Reader’s Links for April 27th, 2025

Posted on by

Each day at just after midnight Eastern, a post like this one is created for contributors and readers of this site to upload news links and video links on the issues that concern this site. Most notably, Islam and its effects on Classical Civilization, and various forms of leftism from Soviet era communism, to postmodernism and all the flavours of galloping statism and totalitarianism such as Nazism and Fascism which are increasingly snuffing out the classical liberalism which created our near, miraculous civilization the West has been building since the time of Socrates.

This document was written around the time this site was created, for those who wish to understand what this site is about. And while our understanding of the world and events has grown since then, the basic ideas remain sound and true to the purpose.

So please post all links, thoughts and ideas that you feel will benefit the readers of this site to the comments under this post each day. And thank you all for your contributions.

This is the new Samizdat. We must use it while we can.

For those interested, please check out https://vladtepesblog.substack.com/ as an another avenue of expression. The Substack is a different project in a sense. It is older videos that in the light of subsequent events, look different or of increased importance, Check it out now and again if you like.

About Eeyore

Canadian artist and counter-jihad and freedom of speech activist as well as devout Schrödinger's catholic

14 Replies to “Reader’s Links for April 27th, 2025”

  4. At least 9 killed after car drives into crowd at street festival in Vancouver • FRANCE 24 English
    FRANCE 24 English – 2 hours ago

  5. APRIL 28, tomorrow is GARBAGE day, do not forget in order to be safe and effective, YOU must take out all the Liberal and NDP trash. Ten long years of lies, lockdowns and scandals is enough. The same losers that were Justine’s champions are still in place with the climate clown Carney that seems to be not aware you NEED CARBON TO EXIST. Remember little Greta, the 12 year old telling us she wanted us to be afraid, you should be terrified that we have allowed this tyrant to profess he is the Prime Minister. Get out and vote, drag little useless eaters to the polls. To hell with what Liberal pollster, Nick Nanos has to say.

    Please keep in mind that DARPA predicted, during the WEF/ WHO/Gates Event 201, that by the end of 2025 Canada’s population would be reduced from the 2017 number of 35,620,000 to 26,315,760, down -26.1 %. MARK CARNEY and smirking Chrystia Freeland are WEF trustees. No man can have two masters, but history has taught us there have been many, many traitors.

  6. JUST IN: President Trump Calls for the Person(s) Who Operated Joe Biden’s Autopen to be Jailed
    thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/president-trump-calls-persons-who-operated-joe-bidens/
    Apr. 27, 2025 3:20 pm
    Credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr

    President Trump on Sunday called for the person or persons who operated Joe Biden’s autopen to be jailed.

    “Hopefully ACTBLUE, the Democrats ILLEGAL SCAM used to raise money, including from not allowed “foreign contributions,” is being looked at by authorities. The Dems only know how to win by CHEATING, something which they do better than any group or party in history. But now, with their terrible policies and candidates, and with people like Crooked Adam Schiff, who demanded a full Pardon from Sleepy Joe, leading the way, it is almost impossible to reach their money goals. The USA is wise to these scoundrels and crooks. Also, why did the Auto Pen give Schiff a Pardon? Biden knew nothing about it. Who operated the Auto Pen? That is the biggest question being asked in D.C. They almost destroyed our Country. They should all be in jail!!!” Trump said on Truth Social.

    As previously reported, The Oversight Project has gathered every document they could find with Biden’s signature – ALL used the same autopen signature except for the announcement that he was dropping out of the 2024 election.

    Last month, President Trump declared Joe Biden’s autopen pardons invalid.

    Who was in charge of Joe Biden’s autopen?

    The Oversight Project pointed out that Neera Tanden was the White House Staff Secretary when Joe Biden autopenned pardons from a golf course in the US Virgin Islands.

    Neera Tanden was a frequent mention in the leaked Podesta emails released by WikiLeaks.

    Tanden was one of the most vocal Russiagate conspiracy theorists. She not only attacked Republicans while she was working for Hillary Clinton, but also went for the throats of Sen. Bernie Sanders and his supporters.
    Neera Tanden

    Last month the Oversight Project revealed six criminals were pardoned by Biden’s autopen on December 30, 2022 while Joe Biden was vacationing and golfing in St. Croix.

    According to The New York Post’s Steve Nelson, a key Biden aide may have exceeded their authority by unilaterally determining what documents to robo-sign.

    The New York Post knows the name of the key Biden aide, but they did not disclose their identity in Friday’s bombshell report.

    An insider told The New York Post that he feared this key Biden aide: “I feared no one as much as I feared that [staffer]. To me, [the staffer] basically was the president,” the person said. “No one ever questioned [the staffer]. Period.”

    Is Neera Tanden the ‘key aide’ behind Biden’s autopenned pardons? Tanden went to work as a key Biden White House staffer after she was forced to withdraw her nomination as OMB Director.

    “You were White House Staff Secretary when Biden autopenned pardons from the golf course in USVI,” the Oversight Project said in response to Neera Tanden’s tweet.

    “This you?” they asked.

    You were White House Staff Secretary when Biden autopenned pardons from the golf course in USVI.

