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Ireland, Norway, and Spain Recognize Palestine as State

pgnewser May 22, 2024 1

Three European nations, Ireland, Norway, and Spain, have chosen to recognize the “state of Palestine,” a move that has led to Israel recalling all of its ambassadors from these nations and accusing the nations of attempting to undermine Israeli sovereignty.

Other moves from Israel include an expected total boycott of the three nations, in addition to any ambassadors still in Israel from these countries being compelled to watch video from the October 7 Massacre Israel claims this move by these three nations is giving legitimacy to.

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Key Points

  • Taoiseach announces Ireland will formally recognise the state of Palestine
  • Recognition is “the right thing to do”, says Simon Harris
  • Norway says it will recognise a Palestinian state, with Spain set to follow
  • Israel recalls ambassadors to Ireland and Norway after move
  • Israeli embassy in Ireland says decision undermines Israel’s sovereignty
  • Recognition by all three will formally take effect from May 28th
  • Move comes amid Gaza conflict and ICC seeking Netanyahu arrest warrant
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Biden Ties Approval Low While Trump Surpasses Him in Fundraising

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For the first time since April, Donald Trump has beat Joe Biden in the fundraising war, raising $76 million to Biden’s $52 million. The news comes as Biden learns his approval rating has fallen to 36 percent, an all-time low first reached in July of 2022, according to a Washington Post-ABC News Poll.

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Former President Donald Trump’s campaign passed President Joe Biden’s campaign in monthly fundraising for the first time in April, according to Reuters.

Trump, alongside the Republican National Committee (RNC), which his camp has partnered with, raised $76 million in the month of April, Reuters reported Tuesday. Biden and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) raised about $25 million less than their competitors, bringing in $51 million in April.

In March, the Biden campaign and the DNC brought in $90 million, while Trump and the RNC brought in $65.6 million. The former president’s team had $93.1 million cash on hand while Biden’s team had $192 million.

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Germany Decriminalizes Child Pornography Possession

pgnewser May 22, 2024 0

Germany’s Parliament has voted to reduce the possession of child pornography from a felony to a misdemeanor. The bill states “possession and acquisition should be punishable with a minimum penalty of three months’ imprisonment, and distribution with a minimum penalty of six months’ imprisonment, and distribution with a minimum penalty of six months’ imprisonment. The offenses regulated in Section 184b of the Criminal Code are therefore classified as misdemeanors and not as crimes.”

The bill’s proponents claim its purpose is to protect parents and teachers of children who download such material for the purpose of sharing it with law enforcement, but the need to decriminalize child porn possession was never needed since all that was needed was an amendment to the law that took such circumstances under consideration.

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According to Reduxx:

Germany’s Parliament (Bundestag) has received the votes necessary to remove a section of the Criminal Code which made the possession of child sexual abuse materials a felony crime. Once the bill, passed last Thursday, comes into effect, minimum sentences for the possession of child pornography will be reduced, and the offense will be downgraded to a misdemeanor.

According to the Bundestag, the bill stipulates that “possession and acquisition should be punishable with a minimum penalty of three months’ imprisonment, and distribution with a minimum penalty of six months’ imprisonment, and distribution with a minimum penalty of six months’ imprisonment. The offenses regulated in Section 184b of the Criminal Code are therefore classified as misdemeanors and not as crimes.”

The rationale behind the downgrading of the crime to a misdemeanor included consideration for parents and teachers of children who download the content in order to inform law enforcement. “Such cases have occurred particularly frequently among parents and teachers of older children or young people who found child pornography on them and passed it on to other parents, teachers or the school management to inform them of the problem,” reads Article 1 of the bill.

Mar-A-Lago Raid Included Authorization to Kill

pgnewser May 22, 2024 1

The Mar-A-Lago FBI Raid approved by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland included authorization to use lethal force, which is standard for all FBI Raids. However, the raid need not have happened in the first place, as it didn’t for Joe Biden, who was given much deferential treatment when the FBI sought to gather his allegedly mishandled top-secret documents.

The agents had instructions to check each room for unaccountable occupants, increasing the risk of an unintended incident at a former President’s residence. The optics of the potential for this raid to go wrong had no effect on the DOJ who could have collected the requested documents without ordering a surprise raid (save to the media who were tipped in advance to assure the event were caught on camera).

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The FBI was authorized to use “deadly force” against former President Donald Trump when the Biden administration agency raided Mar-a-Lago in search of classified documents, according to newly unsealed court documents shared on X by independent journalist Julie Kelly.

Attorney General Merrick Garland personally approved the unprecedented raid on Trump’s Florida home in the summer of 2022, after which special counsel Jack Smith indicted Trump for allegedly mishandling classified documents. Notably, President Joe Biden also retained classified documents following his tenure as vice president but was not charged by his own Justice Department because prosecutors said he would likely “present himself to the jury, as he did during our interview with him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

A newly unsealed operations order reveals the FBI was authorized to use deadly force against the former president if need be, Kelly reported.

