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Farage Is Most Recognized Political Leader in Britain—Including the Prime Minister.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Research from pollster YouGov revealed that Reform Party leader Nigel Farage has better recognition than any other British party leader, including Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Nigel Farage, Keir Starmer, other party leaders, and British voters.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Recent polling conducted in the United Kingdom by YouGov.

💬KEY QUOTE: “An overwhelming majority of 89 per cent of Britons correctly identify Nigel Farage by name when shown a photograph of him.” – YouGov poll

🎯IMPACT: The findings highlight Farage’s enduring popularity and high profile, and the lack of recognition for other party leaders, including among those party’s supporters.

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Reform Party leader and Brexit champion Nigel Farage enjoys greater name recognition than any other British political party leader, including Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Some leaders of major parties are relatively unknown even to those parties’ supporters.

According to YouGov, 89 per cent of Britons can correctly identify Nigel Farage by name when shown his photograph, just surpassing the recognition of Prime Minister Starmer, who is named correctly by 87 per cent. No other party leaders in the poll received this reaction, likely because they were largely unrecognizable.

Nigeria-raised Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke “Kemi” Badenoch, leader of the Conservative (Tory) Party, which governed Britain for 14 years before Starmer’s Labour Party regained office in mid-2024, was recognized by 62 percent of respondents. Only 37 per cent of Britons could correctly identify Sir Ed Davey, the Liberal Democrat leader.

Despite Ed Davey’s long tenure and stint as a minister in former Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government, a third of his own party’s supporters failed to recognize him. The Green Party fared even worse, with co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsey recognized by just nine percent and two percent of Britons, respectively. Even among Green voters, Ramsey’s recognition only reached nine percent.

Recent polling has been unkind to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Beyond dissatisfaction with his handling of key issues like border control and the economy, public opinion of him personally has been unfavorable. Earlier this month, polls indicated that U.S. President Donald J. Trump is viewed more positively in the United Kingdom than Starmer, despite a media environment almost universally hostile to the American leader.

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ICE Has Tripled Arrests of Illegal Aliens in This Democrat City:

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has tripled the rate of arrests of illegal immigrants in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, compared to the Biden government’s final year in office.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: ICE, Pittsburgh police, eight regional agencies, and illegal immigrants.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 2025.

💬KEY QUOTE: “We continue to honor and protect our immigrant neighbors, who are an essential part of what makes Pittsburgh strong—through their contributions, cultures, and presence in our communities.” – Mayor Ed Gainey (D)

🎯IMPACT: ICE arrests have increased and leftist activists are protesting.

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has surged agents in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, taking about 580 illegal immigrants into custody in the city so far this year, compared with only 210 in the same time frame during former President Joe Biden’s final year in office. The surge in arrests comes despite Pittsburgh’s Democrat-enacted policy barring local police from assisting ICE in federal immigration enforcement actions.

Notably, the arrest data was compiled by the Deportation Data Project, a pro-open borders non-profit group that works with organizations providing aid to illegal immigrants. Estimates from both Pew and the Center for Migration Studies suggest around 300,000 illegal immigrants currently reside in Pennsylvania.

Despite Democrat-backed legal measures preventing assistance from the Pittsburgh police, at least eight other regional law enforcement agencies have approved ICE’s 287(g) cooperation agreements. The federally coordinated immigration enforcement operation has sparked backlash from far-left activists, who allege ICE raids have damaged several local businesses, including causing a restaurant kitchen fire. However, ICE contends the fire was caused by a group of illegal immigrants employed by the establishment.

According to an ICE spokesman, the “damage to the restaurant, including the small fire, was created by the illegal aliens themselves while they were trying to escape or hide from law enforcement officers.”

Despite Pittsburgh recently being removed from the Justice Department’s list of “sanctuary” jurisdictions, Democrat city mayor Ed Gainey has stressed that “It’s important to make clear that the City of Pittsburgh has not altered its policies or practices.”

“We continue to honor and protect our immigrant neighbors, who are an essential part of what makes Pittsburgh strong—through their contributions, cultures, and presence in our communities,” he added.

