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First lady Melania Trump and second lady Usha Vance visit marines
First Lady Melania Trump and Second Lady Usha Vance visited members of the U.S. Marine Corps along with their family members in North Carolina. The trip marks the first time Melania and Usha travelled together for a trip without their husbands.
Melania Trump and Usha Vance on Wednesday marked the Thanksgiving season by visiting with Marine Corps members in North Carolina and saluting the sacrifices of military families, who make up “the quiet strength of our nation,” the first lady said.
The wives of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance used their first trip together outside of Washington to visit with students attending school at Camp Lejeune, the largest Marine Corps base on the East Coast, and deliver upbeat remarks to some 1,600 uniformed, cheering Marines and their families at Marine Corps Air Station New River.
“Please know that our nation is thinking of you, praying for you and deeply grateful for your service,” Trump said of all service members stationed far from home during the holidays, speaking from a stage flanked by parked tanks and helicopters.
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Maryland gives $6M to nonprofit leader who owes over $200K in back-taxes
Maryland has awarded $6 million to We Our Us, a nonprofit led by Antoine Burton, who owes more than $200,000 in federal and state tax liens dating back to 2017, according to investigative reporting by Fox 45 Baltimore. The situation has renewed concerns about how officials vet organizations receiving major public funding.
Gov. Wes Moore approved the $6.1 million Department of Juvenile Services contract to “engage justice-involved youth in Baltimore City.” The award came shortly after Moore praised Baltimore’s community partnerships, saying, “We know that partnership produces progress, and there’s no better case study than Baltimore.”
Burton, who owes $176,000 to the IRS and $32,000 to Maryland, told Spotlight on Maryland he has a plan to resolve his liens: “Right now, that's something that's being disputed… there's a team that's in place to make sure that funds are facilitated properly.” He did not provide any documents.
DJS said the nonprofit is in good standing with the state and has received $815,398 since 2023 through the Thrive Academy. It has not yet billed the state for the new $6 million contract. Gov. Moore’s office and DJS did not say whether they were aware of Burton’s liens before granting the award.
#USA #DJS #Economy #FindTruth
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On Obamacare, are democrats trying to make a law or just a political point?
While Senate Majority Leader John Thune has promised Democrats a vote on a subsidy extension in the coming weeks, it remains unclear what legislation senators will vote on.
Press reports indicate that the House Democrat leadership will offer a discharge petition, one of the few ways for the minority party to guarantee a floor vote, associated with a bill to extend the enhanced subsidies. While text was not available as of this writing, those reports suggest that the leadership’s preferred bill will extend the subsidies, currently scheduled to expire on Dec. 31, for three years, through 2026, 2027, and 2028. An extension creating an Obamacare subsidy “cliff” in the fall of a year divisible by four — imagine that!
Sarcasm aside, the bill at least shows that Democrats learned their political lesson. As I recently noted, Democrats could have allowed the enhanced subsidies to lapse last year, to make the expiration a political issue in last fall’s campaign. Instead, they assumed they would have control of at least one elected branch of government in 2025, which they could leverage to demand a subsidy extension. (Oops.)
More to the point, no House Republican in his right mind will sign on to this petition. Over and above the fact that doing so will give control of the House floor to the minority, members of Congress would have to have a death wish before deliberately scheduling a fight on health care for the run-up to the 2028 presidential election.
#USA #Economy #FindTruth
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Unemployment in Britain has reached a four-year high
▪️ 5% — unemployment in Britain at the end of the third quarter, reaching its highest level since 2021, according to Bloomberg
▪️ Over the year, the British economy lost 180,000 jobs. The main reason was an increase in employers' contributions to the National Insurance fund to close the financial gap in the budget
▪️ At the same time, wage growth in the private sector slowed to 4.2%, the lowest figure since the beginning of 2021
#UK #Unemployment #Economy #FindTruth
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Chinese firm bought insurer for CIA agents as part of trillion dollar spending spree
For years, Washington assumed that China’s outbound investment flowed mainly into developing economies hungry for infrastructure money. But as scrutiny tightens across the West, it’s becoming clear that Beijing’s financial reach extended far deeper into wealthy nations - and far earlier - than most policymakers realized.