    This you? https://t.co/26z9C6cE7m pic.twitter.com/7btD2RTX0N

    — Oversight Project (@ItsYourGov) March 17, 2025

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/president-trump-calls-persons-who-operated-joe-bidens/

  7. BREAKING: Second Suspect Arrested in Connection with Kristi Noem Robbery – An Illegal Alien with ICE Detainer!
    thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/breaking-second-suspect-arrested-connection-kristi-noem-robbery/
    Apr. 27, 2025 6:40 pm
    Kristi Noem sits before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee in Washington DC. on January 17, 2025. – CSPAN screengrab

    The US Secret Service on Sunday evening announced a second suspect was arrested in connection with the Kristi Noem robbery.

    On Saturday it was reported that an illegal alien was arrested for robbing Kristi Noem on Easter.

    49-year-old Mario Bustamante Leiva was located and arrested in DC, according to DC Metro Police.

    Bustamante Leiva snatched Noem’s Gucci bag while she dined at a restaurant with her children and grandchildren in high-crime Washington, DC, on Easter Sunday.

    He took off with the purse, which included $3,000 in cash, her passport, apartment keys, DHS badge, and other valuables. The bag reportedly contained a $600 Louis Vuitton Clemence Purse.

    BREAKING: A law enforcement source in D.C. has confirmed to me the man accused of stealing DHS Sec. Noem’s purse is Mario Bustamante Leiva. U.S. Attorney for D.C. Ed Martin has said the man is in the U.S. illegally.

    A Daily Mail article from 2015 says Bustamante Leiva is Chilean… pic.twitter.com/6c1h6nPTsL

    — Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) April 27, 2025

    On Sunday a co-conspirator was arrested and surprise, surprise – he’s an illegal alien being held on an ICE detainer.

    Full statement from Secret Service:

    Agents from the U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Miami, Florida, on Sunday arrested a second suspect linked to a pattern of robberies and thefts in Washington, D.C.

    The individual is believed to be a co-conspirator in those incidents with the primary defendant who is accused of committing a robbery against Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. The arrest was made early Sunday with critical assistance from the Miami Beach Police Department and ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations division.

    Special Agent in Charge Rafael Barros of the U.S. Secret Service Miami Field Office announced the arrest.

    “Public safety is strongest when built on trust and collaboration,” Special Agent in Charge Rafael Barros said. “We are grateful to the Miami Beach Police Department for their swift and outstanding assistance in today’s apprehension. After receiving information from Washington, Miami Beach Police officers quickly implemented targeted patrols and located the defendant, who was taken into custody without incident.”

    The suspect is currently being held on an immigration detainer as charges are finalized in coordination with the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C., the U.S. Secret Service, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. The defendant’s name will be released upon the filing of those charges.

    JUST IN: A second suspect tied to a pattern of thefts & robberies in DC has been apprehended by @SecretService & @ICEgov, with outstanding assistance from @MiamiBeachPD. Details on both cases here https://t.co/Gp0NC3pq6S pic.twitter.com/BTuQdEY7Bn

    — Anthony Guglielmi (@SecretSvcSpox) April 27, 2025

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/breaking-second-suspect-arrested-connection-kristi-noem-robbery/

  8. President Trump: “THE EXTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE IS HAPPENING!!!” – Income Taxes to be “Substantially Reduced, Maybe Even Completely Eliminated” for Those Making Less Than $200K/Year
    thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/president-trump-external-revenue-service-is-happening-income/
    Apr. 27, 2025 5:00 pm

    President Trump announced on Sunday morning that a “BONANZA FOR AMERICA” is on the horizon with tariffs and foreign investments, which he hopes will lead to the elimination of income taxes on most Americans.

    “Focus will be on people making less than $200,000 a year,” President Trump said, indicating that taxation could be “completely eliminated” for this income bracket.

    The Gateway Pundit has reported extensively on President Trump’s plans with the External Revenue Service, which he announced on January 14, 2025. The new agency will “collect our Tariffs, Duties, and all Revenue that come from Foreign sources,” said Trump.

    Later, during a January rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, the President hinted again that he would abolish the federal income tax using tariff revenue to replace it.

    During a White House press briefing in February, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett also told The Gateway Pundit that they estimate tariffs will bring “500 billion and a trillion dollars over 10 years,” leading to tax cuts and even ending taxes for some individuals.

    WATCH: TGP’s Jordan Conradson Fires Off Questions at Press Briefing – WH Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller Scolds Leftist Media Over DOGE Attacks – Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett CONFIRMS Tariff Revenue Could Replace Income Tax

    The White House announced on Friday that, in addition to tariff revenues, President Trump has secured $5.2 trillion in private and foreign investments in American manufacturing, data centers, AI, and energy production.

    While the haters hate, President Trump delivers. $5.2 trillion in investments, locked in.

    That’s the Trump Effect. pic.twitter.com/V2fZ6da98S

    — The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 25, 2025

    The President cheered the investments in American manufacturing and the work of his External Revenue Service in a Truth Social post on Sunday, announcing his hope to eliminate income taxes:

    When Tariffs cut in, many people’s Income Taxes will be substantially reduced, maybe even completely eliminated. Focus will be on people making less than $200,000 a year. Also, massive numbers of jobs are already being created, with new plants and factories currently being built or planned. It will be a BONANZA FOR AMERICA!!! THE EXTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE IS HAPPENING!!!