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Crime
Immigration

ICE Captures Pedophile Living Illegally in California Daycare.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: An illegal immigrant, convicted sex offender, and gang member was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after being found living inside a daycare for children in California.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Ezequiel Cruz-Rodriguez, an illegal immigrant from Mexico and a documented member of the Logan Heights gang.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Cruz-Rodriguez was arrested in San Diego, California, at an in-home daycare facility.

💬KEY QUOTE: “It is sickening to think that this pedophile criminal illegal alien was residing inside the home where a daycare operates and hiding out in a sanctuary city.” – Senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official

🎯IMPACT: The arrest ensures highlights the threat to children and the wider American public posed by illegal aliens, particularly in sanctuary jurisdictions.

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have arrested an illegal immigrant from Mexico with an extensive criminal record that includes convictions for sexual abuse of a child under 14, sexual battery, illegal possession of a firearm, robbery, and drunk driving. Ezequiel Cruz-Rodriguez, a documented member of the Logan Heights gang who was previously deported from the United States on three separate occasions, was discovered living with his wife, a DACA recipient, inside an in-home daycare for children in San Diego, California.

“It is sickening to think that this pedophile criminal illegal alien was residing inside the home where a daycare operates and hiding out in a sanctuary city,” a senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official said in a statement, adding: “Thanks to the brave work of our ICE law enforcement officers, this criminal illegal alien, convicted pedophile, and known Logan Heights gang member—will no longer be able to prey on children inside a daycare.”

Cruz-Rodriguez was first ordered deported by a federal immigration judge in 1996 and was removed from the United States that same year. Subsequently, he reentered illegally and was deported again in 2003. A third deportation occurred in December 2012 after another illegal reentry. Following this, he reentered the U.S. again as an unknown “got-away.”

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Politics
World

All German Political Parties Agree to Stay Silent on Immigration During Election—Except One.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Establishment political parties on both the left and the right in Cologne, Germany, have signed an agreement to promote positive messaging about immigration and not bring up its downsides during local elections. However, the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is not part of the pact.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Social Democratic Party (SPD), Greens, Free Democratic Party (FDP), Left Party, Volt, Die Partei, the Cologne Round Table for Integration association, and the AfD.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Cologne, Germany, ahead of local elections scheduled for September 14.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Our parties are so stupid that they don’t see the tactical disadvantage [in not discussing immigration] and are so weak-minded that they don’t see that they themselves are damaging our democracy by not wanting to talk about important issues.” – Political scientist Werner Patzelt

🎯IMPACT: The agreement suppresses debate on immigration but may inadvertently bolster the AfD, which has a strong stance against mass migration.

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With local elections looming in Cologne, Germany, on September 14, all major political parties except the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) have signed an agreement to avoid criticizing immigration or linking it to social issues like crime, unemployment, or public safety. Infamously, Cologne was the epicenter of a series of mass sex attacks by migrant mobs on New Year’s Eve 2015-16, with 650 sexual assaults reported in the city, including 22 rapes.

The so-called “fairness agreement,” organized by the Cologne Round Table for Integration, was signed by the Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s notionally right-wing Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the leftist Social Democratic Party (SPD), the far-left Greens, the neoliberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), the Left Party, Volt, and Die Partei. The pledge commits signatories to speak positively about migration and to avoid blaming refugees or migrants for any local problems, despite their proven link to increased sexual offending and other criminality.

The pact also includes promises to fight racism and anti-Semitism, with church officials tasked with monitoring compliance. Citizens have been encouraged to report candidates or campaigners who break the rules.

Notably, the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party was excluded from the agreement. Organizers stated the anti-mass migration party, currently the second-largest in Germany, “does not share their values.”

AfD Cologne spokesman Christer Cremer criticized the move: “I view this fairness agreement somewhat critically, because I believe it is intended to suppress debate. Especially during the election campaign, it must be possible to address all issues, including issues of migration.”

Political scientist Werner Patzelt echoed those concerns, calling the strategy “tactically stupid” and warning that it only boosts the AfD by erasing pressing concerns from the public discourse. “Our parties are so stupid that they don’t see the tactical disadvantage and are so weak-minded that they don’t see that they themselves are damaging our democracy by not wanting to talk about important issues,” he said.

