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February 28, 2025
Health
News

USAID Freeze Forces Closure of India’s First Transgender Clinics.

India’s first transgender surgery clinics are closing down after President Donald J. Trump gutted the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), halting American taxpayer cash from funding woke projects across the globe. The closures will impact around 5,000 people who used the three clinics affected in the South Asian country.

The shutdown occurred after a stop-work order from the USAID, which initially funded the clinics, as part of a broader pause on foreign aid instituted by U.S. President Trump. The Mitr Clinics, located in Hyderabad, Kalyan, and Pune, each required an annual budget of approximately three million rupees (~$35,000) and employed around eight staff members.

Despite the halt in funds, organizers received a waiver from USAID permitting them to continue providing certain life-saving services, notably antiretroviral treatment for individuals with HIV. About 10 percent of the clinics’ clientele are infected with HIV. The Indian government announced an investigation into the funding stoppage last week.

The clinics are just the latest woke project to see their funding affected by the USAID freeze as the American public has become informed of the billions spent by the agency overseas. Some projects have included a transgender opera in Colombia and even a food program in Syria for al-Qaeda fighters.

Some foreign lawmakers, including Alternative for Germany (AfD) member of the European Parliament Petr Bystron, have vowed to investigate the extend of USAID’s activities in funding leftist NGOs in their countries.

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India's first transgender surgery clinics are closing down after President Donald J. Trump gutted the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), halting American taxpayer cash from funding woke projects across the globe. The closures will impact around 5,000 people who used the three clinics affected in the South Asian country. show more
Migrant Crime
February 28, 2025
Immigration

ICE Opens First New Detention Center Under Trump, in Blue State Sanctuary City.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently declared that the Delaney Hall facility in Newark, New Jersey, will soon reopen. This processing and detention center, which can hold up to 1,000 individuals, will be the first new facility to open under President Donald J. Trump’s second administration, according to acting ICE Director Caleb Vitello.

The strategically located facility, near an international airport in a Democrat-run sanctuary city, is intended to accelerate the processing and deportation of illegal aliens. The reopening is part of a broader effort to enhance ICE’s capabilities in the Northeast, addressing the increasing demands of enforcement actions in the region.

Interior ICE arrests have surged compared to the Biden-Harris government. Between January 20 and February 8, 2025, ICE made 11,791 arrests, compared to 4,969 arrests in the equivalent period in 2024—a 137 percent increase. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem reports that more than 20,000 illegals have been detained within a single month under the present administration.

Recent policy shifts have removed many restrictions previously placed on ICE. Additionally, the administration is negotiating with other countries to accept deportees and bolster their border security. Guatemala has agreed to take deportees from third countries, and El Salvador has agreed to host foreign criminals—and potentially some U.S. citizens—in its CECOT super-prison.

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently declared that the Delaney Hall facility in Newark, New Jersey, will soon reopen. This processing and detention center, which can hold up to 1,000 individuals, will be the first new facility to open under President Donald J. Trump's second administration, according to acting ICE Director Caleb Vitello. show more
February 28, 2025
Lawfare

Judge Rules Trump’s Mass Firing of Federal Probationary Employees Likely Illegal, Halts Terminations.

Senior U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup, appointed to the bench by former President Bill Clinton, is ordering the reinstatement of non-union organizational employees to agencies such as the National Parks Service (NPS), Department of Veterans Affairs, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Small Business Administration (SBA), and the Department of Defense (DoD). Thousands of probationary and non-union government workers have been dismissed by the Trump administration under the direction of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in recent weeks, though Judge Alsup’s ruling undoes those terminations for now.

The ruling provides relief in a lawsuit brought by the American Federation of Government Employees and several other unions representing government employees, who contend their dismissals from various agencies were unlawfully directed by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) based on purported performance issues.

Judge Alsup also halted the OPM’s orders amid concerns that additional federal employees might face unwarranted termination. He ruled that union-represented employees must resolve their cases through administrative channels like the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and the National Labor Relations Authority (NLRA).

