August 3, 2026

x02a1 Global Outlook

Venezuela faces aftershocks as questions mount over earthquake response – National– globalnews.ca

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With the window for finding survivors shrinking fast, Venezuelans combed Monday through more ruins of buildings toppled by last week’s powerful back-to-back earthquakes, and attention turned to the country’s humanitarian crisis that could persist for years.

Relief organizations say the first 72 hours after a natural disaster is the most crucial time period for rescues, though survival can be extended if people have access to food and water. Five days after the twin quakes, questions loomed about whether the cash-strapped government will be able to coordinate the effort needed to care for thousands of people who have been left homeless.

Alito Rips Supreme Court Majority in Ruling on Data Privacy– www.dailysignal.com

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SCOTUS issued a spate of major rulings at the end of its term. Some rulings favor Americans, while some preserve key aspects of progressive power. In two key rulings, the Supreme Court upheld two key progressive policies, one allows mass-mailer ballot counting after election day and the other preserves “Birthright citizenship.”

SCOTUS also ruled the President can fire executive employees without cause and police must get a warrant to conduct “geofence” searches, or wide searches of cell phone user data within a crime scene area.

Alito Rips Supreme Court Majority in Ruling on Data Privacy– www.dailysignal.com
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The Supreme Court narrowed the conditions for law enforcement to obtain a warrant to access someone’s Google Location History data, ruling that it constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment.

In a case involving Big Tech and a bank robbery, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling Monday that individuals have a reasonable expectation of privacy with their cellphones. The case involved law enforcement’s access to geolocation data used to convict an alleged bank robber—who made a conditional guilty plea. The justices didn’t divide along traditional ideological lines.

Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the majority, joined by the high court’s two other Democrat appointees, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson, as well as Republican appointees Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch.

SCOTUS Ruling Allows Mail-In Ballots to Be Counted after Election Day– www.westernjournal.com
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A closely-divided U.S. Supreme Court has handed down a critical decision on election integrity, jeopardizing the security of American elections and the sovereignty of the nation. In an opinion released Monday morning in Watson v. Republican National Committee (RNC), the court’s narrow majority ruled that mail-in ballots postmarked by election day may still be counted even if received after election day.

“Three federal statutes set the day for the election of Representatives, Senators, and the President,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the majority. At issue is a Mississippi state law allowing ballots received by mail and postmarked by election day to be counted for up to five days after election day. The RNC argued that federal statutes preempt Mississippi’s law and require ballots to be received by election day in order to be counted. Barrett and the majority concluded that the federal statutes “do not” preempt Mississippi’s law.

Roberts’ Argument For Birthplace Citizenship Is Self-Defeating– thefederalist.com
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During oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara, the birthplace citizenship case handed down from the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Solicitor General John Sauer observed that “we’re in a new world now … where 8 billion people are one plane ride away from having a child who’s a U.S. citizen.”

Four justices would go on to agree with this originalist argument, that the framers of the 14th Amendment did not understand their words to confer citizenship on the offspring of illegal aliens and birth tourists. But Chief Justice John Roberts dismissed Sauer’s point, retorting that while it may be “a new world, it’s the same Constitution.” He clearly thought it was a clever turn of phrase, an impression no doubt bolstered by the fawning media coverage of his remark. Released on Tuesday, his majority opinion takes the same approach to a foundational constitutional question as his cheap potshot at Sauer: he shows little interest in compelling originalist arguments, instead issuing shallow and misapplied but noble-sounding platitudes.

Joined by Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson, Roberts declared that, if a pregnant foreigner travels to the United States — legally or illegally, for 20 years or 20 minutes — to give birth, the 14th Amendment demands that act be rewarded by granting the child the full privileges of American citizenship. At the center of his argument is an aspirational concept of “allegiance” he grounds in the practices of feudal Europe. Because British subjects “born within the dominions and under the protection of a particular sovereign” owed a “tie or duty” to that sovereign, Roberts reasons, the children of foreigners born on American soil must be bound by the same allegiance and thus demanded citizenship.

Ironically, Roberts’ decision to reward illegal immigration and birth tourism is the surest way to destroy the bonds of allegiance he claims inform his opinion. He uses the term “allegiance” 51 times, emphasizing the mutual duties that British sovereigns and subjects owed each other. But such an argument is irreconcilable with the practice he defends: allowing people with no practice or intention of “allegiance” to the United States to secure citizenship for their children.