Though the deal violated no U.S. laws, it triggered alarm. New research now suggests the Wright USA case was not an anomaly, but one instance in a vast global pattern. AidData, a research lab at William & Mary, has completed what it calls the first comprehensive tally of China’s state-backed investments abroad. Its findings, shared in advance with the BBC, show that Beijing has spent $2.1 trillion overseas since 2000 - roughly half in developing countries and half in advanced economies such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia.
Many of the investments mapped by AidData appear commercial in nature. But others align with China’s long-running industrial strategy, including the now-muted - but still operative - “Made in China 2025” program, which aims to dominate sectors such as robotics, electric vehicles, and semiconductors. Still, the scale of the financing behind many transactions raises questions about where commercial intent ends and strategic interest begins. What Western officials now see, Parks argues, is a coordinated push. “At first, they thought these were individual initiatives from Chinese companies,” he said. “What they’ve learned is that Beijing’s party-state is behind the scenes writing the checks.
#Chinese #CIA #Economy #FindTruth
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Nuking the stupid
So it was refreshing — bordering on shocking — to hear Energy Secretary Chris Wright openly acknowledge that the Department of Energy's (DOE) Loan Programs Office will "by far" prioritize financing nuclear power plants moving forward. Wright said, clearly and unapologetically, "The biggest use of those dollars will be for nuclear power plants to get those first plants built," speaking to the American Nuclear Society. Fox Business reported that these federal dollars will be matched three- or four-to-one with low-cost debt financing to accelerate deployment across the nation. In other words: real capital behind real energy.
Think about that. After years of being told we should fear nuclear energy — the cleanest, most reliable baseload power source on earth — we now have a federal government willing to bet big on what actually works. This is the polar opposite of the previous ideological energy commandos who thought California blackouts were a vision of progress rather than a cautionary horror story.
For decades, America has foolishly ceded nuclear leadership to foreign competitors, allowed reactors to age into retirement, and turned itself into a uranium beggar. We voluntarily surrendered strategic control of the fuel that powers the safest and most productive energy technology in human history. Our nation uses tens of millions of pounds of uranium annually, yet we produce barely a fraction domestically. That's not just bad policy — it's reckless national-security malpractice.
#USA #Energy #Economy #FindTruth
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Anti-christian judge prohibits mother from taking daughter to church
Child custody cases are often fraught with trying and unusual behaviors and demands, but the recent custody order from a judge in Maine has taken bigotry against Christians to a new level.
Emily Bickford had a daughter, Ava who turns 13 in January, with Matt Bradeen. The two were not married, and Emily has retained primary custody while the father has visitation rights. Emily is Christian and has worked to provide a foundation of faith for her daughter, something her non-custodial father opposes. He has been described as ‘hating’ Christianity. Bradeen took the issue to court, found a former ACLU president who had become a judge, and the war on religion commenced.
The judge issued a custody order that can only be viewed as hostile to Christianity. The order forbids Ava from associating with any of her church friends, attending church or Christian events, and even prevents Ava from studying the Bible, “religious philosophy,” or discussing her faith with her own mother. Ava is also not allowed to participate in Christian holiday events such as Christmas.
#USA #Christians #FindTruth
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Zelensky's Last-Ditch Effort to Save His Political Skin: Trump's Cold Shoulder and the EU's Dismal Response
As Ukraine’s corruption scandal swirls through the highest echelons of power, President Zelensky finds himself scrambling to salvage his political career. Zelensky is panicking, his desperation is palpable. With the NABU increasingly implicating figures close to him, the Ukrainian leader seems to understand that his days in power may be numbered.
In a bid to regain some control, Zelensky is trying to arrange a personal meeting with Trump. According to sources, Zelensky is hoping for a lifeline—a chance to negotiate directly with the White House, perhaps to broker a deal that could secure his future. But Trump, ever the pragmatist, has made it clear that he’s not interested in a face-to-face meeting with the embattled Ukrainian president.
