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migrant crisis
September 3, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Economy
Immigration
UK

Jobless Migrants Costing UK Over $11.1 BILLION Per Year.

A record number of jobless migrants in the United Kingdom are costing the country at least £8.5 billion (~$11.14 billion) annually. Around 1.68 million migrants are either looking for work or are classed as “economically inactive.”

Government Office for National Statistics (ONS) data suggests that the 2024 jobs figures represent the highest migrant joblessness rate since 2012. When social services, healthcare, transport, and other costs are considered, estimated costs to taxpayers could be far higher than £8.5 billion pounds, skyrocketing to as much as £20.3 billion (~$26.6 billion) a year.

Robert Bates, research director at the Centre for Migration Control, says the new leftist Labour government should stop handing out long-term visas when so many migrants are not working.

“This is the very definition of a Ponzi scheme, and we will only compound the problem if we do not change course soon,” he said.

Britain has seen unprecedented illegal and legal migration in recent years, with net immigration running at 764,000 in 2022. This is significantly straining the housing supply. To alleviate the problem and help build new homes, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner wants the country bring in even more migrants on supposedly “temporary” visas.

Other Western nations are also dealing with significant unemployment among their migrant populations. In Sweden, migrant unemployment is often several orders of magnitude above native-born Swedes. Migrants also account for around 80 percent of all welfare fraud in the country.

Meanwhile, the Danish Finance Ministry published a report noting that migrants from at least 24 different Muslim-majority countries make no net contribution to public finances.

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A record number of jobless migrants in the United Kingdom are costing the country at least £8.5 billion (~$11.14 billion) annually. Around 1.68 million migrants are either looking for work or are classed as "economically inactive." show more
September 3, 2024
Jack Montgomery
UK
War
World

Britain Suspends Arms Sales to Israel.

Britain’s far-left government is suspending a portion of its arms sales to Israel, alleging a “clear risk” that they could potentially be utilized in ways that violate international humanitarian law. In a statement to Parliament on Monday, Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the suspension will affect 30 out of 350 arms export licenses to Israel.

The suspension targets supplies that might be used in the ongoing conflict in Gaza against Hamas, but some exports, such as parts for F-35 fighter jets, will continue.

“It is with regret that I inform the House [of Commons] today that the assessment I have received leaves me unable to conclude anything other than that for certain UK arms exports to Israel, there does exist a clear risk that they might be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international humanitarian law,” Lammy said.

“We recognize, of course, Israel’s need to defend itself against security threats, but we are deeply worried by the methods that Israel’s employed, and by reports of civilian casualties and the destruction of civilian infrastructure particularly,” the Labour Party politician added.

According to Gaza’s Hamas-controlled Health Ministry, more than 40,000 Palestinians have died in the conflict over the past ten months.

IMPLICATIONS.

British arms exports make up less than one percent of Israel’s total arms purchases, so the move is unlikely to have a significant impact on the course of the war. It is likely intended mainly for domestic consumption, with Muslims in Britain, generally loyal to Labour, turning away from the party over Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s insufficient support for Gaza.

Several Labour politicians, including a member of the then-Shadow Cabinet, lost their seats to pro-Gaza independents in the July 4 snap election. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has been filmed telling a council of Muslim elders she owes her parliamentary seat to their support and promising to recognize Palestinian statehood.

British cities, in particular the hyper-diverse capital of London, where only 36.8 percent of residents were classed as White British in the latest census, have been regularly disrupted by pro-Palestinian demonstrators since Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023.

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Britain's far-left government is suspending a portion of its arms sales to Israel, alleging a "clear risk" that they could potentially be utilized in ways that violate international humanitarian law. In a statement to Parliament on Monday, Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the suspension will affect 30 out of 350 arms export licenses to Israel. show more
September 3, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
War

Veterans Slam Walz as ‘Military Impersonator,’ ‘Habitual Liar,’ ‘Coward.’

Veterans discussing their experiences with Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) in the National Guard on Monday called him a “habitual liar,” a “coward,” and a “deserter.” Speaking to Megyn Kelly, Tom Behrends, Paul Herr, Tom Schilling, and Rodney Tow focused much of their ire on Walz’s claims that he was unaware of his unit’s impending deployment to Iraq before taking early retirement.