Starmer Steps Aside for Burnham

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After Andy Burnham handily won the special by-election in Makerfield, Keir Starmer took less than a week to officially announce his intention to resign as Britian’s Prime Minister. Members of his cabinet have been quick to endorse Burnham in the leaders’ race, which is looking more like a coronation at this point.

Starmer has stated no significant policy changes will be made until the new Prime Minister takes power. This puts a pause on their push to force British citizens to use digital ID every time they access the internet in the name of protecting children.

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At the No 10 lobby briefing, the PM’s spokesperson said that Keir Starmer has agreed that there will be “no new major policy or spending commitments” before he stands down.

But this did not cover the defence investment plan (Dip), the spokesperson suggested. Starmer seems to regard this as a policy that is already more or less settled.

Describing how the civil service would operate during the transition period leading to a new PM taking over, the PM’s spokesperson said:

The cabinet secretary [Antonia Romeo] has written to heads of departments to set out the principles of how the civil service should operate during this period.

Keir Starmer remains prime minister, and so the business of government will continue as normal until he has recommended a successor to His Majesty the King.

The civil service will act as it did during similar periods in line with precedent. All ministers remain in office and may carry usual activities …

The prime minister has agreed that there will be no new major policy or spending commitments initiated during this period.

Where a process is already under way or collective agreement is in place, government business will continue.

Major Earthquake Strikes Venezuela

pgnewser June 25, 2026 1

A 7.5 Earthquake has struck Venezuela, with reports of skyscrapers collapsing and thousands feared dead and missing. The official death toll is rapidly changing. At the time of this report, it had crossed 100 dead and 1,000 injured. The U.S. has pledged aid, as have multiple nations. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted in X that the United States is “immediately deploying search and rescue teams, medical resources, and humanitarian assistance to Venezuela.”

Venezuela earthquake live: At least 164 dead as Caracas buildings crumble in 7.5 quake– www.mirror.co.uk
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Offers of help were made by various governments, including the United States, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama and Uruguay.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a post on X that the United States is “immediately deploying search and rescue teams, medical resources, and humanitarian assistance to Venezuela”.

Jeremy P Lewin, the US undersecretary of state for foreign assistance, said the State Department had mobilised a disaster assistance team and task force to organise aid in co-ordination with the interim Venezuelan government.

Ms Rodriguez said that Qatar had already sent rescuers who were expected to arrive within the next day, along with rescue personnel from Mexico and El Salvador.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, once diametrically opposed to Venezuela’s government, said in a post on X that he had offered aid. “We send you all our solidarity and our prayers. Stay strong, Venezuela,” Mr Bukele wrote.

A damaged building in Catia La Mar, La Guaira State(Image: AFP via Getty Images)

 

Columbian “Trump” Wins – thebethlehem.com

pgnewser June 25, 2026 0

The Columbian Trump, Abelardo de la Espriella, has won a close election against his leftist opponent, Senator Ivan Cepeda. The victory was by less than 1%. The election is being contested, but the U.S. has already thrown its support behind the pro-U.S. de la Espriella.

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Mamdani’s Anti-American Progressives Sweep NY Democrat Primaries – dc.report

pgnewser June 24, 2026 0

Zohran Mamdani went three-for-three in his effort to win U.S. House nominees for his anti-American socialist movement, his new world order, the progressive state.  Bernie Sanders also endorsed the same far-left candidates. He is becoming the center of the real power of the Democratic Party as it completes its transition from an American leftist party to an anti-American communist party.

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Inflation, AI Job Losses Weigh Down Economy – dc.report

pgnewser June 23, 2026 0

Bank of America is predicting the Federal Reserve will issue rate hikes by the end of this year in response to rising inflation. They are predicting a three-quarter-point increase in the benchmark rate. General Motors replaced 1,000 workers with “collaborative robots” in one plant alone. Oracle revealed it replaced 21,000 workers with AI solutions so far this year. The loss of jobs through technology, rising inflation, and potential rate hikes portend a poor-performing economy leading up to the November 2026 Midterm elections.

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Mamdani Hails “The Birth of the New World Order”

pgnewser June 23, 2026 1

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has declared his socialist action in New York City “the birth of the new world order.” The statement can be read as an act of insurrection, a declaration of the death of the American republic and the birth of the Progressive State.

