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June 12, 2024
Media
Politics

Fox News Board Member Paul Ryan Insists: ‘I’m an Anti-Establishment Republican.’

Former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan has bemoaned being labeled a “Republican In Name Only” (RINO) in an interview on Fox News, where he is now a board member. Ryan, 54, called himself “an anti-establishment Republican” during an appearance with the network’s Neil Cavuto, wherein he blasted former President Trump as “unfit for office.”

During the conversation, Ryan claimed neoconservative Nikki Haley would “win this thing by 12 points” and explained that he would be writing in his candidate for president, effectively telling Fox News viewers to throw the election for Joe Biden.

Look, I got death, taxes, and weird stuff from Donald Trump. These are the three certainties in my life, so to me, it’s just another day in my life,” Ryan seethed. “Fealty to Trump is what RINO is. Meaning, if you don’t pledge fealty to this man, then you are a RINO,” he claimed.

Ryan went on to complain Trump is a “populist” and “not a conservative.”

“I would prefer a party that is based on principles, not personality or populism. This populism is untethered to principles, and that’s why, you know, I’m an anti-establishment Republican,” Ryan claimed, also describing himself as a “classical liberal” and “free market conservative.”

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White Stabbing Victim Bled to Death in Handcuffs After Attacker Told Police He Was Racist.

A white teenager who had been repeatedly stabbed with a Sikh ceremonial dagger bled to death in handcuffs after his alleged killer told police officers responding to the incident that the victim was racist.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Henry Nowak, a white university student in Southampton, England, died after being repeatedly stabbed with an eight-inch Sikh dagger by Vikrum Digwa, 23. Nowak bled to death in handcuffs after Digwa claimed he had been racially abused by Nowak, prompting police officers responding to the incident to arrest the stabbed teenager.
📰 DETAIL: Details of the alleged murder, which took place on December 3, 2023, are now emerging at Southampton Crown Court, where Digwa is denying the charges against him, citing self-defense. Nicholas Lobbenberg KC described Digwa’s knife as a shastar, and noted that Digwa also carried a Sikh kirpan knife around his neck. Unlike most people in Britain, Sikhs have a special dispensation to carry weapons as a religious obligation, but prosecutors are still charging Digwa for weapons offenses on the grounds that his kirpan satisfied this religious obligation, making the larger shastar unnecessary. Lobbenberg told the court that Digwa and Nowak encountered each other on the street while the teen was walking home from a night out, with the Sikh telling the teenager “I’m a bad man” in an interaction that was captured by a cell phone video. Digwa is alleged to have stabbed Nowak and “aggressively pursued” him to continue the attack. However, when police arrived at the scene, they appear to have sided with the Sikh when he claimed the stabbed teenager had racially abused him, putting him under arrest. Nowak passed out in handcuffs and bled to death in the street, with belated first aid efforts by the police and an air ambulance doctor being unable to save him.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “[Digwa] didn’t seek help for the man he had injured with his sizeable knife, instead he accused him of being a racist and being drunk… Vikrum said [Nowak] had not been stabbed. This was a lie. This was a man Vikrum Digwa stabbed more than once,” prosecutor Nicholas Lobbenberg KC told the court.
🎯 IMPACT: Digwa denies all charges against him, and the trial is ongoing. His mother, Kiran Kaur, is also on trial for allegedly assisting him after the killing. The case has increased public anger over two-tier policing in Britain, with the officers responding to the incident having seemingly treated the supposed racial abuse directed at Digwa more seriously than the fatal stab wounds inflicted on his alleged white victim. Similar incidents have taken place in the past, with one white victim of a Muslim grooming gang being wrongly prosecuted for allegedly racially abusing her rapists years before the authorities finally took action against them for their abuse.

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UK

Imam Sentenced for Decade-Long Campaign of Rape and Abuse Against Women and Girls.