Some signatories are already facing backlash. The CDU came under fire for allegedly violating the agreement after distributing a flyer opposing a planned refugee center in the Agnesviertel neighborhood. CDU leader Serap Güler dismissed the criticism as “absurd,” saying the flyer reflected concerns about the scale of the project, not hostility toward migrants.

The controversy comes as the AfD continues to surge in national polling. A Forsa poll released August 12 shows the AfD leading nationwide with 26 percent, ahead of Chancellor Merz’s CDU/CSU bloc at 24 percent.

This rise in the AfD’s support comes amid growing debate over whether the populist party should even be allowed to participate in Germany’s democratic system. In October 2023, lawmakers began crafting legislation aimed at banning the party, claiming it threatens the country’s constitutional order. But the idea has sparked fierce opposition: a July 2025 survey by the Allensbach Institute found a majority of Germans, 52 percent, oppose banning the AfD, with only 27 percent in favor.

The Trump administration in the United States has also warned against such a ban, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying of a previous move to designate the AfD as an extremist organization, “Germany just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition. That’s not democracy—it’s tyranny in disguise.”

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Immigration
News

Open Borders Kill: At Least 49 Dead After Migrant Boat Capsizes.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A boat carrying migrants towards Europe capsized off the coast of Mauritania, leaving at least 49 dead and around 100 missing.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The passengers were primarily Gambian and Senegalese nationals attempting to reach Spain’s Canary Islands.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The incident occurred on August 26, approximately 37 miles north of Nouakchott, Mauritania.

🎯IMPACT: The drownings highlight the dangerousness of Europe’s permissive attitude towards illegal immigration, encouraging migrants to make hazardous journeys in the knowledge that they are unlikely to be detained and deported once they arrive.

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At least 49 migrants have died and around 100 more are missing after a dugout canoe capsized off the coast of Mauritania while heading toward Spain’s Canary Islands, a key gateway for illegal immigration into Europe. Mauritanian coastguards confirmed that 17 individuals were rescued, and search operations are still underway.

The vessel, which survivors say departed from Gambia six days earlier, was carrying approximately 160 migrants, primarily Gambian and Senegalese nationals, when it overturned off Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital. According to coastguard officials, the boat capsized late Tuesday night after passengers, spotting lights from a nearby coastal town, moved to one side, causing the vessel to destabilize and flip.

The incident occurred along the increasingly trafficked and notoriously deadly Atlantic migration route from West Africa to the Canary Islands. This route has become one of the most popular and dangerous paths to Europe. More than half of migrant deaths worldwide result from drowning during illegal sea crossings, with the Canary Islands route accounting for a significant portion of those fatalities.

This incident highlights the threat to life posed by Europe’s permissive attitude towards illegal immigration, with the knowledge that they are unlikely to be detained and deported once they arrive, encouraging many migrants to embark on hazardous journeys.

Notably, the West African migration route to the Canary Islands has seen a dramatic rise recently. In 2024, illegal immigration along this route surged by 541 percent over a two-month period, overwhelming local Spanish authorities.

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3 hours ago
Crime
Immigration

Migrant Riots Are Overtaking Another Once-Peaceful European Country.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Riots broke out in Lausanne, Switzerland, following the death of a 17-year-old migrant during a police pursuit.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Marvin M., a migration-background 17-year-old, Swiss police, and up to 200 rioters.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Marvin M. died while fleeing police on a stolen scooter on Sunday in Lausanne, Switzerland, with riots taking place over the following days.

💬KEY QUOTE: “I expect that we will have [riots] again next week. Now you have these other groups, people related to more aggressive anti-capitalist positions, who say ‘OK, that’s the moment we can have riots’.” – Sandro Cattacin, sociology professor at the University of Geneva.

🎯IMPACT: The riots have raised concerns that Switzerland, a stereotypically high-trust, peaceful country, is facing the same issues with social disintegration as Britain, France, Germany, and other high-immigration European countries.

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Lausanne, Switzerland, is facing riots after Marvin M., a 17-year-old migrant, died while fleeing police officers on a stolen scooter. The crash happened on Sunday, when Marvin drove into a garage wall. Despite efforts to revive him, he was declared dead at the scene.

Over Sunday and Monday nights, young rioters, many of them migrants, clashed with police, hurling Molotov cocktails and lighting fires. They accused the Lausanne police of so-called systemic racism, a charge intensified by recent findings of allegedly discriminatory messages in officers’ private WhatsApp chats, leading to the suspension of four officers.

