have experienced anti-Semitism and most worry for their own safety, according to a new study.
Some Jewish organisations witnessed a 400 per cent increase in anti-Semitic incidents since the October 2023 attack by Hamas terrorists on Israel, said the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (EUAFR), which released the survey on July 11.
The study discovered 53 per cent of Jews living in the EU were concerned about personal safety, while 60 per cent feared for the welfare of their family.
In addition, 76 per cent of European Jews have hidden their identity at least occasionally, the survey found.
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Norway: Top Professor Raises Alarm Over Surge in Sudden Deaths
A world-renowned Norwegian professor has raised the alarm over data showing surging sudden and unexpected deaths among Covid-vaccinated young people.
Jarle Aarstad is a professor at HVL Business School, Western Norway University of Applied Science.
The celebrated scientist recently had a letter to the editor published in Germany’s prestigious EXCLI Journal.
Aarstad reported on his empirical analysis of cohorts of young people in England.
In a study, Aarstad uncovered data showing soaring sudden deaths in people aged 12-29 years, during 12 weeks after their first, second, and third injections with the COVID-19 mRNA shots.
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Orban is the Only European Politician Who is Welcome Everywhere, Says Hungary FM Szijjartó
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is currently the only European politician who is welcome around the world, his foreign affairs and trade minister, Péter Szijjartó, has claimed.
In a social media post, Szijjartó hailed the Hungarian leader as being in a unique position and capable of bringing global leaders together and promoting diplomacy.
“No one in Europe today is in a position to have a meeting with the Chinese president, the Russian president, the Ukrainian president, the Turkish president, and the former — and many believe future — U.S. president in the same week,” Szijjartó wrote.
“The fact is that we are living in the shadow of a huge escalation,” the minister stressed, adding, “It is clear that the tensions in this war, far from being resolved by themselves in the coming period, will become even more serious.”
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Polish Liberals Hate More. Why?
Authored by Dominik Zdort via Ordo Iuris
Every new election shows how polarized Polish voters have become. This is becoming ever more the case. We can observe more and more clearly the divide between supporters of Law and Justice (PiS) on the one hand and the Civic Coalition led by Donald Tusk’s Civic Platform (PO) on the other, given that the allies of the latter suffered a resounding defeat this time in the European Parliament elections, with the PO conceding even more weight than before within the governing coalition it has been leading since last December. This time around, Law and Justice had strong competition on the right in the form of the Confederation (a coalition of nationalists and libertarians), but Poland’s politics are still very much dominated by the fierce opposition between PiS and the PO.
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Top Study Confirms Carbon Dioxide Has Zero Impact on ‘Global Warming’
A major new study has debunked the narrative that increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from human activity is causing so-called “global warming.”
The study, published in Science Direct, confirms what “climate scientists” should have told the public a long time ago.
The warming effect of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is naturally limited, according to the new study.
In fact, that limit has already been reached, decades ago.
The study found that carbon dioxide emissions have zero impact on the Earth’s global temperatures.
Even if we dug up all the world’s coal and extracted all the world’s oil and burned it in one giant pyre, its CO2 emissions wouldn’t heat the planet.
The findings of this study directly conflict with the globalist “climate crisis” narrative being promoted by the United Nations-funded “science” community.
Even the taxpayer-funded National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) continues to push these “global warming claims.”
In a statement explaining “climate change” to children, NASA presents the “greenhouse effect” as a simple cause-and-effect:
How are humans impacting the greenhouse effect?
Human activities are changing Earth’s natural greenhouse effect. Burning fossil fuels like coal and oil puts more carbon dioxide into our atmosphere.
NASA has observed increases in the amount of carbon dioxide and some other greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. Too much of these greenhouse gases can cause Earth’s atmosphere to trap more and more heat. This causes Earth to warm up.
What NASA doesn’t mention is that carbon dioxide doesn’t cause Earth to warm up infinitely.
The three Polish scientists at the Military University of Technology in Warsaw who authored this latest study were following in the footsteps of other scientists who drew similar conclusions in their own research, published in the last few years.
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Following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, a liberal group in Hungary has launched a poll on when the Hungarian prime minister will be shot. Fidesz caucus leader Maté Kocsis drew attention to the poll on the social media page.
“Immediately and by all means, we must take action against all forms of incitement to violence and against life,” wrote the Fidesz leader. He added that “we know the cowardly and sneaky methods of the liberal media. Now, they will say on a regular basis: ‘Come on, we criticized the post of a joke site for nothing, because it’s just humor, it’s just wit, it should not be taken seriously.’“
The politician posted a screenshot from the group as well, along with the poll asking Facebook users if they thought Orban would be assassinated next. The group is known for its anti-Orban posts and opposition to the politician.
