Former President Trump announced his plan to create a “Government Efficiency Commission” led by Elon Musk. Meanwhile, Mr. Musk said he looks forward to serving America in the next Trump administration.
In other news, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that his nation will support Kamala Harris in the upcoming November election.
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Illinois One of Six States With Long-Term Deficits: Study
(The Center Square) — A new report highlights just how bad the state of Illinois has been with the budgetary process over the years.
Pew Charitable Trusts found only two states with annual deficits in fiscal year 2022, a record low. Senior associate Page Forrest said Illinois is one of just six states that recorded a 15-year shortfall at the end of fiscal 2022.
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Trump to Unveil Bold Economic Plan to ‘Make America Affordable Again’
In a high-profile speech set for Thursday at the Economic Club of New York, Donald Trump will lay out a comprehensive economic vision under the banner of “Make America Affordable Again,” aimed at restoring affordability and driving down the high cost of living that many Americans have faced under the Biden-Harris administration.
Trump’s plan focuses on cutting government waste, scaling back regulatory overreach, and unleashing domestic energy production—all pillars he sees as essential to revitalizing the economy.
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Trump Warns of ‘1929-Style Depression’ if Kamala Harris Wins Election
President Donald Trump has warned the American people they will be facing a grim economic outlook if Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris wins the election in November.
Trump issued the warning during his Fox News town hall on Wednesday.
He said America will fall into an economic depression if Vice President Harris wins the general election.
“This country will end up in a depression if she becomes president,” Trump said from the New Holland Arena in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
“Like 1929, this will be a 1929 depression.”
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Andy Ngo Reports: Tenet Media Founders Were Raided Just as the DOJ Indictment Dropped
Update: Shortly after this report was published, Tenet Media announced privately to its staff that it was ceasing operations, effective immediately.
The founders of Tenet Media, the right-wing media startup accused by the U.S. DOJ of illegally taking nearly $10 million from Russian state actors to launder Russian influence, were raided on Wednesday as the indictment was unsealed, according to sources who spoke exclusively with The Post Millennial.
The sources, who are not authorized to publicly speak on record, said the authorities confiscated the electronic devices belonging to Tenet Media owners Lauren Chen, also known as Lauren Yu Sum Tam, and her husband, Liam Donovan, around the time the Biden-Harris administration announced the indictment on Wednesday.
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Anti-Israel Group Funded by Soros Gains Influence With 60 Biden White House Visits
Over the course of President Joe Biden’s time in office, an anti-Israel group that receives large checks from Democratic megadonor George Soros has seen its top staffers score 60 trips to the White House for high-level meetings, according to records.
Officials at Emgage, a group that has promoted the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, have hobnobbed at the White House on at least 60 occasions combined since 2021, according to White House visitor logs reviewed by the Washington Examiner.
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Breaking: FBI Raids Home of NYC Police Commissioner, 3 Others
Law enforcement executed a search warrant on the home of New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban on Wednesday, Spectrum News reported. This comes as aides to NYC Mayor Eric Adams had their homes searched this week as well.
According to Spectrum News, sources told the outlet that search warrants were executed at the homes of Police Commissioner Edward Caban and Eric Adams aide Tim Pearson. Pearson had his cellphone subpoenaed. This is in addition to the FBI raiding the homes of Adams aides Phil Banks and Sheena Wright.
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A group of conservative media personalities tied to a Tennessee-based media company say they’re victims after the Department of Justice accused Russiaof secretly funding the company as a scheme to push divisive propaganda.
The DOJ on Wednesday issued a shocking indictment that alleged a pair of Russian state media staffers had been covertly funding a Tennessee-based, American content creation company identified in reports as Tenet Media. The indictment alleges that RT, the Russian state media outlet formerly known as Russia Today, had employees Kostiantyn Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva shell out nearly $10 million, which was allegedly laundered through a series of shell companies. They remain at large.
The Russian-backed American company published nearly 2,000 videos to social media platforms such as X and YouTube, and failed to inform viewers it was financed by the Kremlin, according to the indictment. The videos were made by paid conservative influencers.
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The United States Department of Justice has moved to seize 32 internet domains believed to be used by the Russian government and Russian government-sponsored actors to engage in foreign malign influence campaigns, also referred to as “Doppelganger,” according to an unsealed affidavit released on Wednesday.
The actions are in violation of US money laundering and criminal trademark laws. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the allegations during a press briefing.
As alleged in the affidavit, the Russian entities are accused of using domains “to covertly spread Russian government propaganda with the aim of reducing international support for Ukraine, bolstering pro-Russian policies and interests, and influencing voters in US and foreign elections, including the US 2024 Presidential Election.”
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Elon Musk Says He Looks ‘Forward to Serving America’ in Next Trump Admin ‘If the Opportunity Arises’
Elon Musk has responded to reports that President Donald Trump will offer him a key role in his next administration if he wins re-election.
In a Thursday post on X, Musk offered his services to help the federal government.
He said he would be willing to serve under Trump, whom he has endorsed, for free, “if the opportunity arises.”
Musk issued his statement in response to a report in The Wall Street Journal titled:
“Trump to Adopt Elon Musk’s Proposal for Government Efficiency Commission.”
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ESPN Bans ‘White Lives Matter’ for Fantasy Football Team Names, Allows ‘Hamas Lives Matter’
ESPN Fantasy Football has banned teams from being named “White Lives Matter,” while allowing “Hamas Lives Matter.” The discovery was reported by OutKick after football fans raised concerns.
It turns out ESPN has a number of banned words and phrases when you names you fantasy football team. If someone attempts to create a fantasy football team name with certain words on the list, the sports network rejects the name with a banner that pops up saying, “Team name/abbreviation contains a banned word.”
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Facebook Blocks Secret Recording of DOJ Official Saying Trump Case is “Nonsense”
Facebook is once again at the center of a censorship storm after being accused of blocking the circulation of a video exposing harsh criticisms by a official regarding the prosecution of former President Donald Trump.
The video, also published on Rumble features undercover footage showing Nicholas Biase, the chief spokesman for the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office, which brought cases against President Trump, slamming Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s Trump case as a “perversion of justice.”
“Honestly, I think the case is nonsense,” Biase says in the video.
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FBI Raids Homes of NYC Mayor Eric Adams’s Top Aides
FBI agents raided the homes of two top aides to New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday as federal authorities continue to swirl around City Hall.
Authorities showed up at the homes of First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Philip Banks III in Manhattan and Queens, respectively, at around 5 a.m., the City reported.
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FBI Was Monitoring Georgia School Shooter Since 2023 Due to ‘Online Threats’
The FBI has confirmed that the 14-year-old Georgia high school shooter has been monitored by the agency since 2023 after being flagged as a threat over online remarks.
The alleged shooter, Colt Gray, was a student at the Apalachee High School in Georgia.
The gunman opened fire at the Georgia high school on Wednesday, killing two students and two teachers and wounding nine others.
