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2 IRGC members shot dead at home in Iran, in what state media calls ‘terrorism’
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German intelligence says almost half of AfD party members potential far-right extremists
[IsraelTimes] Government report estimates 28,000 of Alternative for Germany’s 70,000 members have potential for right-wing extremism, as far-right party outstrips chancellor’s in national polls.
Potential. Because populists are icky, not because it is necessarily true. Some no doubt are, but this anathematizing instead of listening to the real concerns underlying the emoting is just dumb. If the traditional political parties were to stop coddling violent immigrants and their violent offspring, turn the power plants back on instead of trying to fix the unfixable non-problem of climate change, and one or two other complaints, the AfD would no longer be needed.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/01/2026 2026-07-01 03:08 || Comments || Link || [1830 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Not wanting to be sliced to pieces by a Diversity Representative is extreme under certain definitions.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey || 07/01/2026 7:20 Comments || Top||

#2  I think far-right these days is pretty much where the center was just a few years ago.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 07/01/2026 12:12 Comments || Top||

#3  I mean, if you're a communist, a moderate Republican or even a moderate Democrat from the 1970s looks like he's on the far-right.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 07/01/2026 12:15 Comments || Top||

#4  saying far right has about as much weight as yelling RAYCISS at everything
Posted by: Chris || 07/01/2026 12:25 Comments || Top||

#5  Good that the Stasi still is keeping tabs on the Germans. I’m sure that the CIA farms out their surveillance of us to our allies.
Posted by: Super Hose || 07/01/2026 14:00 Comments || Top||

#6  Freakin' J.K. Rowling gets called 'Far-Right'.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 07/01/2026 14:51 Comments || Top||

#7  The AfD had been a pro western civ party until about 5-6 years ago.

At present the AfD is dominated by pro Iran/Qatar/Russia elements promoting a Dugin'esque totalitarian oriental mysticism and tyranny ideology.

In a way the AfD has evolved in a way similar to Tucker Carlson.
Snark O'The Day

Unfortunately the other, traditional parties are no better.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 || 07/01/2026 16:08 Comments || Top||

#8  Whahahahahaha gasp, whahahahahha.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/01/2026 17:38 Comments || Top||

#9  At present the AfD is dominated by pro Iran/Qatar/Russia elements promoting a Dugin'esque totalitarian oriental mysticism and tyranny ideology.

News to me.
Posted by: Frank G || 07/01/2026 18:44 Comments || Top||

#10  But it's a lot of impenetrable syllables so it must be true.
Posted by: Cured Romantic || 07/01/2026 21:54 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
House backs Massie's push to release taxpayer-funded sexual harassment settlement records
[FOX] The resolution, introduced by Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., would require the House Ethics Committee to "preserve and publicly release" records related to monetary settlements involving sexual misconduct.

Massie, a frequent thorn in House GOP leadership's side, forced a vote on the resolution, arguing that gaps in reporting requirements enacted in 2018 may still allow taxpayer-funded settlements to remain hidden.

The Kentucky lawmaker said he discovered there were no reported cases involving any members repaying sexual harassment settlements since then.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/01/2026 01:21 || Comments || Link || [1862 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Not sure why taxpayer funded settlements can be hidden or why they exist at all. What Mace released didn’t pass the smell test.
Posted by: Super Hose || 07/01/2026 13:57 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Ministers, coalition MKs push pardon for PM after judges urge dropping of key charge
[IsraelTimes] Levin, Eliyahu, Katz and others again call for clemency or for dismissal of all charges, as judges repeat recommendation that prosecutors withdraw Netanyahu’s bribery count
It would be awfully nice if the Israeli deep state finally gave up this lawfare case whose only point is to drive Bibi out of politics.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/01/2026 2026-07-01 03:11 || Comments || Link || [1770 views] Top|| File under:



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