The plaintiffs argued that the terminations were the result of directives from Charles Ezell, OPM’s acting head, rather than independent agency decisions. Conversely, the government attorneys contended that the OPM’s communications to agency heads were merely advisory, urging them to assess employee performance. They emphasized that agency heads had the discretion to decide on employment status.

During the proceedings, Judge Alsup expressed skepticism about the defense’s position, pointing to sworn statements from agency heads suggesting OPM-directed terminations. Acknowledging the lack of records from a critical February 13 phone call between OPM and agency heads, Alsup scheduled an evidentiary hearing for March 13 to examine the call, requiring Ezell’s testimony.

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Senior U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup, appointed to the bench by former President Bill Clinton, is ordering the reinstatement of non-union organizational employees to agencies such as the National Parks Service (NPS), Department of Veterans Affairs, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Small Business Administration (SBA), and the Department of Defense (DoD). Thousands of probationary and non-union government workers have been dismissed by the Trump administration under the direction of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in recent weeks, though Judge Alsup's ruling undoes those terminations for now. show more
February 28, 2025
Crime
News

Drug Lords Extradited to U.S. for Maximum Prosecution.

The United States Justice Department (DOJ) has taken custody of 29 alleged drug traffickers from Mexico, including notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero. All face serious charges such as murder, drug trafficking, money laundering, and firearms offenses, which could result in life imprisonment or the death penalty.

Among those extradited are reputed members of major Mexican cartels, such as the Sinaloa Cartel, Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), Cártel del Noreste, La Nueva Familia Michoacana, and Cártel de Golfo.

The cartels have funneled enormous quantities of drugs, including cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, and heroin, into the United States and perpetrated violence against American law enforcement. Cartel-smuggled fentanyl has led to the deaths of many Americans in recent years, with Border Patrol seizing enough fentanyl to kill 250 million Americans last August.

Kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero allegedly tortured and killed a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent in 1985. His release from Mexican prison in 2013 followed a legal decision overturning his murder conviction.

Attorney General Pam Bondi expressed determination to dismantle powerful drug cartels, labeled terrorist groups under a directive signed by President Donald J. Trump. This order facilitated the U.S.’s requests for extradition, which Mexico honored amid ongoing trade discussions with the Trump administration concerning impending tariffs.

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The United States Justice Department (DOJ) has taken custody of 29 alleged drug traffickers from Mexico, including notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero. All face serious charges such as murder, drug trafficking, money laundering, and firearms offenses, which could result in life imprisonment or the death penalty. show more
February 28, 2025
William Upton
Culture
Immigration
Politics

President Trump to Issue Executive Order Declaring English the Official Language of the U.S.

President Donald J. Trump is set to issue an executive order on Friday declaring English the official language of the United States. The order will rescind a directive by former President Bill Clinton mandating federal agencies and entities receiving federal funding provide alternatives for non-English speakers.

Since its founding, the United States has never had an official language at the federal level. However, surveys consistently show elevating English to official status is politically popular and that most Americans believe those residing in the country should speak the predominantly native language. According to Pew Research, just over eight in ten American adults say speaking English is very or somewhat important to “truly be American.”

While President Trump’s executive order rescinds the Clinton-era directive, it does not bar federal agencies from continuing to provide language assistance for non-English speakers. The Trump White House contends the President’s order will help to establish greater civic cohesion, promote national unity, and streamline government services.

Individuals seeking to become naturalized U.S. citizens already have to demonstrate an ability to speak, read, and write in English—which nearly 80 percent of Americans speak at home. Around 30 states have also passed laws making English the official language at the state level.

Notably, during his time in the U.S. Senate, Vice President J.D. Vance introduced legislation along with Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) that directed the federal government to conduct all official business in English.

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President Donald J. Trump is set to issue an executive order on Friday declaring English the official language of the United States. The order will rescind a directive by former President Bill Clinton mandating federal agencies and entities receiving federal funding provide alternatives for non-English speakers. show more
February 28, 2025
News

DATA: Even Democrat Voters Support the DOGE ‘Dividend Checks’ Initiative.