Gray was known to the FBI as early as May 2023 after the agency received “several anonymous tips about online threats to commit a school shooting at an unidentified location and time.”
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Fed. Judge Slams New Mexico Officials for Discriminating Against Election Watchdog
Via Headline USA
A federal judge said far-left New Mexico election regulators and prosecutors had discriminated against a nonprofit group in refusing access to voter registration rolls.
Albuquerque-based U.S. District Court Judge James Browning ruled that state election regulators engaged in viewpoint-based discrimination and free speech violations in denying the Voter Reference Foundation access to voter data and by referring the matter to state prosecutors.
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Police have released a mugshot of Colt Gray, the teenager accused of shooting dead four people at his Georgia high school.
Gray appears in the booking photo with long hair that has been dyed blond — a far cry from the smiling, baby-faced boy pictured in his middle school yearbook just two years earlier.
The 14-year-old was arrested on Wednesday at Apalachee High School in Winder, minutes after authorities say he opened fire on students and teachers.
Gray has been charged with four felony counts of murder, and will be tried as an adult, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed.
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Georgia Authorities Charge Father of School Shooting Suspect With Murder
The father of 14-year-old Georgia school shooting suspect Colt Gray was arrested on Thursday night in connection with the shooting at Apalachee High School.
Colin Gray, 54, has been charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder, and eight counts of cruelty to children, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. His son has been charged with four counts of felony murder.
In a press conference shortly following the arrest, police said the father has been charged for “knowingly” allowing his son to have a weapon.
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Jonathan Turley: Hunter Biden Will Face Prison Time After ‘Legal Death Wish’ Guilty Plea
Legal scholar Jonathan Turley has noted that Hunter Biden should still be facing a prison sentence, despite his last-minute move to plead guilty in his federal tax charges case.
Turley, a professor at George Washington University Law School, responded after Hunter Biden made a sudden change to a guilty plea to avoid his case going to trial this week.
Prof. Turley said Thursday that despite a sudden change in plea, the younger Biden would likely face jail time over tax charges if federal prosecutors pressed for a prison sentence.
Hunter Biden initially pled “not guilty” to federal tax charges.
However, his attorneys said he would change his plea Thursday to accept a guilty verdict, averting a trial on charges scheduled to start this week.
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Judge Releases Schedule for Trump Election Case, Which Puts Him on Trial After Election Day
Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan on Thursday scheduled several deadlines in former President Donald Trump’s election interference case, which would officially put the former president on trial after the November election.
Chutkan held a status hearing on the case in Washington, D.C., on Thursday morning, where Trump pleaded not guilty to a superseding indictment that accused him of conspiring to defraud the United States and obstruct an official proceeding. Trump was not at the hearing in person, but authorized his legal team to enter the plea in his stead.
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Kamala Harris Refuses to Reveal Her ‘Current Position’ on Reparations
The campaign for Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris is refusing to reveal the vice president’s “current position” regarding slavery reparations.
The statement from the Harris campaign has provoked mockery on social media over the Democrat candidate’s flip-flopping and lack of transparency.
Harris’s “position,” or lack thereof, was highlighted Wednesday by National Republican Senatorial Committee official Philip Letsou.
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Kamala Harris Hires Top Socialist Strategist to Advise Campaign
Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris has hired a prominent socialist strategist to advise her 2024 campaign.
Vice President Harris is bringing in Deborah Mattinson, a top advisor to the U.K.’s ruling far-left Labour Party.
According to Politico, Mattinson will advise Harris and her campaign in the final weeks running up to Election Day.
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A longtime former California Democratic legislative leader announced Wednesday she no longer “recognize[s her] party,” while noting she still considers many of its historical figures, including former President John F. Kennedy, her “heroes.”
Gloria Romero, who served as the state Senate majority leader for three years of her more than 10-year stint in Sacramento, slammed the current state of her former party.
Romero said she had been a delegate to the Democratic National Convention for both Jesse Jackson and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., adding that many Latinos and Latinas are leaving the party for similar reasons.
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Los Angeles Teams Up With Feds to Crack Down on Sacramento-Enabled Prostitution
(The Center Square) — Los Angeles teamed up with the United States Attorney’s office to crack down on a 3.5 mile stretch of Figueroa Street in South Los Angeles federal prosecutors call “ground zero for human trafficking,” where many children are lured in with drugs and alcohol and forced into prostitution.
While many welcome the assistance of federal prosecutors, local elected officials blame a 2022 statewide law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom making “loitering with the intent to commit prostitution” no longer a misdemeanor offense.
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Major Study Discovers ‘Off Switch’ for COVID mRNA Shots
A group of eminent medical experts and leading scientific researchers has announced a major breakthrough after a groundbreaking study discovered an “off switch” for Covid mRNA shots.
The historic discovery, which offers hope to the billions of people around the world who have been injected with the “vaccines,” was revealed in a recent preprint study.
Contrary to initial claims that the “vaccine” stays in the arm, it spreads throughout the body.
The spread of the mRNA from the shots is prompting serious safety concerns from leading experts.
The spike protein triggered by the mRNA from the shots has been linked to multiple deadly diseasesand sudden death.
The mRNA shots are believed to be responsible for surging cases of turbo cancers, heart failure, strokes, blood clots, and damaged immune systems.
However, the groundbreaking new discovery gives hope for approximately 5.5 billion people to “inactivate” what they put into their bodies.
The new study was led by renowned American cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough.
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The results of a major election security investigation have just revealed that investigators found evidence of election hacking and disturbing “blindspots” in America’s voting machines.
A six-month-long investigation found shocking levels of foreign influence in voting systems used for U.S. elections.
New Hampshire officials hired a prominent forensic cybersecurity firm to conduct the investigations into election software.
People “familiar with the examination,” who were “granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about it,” reported leaked details of the investigation to Politico.
Politico notes that the investigators “found troubling security bugs” in voting machine software.
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New: FBI Raids Homes of Two Top Aides to NYC Mayor Eric Adams
The FBI conducted raids against two of New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ top aides on Thursday. Adams phone was siezed in 2021 as part of an FBI investigation into whether or not his campaign had taken illegal campaign contributions from Turkey. An aide for New York Governor Kathy Hochul was recently charged on suspicions of being an agent for the Chinese Communist Party.
The homes of First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, who is engaged to Schools Chancellor David Banks, as well as Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks were raided by the FBI on Thursday morning, per sources who spoke to ABC News.
The mayor’s chief counsel, Lisa Zornberg, said, “Investigators have not indicated to us the mayor or his staff are targets of any investigation.”
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Paxton Sues Bexar County After Warning About Election Fraud
(The Center Square) — After Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton warned Bexar County officials not to potentially engage in election fraud, they went forward with their voter registration plan utilizing what some called a far-left group and Paxton sued.
