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Nearly 800 students were suspended from Vienna’s schools in 2024, with more than 600 cases linked to violent behavior, according to new data. Police were called to intervene in almost 600 of these incidents, more than double the number recorded in 2015.

Children can be excluded from school for up to four weeks if they pose a risk to others, and from 2026, mandatory supervision will be introduced for students who have been suspended. However, many teachers warn that the measure may come too late.

Education officials link the surge in violence to wider social tensions, language barriers and cultural conflicts. Nearly 45% of Vienna’s first-graders reportedly lack adequate German language skills.

Importing Turd World people means also importing Turd World problems. ODF.

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Last week, Britain’s comedy treasure, Ricky Gervais, took to social media to rant about how his proposed billboards for Dutch Barn Vodka had been rejected.

Each banner featured a dark but hilarious slogan that would have inevitably won the applause of Britain’s disillusioned masses.

Its rejected lines include:

• “Dutch Barn, drugs this good are usually illegal.”
• “Dutch Barn, your tube driver’s favourite drink in the morning.”
• “Dutch Barn, one day you’ll be underground for good.”

Ironically, the slogan to cause the most amusement of all among social media followers was the following:

• “Welcome to London, don’t forget your stab vest.”

Brits particularly appreciated this version as it bravely stood as a dark, tongue-in-cheek nod to Britain’s knife-crime epidemic.

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In yet another example of the massive foreign crime wave engulfing Europe, new data shows that foreigners in Italy are vastly overrepresented in violent crimes and predatory crimes such as robbery and sexual assault.

The 2024 data shows that a significant number of arrests in Italy are targeting foreigners, making up 34.7 percent of arrests.

However, when it comes to more serious predatory crimes, the figure is much higher. For public street robberies, foreign make up 60.1 percent of suspects and for robberies in total, it is 52.3 percent. Foreigners are responsible for 61 percent of burglaries, and 69 percent of pickpocketing cases, according to new crime data analyzed by Italian newspaper Il Sole 24.

For sexual assault, foreigners are responsible for 43 percent of all such cases.

This is despite foreigners making up only a small share of the Italian population. According to the Ismu Ets report, as of Jan. 1, 2024, there were 5.7 million foreign people in Italy. Of these, 5.3 million were residents, making up 9 percent of the Italian population. This is compared to 8.2 percent in 2014.

Scott Adams:

Five more rounds to go.

Six weeks apart

Not expected to feel any improvement until at least two rounds. Might actually feel worse in the short run.

1/3 chance of some improvement.

1/3 chance of miraculous improvement. (Cleared of tumors but not “cured”)

1/3 chance things get worse.

Synergistic with Dr. Soon-Shioh’s approach. Pluvicto attacks tumors with precision. His approach tunes your body’s natural defenses, and that could mop up what is left, in the best case scenario. And if the Pluvicto doesn’t work, the bodily defenses approach can potentially get the whole job done.

We shall find out. Will do both.

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Native American sovereignty and California’s policies that shield illegal immigrants have allowed Mexican drug cartels to swoop in on tribal lands of the Round Valley Indian Tribes, a confederation of several tribes, the sheriff said.

The valley, known for illegal marijuana grows on tribal lands, is remote and surrounded by forested mountainous terrain. It’s a patchwork of tribal lands and those sold off to private owners years ago.

Not the Babylon Bee.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to impose a “100% tariff” on New Yorkers looking to escape to the Lone Star State if democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani wins the Big Apple’s mayoral election on Tuesday.

“After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC,” the Republican governor wrote on X Monday afternoon.

Abbott did not elaborate on why he would penalize new residents of his state or how he would impose such a tariff.

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Hopefully they’re more sincere than the vast number of ‘celebrities’ who swore they would quit the U.S. if Trump were elected.

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Since the framers of the Constitution created a federal government with three branches, not four, there are no Constitutional checks on the emergent fourth branch.

Currently, the fourth branch is in many ways the most powerful, and certainly the most destructive, arm of the government.

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All of this creates a Red Queen Effect.

Citizens must establish their own organizations, and raise donations to engage in constant lawfare, just to retain the rights they haven’t lost yet. And they must win every time to maintain the status quo.

