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January 9, 2024
Jack Montgomery
World

Macron Picks 34-Year-Old Gay Dude as New Prime Minister.

French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Gabriel Attal, a 34-year-old who has indicated he was bullied at school by Julian Assange lawyer Juan Branco, as France’s youngest and first openly gay Prime Minister.

Attal succeeds Elisabeth Borne, whose tenure has been marred by mass protests, ethnic riots, and the passage of a bill restricting immigration which enraged leftists and was later deemed unconstitutional.

Like Macron, Attal got his start in politics with the Socialist Party, formerly France’s major establishment left party but now supplanted by Macron’s Renaissance (formerly En Marche) party, which united a broad coalition of left-wing and neoliberal globalists. Attal left the Socialists to back Macron’s presidential bid.

Attal has previously suggested he was bullied for being homosexual at France’s elite, private l’Ecole Alsacienne school by Juan Branco, who became a lawyer for WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange.

Branco insists this is untrue.

France, like Russia, is a country where the Prime Minister very much plays second fiddle to the President. Some European countries where both roles exist, such as Germany and Ireland, reduce to President to more of a figurehead role, while the likes of Poland put the Prime Minister in the driving seat but afford the President certain powers to check and veto the government.

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French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Gabriel Attal, a 34-year-old who has indicated he was bullied at school by Julian Assange lawyer Juan Branco, as France's youngest and first openly gay Prime Minister. show more

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“First openly gay Prime Minister,” might be a pointless phrase, were we not discussing France, where certainly many Prime Ministers of bygone eras have been closet cases
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January 9, 2024
Immigration
World

EU Now Wants a Million Migrants a Year: ‘It’s Not Enough’.

The European Union Home Affairs Commissioner, Ylva Johansson, has claimed that Europe needs to take in an additional one million migrants each year to make up for corporate workforce losses.

Asserting that workforce numbers are shrinking by similar figures, “legal migration should grow more or less with one million per year and that is really a challenge to do that in an orderly way,” Johansson said during a conference in Greece.

“Legal migration works very well, but it’s not enough,” she added, alluding to illegal migration as a means to plug the so-called labor shortages. Before her key EU role, Johansson worked previously as Sweden’s Employment Minister.

Migration to the European Union reached 3.5 million in 2023, with over 300,000 illegal entries, with countries like the United Kingdom, where the government is facing criticism for its handling of the migrant crisis, seeing record-high numbers.

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The European Union Home Affairs Commissioner, Ylva Johansson, has claimed that Europe needs to take in an additional one million migrants each year to make up for corporate workforce losses. show more
January 8, 2024
War
World

McDonald’s CEO Says Israel-Hamas War Has Had ‘Meaningful Impact’ on Business.

McDonald’s is experiencing a “meaningful business impact” in the Middle East and elsewhere due to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, according to company CEO Chris Kempczinski.

In a letter posted on LinkedIn, Kempczinski said that “misinformation” related to the dispute has influenced a number of McDonald’s markets worldwide. Boycott movements have been instigated against businesses such as McDonald’s and Starbucks by groups on both the pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian side.

Kempczinski’s letter described the situation “disheartening and ill-founded”. Financial ramifications on sales remain undisclosed, with potential revelations expected in the company’s later-to-be-reported earnings.

Fall of last year saw McDonald’s confronting criticism after an Israel-based franchise offered discounts to Israeli military personnel. This decision led to boycott calls from some clients. Many of its branches in Pakistan and Indonesia financially backed aid groups in Gaza. The company’s data shows that over half of McDonald’s’ restaurants operate overseas, with many being locally governed franchises.

Starbucks, another global brand, has also been caught amid the controversy. Pro-Palestine supporters boycotted and vandalized multiple outlets under accusations of Starbucks supporting Israel. U.S. pro-Israel factions also criticized the coffee magnate, with the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce advocating for a boycott upon Starbucks Workers United expressing support for Hamas. Echoing concerns, Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan issued a letter to employees last month, addressing the rising tensions and the impact on the world.