At a Bexar County Commissioners Court meeting on Tuesday, commissioners voted 3-1 to approve a plan to spend $392,000 to hire a company to print and distribute voter registration forms to unregistered county residents.
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Renowned Medical Professor Confirms Ivermectin Cures Cancer
A celebrated medical professor has confirmed that the “wonder drug” ivermectin has successfully been used to treat and cure terminally ill cancer patients.
The bombshell announcement was made by Dr. Paul Marik, an American physician and revered professor of medicine.
Speaking about the breakthrough during a new interview, Marik revealed that doctors have been stunned after seeing that cancer had “disappeared” in patients who received ivermectin.
Marik, a former critical care doctor at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital who also served as chair of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia, revealed that severely ill cancer patients made a complete recovery after they were given ivermectin.
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Republicans Secure Victories in Swing State Voting Cases
Republicans have racked up several victories in multiple swing states regarding cases to determine voting rules.
The wins in recent weeks are giving the GOP a better chance of electoral success in November.
The Republican National Committee RNC has filed 100 lawsuits in 25 states along with 150,000 lawyers and volunteer poll watchers to ensure fair elections across the country.
The Supreme Court allowed Arizona to require proof of citizenship to vote.
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Students in Seattle were welcomed back to school by security guards following spikes in violence in the wake of the district booting police officers off campuses in 2020. The added security is coming to 11 campuses which Seattle Public Schools (SPS) says have the highest rates of violence.
SPS contracted with a company to hire 16 security guards to be stationed outside the schools. One guard is assigned to each “comprehensive high school,” and two to five “focus schools,” including Chief Sealth, Franklin, Garfield, Ingraham, and Rainier Beach high schools, which have seen the most violence, including shootings, in the past 3 years.
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A district attorney backed by left-wing billionaire George Soros spoke out on Wednesday against a convicted serial rapist set to be released in his county despite his spotty history of prosecuting sex offenders.
Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón complained that Christopher Hubbart, known as the “pillowcase rapist” who has sexually assaulted at least 44 people, is scheduled to be released from the California Department of State Hospitals and likely will be placed in Antelope Valley in Los Angeles County, according to a press release from Gascón’s Office. Gascón, however, has a questionable record on prosecuting sex offenders in his capacity as district attorney.
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Texas Court Strikes Down Teen Content Ban While Keeping Digital ID Checks in Place
The US District Court for the Western District of Texas has issued an order in the case brought against the Texas SCOPE Act (House Bill 18), approving in part a preliminary injunction.
The request has been granted against the provision requiring social media companies to block teens from accessing certain types of “harmful” content.
However, the court decided to allow online age registration through digital ID requirements from the same act to remain in place. The law, which was to come into force on September 15, is designed to make major web services filter what minors can access on the internet, but also identify them.
Other rules from the SCOPE Act prohibit large social media companies from targeted advertising of those under 18 and limit what data can be collected from them.
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Tim Walz Dodges Press, Campaign Tells Reporters ‘Not to Disrupt the Program’ With Questions: Report
Democratic vice-presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) was in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to talk to party volunteers — but not to reporters, who were reportedly told to “not disrupt the program.”
Tim Carney posted on X: “Reporters keep not minding their own damn business, I guess” in response to a Facebook post from Allyssa Krantz a WPMT Fox 43, reporter who was at the event in Pennsylvania and posted that Walz was not taking questions and that reporters were instructed to not ask questions.
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President Donald Trump delivered a major economic address in New York City on Thursday.
During the speech, Trump announced his plan to create a “Government Efficiency Commission” led by Elon Musk.
Musk is renowned for utilizing small, hyper-efficient teams of workers at his companies.
He famously slashed the workforce by thousands when taking over Twitter, which he rebranded as X.
The move would align with Trump’s other promises to cut federal bureaucracy.
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Trump Lawyers Blast NY AG Letitia James Ahead of Appeal Hearing for $464 Million Fine
President Donald Trump’s lawyers have filed a salvo of legal arguments challenging the verdict in a New York civil case that resulted in a whopping $464 million fine.
Trump’s legal team is appealing his “business fraud” case, as New York Attorney General Letitia James fights to collect on the staggering half-billion-dollar judgment.
The aggressively political DEmocrat AG was blocked in a different case recently when a judge stopped her from targeting crisis pregnancy centers.
An oral argument is scheduled for September 26 to consider Trump’s appeal.
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University of Virginia Bans Student Protest Encampments After Unruly Spring
The University of Virginia has updated its protest policies to include a ban on encampments. This comes in response to the nationwide anti-Israel Gaza campsthat sprung up on college campuses this past spring. Additionally, demonstrators who conceal their identities behind facial coverings will now be required to provide identification documents upon request.
The updates were made on August 26, and can be found on the university’s websitelisted under free speech policies and regulations. According to the policies, tents are prohibited on campus without prior approval from the safety office. If a tent is erected, it must be taken down between midnight and 6 am or after 18 hours. Students are also prohibited from sleeping outdoors.
The university said outdoor areas for protesting cannot “restrict equal access to shared university spaces.” There will be no outdoor demonstrations allowed between the hours of 2 am and 6 am, as per the policies.
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‘WhisperGate’: US Charges Five Russian Military Officers Over Ukraine Cyberattacks
The United States charged five Russian military officers on Thursday for allegedly conducting cyberattacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine ahead of the Russian invasion. Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen said the members of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency indicted in Maryland waged a cyber campaign against Ukraine known as “WhisperGate.”
“The WhisperGate campaign included the targeting of civilian infrastructure and Ukrainian computer systems wholly unrelated to the military or national defense,” Olsen said at a press conference in Baltimore.
FBI special agent William DelBagno said the WhisperGate malware attack in January 2022 “could be considered the first shot of the war.” He said it was intended to cripple Ukraine’s government and critical infrastructure by targeting financial systems, agriculture, emergency services, healthcare and schools. Olsen said the cyber campaign was not restricted to Ukraine but also included attacks on computer systems in the United States and other NATO countries backing Ukraine.
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Expanding WHO’s Role: Canadian Stakeholders Eye “Misinformation” Control
Canada wants to expand the scope of the World Health Organization, WHO’s global pandemic agreement (treaty) by adding more censorship measures.
The initiative is to add social media “misinformation” (and censorship thereof) to the discussion of the draft treaty. In anticipation of the “next pandemic,” Canada also wants more attention to be paid to what it considers diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The treaty’s purpose is to give WHO an active role in directing how the United Nation’s 193 member countries deal with pandemics or other health crises. However, the negotiators failed to agree on the text of the document by the May deadline this year.
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Trudeau Staffers Shocked as National Campaign Director Announces Resignation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national campaign director Jeremy Broadhurst announced on Thursday that he is resigning, the Toronto Star reported. Although he had preiously informed Trudeau, his decision was a shock to many of the prime minister’s senior staff.