Sandro Cattacin, a sociology professor at the University of Geneva, cautioned that the unrest could worsen if far-left anti-capitalist groups involve themselves. “If they arrive [at] the weekend, then [the riots will] be more brutal, and from the police [the response will] be more violent,” he said.

Mayor Gregoire Junod appeared to side with the rioters, urging a “cultural change” among the police to tackle alleged discrimination. Meanwhile, populist politicians have used the example of the riots to advocate for stricter immigration policies and policing.

The unrest underscores growing strains in Switzerland, a stereotypically high-trust, peaceful country, which has taken in over 200,000 refugees in the last decade and is beginning to experience some of the same social issues as Britain, France, Germany, and other high-diversity, high-immigration European countries.

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Corruption
Lawfare

Trump, Fed Ask Court for Swift Decision on Dismissal of Lisa Cook.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump requested a judge deny Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s bid to block her removal as her lawsuit proceeds in court.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, Lisa Cook, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Court filings were made on Friday morning, ahead of a scheduled hearing in Washington, D.C.

💬KEY QUOTE: The Federal Reserve stated it would “follow any order this Court issues.”

🎯IMPACT: The dispute will likely escalate to the Supreme Court for resolution regardless of the hearing’s outcome.

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On Friday morning, President Donald J. Trump filed a request asking a judge to deny Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook’s attempt to block her removal. The filings were submitted just hours before a scheduled hearing in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

Cook’s lawsuit, filed Thursday, alleges that Trump’s decision to terminate her is unlawful. She has requested a temporary restraining order to prevent her removal while the case is litigated. Trump has cited allegations from Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, who accused Cook of mortgage fraud involving properties in Atlanta and Ann Arbor, Michigan, prior to her tenure at the Federal Reserve.

On Thursday night, Pulte announced he had filed a second criminal referral against Cook with the Department of Justice (DOJ). This referral reportedly pertains to a mortgage for a condominium in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as well as alleged misrepresentations about that property and two others in government ethics filings during Cook’s time as a Fed governor.

The Federal Reserve, in its own court filing, stated it would not argue the merits of Cook’s request but asked Judge Jia Cobb to issue a “prompt ruling” to resolve the matter. The central bank also emphasized its intention to comply with any court order issued in the case. Cook has included Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and the Fed Board of Governors in her lawsuit, asserting that they could potentially act to enforce Trump’s decision to fire her.

Notably, Supreme Court precedent appears to be on President Trump’s side. Two early 20th-century cases, Shurtleff v. United States and Reagan v. United States, both grant the President broad authority to remove executive branch officials in cases where “for cause” statutes are vaguely defined.

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News
Politics

Trump Terminates Security Detail for Kamala Harris.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Former Vice President Kamala Harris’s extended Secret Service protection has been canceled by President Donald J. Trump, effective September 1, 2025.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, Kamala Harris, and the United States Secret Service.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The decision takes effect September 1, 2025.

💬KEY QUOTE: “The vice president is grateful to the United States Secret Service for their professionalism, dedication, and unwavering commitment to safety,” said Kirsten Allen, a senior adviser to Harris.

🎯IMPACT: Harris will no longer receive federal security protection, which was extended beyond the standard six months by former President Joe Biden in an order President Trump has now reversed.

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President Donald J. Trump has canceled extended Secret Service protection for former Vice President and failed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, effective September 1, 2025, according to a senior White House official. Typically, former vice presidents receive six months of Secret Service protection after leaving office, but Harris’s coverage was extended to one year by then‑President Joe Biden in an order that President Trump has now reversed.

Harris is set to embark on a 15‑city book tour in support of her memoir, 107 Days, which recounts her brief time as the Democratic presidential nominee after Biden’s withdrawal from the race. The tour, beginning in September, spans major U.S. cities, including New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Houston, San Francisco, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Durham, Birmingham, and international stops in London and Toronto, and concludes in Miami on November 20.

The decision to terminate Harris’s additional security was communicated in a letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, that Secret Service protection beyond the six months required by law should be discontinued on September 1, 2025.

