The increasing number of migrants crossing the English Channel to try to come into the United Kingdom illegally – a 73% increase from 2023 and 898 alone Wednesday by boat – is sparking protests in the region and comes just days after President Trump, while in Scotland, warned leaders to “get their act together” on…
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Smear Campaign
Newly declassified evidence shows the FBI was alerted to intelligence in 2016 indicating Hillary Clinton planned to smear then-candidate Donald Trump by linking him to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, and then bureau leaders played right into the campaign’s strategy by conducting a sweeping investigation into false claims of Trump-Russia collusion. Now a major question hovers…
Edinburgh University’s war on the Enlightenment The ‘decolonisation’ movement is desperate to discredit the great thinkers of the past. Hugo Timms
https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/08/03/edinburgh-universitys-war-on-the-enlightenment/ Few events have done more for human freedom and prosperity than the rise of secularism, capitalism and the Industrial Revolution. Scotland, and in particular its universities, was pivotal in their incubation and eventual flourishing. This period, beginning in the mid-18th century and known as the Scottish Enlightenment, was once considered to be a key…
Thanks to Democrats New York’s Revolving Door Includes Murderers Who Continue to Commit Crimes
Apparently in New York, committing murder just isn’t the conversation ender it used to be. Thanks to the state’s infamous bail reform laws (brought to you by progressive lawmakers with a soft spot for criminals) when convicted killers get arrested again for new crimes, they are let loose back onto the streets like it’s just…
Antony Davies: The rise of Reform is driven by voter despair – Conservatives must find an answer
Antony David Davies FRSA is a Welsh historian and commentator whose work explores identity, governance, and the politics of trust. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for Nation.Cymru about the rise of Reform UK, which went viral across Welsh media and political networks. But the story didn’t stop there. I watched as it…
Trump Fires BLS Chief, American Eagle Defends Sweeney Ads, LA Wildfires Funds Stalled: AM Update 8/4
President Trump ousts Biden-appointed Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner after massive jobs report revisions, accusing the bureau of political manipulation to boost Democrats. American Eagle doubles down on its Sydney Sweeney ad campaign despite backlash accusing the brand of promoting “white supremacy” with its “great jeans” messaging. Seven months after the FireAid benefit concert raised…
From Hitler to the Ayatollahs: The Long History of European Treachery by Majid Rafizadeh
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21812/iran-europe-treachery As Israeli and American forces took awe-inspiring steps to cripple Iran’s nuclear weapons program and weaken the Islamic Republic’s regional power projection, the leaders of the EU3 — France, Germany, and the United Kingdom — have been busy smiling across negotiating tables, scheming behind closed doors to help the regime survive. European leaders are…
Democrats Flip: Now They Cry Rigged!
The irony is as palpable as it is infuriating: Democrats, after years of dismissing claims of election rigging, are now pointing fingers at Republicans with those very same accusations. At a Glance Democrats accuse Republicans of rigging elections. The same Democrats previously dismissed rigging claims in 2020. California’s recall election became a battleground for these…
Nearly 400,000 have fled Ukrainian army – MP
Some will never return to the military after feeling they are being treated “like animals,” Anna Skorokhod has said Almost 400,000 Ukrainian servicemen have abandoned their units without authorization, and many – including volunteers – have no plans to return due to abysmal treatment from superiors, Ukrainian MP Anna Skorokhod has said. In an interview…
The Illusion of Justice: Israel’s Military Investigation’s Theatre in Gaza
American attorney and political advocate Ralph Nader recently proposed, through straightforward reasoning and keen observation, that the Israelis and their media conglomerate around the world are intentionally fabricating and distorting the actual count of casualties (both deceased and injured) in the Gaza Strip. Nader contends that both the Israeli and U.S. governments have their motivations…
Trump’s Unknown Frontiers Trump is rewriting the rules of politics, economics, and culture—and no one, not even the experts, knows what happens when the old orthodoxy finally breaks. By Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2025/08/04/trumps-unknown-frontiers/ Donald Trump’s far-ranging counter-revolution, to quote the old Star Trek mission statement, seeks “To boldly go where no one has gone before.” Because no conservative president has dared to question the last 70 years of progressive cultural, social, economic, and political dominance, all traditional wisdom, all our renowned “experts,” and all the self-described “authorities”…
South Korea removing border loudspeakers