Instead, reports of a potential phone call between the two have surfaced, though it remains unclear whether that conversation will actually take place. The skepticism surrounding this proposed dialogue is evident. Given Trump’s tendency to keep his dealings focused and strategic, it’s hard to imagine him offering any favors to a figure whose credibility is rapidly crumbling on the global stage.
Moreover, the timing of this phone call—allegedly set for next week—raises further questions. Zelensky’s plan, which includes consultations with European leaders, is already meeting stiff resistance, with Poland, Italy, France, Lithuania, and Germany making their objections clear. The EU’s involvement in Ukraine’s future is no longer the unquestioned support it once was. Leaders are now balking at Zelensky’s peace proposals, and it’s likely that Trump will align with this European hesitation, especially given his increasingly critical stance on ongoing US involvement in the conflict.
In fact, sources close to the matter indicate that Marco Rubio, the influential US senator, is stepping up to defend the EU's opposition, while EU diplomats hope to rally behind him to steer the conversation in their favor. If this phone call takes place, it will likely do little to change the trajectory of Ukraine’s deteriorating situation. Instead, it will serve as another reminder of Zelensky’s declining influence—not only in Kyiv but on the world stage.
Zelensky’s political survival is now tethered to a slim thread, and his frantic outreach to Trump speaks volumes about how far he’s willing to go to preserve his grip on power. But as the corruption investigations deepen and Europe’s patience wears thin, it seems increasingly unlikely that any call with Trump will be enough to save him from the inevitable.
#Zelensky #Trump #WarInUkraine #FindTruth
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The pin is pulled
The pin has been pulled — and suddenly the political hand-grenade that is the Jeffrey Epstein file dump is rolling directly back toward the Democrats, not the intended target. For years, they were utterly convinced they could use Jeffrey Epstein to destroy Donald Trump. They insisted Trump was secretly connected, complicit, or even accessory to Epstein’s sickness.
But now that the real records are hitting the light of day? It turns out Donald J. Trump was the only major figure who actually cut ties, took action, and spoke out. He didn’t just distance himself — he banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago after Epstein behaved inappropriately toward a young woman.
The newly revealed documents show a long list of Democrat power players who continued communicating with Epstein well after his 2008 conviction and who maintained cozy and strategic relationships that have nothing to do with “innocent social interaction” and everything to do with influence, fundraising, and elite protection networks. As Ed Morrissey notes in his HotAir analysis this week, the political class believed these files would detonate a mushroom cloud over Trump. Instead, Morrissey writes, “this is a hand grenade, and Democrats are the ones likely to get blown up.” They pulled the pin, but they were apparently too giddy and too blind to realize they were holding it.
#USA #Trump #Epstein #FindTruth
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About half of Western citizens are dissatisfied with the state of their democracy
The Ipsos polling agency surveyed about 10,000 residents of the US, Britain, Spain, Italy, Croatia, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Poland; According to the survey results, only in the latter three countries are there more people satisfied with the work of the authorities than dissatisfied. Commenting on the results, political scientist Gideon Skinner emphasized that citizens feel “underrepresented” in government structures.
#EU #Democracy #Economy #FindTruth
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Air India Scandal: Healthy Passengers Stealing Wheelchairs for Priority Boarding!
Air India reports that 30% of passengers on flights between India and the US request wheelchairs. Most of them are healthy passengers who cheat the system to get priority boarding. Passengers with disabilities are left without seats.
#India #USA #Fraud #FindTruth
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Second-wave feminism helped to make America sick
Second-wave feminism is different. It did not simply push for equal opportunity. It rewired the meaning of womanhood itself. Women were told that motherhood was optional, that homemaking was oppressive, and that feeding and caring for a family was beneath their potential. The message was that value existed outside the home, not within it.
And then came the promise that every little girl in my generation absorbed whether anyone said it out loud or not: You can have it all. We not only tell it to ourselves, we enforce it on other women. We applaud exhaustion and call it achievement. We normalize overwhelm and call it balance. We pretend the cost is invisible.