Bureaucrats, on the other hand, can fight endless legal battles using money taken from their victims by the IRS, at no cost to themselves. Any victory they claim, they may keep permanently, while any loss may be refought endlessly simply by a slight variance of the attack.

Obviously, if this system is not changed, all power will accrue to the bureaucracy over time. They will constitute a totalitarian authority over every aspect of the life of every citizen.

Hollywood Reporter.

The union representing writers at Teen Vogue is slamming the youth-focused publication’s merger with the Vogue website and raising concerns about impacts on staff diversity and political coverage.

In a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter on Monday, Condé United and parent union The NewsGuild of New York said they “strongly condemn Condé Nast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue.” The labor groups claim the move was “clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most.”

Teen Vogue is aimed at teenage girls. Apparently they are a prime progressive demographic. (I wonder how many male staff members they have? I doubt that there are any. So much for Diversity and Inclusion.)

Per Wikipedia: “The NewsGuild-CWA is a labor union founded by newspaper journalists in 1933. Members now include the Democratic Socialists of America and left-wing activist groups unaffiliated with journalism such as Jewish Voice for Peace.”

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he Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector received information about “a coordinated attack” in which criminal cartels are offering payments of $10,000 to those who shoot at Border Patrol agents at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to an internal memo.

The alert, which was obtained by NewsNation correspondent Ali Bradley, said that “additional reporting suggests that assailants may wear Mexican military uniforms to avoid raising suspicion while carrying long arms or machine guns.”

“While this threat specifically pertains to the RGV [Rio Grande Valley] Sector, it reflects heightened cartel frustrations that could extend across the southwest border,” the federal communication said.

New York Post.

Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are prepared to bolt from the Big Apple if socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani wins Tuesday’s mayoral race — potentially setting the stage for the largest population flight in US history, an alarming new poll warned early Monday.

Around 765,000 people of the 8.4 million residents who call New York City home are preparing to leave, with about 9% of New Yorkers sharing that they would “definitely” leave the city if Mamdani is elected the 111th mayor, the Daily Mail reported, citing a survey conducted by J.L. Partners.

If those residents were to leave, it would be equal to the population of Washington, DC, Las Vegas, or Seattle fleeing the city.

Another 25% of New Yorkers — about 2.12 million — said they would “consider” packing up and leaving.

Power Line.

If you created a list of the worst people in public life during modern American history, John Brennan would be near the top. As CIA Director, the (allegedly) former Communist betrayed the American people to a greater degree than any other public employee I can think of.

On Thursday, Brennan participated in some sort of conference, during which he was questioned by a guy who was in the office of the Director of National Intelligence and was involved in the intelligence work surrounding purported “Russian influence” in the 2020 election. The questioner didn’t get far, as Brennan just kept saying “bullshit,” even though what the questioner said was correct. The crowd was on Brennan’s side, and the moderator moved on.

Wall Street Journal.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago was scrambling to close a $369 million deficit in 2013. The inception of ObamaCare offered an enticing target for cost shaving: retiree health coverage.

The city expected to spend $194 million that year subsidizing health insurance for its retirees, many of whom were too young to qualify for Medicare. Such costs were projected to increase to $540 million by 2023 at the same time as pension payments were ballooning. While courts in Illinois and other states have held that public employee pensions are legally protected, governments have more latitude to make changes to medical benefits.

So Mr. Emanuel dumped his city’s retirees onto the nascent ObamaCare exchanges, where federal subsidies can reduce premium payments. Voilà, Chicago’s $2.1 billion unfunded retiree healthcare liability vanished. Now U.S. taxpayers pick up the tab for Chicago’s retirees in their 50s and early 60s.

Chicago isn’t alone in trying this neat fiscal trick. Detroit, Stockton, Calif., and San Bernardino, Calif., also saved billions by shifting pre-Medicare retirees to ObamaCare when they filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy in the 2010s. That minimized cuts to workers’ compensation and pensions. Detroit’s $170 million annual retiree healthcare bill made up nearly 20% of its general fund budget, one of the city’s biggest costs.

Other municipalities may move retirees to ObamaCare to avoid layoffs and tax hikes. ObamaCare could soon became a safety valve for underwater cities.

