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Who knows. Seems like all these Euro globalists are seeing what Trump is doing and are panicking and pulling this crap just like they did in Romania. German globalists are trying to ban the AfD party which I would not be shocked to see either. | |||
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French far-right leader Le Pen barred from politics in embezzlement verdict The sentence means Le Pen, the guiding force of the National Rally party, cannot run in the 2027 presidential election, unless she successfully appeals A French court convicted French far-right leader Marine Le Pen of embezzlement Monday and barred her from running for political office for five years — a stunning decision that could upend the 2027 presidential election, in which Le Pen was considered a leading contender. Get concise answers to your questions. Try Ask The Post AI. Le Pen, 56, the guiding force of the National Rally — a Euroskeptic party that was once an outcast of French political life for its xenophobic history but was made mainstream by Le Pen herself over decades — was sentenced to four years in prison, including two years suspended and two under home detention, and a fine of $108,000. The verdict came toward the end of an hours-long hearing in which a judge read out sentences for 20 others who served as European lawmakers or parliamentary assistants for National Rally. Prosecutors claim the party misused European Union funds. Le Pen, who was in court for the start of the hearing, left before her full sentence was read. A petition published on the National Rally’s website Monday said Le Pen was “unjustly convicted.” The court’s decision was intended to “prevent her accession to the Élysée,” it added, referring to the French presidential palace. Follow Trump’s first 100 Days Follow Pierre Mathiot, a political scientist at Sciences Po Lille, called the verdict a “political tsunami” for France. Speaking after the hearing, Rodolphe Bosselut, an attorney for Le Pen, said the ruling was “scandalous” and that his client will appeal the verdict. If the appeal process drags on, or is quick and Le Pen’s ineligibility to run in elections is confirmed, the National Rally would probably choose another candidate to replace Le Pen — most likely her 29-year-old deputy, Jordan Bardella. That could cause a “major internal rift” for the party, which has mostly been led since its creation by Le Pen or her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, said Mujtaba Rahman, managing director for Europe at the Eurasia Group. The National Rally is “a party with many different views,” he said. “Albeit they all fall in behind Le Pen. If she were not their leader anymore, then I suspect Bardella … will be a lot less effective in corralling [the party] to remain disciplined and united and to cohere around one view.” Le Pen, others accused of embezzling E.U. funds Prosecutors accused Le Pen and others of using 4.5 million euros ($4.9 million) of European Parliament funds to pay parliamentary assistants who worked mostly as party staff in France. The European Union’s rules state that “only expenses for assistance which is necessary and directly linked to the exercise of a Member’s parliamentary mandate may be defrayed.” She and other officials from the National Rally denied any wrongdoing during their trial last year. And Le Pen accused prosecutors of wanting her “political death.” Prosecutors had asked the court to sentence her to five years’ imprisonment, a 300,000 euro ($325,000) fine and an immediate five-year ban from public office. They said the embezzlement lasted between 2004 and 2016 and ended only when Martin Schulz, then president of the European Parliament, reported a possible violation to French and European anti-corruption authorities in March 2015. What happens next The sentence of five years of political ineligibility applied with immediate effect means Le Pen can probably finish her five-year term as a member of the National Assembly — but she will be ineligible to run for public office after her current term ends, even if she appeals her sentence, said Mathiot, the political scientist. Monday’s ruling is not “the end of the story,” said Rahman of the Eurasia Group, but rather “a step in the process.” Once Le Pen appeals, the Constitutional Council, France’s highest court, may ultimately need to weigh in, potentially setting a precedent for how such cases could be handled in the future, he said. The ruling upends the field of candidates who are expected to compete for the presidency in 2027: French President Emmanuel Macron cannot run again once his current term ends, and he has no clear centrist successor. Le Pen, meanwhile, has unsuccessfully run for the presidency three times, in 2012, 2017 and 2022, but had been steadily gaining in popularity. Other parties have been accused of similar wrongdoing The National Rally is not the only French party accused of misusing European funds: The Democratic Movement (MoDem), a centrist party, was also accused of paying assistants to do party work with European Parliament funds between 2005 and 2017. Rodolphe Bosselut, an attorney for Le Pen, said in court that the practice was “harmless” and