Given the nature of socialism, which assumes no right to free speech, no right to bear arms, no right to due process, no right to private ownership at all, we are inclined to agree with that interpretation. Mamdani fed the narrative by saying repeatedly, “ICE should be abolished.” He is calling for America’s basic internal security to be dismantled to allow for the free flow of migrants from around the world into his “new world order.” So far, he has not been charged with treason or insurrection.

Mamdani Claims Communist Takeover Of NYC Is “The Birth Of The New World”– www.louderwithcrowder.com
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According to Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the Communist takeover of New York City is “the birth of the new world.” This is a metaphor to describe a time of massive transformation. And well, if you consider contributing to the downfall of a once-great city to be “the birth of the new world,” then yes, this would be accurate.

Can anyone even name one net-positive this administration has done for the people of New York? So far, we have gotten a lot of talk, yet there seems to be nothing of substance these commies can point to. Why do you think that is?

Well, I guess if you count appointing the first trans “woman” to lead a New York City agency as an accomplishment, then that counts.

Mamdani also made the rounds on the interweb this weekend for claiming “ICE should be abolished.” This means that despite him pretending to represent voters, he continues to fight to make everyone worse off.

Maybe one day Mamdani will represent the people he was elected to represent, but until then, do not expect anything more than a lot of slogans, such as “the birth of the new world,” while offering nothing of substance. But what else is new?

Zelensky Wants to Meet Putin in America – thebethlehem.com

pgnewser June 18, 2026 0

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling on Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to meet him America to come to a final peace agreement. Zelensky said, “Yesterday (Sunday), we discussed with President Trump that such a meeting could be organised in the US, in a format where Putin would find it much harder to refuse. We will see what comes of it. If Russia refuses this chance as well, additional pressure will be needed.”

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Trump Signs Iran Deal – bellwetherintel.com

pgnewser June 18, 2026 0

President Donald Trump has officially signed a deal with Iran that is effectively a 60-day ceasefire intended to lead to a final peace deal. Details of the plan have not been clearly given, but already Trump faces skepticism from both progressives and conservatives at home.

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Plot to Murder UFC White House Event Exposed

pgnewser June 18, 2026 4

The UFC Event staged on the White House Lawn was allegedly almost marred by bombing drones and snipers. According to the FBI, 23 anti-capitalist and anti-Israel activists were plotting to murder Americans on the White House lawn.

They planned on using bombs dropped by drones to direct the audience towards a sniper’s kill zone. The mother of one of the suspected ring leaders is alleged to have provided the warning that helped the FBI uncover the plot.

FBI Foils Chilling Terror Plot Targeting White House UFC Event – RedState– redstate.com
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As we reported, the UFC Freedom 250 at the White House was a great event, with a lot of patriotism and some great fights. 

But it turns out that there was a terrorist plot in the works to attack it that the FBI reportedly broke up, according to Fox News Digital. It sounds like they were trying to wreak a lot of chaos and death.

Five people were in custody as of Monday, and investigators identified 23 people as part of a potential network of plotters. The alleged plan involved using explosive-laden drones to hit buildings near the event, force a mass evacuation and steer crowds toward a pre-staged sniper team, officials said.

A “second wave” was then allegedly planned to storm the White House gate, according to officials.

Restore Drops Rape Gang Report on British People – thebethlehem.com

pgnewser June 18, 2026 0

Restore Britian’s Rupert Lowe delivered the Rape Gang Inquiry report he promised. The report claims 250,000 mostly white British girls were systematically raped, tortured, and trafficked by mostly Pakistani gangs (95%). These “gangs” involved whole families. Lowe summarized the report, claiming, “The mass rape of vulnerable working class white girls by gangs of primarily Pakistani Muslim men is pure unfettered evil.”

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Trump Says No SAVE Act, No FISA – dc.report

pgnewser June 18, 2026 0

President Donald Trump has declared he will not sign any legislation renewing the Federal Surveillance Authority (FISA) Act unless it is attached to the SAVE Act. He wrote, “I’m against FISA if it doesn’t come with The Save America Act (Full version!) firmly attached to it.”