The announcement is more bad news for Trudeau, who has been assessing the damage of losing his political partnership with the New Democratic Party (NDP) and its leader, Jagmeet Singh. Singh first announced Wednesday his intention to “rip up” the informal coalition with the Trudeau government.
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Arch-Brexiteer Patel Dumped in Opening Vote for New UK Conservative Leader
Former UK home secretary Priti Patel’s dreams of leading the UK Conservatives are in tatters after she, one of the so-called “arch-Brexiteers”, was eliminated in the party’s opening Members of Parliament ballot.
Unexpectedly, former immigration secretary Robert Jenrick led the MP poll with 28 votes followed by bookies’ favourite Kemi Badenoch with 22 votes.
James Cleverly, the shadow home secretary, received 21 votes, while the shadow minister for security Tom Tugendhat won 17 and shadow pensions secretary Mel Stride gained 16.
A total of 118 Tory MPs cast their votes, with three passing on the opportunity — for the time being.
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Austrian Islamist With Bosnian Roots Was Munich Shooter
German authorities are treating a shooting near Munich’s Israeli consulate on Thursday, September 5th, as a “possible attack on an Israeli institution,” said state Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann.
The gunman, who was shot dead by police after he opened fire with a vintage rifle, was an 18-year-old Austrian man, said Munich police chief Thomas Hampel.
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Conor McGregor has claimed he is the ‘only logical choice’ to become the next Ireland president as he laid out some of his ambitious plans after previously being backed by Elon Musk.
The UFC icon is patriotic about his home nation, despite now living in luxurious settings around the United States, and wants to challenge for the presidency title next year.
McGregor has been engaged in controversial political discourse before, particularly surrounding the Dublin riots that followed the stabbing of three children and a carer in the city last year.
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Dutch Teen, Two Men in Custody for Membership to Right-Wing Extremist Terrorist Group
Three Dutch, including a 16-year-old boy, are in custody for incitement to terrorism, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) reported on Thursday. They’re accused of belonging to the right-wing extremist terrorist group The Base and urging others to commit terrorist attacks on chat groups.
The police arrested the suspects, aged 16, 18, and 26, in Bergeijk, Hengelo, and Veenendaal on August 20. They tried to convince people to commit terrorist crimes in chat groups, the OM said.
The OM believes the three suspects are supporters of the “accelerationist ideology” — a movement within right-wing extremism that aims to create social chaos in order to start a race war. According to NOS, their strategies range from sowing division through fake news to committing violent attacks. Their ultimate goal is a white ethnostate that only allows white people to be citizens.
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Escaped Murderer Wanted by Canada Apprehended in Hungary
On Sept. 3, a 32-year-old Algerian-Canadian-Hungarian man, with citizenship in all three countries, who had murdered a Hungarian man by stabbing him in the back with a sword in 2011, was arrested in Budapest, Hungarian police said in a statement.
The perpetrator fled the scene after the murder back in Canada but later voluntarily surrendered. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for manslaughter.
While in prison, however, he committed another crime causing serious personal injury. The Canadian authorities refused to grant him parole after 12 years.
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EU Launches Final Vega Rocket as Space Pressures Grow
The European Union-backed European Space Agency (ESA) has launched its final Vega rocket as competition in the aerospace sector hots up.
The launch came amid ongoing difficulties with its successor Vega-C vehicle, with questions also remaining over the efficacy of the ESA’s larger Ariane 6 “expendable launch system”.
The Ariane 6 system is powered by its main engine, a Vulcain 2.1, and two disposable boosters. These boosters fall away, as does the first stage, and then the upper stage’s Vinci engine pushes it into an elliptical orbit above Earth.
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EU Member States Fail to Agree on ‘Chat Control’ as Privacy Fears Intensify
EU ambassadors have failed again to find a consensus on the controversial Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR) proposal. Critics have dubbed the measure “Chat Control” and claim it is a blatant violation of citizens’ basic privacy. Despite Hungary, which holds the EU Council’s rotating presidency, having submitted a compromise proposal with a slightly toned down language, a blocking minority of countries remain.
As we wrote before, the official purpose of Chat Control is to curb the dissemination of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) by automatically monitoring all digital correspondence of European citizens. The messages and any shared media would be scanned for certain keywords, then flagged and sent to a central database for further inquiry and, if needed, prosecution.
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EU Parliament Weighs Booting Hungary From Schengen Zone
Ever since Hungary allowed Russians and Belarusians to enter the country with visas, Brussels has reacted with fury, with 63 MEPs calling for the EU commission to suspend Hungary’s membership of the Schengen zone in a letter. The move, however, would be seen as a nuclear option that could push Hungary entirely out of the EU.
A heated debate in the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), in the presence of Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson, broke out on Sept. 4, focusing on the extension of the Hungarian government’s National Card program, reports Index. The debate was sparked by Hungary’s extension of the program to Russian and Belarusian citizens in July.
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France: Macron ‘Playing Jurassic Park’ With Barnier PM Nomination
The EU’s former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has been named France’s next prime minister.
Barnier, who served as Internal Market tsar in the Barroso Commission, is reported by the French press to have dined with French President Emmanuel Macron in the Élysée on the night of September 4, with the president confirming his appointment the following day.
According to Le Parisien, the logic behind Barnier is that he is seen as a “bland technocrat” who would not immediately be censured by the Left and Right — a trait allegedly not shared by the previous frontrunners, socialists politician Bernard Cazeneuve and Liberal Xavier Bertrand.
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France: Macron’s Resignation Up in the Air
President Emmanuel Macron’s difficulties in appointing a new prime minister have prompted political figures on all sides to suggest that he should tender his resignation—his power being sufficiently weakened to push him not to complete his term of office.
The most virulent attacks are coming from the Left, who want to push Macron out by institutional means. 81 MPs from La France Insoumise (LFI) and the Green Party have signed a motion to impeach the head of state.
The action has no chance of success, but it does have the effect of putting the issue on the public agenda. According to Europe 1, the hypothesis of Macron’s resignation, previously considered absurd, is beginning to gain ground even within the presidential camp.
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German Police Kill Gunman Suspected of Targeting Israeli Consulate in Munich
German police shot and killed a man who opened fire on them with a vintage rifle near the Israeli consulate in Munich Thursday in what they treated as a foiled attack on the diplomatic mission.
Authorities identified the gunman, who was killed in a hail of police bullets, as an 18-year-old Austrian man but did not immediately comment on media reports that he was a known Islamist extremist.
German news site Spiegel Online and Austrian media said that he had been investigated last year for allegedly spreading Islamic State group propaganda, but that the case had been dropped.
While the motive was not yet known, Bavarian state premier Markus Soeder said “there is a terrible suspicion” the case was linked to Thursday’s anniversary of the deadly 1972 attack on Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games in Munich by Palestinian militants.
The shootout around 9:00 am (0700 GMT) sparked a mass mobilisation of about 500 police in downtown Munich, where residents and office workers huddled indoors as sirens wailed and a helicopter flew above.