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The newly-elected Labour government has been warned that more politicians may lose their lives amid the increasingly tense climate in Britain surrounding the Middle East conflict.
The Government’s independent political violence tsar, Lord Walney, provided the new left-wing government with a dossier of incidents of abuse experienced by candidates during the recent general election.
He told Home Secretary Yvette Cooper that there is a “dark underbelly of extremism” undergirding the political system in the UK while warning that the “aggressive pro-Palestine activists” increase the risk of more assassination attempts in Britain, The Telegraph reports.
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UK: London Police Arrest Two Palestine Protesters After War Memorial Vandalism
AFP — UK police on Monday arrested two pro-Palestinian demonstrators after a protest at Britain’s Cenotaph war memorial in central London.
A Palestinian flag was laid in front of the Cenotaph and “180,000 killed” spray-painted on the ground in front of the monument, photos and video footage showed.
The Cenotaph is the focus every year of of national events to commemorate Britain’s war dead.
“Two women were quickly arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and are in custody,” the Metropolitan Police said on X, adding that damage was caused to the road and not to the monument itself.
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UK: Top Doctor Testifies: COVID Shots Caused Deaths to Soar
A leading consultant pathologist has confirmed during an explosive testimony that Covid mRNA injections are unsafe, ineffective, and have caused excess deaths to skyrocket around the world.
Dr. Clare Craig provided her testimony to the UK People’s Vaccine Inquiry.
Craig, who has been investigating the Covid pandemic and the deaths and illnesses that followed, has conducted an in-depth study using a variety of official data.
The top British doctor analyzed data from Pfizer’s “vaccine” trial, the UK government’s Office for National Statistics (ONS), ambulance callouts, and long-term sickness.
During her testimony, Craig declared that all of the evidence she has gathered proves that using the word “safe” to describe Covid mRNA “vaccines” is a lie.
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Albania Grants Leave to Jailed Ethnic Greek Mayor for European Parliament Opening
Fredi Beleris, an ethnic Greek who won local elections in Albania but was arrested on charges of vote-buying, has been granted a five-day leave from prison to attend the opening session of the new European Parliament in Strasbourg.
Beleris must maintain regular contact with law enforcement authorities and will be required to return to prison afterwards to complete his two-year sentence.
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EU to Use ‘Peace’ Fund to Back Albanian Military
The European Union plans to fund Albania’s military using its so-called “European Peace Facility”, officials in Brussels have confirmed.
In a press release published on July 15, the Council of Ministers said it would be handing €13 million worth of equipment to the country’s Armed Forces.
It is the first time the EU has provided aid to the military this way.
Brussels officials insisted the “peace” funding would take the form of “equipment not designed to deliver lethal force”.
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Ex-Montenegrin President Djukanovic Reveals Assassination Attempt Against Him
Former Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic has informed the competent authorities that a foreign criminal organization was planning to assassinate him, the Montenegrin public broadcaster (RTCG), reported on Saturday.
The Montenegrin police have issued several statements on the matter, all of which say that they have not yet confirmed that such a plan is legitimate, that they have not been informed of any such plan, and that neither the former head of state nor the security services have requested their involvement.
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Pavel to TIME: Restoring Ukrainian Sovereignty ‘Won’t Occur in Foreseeable Future’
In an exclusive interview with the international TIME maganze, Czech President Petr Pavel has issued a sobering message ahead amid this week’s NATO summit: curb your expectations for the war in Ukraine.
Despite efforts to assist Ukraine, defeat Russia, and build Europe’s military strength, Pavel believes that restoring territorial integrity and sovereignty to Ukraine, including Crimea, is not an easy task and will not happen in the foreseeable future.
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A top Russian tank touted by Russian President Vladimir Putin as the “world’s best” has suffered at least 100 losses in the war in Ukraine, according to open-source information.
The losses were recorded by Oryx, an open-source intelligence site that relies on visual evidence to confirm and track war losses on both sides. More T-90Ms may have also been lost in combat but not recorded. Business Insider was unable to independently verify the information.
Losses, per the site’s analysis, include destroyed, damaged, and captured vehicles.
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US Urges India to Use Ties With Russia to End War in Ukraine
Washington, July 16: The United States on Monday urged India to use its longstanding relationship with Russia to urge President Vladimir Putin to “end his illegal war and to find a lasting peace” in its conflict with Ukraine.