Enter Democrats in Congress, who are refusing to reopen the government unless Republicans agree to extend the pandemic-era ObamaCare subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year. The news is filled with stories of people who will have to pay modestly more for their insurance, never mind that the feds would still pick up roughly 80% of the cost for a typical plan.

The reality is that extending the sweetened subsidies will encourage more states and cities to follow the lead of Chicago, shifting the healthcare costs of their young retirees to national taxpayers. It’s a backdoor bailout.

Politico, a Voice of the Crust.

A mayor in Mexico ’s western state of Michoacan was shot dead in a plaza in front of dozens of people who had gathered for Day of the Dead festivities, authorities said.

Local politicians in Mexico are frequently victims of political and organized crime violence.

The mayor of the Uruapan municipality, Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez, was gunned down Saturday night in the town’s historic center. He was rushed to a hospital, where he later died, according to state prosecutor Carlos Torres Piña.

I think we can safely call Mexico a ‘failed state’. I also think we can safely include it in the Turd World.

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As we’ve for many months been documenting, the Western mainstream media continues the trend of turning on Ukraine, and on President Zelensky in particular, now that it’s clear that ‘victory’ against Russia will not be a reality. It seems that every time Ukraine’s military suffers major setback and defeat at a strategic location in the east – as is again unfolding currently – the unusually ‘negative’ MSM articles suddenly appear.

It wasn’t very long ago, and especially during the opening couple years of war, the MSM treated any criticisms of Zelensky or the Ukrainian Army as totally off-limits. This was the comically absurd era of concert halls in Europe canceling famous classical Russian ballads, or op-eds calling for reading courses to ban Dostoevsky. But fast-forward to late 2025 and Politico is out with a story entitled The dark side of Zelenskyy’s rule.

The story documents how Ukrainian society, and especially what’s left of the ‘accepted opposition’ (after long ago Zelensky banned all opposition political parties deemed too ‘pro-Russian’ in a country where some one-third of the population has Russian as their first language) is slowly turning on the US/EU-backed leader.

Instead of calling them ‘conspiracy theories’ we ought to call them ‘spoiler alerts’.

The Atlantic, a Voice of the Crust.

Six years ago, the New York University Grossman School of Medicine, in Manhattan, announced that it would become tuition-free for all students. The change was made possible in part thanks to a $100 million donation from Kenneth Langone, a Home Depot co-founder, and his wife, Elaine. “It would enable graduates to pick lower-paying fields like primary care and pediatrics, where more good doctors are desperately needed, without overwhelming debt to force them out,” Kenneth said in an interview at the time. In a triumphant report, the school declared, “The ultimate success of this tuition-free initiative will be measured over time by the clinical and research achievements of future graduates, as well as the improvements in diversity of the physician ranks.”

You might ask yourself why medical education is so damned expensive. It didn’t used to be.

The school’s shift to a tuition-free model has no doubt been a tremendous boon to those students fortunate enough to gain admission. But judged against the standards set out by the Langones and NYU itself, the initiative has been a failure. The percentage of NYU medical students who went into primary care was about the same in 2017 and 2024, according to an analysis by Chuck Dinerstein, the medical director at the American Council on Science and Health. The locations of the hospitals where students do their residencies—often a clue about where they will end up practicing long-term—also remained essentially unchanged. And although applications from underrepresented minority students increased by 102 percent after the school went tuition-free, the proportion of Black students declined slightly over the following years, according to data from the Association of American Medical Colleges and provided by Jared Boyce, a medical student at the University of Wisconsin. (The share of Latino students grew by a few percentage points.) Perhaps most alarming of all, doing away with tuition appears to have made the student body wealthier: The percentage of incoming students categorized as “financially disadvantaged” fell from 12 percent in 2017 to 3 percent in 2019.

Not many people become doctors to take low-pay jobs, and the ones that do will do that anyway. Most people become doctors because doctors can make big bucks. The reason for that is artificial government and professional restrictions on residency programs, which limit the number of doctors every year to about half of what we really need. That’s why so many “American” doctors are foreigners; foreign medical schools are dirt cheap compared to American ones.

Associated Press.

In a statement early Sunday, British Transport Police, which took the lead in the response given that it is responsible for security matters on trains, said two individuals have been arrested in connection with the stabbings.

