I think the most infuriating thing to me about the liberal reactions to foreign students being disappeared by Israel Criticism Enforcement officers is that it’s seemingly almost entirely focused on that they were in plain clothes or wearing masks, or literally a litany of other bullshit instead of the fact we are eroding probably the most unique constitutional liberty America has for the benefit of a foreign nation. If you go look at shitlib subreddits, you basically have to scroll down the bottom before you see anyone even mention Israel. Lots of talk about Nazis or gestapo or brown shirts, but absolutely no acknowledgment of the country this is being done in behalf of.

London without Ninjas will not be the same…

Apparently in El Salvador Nayib Bukele did the exact same thing that got Evo Morales ousted: had the Supreme Court declare that term limits don’t apply and got re-elected despite the constitution.

Weird how the US didn’t coup him . It’s almost as if term limits exist solely to keep leftists from holding power for too long.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/31/france-marine-le-pen-embezzlement-verdict-europe-news-live?page=with%3Ablock-67ea58af8f08e6b4b7c0762a#block-67ea58af8f08e6b4b7c0762a

Le Pen and eight MEPs found guilty of embezzlement

White House aide Peter Navarro today: Trump’s tariffs will raise $600 billion per year, or $6 trillion over a 10 year period

Seems to reflect our reporting that Trump wants to go absolutely enormous on the tariffs, regardless of short-term economic consequences

So is Erdogan likely to maintain power after everything going on in Turkey?

HHS will cut 10,000 jobs as part of a major restructuring plan

French court finds far-right leader Marine Le Pen guilty in embezzlement case - NPR

PARIS — A French court found Marine Le Pen guilty on Monday in an embezzlement case but didn’t immediately say what her sentence might be and how it might impact the far-right leader’s political future.

Le Pen, sitting in the front row in the Paris court, showed no immediate reaction as the chief judge declared her guilty. She later repeatedly nodded her head in disagreement as the judge went into greater detail, saying Le Pen’s party had illegally used European Parliament money for its own benefit. “Incredible,” she whispered at one point.

The judge also handed down guilty verdicts to eight other current or former members of her party who, like her, previously served as European Parliament lawmakers. Le Pen and her co-defendants face up to 10 years in prison. They can appeal, which would lead to another trial.

The biggest concern for Le Pen is that the court may declare her ineligible to run for office “with immediate effect” — even if she appeals. That could prevent her from running for president in 2027. She has described such scenario as a “political death.” The verdict was shaping up as a resounding defeat for Le Pen and her party. As well as finding her and eight other former European lawmakers guilty of embezzling public funds, the court also handed down guilty verdicts to 12 other people who served as parliamentary aides for Le Pen and what is now the National Rally party, formerly the National Front.

The chief judge, who read the ruling delivered by her and two other justices, said Le Pen had been at the heart of “a system” that her party used to siphon off EU parliament money. The judge said Le Pen and other co-defendants didn’t enrich themselves personally. But the ruling described the embezzlement as “a democratic bypass” that deceived the parliament and voters.

Le Pen and 24 other officials from the National Rally were accused of having used money intended for European Union parliamentary aides to pay staff who worked for the party between 2004 and 2016, in violation of the 27-nation bloc’s regulations. Le Pen and her co-defendants denied wrongdoing.

Le Pen, 56, was runner-up to President Emmanuel Macron in the 2017 and 2022 presidential elections, and her party’s electoral support has grown in recent years. During the nine-week trial that took place in late 2024, she argued that ineligibility “would have the effect of depriving me of being a presidential candidate” and disenfranchise her supporters.

“There are 11 million people who voted for the movement I represent. So tomorrow, potentially, millions and millions of French people would see themselves deprived of their candidate in the election,” she told the panel of three judges. If Le Pen cannot run in 2027, her seeming natural successor would be Jordan Bardella, Le Pen’s 29-year-old protégé who succeeded her at the helm of the party in 2021.

Le Pen denied accusations she was at the head of the system meant to siphon off EU parliament money to benefit her party, which she led from 2011 to 2021. She argued instead that it was acceptable to adapt the work of the aides paid by the European Parliament to the needs of the lawmakers, including some political work related to the party.

Hearings showed that some EU money was used to pay for Le Pen’s bodyguard — who was once her father’s bodyguard — as well as her personal assistant. Prosecutors requested a two-year prison sentence and a five-year period of ineligibility for Le Pen. Le Pen said she felt they were “only interested” in preventing her from running for president.