Mathew Miller, the State Department spokesperson, was asked about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Moscow and his meeting with President Putin, which continues to generate interest in Washington.
“India has a longstanding relationship with Russia,” Miller said, adding, “We have, speaking for the United States, encouraged India to utilise that relationship with Russia, that long-standing relationship in the unique position that they have to urge President Putin to end his illegal war and to find a just peace, a lasting peace to this conflict.”
He added that India should “tell Vladimir Putin to respect the UN charter, to respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. And that’s what we continue to impress upon the government of India which is an important partner of ours when it comes to its relationship with Russia.”
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Zelensky Suddenly Reverses, Says Russia Should Attend 2nd Ukraine Summit
With much of the globe’s eyes and international press focused on the US domestic political situation in the wake of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has just made an unprecedented announcement.
He said Monday that a second Ukraine peace summit should include Russian representation. It is a remarkable development that he so much as stated the possibility, even if it doesn’t actually materialize, given he’s long been vehemently against any level of negotiations with Moscow so long as Putin is still in power.
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Longtime Russian Ally Holds Joint Military Drills With US
Armenia, a longtime ally to Russia, has launched joint military drills with the United States in an effort to tighten its relationships with the U.S. and other Western allies.
According to the Associated Press citing Armenia’s Defense Minister Suren Papikyan, the joint military drills, dubbed “Eagle Partner,” are war games designed to enhance the ability to operate in conjunction with units engaged in international peacekeeping missions.
According to the news outlet, the drills include Armenian peacekeeping forces, U.S. Army Europe and Africa servicemen, and the Kansas National Guard, though the exact number of participating troops remains undisclosed. The exercises are set to continue until July 24.
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Shibani Shinde | HENB | Mumbai | July 15, 2024:: Though the Hindus in India are peaceful enough to accommodate the people of all faiths and even remain silent being tortured by Islamist people on many occasions, now a section of them become violent to attack a mosque in a village of Maharashtra.
Reports came in that a Hindutva mob recently vandalised a mosque in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur region. Chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, some Hindu people attacked the mosque in Gajapur village during ‘Sambhaji Raje Chhatrapati Remove Encroachment Campaign’, as told by some sources.
A video came to fore that a large number of people, some sporting saffron scarfs, are seen damaging the Mosque with axes and hammers. The Hindu people went atop the Mosque to break the domes and to hoist saffron flags there.
Sources say, the Hindutva activists took out a rally against the encroachment at the Vishalgad fort. But they were challenged by the local Muslims to proceed through Gajapur. But, the strong group of Hindus retaliated and targeted a mosque in Gajapur, which is on the way to Vishalgad but 6 km away from the fort. No one was present in the mosque at the time of the incident as the Imam (Prayer leader) and the Muazzin (person with the duty of prayer call) left the place apprehending the attack. Seeing many swords, iron-rods, axes, hammers inside the Mosque, the Hindu groups became infuriated and started the rampage.
Kolhapur Hindu retaliation against Islamic encroachments (Land Jihad) in historical forts gives an alarming signal.
The Vishalgad fort has been in the news after Hindutva organisations staged protests at the foothills demanding the removal of alleged encroachments and a ban on animal slaughter. Meanwhile, prohibitory orders have been issued under Section 37(A) A to F and Section 37(3) of the Maharashtra Police Act 1951 from July 15 to July 29.
“We had deployed adequate police force to avoid any untoward incidents. We have learnt that a few things have happened. We will register cases after taking cognizance accordingly,” Kolhapur’s Superintendent of Police Mahendra Pandit was quoted by the Times of India as saying.
Islamic encroachments in historical forts once owned by the Hindu Kings including Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Sambhaji Maharaj have been a bone of contention for the members of Hindutva organisations in Maharashtra, who want to remove all the illegal and forceful occupations like mosques, tombs, mausoleums etc. erected there.
In March 2023, the ‘Gad-Durg Rakshaan Mahamorcha’, organised a huge rally in Azad Maidan. Mumbai with a demand for protection forts and castles of Maratha Kings and warriors.
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Thailand is Set to Roll Out a Controversial $13.8 Billion Handout Plan in Digital Money to Citizens
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s prime minister said Monday that eligible businesses and individuals can register from August for digital cash handouts, a controversial program that will cost billions of dollars and is meant to boost the lagging economy.
The government announced in April the widely criticized ambitious plan, named the Digital Wallet, meant to give 10,000 baht (about $275) to 50 million citizens in digital money to spend at local businesses.