common among political parties in the European Parliament. But prosecutors have argued that the scale of the alleged fraud in the two cases can’t be compared and that in the MoDem case, the alleged fraud “stopped spontaneously” and was not “systematic.” During her trial, Le Pen focused on the political implications of the sentence that prosecutors sought against her. She told judges that political ineligibility “would have the effect of depriving me of being a presidential candidate” and noted that “there are 11 million people who voted for the movement I represent.” But prosecutors said the courts must apply the law and ignore political considerations. Le Pen’s trial comes at a moment of political crisis in France France has been in the throes of political turmoil since the National Rally’s victory in European Parliament elections last year pushed Macron to call early elections in France. That gamble kept the far-right party out of French government but produced a hung Parliament and thrust Le Pen into a kingmaker role in a bitterly fragmented legislature. France went through four prime ministers in 2024, and the acrimonious divisions often crippled governance as France sought to avert a financial crunch. The last government, under near-constant threat of collapse, was toppled in December when Le Pen backed a no-confidence vote, making it the shortest-lived government in modern French history. Even if she is banned, Le Pen’s party will still have this sway. The move underscored how Le Pen has embraced a playbook, also used by President Donald Trump, to flex her political muscles and blame establishment elites for government inaction. Like Trump, Le Pen has also branded the mainstream media as hostile and was criticized in 2022 for banning a French news outlet from a news conference. Comparisons to Donald Trump Le Pen has been careful not to embrace Trumpism too openly, given that he is broadly unpopular in France. But her embezzlement trial prompted commentators to draw parallels between the two: Like Trump — who was impeached twice and faced charges including election interference and improper handling of classified documents — Le Pen has claimed to be the victim of a “deep state” witch hunt to keep her movement from power. She has questioned the independence of prosecutors and said the political ban they sought was a “violent attack on democracy.” French prosecutors labeled the allegations of a politically motivated trial as “untruths.” On Monday, support for Le Pen immediately poured in from far-right figures across Europe. In a tweet written in French, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini called the effort to ban her from political life “a declaration of war from Brussels” and “a bad film.” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban wrote simply: “I am Marine!” The ruling, though it is still subject to the appeals process, is likely to fuel “external criticism of France,” Rahman said — including from Washington. At the Munich Security Conference last month, Vice President JD Vance blasted European governments for political fire walls designed to keep the far right out of power even as such movements gain ground in many European countries, from Italy to Croatia. Rahman said the verdict in the Le Pen trial is likely to pique the Trump administration’s interest because “MAGA’s allies in Europe are ultimately situated on the far right of the political spectrum.” “This administration feels completely unconstrained with taking views on domestic political issues in individual countries in Europe,” he said. Elon Musk, a Trump presidential adviser, responding to a post on X on Monday that mentioned Le Pen’s prosecution, wrote that “when the radical left can’t win via democratic vote, they abuse the legal system to jail their opponents. This is their standard playbook throughout the world.” But it’s not clear whether any potential backing of the Trump administration would help or hurt Le Pen and whoever would potentially replace her as her party’s candidate in the 2027 presidential election. “What we’re seeing at the moment is the center being reinforced all over Europe in response to the things the Trump administration is doing,” Rahman said. Link | |||
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Trump Fires Hundreds Of Bureaucrats At Failed Institute Of Peace https://www.zerohedge.com/poli...iled-institute-peace The Trump administration has fired nearly half the bureaucrats at the obscure—and infamously named—U.S. Institute of Peace, as part of DOGE’s effort to cut government waste and reduce the size of the federal government. The mass firings, estimated to have affected between 200 and 300 workers and described by staffers as a “Friday night massacre,” came two weeks after President Donald Trump removed the agency’s president, Lise Grande. According to the liberal Washington Post, the Trump administration offered generous severance packages and an extra month of health insurance in exchange for workers signing agreements not to sue the government. The agreements are likely intended to avert additional lawsuits by bureaucrats attempting to force taxpayers to continue funding their salaries. What the U.S. Institute of Peace actually does