    The Gateway Pundit will continue to provide updates on the Trump Tariff and the American manufacturing boom.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/president-trump-external-revenue-service-is-happening-income/

  9. China seizes disputed reef in the South China Sea
    Sandy Cay is just kilometres from the Philippines’ military outpost at Thitu Island
    Four figures in uniform hold a Chinese national flag on a sandbank in a screengrab from CCTV
    State broadcaster CCTV said coastguard officers had unfurled the national flag on Sandy Cay © CCTV

    China seizes disputed reef in the South China Sea on x (opens in a new window)
    China seizes disputed reef in the South China Sea on facebook (opens in a new window)
    China seizes disputed reef in the South China Sea on linkedin (opens in a new window)
    current progress 100%
    Kathrin Hille in Taipei and Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington
    Published
    April 26 2025
    |Updated
    18:13
    388
    Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free
    Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.
    China has seized a disputed reef just kilometres away from the Philippines’ most important military outpost in the South China Sea, raising the risk of a new stand-off between the two rival claimants.
    The China Coast Guard “implemented maritime control and exercised sovereign jurisdiction” over Sandy Cay this month, the military channel of state broadcaster CCTV reported on Saturday. It said coastguard officers had unfurled the Chinese flag to declare sovereignty over the reef in the Spratly Islands, showing a photograph of the act.
    The move marks the first time in many years that Beijing, which claims the South China Sea almost in its entirety, has officially planted its flag on another previously unoccupied land feature.
    It comes as the Philippines and its ally the US are conducting Balikatan, their largest annual military exercise, which will include coastal defence and island seizure drills. They will be held from next week on the Philippine territory closest to the Spratlys.
    Although just a sand bank measuring little more than 200 square metres, Sandy Cay has strategic value for China because international law grants it a territorial sea. That 12-nautical-mile radius overlaps with Thitu Island, the South China Sea reef the Philippines uses to track Chinese moves in the area.
    The White House said the reports of China seizing Sandy Cay were “deeply concerning if true”.
    “Actions like these threaten regional stability and violate international law,” said James Hewitt, National Security Council spokesperson. “We are consulting closely with our own partners and remain committed to a free and open Indo-Pacific.”
    Beijing’s official declaration of sovereignty over Sandy Cay will raise fears that Beijing intends to build up unoccupied reefs and banks.
    Over the past two years, Manila has increased coastguard patrols and sent scientific teams to investigate reports of Chinese reclamation activity at Sandy Cay and three other reefs further south.
    Some maritime experts argue new Chinese reclamation is unlikely because artificial islands built and militarised by Beijing over the past decade have given its military and coastguard sufficient presence and reach.
    There is so far no sign of a permanent Chinese occupation of Sandy Cay or construction on it. A Philippine maritime security official said on Saturday that the Chinese coastguard had left after unfurling the flag.
    But the official declaration of sovereignty indicated China could “increase their harassment against us at Pag-Asa”, he added, using the Philippine name for Thitu.
    The Philippine coastguard has been operating a monitoring base on Thitu since late 2023, but Manila is now upgrading a runway and other infrastructure on the island. The building is part of efforts to make its South China Sea reefs more habitable and push back against increasingly aggressive Chinese activity.
    Lyle Morris, a former Pentagon China expert now at the Asia Society Policy Institute, said Sandy Cay had been a source of tension for years between China and the Philippines.
    “China has established a near constant presence around Sandy Cay for years, mostly using their maritime militia vessels to surround nearby waters,” said Morris. “They have stepped up their presence ever since the Philippines began to fortify Pagasa island [Thitu] and its runway.”
    Morris said the Chinese action did not pose a test for the US, saying it was more a “tactical move” targeting the Philippines.
    “This puts more pressure on the Philippines to respond in some way,” Morris added. “If China were ever to physically occupy the feature, the Philippines would likely feel compelled to respond. What kind of response is unclear.”
    The Chinese move comes as Washington and Beijing are mired in a deepening trade war. US allies are also watching closely to see how the Trump administration will deal with Chinese actions in the South China Sea.
    “The People’s Republic of China has been increasing its pressure on Philippines outposts for years. But it’s notable that this action comes amidst an escalating US-China trade war and is exactly the sort of action that is hard for the US to respond to, while spooking its Philippines ally,” said Mira Rapp-Hooper, former National Security Council senior director for east Asia in the Biden administration.
    China’s law gives its coastguard a mandate to board and inspect foreign vessels “intruding” into waters claimed by Beijing and detain their crews. That raises the risk of clashes with Philippine military and coastguard at Thitu, in waters China now treats as its territorial sea.
    China’s military assets are far stronger than the Thitu outpost. Its installations on nearby Subi Reef include surface-to-air missiles, hangars, a runway, radar and a deepwater shelter port. But because it is categorised only as a low tide elevation, Subi lacks a territorial sea under international law.

    https://archive.is/O0KFK