The veterans accuse Walz of using his military service for personal gain, labeling him a “military impersonator.” They cite Walz’s consistent dishonesty, stating, “He lies about everything. He lies about stuff that doesn’t make sense.”

While Walz has claimed he did not know his unit would deploy to Iraq, the veterans say this is untrue, with one saying the Democrat personally told him the unit could “count on” him to deploy. They described Walz’s decision to retire—an option two of them could have taken, but did not—as “morally indefensible.”

One, who had to fill Walz‘s position after he left, said of the retirement, “Who the hell does that? It was just unbelievable that a [Command Sergeant Major] abandoned his troops, 500 soldiers.”

“I don’t know how he can live with himself after he did that to his soldiers,” another agreed.

STOLEN VALOR, STOLEN THUNDER.

Walz retired from the Minnesota National Guard as an E-8 Master Sergeant, not as a Command Sergeant Major—because he did not complete his qualifications for the more senior rank due to his abrupt departure.

The veterans expressed fear Walz’s embellishments—he also claims to have carried weapons “in war” during an anti-gun rights speech, despite never deploying to a combat zone—will detract from other veterans’ credibility.

“You’re taking a piece of their thunder, and you’re trying to capture it and put it in a bottle for yourself, and use that for your own benefit,” they said.

Speaking on the fact that former President Donald J. Trump is not a veteran, they said, “President Donald Trump decided to do battle in a different form, and at least, you know what, he’s been shot by the enemy.”

“The enemy closed in and took action against a former president of this country and tried to kill him, and he got wounded in action fighting for the rights and the constitution of this country.”

WATCH:

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Veterans discussing their experiences with Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) in the National Guard on Monday called him a "habitual liar," a "coward," and a "deserter." Speaking to Megyn Kelly, Tom Behrends, Paul Herr, Tom Schilling, and Rodney Tow focused much of their ire on Walz's claims that he was unaware of his unit’s impending deployment to Iraq before taking early retirement. show more
September 3, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Crime
Culture

Five Shot at Afro-Caribbean West Indian Day Parade in NYC.

Five people were shot in Brooklyn, New York, during the West Indian American Day festival parade on Monday. A man opened fire into the crowd, leaving two in critical condition. New York Police Department (NYPD) Chief of Patrol John Chell says the shooting was an intentional attack, but the parade continued regardless.

“This was not random,” Chell said. “This was an intentional act by one person towards a group of people. We do not by no means have any active shooter or anything of that nature running around Eastern Parkway,” he insisted.

Chief Chell says the victims include four men and one woman. The suspect is described as a black man in his twenties with a slim build. He reportedly wore a black shirt with paint stains and a black bandanna. His motive is currently unknown.

The crowded parade route saw thousands of attendees celebrating West Indian (Caribbean) heritage and culture. It regularly sees outbreaks of violence, with several people shot or stabbed to death in recent years. For instance, a gunman shot and killed Carey Gabay, a staffer for former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, while he was serving as an honorary marshal for the event in 2015.

Police officers despise working the parade, with officers in a Facebook group titled ‘No More West Indian Day Detail’ caught describing it as a “bloodbath” and attendees as “savages” in 2011.

The Notting Hill Carnival celebrating Afro-Caribbean culture in London, England, is similarly controversial. This year’s carnival, in late, August saw eight stabbings. Two of the victims, including a 38-year-old woman stabbed in front of her three-year-old daughter, died.

The carnival saw at least 13 sexual assaults and 61 assaults on police officers, and an initial 349 arrests.

Image via Flickr.

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Five people were shot in Brooklyn, New York, during the West Indian American Day festival parade on Monday. A man opened fire into the crowd, leaving two in critical condition. New York Police Department (NYPD) Chief of Patrol John Chell says the shooting was an intentional attack, but the parade continued regardless. show more
September 2, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
News
World

Earthquake: Anti-Mass Migration Populists Win Big in European State Elections.

The right-populist, anti-mass migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has won state elections in Thuringia and near-tied the establishment Christian Democratic Union (CDU), formerly led by Angela Merkel, in Saxony. The AfD has won an enormous share of the youth and working-class votes, in particular.

