An exit poll released as voting ends in the British election projects a historic breakthrough for Nigel Farage’s Reform Party. The populists are projected to win 13 seats in the House of Commons.
The Labour Party led by Sir Keir Starmer is projected to have won a historic landslide, as predicted, earning an estimated 410 seats to 131 for the Conservatives, who have led Britain for 14 years.
British pollster John Curtice notes the Conservatives seem to have “fallen far in seats they previously held,” while “Reform has advanced most in areas people voted Leave in the 2016 EU referendum.”
“It looks as though Reform may win more seats than many polls suggested,” he observes, adding that “how many seats Reform will win is highly uncertain,” with models suggesting “there are many places where they have some—but a relatively low—chance of winning.”
However, Farage himself is said to have a 99 percent chance of winning the Clacton-on-Sea constituency (electoral district) he is contesting.
British exit polls, based on surveys of voters who have cast their ballots, are typically highly accurate, with no significant errors since 1992.
This story is developing…
Chris Tomlinson contributed to this report.
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An exit poll released as voting ends in the British election projects a historic breakthrough for Nigel Farage's Reform Party. The populists are projected to win 13 seats in the House of Commons.
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Public backlash over migrant crime and the rise of the populist right has prompted German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to adopt a tougher stance on immigration, despite his prior support for open-door policies.
Facing plummeting public approval and a surge in anti-mass migration sentiment, Scholz’s government has endorsed legislation allowing deportation for foreigners advocating violence on social media, following a fatal attack by an Afghan migrant at a mass migration rally that sparked widespread anger.
“It outrages me when someone who has found protection here commits the most serious of crimes,” Scholz claimed. “Such criminals should be deported, even if they come from Syria or Afghanistan.”
Crime statistics show a significant increase in offenses involving migrants, with foreigners comprising just 14.6 percent of Germany’s population but accounting for 58.5 percent of all violent crimes.
Scholz’s proposed deportation bill faces challenges, including constitutional issues and logistical hurdles in deporting individuals from countries such as Syria and Afghanistan that are deemed unsafe.
Scholz, under pressure to address migration concerns before next year’s federal elections, has attempted diplomatic agreements to facilitate deportations.
His change of course comes after a populist surge during last month’s European elections, as the anti-mass migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) beat Scholz’s Social Democrats and their coalition partners in the far-left Greens and neoliberal Free Democrats.
Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, remarked last month that the surge of support for populist parties was shifting the Overton Window on issues like mass migration.
In the same way the left shifted the Overton Window towards the climate change agenda, populists are shifting the Overton Window against mass migration, argues @RaheemKassam. pic.twitter.com/CsrZIfWPhA
Public backlash over migrant crime and the rise of the populist right has prompted German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to adopt a tougher stance on immigration, despite his prior support for open-door policies.
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On Sunday, Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina attempted to shield Joe Biden from criticism following his disastrous debate performance by attributing it to his lifelong stutter. “All of us know how stutterers operate,” Clyburn told CNN. This defense has been echoed by Biden supporters across social media, framing criticisms as “extreme ableism.” However, the progressive left Atlantic magazine argues this is “dishonest,” as “Biden’s fellow stuttering Americans may trip over their words, [but] they do not… exhibit the many other concerning symptoms that Biden displayed at last week’s debate.”
Biden’s debate issues went far beyond stuttering, The Atlanticobserves. Viewers witnessed “repeated freeze-ups, his mouth hanging agape, his vacant stare into the middle distance, and, above all, his frequent inability to present a coherent thought”—symptoms not characteristic of stuttering.
Biden’s stutter typically manifests in repetitions or short blocks around certain sounds. During the debate, his difficulties extended beyond these symptoms, displaying a broader pattern of cognitive decline. The Atlantic highlights how Biden stumbled through an answer to a question on the national debt, ending with the embarrassing conclusion, “we finally beat Medicare”—without exhibiting stuttering symptoms.
Biden: “Making sure we make every single solitary person eligible for what I’ve been able to do with covid, excuse me, with umm dealing with everything we had to deal with. Look, we finally beat medicare.”