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin posted on the social platform X, saying the registration will begin Aug. 1 and that he has given instructions to ensure the smooth implementation of the program.
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Philippines: Police Hunt Mayor Accused of Being Chinese Spy
A small town mayor in the Philippines who has been accused of being a Chinese spy has gone into hiding, officials said.
Police could not carry out a warrant for the arrest of Alice Guo over the weekend as she was not at any of her known addresses.
Scam centres were uncovered in Ms Guo’s town of Bamban in March, concealed in online casinos that cater to mainland Chinese.
Her story has played out like a TV drama, as she had also been questioned on her Chinese parentage and suspicions that she was working as an “asset” or spy for Beijing.
Ms Guo’s case has gripped the nation as Manila and Beijing continue to sparover reefs and outcrops in the South China Sea.
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Think Tank Pushes International Alliance to Censor “Fake News”
The Japanese chair of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has come out with a report calling for the US and Japan to team up on “combating disinformation.”
Christopher B. Johnstone also wants the two countries to engage in several censorship techniques, such as removing content (“false narratives” — regular censorship) but also a considerably more dystopian one known as “prebunking.”
That would be, suppressing narratives by revealing them as “misinformation” before they become public, thus eroding the very perception of their trustworthiness, while equating this as introducing “mental antibodies” into a population, and other outlandish language has been used in the past to justify the tactic.
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At least 300 migrants, including a baby and several children, arrived at the Port of Dover on Monday after being rescued crossing the channel by UK Border Force ships.
Several children wrapped in towels and wearing lifejackets were seen by onlookers, as well as a baby being carried by an adult man.
There was a large operation underway all day involving both French and British ships collaborating to rescue people that were seeking to cross the channel on small boats.
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Protesters hurled bricks and fireworks at riot police near a Dublin factory set to house asylum seekers today, with officers spraying activists with pepper spray.
Gardai clashed with hundreds of people gathered at the former Crown Paints factory in Coolock as fighting exploded throughout the day.
A number of fires were started at the site after anti-immigration protesters set up a makeshift camp.
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An 18-year-old migrant has been arrested and charged with killing a 55-year-old man at the famed Hundertwasser train station in the city of Uelzen in Lower Saxony, which has often been described as “one of the 10 most beautiful train stations in the world.”
The killing took place at 1:30 a.m. right after the suspect had been released from police custody for committing a variety of other crimes.
German media is reporting that so far, it appears the victim was pushed or kicked down a flight of stairs at the station for no apparent reason in a random attack. The elderly man from Lüneburg suffered severe traumatic brain injuries and died at the bottom of the steps.
Police officers arrested the migrant inside the station area; the victim, however, died too quickly and rescue workers were not able to aid the man in time.
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Mass Migration to Britain Drives Fastest Population Rise in Recorded History
The mass migration policies of the ousted UK “Conservative” government have resulted in the largest population increase in recorded history.
Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that the population of England and Wales climbed by 610,000 between mid-2022 and mid-2023, taking the officially recognised total population to 60.9 million, the sharpest increase since records began 75 years ago in 1949.
The historic population rise beat out the previous highs of 484,000 and 478,000 seen in the years leading up to mid-2016 and mid-2011, respectively. Before that, the previous record occurred in the year up to mid-1962, which saw an increase of 461,000 as a result of the baby boom.
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If you want to know who has privilege in a society and who doesn’t, follow the anger. There are people in this country who can safely express their anger. And those who can’t. If you were angry that Trump won, your anger was socially acceptable. If you were angry that Biden took over, it wasn’t.
Not all anger is created equal. Some anger is privileged rage.
Good anger gets you a gig as a CNN commentator. Bad anger gets you hounded out of your job. Good anger isn’t described as anger at all. Instead it’s whitewashed as “passionate” or “courageous”. Bad anger however is “worrying” or “dangerous”. Angry left-wing protesters “call out”, angry right-wing protesters “threaten”. Good anger is left-wing. Bad anger is right-wing.
Socially acceptable displays of anger, from Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter riots to the anti-Trump marches to the furious campus protests, are invariably left-wing.
Not all anger is created equal. Anger, like everything else, is ideologically coded. Left-wing anger is good because its ideological foundations are good. Right-wing anger is bad because its ideology is bad.
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A Catholic university in Washington, D.C., is offering “gender inclusive” housing to students in a pilot program.
Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic and Jesuit academic institution in the United States, is moving to offer special housing to students after undergraduates voted in support of the change during a referendum on the issue, according to the university’s website.