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McDonald's is experiencing a "meaningful business impact" in the Middle East and elsewhere due to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, according to company CEO Chris Kempczinski. show more
January 5, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics
War
World

Top Haley Advisor is ‘Israel Fanatic, Totally Opposed to Peace’, Was Fired by Trump.

Nikki Haley’s top advisor, Jon Lerner, is a neocon “fanatic” whose consultancy firm once received roughly $15 million per election cycle from the globalist Club for Growth – dubbed the “Club for No Growth” or the “Club for China Growth” by Donald Trump – before he took up a position as Haley’s deputy at the United Nations (UN) during the Trump administration.

A profile of Lerner quoted a Gulf States Institute scholar as describing him as a “complete fanatic, totally opposed to peace,” who would be “a flag-waving fan of Hamas” if he had been born an Arab.

While serving as Haley’s deputy, Lerner was tapped by then-Vice President Mike Pence to become his national security advisor, too – until President Trump caught wind of his background.

Discovering Lerner was heavily involved in producing vicious attack ads against him for the Club for Growth during the Republican primaries, the President blocked Lerner’s appointment in 2018. It was an early warning of Pence’s then-undiscovered disloyalty, with Trump said to have wondered aloud: “Why would Mike do that?”

While Trump adopted a strong pro-Israel position as President – a fact acknowledged by Lerner, who wrote in 2019 that Haley “would not have been able” to deliver anything for Israel at at UN without his steadfast support – Haley has adopted a foreign policy stance which appears to put Israeli interests ahead of American interests, repeatedly making the bizarre claim that Israel has “never” needed America but “America needs Israel” on the campaign trail.

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Nikki Haley's top advisor, Jon Lerner, is a neocon "fanatic" whose consultancy firm once received roughly $15 million per election cycle from the globalist Club for Growth – dubbed the "Club for No Growth" or the "Club for China Growth" by Donald Trump – before he took up a position as Haley's deputy at the United Nations (UN) during the Trump administration. show more
January 5, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Economy
World

‘Populist’ Meloni to Blow Over a BILLION Dollars on Electric Car Climate Fund as Migrant Crisis Spirals.

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, elected on a national populist platform in late 2022, is preparing to splurge the equivalent of over a billion U.S. dollars on electric car subsidies in the name of reducing the Mediterranean country’s so-called carbon footprint.

The €930 million fund is expected to be announced in an upcoming decree, and will take effect from February. Italians will be offered a minimum of €6,000 (~$6,550) towards electric vehicles up to the value of €35,000 (~$38,200), rising to as much as €13,750 (~$15,200) if they also scrap an older vehicle.

Meloni’s focus on climate change will be a source of frustration for her voters given the fact the illegal immigration she promised to curb on the campaign trail is rising exponentially.

In addition to failing to bring illegal immigration under control, she is also greatly increasing legal immigration to Italy, authorizing the issuance of close to half a million visas to non-Europeans from 2023 to 2025.

Once disparaged as Italy’s most right-wing leader since Benito Mussolini by the legacy media, the 46-year-old soothed Joe Biden and other globalist leaders by deemphasizing immigration control in favor of cheerleading Ukraine soon after entering office.

Martin Schulz, a German socialist and former President of the European Parliament, bragged that the European Union had disciplined her into becoming a “reliable partner” last year.

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Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, elected on a national populist platform in late 2022, is preparing to splurge the equivalent of over a billion U.S. dollars on electric car subsidies in the name of reducing the Mediterranean country's so-called carbon footprint. show more
January 4, 2024
UK
World

UK Globalists Call for ‘Secret Plan’ Crisis Talks to Thwart Trump’s 2nd Term.

Former UK diplomats Simon McDonald, John Kerr, and Sir Peter Westmacott are calling for the British government to draw up secret plans to thwart Donald Trump’s foreign policy in the event he is once again elected to the U.S. presidency. The three diplomats are concerned that Trump, a vocal critic of NATO and needless foreign entanglements, is likely to significant diminish U.S. involvement in the Ukraine war.

The trio “said preparations to help the UK cope if Mr Trump were to end US support for Ukraine and withdraw from Nato must be drawn up in secret to avoid giving him a campaign boost.”

