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FULL TITLE: Cesar Sayoc Was Reported for Threatening Behavior, But Twitter Apparently ‘Didn’t Find it That Serious’ Rochelle Ritchie, a former spokeswoman for the U.S. Congress and the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office, said Friday that she recently reported accused bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc of threatening her on Twitter. The company’s “bs response”: No violation was found. The now-suspended account @hardrock2016 has been linked to Sayoc, who allegedly mailed bombs to critics of President Donald Trump. “Though we are still analyzing the devices in our laboratory, these are not hoax devices,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a press conference Friday...

The Senate Intelligence Committee has requested documents from a 2016 Green Party presidential candidate as part of the committee’s Russia probe, according to a new report. Last week, candidate Jill Stein contacted Dennis Trainor Jr., who worked as her communications director and acting campaign manager from January to August 2015, because the committee had requested documents from the campaign, BuzzFeed reported Monday. Trainor said that he was contacted because his personal cellphone had been given as the “primary point of contact” to those trying to reach Stein, such as producers from the Russian state-funded media company, RT News. Stein had...

Germany’s outgoing left-globalist extremist Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock (Green Party), has been nominated by the country’s foreign office to assume the role of President of the United Nations General Assembly, a position Germany was set to hold next. During her time in office, Baerbock, co-leader of the increasingly unpopular Green Party, has overseen a decline in Germany’s influence on the global stage, with consequences that may take decades to undo. But since she’s a loyal servant to the globalist agenda, Baerbock, much like the former Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte—who was rejected by Dutch voters before taking on...

Praying at home could be a criminal offence “depending on who passes by the window”, according to the Scottish Greens MSP behind legislation restricting protests near abortion clinics. Gillian Mackay suggested that “performative” prayer within a 200-metre radius of an abortion facility might contravene the law even if it occurred inside someone’s home. The law, which was overwhelmingly approved by Holyrood last year, was designed to curb demonstrations by anti-abortion groups outside clinics. Mackay’s comments come after remarks by JD Vance, the US vice-president, who criticised the policy this month. Vance claimed in a speech at the Munich Security Conference...

Germany hasn’t seen significant economic growth in five years. It’s a stunning turnaround for Europe’s biggest economy, which for much of this century had expanded exports and dominated world trade in engineered products like industrial machinery and luxury cars. Here are five reasons for Germany’s ongoing economic slump:

BERLIN, Germany – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has issued a stark warning to the United States, suggesting that diplomatic relations could be at risk following former U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial remarks on Ukraine and its President Volodymyr Zelensky. Baerbock, a leading figure in Germany’s Green Party, has been a vocal advocate for continued Western military and financial support to Ukraine amid its ongoing war with Russia. However, Trump, who is expected to be the Republican nominee in the upcoming U.S. elections, has repeatedly expressed scepticism over America’s role in the conflict, hinting at a potential shift in U.S....

For years, world leaders have accused Russia of funding environmental groups in Europe to steer nations away from energy independence and strengthen Russia’s iron grip over the continent. As nations across the globe begin shunning Russian oil in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine, U.S. leaders are also questioning how deep Russia’s ties go in the environmental community. "The Russians actually fund some of the most rabid environmental groups in Europe because they sic them on the energy projects that aren’t Russian," James Carafano, vice president of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign...

Democratic Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz on Monday announced that he was placing a "blanket hold" on all of President Donald Trump's nominees for the State Department, over reports that the president is planning to close the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who leads the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, said earlier Monday that he and Trump are going to shut down the agency, as part of the department's efforts to end wasteful spending. Secretary of State Marco Rubio also announced Monday that he was the acting director of USAID, an independent federal agency that...

New York State Senator James Skoufis, a candidate for Democratic National Committee Chair, recently said he would go on “permanent offense” and “dismantle” the infrastructure of the Green Party if successful in his bid. Skoufis made the remarks last month on social media, specifically citing the results of the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania. “The Green Party spoiled another major race for us (PA SEN), just the latest on a very long list,” Skoufis wrote in an X post shortly before the New Year. “As [Democratic National Committee] Chair, I’ll go on permanent offense, not just taking up the legal...

Canada’s Green Party leader, Elizabeth May, took aim at President-elect Donald Trump, offering a wild “proposal” to annex California, Oregon, and Washington into Canada. Her comments, dripping with arrogance, reveal an out-of-touch politician grasping for relevance while ignoring the stark realities of her own country’s struggles. Trump posted on Truth Social last month expressing frustration with the United States “subsidizing Canada to the tune of over $100,000,000 a year,” while pointing out that many Canadians might actually welcome the idea of statehood. He argued it would save Canadians money on taxes and military expenses, framing the prospect as beneficial for...