Abdul Halim Khan, a former imam in East London, has been sentenced to a minimum of 20 years in prison for sexually abusing seven women and girls.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: A former imam in London, England, has been sentenced for raping and sexually abusing seven women and girls.
📺 DETAIL: Abdul Halim Khan, a 54-year-old former imam, has been sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum term of 20 years before he can be considered for parole. Khan was found guilty of sexually abusing seven women and girls for over a decade. Some of his victims were as young as 12. Khan was convicted of 21 offenses, including nine counts of rape, five counts of rape of a child under 13, four counts of sexual assault, two counts of sexual assault of a child under 13, and one count of assault by penetration. The investigation began in 2018 when his youngest victim reported the abuse to a teacher, and concluded that Khan exploited his role as a Muslim religious leader to manipulate his victims, using spiritual teachings and invoking fear of “black magic” and other forms of supernatural harm to frighten them into silence. He sometimes told victims that he was a “jinn”—a supernatural spirit in Islam—to instill fear and compliance. Cultural experts hired by the Crown Prosecution Service explained how Khan used Islamic teachings to manipulate women and girls.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “After eight long years, I am relieved that justice has been served. But even with this outcome, the trauma does not simply disappear. The scars remain, and healing is a lifelong journey. Speaking out was terrifying, but it has also been a step toward reclaiming my strength.” – One of the survivors of Khan’s abuse
🎯 IMPACT: This not the first case of its kind in Europe. In April this year, Italy deported Ali Kashif, an imam of Pakistani origin, after he was filmed endorsing child marriage. Citing passages from the Qur’an, Kashif claimed that girls could be married after their first menstrual cycle. In another case in Britain, a 52-year-old Muslim admitted to facilitating child marriage as part of an Islamic Nikah ceremony. It is a crime to arrange or facilitate a marriage involving anyone under 18 in England, even with parental consent.

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News

Man Convicted of Running Chinese Secret Police Station in NYC.

Lu Jianwang was convicted of acting as an illegal foreign agent for China by operating a secret Chinese “police station” in New York City.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Lu Jianwang, a 64-year-old U.S. citizen, was convicted in federal court of acting as an illegal foreign agent for China and obstructing justice by deleting incriminating messages. Prosecutors revealed that Lu operated a secret Chinese police station in New York City’s Chinatown, which was used to target and intimidate pro-democracy dissidents. He was acquitted on a related conspiracy charge but still faces significant prison time.
📺 DETAIL: The outpost, tied to the Chinese Ministry of Public Security, was part of a global network of secret police stations aimed at monitoring and suppressing dissidents abroad. Lu, who co-ran the office under the guise of a community organization, claimed it was a center for renewing Chinese drivers’ licenses and playing games like ping-pong. Prosecutors argued Lu helped Chinese officials locate a pro-democracy activist living in California and later deleted communications with Chinese authorities during an FBI investigation. His co-defendant, Chen Jinping, previously pleaded guilty in the case. The FBI said the verdict demonstrates its continued efforts to counter foreign government operations inside the United States.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “A police station operating in New York City at the direction of the Chinese government has been exposed, its sinister purpose disrupted, and its founder held accountable for blatantly disregarding the law and our country’s sovereignty.” – U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr.
🎯 IMPACT: Lu faces up to 10 years in prison for acting as an illegal foreign agent and an additional 20 years for obstruction of justice. His conviction underscores growing concerns about Chinese influence operations on U.S. soil. It also highlights the CCP’s global strategy to suppress dissent and exert its power far beyond its borders. On Tuesday, the National Pulse reported on Eileen Wang, the Democrat mayor of Arcadia, California, pleading guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government.

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3 hours ago
News

A Stunning Left-Wing Coup Just Took Another WILD Turn.