Critics argue that using stuttering as a defense for Biden’s communication failures is not only dishonest but also stigmatizes the disorder. Stuttering impacts speech but does not account for Biden’s concerning cognitive issues, suggesting he might be mentally unfit for high office.
Recent reports highlight Biden’s increasing thought lapses and reduced energy, consistent with aging and unrelated to stuttering. Concerns about his cognitive abilities are becoming more pronounced, even among Democrats and friendly media, leaving many to question his ability to serve another term.
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On Sunday, Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina attempted to shield Joe Biden from criticism following his disastrous debate performance by attributing it to his lifelong stutter. "All of us know how stutterers operate," Clyburn told CNN. This defense has been echoed by Biden supporters across social media, framing criticisms as "extreme ableism." However, the progressive left Atlantic magazine argues this is "dishonest," as "Biden’s fellow stuttering Americans may trip over their words, [but] they do not... exhibit the many other concerning symptoms that Biden displayed at last week’s debate."
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Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof delivered his inaugural address to parliament on Wednesday, expressing a commitment to curbing immigration. Schoof, who ascended to the prime minister’s office after months of negotiations between populist and center-right political parties to form a government, stated: “The biggest of those concerns is asylum and migration. That is the crux of the matter, no matter how you look at it.”
Schoof, 67, is a former chief of Dutch intelligence and counterterrorism. His appointment occurred amidst the formation of a new coalition government following the collapse of the previous governing coalition on July 7 of last year. The anti-mass migration Party for Freedom, led by Geert Wilders, secured the largest number of seats in the country’s November 2023 election. However, it took 223 days to establish a four-party coalition, as opposition from other coalition partners prevented Wilders from obtaining the premiership.
The governing coalition includes Wilders‘ Party for Freedom (PVV), former Prime Minister Mark Rutte‘s center-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy, the populist Farmer Citizen Movement, and the New Social Contract party. Its guiding document, ‘Hope, Courage, and Pride,’ outlines stringent asylum measures, abolishes family reunification (chain immigration) for refugees, and aims to decrease the number of international students in the Netherlands.
“Migration puts too much pressure on social services and social cohesion. The asylum and migration figures are high and so is the pressure on society,” Schoof told lawmakers.
Conversely, opposition leader Frans Timmermans—of the social democrat-green alliance—harshly criticized the new government, labeling the Party for Freedom-inspired policies “racist.” He also announced plans to submit a motion of no-confidence against two cabinet members from Wilders‘ party.
In response, Wilders denied any allegations of “Nazi racist theories” among his party colleagues.
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Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof delivered his inaugural address to parliament on Wednesday, expressing a commitment to curbing immigration. Schoof, who ascended to the prime minister's office after months of negotiations between populist and center-right political parties to form a government, stated: "The biggest of those concerns is asylum and migration. That is the crux of the matter, no matter how you look at it."
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Attorney General Andrew Bailey of Missouri has initiated legal action against the State of New York, alleging that its handling of former President Donald Trump’s so-called hush moneytrial infringed on the First Amendment rights of Missouri residents.
Bailey contends that the legal proceedings and the associated gag orders imposed on Trump restrain the former president from speaking freely during his 2024 reelection campaign, thereby affecting the rights of Missourians to hear him.
The lawsuit petitions the Supreme Court and requests a declaration that New York unlawfully interfered with the presidential election process. Additionally, it seeks to postpone Trump’s upcoming sentencing until after the conclusion of the November election. Finally, it demands the removal of any gag orders against Trump.
Trump’s sentencing in the case was already delayed until September following a motion by Trump’s attorneys that was not opposed by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg earlier this week. The motion argues the recent Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity invalidates the New York conviction.
Bailey argues the requested measures are critical to ensuring that Missourians have unimpeded access to Trump’s viewpoints as they make their decisions in the forthcoming election. According to the lawsuit, the restrictions on Trump’s speech represent a significant overreach and censorship that deprives the public of critical information.
New York’s response to the lawsuit has not yet been publicly disclosed. Observers suggest the case could set a precedent regarding the extent to which legal actions can impact political campaigns and voters’ rights to access unfiltered communications from candidates.
The Supreme Court’s response to Bailey’s petition will be closely watched for its implications on future interactions between state law enforcement actions and federal electoral processes.
