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A professional soccer game was suspended in Norway when fans threw fish cakes and other objects onto the field to protest the use of a Video Assistant Referee, or VAR. The Norwegian Eliteserien game between Rosenborg BK and Lillestrom was initially stopped mere minutes after kickoff due to the fish cakes raining down on the field. Players returned to the field from the locker room, but the game was stopped a second time when fans from both sides continued to throw fish cakes, and started adding tennis balls and smoke bombs into the mix. The game was officially suspended after...

On Tuesday President Emmanuel Macron accepting the resignation of his Prime Minister Gabriel Attal but asking Attal to stay on in a caretaker role. On the Left the ranks of the "New Popular Front" frayed and divided with debate and discussion about unity in general and the need to unify around a particular candidate for Prime Minister. On Thursday the forces of President Macron won the vote to select a President of the National Assembly... On Friday leading Leftist politician Jean-Luc Melenchon said the Socialist Party is standing in the way of him being nominated as the next Prime Minister......

As the 2024 Republican National Convention kicked off in downtown Milwaukee, a group of anti-Trump and anti-GOP organizers began a showing conservatives how unwelcome they really are. The self-proclaimed anti-fascists, pro-Palestinians protestors, LBGTQ advocates, communists and more gathered blocks away from the RNC HQ at Fiserv Forum for the 'March on RNC 2024,' Monday afternoon. **SNIP** ‘I hate the Republican party, I’ll say that,’ Anthony, an attendee from the Milwaukee area, exclusively told DailyMail.com. When pressed on what he hates most, Anthony said how the party champions capitalism, adding, ‘Most of the people in the country aren't on your side,...

"although the far right came out on top in the first round with nearly 11 million votes, you clearly refused to allow it to enter the Government, In the end no one won..." That's part of the letter President Emmanuel Macron released Wednesday evening his first formal response to the National Assembly elections. Meanwhile on the Left the "New Popular Front" demanded the right to form a government by virtue of controlling 180 of the 577 seats... The Palestinian flags evident in today's protest. "Solidarity" with Palestinians advertised as a theme in today's demonstration. The Yellow Vests parade of a...

A fierce week of campaigning ahead of tomorrow's second round in the election for 577 seats in France's National Assembly. The National Rally message focused on Emmanuel Macron his policies and what Marine Le Pen described as Macron's "coup" to make government appointments ahead of the final round of voting. The RN also focused its attack on the "chaos" of the Left. Meanwhile the New Popular Front focused on demonization of the "Far-Right" and what rule by the RN would mean for France. President Emmanuel Macron's moderate ENSEMBLE faction pulling many candidates out of three-way races to prevent RN victories....

According to permit applications ahead of the Democratic Nation Convention set to take place in late August in Chicago, at least eight different groups have applied to demonstrate during the event according to an NBC 5 Investigates Freedom of Information Act request. According to NBC 5, among those who sought permits through CDOT include: Bodies Outside of Unjust Laws U.S. Palestinian Community Network Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign Students for a Democratic Society at UIC Israeli American Council Reparations for Descendants of Enslaved Africa March for People’s Agenda Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression Liz Rathburn with the...

On the final day of Pride month, anti-Israel agitators disrupted the New York Pride parade by blocking the route and vandalizing and destroying floats. Video posted on social media shows a group of anti-Israel agitators sitting in the street with posters and shouting "Free Palestine" and "From the sea to the river, Palestine will be free." "It is certainly a more active presence this year in terms of protest at Pride events," Sandra Pérez, the executive director of NYC Pride told the Associated Press. "But we were born out of a protest." Another video shows anti-Israel protesters vandalizing floats and...

During a June 22 speech to the Faith and Freedom Coalition, former President Donald Trump said that if elected to the presidency again, he would pardon the pro-life activists currently serving jail time for a sit-in style protest at an infamous late abortion facility in Washington, D.C. As reported by the Catholic News Agency, during his speech, Trump specifically mentioned one of the activists, 75-year-old Paulette Harlow, who was sentenced to 24 months in prison for conspiracy to violate civil rights and violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. Harlow had been on house arrest due...

Whatever the reasons perhaps economic or military challenges in the months ahead French President Emmanuel Macron made a very deliberate decision to call a sudden election with his moderate coalition at a disadvantage in relation to the Left and above all the Right in France. It was if the Liberal Capitalist banker turned politician Macron felt it necessary to allow the "Far-Right" National Rally a place in the halls of power. The events of October 7th in Israel and the conflict since have brought the Anti-Israel Pro-Palestinian Left out in both the National Assembly and on the streets. Some protests...

#BREAKING: Chaotic scenes are unfolding as Pro-Palestine protesters have stormed through the James A. Farley Post Office Building, trying to reach a President Biden campaign event #Manhattan | #NewYork Currently chaotic scenes are unfolding as tensions escalate in Manhattan, New York. As Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters are storming through the James A. Farley Post Office Building, clashing with New York law enforcement officers in riot gear as they are attempting to reach a President Biden campaign event, leading to a volatile clashes taking place. Dozens of arrests have already been made as protesters light smoke bombs and throw various items,...