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Newsom Becomes Official DOJ Fraud Probe Target – bellwetherintel.com

pgnewser June 18, 2026 0

Progressive California Governor Gavin Newsom called news of a DOJ investigation targeting him a political persecution, not a legitimate prosecution. The investigation, however, began under the Biden DOJ, not Trump’s DOJ, and is only now coming to light.

The DOJ is investigating numerous alleged acts of fraud and graft committed by the Governor. Newsom claimed, “Today, my wife & I joined Donald Trump’s hit list. He has directed his Department of Justice to investigate us. They have not found a crime – they are simply trying to find one. He isn’t coming after me because of mean tweets, but because I am considering running for President.…”

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Soros Group Gets FBI Visit – dc.report

pgnewser June 18, 2026 0

Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC) received a visit from the FBI on June 11, 2026. The organization received nearly $2 million in funding from the Soros Family. The FBI visit was accompanied by search warrants. The DOJ announced the raid is related to an election fraud investigation. The organization is suspected of being a major facilitator of progressive efforts to rig elections in their favor. No follow-up charges were announced, though the investigation continues.

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Feds Bust Antifa Ring in Minnesota – americanistpress.com

pgnewser June 18, 2026 0

15 members of Direct Action Minnesota, or DAMN, have been arrested and charged with several Federal felonies, including conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer. Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen announced the arrest of the 15 Antifa members.

The group states it is “a decentralized coalition of working-class people engaged in various forms of community defense against the current Federal Occupation happening within the wider metro area, and against state and a far-right violence more broadly.” The group has developed coordinated tactics and supplied their members with shields and other gear to equip them for street warfare.

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Neo-Nazi Gets Lover and $1.2 Million from SPLC – bellwetherintel.com

pgnewser June 17, 2026 0

A Southern Poverty Law Center executive is accused of being the lover of the head of a Neo-Nazi group in a DOJ indictment filing. The document alleges an executive believed to be Heidi Beirich funneled $1.2 million to her lover, which was part of a larger $4 million payments. The SPLC is accused of paying the group to stage racist events that would then be cited in their fundraising campaigns.

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SCOTUS Rejects Challenge to 2A Lawfare

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The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously rejected a bid to challenge a NY state law allowing victims of gun crime to sue gun manufacturers and distributers. The National Shooting Sports Foundation trade group said of SCOTUS’ refusal to hear the appeal, “NSSF sincerely believes that those criminals who illegally misuse lawful products should be held responsible for the harms they cause when they commit their crimes. Holding the firearm industry responsible for ​the criminal misuse of a firearm is akin to holding Anheuser-Busch and Ford Motor Company responsible for damages from drunk-driving crimes.”

US Supreme Court rebuffs challenge to New York law allowing lawsuits against gun industry – WTVB

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The U.S. Supreme Court turned away on Monday a gun industry challenge to a New York law that permits lawsuits against gun makers, wholesalers and dealers for endangering people’s safety through sales of firearms and ammunition.

The justices declined to hear an appeal by an industry trade group, ​the National Shooting Sports Foundation, of a lower court ruling upholding the law, which New York calls a ‌public nuisance statute.

Gun manufacturers including Smith & Wesson, Ruger, Beretta, Glock, Sig Sauer and Sturm joined the appeal, which argued that New York’s law unconstitutionally conflicted with federal law.

The law requires the gun industry to use reasonable safeguards to protect against gun trafficking, theft and the use of “straw purchasers” who buy firearms for someone else. It also allows civil lawsuits by New York state and local officials as well as members of the public.

The ‌Supreme ​Court in 2025 spared Smith & Wesson from a lawsuit by Mexico’s government accusing ⁠the company of aiding illegal gun trafficking ⁠to drug cartels.

Starmer to use Kids to Track Adults Online

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Kier Starmer’s government has announced plans to pass a new online safety act that will ban children under 13 from using social media. To assure that children cannot gain access, adults will be required to confirm their identification every time they access the internet. The plan is seen as a scheme to track adult online users, not to protect children from the dangers of the internet.

UK Government Announces Digital ID Mandate for All Social Media Users– slaynews.com
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has unveiled sweeping new restrictions that will force social media users to verify their identity before accessing major online platforms, as part of a nationwide crackdown that will ban children under 16 from social media altogether.

The move has triggered alarm among free speech advocates, privacy campaigners, and critics of government surveillance, who warn that the policy represents a major step toward a digital ID system for Internet access.