Video footage published by German media showed dramatic scenes in which police commandos in body armour and helmets took cover from gunshots, then unleashed a barrage of bullets.
Police said five police officers fired at the man, who died on the spot with his weapon beside him — a rifle that pictures showed was fitted with a bayonet.
German authorities were treating the incident as a “possible attack on an Israeli institution”, said Bavarian state interior minister Joachim Herrmann.
Herrmann also noted that Thursday marked “the 52nd anniversary of the terrible attack on the Israeli team during the Olympic Games” of 1972.
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Germany: Tusk is Not Brushing the Issue of Reparations Aside, and Berlin is Finally Playing Ball
Just days ago, for the 85th anniversary of Nazi Germany invading Poland, President Andrzej Duda gave a speech in Wielun in which he made sure to note that Germany has still not paid reparations for the crimes committed against Poland during the occupation.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk also noted after the Polish-German intergovernmental consultations in July that “there is no amount of money that would compensate for everything that happened during World War II.”
German newspaper Die Welt wrote at the time, according to salon24.pl, that “Tusk’s words symbolize an attitude that surprises many politicians in Berlin,” as they had assumed that when Took power in December 2023, these “tiresome reparation demands from Warsaw” would no longer be an issue.
Apparently, they were wrong.
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German Police Kept Silent About Rape of 12-Year-Old Girl by Syrian National for 3 Weeks
A 12-year-old girl is alleged to have been raped by a Syrian in a Braunschweig swimming pool, but the police kept the case quiet for several weeks. No measures are being taken against the alleged perpetrator.
Police and public prosecutors in Braunschweig are investigating a Syrian teen who allegedly raped a 12-year-old girl in a local swimming pool called the Wasserwelt (Water World). The 15-year-old foreigner first molested the child in the pool and then raped her in a changing room, reports the Braunschweiger Zeitung. The crime is said to have taken place on Aug. 10, at 5 p.m. but details are only being made public now, as the police kept mum about the case for three weeks.
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Several shots were fired near the Nazi Documentation Centre in downtown Munich on Thursday, September 5th, German media reported.
The police said that “a larger operation is currently underway in the area of Briennerstraße and Karolinenplatz. We are on site with numerous emergency services.”
At around At around 10:30 a.m., the police said: “In the area of Karolinenplatz, police forces fired shots at a suspicious person, the person was hit and wounded.” The person was carrying a firearm.
There are currently no indications of other suspects.
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Germany to Count Road Repairs as Defence Spending to Hit NATO Target
Germany wants to give the impression it is meeting its international defence spending commitments but appears uninterested in actually putting the work in.
Instead, Olaf Scholz’s administration is considering playing “smoke and mirrors” by counting motorway repairs as a defence expenditure.
That is according to a report in the German daily Süddeutsche, which quoted CDU MP Ingo Gädechens as saying:
Now even motorways are supposed to be defence-relevant—despite the fact that the government has no idea of the actual military significance of our motorways.
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Germany: Munich Suspect Who Opened Fire on Police Near Israeli Consulate is an Austrian Islamist
After a suspect opened fire on police stationed outside the Israeli General Consulate in Munich, Germany, the perpetrator was shot dead by police. Now, information has been released that he is 18-year-old Islamist Emra I, a man with Austrian citizenship who was known to harbor “violent fantasies.”
Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said: “He deliberately shot at the police officers, who returned fire.” Five officers were involved in the shooting and there were no injuries. Footage of the man was posted across social media, which featured him wielding an antique rifle with a bayonet.
Some users have since noted the rifle dates back to World War I and appears to be a German Mauser long rifle.
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Historic French Church Destroyed by Arson
A historic church in northern France was destroyed in an arson attack on Monday. The 39-year-old suspect, who has been named as Joël Vigoureux, was arrested after the blaze at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in the town of Saint-Omer.
Vigoureux is “known for similar acts of destruction by fire,” the prosecutor of Saint-Omer, Mehdi Benbouzid, told AFP. The attacker is facing a criminal charge of “destruction of property by dangerous means because of religion,” Benbouzid added.
The fire reportedly started around 4 a.m. before spreading to the side and central aisles. It then reached the roof and bell tower, which collapsed. It took 120 firefighters to contain the conflagration.
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National Conservatives Secure Leading Role in European Commission
Last-minute negotiations between Italian PM Giorgia Meloni and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen seem to have ended in a surprising success for the former. Von der Leyen is on course to grant Italy an executive vice presidency in her next cabinet—despite the fact that Meloni’s European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group is not part of the European Parliament’s ruling majority, the so-called ‘Ursula coalition.’
The news is not yet officially confirmed, as the president-elect still has a few weeks to distribute all the posts and portfolios among her 26 commissioner candidates. But according to MEP Fulvio Martusciello—the head of one of Meloni’s two coalition partners, Forza Italia’s European People’s Party (EPP) delegation in Brussels—the deal could not be more secure.
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The partner of former Slovak president, Zuzana Caputova, has admitted responsibility for a loud bang that shocked an affluent district of Bratislava on Wednesday — explaining it had been the result of him accidentally shooting his gun while cleaning it.
Juraj Rizman, who is the current communications director of the Slovak organization Post Bellum, revealed he was behind the shot that rang out on Skalicka Street in the Slovak capital on Wednesday evening, taking to social media to explain what happened.
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Francis has long been vocal about the declining birth rates in the West, particularly in Europe, where the fertility rate has fallen to 1.5 children per woman — well below the replacement rate of 2.1
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Schools Throughout Czechia Continue to Receive Bomb Threats Today
The start of the Czech school year is usually marked by ceremonies, flowers for teachers, and a festive atmosphere. This year, however, hundreds of schools across the country have been dealing with bomb threats, disrupting the first week of classes.
The threats continued into Thursday, prompting Interior Minister Vit Rakusan to call the situation “unprecedented” and a “targeted attack.”
Rakusan stressed the importance of minimizing disruptions while ensuring the safety of students. A committee has been established to monitor the situation closely.
Almost 500 schools receive threats Thursday morning
Czech police have reported that over 490 schools received another round of threatening emails on Thursday morning, though they assess the threat level as low. Authorities will continue efforts to minimize class disruptions, as they have in previous days.
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Sweden’s Foreign Minister Billström Announces Surprise Resignation
Sweden’s Minister of foreign Affairs Tobias Billström has said he will leave his post and quit politics altogether.
Billström did not elaborate on the reason for the departure in his announcement on September 4, surprising many and leaving the door open for speculation.
“It is with a mixture of sadness and pride that I have informed the Prime Minister today that in connection with the opening of the Riksdag [the Swedish Parliament] on Tuesday [September 10], I am leaving my post as Minister of Foreign Affairs”, Billström said on X.
“It has not been an easy decision but something that I have thought about and processed for some time.”