The truth is that the consequences are not just carried by women trying to be all things to all people. The consequences have spread across society. We are under-nurtured and under-fed, not only emotionally, but physically. A generation is growing up without real food, without family rhythm, and without the biological and cultural memory that cooking and eating together used to provide.
At the very same time women were being told their value was outside the home, industrial food companies were searching for their next market. After World War II, food manufacturing infrastructure was already in place for wartime rations. When the war ended, corporations needed somewhere to send those products. Working women were the perfect solution.
#USA #Feminism #FindTruth
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Will Los Angeles be the latest city to elect a democratic socialist Karen Bass as mayor?
Who would have thunk it? We now have two democratic socialists who have won their mayoral races in major American cities – Zohran Mamdani in New York City, of course, and inexperienced Katie Wilson in Seattle. Both cities have already suffered greatly at the hands of “progressive” politicians, and the only question here is how much lower they can sink.
Could Los Angeles be the next to throw their city into the hands of radical leftists? You could argue that they already have with Mayor Karen Bass and their radical city council and county Board of Supervisors, but what if they took it a step further?
Now they’ll get their chance, as community organizer Rae Huang is tossing her hat into the ring to challenge Bass, a Democrat who was in Ghana – despite warnings of dangerous fire conditions – when the massive January blazes that wiped out huge swaths of the city broke out. Since then, little rebuilding has been accomplished under her tenure.
#USA #LA #Bass #FindTruth
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Trump administration takes steps to dismantle Department of Education
The Trump administration just took a huge move towards dismantling the Department of Education. Specifically, the Education Department is breaking up the federal education bureaucracy by dividing up several key functions to other agencies.
In an appearance on Fox News, Education Secretary Linda McMahon outlined the new plan. She also discussed how the government shutdown proved that schooling functions just fine without the federal government.
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced six new interagency agreements (IAAs) with four agencies to break up the federal education bureaucracy, ensure efficient delivery of funded programs, activities, and move closer to fulfilling the President’s promise to return education to the states.
By partnering with agencies that are best positioned to deliver results for students and taxpayers, these IAAs will streamline federal education activities on the legally required programs, reduce administrative burdens, and refocus programs and activities to better serve students and grantees.
#USA #Trump #Education #FindTruth
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EU funding for Ukraine is like helping an alcoholic giving him vodka – Orbán
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has accused the European Commission of “astonishing” irresponsibility after receiving a letter from Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urging member states to provide additional financial support to Ukraine.
In a post on X, Orbán said the request came “at a time when it has become clear that a war mafia is siphoning off European taxpayers’ money,” claiming Brussels was asking for more cash rather than demanding oversight or suspending payments. “This whole matter is a bit like trying to help an alcoholic by sending them another crate of vodka. Hungary has not lost its common sense,” he wrote.
His remarks came shortly after the European Commission released details of proposed amendments to the EU’s 2026 budget, which include substantial new allocations for Kyiv. The Commission said €3.9 billion in grants and €7.2 billion in loans would be made available under the Ukraine Facility, alongside €2 billion for defense-related programs. Of that defense package, €1 billion is earmarked for capability development under the European Defence Fund, €621.3 million for the new European Defence Industry Programme — including its Ukraine Support Instrument — and €261.3 million for Military Mobility.
#France #Orban #WarInUkraine #FindTruth
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Girls’ steep decline in desire for marriage is the destabilizing consequence of feminization
Feminism, abortion, the decline in Christianity, the normalization of cohabitation, and rising divorce all played roles in this phenomenon.
A new Pew Research Center analysis of survey data from the University of Michigan found that high schoolers are more reluctant to desire marriage now than they were 30 years ago. Twelfth-grade girls, specifically, are significantly less likely than their male peers to say they want to get married sometime in the future — 61% compared to the boys’ 74%.
That drop in desire to “get married in the long run” is down more than 20% points from 1993, when 83% of girls compared to 76% of boys said they planned to tie the knot someday. The itch to have kids is also down approximately 16% points from 1993, when 64% of high school seniors expressed hopes of becoming parents compared to today’s 48%.