Led by Björn Höcke, the AfD in Thuringia is projected to have won over 33 percent of the vote on Sunday, up around 10 points on their previous showing in 2019. The CDU looks to be far behind, at around 25 percent. The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), a new, left-populist party that opposes mass migration, is third, at around 15 percent.

Meanwhile, Chancellor Olaf Scholz‘s left-wing Social Democratic Party (SPD) is at around 6 percent. His party’s coalition partners, the far-left Greens and neoliberal Free Democrats (FDP), have a statistically zero percent share of the vote.

In Saxony, the AfD appears to have secured a near-tie with the CDU, with both coming in around 40 percent. The SPD seems to have secured around 7 percent—its worst-ever result in Saxony. The Greens and FDP have also fared poorly, with the latter dropping to under one percent—their worst-ever result in any state election.

IMPLICATIONS.

While the AfD and the notionally right-wing CDU would enjoy legislative supermajorities in a coalition, the latter has refused to work with the former under any circumstances. Despite Merkel declaring multiculturalism had “utterly failed” in 2010, she opened the borders during the 2015-16 migrant crisis, with the SPD and its partners displacing her party after four terms in office in 2021.

However, the SPD has experienced a rapid collapse in support due to migrant crime worsening under their stewardship, and the Russia sanctions war and net zero policies driving up costs.

It will be difficult for the CDU to form governments without the AfD, given the level of support the populists achieved, and the unpopularity of attempting to form a “grand coalition” with the SPD and other left-leaning parties.

Germany’s establishment right, left, and far left also face long-term challenges, with the AfD winning a large plurality of the working-class vote in Thuringia and Saxony, and performing very strongly among younger voters. There are signs Germany’s youth are increasingly unhappy with mass migration and multiculturalism, with the viral song “Foreigners Out” spreading over the summer.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron faces a similar situation. The success of Marine Le Pen‘s populist National Rally (RN) in the recent European and national elections has left his faction in the legislature unable to form a government without the help of various far-left parties.

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The right-populist, anti-mass migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has won state elections in Thuringia and near-tied the establishment Christian Democratic Union (CDU), formerly led by Angela Merkel, in Saxony. The AfD has won an enormous share of the youth and working-class votes, in particular. show more
musk ratioed
September 1, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Corruption
TECH
World

This Week, Brazil Joined a New, Totalitarian Club of Nations Which Have Banned ‘X’.

Following Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes’ move to ban the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) the country joins a new club of totalitarian countries that have also prohibited the website. Brazil, a member of the BRICS economic alliance of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, has entered a new “BRIC” club of themselves, Russia, Iran, and China, who have all banned or limited public access to X within their countries.

Also inside the new club of nations are even more nakedly totalitarian countries like Myanmar, formerly Burma, Venezuela, and North Korea.

Many X users in countries where the social media platform is banned or given limited access can use virtual private networks (VPNs) to circumvent the bans. In Brazil, however, such activity could cost users as much as R$50,000 ($8,882 USD) per day in fines under the new rules.

Judge de Moraes has also demanded that tech giants Google and Apple remove the X app from their mobile stores within the next five days.

ONE-MAN CRUSADE AGAINST X.

The move to ban X comes after months of conflict between the platform and Judge de Moraes, which reached the point that the platform’s owner, Elon Musk, ordered his staff to leave the country or laid them off. Musk went so far as to shut down their physical office over alleged arrest threats and censorship demands.

The Supreme Court and Musk have been battling over the banning of accounts labeled “digital militias” that were accused of spreading “fake news” and “hate” during former President Jair Bolsonaro’s government. Musk reacted to the ban on Friday afternoon, stating, “The oppressive regime in Brazil is so afraid of the people learning the truth that they will bankrupt anyone who tries.”

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Following Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes' move to ban the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) the country joins a new club of totalitarian countries that have also prohibited the website. Brazil, a member of the BRICS economic alliance of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, has entered a new "BRIC" club of themselves, Russia, Iran, and China, who have all banned or limited public access to X within their countries. show more
FBI
August 30, 2024
William Upton
Crime
News

DOJ Watchdog Says The Biden-Harris FBI Is FAILING To Stop Child Abuse.

A troubling report authored by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz reveals a staggering lack of action by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) when addressing hands-on sex offenses against children. The Inspector General—which acts as a watchdog over DOJ operations—found “significant issues with the FBI’s response to serious allegations involving suspected child abuse: under the Biden–Harris government.