President Donald J. Trump‘s proposal to distribute $5,000 “dividend checks” to Americans through savings from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has significant public support, according to a new poll. Conducted by J.L. Partners on February 24-25, the survey found that 67 percent of the 1,001 registered voters surveyed favor the one-time payment. Of these, 46 percent expressed strong support, while 21 percent were somewhat supportive.Only 12 percent opposed the proposal.

The poll indicates robust cross-party backing for the dividend. Notably, 79 percent of Republicans and 60 percent of Democrats support the measure, revealing potential bipartisan appeal. Additionally, the proposal could sway voting behavior, with 29 percent of independents and 24 percent of Democrats indicating the payout might influence them to vote Republican.

Despite public enthusiasm, the proposal’s success depends on DOGE‘s ability to significantly reduce federal spending. DOGE frontman Elon Musk has acknowledged the challenge, describing the $2 trillion savings goal as ambitious. During an interview with strategist Mark Penn, Musk admitted that achieving even half of the target would be deemed a success.

“It’s money taken away from the things that are destructive to the country, and from organizations that hate you, to you. That’s awesome—that’s, like, glorious. The spoils of battle,” Musk said of the dividend check concept while speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last week.

James Fishback—a DOGE adviser and the originator of the dividend check idea—remains optimistic, crediting the proposal’s momentum to President Trump’s support.

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President Donald J. Trump's proposal to distribute $5,000 "dividend checks" to Americans through savings from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has significant public support, according to a new poll. Conducted by J.L. Partners on February 24-25, the survey found that 67 percent of the 1,001 registered voters surveyed favor the one-time payment. Of these, 46 percent expressed strong support, while 21 percent were somewhat supportive.Only 12 percent opposed the proposal. show more
February 28, 2025
Lawfare
News
World

Former Polish PM Charged with Power Abuse Over Mail-In Election.

Poland’s former prime minister is facing legal troubles relating to his decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mateusz Morawiecki, a member of the conservative Law and Justice party (PiS), is accused of exceeding his authority by attempting to conduct the 2020 presidential election exclusively through mail-in voting despite an alleged lack of legal foundation.

Initially set for May 2020, this election was postponed and conducted in person several weeks later, with PiS ally Andrzej Duda winning. The aborted postal vote process reportedly cost taxpayers at least $17.5 million. On Thursday, Morawiecki attended the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw. He has defended his actions by arguing that his efforts in 2020 aimed to ensure a timely presidential election amidst the pandemic, citing global uncertainty and numerous fatalities.

The former prime minister insisted that his prosecution is politically motivated on the part of successor Donald Tusk’s globalist government. Tusk and his government have gone after several conservative politicians and media executives since coming to power in 2023, including having police storm Poland’s presidential palace to arrest politicians last year, despite the fact they had been issued pardons for their supposed crimes.

The Polish state has also gone after critics of Tusk, arresting a 52-year-old man who compared the prime minister to Adolf Hitler, for instance.

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Poland's former prime minister is facing legal troubles relating to his decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mateusz Morawiecki, a member of the conservative Law and Justice party (PiS), is accused of exceeding his authority by attempting to conduct the 2020 presidential election exclusively through mail-in voting despite an alleged lack of legal foundation. show more
February 28, 2025
Immigration
UK

UK Deportations Increase, But Overall Returns Remain Low.

British deportations have reached a six-year high—but this amounts to fewer than 9,000 people overall, and an increase in illegal immigration is substantially outpacing it. A total of 8,164 foreigners faced enforced returns last year, marking a 28 percent increase compared to the previous year. This figure represents the highest annual count since 2018, which saw 9,236 deportations.

Britain’s Home Office—roughly equivalent to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security—categorizes returns into three types: enforced returns managed directly by the agency, voluntary returns where individuals leave of their own volition, often with assistance, and port returns for those denied entry near the border. Last year, voluntary returns peaked at 25,186—the highest since 2016—while port returns saw a slight decline from the previous year to 23,009.

Four nationalities comprised nearly two-thirds of enforced returns in 2024, with Albanians leading at 32 percent, followed by Romanians, Brazilians, and Poles. Albanians make up a large percentage of those coming to Britain by boat from France.