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Sweden: Volvo Cars Abandons 2030 EV-Only Target
Swedish automaker Volvo Cars scrapped its target of going all-electric by 2030 on Wednesday, saying it now expected to still be offering some hybrid models in its line up at that time.
Major automakers have seen slowing demand for EVs partly due to a lack of affordable models and the slow roll-out of charging points, while also bracing for the effects of European tariffs on electric cars made in China.
Shares in the company were down 7.5 per cent at 14:16 GMT, after hovering around 4 per cent lower ahead of the announcement of scaled-back targets.
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UK: Leading Conservative Confronts PM on Abandoning Israel
“The fight for trust,” said new Labour prime minister Sir Keir Starmer ahead of the launch of his first legislative agenda, “is the battle that defines our political era.”
It is also a battle he appears to be losing.
After reports emerged suggesting the government lied when it said serious sexual offenders would not be released from prison after serving just 40% of their sentences, a leading Tory leadership candidate accused Starmer of being untruthful about his reasoning for suspending selected arms exports to Israel.
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Paul Gerrard, Co-op’s public affairs director, says supermarkets across the UK are seeing their meat, sweets and booze sections ransacked as shoplifting levels surge to record highs.
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‘Von Der Leyen to Announce Green Deal Changes in Coming Weeks,’ German MEP Says
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will announce planned changes to the EU’s Green Deal in the coming weeks, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) MEP Peter Liese has told Brussels Signal.
Speaking with Head of News Justin Stares, Liese said he and his colleagues had been negotiating with the EC President and fellow CDU member in the hope of securing various changes to Europe’s “green” legislation, especially when it comes to the planned 2035 combustion-engine ban.
He also emphasised the need to remove certain bureaucratic elements from European Union’s green regulations, which he said were preventing the bloc from achieving its climate goals.
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Serbia Denies Giving MIG-29 Fighter Jets to Ukraine
Belgrade has denied earlier press reports that Serbia had agreed to provide MiG-29s to Kyiv as part of its contract with France to purchase Rafale fighter jets.
Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic refuted information published in the Serbian and regional press that the contract for the purchase of 12 new Rafale aircraft from Dassault Aviation allegedly includes a clause that the Serbian MiG-29s will be delivered first to France and then to Ukraine.
“This is yet another in a series of lies and fabrications whose sole purpose is to cast a shadow over the purchase of 12 brand new, fourth-generation Rafale multirole fighter aircraft. MiGs owned by Serbia […] will never be handed over to anyone,” said Gasic.
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Netanyahu Gives a Starkly Different Take on Biden Administration’s Hopes for a Gaza Deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were sharply at odds Thursday over prospects of reaching a deal for a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release, with Netanyahu saying it was “exactly inaccurate” that a breakthrough was close.
“There’s not a deal in the making,” Netanyahu said in an interview with “Fox and Friends.” His public skepticism comes as U.S. officials said they were working on a revised proposal to address remaining disputes between Israeli and Hamas leaders after the weekend discovery of six dead hostages added urgency to the talks.
National security spokesman John Kirby reiterated Thursday that only disagreements on “implementing details” of a cease-fire proposal need to be hammered out.
“I’ve heard what the prime minister said. I’m not going to get into a back and forth with him in a public setting,” Kirby told reporters. “We still believe, though this is incredibly difficult … if there’s compromise, if there’s leadership, we can still get there.”
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If US Gives Long-Range Weapons to Kiev, Occupied Buffer Zone May Reach Poland: Medvedev
The Kremlin has just threatened to take over and directly occupy essentially the whole of Ukraine, extending the main theater of war far past the Donbass in the East, in a warning aimed at Washington and NATO as President Biden mulls allowing US weapons for long-range attacks deep inside Russian territory.
The fresh warning was issued by the Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, who is certainly no stranger to issuing boisterous, hugely threatening statements. He told a press briefing with correspondents from TASS that a future permanent buffer zone along Russia’s southern border with Ukraine will crucial in staving off cross-border shelling and attacks.
But, he explained, if the West supplies longer range missiles to Kiev and greenlights their use on Russian soil, Russia’s military will then expand the proposed buffer zone all the way to Poland. Reuters this week has reported the Biden administration is getting closer to approving the long-range missiles the Zelensky government has been pleading for.
“Obviously, we need to create a buffer zone for the future to ensure that nothing flies in. Its size is anyone’s guess, but it should be sufficient,” he began in the Wednesday comments.
Referring to the Ukrainians, Medvedev continued, “If they wish to get long-range means of attack, such as cruise and ballistic missiles, then this buffer zone should stretch as far as Poland.”
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that his nation is “going to support” Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris in the upcoming November election.
During a question and answer session at Russia’s Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Putin also blasted President Donald Trump for hitting his country with crippling sanctions.
He continued by saying that he hopes that Harris would “refrain” from targetting Russia with sanctions if she’s elections.
However, Putin did take a swipe at Harris by mocking her infamous cackle, provoking laughter from the audience.
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Japan Links COVID Shots to 201 Dangerous Diseases
Researchers in Japan have issued a red alert after making a “shocking” discovery, warning the public that Covid mRNA shots are now “affecting every possible aspect of human pathology.”
The nation’s leading scientists are raising the alarm after linking Covid mRNA injections to surges in 201 dangerous and deadly diseases.
The findings were laid out in a 93-minute press conference, during which, some of Japan’s leading researchers revealed that Covid “vaccines” have now been linked to thousands of side effects.
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19-Year-Old Rising Soccer Star Dies Suddenly in Her Sleep
The soccer world is once again in mourning after a rising female star died suddenly in her sleep.
Aurelia Haynes was just 19 years old when she passed away unexpectedly.
Tributes have been pouring in on social media for a “beautiful gentle soul.”
Haynes was an up-and-coming star player in her native Australia.
She was a law student who played for the NSW Central Coast WPL team Umina United.
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Ecuador Foils Attack on Prison by Explosive-Laden Drone
Ecuadoran officials said they had thwarted an attack Thursday carried out by an explosive-laden drone on La Roca prison, which houses ex-vice president Jorge Glas, arrested in a raid on the Mexican embassy in April.
The drone was intercepted as it flew over the maximum security prison, according to the “Security Block” — a unit of police and soldiers fighting drug trafficking.
The drone had been flown with the intent of “disabling” the prison, which can hold about 100 inmates, the group said in a statement.
Glas was arrested on corruption charges on April 5 at the Mexican embassy in Quito where he had sought refuge. The raid on the embassy by Ecuadoran security forces to capture him prompted a break in diplomatic ties between the two nations.
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The Home Office has been spared an inquest into how an Afghan asylum seeker who posed as a child before murdering an aspiring Marine was allowed into Britain.
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Arizonans Show Overwhelming Support for Border Control Ballot Measure: Poll
(The Center Square) — An overwhelming number of Arizonans support greater security at the southern border, according to recent polling done by Noble Predictive Insights.