Elon Musk waded into Germany’s election on Friday, expressing his support for a far-right anti-immigrant and anti-Islam party that's being monitored by the country’s domestic intelligence agency. “Only the AfD can save Germany,” the tech billionaire wrote on X, referring to the Alternative for Germany party. The German government declined to comment at its regular press conference on Friday. Europe’s most populous country is expected to vote on Feb. 23. On Monday, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's center-left coalition government collapsed after he lost a confidence vote. It is only the sixth time such a vote has been called in the country...

Greens in Dearborn have submitted a proposal to the Green Party of Michigan to establish a state caucus for Arab and Muslim Americans. Dearborn is home to the largest Muslim population in the country proportional to its size, and gave the party’s recent presidential ticket one of its strongest showings nationwide. “Establishing a caucus within the Green Party dedicated to representing the Arab and Muslim American communities will provide a platform for advocacy on issues specific to these communities, including civil rights, anti-discrimination efforts, fair immigration policies, and peace-oriented foreign policy,” states the proposal by the Dearborn Greens, published in...

Conservatives heaved a sigh of relief when Donald Trump was announced the winner of the presidential election, since most believed the left was going to cheat and steal the election again from him. While there was almost certainly cheating in the U.S. Senate race in Arizona between Kari Lake and no-name, open borders Ruben Gallego, as well as with Arizona’s abortion-till-birth Prop. 139, Trump was allowed to win the state and the six other battleground states. The common wisdom developing is the massive increase in observers watching this election compared to the 2020 and 2022 elections made the difference. Combined...

German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck said that Europe must enact strict speech regulations on Elon Musk’s X platform to fight so-called “disinformation”. Habeck, the likely candidate for chancellor for the leftist Green party in the upcoming elections, laid out his vision for Germany and Europe in a speech to the Neuhardenberg Castle Foundation on Saturday, including more internet censorship in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory. “We cannot put democratic discourse in the hands of Elon Musk and Chinese software,” Habeck said, per Welt. Therefore, he argued, strict EU regulations must be applied to platforms such as TikTok and X.

One of the United States’ foremost white supremacists is urging his followers to support Vice President Harris in the presidential election next week. Richard Spencer, an avowed racist, antisemite and admirer of Nazism who coined the term “alt-right” and was a featured speaker when he took part in the deadly 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Va., called Harris the “best manager of the American empire.” Spencer — who also gained international recognition after yelling “Hail Trump! Hail our people!” and being greeted with Nazi salutes during a white nationalist event in November 2016 — also condemned former President Trump’s strong support...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations released its final 2024 presidential election survey on Friday, showing a statistical tie between Green Party nominee Dr. Jill Stein and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris among Muslim voters. CAIR, a national Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, has polled Muslim voters multiple times throughout this election cycle, although it did not begin releasing its presidential polling results until August. For this latest survey, CAIR, in collaboration with pollster Molitico, surveyed 1,449 verified Muslim voters from October 30 to October 31. The organization reports a margin of error of 2.5%. According to the survey, 42.3% of...

The European Green Party on Friday called for Jill Stein, the 2024 presidential candidate of the U.S. Green Party, to withdraw from the race...writing that the election is “too close for comfort.” “On 5 November 2024, the world will be watching to see whether Americans choose Kamala Harris or Donald Trump to be their next president,” the European party, also known as the European Greens, wrote. “Ahead of these pivotal elections, European Greens have called upon US Green Party candidate Jill Stein to withdraw her Presidential candidacy, and endorse Kamala Harris.” Harris is the only candidate who can block former...

More polling suggests the presidential race in Pennsylvania will be every bit as close as it was in 2016, when Donald Trump won, and in 2020, when he lost. But a key piece of data points to a flaw in the model and potential attrition that could hamper Kamala Harris’ hopes to pick up 19 electoral votes and score a promotion when votes are counted next week. The Suffolk University-USA Today survey of 500 likely voters shows the race couldn’t be tighter. Harris and Trump pick up exactly 243 voters each; with rounding, they’re tied at 49%. Nine voters refused...

Green politicians from across Europe on Friday called on U.S. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein to withdraw from the race for the White House and endorse Democrat Kamala Harris instead.“We are clear that Kamala Harris is the only candidate who can block Donald Trump and his anti-democratic, authoritarian policies from the White House,” Green parties from countries including Germany, France, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Ireland, Estonia, Belgium, Spain, Poland and Ukraine said in a statement, which was shared with POLITICO ahead of publication.

A closed-door meeting of left-wing non-governmental organizations (NGOs) was held on January 16, 2003, in Washington, D.C. to consider how to apply international financial pressure through a global tax on the U.S. Bruno Jetin, a representative of ATTAC France, spoke to the gathering and acknowledged in private conversation that his group works hand-in-glove with the French Communist Party and the "Socialist parties on the Left." A representative of the embassy of France in the U.S. was listed as a participant. ATTAC stands for the Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions for the Aid of Citizens. The International ATTAC Movement...