Following the UK Labour Party’s stunning losses in last week’s local elections, a one-time ally of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has now resigned his parliamentary seat to allow for Manchester’s popular Mayor, Andy Burnham, to re-enter Parliament and challenge for leadership.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Labour MP Josh Simons has announced his resignation from the Makerfield seat, allowing Greater Manchester Mayor and Labour Party favorite Andy Burnham to contest a by-election (special election). The move is an underhanded tactical step to allow Burnham, who left Parliament almost a decade ago, to re-enter the House of Commons and position himself for a leadership challenge within the Labour Party. Simons was believed to be an ally of Starmer until his skullduggery today. The Labour Party won the Makerfield seat with a 5,400-vote majority in 2024. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK came second, with all other parties trailing far behind.
📺 DETAIL: In his statement, Simons expressed his belief in the need for “urgent, radical, courageous reform” within Labour, citing Burnham as the leader to drive such change. Simons’s resignation came in the midst of Labour tensions highlighted by Health Secretary Wes Streeting’s resignation earlier today. Furthermore, Burnham’s candidacy must be approved by the Labour Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC), which previously blocked Burnham’s path back into the Commons at the Prime Minister’s behest.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “I am standing aside so that Andy Burnham can return to his home, fight to re-enter Parliament, and if elected, drive the change our country is crying out for.” – Josh Simons
🎯 UNDERSTAND MORE: Sir Keir Starmer is clinging on by a thread as Prime Minister, especially given the drubbing Nigel Farage’s Reform UK delivered in the nation’s local elections last week. Now, with 91 of his 402 MPs calling for his resignation, he tried to fend off leadership challenges from a number of candidates this week, delivering a speech which fell flat nationally, and within his party. Kemi Badenoch’s “Conservative” Party – which just did a deal with the far-left Green Party in another part of the country in order to keep the Reform UK party out of power – could end up keeping Labour in power if they insist on fielding a candidate in the Makerfield special election.

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Data
War
World

DATA: Number of Americans Who Consider Israel an Ally is Cratering.

A new survey shows a sharp decline in American voters’ perception of Israel, with increasingly negative attitudes cutting across party lines.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Only one-third of American voters consider Israel an ally to the United States, according to a new survey.
📺 DETAIL: According to a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters, conducted from May 11-12, only 33 percent of U.S. voters now consider Israel an ally, a decline of 25 points since March, shortly after the start of the Iran war at the end of February. The share of U.S. voters who consider Israel an enemy has risen to 21 percent. Furthermore, 26 percent view Israel as neither an ally nor an enemy, with another 20 percent are unsure. While Democrats are more likely than Republicans to see Israel as an enemy, support for Israel among both parties has plummeted. Only 20 percent of Democrats view Israel as an ally, representing a 27-point drop since March, while 49 percent of Republicans view Israel as an ally, representing a decline of 21 points.
🎯 IMPACT: The survey confirms the widespread sense that Israel is rapidly losing the support of the American public. It comes alongside a broader shift in which countries Americans view as allies and enemies. Notably, while attitudes remain unfavorable towards Iran and Russia, fewer Americans now regard the countries as enemies. The share of American voters who regard Iran as an enemy dropped by 16 points since the start of the year. During the same period, the share of voters who view Russia as an enemy fell by 17 points. This shift in attitudes could have significant implications for U.S. foreign policy and domestic political discourse. The Iran war has proven divisive, with opposition cutting across party lines in unorthodox ways. Israel has routinely come under fire for viral social media posts of Israeli soldiers destroying Christian symbols and sites in Lebanon, as well as for attacks on Christians in Jerusalem. Israel is also seen as wanting to prolong the war in the Middle East, angering U.S. voters with non-interventionist views.

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Bonkers Britain
News

Police to Target Tommy Robinson Rally with Facial Recognition Tech, But Not Parallel Pro-Palestinian March.

