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Rupert Lowe is NOT Hosting a ‘Rape Gang Debate’ Today, Despite His False Claims.

Lee Anderson, a leading right-wing Member of Parliament (MP), has debunked claims by Rupert Lowe MP, who leads the groyper-adjacent Restore Britain party, that he is leading a Westminster Hall debate on Muslim rape gangs.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Lee Anderson MP took to X on Sunday night to correct claims that Rupert Lowe, who leads the anti-Trump Restore Britain party, is leading a parliamentary “Rape Gang Debate” in Westminster today. In fact, the debate will be opened by Jamie Stone MP of the Liberal Democrats, and concerns data on child sexual offenders generally, rather than any explicit information pertaining to Britain’s long-reported, overwhelmingly Muslim-run, rape and grooming gangs.
📰 DETAIL: The debate, set for 4:30 PM GMT, is actually centered on an e-petition calling for the publication of data on child sexual offenders, including nationality, ethnicity, religion, and immigration status. Anderson emphasized in a statement posted to X (formerly Twitter) that it “is not specifically a Rape Gang Debate” and “does not belong to any MP.” Lowe has falsely claimed the debate was prompted by him, and that he had “invited” all 650 Members of Parliament to attend. In fact, MPs are automatically invited, and the room only holds 50 people.
💬 KEY QUOTE:Fact check it is not specifically a Rape Gang Debate as this debate is about all sexual offences committed on children… The online political hijacking of a debate of this nature is very sad to see.” – Lee Anderson MP
🎯 IMPACT: Anderson’s clarification undercuts Lowe, who has recently sought to position himself as the driving force against Muslim rape gangs in Parliament and siphon votes from Reform from the right—empowering the leftist Labour Party and the establishment right Conservatives. In reality, individuals like Tommy Robinson first shed light on the grooming gang situation, as did The Times of London newspaper. Breitbart London, then edited by The National Pulse editor Raheem Kassam, also weighed in heavily over a decade ago, as did the UK Independence Party (UKIP) under the stewardship of Nigel Farage. Lowe, whose party is backed by Elon Musk, only appears to have started discussing the issue in early 2025, using it to raise nearly $1,000,000 and launch a political party.

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Supreme Court Upholds Alabama’s New Congressional Map in Key Ruling.

The Supreme Court’s decision to permit Alabama’s redistricted map in the November midterms could be a huge blow to the Democrats.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: The Supreme Court granted Alabama’s request to use its redistricted 2023 congressional map for the 2026 midterm elections, which eliminates a racially gerrymandered, Democrat-voting district. This halts a lower court’s injunction that had blocked the map, alleging it violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting black voting power.
📺 DETAIL: The ruling follows the Court’s April 2026 decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which found that elements of the Voting Rights Act requiring states to create “majority minority” electoral districts—which typically vote Democrat—are unconstitutional. Democrat leaders and liberal justices attacked the decision, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor arguing that not creating districts with bizarre geography in order to artificially ensure black majorities amounts to discrimination. Notably, Alabama’s map still retains one majority-black district.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Before the Court are two paths. Down one lies an orderly election… Down the other lies a chaotic election, held under a never-before-used congressional map that intentionally discriminates against Black Alabamians.” – Justice Sonia Sotomayor
🎯 IMPACT: The decision underscores the Supreme Court’s seeming intention to broadly restrict racial gerrymandering under the Voting Rights Act. Republican-led state legislatures in several Southern states have been moving to redraw their electoral maps in light of Louisiana v. Callais, potentially costing Democrats a decisive number of House seats in the November midterms.

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DEI-Driven ‘Two-Tier’ Policing Guidance Under Review After Henry Nowak’s Murder.

The murder and wrongful arrest of white teenager Henry Nowak have sparked demands to abolish institutionalized Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) ideology in British policing, amid growing concerns that it has created a “two-tier” justice system.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Police forces across the United Kingdom have come under increased pressure to scrap Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies following the murder and wrongful arrest of white teenager Henry Nowak.
📰 DETAIL: On Tuesday, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called for the arrest of 18-year-old Henry Nowak while he was dying from multiple stab wounds a “watershed moment” that should lead to the overturning of the “anti-white” and “two-tier” culture in British policing. Farage emphasized the priorities of the police, who ignored Nowal’s pleas for medical aid because murderer Vickrum Digwa falsely claimed he had been racist, noting that the accusation of racism was treated as more urgent than an accusation of attempted murder. In an article for The Telegraph, Farage wrote that DEI had created a “two-tier culture where some groups receive greater protection than others.” In the House of Commons on Wednesday, he also highlighted the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Police Anti-Racism Commitment, which states explicitly that ethnic groups should be treated differently, not equally, in order to achieve “racial equity.”
💬 KEY QUOTE: “We must end the anti-white prejudice that has been allowed to fester. We must assert, without apology, that White lives matter too. DEI initiatives and positive discrimination must be scrapped. No ifs, no buts. – Nigel Farage
🎯 IMPACT: In response to growing public pressure, the National Police Chiefs’ Council is reviewing its anti-racism guidelines. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, urged to end two-tier policing by Farage in the House of Commons on Wednesday, denied that it exists, but his spokesman later said of the clearly two-tier nature of the Police Anti-Racism Commitment, “We don’t think that language is right.”