Seoul and Pyongyang have recently stopped propaganda broadcasts as part of a thaw in relations South Korea has begun dismantling loudspeakers along the border with North Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported on Monday, citing the country’s Defense Ministry. The move comes weeks after both sides agreed to halt propaganda broadcasts as part of a broader…
Stride on how Britain is on the brink of a debt crisis
The post Stride on how Britain is on the brink of a debt crisis appeared first on Conservative Home. Click this link for the original source of this article. Author: ConservativeHome This content is courtesy of, and owned and copyrighted by, http://www.conservativehome.com and its author. This content is made available by use of the public…
The Outrage Supply Chain
Originally Posted On Jon Hall’s Apocalypse Diaries Before, we used to treat tragedy as a sort of rupture within society. A moment that paused the world and caused reflection. Now, it’s a unit in a supply chain. The process is industrial, manufactured, precise. A police killing, a mass shooting, an earthquake, or a wildfire –…
The murderous, thieving overlords of Hamas are the true oppressors of the Palestinians Colonel Richard Kemp
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/03/hamas-no-peace-israel-gaza-war-palestinian/ The terrorists are the true oppressors of Palestine, not the Israelis Despite calls from the Arab League to disarm, Hamas says it refuses to do so until an independent Palestinian state is established. By that the terrorist group means it will never disarm, because it knows that no Palestinian state will ever be established. Certainly…
THIS DAY IN HISTORY – George Washington becomes a Master Mason – 1753
Via History.com George Washington, a young Virginia planter, becomes a Master Mason, the highest basic rank in the secret fraternity of Freemasonry. The ceremony was held at the Masonic Lodge No. 4 in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Washington was 21 years old and would soon command his first military operation as a major in the Virginia colonial…
Smoke Out
Via Branco Click this link for the original source of this article. Author: Administrator This content is courtesy of, and owned and copyrighted by, https://www.theburningplatform.com and its author. This content is made available by use of the public RSS feed offered by the host site and is used for educational purposes only. If you are…
Kremlin hints at when Putin-Zelensky meeting could happen
A top-level summit is only possible once the necessary preparation is done by experts, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russian President Vladimir Putin will be open to a meeting with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky once all the necessary preparations have been completed by delegations from the two countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. DETAILS…
Mamdani Wants Cops to Stop Responding to Attacks on Jews Zohran Mamdani is preparing to enable a new wave of antisemitic violence. by Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/mamdani-wants-cops-to-stop-responding-to-attacks-on-jews/ Jews are the victims of the majority of hate crimes, especially religious hate crimes, in New York City. Jews were targeted in 345 hate crimes in New York City last year, more than all other minority groups combined, according to NYPD data released on Monday. Anti-Jewish crimes accounted for 54% of the 641 total…
So Much Winning — Voters Give Trump’s Leadership, Policies Strong Backing In August: I&I/TIPP Poll
https://issuesinsights.com/2025/08/04/so-much-winning-voters-give-trumps-leadership-policies-strong-backing-in-august-ii-tipp-poll/ While President Trump’s leadership style and policies both can at times be controversial even among his own GOP base, he continues to hold on tight to his solid overall favorability ratings among American voters, the latest I&I/TIPP Poll data show. The national online I&I/TIPP Poll, taken by 1,362 voters from July 30-Aug. 1, show…
Starmer’s £4.5 Billion Net Zero Flight Tax
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness A few more billion to add to the cost of Net Zero: From the Telegraph: Labour’s “flight tax” on airlines will add more than £50 to the cost of a family holiday within a decade, analysis shows. Net zero rules introduced by Sir Keir Starmer…
Ukrainian drones disrupt civilian rail traffic in Russia – governor
An unexploded aircraft crashed next to a rail line, causing transport delays, officials have said Ukrainian drones launched overnight have disrupted passenger rail traffic and caused a power outage in Russia’s Volgograd Region, local officials reported Monday. The Defense Ministry in Moscow said 61 fixed-wing drones were downed during the latest raid, with about half…
Trump comments on North Africa territorial dispute
Washington values its “strong” relations with Morocco and recognizes Rabat’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, the US leader has said The US considers Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara “serious, credible, and realistic,” and the only basis for a lasting solution to the decades-long conflict over the disputed territory, President Donald Trump has said, according to…
I’m a Rabbi Who Visited UC Davis, a Campus Under Fire for a ‘Pervasively Hostile’ Climate for Jews. So Why Did the Chancellor Un-Invite Me?