Kirsten Allen, a senior adviser to Harris, expressed gratitude on her behalf to the Secret Service, stating, “The vice president is grateful to the United States Secret Service for their professionalism, dedication, and unwavering commitment to safety.”

Since leaving office, Harris has focused on public engagement and writing. She notably announced in July 2025 that she will not run for California governor in 2026, a decision that closed off speculation about a state-level comeback. At the same time, she has not ruled out a potential second presidential bid in 2028.

President Trump’s move comes after his administration also removed Secret Service security for several others, including former national security official John Bolton. Bolton is now under investigation for potentially mishandling classified documents and was raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on August 22.

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News

FBI Director Kash Patel’s Girlfriend Files Suit Against Ex-Agent Over Spy Claims.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A lawsuit has been filed against former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent Kyle M. Seraphin, accusing him of maliciously making false claims about FBI Director Kash Patel’s girlfriend, country singer Alexis Wilkins.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Alexis Wilkins, Kyle M. Seraphin, and FBI Director Kash Patel.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The complaint was filed on August 27, 2025, in the Western District of Texas.

💬KEY QUOTE: “[FBI Director Kash Patel] has had his own little ‘honeypot’ issue… She’s also a former Mossad agent… But I’m sure that’s totally because… love. That’s what real love looks like.” – Kyle M. Seraphin

🎯IMPACT: The case could set a precedent for accountability in spreading unverified and damaging claims online.

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A legal complaint has been filed against Kyle M. Seraphin, a former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent and current podcaster, alleging that he spread false and malicious claims about Alexis Wilkins, the American country singer dating FBI Director Kash Patel. The filing, made in the Western District of Texas, accuses Seraphin of falsely claiming that Wilkins is a foreign agent working to manipulate FBI Director Kash Patel.

The complaint references statements made by Seraphin on his podcast, where he alleged that Wilkins, described as a political commentator and country singer, was also a former Mossad agent. Seraphin further speculated on her relationship with Patel, suggesting ulterior motives tied to political affiliations.

“[FBI Director Kash Patel] has had his own little ‘honeypot’ issue that’s been going on of late, so we’re just going to acknowledge it real publicly,” Seraphin alleged, continuing: “He’s got a girlfriend that is half his age, who is apparently is both a country music singer, a political commentator on Rumble, a friend of John Rich through [Dan] Bongino, who also now owns a big chunk of Rumble, and she’s also a former Mossad agent in what is like the equivalent of their NSA.”

He added: “But I’m sure that’s totally because… love. That’s what real love looks like.”

Wilkins’s legal team argues that Seraphin knowingly spread these claims to his audience on platforms such as X (formerly Twitter), Rumble, and YouTube, profiting from the controversy. The complaint also highlights that Seraphin had met Wilkins and Patel at a conservative political event two years ago, making it unlikely that he was unaware of the facts regarding their relationship. Wilkins seeks to hold Seraphin accountable for what she claims are “malicious and knowing lies.”

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Health
News

RFK Jr., HHS Probe Medications of Catholic Church Trans Shooter.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced an investigation into whether psychiatric medication is contributing to the rise in mass shootings, following a mass shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by a transgender gunman.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), shooter Robin Westman, and the broader American public impacted by mass shootings.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The announcement came on Wednesday, following a shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Something changed, and it dramatically changed human behavior.” – Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

🎯IMPACT: The investigation marks the first time the federal government is conducting studies into the potential link between psychiatric drugs and mass shootings.

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced a federal investigation into the possible connection between psychiatric medications and mass shootings in the United States. Following the recent deadly attack at a Catholic school and church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by a transgender gunman, Kennedy called the violence a “health crisis” and said his department is conducting the first in-depth government studies on the issue.

“I certainly consider mass shootings a health crisis, and we are doing for the first time real studies to find out what the ideology of that is. And we’re looking for the first time at psychiatric drugs,” Kennedy stated. He questioned whether America’s high rates of psychiatric drug use—many of which carry warnings for suicidal or homicidal thoughts—may be contributing to a disturbing change in people’s behavior. “Something changed, and it dramatically changed human behavior,” Kennedy Jr. said. “We are the most over-medicated nation in the world… and we will have an answer.”

