USA - Federal District Judge Marsha Pechman issued a ruling last week that will make Seattle, Washington, even more lawless than it already is. The Clinton appointee has temporarily barred the city from enforcing a ban on graffiti to protect both public and private property. The decision is a victory for plaintiffs who allege that police violated their constitutional rights by arresting them for writing “BLM” and profanities directed at the police department. The city ordinance in question is “impermissibly vague and substantially overbroad,” Pechman wrote, because it might also target “innocuous drawings," creating “a real and substantial threat of censorship.” In the George Floyd era of anti-police sentiment, her ruling is only the latest way in which leaders have fought to weaken and undermine the Seattle Police Department. At every stage, leaders have treated law enforcement as something from which the city must be set free.

GERMANY - "We must never underestimate the murderous danger posed by right-wing extremism and right-wing terrorism." That's the warning from Germany's interior minister as new figures show a rise in violent extremists in the country. A report today by intelligence officials estimates 14,000 violent right-wing extremists are living in Germany. It labels the far-right the biggest extremist danger inside Europe's largest economic power. Right-wing extremism continues to be "the greatest extremist threat to the basic democratic order," interior minister, Nancy Faeser told journalists as she unveiled the report alongside domestic spy chief, Thomas Haldenwang, in Berlin. Violence from right and left-wing extremists, Islamist terrorists and foreign extremists were among the dangers assessed.

GERMANY - The German economy will contract more than expected this year as sticky inflation takes its toll, a top economic think-tank has warned. Germany has been branded the ‘problem child’ of the eurozone economy as confidence among investors ebbs away. Gross domestic product is expected to fall by 0.4 per cent this year, more than the 0.1 per cent forecast by the Ifo Institute in March. The Ifo Institute’s head of economic forecasts, Timo Wollmershaeuser, said: ‘The German economy is only very slowly working its way out of the recession.’ The war in Ukraine has also unsettled both businesses and consumers. Affordable power is a key precondition for industrial competitiveness, and even before the end of Russian gas supplies, Germany had some of the highest electricity costs in Europe.

CUBA - China and Cuba are negotiating to establish a new joint military training facility on the island, sparking alarm in Washington that it could lead to the stationing of Chinese troops and other security and intelligence operations just 100 miles off Florida’s coast, according to current and former US officials. Discussions for the facility on Cuba’s northern coast are at an advanced stage but not concluded, US intelligence reports suggest. The Biden administration has contacted Cuban officials to try to forestall the deal, seeking to tap in to what it thinks might be Cuban concerns about ceding sovereignty. Beijing’s effort to establish a military training facility in Cuba hasn’t been previously reported. The White House declined to comment. A White House official said Monday that the Chinese government “will keep trying to enhance its presence in Cuba, and we will keep working to disrupt it.”

USA - Raytheon Chief Executive Greg Hayes admitted last week that Beijing effectively has the US military's supply chain by the b****s thanks to its reliance on rare earths and other materials which come from, or are processed in, China. According to Hayes, Raytheon has "several thousand suppliers in China," because of which "decoupling... is impossible." "We can de-risk but not decouple," he told the Financial Times, adding that he thinks this is the case "for everybody."

UK - Britain's strictest headteacher has said children allowed to self-identify as animals, moons and holograms should be moved to another school by their parents. Katharine Birbalsingh, founder of the Michaela School in west London, said she was aware of a child at one school who identified as a gay male hologram - and at least one school where a group of students identified as cats. She claimed the 'issue' was widespread but that people are unaware because teachers are 'not allowed to tell you'. The headteacher, who said she has no pupils identifying as animals at her own school… 'As a society we have lost our way. Teachers and parents have allowed children to lead the way and adult authority has completely dissolved.’