Myanmar has updated the number of victims of this morning’s earthquake to at least 144 dead and 732 injured, as well as missing. The military junta ruling the country has opened the doors of its diplomatic service to ask for international help. “Any country, any organization,” pleaded Min Aung Hlaing, a Burmese general and the current President of Myanmar’s State Administrative Council.

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Hasan mentioned he plans on having a Cuban doctor on his stream today, to talk about Rubio imposing sanctions on countries that utilize Cuban doctors. Should be a good listen, probably will be available on YouTube later if you can’t catch it live.

Anti-genocide activists exposed by pro-“Israel” groups using facial recognition tech | The Cradle

Washington has revoked hundreds of student visas in recent weeks as part of a crackdown on foreign university students who oppose the mass killing of Palestinians by Israel

Damn, it took almost dying from a lynch mob of rabid Zionists for him to be properly credited:
https://xcancel.com/MayadeenEnglish/status/1906129001405399463

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has apologized for excluding Palestinian co-director Hamdan Ballal’s name in its response to the Israeli settler attack and his subsequent detainment.

Following global outcry from the film industry, including 690 Academy members, among them Mark Ruffalo, Riz Ahmed, Ava DuVernay, and Alfonso Cuaron, the Academy issued a follow-up letter on Friday acknowledging its omission.

“We regret that we failed to directly acknowledge Mr. Ballal and the film by name,” read the statement from Academy CEO Bill Kramer and President Janet Yang, adding that the Academy “condemns violence of this kind anywhere in the world” and opposes the suppression of free speech “under any circumstances.”

Prosecutor accidentally plays porn clip at trial of far-right former president of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe.

The criminal trial of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was bizarrely derailed by a prosecutor who mistakenly played a porn video of a woman stripping naked and a dwarf dancing with a bottle of booze. Marlene Orjuela, the lead prosecutor for Attorney General’s Office, was searching through an archive of folders to present evidence submitted by Uribe’s lawyer, Dr. Diego Cadena, during the March 7 virtual court hearing.

In the first video, a man could be seen dancing in front of a parked vehicle and drinking out of a can before the 35-second clip was cut off by Marlene, who laughed and apologized to Judge Sandra Heredia. Uribe stared at the camera and kept a straight face while a member of his legal team giggled. ‘What a pity, your honor, we wanted to show everything that Dr. Cadena ordered and there was no foresight that one issue was that,’ Orjuela said.

Orjuela proceeded to click on one of the other 57 files that she had on her screen when she brought up a video of a woman posing in swimming attire. The video quickly shifted to the woman removing her one-piece swimsuit. ‘What a shame, Madam Judge,’ Orjuela said as she immediately cut off the video.

Uribe is the first former president in the history of Colombia to be put under trial as he is facing bribery and witness tampering charges. The government alleges that Uribe attempted to influence witnesses after leftist senator Iván Cepeda accused him being tied to a paramilitary group founded by ranchers in the 1990s to fight rebel groups.

The case dates back to 2012, when Uribe filed a libel suit against Cepeda with the Supreme Court, the entity charged with investigating elected officials. However, the court dropped charges against Cepeda and began to investigated Uribe in 2018. Uribe, who governed from 2002 to 2010, was formally charged in May 2024 and could face up to 12 years in prison if he is convicted.

https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-trump-letter-c0afbeda50cd19d42fcc68732e60b4a4

Iran reportedly sent a response to Trump’s ultimatum. No details on the content.

I’m guessing it’s conciliatory, since otherwise it would probably be better not to respond at all.

Small and bizarre news, but still news:

So there’s a non-recognized nation in Africa called Republic of Annobon, which is a small island that is part of Equatorial Guinea. A small group of separatists declared independence in like 2022 or something and well, they travel around the world exposing their cause I guess. Many such cases.

Anyway, a small delegation headed by their Prime Minister visited our university, something completely random, and attended to a session of our History Assembly, which is celebrated each week or so to discuss career-related things and such. They were allowed to speak of their struggle against the Equatorial Guinean government. I failed to attend so I missed this peculiar event. Oh and Equatorial Guinea’s President, Theodoro Obiang Nguema, as been in power since 1982, so there’s that.

The world gets weirder and weirder each day.

And btw, before I forget:

death to “israel”