On Wednesday police in New Caledonia staged early morning raids arresting eight people including Kanak independence leader Christian Tein... This week's visit to an arms show by National Rally President and prospective Prime Minister Jordan Bardella illustrated the mainstreaming of the RN. Bardella endorsing the sale of arms and ammunition... President Emmanuel Macron wants a discussion hour on 'racism and antisemitism' in all of France's schools. This follows the arrest of three 12-and1 13-year-old-suspects in the rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl in a Paris suburb... The reality of post October 7th politics in France coming to light this week...

Just as surely as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's July 4th election call gives power to the Labour Party in the UK French President Emmanuel Macron's call for National Assembly elections June 30th and July 7th will give power to the "Far-Right" National Rally. Why make this shocking move on the heels of last Sunday's National Rally victory in the European Parliament elections? Perhaps the answer lies in the fact that the muscle of the Right is needed in government to combat the Left which has Anti-Israel and Anti-Ukraine War elements among it. Macron's Liberal Capitalism would be better served...

Democrats plan to disrupt Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a special joint session of Congress on July 24 in an unprecedented show of hostility to the democratically-elected leader of a close American ally. 56 Democrats boycotted Netanyahu’s speech in 2015, when Republicans invited him to argue against then-President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran. This time, Axios reports, “Democrats plan to go bigger than a boycott”: The proposals include a press conference, a vigil, or an event with families of those taken hostage by Hamas, many of whom feel Netanyahu hasn’t done enough to free their loved ones....

Illegals block Times Square and call for abolishing ICE. They are not happy with the Executive Order Biden signed yesterday that does basically nothing to stop illegal immigration.pic.twitter.com/aqmOxlYlOf — Mayor (@Mayoralpodcast) June 6, 2024CommentaryPieces of the jigsaw puzzle that is the 2024 election heist all began fitting together Friday as illegal immigrants took over New York City’s Times Square to demand the abolishing of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in response to what was already a toothless and symbolic executive order from President Joe Biden.And so begins the long foretold Cloward–Piven strategy that will not only secure for the radical Left...

The 80th Anniversary of D-Day hyped this week draped in Ukraine. Coffins placed near the Eiffel Tower at the beginning of the week depicting the notion of French soldiers bodies being brought back from Ukraine. Authorities moving quickly with a criminal investigation... Another interesting development this week the arrest of a man from the Russian speaking part of Eastern Ukraine. The man arrested on terrorism charges with bomb-making materials at his residence... On Friday Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addressing France's National Assembly... A final poll taken before Sunday's European Parliament vote in France showing the National Rally at 32 percent...

Pro-Palestinian activists demanding an end to the war in Gaza and to American support for Israel plan to surround the White House during a weekend protest, prompting additional security measures, including anti-scale fencing. Advocacy and activist groups like CODEPINK and the Council on American Islamic Relations said on Friday that demonstrations were planned on Saturday, marking eight months of Israel's war in Gaza that has killed tens of thousands while causing a humanitarian crisis with widespread hunger and destruction. The United States, Israel's key ally, has seen months of pro-Palestinian protests ranging from marches in Washington and vigils near the...

More than half a million voters in the Democratic presidential primaries have voted 'uncommitted' rather than cast ballots for President Biden in a move that sets of alarms for the president ahead of what is expected to be an extremely close general election. The movement to get Democrats to vote 'uncommitted' will send at least 36 'uncommitted' delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August from nine states so far, according to tracking by the Associated Press. On Tuesday, New Jersey voters chose to send one uncommitted delegate to the convention from their primary. More than 42,000 voters...

Three Donald Trump supporters were arrested outside Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan Thursday. The group was reportedly told not to go into the street while they unfurled a giant Trump "law and order" flag in the street. In footage captured by Oliya Scootercaster for Freedomnews.tv, the group was heard chanting "let them go," as police arrested the three.

Stanford University police arrested 13 pro-Palestinian protesters Wednesday who entered the president’s office early in the morning and, the university said, caused extensive damage in the building and injured one of the officers trying to clear the building. Outside, protesters graffitied the stone walls with swear words and death threats against police, America and Israel. On the last day of spring instruction at Stanford, university officials then wasted no time in dismantling a pro-Palestinian encampment on nearby White Plaza, removing tents that had been up since April. They also removed an adjacent pro-Israel display featuring chairs with the names of...

The government of President Emmanuel Macron jolted by a downgrading of France's credit by a major ratings agency. Just nine days before the June 9th European Parliament elections... In the National Assembly Tuesday debate about French recognition of a Palestinian state. The "Centrist" supporters of President Emmanuel Macron and those... Also on Tuesday ten thousand protesting in Paris against Israeli military operations in southern Gaza... From Paris on Saturday afternoon a live video feed... The protest we see is clearly Pro-Palestinian the latest manifestation of such protest. The Macron government banning protests earlier this year now allowing them. One wonders...