With the presidential election coming up in November, Arizonans will not only have the chance to vote for their local legislators, but to vote in laws proposed on the ballot — one of those being a measure that would increase criminal prosecution of non-U.S. citizens.
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Austria: Anti-Immigration FPÖ Set to Win National Elections This Month
The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) is set to win national elections this month, according to polling which shows them with a strong lead approximately three weeks before voters cast their ballots. The party, known for its anti-immigration, pro-peace, and socialistic blend of politics, has been leading in the polls since 2022.
According to a poll from the Lazarsfeld Society on behalf of oe24, the party has 27 percent of the vote, with the center-right ÖVP in second place with 23 percent. National elections will be held on Sept. 29.
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According to an extensive report from a Denver law firm, a Venezuelan gang has simply occupied an entire apartment building and use it as their headquarters to commit a host of crimes including violent assaults, murder threats, extortion and prostitution while terrorizing the local population.
The Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang’s strong presence in Colorado is another consequence of the Biden-Harris administration’s open border policy that has seen tens of millions enter the US and be transported to their destination of choice. This Venezuelan gang reportedly began taking over an Aurora apartment building called the Whispering Pines Apartments in late 2023, according to a letter sent to Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman, Aurora City Manager Jason Batchelor, and the interim police chief that was obtained by CBS News Colorado.
Each page of the nine-page report was labeled “CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED.” The Perkins Coie law firm revealed its shocking discovery on Aug. 9.
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French police have broken up the Calais camp thought to have been the place where migrants stayed just before their bid to cross the Channel in an overcrowded boat ended in tragedy with 12 drowned.
Officers moved in this morning in a fleet of vans barely 24 hours after the tragedy, MailOnline can reveal.
The breakfast time raid made a clean sweep of the illegal camp which had been erected on the outskirts of Calais at Petit Courgain.
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A suspect arrested after police found children chained to a bed in their mother’s apartment is an illegal immigrant who has been previously deported, Border Hawk reported. Police went to the Fairfax Country residence when notified of potential child abuse on Aug. 15.
They could hear a “chain rattling” inside the home when the door was opened after officers knocked. They observed a chain “wrapped around a post next to a sleeping cot” in the living room, according to a report by Fox 5.
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It’s Spreading: America’s Top Oil Field Terrorized by Armed Venezuelan Gangs
It’s only going to get worse from here, as the Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous open border policies have now come to a ‘neighborhood near you’ (for some of you). In the past week, we saw armed Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua members terrorize the northern Denver suburb of Aurora and other sanctuary cities run by far-left Democrats. New concerns out Thursday afternoon indicate critical infrastructure is now under threat from migrant cartel members.
According to Libs of TikTok, a Texas-based oil/gas company issued a memo to employees informing them that police and the FBI have warned armed Cuba and Venezuela migrant gangs are committing thefts in the Permian Basin (America’s highest producing oil field).
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Germany’s AfD has has acquired a list of the forenames of all 2023 gang rape suspects in one federal state, claiming it shows the vast majority are of migrant heritage.
“A clear trend is evident” in the forenames of those named as suspects in gang rapes in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), it is stated, after the Alternative for Germany (AfD) faction applied for a release of information not found in normal government data releases.
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Netherlands Halts Financial Support to Rejected Asylum Seekers
From January 1, 2025 the Dutch government will end payments to failed asylum seekers, with all national government funding of the National Aliens Facility (LVV) to cease next year.
Asylum Minister Marjolein Faber announced:
From January 1, 2025, the state contribution to the accommodation of people who should have left the country long ago will be stopped.
The decision followed consultation with the five major cities which offer emergency accommodation. The spiralling expense of the so-called bed-bad-en-brood (bed, bath, and bread) scheme for rejected asylum seekers has influenced the change of policy, with costs estimated at €30 million a year, according to Netherlands public broadcaster NOS.
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Germany wants the EU to send migrants to Rwanda and use facilities originally set up to take those arriving in the UK by boat before Labour scrapped the plan.
Berlin’s migration commissioner Joachim Stamp has proposed deporting those who arrive illegally in the bloc via Poland’s border with Belarus.
Germany’s special representative for migration agreements, said the EU could utilize existing asylum facilities in Rwanda, which were initially intended for arrivals from Britain.
One of Sir Keir Starmer’s first acts after winning the election in July was to cancel the scheme before it had even started, after the Tory government had already spent £290million
The proposal comes amid rising pressure on Germany’s ruling coalition government to restrict irregular migration following a fatal stabbing linked to Islamic State at a city festival last month that fuelled far-right opposition and criticism of Berlin’s migration policies.
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UK: Tony Blair Wakes Up to the “Strain” of Mass Immigration — Three Decades Too Late
Former UK prime minister Tony Blair has said the “big influx of people” into certain communities as part of mass immigration—kickstarted by former UK prime minister Tony Blair—caused “real strains.”
What a shame he didn’t think about this almost 30 years ago, when—as ‘New Labour’ speechwriter Andrew Neather later let slip—his government was setting out the “driving political purpose” of mass immigration to “make the UK truly multicultural” and “rub the Right’s nose in diversity.”
Blair’s unapologetic comments in a BBC interview this week have expectedly been the subject of much mockery. After the former PM insisted his handling of immigration was not a mistake, journalist Isabel Oakeshott noted that he “is barely ever in the UK, which explains why he still thinks his mass immigration policy was a good one. He should spend a few days in our ruined town centres.”
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Venezuelan Gang’s Alleged Takeover of Aurora, Colorado Apartments Began in 2023: Report
A violent transnational gang from Venezuela allegedly first gained a “stranglehold” on an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado, late last year, according to a local report.
Tren de Aragua gang members took over the Whispering Pines Apartments in 2023, engaging in violent assaults, murder threats, extortion, child prostitution and strongarm tactics, Denver law firm Perkins Coie wrote to city leaders in a nine-page report obtained by CBS News Colorado.
The firm was hired to investigate the alleged gang takeover of the apartment building, the outlet said, and interviewed witnesses and reviewed video footage from the complex prior to issuing its report.
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Youngkin Rips Virginia’s Sanctuary Sheriffs, ‘Neglecting Their Duty’
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, fed up with liberal sheriffs in the commonwealth, ripped those that claim sanctuary status and refuse to turn over criminal illegal migrants to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Without mentioning a specific county government or sheriff, Youngkin said on X, “Virginia is not a sanctuary state. It is unacceptable that local officials refuse to cooperate with ICE in holding illegal immigrants accountable. They are neglecting their duty to serve and protect Virginians and putting our entire commonwealth at risk.”
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Colorado Parents Sue School District Over Transgender Roommate Policy
GOLDEN, Colo. (TND) — Parents of a Colorado elementary school student sued a district Wednesday over a policy that transgender students should room with cisgender classmates on overnight trips.