“According to an ‘Operations Order’ produced in discovery, the FBI believed its objective for the Mar-a-Lago raid was to seize ‘classified information, NDI [national defense information], and US Government records as described in [the] search warrant,’” the filing by Trump’s legal team states.

US Treasury secretary seeks European support in economic war against China– www.wsws.org

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Following its imposition of sweeping tariffs on a range of Chinese green technology goods, spearheaded by a 100 percent charge on electric vehicles [EVs], the United States is trying to draw the European Union into its economic warfare against Beijing.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen issued what amounted to a call to arms in a major speech yesterday in Frankfurt, Germany, on the importance and strength of the Transatlantic alliance.

After recalling the collaboration with Europe from the Cold War to the NATO operations against Russia in the Ukraine war, she turned to the issue which is front and centre for the US—the existential threat to its global economic dominance it considers is posed by the economic rise of China.

Truck Rental Employees in Tennessee Vote Union Out– lidblog.com

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The employees of the Penske Truck Rental company in Nashville and Minneapolis have voted to eliminate their employee union, and in a vote told the International Association of Machinists union to take a hike.

The vote came after the employees officially notified the federal National Labor Relations Board that they were going to move to oust the union.

Per Just the News:

David Saylor filed the Nashville petition and Kyle Fulkerson filed the Minneapolis petition with free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.

The Minnesota workers voted 26-7 on May 1 to remove the union while the Tennessee workers voted 15-8 on May 8 for the removal.

Learning the Right Lessons From the UAW Loss in Alabama– www.thenation.com

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Mercedes put on an “A-level boss fight.”  Which was only to be expected. So how can the union win next time?

Mercedes employees Austin Brooks, David Johnston, and Jacob Ryan attend a rally in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on May 5, 2024. (Kim Chandler / AP Photo)

Late last Friday afternoon, Shawn Fain, president of the UAW, addressed workers at the Mercedes SUV plant in Vance, Alabama, after the union failed in a representation election (2,054 votes in favor, 2,642 against) many had expected them to win. He told them, “Justice isn’t about one vote or one campaign. It’s about getting a voice, getting your fair share.”

Senate Democrats Edge Away From Biden in Battleground States – PJ Media– pjmedia.com

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Polls show that 40% of voters in battleground states are either “not too satisfied” or “not at all satisfied” with the choice of Joe Biden or Donald Trump for president. But for Senate Democrats in competitive states, running with an incumbent president whose approval numbers are underwater is a crapshoot.

“If you go out there and do a focus group, the focus groups all say, ‘He’s 200 years old. You got to be kidding me.’ And the worst part about it is for unaffiliated voters or people that haven’t made up their mind, they look at this and say: ‘You have to be kidding us. These are our choices?’ And they indict us for not taking it seriously,” said a Democratic senator who requested anonymity.

Biden Admin Scrambles to Create Regulations Before Possible Trump Win › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

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Liz Sheld is the senior news editor at American Greatness. She is a veteran political strategist and pollster who has worked on campaigns and public interest affairs. Liz has written at Breitbart and The Federalist, as well as at PJ Media, where she wrote “The Morning Briefing.” In her spare time, she shoots sporting clays and watches documentaries.

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Challenge to Maryland’s ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban– slaynews.com

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The United States Supreme Court has refused to hear arguments in a challenge against Maryland’s anti-Second Amendment ban on so-called “assault weapons.”

The Supreme Court decided not to jump the line and rule on the case while a lower court is still considering it.

It was an expected ruling and the court did not elaborate on it.

The court is also considering whether to weigh in on a similar ban in Illinois, which is already being appealed.

Meet the Judges Elected in Georgia’s 2024 Nonpartisan Primary Election– www.law.com

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More than 30 challengers attempted to unseat Georgia judges in the May 21 nonpartisan primary election, but only three succeeded.

May 22, 2024 at 08:23 AM

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What You Need to Know

  • More than 30 challengers attempted to unseat Georgia judges, but only three succeeded.
  • Voters booted incumbent jurists from the Carroll County Magistrate, Clay County Magistrate/Probate and Douglas County Probate Court benches.
  • At least five incumbent judges now face June 18 runoff elections in the races for Effingham County State Court, Brantley County Probate Court and Jasper, Stewart and Thomas County Magistrate Court.

The results are in.

More than 30 challengers attempted to unseat Georgia judges, but only three succeeded.