Despite the current legal challenges Trump is facing, the three diplomats believe his reelection is likely.

“There’s not much point in saying, ‘We know he’s a monster, he’s unprincipled, he’s a misogynistic fraud and liar and destroyer of constitutions.’ The reality is: he will be there. We have to find ways of engaging with the US if Trump is elected,” said Westmacott, who served as British ambassador to the U.S. from 2012 to 2016.

McDonald, former head of Britain’s Foreign Office and the current Senior Member of the House of Lords, emphasized the need for readiness, stating the implications of a second Trump tenure would be ‘massive’ for the UK. John Kerr, a crossbench peer who served as Britain’s ambassador to Washington from 1995 to 1997, said Britain and other allies should “get together discreetly” to plan for an impending Trump presidency.

The comments of the former diplomats come as President Joe Biden’s popularity continues to plummet, with a recent poll finding that Black, Hispanic, and young voters are abandoning support for the Democratic president in droves.

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Former UK diplomats Simon McDonald, John Kerr, and Sir Peter Westmacott are calling for the British government to draw up secret plans to thwart Donald Trump's foreign policy in the event he is once again elected to the U.S. presidency. The three diplomats are concerned that Trump, a vocal critic of NATO and needless foreign entanglements, is likely to significant diminish U.S. involvement in the Ukraine war. show more
January 4, 2024
William Upton
Immigration
World

REVEALED: O’Keefe’s Migrant Exposé Shows US Taxpayers Funding NGO Run by Former British Foreign Minister Shipping Illegals into America.

A new video exposé by journalist James O’Keefe has exposed a facility in Arizona allegedly run by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) serving as a transportation center, shuttling illegal immigrants to the nearby Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. From there, the illegal immigrants are able to board flights to other cities across the United States.

The IRC is a gargantuan, globalist non-governmental organization (NGO) which boasted a total 2021 budget of over $1 billion. David Miliband, former British Foreign Minister, member of the Labour Party, and oft-tapped future UK Prime Minister currently serves as its president.

In 2021 alone, the IRC was the recipient of $415 million in U.S. taxpayer dollars through government grants. Agencies which fund the group include the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration ($178 million), the Department of Health and Human Services ($123 million), and the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance ($114 million). In addition to the U.S. government, the European Union gave the IRC $75 million in 2021.

When O’Keefe tried to question an employee at the Phoenix facility – an old school building which the organization has repurposed – he was offered a monetary bribe to go away. Another employee of the facility intervened telling her colleague – in Spanish – to “say nothing.” The facility appears to be run by Thomas Robles – who prior to joining IRC served as the executive director of an Arizona-based leftist group called Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA). In an exchange with O’Keefe, Robles called the journalist a ‘domestic terrorist’ before contacting the local sheriff’s office.

The nebulous network of NGOs and non-profit groups who are facilitating the unchecked flow of illegal immigrants into the United States making it difficult to determine the border crisis’s true cost to American taxpayers. Many of these groups receive generous government grants and act as unofficial extensions of the Biden government – but just how much remains unclear.

WATCH:

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A new video exposé by journalist James O'Keefe has exposed a facility in Arizona allegedly run by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) serving as a transportation center, shuttling illegal immigrants to the nearby Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. From there, the illegal immigrants are able to board flights to other cities across the United States. show more
January 3, 2024
World

Chinese Spy Balloons Spotted Over Taiwan Ahead of Critical Elections.

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has reported that four Chinese spy balloons were detected floating over the island nation this week. The first was identified Monday, with three more spotted flying over the island on Tuesday. Chinese spy balloons have previously been detected flying near Taiwan, but this is the first time officials have reported such balloons crossing directly over the island nation.

According to ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Sun Li-fang, the balloons appeared to be the kind designed to collect atmospheric data. “As for whether they have other purposes,” he said, the government “is closely monitoring and controlling the situation, taking appropriate measures, and summarizing their flight paths for judgment and analysis.”