Joe and Serena Wailes, whose daughter is in the fifth grade in Jeffco Public Schools, claim the district has not allowed them to opt their child out of a rule grouping transgender students with classmates identifying as the same gender on school trips.
The lawsuit follows two letters the parents sent asking the district to allow them an opt-out. Those requests were denied, according to Alliance Defending Freedom, which is representing the family.
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Ford, Coors Light Pull Out of Human Rights Campaign LGBTQ+ Ranking System
Ford, Coors Light, as well as other brands have backed out of an LGBTQ+ ranking system that spear-headed by the Human Rights Campaign. The left-wing group has ranked companies and brands by their DEI initiatives and policies surrounding the LGBTQIA agenda, as well as other efforts.
Ford, Harley-Davidson, Lowe’s, Tractor Supply, Brown-Forman, distiller for Jack Daniels, as well as Molson Coors have announced they will stop working with the group recently as they dial back diversity initiatives. Nearly all of the companies had ranked well on HRC’s “Corporate Equality Index,” which the organization calls the “national benchmarking tool on corporate policies, practices and benefits pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer employees.”
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Polish Festival Promotes Sex Work as ‘A Way to Make a Decent Living’
From Sept. 6-8, the “Queerz Get Loud” festival, hosted at the Lublin Cultural Center, will include a panel on prostitution.
“Celebration, diversity, a platform to experience each other together, inspiration and stimulation, and a polyphony of different means of expression — this is what Queerz Get Loud has always been and will be,” reads the event description, according to the DoRzeczy.pl news portal.
It goes on to say that the Camera Femina foundation is “queering” Lublin for the fifth year, calling the city “an important point on the queer map of Poland.”
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Supreme Court Backs Biden-Harris Move to Withhold Federal Funding From Oklahoma Over Abortion Rules
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Biden-Harris administration withholding federal taxpayer funding from Oklahoma over its refusal to direct patients to an abortion hotline.
The court upheld the new regulation that replaced President Donald Trump’s prohibition on such referrals, NBC News reported.
Almost immediately after taking office, President Joe Biden mandated that providers discuss all options with pregnant mothers, including adoption, prenatal care, and abortion.
At first, Oklahoma complied with the mandate of giving out the hotline allegedly providing factual data about the procedure to callers.
However, after the 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the state refused to even provide the hotline phone number despite agreeing to do so at first.
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New information on Poltava linked to Tobias Billström
Swedish officers among the dead in Poltava
The Swedish Armed Forces deny
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Photos: Atlantic Counsil video and x.com/runewsTobias Billström and picture from the bombed military training building.
Tobias Billström and picture from the bombed military training building.
K￤llor reports that three of the several soldiers killed in the Russian attack on a military training facility in Poltava, Ukraine were Swedes. The defense and government deny it, but just hours after the attack, Foreign Minister Tobias Billström resigned without warning.
Tobias Billström was not the only minister to leave his post in the hours following the fateful day of September 3, 2024.
In the wake of the successful Russian attack, half a dozen ministers also resigned from their posts in the Zelensky regime in Kiev, among them Foreign Minister Dimitri Kuleba.
Reportedly, the professional relationship between Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrm has been strained for some time. What was the straw that broke the camel’s back on September 4, 2024 – just hours after Poltava?
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Was it Kristersson’s demand that Billström denied in front of rolling cameras that three Swedish officers were among the dead in NATO’s proxy war against the Russian Federation?
NewsVoice has unsuccessfully sought the Foreign Minister and his press secretary Anna Erhardt for a comment.
Defense Forces spokesperson Theresa Fagerstedt on the report of dead Swedes in the attack on Poltava:
“This is a typical example of what disinformation can look like and how quickly it can spread. The fact that people and authorities are exploited in attacks where people have lost their lives or been seriously injured is not something a malicious actor takes into account.”
The Swedish airborne combat management and air surveillance platform ASC 890. On the right: the three operators of the aircraft.
The Swedish airborne combat management and air surveillance platform ASC 890. The three operators of the aircraft (right). Kremlin (left). Photos: Swedish Armed Forces and Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0
The assumption that Swedish soldiers may have been at the military institute in Poltava at the time of the attack is not at all unreasonable. Quite the contrary.
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Earlier in the summer, NewsVoice reported on the Swedish government’s decision to send the ASC 890 airborne combat management platform to Ukraine, which Ukrainians had to be trained on first. This is precisely what the military institute was training in when it was hit by two Russian missiles at eight minutes past nine in the morning of September 3.
In the interview below, US Colonel Douglas Macgregor confirms his belief that three Swedish officers were killed in the Russian attack on the military institute in Poltava (at 6 minutes and 43 seconds).
Macgregor:
“I think the big signal is, look, we are playing for keeps now. No more nonsense. We are coming, and we know exactly where you are because there were, as I recollect, three Swedish officers who had come onboard down in Poltava to teach people about their form of airborne control systems, and they were killed. So I think there was a message here for the Swedes, you want to join NATO? Welcome to the party”.
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The last time Swedish officers were killed in Poltava was in 1709, during Charles XII’s great battle against Russia, which marked the beginning of the end of the Swedish Empire, which lasted from 1611 to 1718.
On September 6, Minister of Defense Pål Jonson will meet his colleagues in the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in Germany to discuss the countries’ continued support to Ukraine.
The Ramstein meeting is the twenty-fourth in the order since spring 2022 and is led by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin and Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umejrov, the Government announced in a press release today at 16:00.
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Related
RT: Swedish foreign minister unexpectedly resigns
Frsvarsmakten: Frsvarsmakten denies reports of fatalities of Frsvarsmakten employees in Poltava
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BBC: Ukraine’s foreign minister resigns as government reshuffle expected
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NewsVoice: What if the Swedish fighter jet directs nuclear-armed F-16s into Russia?
Wikipedia: Battle of Poltava Data: Russia attacked ‘NATO building’ in Poltava – 600 injured and 190 dead
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A Russian missile attack on a military building in Ukraine killed 190 people and injured 600, according to Ukrainian media and Telegram.
Among the dead and injured were reportedly many mercenaries from the West and military advisers from NATO, including Swedes in what may be the deadliest single attack in the Ukraine war.
Poltava is a historically known city in central Ukraine about 303 kilometers southeast of Kiev.
The Russian military attacked a training center for communications and electronic warfare specialists for the Ukrainian armed forces in Poltava, according to reports from Ukraine.
Video footage from Ukraine was seen showing the moment after a Russian Iskander missile slammed into the 179th signal troop training center in Poltava on September 4.
Local media describe that the soldiers from Ukraine’s armed forces were taken away in several trucks. The destroyed building is still being cleared of bodies, according to the Russian Telegram channel Intel Slava (@intelslava).
Russia reportedly attacked the educational building first, and ten minutes later, also the adjacent cafeteria.
Western media reported the attack and downplayed the number of dead and injured to only 50 people and that it was a hospital, according to both Russian and Ukrainian comments.
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