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German climate radicalism meets politics meets the kicked can down the road, coming to a government near you. (Never mind the optics of essentially locking down a nation every weekend to save the planet, and the maniacal disregard for freedom held by modern collectivists.)
https://www.eugyppius.com/p/transport-minister-threatens-germans
Old Rebranded Communists getting the levers of power like a kid in a candy store.
Continuing the spread of decay.
This report is useful as a prototypical example of Western propagandistic inversion.
Eight minutes long with the most meaningful data point being the one omitted–refusal to state the religion of the 16-year old attacker–the last half inverts the criminality by focusing on the public’s “unacceptable” response to what is essentially state-sanctioned terror. Police priorities are to protect the attacker. Revolting behavior by Australian authorities:
https://youtu.be/aiBjWv7ip6M?si=dbrSQbzePORl5LVC
Why don’t Canadian and U.S. authorities make the obvious conclusion this is retribution for the opium wars and shoot a few drug mules. That’ll make them think twice.
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/watch-live-house-subcommittee-reveals-chinese-govt-involvement-americas-fentanyl-crisis
Whatever is going on in the precious metals market, this analyst is convinced they are being “managed”. Given the support he provides on this one cannot dismiss him:
Iran Launches Largest Drone & Missile Attack In History | Caroline Glick
JNS TV – 17 hours ago
Biden Let U.N. Sanctions on Iran Missiles Expire Before Unprecedented Israel Attack
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2024/04/14/biden-sanctions-iran-missiles-expire-before-unprecedented-israel-attack/
SHLOMI, Israel — Tens of thousands of Israelis remain refugees in their own country after attacks by Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terrorist army, forced the evacuation of communities near the northern border in October.
Hezbollah, which sits near the Israeli border in violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1707 of 2006, has been firing mortars, anti-tank missiles, rockets, and ballistic missiles at Israeli communities ever since Hamas, which is also backed by Iran, launched the October 7 terror attack in southern Israel.
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2024/04/15/exclusive-photos-empty-israeli-towns-near-border-with-lebanon-60000-remain-refugees/
Biden’s America: Nearly 25,000 Chinese Nationals at U.S. Borders in 6 Months, 37,000% Increase in 3 Years
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/16/nearly-25k-chinese-nationals-at-us-borders-in-six-months/
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said over the weekend Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson “completely changed” his principles after ascending to his position.
Paul took issue with Johnson for forcing a tie vote against a spy bill amendment that conservative Republicans and some progressives supported.
“Conservatives and progressives teamed up to demand an amendment the for reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) last week, which would have required a warrant for government spying on Americans. The amendment vote came to a tie after Johnson’s vote against it, tanking the change,” noted The Hill.
“The FISA amendment vote was bipartisan, with 86 Republicans — including Johnson — and 126 Democrats voting against it. Paul, a libertarian-minded conservative, was a major Senate backer of the FISA amendment,” it added.
Speaking with Fox News Sunday, Paul said Speaker Johnson betrayed some of the conservative values he previously espoused.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/16/rand-paul-mike-johnson-completely-changed-principles-after-becoming-speaker/
A socialist mayor in Brussels ordered police to shut down the National Conservatism Conference being held in the city while Brexit leader Nigel Farage was speaking on Tuesday.
UPDATE 1500: Former French presidential candidate and the leader of the populist Reconquête (Reconquest) party Éric Zemmour has reportedly been barred from entering the National Conservatism Conference by police in Brussels. NatCon said that Zemmour’s “keynote address will, unfortunately, be postponed, possibly indefinitely.”
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/04/16/socialist-mayor-orders-shut-down-of-nigel-farage-conference-in-brussels/
Copenhagen’s Børsbygningen (Old Stock Exchange), a historic 17th-century building in the in the Dutch Renaissance style was engulfed in flames on Tuesday morning, its famous spire shrouded in scaffolding and consumed in fire in scenes redolent of the near-destruction of Paris’s Notre Dame near exactly five years ago.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/04/16/historic-artworks-rushed-into-streets-as-one-of-copenhagens-oldest-buildings-burns/
Colorado House Democrats passed “assault weapons” ban legislation Sunday to prohibit the sale of AR-15s and certain 9mm pistols.
On March 20, 2024, Breitbart News reported that the legislation, HB24-1292, bans 9mm pistols that have threaded barrels and accept a detachable magazine.
Moreover, the text of HB24-1292 makes clear that a semiautomatic handgun of any caliber would be banned if it takes a detachable magazine and has a threaded barrel.
The ban also targets semiautomatic handguns that do not take a detachable magazine by making clear that any such handgun that “may be readily modified to accept a detachable magazine” is banned as well.
Colorado Public Radio noted that the ban passed the House Sunday on a vote of 35 to 27.
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2024/04/15/colorado-house-democrats-pass-bill-banning-ar-15s-and-9mm-pistols-with-threaded-barrels/
Teamsters Close to Unionizing All Michigan Legislative Staffers, Plan to Double Salaries, Prevent Political Firings
by Jim Hoft Apr. 16, 2024 7:00 pm88 Comments
Even though the Teamsters are well-known for representing truckers, they might be including legislative staffers into their ranks in the next month.
In recent weeks, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have been collecting the ‘signature cards’ necessary to put all of the Michigan legislative staffers into a Teamsters Union, part of Local 243. Their stated goals are to double staff salaries, prevent political firings, and also ensure that staffers cannot be punished for working on campaigns.
Teamsters Local 243 President Scott Quenneville said, “Michigan House staffers deserve a union contract that will provide them with a better quality of life and a voice on the job. We are fully committed to making that happen.”
The Michigan legislature has been under the strict control of either party’s leadership through both party control, and while there were isolated abuses in the past, Democrat Speaker Joe Tate has been notorious for playing dirty political games with staffers and legislative perks against legislators he dislikes, especially against pro-Trump conservatives. This has happened even though the Democrats have the slimmest of majorities in the 110-seat chamber, where 56 members are Democrats and 54 are Republicans.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/teamsters-close-unionizing-all-michigan-legislative/