Reflecting on his childhood, Kennedy, 71, said widespread gun ownership has existed in the U.S. for decades without the kind of violence seen today. “When I was a kid, we had shooting clubs at our school… Nobody was shooting,” he noted. “There’s never been a time in America, in the history of humanity, when people walked into a crowd… and just started randomly shooting. It’s happening in our country. It’s not happening around the world.”

The shooter at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Robin Westman, is a transgender previously known as Robert. The former marijuana dispensary employee opened fire during a morning mass, killing two young children and injuring at least 17 others. Authorities are reviewing videos allegedly posted by Westman before the shooting, showing disturbing content including Pride and Satanic symbols, anti-religious messages, and calls to “Kill Donald Trump.”

Westman’s case follows a growing number of mass shootings involving transgenders in recent years. Audrey Hale, another transgender shooter, killed six at a Christian school in Nashville in 2023. In 2024, Genesee Moreno, a transgender migrant, attempted a mass shooting at Lakewood Church in Houston. Other notable cases include Alec McKinney, a transgender teen who carried out a school shooting in Colorado in 2019, and Jack LaSota, the alleged leader of a violent transgender cult arrested in 2025 for multiple murders.

Kennedy said that gun access alone does not explain the trend. “There are many other countries that have comparable levels of guns… We had comparable levels in the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s. Something changed.”

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4Chan, Kiwi Farms Take Legal Action Against Britain for Infringing First Amendment.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Online forums 4Chan and Kiwi Farms filed a lawsuit against British communications regulator Ofcom over alleged violations of free speech rights under the U.S. Constitution.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: 4Chan, Kiwi Farms, Ofcom, and the federal court in Washington, D.C.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The lawsuit was filed recently in Washington, D.C., following the British government’s implementation of the censorious Online Safety Act last month.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Ofcom’s conception of keeping users safe is keeping them safe from encountering points of view of which Ofcom disapproves.” – Legal filing by 4Chan and Kiwi Farms.

🎯IMPACT: The lawsuit challenges the application of the Online Safety Act to U.S.-based platforms, raising questions about jurisdiction and free speech rights.

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Controversial online forums 4Chan and Kiwi Farms have filed a lawsuit in federal court against British communications regulator Ofcom, arguing that the British government’s recently enacted Online Safety Act violates the free speech rights of American citizens. The lawsuit seeks to block Ofcom from enforcing the law against the two U.S.-based websites.

The Online Safety Act, which came into effect last month, grants Ofcom broad authority to censor digital platforms with significant British user bases or target audiences, regardless of where the platforms are based. According to the legal filing, Ofcom has already issued notices to both 4Chan and Kiwi Farms, threatening criminal penalties and investigations if they fail to comply with their censorship regime.

In their complaint, the platforms argue that the law is being misused to infringe upon the constitutional rights of Americans. “Ofcom’s ambitions are to regulate internet communications for the entire world, regardless of where these websites are based or whether they have any connection to the UK,” the filing states. They further claim that the law is designed to “target the free speech rights of American citizens,” even though the platforms operate in accordance with U.S. law.

A spokesman for Ofcom defended the regulator’s actions, saying, “Under the Online Safety Act, any service that has links with the UK now has duties to protect UK users, no matter where in the world it is based. The Act does not, however, require them to protect users based anywhere else in the world.”

The legislation has sparked widespread backlash in the United States and the United Kingdom alike. Critics argue that the law imposes broad censorship measures under the guise of online safety. The Act allows Ofcom to mandate content removal and impose age restrictions, with penalties for non-compliance reaching up to £18 million (~$24.3 million) or 10 percent of a company’s global revenue. Users in Britain have already reported being blocked from accessing political content, including videos of anti-immigration protests. X owner and tech billionaire Elon Musk publicly criticized the law, saying its “purpose is suppression of the people.”

Earlier this month, a British court upheld the law after the Wikimedia Foundation challenged its implications for user privacy and freedom of expression. Meanwhile, U.S. officials, including Vice President J.D. Vance, have raised alarms about the global impact of British censorship. “We… know that there have been infringements of free speech that actually affect not just the British… but also affect American technology companies and by extension American citizens,” Vance said in February, warning that Britain is on a “dangerous path” with respect to regulating speech online.

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