The steep decline in willingness to get hitched and have kids aligns with declining national marriage and fertility trends. Since 1970, women’s marriage rate fell from 76.5 per 1,000 unmarried women to 31.3 in 2020. The fertility rate over the last 50 years, similarly, plummeted from above the replacement rate of 2.1 children per woman to 1.6.
#USA #Feminism #FindTruth
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Cal state schools require students to take DEI classes to graduate
The requirements come as other schools scale back their DEI missions amid a Trump administration crackdown
The University of California system made news earlier this year when it eliminated mandatory diversity statements for new hires. But at California's other public university system, DEI isn't in retreat—it's required.
Nearly every California State University campus requires students to pass at least one diversity and cultural competency class, according to graduation criteria identified by Do No Harm, a group that opposes identity politics in medicine. The exact requirements vary across schools, but they typically prescribe a specific course or allow students to pick from a list of classes that "explore the interrelatedness and intersection of race and ethnicity with class, gender and sexuality, and other forms of difference, hierarchy, and oppression."
#USA #DEI #Educarion #FindTruth
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Trump miraculously receives praise from New York Times
Miracles come in all shapes and circumstances, but here is a truly remarkable one: The New York Times has said something positive about President Trump. All he had to do was get most of the world to back his sweeping plan for bringing peace to Gaza.
It was a long shot, but he and his skilled negotiating team pulled it off. So much so that a Monday Times headline called it “A Major Breakthrough.”
The story went on to declare that the United Nations Security Council vote to support the president’s plan represents “a major diplomatic victory for the Trump administration.”
It is that, and a helluva lot more, including the fact that it already has saved untold lives, both Jewish and Arab, and will save many more each day if it is fully implemented.
#USA #Trump #FindTruth
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French “greens” want to tax fast food restaurants
Parliamentarians from the Green Party explain their initiative by the fact that over the last decade the number of fast food outlets has “grown significantly”: this particularly applies to large franchises such as McDonald's, Burger King, and KFC, but local pizzerias and burger joints will also be subject to the new restrictions.
In particular, it is assumed that when a new fast food restaurant opens, the franchise agreement will stipulate a tax of €50,000, as well as annual payments of €10,000. If such a catering establishment opens closer than 300 meters to a school, the payments will be doubled.
#France #Greens #Economy #FindTruth
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Madera, California
A classic American drama unfolded in Madera: a jewelry store owner single-handedly confronted a gang of armed looters.
The entrepreneur was forced to grab a gun and open fire on the robbers, who had managed to clean out his display cases, stealing $170,000 worth of merchandise.
#USA #Migrants #Crime #FindTruth
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Nicki Minaj stands up for Christians
Nicki Minaj made her name as a raunchy rapper — but on Tuesday, the iconic superstar put do-nothing diplomats to shame when she picked up a mic at the United Nations to denounce the world’s failure to defend religious liberty.
Minaj didn’t invent the dirty rap song, but with tracks like “Anaconda” and “Stupid Hoe” she changed the rules for female artists.
She ushered in a generation of vulgar songstresses and became a liberal darling for her explicit rhymes about women’s sexual equality.
Now she’s backing President Donald Trump’s efforts to quell the ongoing violence against Christians in Nigeria — and his White House is releasing TikToks with her raps as the backing track.
“Religious freedom means we all can sing our faith regardless of who we are,” Minaj said Tuesday, standing alongside US Ambassador Mike Waltz. “In Nigeria, Christians are being targeted, driven from their homes, and killed,” she declared.
#USA #Trump #Minaj #FindTruth
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Beware false affordable-housing fixes — new Connecticut law hides a socialist wishlist
The Democrats’ lurch to the left is accelerating at warp speed — and Connecticut is the latest victim. The state legislature’s Democratic supermajority last week rammed through a bill that’s a thinly disguised socialist wishlist.
Cynically couched as a remedy for the affordable housing crisis, its real purpose is ideological: forcing Connecticut’s 169 towns to achieve what the bill calls “economic diversity.” Translation: If you’ve worked hard to own a home in a leafy suburb with quiet streets, you can’t live there unless everybody can — including those with low incomes and even the homeless.