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BBC Falsely Claims Farage Called for ‘White Cold Rage’ Over Henry Nowak’s Murder.

A BBC presenter has issued an apology to Nigel Farage after falsely claiming that the Reform UK leader called for “white cold rage” in response to white teenager Henry Nowak’s murder and wrongful arrest.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: A BBC presenter has apologized for misquoting Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s response to Henry Nowak’s murder by Vickrum Digwa and wrongful arrest by the police.
💬 KEY QUOTE:I owe Nigel Farage an apology. During last night’s Newsnight we covered the murder of Henry Nowak and the political reaction to the case, including discussing Nigel Farage’s comments about ‘pure, cold rage’. However I referred to ‘white cold rage’. This was a mistake on my part… I apologise to Nigel Farage for this.” – Matt Chorley, presenter on BBC’s Newsnight
🎯 IMPACT: The misquoting of Farage, which appeared to imply a white nationalist motive for Farage’s call to action against “anti-white prejudice” after police roughly arrested Henry Nowak as he was dying instead of helping him, because his murderer alleged he had been racist, has led to calls for an investigation into the publicly-funded broadcaster. Reform’s Shadow Home Secretary, Zia Yusuf, accused Chorley of trying to “defame Nigel and lie to the country.” Farage said his legal team has “written to the BBC demanding a full on air apology and investigation into the defamatory comments made about me on Newsnight.”
📰 DETAIL: On Tuesday, in response to Nowak’s murder and wrongful arrest, Farage issued an emergency broadcast, saying that the British people should feel “pure, cold rage” over the actions of the police and the family of Vickrum Digwa. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer accused Farage of “exploiting” the murder and denied his claims of “two-tier policing” in Britain, despite a Police Anti-Racism Commitment clearly stating that ethnic groups should be treated differently to achieve “equality of policing outcomes.”

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Keir Starmer Calls Henry Nowak Protesters ‘Unserious,’ Threatens Police Crackdown.

Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage clash over policing and protests in the House of Commons following the murder of white teenager Henry Nowak by a Sikh man.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer addressed the House of Commons on Wednesday on the murder of white teenager Henry Nowak by Vickrum Digwa, attacking protesters who demonstrated outside Southampton Central Police Station and near the Digwa family residence on Tuesday and warning that anyone involved in disorder will face the “full force” of the British state. He adopted a similarly draconian approach in response to protesters against the Southport murders, with people arrested and imprisoned for as little as posting on social media.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “This is a time for serious work, not rage. And let me be clear, we will ensure anyone found engaging in disorder meets the full force of the law, as we have done before.” – Keir Starmer
📰 DETAIL: Starmer implied that those protesting the murder of Nowak, who was handcuffed by police officers as he was dying instead of being helped because his murderer falsely alleged he was racist, are unserious. His comments that it is not a time for “rage” came in response to Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage, who said the incident highlighted cultural and institutional issues of “anti-white prejudice” and should be met with “pure, cold rage.”
🎯 IMPACT: Starmer also denied Farage’s accusations of “two-tier policing” in Britain, but was forced to acknowledge the existence of a Police Anti-Racism Commitment that explicitly states that different ethnicities should be treated differently to produce “equality of policing outcomes for people from different ethnic groups,” arguing that “racial equity” does not mean “treating everyone ‘the same’ or being ‘colour blind’ (racial equality).”

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A New Date for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Disrupted by Trump Assassination Attempt, Has Been Set.