London’s Metropolitan Police will use live facial recognition technology against a Tommy Robinson rally in London, but not a pro-Palestinian march on the same day.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: London’s Metropolitan Police will use live facial recognition (LFR) technology against Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rally in central London on Saturday, marking the first use of LFR at a protest. However, a pro-Palestinian march the same day will escape similar scrutiny.
📰 DETAIL: Police said the operation, involving roughly 4,000 officers, armored vehicles, helicopters, mounted units, and riot gear, is expected to be one of the largest public-order deployments in recent years as up to 80,000 demonstrators gather at the same time as soccer’s FA Cup final in London. Authorities have stated that the facial recognition system will be used to identify individuals on police watchlists, citing intelligence about potential threats to public safety. Critics, including Reform Party leader Nigel Farage, have argued the selective use of facial recognition against only one protest will increase the perception of “two-tier policing” in Britain. The government has also barred seven foreign politicians and activists from entering Britain to attend the Unite the Kingdom demonstrations, prompting many to complain that it is taking a far sterner immigration stance against pro-Western visitors than against foreign anti-white extremists.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “The Unite the Kingdom rally on Saturday should be treated no differently to the pro-Palestinian march on the same day. The fact that two-tier justice is being applied against patriotic Brits is disgraceful.” – Nigel Farage.
🎯 IMPACT: The use of LFR against the Unite the Kingdom rally has renewed criticism of Britain’s two-tier policing and justice system, which has often taken a hands-off approach towards disorderly Black Lives Matter, Islamic, and far-left demonstrations, while aggressively confronting and prosecuting protesters perceived as “far right.”

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War

Xi Threatens Trump With ‘Clashes and Even Conflicts’ Over Taiwan During State Visit.

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned President Donald J. Trump that Taiwan is the central issue between China and the U.S., and that there could be conflict between the two if it is not “handled properly.”

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Chinese President Xi Jinping warned President  Donald J. Trump, who is currently in China for a state visit, of potential “clashes and even conflicts” over Taiwan, if policy concerning the island is not “handled properly.” Taiwan is claimed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime, despite the fact that it has never controlled it, and the U.S. officially recognizes that the island is part of China, although in practice it recognizes its de facto independence and provides extensive unofficial support.
📰 DETAIL: The U.S. aimed to use the meeting between Xi and Trump on Thursday to stabilize the U.S.-China trading relationship and discuss a potential role for Beijing in ending the war in Iran, which is a major supplier of oil to China. The Chinese side stressed in their summary of the meeting that, from Beijing’s perspective, “the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations.” Notably, the White House did not mention Taiwan in its own summary of the meeting, instead stressing the importance of opening the Strait of Hormuz, improving American access to the Chinese market, and increasing Chinese investment in America.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “[T]he Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations. If it is handled properly, the bilateral relationship will enjoy overall stability. Otherwise, the two countries will have clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy.” – Xi Jinping
🎯 IMPACT: The CCP’s allusions to “clashes and even conflicts” with the U.S. over Taiwan underscore its determination to take control of the island, even at the risk of a military confrontation with the United States. Admiral John Aquilino, then-Commander of the Indo-Pacific Command, told the House Armed Services Committee in March 2024 that “All indications point to the PLA (People’s Liberation Army) meeting President Xi Jinping’s directive to be ready to invade Taiwan by 2027.”

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6 hours ago
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Brigitte Macron Slapped French Prez Over Flirty Texts with Iranian Actress, Book Claims.

A new book claims French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped by his wife, Brigitte, during a foreign trip because she found a message from an Iranian actress on his phone.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: A new book claims that French First Lady Brigitte Macron delivered a two-handed slap to French President Emmanuel Macron on a foreign trip in May 2025 because she found a message from Iranian-born actress Golshifteh Farahani on his phone.
📺 DETAIL: The incident was caught on camera as the Macrons were about to disembark a plane in Hanoi, Vietnam, fueling international speculation about the motive Mrs. Macron’s attack. Journalist Florian Tardif, author of the book An (Almost) Perfect Couple, claimed in a May 13 interview that tensions rose on the flight after Mrs. Macron, 73, read messages between her husband and Farahani, 42, which allegedly included President Macron calling her “very pretty.” Farahani has denied any relationship with President Macron, and a representative for Mrs. Macron has denied that she checks her husband’s phone.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Brigitte Macron categorically denied this account… specifying that she never looks at her husband’s mobile phone,” a representative for Mrs. Macron told French newspaper Le Parisien.
🎯 IMPACT: The allegations have reignited speculation about the Macrons’ personal lives. Notably, the pair became romantically involved when she was a married teacher aged around 40 and he was a 15-year-old boy at her school. However, President Macron has long been dogged by rumors that he is homosexual, with unsubstantiated allegations of same-sex affairs with a former bodyguard and former Radio France president Mathieu Gallet.