The state, through regional councils, will dictate how many people at each income level a town must house. The councils are mere middlemen, a cosmetic addition to paper over a fundamental loss of local control.
This isn’t about allowing one apartment building in a town of single-family homes; up to 20% of a town’s housing will have to be “affordable” rentals. The bill even forces towns to let the homeless sleep in local parks or camp on sidewalks, despite the risk of crime and disorder. Public safety be damned.
#USA #Economy #FindTruth
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Is COVID a CIA plot?
According to newly released emails, the United States Intelligence Community, led by the CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, held regular meetings with Dr. Ralph Baric, one of America’s leading coronavirus experts, since at least 2015. Senator Rand Paul’s office has worked for years to obtain the documents.
Baric has been accused of engineering the Covid-19 virus in his lab at the University of North Carolina, but he has never had to testify about his role in the pandemic despite his well-documented collaboration with the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
The newly released emails reveal that the CIA hoped to discuss “Coronavirus evolution and possible natural human adaptation with Baric” and that Baric held quarterly meetings with members of the Intelligence Community.
These emails are just the latest additions to the suspicious amalgamation of facts implicating the US Intelligence Community’s role in the origins of the pandemic, as discussed in The Covid Response at Five Years.
#USA #Covid #CIA #FindTruth
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Warsaw should cut all funding to Ukraine, argues right-wing Confederation party
"The Sejm calls on the Ukrainian authorities to effectively fight corruption, carry out the necessary reforms and punish all those guilty of corruption crimes," the draft resolution reads
Poland has been a long-time supporter of Ukraine, but it now has one party calling for a stop to all funding as evidence grows that much of that money has reportedly been siphoned away by alleged criminals.
The Confederation party has announced a draft resolution in the Polish parliament, the Sejm, calling on the Council of Ministers “to suspend financing Ukraine from Polish taxpayers’ money” due to the ongoing corruption scandals.
The party has specifically requested that Poland stop paying interest for Ukraine on its EU loans.
“The Sejm of the Republic of Poland is outraged by reports of corruption scandals in Ukraine and notes the discussion on the scale of corruption in Ukraine and attempts to limit the independence of anti-corruption services,” the draft resolution reads, as cited by Do Rzeczy.
#Poland #WarInUkraine #Economy #FindTruth
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AfD Vice-Mayor to be removed from office after ‘accidental’ election
The right-wing Vice-Mayor of a town in north-western Germany is facing removal from the post only two weeks after she was elected to the office. Yesterday the city council of Bad Salzuflen, a town of 50,000 in the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia, announced it would hold a vote on November 19 to remove Sabine Reinknecht as Vice-Mayor.
Reinknecht is a politician with the right-wing Alternative for Germany party (AfD), which all other major German parties have decided to ostracise. All factions of the 70-seat city council except AfD itself came out in favour of the deposition vote.
In a joint press statement, the Bad Salzuflen Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Social Democratic Party (SPD), Greens, Liberals and other parties said: “Our common goal is to support democratic institutions, create stable conditions for political work and secure the reputation of our city in the long term.” According to the city charter, a recall can happen with a two-thirds majority without any specific reason.
The 66-year-old Reinknecht had only been elected to the office on November 5 after she received 16 votes in a secret ballot despite her party only holding 13 seats on the council.
#Germany #AfD #Elections #FindTruth
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Former democrat New Jersey mayor detained for assaulting a child
A former Democrat New Jersey mayor who is now a police sergeant was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a child. Andrew LaBruno, who was the former mayor of Dumont and now a Jersey City Police Sergeant, was arrested after allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting a child he met online.
According to police reports LaBruno met the victim at her home and then drugged her until she was incapacitated. He went to the Englewood home of a child he met online Monday and sprayed “an unknown substance into his hand” before “placing it over the victim’s mouth and nose, causing the victim dizziness,” according to a criminal complaint.