“[O]ur audit revealed instances where FBI employees did not comply with relevant law or policy for (a) mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse, (b) victim services, (c) transferring incidents between field offices, and (d) responding to allegations of active and ongoing child sexual abuse within 24 hours,” Horowitz’s report states. The Inspector General adds: ” In addition, during the course of our work, we forwarded 42 incidents, 13 percent of the incidents we reviewed, to FBI headquarters because of concerns that led us to believe that the incident may require immediate attention.”

The Inspector General contends FBI employees have repeatedly failed to comply with mandatory reporting requirements. In almost half of the incidents investigated by Horowitz’s office, suspicions or evidence of child abuse were not reported to state or local law enforcement or social services.

Concerningly, the Inspector General accuses the FBI of failing to adopt or comply with new reporting standards regarding tip lines following its failures in the Larry Nassar investigation. Nassar served as the team doctor from 1996 to 2014 for the United States women’s national gymnastics team and was involved in what many consider to be the largest child sexual abuse scandal in sports history. It is believed Nassar sexually abused and assaulted over 265 young girls over nearly two decades.

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A troubling report authored by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz reveals a staggering lack of action by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) when addressing hands-on sex offenses against children. The Inspector General—which acts as a watchdog over DOJ operations—found "significant issues with the FBI’s response to serious allegations involving suspected child abuse: under the Biden-Harris government. show more
August 30, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Health
Immigration
UK

Top Politician Boasts: ‘Palestinian-born Doctor Prioritized Me Due to My Ceasefire Vote.’

Jess Phillips, a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in Sir Keir Starmer‘s government and a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Labour Party, has described how Palestinian doctors rule the roost in Birmingham, England’s second city. She said she was given preferential treatment by one of them because she voted in favor of supporting a ceasefire in Gaza just weeks after the Hamas terror raids against Israel in October 2023, which killed around 1,200 people.

Phillips, tasked with “Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls” in Starmer‘s government—despite having trivialized mass sexual assaults by Muslim migrants in Cologne, Germany—said she had “seen better facilities, health facilities, in war zones, in developing countries” when she sought socialized medical care at a Birmingham emergency department recently. However, she was soon bumped to the front of the line.

“I got through because of who I am,” Phillips said, tacitly acknowledging that politicians do not have a clear idea of how the National Health Service (NHS) operates for ordinary citizens because they receive special treatment.

“Also, the doctor who saw me was Palestinian, as it turns out. Almost all the doctors in Birmingham seemed to be,” she continued. “He was sort of like, ‘I like you. You voted for a ceasefire.’ [Because of that] I got through quicker,” she boasted, seemingly not seeing an issue with foreign doctors allocating state healthcare based on patients’ positions on foreign wars.

Phillips previously told Richard Tice MP, of Nigel Farage’s Reform Party, to stop sharing footage of Muslim rioters in Birmingham and questioning why they were not being aggressively policed like white anti-mass immigration protesters. She appeared to justify the Muslim rioters’ actions, saying they believed “racists were coming to attack them.”

Image by David Woolfall.

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Jess Phillips, a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in Sir Keir Starmer's government and a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Labour Party, has described how Palestinian doctors rule the roost in Birmingham, England's second city. She said she was given preferential treatment by one of them because she voted in favor of supporting a ceasefire in Gaza just weeks after the Hamas terror raids against Israel in October 2023, which killed around 1,200 people. show more
Merchan Bragg
August 30, 2024
William Upton
Lawfare

Trump’s Latest Move to Throw Out the NY Case: What Does It Mean?

Attorneys for former President Donald J. Trump are asking, for a second time, that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg‘s prosecution be removed to federal court. Their newest filing cites significant legal issues in the aftermath of the United States Supreme Court‘s presidential immunity ruling in Trump v. United States.

“This ‘zombie’ case should have been dismissed long ago,” write Trump‘s attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove in the motion. “The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office (‘DANY‘) violated the Presidential immunity doctrine in grand jury proceedings, and again at trial, by relying on evidence of President Trump’s official acts during his first term in Office.”

IMMUNITY RULING.

At the core of the Trump legal team’s filing is Bragg‘s reliance on testimony from Trump White House aide Hope Hicks—as well as emails and other documents submitted as evidence through her testimony.