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6 hours ago
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UK ‘Conservatives’ Cut Dirty Deal With Far-Left Greens to Keep Farage’s Reform Out of Power.

A coalition of Conservatives, Greens, Liberal Democrats, and independents has ousted Reform UK from leadership in Worcestershire County Council, citing instability under its administration.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Reform UK has lost control of Worcestershire County Council after a coalition of Conservatives, Greens, Liberal Democrats, and independents formed an unholy, power-sharing alliance. The coalition removed Reform’s leadership, which had been in power for 12 months. Reform UK recently won nearly 1500 council seats around the country, in a democratic mandate now being assailed by the other parties.
📺 DETAIL: Green Party councillor Matt Jenkins, a “social justice” warrior who blogs about climate change, has been appointed as the new council leader with the help of Britain’s Conservative Party.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “After bankrupting Worcestershire County Council when they were in charge, the Tories have now inflicted on local residents a radical outfit that wants an amnesty for all illegal migrants and the blanket legalization of every drug.” – Richard Tice, Deputy Reform UK leader.
🎯 IMPACT: The coalition claims it wants to stabilize the council and address financial challenges without cutting essential services. In reality, the council has been spending far more than it can take in from local taxpayers, with the bulk of its spending going on “Adult Social Care, Public Health and Communities,” which includes elderly and disability care, healthcare, and local services like libraries, archives, and community cohesion efforts.
📺 FLASHBACK: Reform UK took control of the council after last year’s local elections but has struggled to maintain stability, with internal disputes and financial crises due to previous council mismanagement.

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7 hours ago
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UK PM Starmer Faces Leadership Challenge After Health Secretary Resigns.

British Health Secretary Wes Streeting has stepped down from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s government and called for a leadership contest following heavy election losses for the governing Labour Party last week.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s now-former Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, resigned from Cabinet on Thursday, criticizing the premier’s leadership of Britain’s governing Labour Party, citing “drift” and a lack of vision. His resignation follows Labour’s poor performance in local and regional elections across England, Scotland, and Wales last week, which saw the party lose heavily to Nigel Farage’s Reform Party and, to a lesser extent, the far-left Green Party.
📺 DETAIL: In his resignation letter, Streeting stated that Labour’s leadership under Starmer has a “vacuum” in place of vision, and criticized the Prime Minister for failing to take genuine responsibility for the party’s crashing popularity. “Leaders take responsibility, but too often that has meant other people falling on their swords,” he wrote. Several junior government ministers and ministerial aides had already resigned over recent days, but Streeting is the first Cabinet-level departure, and widely reported to be preparing a leadership challenge.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Last week’s election results were unprecedented – both in terms of the scale of the defeat and the consequences of that failure. For the first time in our country’s history, nationalists are in power in every corner of the United Kingdom – including a dangerous English nationalism represented by Nigel Farage and Reform UK… It is now clear that you will not lead the Labour Party into the next general election and that Labour MPs and Labour Unions want the debate about what comes next to be a battle of ideas, not of personalities or petty factionalism. It needs to be broad, and it needs the best possible field of candidates. I support that approach and I hope that you will facilitate this.” – Wes Streeting
🎯 IMPACT: Streeting’s resignation likely precedes a leadership contest, with former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, and others emerging as potential candidates. However, Labour remains divided, with no clear successor and questions about whether Streeting himself has enough support to mount a leadership challenge. Over 80 Labour MPs have signed a letter calling on Starmer to resign, which would meet the threshold to trigger a contest, but only if they back a specific challenger. Notably, British prime ministers can be replaced between elections at any time if they can no longer command a majority in the House of Commons. In practice, this generally means the support of the largest party.

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