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner will return with enhanced security measures after being disrupted earlier this year by an assassination attempt against President Donald J. Trump.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) has announced that its annual dinner will take place next month after being postponed following a failed assassination attempt against President Donald J. Trump.
📺 DETAIL: The upcoming event has been scheduled for July 24 in Washington, D.C. No venue has been confirmed at this time. The President has confirmed that he will attend. “In a sign of strength and fortitude, it was just announced that The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which violently ended rather abruptly on April 25th, will be rescheduled to July 24th. This announcement is a very good thing in that we cannot allow Lunatics to change our way of life, or even its scheduling. I was asked to be there, and speak, by Weijia Jiang, President of The White House Correspondents’ Association, and have accepted,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. The dinner is also set to be attended by various journalists, officials, and political figures. The event will include tighter security measures following the failed assassination attempt against Trump during the original event earlier in the year.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “It will be a statement that violence has no place in American life and a free press will not be intimidated into silence… We will not allow an act of violence to have the last word… This dinner will not only be an opportunity to carry out our program. It will be a statement that violence has no place in American life and a free press will not be intimidated into silence.” – WHCA President Weijia Jiang
📺 FLASHBACK: The original WHCA dinner was postponed after 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen allegedly attempted to assassinate President Trump and other senior officials at the event. This was the third attempt on the President’s life. Allen faces multiple charges, including the attempted assassination of the President of the United States, punishable by up to life imprisonment, as well as interstate transportation of a firearm to commit a felony and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence.

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KASSAM: Henry Nowak’s Death Was Necessarily Political.

Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, hit back at attempts by the British political establishment to depoliticize the murder and wrongful arrest of 18-year-old white student Henry Nowak.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, laid out the political significance of the murder and wrongful arrest of Henry Nowak, an 18-year-old white student in Southampton, England, as protesters descended on the city.
📺 DETAIL: In a video interview with Human Events’ Jack Posobiec on Real America’s Voice (link here), Kassam stressed that Nowak’s killing is “the biggest story in the UK right now, full stop,” with a large protest near the family home of his Sikh murderer, Vickrum Digwa, ongoing as of the time of publication. “It’s not just the fact that there was this heinous, brutal, disgusting stabbing that took place, it’s every little detail seems to make it worse—and we’re not even at the end of this whole thing yet,” Kassam said. Notably, the Digwa family called the police rather than an ambulance for Nowak, claiming falsely that he had been racist and denying that he had been stabbed. Officers told Nowak, pleading for an ambulance and saying he could not breathe, that they did not believe he had been stabbed, manhandling him into a pair of handcuffs and reading him his rights. He passed out and died moments later. Kassam emphasized, Henry Nowak is by no means the first person this has happened to,” noting how differently Nowak’s case has been treated from that of George Floyd, for whom Keir Starmer, now Prime Minister, took the knee in 2020.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “They now and try and tell us Henry Nowak’s death is not political, and it shouldn’t be made political. Henry Nowak’s death was necessarily political. The cultural proposition that is being made in the United Kingdom right now is necessarily political. The way in which the police responded to him, because of the false racism charge leveled at him. The DEI cops were being necessarily political in the way that they dealt with this… This is a political event, it is a political death, and it will be dealt with in the hard arena of politics.” – Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse.

🎯 IMPACT: “A lot of people in [America] ask me, ‘When will the British lion start to roar again?’ Today,” Kassam predicted, highlighting the protest in Southampton at the city’s central police station, which later moved towards the Digwa family residence, and a Tuesday morning  emergency address by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, who said the public should react to the scandal with “cold rage.” 

📺 WATCH: Kassam’s remarks can be seen in full here.

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Trump Signs Order for Government Reviews of Advanced AI Models Before Release.

President Donald J. Trump has signed an executive order on voluntary government access to advanced AI models prior to release, aiming to bolster cybersecurity and national security.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday requiring AI companies to grant the federal government early access to their most advanced models for voluntary testing. The order aims to ensure AI systems are vetted for safety and security risks before deployment while avoiding mandatory licensing requirements.
📺 DETAIL: The order directs agencies, including the Pentagon, Treasury Department, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), to strengthen protections for critical infrastructure and work with leading AI companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google on voluntary safety evaluations. Under the plan, companies may provide the government access to cutting-edge AI models up to 30 days before release, allowing officials to assess potential security risks. The order also creates an AI cybersecurity clearinghouse to share information on software vulnerabilities and directs the Justice Department to prioritize prosecutions involving AI-related cybercrime and the misuse of autonomous AI systems. The measure follows months of development and comes as policymakers grapple with the national security implications of increasingly powerful AI technologies.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Advanced AI capabilities make our Nation stronger, but also introduce new national security considerations that require coordinated action across executive departments and agencies,” the executive order states.
🎯 IMPACT: The order underscores the administration’s concerns around balancing innovation with security. It also reflects growing concerns about AI’s potential vulnerabilities and the need for proactive measures to protect critical infrastructure.
📺 FLASHBACK: The executive order was initially planned for May but was delayed after Trump expressed concerns about hindering U.S. companies’ ability to compete with China.

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‘I Can’t Breathe!’ – Protesters Surround Police Station Amid Henry Nowak Scandal, March on Killer’s Home.