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Democratic AZ senator files ethics complaint against ‘fake electors’– fronterasdesk.org

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Democratic state Sen. Brian Fernandez filed an ethics complaint against Republican Sens. Jake Hoffman and Anthony Kern, two of the so-called fake electors indicted by an Arizona grand jury.

Fernandez asked Senate President Warren Petersen (R-Gilbert) last month to temporarily remove Hoffman and Kern from the legislative committees they chair, pending the outcome of the fake elector criminal case.

“I think it’s really important for us to just take a step back and let the process happen,” Fernandez said after making that request. “They’ll still be senators and if they’re proven innocent, I think that they should be reinstated.”

Worried Democrats shift to a new tactic: Sabotage Trump 2.0– www.theblaze.com

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Word began to spread Monday evening around dinnertime: A House bill would be going to the floor Tuesday morning, designed to stop a returning Trump administration from reinstating his 11th-hour attempt to set architectural standards for federal buildings.

The bill was defeated at the last minute by a network of activists and sympathetic politicians but represented a broader shift in D.C. political strategy: As concerns mount that President Joe Biden might lose re-election, Democrats in the White House and Congress have worked to sabotage and hamstring a returning Donald Trump on issues from immigration and foreign policy to spending and classical architecture.

Trump Warned Us of the ICC and UNWRA– redstate.com

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) will soon decide whether they will issue arrest warrants for the leaders of Israel who have led the campaign to return the hostages taken on October 7th and bring the murderous leaders of Hamas to justice.

If it seems ironic that a court of justice would condemn these leaders, don’t worry. Our heads are still spinning too. There is at least one person, however, who presumably isn’t surprised by this outrage: Donald Trump.

Trump is now 2-for-2 on warning the world about corrupt entities that have played a huge role in stoking the fire during the Israel-Gaza conflict that erupted after Oct. 7.

FBI Admits: It’s ‘Standard Protocol’ to Set Up Political Enemies, Try to Kill Them– warroom.org

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In a rare moment of candor, the FBI admitted it is “standard protocol” to entrap their opponents and try to kill them in unannounced raids.

“The FBI followed standard protocol in this search as we do for all search warrants,” the brown shirts said, regarding news that they were prepared to use deadly force in their illegal raid on Mar-a-Lago.

You’d be forgiven for not knowing they always have a combat medic at the scene when they send the Gestapo out to seize papers, except, of course, if they’re kept in an unlocked garage behind a corvette. Then they don’t send anybody at all.

Democrat Strategist James Carville Blasts Biden: ‘The Age Issue Is Suffocating Him’– slaynews.com

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Veteran Democrat political strategist James Carville has blasted President Joe Biden for complaining about his media coverage.

Appearing on Jen Psaki’s MSNBC show, the former Bill Clinton advisor warned that Biden’s “age issue is  suffocating him.”

“I do think the president has to deal, the age issue is suffocating him,” Carville told Psaki in response to a question about how Biden and President Donald Trump could possibly be tied in the polls.

“He needs to bring up that he is only four years older than Trump.”

Rep. Greg Murphy diagnosed with skull tumor, says ‘prognosis is excellent’– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) announced on Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with a skull tumor and will undergo surgery to have it removed.

Murphy, a doctor himself, said he has the “utmost faith in my physicians and surgeons” to remove the tumor, which is called a pituitary macroadenoma. Though it is thought to be benign, the size and “subsequent ability to affect vital structures” of the brain requires surgical removal, the North Carolina congressman said.

“As a physician I have, for the last 30 years, taken care of thousands and thousands of patients. It is now my turn to be one,” Murphy said in an email.

“The prognosis is excellent, and I hope to be back to work full-time soon,” Murphy continued. “I am, as are all things, in the hands of God and am at absolute peace. I appreciate your thoughts and prayers and hope everyone understands our desire for privacy at this time.”

PA Memo Lets People Who Fail ID Checks Onto Voter Rolls– thefederalist.com

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Pennsylvania’s State Department issued a directive in 2018 that may allow noncitizens and other ineligible applicants to register to vote in violation of the 2002 Help America Vote Act (HAVA), according to a complaint brought by America First Legal (AFL) and obtained first by The Federalist.

HAVA requires a voter to provide a valid driver’s license number — or, if and only if he has no driver’s license, the last four digits of his Social Security number — on his voter registration form. Election officials are then required to confirm whether the numbers provided are valid by checking them against state and federal databases. The system is meant to ensure that prospective voters are eligible. (Notably, foreign nationals can still obtain a Social Security number or driver’s license.)

FISA Destroys the Rule of Law– www.aier.org

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Surveillance cameras and barbed wire obscure the American flag.

In the famous Greek myth, Pandora, the first woman on Earth, is given a box by the gods and told to keep it closed no matter what. However, overcome by curiosity, she eventually succumbs and opens the box, releasing all the evils and miseries of the world into the human realm.