A similar balloon was found floating over the U.S. in January last year and was eventually shot down. Despite Beijing’s claims that it was merely a weather balloon that had drifted off course, an analysis of the debris by U.S. government agencies found that the balloon carried specialized equipment used to collect photos and videos, as well as other kinds of data.

The appearance of the Chinese balloons over Taiwan comes as the country is preparing for a three-way presidential election on January 13, in which both opposition candidates have expressed a desire to take a more friendly approach to China than the current ruling Party.

The appearance of the Chinese spy balloons over Taiwan comes barely a week after former U.S. Navy Seal Erik Prince predicted that China will invade Taiwan during the spring of this year.

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Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has reported that four Chinese spy balloons were detected floating over the island nation this week. The first was identified Monday, with three more spotted flying over the island on Tuesday. Chinese spy balloons have previously been detected flying near Taiwan, but this is the first time officials have reported such balloons crossing directly over the island nation. show more
January 2, 2024
William Upton
Breaking
War
World

Muslim Brotherhood Commander Saleh Arouri Killed By Israeli Airstrike in Beirut.

The deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood’s ‘Hamas’ terror group, Saleh Arouri, has reportedly been killed by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon. Videos from the scene show extensive damage to a city block on Tuesday, with vehicles reduced to flaming piles of twisted metal.  An apartment building also appears to have been damaged in the strike. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah cancelled a long-scheduled speech due Wednesday in the immediate aftermath.

The Israeli Defense Forces have engaged in a campaign to eliminate the leadership of Hamas since the October 7th terror attack carried out by the Islamist terrorist group. The attack saw around 1,200 people killed by Muslim Brotherhood militants acting under the Hamas banner, with several hundred taken hostage and moved to Gaza.

In addition to Arouri, Hamas claims two other members of their senior leadership were killed in the strike – though their identities have yet to be confirmed.

“The cowardly assassinations carried out by the Zionist occupation against the leaders and symbols of our Palestinian people inside and outside Palestine will not succeed in breaking the will and steadfastness of our people, or undermining the continuation of their valiant resistance,” Hamas said in a statement posted on Telegram. “It proves once again the abject failure of this enemy to achieve any of its aggressive goals in the Gaza Strip.”

The targeted strike comes on the heels of news the Israeli Defense Forces intend to remove several thousand troops from Gaza, marking a shift in the war from a broad military campaign to a more targeted tactical mission to continue the elimination of Hamas leadership.

Arouri was killed near the headquarters of the Iranian proxy militant group Hezbollah. The proximity of the strike to the groups headquarters has left some observers concerned it may draw Lebanon and Iran further into the Israel-Hamas war.

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The deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood's 'Hamas' terror group, Saleh Arouri, has reportedly been killed by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon. Videos from the scene show extensive damage to a city block on Tuesday, with vehicles reduced to flaming piles of twisted metal.  An apartment building also appears to have been damaged in the strike. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah cancelled a long-scheduled speech due Wednesday in the immediate aftermath. show more
January 2, 2024
News
World

WATCH: South Korean Opposition Leader Stabbed in Neck, Airlifted to Hospital.

South Korean Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung has been stabbed in the neck during a press scrum in Busan. The opposition leader, who narrowly lost the presidential elections to Yoon Suk Yeol of the conservative People Power Party in 2022, was airlifted to Seoul National University Hospital.

“This is an act of terror on Representative Lee Jae-myung and a serious threat to democracy which should never take place under any circumstances,” said Democratic Party spokesman Kwon Chil-seung outside the hospital.

Lee’s condition is currently unknown, but he reportedly sustained damage to his jugular vein and has undergone surgery. The Democratic Party said the procedure “took longer than expected, and we are closely following his progress.”

The suspect, a man in his sixties who approached Lee wearing a paper crown and claiming to be an autograph-seeker, has been named only as Kim. As of the time of publication, no motive for the attack had been disclosed, but he did confess it was his intention to assassinate Lee.

 

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South Korean Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung has been stabbed in the neck during a press scrum in Busan. The opposition leader, who narrowly lost the presidential elections to Yoon Suk Yeol of the conservative People Power Party in 2022, was airlifted to Seoul National University Hospital. show more