“Ten people have been taken to hospital with nine believed to have suffered life-threatening injuries,” the statement said. “This has been declared a major incident and Counter Terrorism Policing are supporting our investigation whilst we work to establish the full circumstances and motivation for this incident.”

I’ll put money on it being Muslim ‘asylum seekers’.

UPDATE: UK Train Mass Stabbing: Authorities Insist No Indication Of Terrorism  Sure, I believe that.

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Carl Benjamin (“Sargon of Akkad”) continues documenting the benefits of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on a once-great country.

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Even back to the days of Charles Manson, a violent cult leader, there were pockets of people who cheered and reveled in violence. But all too common today are the groupies who adulate the CEO killer, the social media maven who praises the assassination of Charlie Kirk, or the miscreant who says they wish presidential assassins had been successful.

In today’s social-media fueled world, every heinous act of violence spawns a great majority of people of condemn it and a smaller counter-reaction of people who cheer it and call for more. Maybe this was always the case, but those who supported such violence could not as easily band together as they can today. Social media allows the violence lovers to find like-minded individuals, legitimizing their response, further encouraging future violence.

Kirk held no elected office. His only weapons were words and open debate. Despite this, nearly one in five Americans shockingly declared in surveys that his assassination was justified, according to a Harvard CAPS Harris poll. The path to such thoughts is clear. The opposition on the left characterized Kirk’s positions as “hate” despite his willingness to debate anyone anywhere. Once his speech was then characterized as violence – the resultant deadly violence became justified.

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Brazilian authorities are seizing record amounts of cocaine moving through the Amazon as traffickers exploit expanding commercial river routes for oil and crop exports, according to Bloomberg.

In April, police chief Murilo Sampaio intercepted barges traveling from Peru’s Bretaña oil field, operated by PetroTal Corp. Drug-sniffing dogs detected a hidden compartment: “Everything was fine up until then,” Sampaio said. “But when the dogs came on board, they were able to identify a scent.” More than half a ton of cocaine was recovered and six crew members were arrested.

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All of your questions answered. Hint: Complexity, Corporations, Complications, Cost, and Computers.

When my mother wanted to upgrade her major appliances, she would give the old ones to her children–who were delighted to get them, because they lasted forever.

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When air traffic control is held hostage by federal budget fights, American travelers lose.

The shutdown-induced mess at U.S. airports demonstrates yet another consequence of leaving our skies in the hands of a politically driven, budget-dependent, and inefficient government bureaucracy.

The most recent bout of massive flight delays and cancellations is the result of the government shutdown, which has caused an indefinite delay in the paychecks of government-employed air traffic controllers—prompting many of them to decide not to show up to work.

But even before that, America’s antiquated air traffic control systems were costing Americans thousands of years of lost time due to flight delays and cancellations. Those ordinary delays and cancellations amount to billions of dollars in costs annually.

On top of that, inefficiencies limit the supply of flights, resulting in higher overall prices. Meanwhile, failing U.S. air traffic control infrastructure is causing communication outages, risking passenger safety.

Socialism in action. Your entire life run by the DMV.

The New Neo.

First, a disclaimer: I don’t have the definitive answer. Second: why would I care? I guess it’s because I’m interested in what makes people tick, and especially interested in political change. Most such change goes from left to right. But someone like Kristol – who was thought to be a leading conservative thinker for many years, and who much later in life changed from supposedly right to effectively left – is of some interest.

Contempt? Yes. Interest? No.

What made me think of him today was this Instapundit post mentioning that Kristol has come out for Mamdani, and asking, “Did @BillKristol ever believe anything he said he did for decades?” My answer: it depends on what you mean by the word believe.”

Let me add that I was slightly acquainted with Kristol, having met him perhaps twice – one time of which involved sitting very near him at a table of about eight people, for a dinner after a talk he gave. I also wrote for the online Weekly Standard for some years, and would submit articles to him (the articles still exist, with format somewhat strained, at this URL at the Washington Examiner, in case you’re interested in ancient history). My observation is that he certainly appeared to believe what he was saying, although his personality wasn’t what you’d call intense.

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Your government’s inflation at work. Aren’t you proud?