UK - Seven years later, and Milo has returned to the screen, as a female again, with a YouTube post about bitterly regretting a transition that's left her scarred, hairy and most likely infertile. 'It turned out to be a big mistake,' Milo says in the clip, which went online on Wednesday. 'I keep thinking about how, if I ever want to be perceived by society as a woman, I now have to do vocal training, and I need laser to get rid of my facial hair. But I'm just so tired.'

USA - ‘Town wiped off the face of the earth’. There are reports of catastrophic destruction and multiple casualties in Matador, Texas after a wedge tornado slammed into the town. There are reports of people trapped in their homes and vehicles in the West Texas town. There is also a disturbing report that a number of people sought shelter in a Dollar General store that was completely destroyed…

CHINA - China has demanded Britain hand over the Falkland Islands to Argentina and called on countries to abandon 'colonial thinking' – all while Beijing continues to threaten Taiwan with an invasion. The Chinese ambassador to the United Nations Geng Shuang accused the UK of playing 'power politics' by keeping The Falklands, known as the Malvinas in Argentina, under British rule. The Falklands were the subject of a short but brutal war after Argentina invaded in 1982. Britain drove out the invaders after dispatching a naval armada, but the issue has never been considered settled in Buenos Aires.

UNITED NATIONS - The UN’s New fact-checking system called “iVerify” will be used to crack down on “misinformation” all over the world. Our world is becoming a creepier place with each passing day. Most of us just want to live our lives in peace without excessive governmental interference, but unfortunately the control freaks that are running things just can’t help themselves. Ultimately, they aren’t going to be happy until they are able to watch, track, monitor and control virtually everything that we write, say and do.

USA - Serge Varlay told our journalist that BlackRock manages $20 trillion dollars worldwide. According to him, “it’s incomprehensible numbers.” BlackRock has over $9.5 trillion of assets under management, that’s larger than the GDP of all countries on the globe except the US and China. “The senators… are cheap – you got 10 grand, you can buy a senator,” Varlay remarked in what is arguably the most unabashed description of corruption and bribery from their own company we’ve ever heard. The extended soundbite from Varlay is below:

GERMANY - While the high seas make up over 60% of the world's oceans, they have long drawn less attention than coastal waters. A UN treaty aims to change that by attempting to ensure the sustainable use of ocean biodiversity. The United Nations adopted a "critical" landmark treaty to protect vast swaths of vital ocean ecosystems Monday, in a move that has been welcomed by environmental groups that believe it will help reverse the loss of marine biodiversity and promote sustainable development. "The High Seas Treaty is integral to being able to protect the ocean," Rebecca Hubbard, director of the High Seas Alliance, told DW. The alliance is made up of more than 50 NGOs that want to strengthen ocean governance...

USA - “I wanted my children to not sit at a desk for 7-plus hours each day…” Now, this is a mom that gets it! More and more mothers are understanding their role in the home and the impact it plays on their children and later on in society. One such mother was a school principal, but quit her job in order to invest in her family and, in her word, “raise thinkers.” Merging her children’s learning with their land and home, she has created an immersive “real world” educational experience based on her kids’ unique needs. I wanted my children to focus on progress and not perfection. I wanted to raise thinkers and leaders, not followers and workers.”

USA - At the DC pride parade last weekend, children were watching nearly naked men dressed in fetish gear from a designated family-viewing area. Having a ‘family-viewing area’ at a gay pride parade makes no sense because they are going to see the same thing as everyone else... But this is the agenda of the alphabet mafia. They want to groom children into this garbage so they’ll either think it’s totally normal or something they should pursue. That’s why they are okay with children seeing this filth, just like they are okay with children seeing disgusting drag shows.

USA - O’Keefe Media Group hit by massive DDoS and Email attacks following Blackrock exposé. Tuesday was huge for O’Keefe Media Group. Then, it turned south in a hurry after James O’Keefe and his team ruffled some pretty powerful feathers. Following stunning admissions on undercover video by a recruiter for the most powerful asset management group on the planet, O’Keefe’s video and website were hit with DDoS attacks and their tip email address was flooded.