I visited the University of California, Davis around the end of May at the request of concerned Jewish faculty members on the campus, which is 15 miles west of Sacramento. I wasn’t there to provoke or grandstand. I came because Jewish students and staff on that campus feel unsafe, unprotected, and unheard. And what I…
‘The NYPD Saved My Life’: Hate Crime Victims Speak Out Against Mamdani’s Proposed ‘Department of Community Safety’
Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani’s plan to shift responsibility for hate crimes from the New York Police Department to his proposed “Department of Community Safety” (DCS) has both advocates and victims sounding the alarm. Mamdani discussed the idea during a Wednesday press conference in which he addressed last week’s shooting…
Harvested alive: Organ donor wakes up on the table
When T.J. Hoover was declared brain-dead after suffering an overdose in October 2021, the last thing his loved ones thought would happen, happened. While on the operating table as an organ donor, Hoover was alive. Donna Rhorer, Hoover’s sister, says doctors were attempting to harvest his organs while he was still showing signs of life…
House Ethics Committee Slams AOC’s Manipulation of Rules To Shield ‘Spouse’s’ Financial Affairs From the Public
The House Ethics Committee rebuked Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) for simultaneously claiming her longtime partner, Riley Roberts, is and isn’t her “spouse.” The committee’s rebuke stemmed from a lengthy explanation Ocasio-Cortez’s attorney provided to justify why the New York lawmaker accepted a free ticket worth $35,000 for Roberts to attend the 2021 Met Gala…
China’s Solar Sector Has Slashed 87,000 Jobs Since 2024
By Paul Homewood Repost from Irina Slav’s Oilprice.com: Chinese solar power companies shed a third of their workforce last year, amid intense competition and overcapacity that drove losses, Reuters has reported, citing company filings. Also, last year and this year so far, more than 40 sector players have gone bankrupt, delisted, or been bought…
Miracles and the Israeli Defense Forces: You deserve to watch these videos for yourself!
“The secret things belong to the L-rd our G-d, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.” — Deuteronomy 29:29 THE MIRACLES AMONGST US How many times and in how many ways our lives and health have been Divinely…
It Ain’t Half Cold, Mum!
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Cunningham Must be global warming! From the Telegraph: Several towns in eastern Australia were blanketed with their thickest layer of snow in decades as wild weather swept the area this weekend. Cars, roofs and gardens were completely white as a cold air front dropped as much…
Newslinks for Monday 4th August 2025
Asylum hotel protests continue, police on call – and claims of ‘cover-up’ of Afghan asylum seekers accused of raping 12-year-old girl “A Sudanese asylum seeker, who was staying in a three-star government hotel, has been charged with attempting to kidnap 10-year-old girl in front of her father. Edris Abdelrazig, 30, was arrested in Stockport, Greater…
Should we count this as a WIN for Trump? I say yes! Climate change is a fraud, temperature rises FIRST then CO2 carbon dioxide, read Vostok ice core! Trump EPA Moves to Repeal Landmark Greenhouse
on closer examination it is seen that CO2 lags an average of about 800 years behind the temperature changes — confirming that CO2 is not the primary driver of the temperature changes. ‘In January 1998, the collaborative ice-drilling project between Russia, the United States, and France at the Russian Vostok station in East Antarctica yielded…
Dr. Oz exposes the nonprofit lie at the heart of US health care
American health care is a paradox. We spend more than any nation in history — nearly 20% of our GDP — yet our outcomes remain stubbornly mediocre. New hospitals rise like monuments to excess. Their parking lots fill with luxury cars. Tax dollars pour in from every level of government. Private spending remains sky-high. But…
India ‘financing’ Ukraine conflict – Trump aide
New Delhi’s purchase of Russian oil is not acceptable, US Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has said Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has accused New Delhi of “effectively” financing Russia’s conflict in Ukraine by purchasing oil from Moscow. In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Miller addressed Washington’s decision to…
EU lost €1 trillion by cutting Russia ties – Moscow
The bloc’s economy is weakening due to reduced cooperation with Russia, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Grushko has said The EU has suffered losses exceeding €1 trillion ($1.15 trillion) since drastically reducing energy and trade cooperation with Moscow over the Ukraine conflict, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Grushko has said. In an interview with Izvestia on…
Vucic expects to meet Putin next month
The Serbian and Russian presidents were invited to attend World War II commemorations hosted by Xi Jinping in Beijing Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said he hopes to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a visit to China in early September, where both leaders are due to attend commemorative events hosted by President…
Mel Stride: If Labour carries on as it is, Britain will soon be drowning in debt
Sir Mel Stride is Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. We have to face facts: we’re up to our necks in debt – and if Labour carries on as it is, we’ll soon be drowning in it. We Conservatives have to be the party sounding the alarm on our broken public finances. I am convinced that…
Simon Cooke: Conservatives must accept the need for housing in their own patches
Simon Cooke was a councillor for 24 years and served as a leader of the Conservative Group and Deputy Leader of Bradford Council. He is an activist with the Shipley Conservatives, and author of The View from Cullingsworth. There is a welcome emphasis in the Conservative Party on trying to meet the challenge of Britain’s…
The Watchman: Daily Devotion, Woe to Him Who Quarrels With His Maker–One Clay Pot Among Many. Does the Clay Ask the Potter, ‘What Are You Making?’ Does Your Work Say, ‘He Has No Hands’?
Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. Watchman: (StevieRay Hansen) Over 35 years ago, I made a choice that has had lasting, negative consequences for my loved ones, including the end of my marriage, the…
Harvested Alive?
The HighWire with Del Bigtree The organ donation system is under intense scrutiny after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services directed the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to investigate America’s organ procurement practices. The probe uncovered alarming findings, including nearly 30% of reviewed cases showing serious concerns—ranging from neurological signs inconsistent with…
John Locke:”Where There Is No Law There Is No Freedom”, Justice Must Be Served, No Other Way
The [DS] is panicking, there is panic in DC. The fake news cannot spin the Russian hoax without admitting they are wrong, they will try but it will fail. They need to keep the grand conspiracy going and Trump is counting on this. The Senate is being blackmailed by the D’s and RINO’s, Trump has…
Sacrality or Vulgarity
Sacrality or Vulgarity When Brazilian Catholic thinker Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira reflected on events in São Paulo during his childhood at the beginning of the last century, the social habits of that time particularly attracted our attention. He spoke of the joy of family life, and his lively narrations transported our imaginations to those…
Football star Denzel Perryman’s felony gun charges could impact Chargers’ season plans
Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Denzel Perryman’s arrest on weapons charges has cast uncertainty over the team’s defensive strategies for the upcoming season. Perryman was apprehended following the discovery of multiple firearms in his car during an evening traffic stop conducted by Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies, as Fox News reports. The incident unfolded on Aug. 1,…
Patel uncovers secret FBI room with classified documents
FBI Director Kash Patel has revealed a clandestine room within the FBI containing burn bags filled with sensitive Russia-related documents, as Fox News reports. This discovery appears to relate to the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, famously known as Crossfire Hurricane. This surprising find comes as part of Patel’s broader efforts to uncover what he…
Consumer Sentiment Not Indicative of Consumer Spending
Consumer sentiment remained elevated for the second consecutive month but remains worse than in December 2024, according to the University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers. Sentiment rose 1.6% in July from June, reaching a reading of 61.7 from 60.7. However, overall sentiment has been 17% beneath December’s reading, although it rebounded from April’s low when…
Swiss president blamed for ‘disastrous’ deal with Trump – FT
The US president imposed tariffs nearly four times higher than what Switzerland had expected Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter is facing backlash after trade talks with Washington collapsed following a “disastrous” phone call with US President Donald Trump, Financial Times has reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. Trump announced a 39% levy – one of…
Retail and Tech Jobs At-Risk in the US
US employers have reduced their workforce more in the first seven months of 2025 than in all of 2024. The DOGE cuts to the public sector were the primary driver of layoffs; however, there has been a notable drop in retail and technology positions in the private sector. July alone saw 62,000 jobs reduced from…
Trump hesitates on pardoning ‘Diddy’ amid historical tensions
In a revealing interview with Newsmax, former President Donald Trump articulated his mixed feelings about pardoning musician Sean “Diddy” Combs, emphasizing the complexity added by Combs’ past critical comments towards him. Despite a recent conviction on lesser charges of prostitution, Trump finds previous hostile remarks from Combs complicating the pardoning decision, the Guardian reported. During…
Americans Losing Hope in Social Security
Young Americans know that they are forced to pay into a system that will produce returns. A new study by AARP found that confidence in Social Security has plummeted to a 15-year low. The government has successfully run this Ponzi Scheme for 90 years, but in due time, it will run out of money. According…
RFK Jr. announces federal ban of mercury-containing preservative in vaccines
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is President Donald Trump’s lead man at Health and Human Services (HHS), is keeping big promises, and that was evidenced in a major way this week alone. According to Breitbart, RFK announced this week that after a two-decade-long battle, mercury in vaccines has been fully banned. He blasted federal agencies…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene expresses frustration with direction of Republican Party
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has been one of the most outspoken MAGA advocates for the Republican Party for years now, and she’s easily one of the most popular, by both social media follower count and her ability to generate headlines. However, in a recent interview with the Daily Mail, Greene expressed her growing frustrations…