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Attorney General Andrew Bailey of Missouri has initiated legal action against the State of New York, alleging that its handling of former President Donald Trump's so-called hush money trial infringed on the First Amendment rights of Missouri residents.
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Photo ID will be required at polling stations for the first time in a British general election on July 4. This follows a report led by Lord Eric Pickles in 2016 highlighting risks of “significant abuse” under the previous system, with voters only required to confirm their name and address verbally.
Voters in England, Scotland, and Wales must now present photo identification, such as a passport or driving license, to vote. If voters lack these documents, a range of government-approved travel passes and voter authority certificates are also acceptable.
Northern Ireland has required photo ID for years already.
Lord Pickles’s report criticized authorities for being in a “state of denial” about electoral fraud. Nevertheless, leftist opposition parties such as Labour—projected to win the election by a substantial margin—and the Liberal Democrats remain opposed to the changes, claiming they disenfranchise ethnic minorities and groups such as transgenders and the “non-binary.”
MAIL-IN BALLOTS.
However, mail-in voting on demand remains in place, with substantially weaker security measures. Local elections involving Muslim Labour councilors (councilmen) were overturned in 2005 after a scheme involving corrupt mailmen, child ballot thieves, and bags of mail-in ballots arriving late to counts was exposed in court.
Neither the elections regulator nor the police investigated the scheme, with ordinary citizens having to bring a case to court under the Representation of the People Act. Judge Richard Mawrey KC ruled that the then-Labour government was presiding over “electoral fraud that would disgrace a banana republic.”
Shortly before the 2020 election in the U.S., Mawrey penned an article warning U.S. mail-in voting was even more open to abuse than British mail-in voting.
“Filling the register with fake voters or with the names of genuine people who actually live in some other district… is not difficult,” he explained.
“The problem is compounded by the fact that, in many states, the registration and returning officers (often the same person) may well be political appointments and not, as in the UK, apolitical local civil servants. Turning a blind eye to roll-stuffing is bound to be a temptation,” Mawrey continued, warning, “Well-targeted local fraud could sway this election.”
Recent polling research suggests roughly a fifth of mail-in ballots in 2020 were fraudulent.
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Photo ID will be required at polling stations for the first time in a British general election on July 4. This follows a report led by Lord Eric Pickles in 2016 highlighting risks of "significant abuse" under the previous system, with voters only required to confirm their name and address verbally.
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin indicated Tuesday that the United States will send over an additional $2.3 billion in militaryaid for Ukraine. The package, authorized under the Presidential Drawdown Authority, will include new air defense interceptors, anti-tank weapons, and other munitions sourced from U.S. inventories. The announcement was made during a meeting with Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.
Additionally, Austin noted that the United States would expedite the provision of more Patriot and NASAMS air defense interceptors by adjusting the delivery schedules for some foreign military sales. the U.S. has placed Ukraine at the forefront of its list for receiving air defense capabilities, prioritizing it over other nations previously in line.
This announcement follows the recent U.S.-Ukraine bilateral security pact, committing the U.S. to a decade of training, military support, and expanded intelligence cooperation for Ukraine‘s armed forces. The timing also precedes the upcoming NATO summit in Washington, D.C., with Austin mentioning steps will be taken to support Ukraine’s path to NATO membership.
Aid pumped into Ukraine by the United States has not only gone into military assistance. It is also subsidizing the salaries of tens of thousands of Ukrainian state employees, Ukrainian farmers, and others.
Some of this aid has made its way into the pockets of corrupt officials and businessmen who set up fake companies to cash in on aid money without doing any of the intended work.
When the U.S. is able to supply high-tech American weaponry to the Ukrainian armed forces, reports indicate that Russia has been able to jam it on the battlefield, causing the Ukrainians to favor equipment from rival Chinese producers.
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin indicated Tuesday that the United States will send over an additional $2.3 billion in military aid for Ukraine. The package, authorized under the Presidential Drawdown Authority, will include new air defense interceptors, anti-tank weapons, and other munitions sourced from U.S. inventories. The announcement was made during a meeting with Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.
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Former Joe Biden regime official Sam Brinton has avoided jail time after pleading guilty to misdemeanor petit larceny in a plea deal announced last week in Arlington General District Court. Brinton, formerly a highly-paid nuclear official at the Department of Energy, initially faced felony charges that could have resulted in a 20-year sentence.