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Multiple people who had been allegedly plotting a violent attack over the Halloween weekend were arrested Friday in Michigan, FBI Director Kash Patel said in a social media post.

The law enforcement effort was focused on suburban Detroit.

Patel said more information would be released later.

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Illinois Angel Dad Joe Abraham wrote an opinion piece published in the Chicago Tribune supporting the ongoing Department of Homeland Security’s immigration enforcement surge in Chicago.

His daughter, Katie Abraham, was killed by a criminal illegal alien in a hit-and-run crash. The DHS Chicago enforcement program, “Operation Midway Blitz,” was launched in Katie Abraham’s honor.

Joe Abraham opened his commentary by remembering his daughter: “She made people feel seen and valued. Then her life was stolen by a criminal immigrant in the country illegally.”

The Times (UK).

What is it about Labour ministers and property? First, the homelessness minister was forced to quit after evicting her tenants so she could put up the rent. Then Angela Rayner, the housing secretary at the time, was effectively sacked by Sir Keir Starmer for avoiding paying stamp duty on a flat in Brighton.

Now it is Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, who is embroiled in controversy after it emerged she had failed to get a licence to rent out her old family home when she entered Downing Street. So what is the latest scandal all about — and how serious is the political fallout for the chancellor?

The Labour Party seems to have the same corruption problem that the Democrats do. I suppose that, when virtue-signaling is standing in for actual virtue. such events are inevitable.

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What has changed is an increase in girls.

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White flight is a term that describes how white people move out of neighborhoods when more people of color move in. White flight is especially common when minority populations become the majority. That neighborhood then declines in value.

Male flight describes a similar phenomenon when large numbers of females enter a profession, group, hobby or industry—the men leave. That industry is then devalued.

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It’s a slippery slope. When the number of women hits 60% the men who are there make a swift exit and other men stop joining.

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Palestinian support for Hamas’s October 7th invasion of Israel has risen, with 44% of Gazans now viewing the terrorist attack as “correct,” up seven points since May. In Judea and Samaria, backing for the deadliest single-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust remains at 59%.

On October 7th, 2023, the terror group Hamas invaded Israel, killing approximately 1,200 civilians, wounding thousands, and kidnapping 251—a brutal attack initially condemned worldwide (prior to backsliding in European capitals).

The poll, conducted by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) between October 22nd and 25th, involved 1,200 Palestinians. It found that 41% favor “armed struggle”—a reference to terrorist activity—as the most effective means to achieve statehood.

There are no “civilians” in Gaza.

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In his new book Under Assault, historian and former Canadian national security analyst Dennis Molinaro uncovers evidence that Chinese-Canadian scientist Dr. Xiangguo Qiu secretly collaborated on a 2019 Wuhan “bat filovirus” research project that some Western intelligence agencies — including the CIA, with varying degrees of confidence — assess to have likely caused the COVID-19 pandemic.

While The Bureau has previously reported on Qiu’s links to Wuhan’s “Batwoman,” Shi Zhengli, Molinaro’s findings — drawn from redacted CSIS records, open-source intelligence, and parliamentary disclosures — take the case significantly further, situating Qiu’s compromise within the broader escalation of Chinese intelligence collection in Canada since 2000, and highlighting Ottawa’s conspicuous lack of capacity — or will — to enforce against Beijing’s incursions.

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The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) lost roughly 71% of its $468 million investment in a clean-energy and technology private equity fund – and won’t explain how. The losses highlight growing concerns about the pension giant’s private equity strategy, which relies heavily on opaque, illiquid investments and leaves taxpayers ultimately on the hook.

According to state records analyzed by the Center Square, the CalPERS Clean Energy & Technology Fund (CETF), launched in 2007, has seen its value fall from a total commitment of $468.4 million to $138 million as of March 31, 2025. That represents a loss of more than $330 million, even after paying $22 million in fees and costs to private equity managers.

CalPERS’ overall returns for fiscal 2024–2025 were 11.6%, with public equities returning 16.8% and private equity 14.3%. The similar performance between the two asset classes has raised questions about whether the complexity and cost of private equity are worth it.

Time to leave.

The Telegraph (UK)

A migrant sex offender has claimed he tried to hand himself in to police after being mistakenly released from prison but was ignored by officers.