The Supreme Court held in early July that former President Trump—and all U.S. presidents—are presumed to be immune from prosecution for official acts in office. Hicks’s testimony and documents entered into evidence by Bragg likely falls under this immunity, meaning they are inadmissible.

PREDICATE CRIME PROBLEM.

“The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that these types of violations threaten the structure of the federal government and the ability of future Presidents to carry out their vital duties in the way the Framers intended,” the removal filing reads.

Trump‘s attorneys also raise the issue of the predicate charges—also impacted by a recent Supreme Court ruling: “DANY’s flawed case is also preempted because their Indictment turned on the improper use of state law to try to retroactively police the 2016 Presidential election through non-unanimous jury findings.”

If successful, the case would be removed from the jurisdiction of New York Judge Juan Merchan and moved to federal court, where the charges against Trump could be quickly vacated and thrown out.

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Attorneys for former President Donald J. Trump are asking, for a second time, that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's prosecution be removed to federal court. Their newest filing cites significant legal issues in the aftermath of the United States Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling in Trump v. United States. show more
August 30, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Media

‘Vacuous,’ ‘Train Wreck,’ ‘Softer Than Ice Cream’ – World Weighs In On Harris-Walz CNN Interview.

American and international media outlets are offering their assessment of Kamala Harris‘s first sit-down interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, conducted by Dana Bash on the friendly network CNN, with support from running mate Tim Walz. Sympathizers could offer only muted support for her performance, describing it as “adequate” or “solid” while being forced to acknowledge she offered few policy details. More critical voices were harsher, saying she had “fumbled” an interview “softer than a scoop of ice cream.”

DAMNING WITH FAINT PRAISE.

The lack of praise dished out to Harris by those most eager to support her indicates how poorly the interview went. The left-wing Guardian spun the performance as “radically normal” rather than simply dull, suggesting it was a good thing that she “turned a much-hyped first interview as nominee into a soon-to-be-forgotten pit stop along the campaign trail.”

Michelle Cottle of the New York Times could only say the interview was a “solid first effort” that went “pretty well.” Fellow NYT columnist was more honest, also claiming Harris’s performance was “solid” but admitting she was evasive, “vague to the point of vacuous,” and “struggled to give straight answers to her shifting positions on fracking and border security.”

Even CNN acknowledges she was “elusive” and “declined to fully explain reversals on issues like immigration and energy.”

‘TRAIN WRECK.’

The Daily Mail led on remarks describing the interview as a “train wreck,” calling the conversation with Bash a “softball interview.” Like The Telegraph, the Mail noted how short the interview was, at only around 27 minutes, padded to roughly an hour by CNN interspersing it with clips of Harris campaigning.

The Mail said Harris “appeared nervous and hesitant in her responses which were branded ‘word salad’ by many on social media,” quoting Barack Obama advisor David Axelrod as admitting Harris had not “moved the ball forward that much.”

The Telegraph appeared astonished that Harris “managed to fumble even this cozy chat,” noting, “Viewers were left none the wiser about what sort of president she would be.”

‘SLIPPERY.’

The Times of London said the interview with Harris and Walz was “softer than a serving of President Biden’s favorite ice cream,” again noting how CNN had stretched out the conversation with “schmaltzy clips of the pair at the Democratic convention, on the campaign trail or ordering a meal of brisket.”

“Both were allowed to present a series of glib answers without any real probing of some glaring holes in their responses, notably Harris’s new catch-all reply to all inconsistencies — ‘my values have not changed’,” The Times observed.

It was particularly unimpressed with Harris‘s “slippery” answers on fracking. She said there was “no question” she supported a “day one” ban during her 2019 run for the presidency. She now claims she has been clear that is no longer her position since 2020, but The Times notes her only comment on the subject during a 2020 debate was that Joe Biden would not ban fracking.

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American and international media outlets are offering their assessment of Kamala Harris's first sit-down interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, conducted by Dana Bash on the friendly network CNN, with support from running mate Tim Walz. Sympathizers could offer only muted support for her performance, describing it as "adequate" or "solid" while being forced to acknowledge she offered few policy details. More critical voices were harsher, saying she had "fumbled" an interview "softer than a scoop of ice cream." show more