was relatively unknown until it became a target of Trump’s downsizing efforts two weeks ago. Created by Congress in 1984, the self-described “nonpartisan” organization claimed via its Facebook page that it is “dedicated to protecting U.S. interests by helping to prevent violent conflicts and broker peace deals abroad.” It is unclear how USIP’s work differs from that of the already enormous Department of State and its global bureaucracy. “We put mediators in place to help stitch these communities back together,” an anonymous USIP employee told The Washington Post. “So it does have a dramatic effect on violence on the ground immediately by just pulling these assets out.” As recounted by the liberal newspaper, USIP attempted to challenge the White House’s authority to investigate its programs or fire workers, similar actions taken by the now-defunct U.S. Agency for International Development. USIP and members of the board filed a federal lawsuit, claiming that the executive branch lacks authority to shut down its operations because they were created by Congress. _________________________ | |||
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This Is WAY Bigger Than Anyone Realizes... 41 | |||
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So when do we consolidate the remaining workers into less building space? When do they go up for sale? | |||
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DOGE claims that the lease terminations in Washington state will result in $6.4 million in savings. Nationwide, there are 657 lease terminations on the list, totaling about $350 million in lease savings. https://komonews.com/news/loca...rest-resources-motor ____________________________________________________ The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart. | |||
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Musk Accuses Biden Of 'Massive Large-Scale Program To Import As Many' Illegal Immigrants As Possible 41 | |||
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You really didn’t need to be some kind of genius like Elon to see that this was the Biden regime’s game all along. Import more Democrats and create permanent one party rule for their party. | |||
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Absolutely true. But, a man of Musk stature and influence, with his massive social media platform, is of tremendous help to spread the message. Q | |||
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So Q: think about what it says about the people who are protesting Tesla dealerships, keying cars, and worse. It seems like the civil war is here, just hasn’t heated up to the Fort Sumter stage yet. It’s guerilla warfare. _________________________ “Remember, remember the fifth of November!" | |||
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Don't be ridiculous. We're no where close to a civil war. Of all the enemies the American citizen faces, the Democrat Party is the very worst. | |||
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The USA is not the only country trying Lawfare… see WSJ below. [QUOTE]Originally posted by HRK: French far-right leader Le Pen barred from politics in embezzlement verdict The sentence means Le Pen, the guiding force of the National Rally party, cannot run in the 2027 presidential election, unless she successfully appeals https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ma...Report&mod=djemMER_h A French court convicted French far-right leader Marine Le Pen of embezzlement Monday and barred her from running for political office for five years — a stunning decision that could upend the 2027 presidential election, in which Le Pen was considered a leading contender. No quarter .308/.223 | |||
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While I essentially agree, the Left (Dems) continue to exercise violence: only the latest are attacks on Tesla owners and dealerships. While not actual physical attacks, fomenting violence against Republican politicians and supporters by Democratic Congress-scum are becoming more frequent. I am not, by any means, suggesting violence in response - rather demanding that those violent, crazy Leftists be prosecuted and incarcerated! That does not suggest we give up the right to self-defense. During times of possible violence in my normally quiet neighborhood, I augment my instant access to sidearms with large capacity double ought buckshot, ready to hand. Obey the law and be prepared… No quarter .308/.223 | |||
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This is truly mind blowing. Unbelievably unfair to working Americans. | |||
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What complete utter Bullshit! Trump tagging them for the same tariffs they impose on our goods and the Euros don't like it? They've been screwing us for decades. NOW, we finally have a president that says enough. California wine is ok with me. German cars built here are not tarriffed. The Germans have the most protectionism laws in the world. You will be hard-pressed to find "Made in China" product in Germany! | |||