Brinton admits to stealing luggage belonging to Tanzanian fashion designer Asya Khamsin six years ago at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. As part of a plea agreement, the non-binary Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence “abbess” will participate in an adult diversion program, which includes mental health treatment, writing an apology letter to Khamsin, and 50 hours of community service. The charges were reduced from grand larceny.
This is the third time the drag queen has avoided incarceration for stealing women’s luggage for their underwear and other clothing while on government business.
In a related civil case filed in Montgomery County, Maryland, Brinton has reached a settlement with Khamsin, agreeing to an undisclosed financial payment and issuing a personal apology.
Brinton was arrested in May of last year as a “fugitive from justice,” months after The National Pulse exposed the “gender non-binary” former official as a luggage thief and a defender of “rentboy.com,” a site that was raided by authorities over illegal prostitution claims.
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Former Joe Biden regime official Sam Brinton has avoided jail time after pleading guilty to misdemeanor petit larceny in a plea deal announced last week in Arlington General District Court. Brinton, formerly a highly-paid nuclear official at the Department of Energy, initially faced felony charges that could have resulted in a 20-year sentence.
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The corporate media—and the White House press corps in particular—ignored signs of Joe Biden‘s cognitive decline because they feared negative stories on the matter would help former President Donald J. Trump‘s 2024 election effort. Additionally, members of the press had worries their reports on the 81-year-old incumbent’s health would give legitimacy to independent and right-wing media outlets.
“Like all past presidents, Biden has good days and bad days,” CNN media correspondent Hadas Gold wrote late yesterday, tacitly defending the lack of media coverage. She added: “It can be tricky to report on something as difficult to define as a person aging, when his opponent is a convicted felon, who regularly lies and has threatened to use the government to go after his political opponents.”
Gold—and several unnamed reporters she spoke with—tepidly acknowledged that the media failed to press Biden and White House officials regarding his health, especially following concerns raised by Department of Justice (DOJ) special counsel Robert Hur in February. However, the CNN correspondent also blames corporate media’s reluctance to cover Biden’s health on the ample reporting by the independent and right-wing press.
“Biden’s age was also a right-wing talking point for years, something the White House was quick to point out to reporters, which may have inadvertently turned off any serious investigation,” Gold admitted.
The National Pulse reported in May that CNN‘s viewership has plummeted to an all-time low, driven in part by their anti-Trump bias.
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The corporate media—and the White House press corps in particular—ignored signs of Joe Biden's cognitive decline because they feared negative stories on the matter would help former President Donald J. Trump's 2024 election effort. Additionally, members of the press had worries their reports on the 81-year-old incumbent's health would give legitimacy to independent and right-wing media outlets.
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NATO will inform Ukraine that its corruption bars it from joining the alliance, a significant setback for President Volodymyr Zelensky. A senior U.S. State Department official says NATO will request additional anti-corruption measures before progressing with membership discussions in a written communique at the alliance’s annual summit on July 9.
The official emphasized the need for further progress in tackling corruption, a priority for many NATO members. Zelensky wants rapid NATO accession to ensure protection from future invasions, as NATO is obliged to go to war collectively if any individual alliance member is attacked.
The U.S. has reportedly blocked efforts by British and European Union officials to establish a definitive path for Ukraine’s NATO accession. Since the Soviet Union’s collapse, corruption has plagued the Eastern European country, especially within its military. Joe Biden highlighted “significant corruption” in Ukraine during an interview with Timemagazine this year.
Zelensky, who will attend the summit in Washington, may receive a promise of a “well-lit bridge” to NATO membership, a term favored by the U.S. NATO members remain divided on whether to make their offer to Kiev “irreversible.”
Nearly 20 countries have signed bilateral security agreements with Ukraine, and they will celebrate these agreements at the summit despite the lack of a clear NATO promise.
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NATO will inform Ukraine that its corruption bars it from joining the alliance, a significant setback for President Volodymyr Zelensky. A senior U.S. State Department official says NATO will request additional anti-corruption measures before progressing with membership discussions in a written communique at the alliance's annual summit on July 9.
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