Hadush Kebatu, 41, told Sky News he approached police officers on the morning after his release from HMP Chelmsford, told them who he was and asked to be taken to a police station but claimed he was ignored.

He made his claims in an interview with Sky News on his arrival back in Ethiopia on Wednesday morning after being deported from the UK on an overnight flight.

It came after it emerged that Kebatu had been paid £500 by the Home Office to take the deportation flight after threatening to lodge an asylum claim to block his removal.

Kebatu, who was jailed for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old, was wrongly released from HMP Chelmsford on Friday instead of being transferred to a immigration removal centre, leading to a 48-hour police manhunt.

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As we observe National First Responders Day, let us honor those who protect us every day—and give extra support to those with the courage to reestablish law and order while confronting defiance, violent discord, and even domestic terrorism.

A coordinated, dark money-funded far-left movement is targeting and attacking one law enforcement agency in particular: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In doing so, it’s jeopardizing the lives of ICE officers.

Federal prosecutors have charged violent rioters for attacking law enforcement in urban areas across the nation.

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Venezuela’s regime is coming under increasing pressure from the Trump administration for using the cartels it controls to smuggle drugs into the United States. Last week, President Donald Trump said he had authorized covert CIA actions inside the South American country, a significant escalation.

But Caracas’ transgressions extend to other areas. It has also long backed efforts to sow political division on U.S. streets. First, it supported Black Lives Matter and its founders. Now, it’s Antifa.

Indeed, you can tell a lot about which domestic anti-U.S. groups are rising by the support they get from our enemies overseas, especially Venezuela, but also Iran, Cuba, and China. That Venezuela is diversifying into “anti-fascism” is yet another sign of how diminished BLM has become.

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A Belgian investigating judge has issued a stark warning that Belgium is “becoming a narco-state,” calling on the government to take urgent action to combat the growing influence of organised crime.

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A trial concerning the possible serious side effects of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is now underway at the Bamberg Higher Regional Court.

A woman from Hof is seeking hundreds of thousands of euros in damages after suffering intestinal vein thrombosis, falling into a coma, and losing part of her intestine following vaccination in March 2021.

The plaintiff claims she was not informed about the potential risks, demanding €250,000 in damages, €17,200 in lost earnings and an additional €600,000 for future impairments. AstraZeneca had not listed thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) as a side effect at the time, though it was added to the product information in March 2021.

Bear in mind that almost all significant cities in Texas are run by Democrats, who just LOVE to give illegal benefits to illegal aliens.

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NGOs almost always side with America’s enemies.

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The government announced Monday that it is closing the border with Belarus after repeat incursions into Lithuanian and European Union airspace of highly menacing smuggler balloons out of Belarus.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginien? announced, “Lithuania plans to close its border with Belarus in response to repeated incursions by balloons carrying contraband, but certain exemptions will apply.”

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A Dallas-based doctor has surrendered her medical license following a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in 2024, accusing her of illegally prescribing gender transition drugs to minors.

Paxton announced on Oct. 24 that Dr. May C. Lau has given up her state medical license but that the legal case over her alleged violation of Texas’s ban on gender transition treatment for minors is still ongoing.

“May Lau has done untold damage to children, both physically and psychologically, and the surrendering of her Texas medical license is a major victory for our state,” Paxton said in a statement.

The Telegraph (UK).

As he campaigned for an eighth term in office, Cameroon’s 92-year-old president confidently declared: “The best is yet to come.”

Paul Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, now has seven more years to fulfil that promise after victory extended his tenure to the eve of his 100th birthday, when he will be five times the average age of his countrymen.

Mr Biya lengthened his 43-year rule after winning 53.7 per cent of the vote to beat his rival Issa Tchiroma, who came in second with 35.2 per cent.

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In 1986, when Yoweri Museveni took power in Uganda by ousting the military regime of Gen Tito Okello, he singled out the issue as a cause of the continent’s ills.

He said: “The problem of Africa in general and Uganda in particular is not the people but leaders who want to overstay in power.”

As if to prove his point, 39 years later Mr Museveni is still in power after removing term limits and is now 81 in a country where the median age is just 17.