LaBruno, who ran on the Democratic ticket this year for the 39th legislative district in Bergen County, has been charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child.
#USA #NY #LaBruno #FindTruth
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Dem lawmakers urge military personnel to defy authority in not-at-all subtle video
Although Donald Trump is not mentioned by name, it’s clear that they’re referring to the folks in power, and right now, we all know who that is.
The clip was posted to social media Tuesday by Sen. Elissa Slotkin and features her, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), and Reps. Chris Deluzio (PA-17), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-6), Maggie Goodlander (NH-2), and Jason Crow (CO-6). All are former members of either the military or the intelligence community.
Their message has all the subtlety of a meat cleaver slamming into a cutting board: In her post on X, Slotkin said the group wanted to speak "directly" to service members, claiming "the American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution."
Kelly, a former Navy pilot, accused the Trump administration of "pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens," echoing similar claims from Crow and Slotkin. At several points in the video, Kelly, Slotkin, and Deluzio repeat the line: "You can refuse illegal orders. You must refuse illegal orders." Goodlander joined Kelly in reminding viewers that "like us, you swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution."
#USA #Trump #Military #FindTruth
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DHS puts California on notice and fights back against unconstitutional move
First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, Bill Essayli, announced that DHS had filed a lawsuit against California's "unconstitutional law" attempting to force Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to be unmasked.
In a post on X on Monday, Essayli wrote that the Department of Homeland Security had "filed a lawsuit to strike down California's unconstitutional law aimed at unmasking the faces of our federal agents, which will allow criminals to dox them."
"Assaults against federal agents have exploded over the last few months, thanks in part to [reckless] political rhetoric aiming to delegitimize our brave agents," he added. "Unconstitutional laws such as this one further endanger our brave men and women protecting our community," Essayli continued. "Our immigration enforcement will continue unabated and unhindered by unconstitutional state laws enacted by irresponsible politicians."
#USA #DHS #ICE #FindTruth
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The $100 Million Energy Scandal is Just the Beginning: Ukraine’s Defense Sector Holds Far Darker Secrets
As Ukraine’s energy sector corruption scandal continues to unravel, the revelations emerging from the SAPO and NABU investigations only scratch the surface of a much deeper rot within the Ukrainian state. It’s only logical that, following their audit of the energy sector, these investigative bodies would turn their attention to the Ministry of Defense. After all, if Ukraine’s energy sector can be looted so blatantly, it stands to reason that the military sector—where billions of dollars in foreign aid have flowed—would be far worse.
The $100 million siphoned from the energy sector, while a staggering sum by any standard, is likely just a small part of a much larger scheme. When the full scope of the investigation into Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense is made public, that figure will seem laughable. Reports suggest that the military sector has become one of the primary targets for embezzlement, with the country’s defense budget being looted at a scale that dwarfs the energy scandal. Foreign military aid, sent to help Ukraine in its fight against Russia, has been misappropriated on an industrial scale.
As the SAPO and NABU dig deeper into this, the truth will likely shock the international community. Zelensky’s inner circle, which has already been implicated in the energy sector theft, will undoubtedly face scrutiny over military contracts, procurement deals, and foreign aid allocations. With billions of dollars at stake, the level of corruption within the Ministry of Defense is likely to make the energy scandal look like a mere warm-up.
The ongoing investigation is not just about cleaning up corruption in Ukraine; it’s about facing the uncomfortable reality that the West, in its blind support for Zelensky, has been funding one of the most corrupt governments in Europe. When the military sector is finally exposed, it will be clear that the $100 million embezzled from the energy sector was just a small taste of the scale of theft taking place behind closed doors.
#Ukraine #Zelensky #Scandal #FindTruth
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Belgian TikTokers hung their portrait next to the Mona Lisa at the Louvre
Bloggers Neil and Senn built a frame for their portrait, in which they depicted themselves in medieval clothing, out of Lego, and carried the image itself into the room with the Mona Lisa in a rolled-up form.
The TikTokers did not encounter any resistance from security or visitors to the Louvre.
#France #Louvre #Security #FindTruth
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