The total number of illegals living in the United Kingdom was estimated to be as high as 1.2 million in 2017, with a study released last year suggesting that the country has the most illegal immigrants of any European country.

Image by Lauren Hurley/No 10 Downing Street. 

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British deportations have reached a six-year high—but this amounts to fewer than 9,000 people overall, and an increase in illegal immigration is substantially outpacing it. A total of 8,164 foreigners faced enforced returns last year, marking a 28 percent increase compared to the previous year. This figure represents the highest annual count since 2018, which saw 9,236 deportations. show more
February 27, 2025
Christopher Tomlinson
News

AG Bondi Says NY FBI Withholding Epstein Docs, Demands Investigation.

Attorney General Pam Bondi says the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is withholding documents relating to former billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Bondi has sent a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel calling for the papers to be delivered.

The letter, dated February 27, states that Bondi and the DOJ were given around 200 pages of documents from the FBI. These mainly were flight logs and Epstein’s contacts. Bondi says that the FBI claimed the documents sent were all the agency had. However, she discovered that an FBI field office in New York has access to thousands more pages of documents it had failed to hand over.

In her letter to Patel, she demands that all Epstein documents, including video and audio recordings, be delivered to her office by 8 AM on February 28. Bondi also instructs Director Patel to launch an investigation into why the order to release the documents was not followed and present proposed “personnel action” within two weeks.

The release of the Epstein documents was a campaign promise made by President Donald J. Trump. The Trump administration has been dedicated to transparency efforts in its first weeks, also moving to declassify files linked to the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Sr., and Martin Luther King Jr.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi says the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is withholding documents relating to former billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Bondi has sent a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel calling for the papers to be delivered. show more
February 27, 2025
Jack Montgomery
Culture
Immigration
UK

‘Trust in Allah’ Signs Blanket London as King Charles Hands Out Ramadan Treats.

Public lampposts in London, England, governed by Muslim Mayor Sadiq Khan, have been festooned with banners instructing viewers to ‘Trust in Allah’ and ‘Give Zakat’—a form of charitable donation mandated by Islam. The banners were produced by Islamic Relief, an Islamic charity likely hoping to benefit financially from such Zakat donations.

Images of the Islamic Relief banners went viral on social media after being flagged by Shahar Ali of the far-left Green Party, who argued, “These are public lampposts & public sphere must remain secular, without fear or favour to any particular religion or lack of faith.” Social conservatives agreed the banners were inappropriate but for different reasons, with Anglican minister Calvin Robinson arguing, “The United Kingdom is not a secular state. It is a Christian country… I have a problem with this level of religious advertising [because it] should be distinctly Christian in nature.”

Adding another layer of controversy to the situation, Islamic Relief has received millions of pounds in taxpayer funding through government grants and contracts in recent years. This is despite the fact the charity and its worldwide branches are frequently mired in controversy, with the U.S. State Department cutting ties in 2020 over the “anti-Semitism exhibited repeatedly by [its] leadership” and the German government accusing it of “significant connections” to the Muslim Brotherhood the same year.

In another sign of Islam’s growing influence over Britain’s national life, King Charles III and his wife, Queen Camilla, shared a video of themselves packing dates to be sent to Muslims as special treats during Ramadan, which they described as a “holy month” despite the King’s status as the Supreme Governor of the Church of England and his Coronation Oath to “maintain the Laws of God and the true profession of the Gospel” and “to the utmost of my power maintain in the United Kingdom the Protestant Reformed Religion established by law.”

Other forms of Islamic appeasement are more sinister, with a man who was stabbed by a Muslim man and kicked by a passing Muslim delivery driver during a Koran-burning demonstration in London being charged with religiously motivated harassment in recent weeks.

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Public lampposts in London, England, governed by Muslim Mayor Sadiq Khan, have been festooned with banners instructing viewers to 'Trust in Allah' and 'Give Zakat'—a form of charitable donation mandated by Islam. The banners were produced by Islamic Relief, an Islamic charity likely hoping to benefit financially from such Zakat donations. show more