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An immigrant was arrested after a video clip went viral showing the attempted rape of a woman on a train near Paris, local media report.

The alleged victim, 26-year-old Brazilian national Jhordana Dias, said the attack occurred earlier this month between Choisy-le-Roi and Villeneuve-le-Roi stations. According to Dias, the suspect boarded the train, pushed her, and attempted to pull down her underwear.

Another passenger—identified only as Marguerite—filmed the incident as the man fled when the train arrived at a station. The footage has been widely circulated on social media and news outlets, sparking renewed debate over women’s safety on public transport in France.

Transport police in Mantes-la-Jolie, north-west of Paris, arrested the suspect on the evening of Friday, October 24th. He reportedly gave his age as 26 and nationality as Egyptian, but was not carrying identification. He remains in custody.

Dias, who does not speak French, filed a complaint with the assistance of her brother. Two other women have since come forward, claiming to have been victims of the same man.

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Like it or not, advertising is culture. Marketing is an expression of a society’s norms, values and demographics. It is meant to serve the free market by appealing to either a target demographic or the most common demographic as a way to sell products and services. That said, advertising can also be used as propaganda, designed to sell ideologies rather than soda, cars and insurance.

This has been the primary setting of marketing in the west for at least the past ten years – The vast majority of commercials have political messaging embedded within them. Though it might not be obvious for the unaware, once you notice the patterns it’s impossible to avoid them.

A new propaganda advertisement paid for by Denmark’s state television and posing as a promotion for a science show called “Evolution.”

The commercial features an “expert” interrupting a white Danish couple as they flirt with each other. He explains to them that the history of war in Denmark introduced foreign DNA into their gene pool which “protected them from disease”. He then compares their relationship to inbreeding and suggests they find new partners with more “exotic” genetics.

As an added bonus, they can claim Minority Victim status. Win-win!

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The decentralized anti-fascist warriors in the Portland-area cell, aligned with the radical Democratic Party, were in full retreat overnight after officers from the Portland Police Department cleared out their encampment in front of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the Portland metro area.

Nick Shirley, who is an independent journalist and who met with President Trump at the White House earlier this month for a round table on Antifa, wrote on X, “ANTIFA HAS BEEN DISMANTLED IN PORTLAND After 140 days of controlling and camping on this street in Portland, Antifa has officially been cleared out as the police FINALLY stepped in and cleared the encampment.”

“Inside the encampment, they had loads full of medicine, medical gear, party supplies, a fridge, BBQ, etc ANTIFA’s 140 days of control have officially come to an end,” Shirley said, with an accompanying video showing inside the encampment that housed gender-confused purple-haired people who hate the Western world and capitalism.

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The EU summit on Thursday in Brussels focused primarily on security issues. To put it bluntly: Ukraine must somehow turn its lost war against Russia into a victory, and the EU must be militarily ready for action by 2030. The fact that this would only be feasible with a functioning economy has apparently not yet dawned on the power center in Brussels. Instead, they are preparing for a major fiscal “liberation strike,” giving bureaucracy a lush boom of its own.

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In an entirely bizarre and alarming story emerging out of the Republic of Georgia, the country’s State Security Service announced Saturday that three Chinese nationals had been arrested in Tbilisi for allegedly attempting to illegally purchase two kilograms of uranium.

They are accused of attempting to illegally obtain “nuclear material,” Interpress news agency reported as cited in Reuters. It’s unclear whether the suspects have any official links with the Chinese government or its military or intelligence services, however. The suspects intended to buy the uranium for $400,000 and smuggle it to China through Russia, Georgian security and intelligence officials detailed further.

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One person was killed and six more were wounded in a shooting Saturday night at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University, where gunfire erupted during outdoor festivities as students and alumni celebrated homecoming at the historically Black school.

A person who had a firearm was detained, and officials are investigating the possibility that there was more than one shooter but don’t believe there is any active threat to the campus, Chester County District Attorney Christopher de Barrena-Sarobe said during a brief news conference early Sunday.

“We don’t have a lot of answers about exactly what happened,” he said. “What I will tell you is that today we’re operating as if this is not an incident where someone came in with the design to inflict mass damage on a college campus.”

Imagine how low the crime rates would be if young black males were prohibited from possessing firearms.