Demonstrators gathered in Southampton, England, to protest police mistreatment of Henry Nowak, who was handcuffed by officers who refused to believe he had been stabbed after his Sikh murderer lied that he had been racist.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Protesters surrounded Southampton Central Police Station in Southampton, England, on Tuesday, chanting slogans such as “I can’t breathe!” following the murder of white 18-year-old Henry Nowak by Sikh 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa. The protests were fueled by the release of police bodycam footage showing Nowak begging for help while officers refused to believe he had been stabbed, instead roughly arresting him based on an unsubstantiated allegation of racism. Tommy Robinson addressed the crowd, which later left the station and marched towards the Digwa family’s street, leading to clashes with the police, which are ongoing as of the time of publication.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “A white boy who done nothing was handcuffed, a murderer in possession of a knife who stabbed someone five times isn’t.” – Tommy Robinson
📰 DETAIL: Vickrum Digwa was sentenced to a minimum term of just 21 years on Monday, meaning he could be released in his early forties. Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party, has called on the Attorney General to appeal for a stronger sentence, arguing Nowak’s mistreatment is clear evidence of “anti-white prejudice” in British policing.
🎯 IMPACT: The actions of the police force have caused widespread public anger, with demands for more transparency and accountability. One of the officers involved has resigned, but three others remain in post. None are known to be facing any charges, with the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) conducting an investigation. As of the time of publication, a substantial number of protesters are being blocked from approaching the Digwa family residence by riot police, with bricks and other missiles being thrown at officers amid periodic clashes.

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Police Officer Resigns After Bodycam Footage Exposes Mistreatment of Henry Nowak.

One British police officer has resigned after bodycam footage was released showing the mistreatment of white teenager Henry Nowak, who had been repeatedly stabbed by a Sikh who falsely accused him of racism, in the moments before his death.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: A British police officer has resigned after bodycam footage was released showing the arrest of 18-year-old Henry Nowak on an unsubstantiated allegation of racism in Southampton, England. The footage, which shows officers telling Nowak they do not believe he has been stabbed and putting him in handcuffs while he pleads that he cannot breathe, has sparked widespread public anger.
📰 DETAIL: Nowak, a finance student, was stabbed by Vickrum Digwa with a Sikh religious dagger while walking home in Southampton. Digwa falsely claimed he had been racially attacked when police officers arrived at the scene, and they believed him without question, telling Nowak, “I don’t think you have, mate” when he said he had been stabbed and begged for an ambulance. The teenager passed out and died within moments of being handcuffed and pinned on his side. The Independent Office for Police Conduct is reviewing the case, and the officers are currently treated as witnesses.
💬 KEY QUOTE:Three of the officers are still serving, one officer has resigned,” a spokesman for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police confirmed on Tuesday.
🎯 IMPACT: The Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating the incident. As of the time of publication, there is no indication that any officers have been sanctioned for their role in Nowak’s death. Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party, has denounced officers’ rush to take the side of Nowak’s murderer when he cried racism is evidence of “anti-white prejudice” and a “two-tier” justice system, demanding root and branch reform.

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Jill Biden Reveals White House Doctors Examined Joe After 2024 Debate Disaster.

Former First Lady Jill Biden confirmed that former President Joe Biden was examined by White House doctors following his disastrous debate performance against President Donald J. Trump in 2024.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Jill Biden revealed that her husband, former President Joe Biden, was examined by doctors following his catastrophic performance during his 2024 presidential debate against President Donald J. Trump. The debate marked a turning point, causing Nancy Pelosi and other senior Democrats to force him out of the race within a matter of weeks.
📺 DETAIL: Speaking Tuesday on MSNBC’s Morning Joe while promoting her memoir, Mrs. Biden said she was “frightened” by the debate and that White House physicians evaluated her husband afterward, but somehow determined he was fine. She previously revealed she thought he might be having a stroke while watching the debate. Mrs. Biden also provided an update on her husband’s battle with an aggressive form of cancer, saying he is tired but “doing OK” while continuing to travel and make public appearances. Additionally, she claimed that Biden and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently reconciled despite her role in forcing his exit from the 2024 race, recalling that the two octogenarians agreed to “be friends” during a recent funeral.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “I was frightened, I was, you know, scared to death to see that… but the doctors were there,” Jill Biden said.
🎯 IMPACT: The fallout from the debate performance was swift, with Democrats questioning Biden’s ability to continue his campaign. His eventual withdrawal reshaped the 2024 race, with Biden endorsing then-Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s candidate. Notably, Jill Biden did not concede her husband had performed badly at the time, insisting at a post-debate event that his performance was “great.”

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