Such has been the path of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a Pandora’s box of nearly limitless surveillance capabilities opened in 1978, which has only grown in its abuse and was reauthorized by Congress last month.

Illegal Aliens Admit Flooding Border before Election: ‘We Don’t Want Trump’– slaynews.com

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Illegal aliens are admitting that they are rushing to cross the border into the United States before the critical November presidential election.

Many say they are hoping to take advantage of Democrat President Joe Biden’s open border policies as they fear he will lose re-election.

Illegal border crossers told New York Post reporter Jennie Taer that they fear President Donald Trump will secure the Southern Border if elected in November.

After illegally crossing the Arizona border last week, two migrants from Colombia told Taer that they were concerned about the outcome of the upcoming general election.

Biden announces over 1 million veteran claims related to burn pit and other toxic exposure granted under new law– fortune.com

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President Joe Biden, aiming to highlight his legislative accomplishments this election year, traveled to New Hampshire on Tuesday to discuss how he’s helped military veterans get benefits as a result of burn pit or other toxic exposure during their service.

“We can never fully thank you for all the sacrifices you’ve made,” Biden said to the veterans and their families gathered at a YMCA. “In America, we leave no veteran behind. That’s our motto.”

In raw numbers, more than 1 million claims have been granted to veterans since Biden signed the so-called PACT Act into law in August 2022, the administration said Tuesday. That amounts to about 888,000 veterans and survivors in all 50 states who have been able to receive disability benefits under the law.

House GOP leaders plan to whip Garland contempt vote– www.politico.com

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House GOP leaders will begin whipping their Republican members on holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt this week, according to two Republicans familiar with the matter, amid some skepticism they can get the near-unanimity required to pass it on the floor.

With Republicans expecting no help from Democrats, Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) is expected to begin gauging if they can keep intra-party opposition to near zero, according to the two Republicans, who spoke on condition of anonymity. One of those Republicans said the whip effort could begin as early as Wednesday.

Two contempt resolutions against Garland passed out of the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees on a partisan basis last week, leading to a highly contentious hearing in the latter panel last Thursday that involved name-calling and alleged drinking.

‘Commander Creep’: Joe Biden Advises Young Men To ‘Marry Into A Family With Five Or More Daughters…One of Them Will Always Love You’ | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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Joe Biden may be the biggest embarrassment to the executive office in US history.

The installed commander-in-chief traveled to Nashua, New Hampshire on Tuesday to sell his legislative accomplishment this election year.

While discussing the impact of the PACT Act, a law that helps veterans receive benefits for toxic exposure during their service, Biden went on a tangent offering his supporters marital advice.

“And by the way,” Biden said. “I say to every young man thinking of getting married, marry into a family with five or more daughters. I did. My wife’s the oldest of five sisters.”

Democratic lawmakers say Justice Alito must recuse from Jan. 6 cases– www.washingtonpost.com

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Nearly 50 House Democrats called on Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. to recuse himself from Jan. 6-related cases Tuesday, questioning whether the jurist could be impartial after an upside-down flag flew at his home in the weeks after the U.S. Capitol attack in 2021.

Rep. Hank Johnson (Ga.), the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, and 44 other lawmakers signed a letter to Alito noting that the upside-down flag — long used as a sign of distress, especially by the U.S. military — has become a symbol of the “Stop the Steal” movement that falsely claims the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump.

Former state Sen. Mike Dugan advances to Republican runoff in Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District– abcnews.go.com

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ATLANTA — Georgia’s elections on Tuesday included a state Supreme Court race that saw the incumbent win in a race unusually heated by the standards of the state’s nonpartisan judicial elections, as well as a five-way GOP primary for an open seat in the strongly Republican 3rd Congressional District south and west of Atlanta.

Two Democratic congressional incumbents — U.S. Reps. David Scott and Lucy McBath — defeated primary challengers in metro Atlanta districts that were redrawn by Republicans after redistricting lawsuits.

Parties were also choosing their nominees for other congressional and state legislative seats and local offices including sheriffs, district attorneys and county commissioners.

York, Pa., considers ghost gun ban– www.wgal.com

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York City moves a step closer to banning ‘ghost guns’– www.abc27.com

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YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– York City council voted on a “ghost gun” bill at Tuesday’s meeting.

It was unanimous yes vote, meaning the bill passed and it now heads to to the mayor’s desk.

“Ghost guns” are unregistered and untraceable homemade weapons. It can be made with a 3D printer or 80% ghost gun build kits can be purchased online.

If the mayor signs it, the ordinance will go into effect in 20 days later, prohibiting the possession, use, transfer or manufacturing of ghost guns and establishing penalties. Anyone who violates the ordinance could be fined anywhere from $300 to $1,000, plus, costs of prosecution for each offense.