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Trump Deports Migrant ‘Influencer’ Who Encouraged Illegal Squatting on TikTok. https://thenationalpulse.com/2...ok-finally-deported/ Venezuelan national Leonel Moreno, the infamous illegal immigrant social media influencer who gained notoriety in the midst of the Biden government’s border crisis last year, has finally been deported to Caracas following his arrest in Ohio by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in 2024. Morena first gained social media attention through TikTok, where he amassed over 500,000 followers with content boasting about exploiting American taxpayer funds, illegally squatting in homes, and encouraging illegal activities. Upon his return to Caracas, Moreno was one of 178 Venezuelan deportees who landed at Simón Bolívar International Airport. Venezuela’s interior minister, Diosdado Cabello, confirmed the deportation. According to Cabello, Moreno’s presence on the flight caused a disturbance among the other deportees. The Venezuelan interior minister claimed that “many of the people who were on the flight were upset because his campaign was to point out that Venezuelans in the world are criminals. ”The National Pulse previously reported that Moreno’s social media content encouraged illegal immigrants to engage in criminal acts including squatting in unoccupied homes. “I found out that there is a law that says that if a house is not inhabited, we can seize it,” Moreno states in one video, claiming that his friends have “already taken about seven homes.” Moreno went on to argue that illegal immigrants must “invade” unoccupied homes to avoid living on the streets. In other videos, Moreno claimed to easily acquire money from U.S. aid and mocked individuals with traditional employment. He referred to former President Joe Biden as “Papa Biden” while fanning out an array of American dollars. While Moreno was finally arrested by immigration enforcement agents last year, his deportation was halted due to Venezuela’s refusal to accept their own citizens back from the United States. However, after the 2024 presidential election, President Donald J. Trump was able to push Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro to begin accepting deportation flights again, clearing the way for Moreno and hundreds of other Venezuelans to be removed. _________________________ | |||
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Without a doubt the single most important change that helped propel Trump back into the office was Musk buying Twitter and converting it from a leftist politically controlled social media space into a free and open space for all, which allowed conservatives a direct voice to the world. It's why leftists worldwide want to control it, and other social media outlets to control the message.
Don't be so sure, it's JMHO but we've been in a different kind of civil war. The country has been divided by politicians and media you're either for progressive socialism control or you are a threat. It's not gotten to the explosive level of literal war, but it is a war for control and it's well funded by people like Soro's. There's world war going on as well, Muslims have declared war for centuries against anyone that doesn't comply with them, since they don't have the weapons to defeat other countries. They are invading by sending "immigrants" and they put people in control that allows it. England is awash in Muslim people in power. Look whats happening there. | |||
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Kid Rock talks about Trump's dinner with Bill Maher. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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Activist Judge Halts Trump Admin's Move To Revoke Protected Status Of Venezuelans Another activist judge has blocked the Trump administration from carrying out its mandate - this time, regarding a plan to lift protections from deportation for more than 600,000 Venezuelans. In his order to temporarily pause DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's plan, California-based US District Judge Edward Chen, an Obama appointee, said the move "smacks of racism." According to Chen's 78-page order, the government did not follow proper procedures for stripping Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from potential deportees. "As discussed in other parts of this order, the Secretary’s rationale is entirely lacking in evidentiary support. For example, there is no evidence that Venezuelan TPS holders are members of the [Tren de Aragua] gang, have connections to the gang, and/or commit crimes," wrote Chen, adding that "Venezuelan TPS holders have lower rates of criminality than the general population and have higher education rates than the broader U.S. population. "Generalization of criminality to the Venezuelan TPS population as a whole is baseless and smacks of racism predicated on generalized false stereotypes." Homan Hits Back In response to the block, Trump border czar Tom Homan called it "Another activist judge making a stupid ruling," adding "I've been around since 1984 — and 'temporary protected status' is never temporary." "If you look at that decision, it's based on opinion, not the rule of law." https://www.zerohedge.com/poli...d-status-venezuelans "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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