Under the plan, platforms including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, X, and YouTube will be required to block users under 16, while all users will be forced to undergo age verification checks.

Belfast Beheading Attempt Triggers Native Uprising

pgnewser June 12, 2026 2

If Northern Ireland is a bellwether of what’s to come in broader Britian, the ordered protests in front of police stations are about to be replaced with organized targeted assaults on migrant strongholds.

After as Sudanese migrant was caught attempting to behead a disabled Irishman on a street in Belfast, the youth of the city have taken to burning down the migrants’ apartment complexes as well as targeting any other administrative structures of migrant power. Calls by the progressives of the UK for calm, so far, are being met with derision.

Belfast Assault Victim Suffers Life-Altering Injuries as Police Charge Suspect– legalinsurrection.com
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We have been following the fallout from the video of a Sudanese migrant in Belfast allegedly attempting to behead a local man in a violent knife attack captured on video.

The incident has sparked anti-immigration protests across Northern Ireland, with demonstrators gathering in Belfast, blocking roads, and setting vehicles on fire amid rising tensions.

The victim of this incident has been identified as Stephen Ogilvie, who has reportedly lost his left eye and suffered severe injuries to his face as a result of the brutal attack.

Stephen Ogilvie, thought to be 44, suffered injuries to both eyes after Sudanese migrant Hadi Alodid, 30, allegedly tried to behead him late Monday night, the Sun reported.

Barbaric video footage showed Ogilvie being pinned under the knifeman — with a horrified witness heard crying, “He’s trying to cut his head off. He’s slicing his head off.”

Ogilvie suffered serious injuries to his right eye and had deep slash wounds in his head, face and back, the hearing in Belfast was told.

Alodid was identified for the first time as he appeared in court Wednesday on charges of attempted murder and possessing a blade.

Progressives Angry Black Man Convicted of Murdering White Man – thebethlehem.com

pgnewser June 12, 2026 0

Karmelo Anthony has been convicted of first-degree murder for the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf. Both were young men in high school at the time of the murder. Anthony’s conviction has triggered calls from progressives and black activists that the jury was racist, the parents of the dead boy are racist, and Karmelo should be free to spend his hundreds of thousands of GoFundMe dollars.

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Trump Announces Iran Nuclear Deal to Open Strait of Hormuz and Lower Oil Prices– www.newsbusters.org

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The imminent deal ensuring Iran will never have a nuclear weapon was “the whole purpose” of the war, President Donald Trump explained Thursday at a press briefing announcing that a peace agreement will likely be officially signed in the next few days.

“Just had a big day,” Pres. Trump told reporters, noting that the deal is “subject to finalization of documents” at a signing ceremony expected to take place in Europe, perhaps over the upcoming weekend.

The signing will immediately trigger the end to the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the president said:

“The strait will officially open as soon as we sign, which could be soon, very soon, maybe, over the weekend, in Europe. I won’t be able to be there, but J.D. will be there, the vice president, and some other people.”

Reality star Spencer Pratt out of L.A. mayor’s race as progressive Nithya Raman advances– www.cbc.ca

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Progressive city council member Nithya Raman has advanced to a November runoff against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, setting up an unexpected matchup between two Democrats and former political allies to run the struggling city of nearly four million people.

The outcome means Spencer Pratt, a Republican and former reality television personality from The Hills, is out of the running. His candidacy had drawn national attention because of his celebrity and willingness to challenge liberal governance in a city dominated by Democrats, but the buzz did not translate into enough votes to make the runoff.

Belfast Erupts After Attempted Beheading On a Public Street By Migrant– gellerreport.com

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Violence is wrong. This is what happens when a government ignores its citizens, sacrifices their security, and leaves them feeling like strangers in their own country. No one is surprised by the rage its failures ultimately provoke.

CBS:  Violent anti-immigration protests erupted in parts of Belfast on Tuesday evening with some masked demonstrators setting fire to a bus, cars, trash cans and homes. Far-right figures had called on social media for mass protests after a brutal stabbing attack the previous night in Northern Ireland’s capital.

A graphic video of the incident, showing a man slashing another man in the head and neck with a knife, spread quickly online earlier in the day. The Police Service of Northern Ireland detained and charged a Sudanese man in his 30s with attempted murder, possession of a knife in a public place and making threats to kill.