Students answer a question during the housing process about their gender identity and openness to rooming with students seeking “gender inclusive” housing. If successful, the pilot program will expand for returning students during the 2025-26 academic year.
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Newsom Signs Bill Banning Schools From Notifying Parents About Student Gender Identity
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Monday that prohibits mandating that teachers notify families about student gender identity changes, capping a yearlong battle between conservative school boards concerned about parental rights and LGBTQ+ activists worried about vulnerable youths.
The new law shields teachers from retaliation for supporting transgender student rights and prohibits K-12 “forced disclosure” rules. It comes in response to school board decisions in some red pockets of California to notify parents if their child changes their name or pronouns, or if students request to use facilities or participate in programs that don’t match their gender on official records.
The bill would also require the California Department of Education to offer resources to parents and students about how to “manage conversations about gender and identity privately.”
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Swiss Teen Taken Into Care After Parents Object to Puberty Blockers
A Swiss couple is taking legal action to regain custody of their 16-year-old daughter, who has been a ward of the state since last year following a disputed diagnosis of gender dysphoria. They claim doctors have been trying to administer puberty blockers to their daughter without their consent. The parents have already spent tens of thousands on court cases.
The couple is now working with the Christian legal advocacy group Alliance for Defending Freedom (ADF) in a legal case to bring their daughter home, aiming to set a precedent against Europe’s influential transgender lobby. The parents are appealing a court order to produce documents that would allow their daughter to apply for a change of the “legal sex” in the civil register.
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Transgender Inmate Michelle Lamb Loses Federal Lawsuit Against Kansas Prison
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a transgender woman alleging she has faced discrimination while imprisoned at the Kansas women’s prison.
Michelle Renee Lamb in November sued Gov. Laura Kelly plus the warden and other staff of Topeka Correctional Facility and the Kansas Department of Corrections, primarily seeking to be transferred to general population.
After previously dismissing part of the case, U.S. District Judge John Lungstrum on Monday ended the case by dismissing the remainder of the claims.
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Out of all 38 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), real wages in the Czech Republic have experienced the greatest decline since 2019
…yes well the Czech Republic being a country conquered by Ukraine (judging by the flags on the government buildings) – has to pay its fair share for the war effort!
Czechoslovakia used to have good trading relations with the former Soviet Union. First in the 90’s the Americans told Czechs to sever those relations, only to witness American and Western companies to pick up the slack…
But the Czech Republic still had strong ties to Russia over gas and oil and all kinds of natural resources. Now the Ukrainian government has said we can get no more oil and gas from Russia, so we don’t.
And the Czech Puppetitians behave like little chiwawas barking strong insults at Russia, and do everything against Russia, I guess they have been released to sever also all diplomatic relations with Russia…
All these puppetitians say is how the West is great and Russia horrible, they call for war, and more war, and they use the word “Chcimir” (“I want peace”) as an insult against everybody who is not so keen on supporting the war effort.
I never thought I will live to see the day when wanting peace would be shouted down as something stupid and treasonous, but that’s how the “I want war’s” roll.
Anyhow. The Czech Republic is being exploited economically big time to support all this madness. And the wages show. Sometimes I think the Ukrainian Mafia won undue influence over our politicians, but maybe it was not our politicians – maybe it was the american politicians – who in turn control our politicians? After all they waved the Ukrainian flags in Congress too? All these are just wild guesses, but what if Joe is a Ukrainian mafia puppet? That would make a great screenplay for a blockbuster movie!
The german secretary of interior affairs Mrs Fäser has forbidden COMPACT, a newsmagazine thats critical opposed to the vaxx mandate, the state.
They say, that COMPACT was underming the state and their demands for accountability (the vaxx) and that a real german government should rule Germany show that they wanted to destroy the state.
(And again the loyal state press was informed – just like in the wheeled walking frame putsch of the Reichsbürger – so that they could shoot exclusive pictures.)
“The fact that [the Secret Service] allowed a rifle armed shooter within 150 yds to a preplanned event IS EITHER MALICE OR MASSIVE INCOMPETENCE [emphasis mine]. Unaccountable bloated bureaucracies continue to fail us as Americans…unserious and unworthy people in positions of authority got us to this near disaster. MERIT AND EXECUTION MUST BE THE ONLY DECIDING FACTORS IN HIRING AND LEADERSHIP, not the social engineering priority of the day.” —Erik Prince, former US Navy Seal and Founder Blackwater Security (15 Jul 2024)