https://www.sott.net/category/18-Societys-Child Signs of the Times: The World for People who Think. Featuring independent, unbiased, alternative news and commentary on world events. en-us Original content Copyright 2026 by Signs of the Times/Sott.net. For other content, see our Fair Use Policy at www.sott.net. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:31:45 +0000 https://www.sott.net/images/sottlogo_rss.jpg SOTT.net https://www.sott.net https://www.sott.net/article/505634-No-real-people-were-polled-AI-is-now-fabricating-what-the-public-thinks The other day Axios ran a piece that cited "findings" that a majority of people trusted their doctors and nurses. Turns out, those "findings" were completely fabricated by a company called Aaru - using AI (causing Axios to issue an editor's note and 'clarification') Aaru uses something they call "silicon sampling," where large language models (the AI) can emulate humans at a fraction of the cost and time required for traditional polling, the NY Times reports. Silicon sampling isn't polling. It is the outright fabrication of public opinion by machines - and major news outlets and research firms are now publishing those fabrications as legitimate findings. This is not an isolated slip. The technology is being embraced by some of the biggest names in media, polling, and corporate research. Gallup has partnered with the startup Simile to create thousands of AI-generated "digital twins" that stand in for real people. Ipsos is working with Stanford to pioneer synthetic data for public... https://www.sott.net/article/505634-No-real-people-were-polled-AI-is-now-fabricating-what-the-public-thinks Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:24:21 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505626-The-dawn-of-the-post-literate-society And the end of civilisation What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book because there would be no one who wanted to read one. — Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death The age of print It was one of the most important revolutions in modern history — and yet no blood was spilled, no bombs were thrown and no monarch was beheaded. Perhaps no great social transformation has ever been carried out so quietly. This one took place in armchairs, in libraries, in coffee houses and in clubs. What happened was this: in the middle of the eighteenth century huge numbers of ordinary people began to read. For the first couple of centuries after the invention of the printing press, reading remained largely an elite pursuit. But by the beginning of the 1700s, the expansion of education and an explosion of cheap books began to diffuse reading rapidly down through the middle classes and even into the lower ranks of society.... https://www.sott.net/article/505626-The-dawn-of-the-post-literate-society Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:10:02 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505619-Swipe-left-on-civilization-How-Silicon-Valley-is-quietly-destroying-family-formation For most of human history, courtship was bounded. A young man in 1955 did not survey every available woman within 500 miles before asking someone to dinner. He met her through friends, through church, through the slow friction of shared community life. That friction was not an obstacle to good matches. It was the mechanism through which realistic, durable partnerships were formed. It forced self-assessment. It embedded romantic decisions inside networks of social accountability. It surfaced character over time rather than photographs in an instant. That entire architecture has been demolished, and the damage is now registering in the demographic record in ways that should alarm anyone who cares about the long-term health of this country. We have spent years worrying about algorithms shaping political discourse and teenage mental health. We have convened Senate hearings about TikTok. What we have not done, with anything approaching equivalent seriousness, is examine the algorithms... https://www.sott.net/article/505619-Swipe-left-on-civilization-How-Silicon-Valley-is-quietly-destroying-family-formation Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:38:09 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505617-Library-Director-Fired-After-Refusing-To-Remove-Hundreds-Of-LGBT-Books-From-Kids-Section When are these people going to learn to just leave the kids alone? A Tennessee library board has voted 8-3 to remove its top librarian, Luanne James, after she refused to carry out an order to relocate hundreds of LGBT-themed books, Critical Race Theory (CRT) and feminist propaganda books from the children's section of six Rutherford County branch libraries. James was initially ordered to relocate books containing far-left ideology from the juvenile/children's sections to the adult sections of libraries. The board cited concerns that the books promoted "gender confusion," contained LGBT themes/characters, sexual themes, feminist topics, DEI, social justice and related content. https://www.sott.net/article/505617-Library-Director-Fired-After-Refusing-To-Remove-Hundreds-Of-LGBT-Books-From-Kids-Section Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:33:06 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505601-Prominent-New-York-synagogue-hosts-presentation-on-why-US-Jews-should-support-the-ethnic-cleansing-of-Gaza Benjamin Anthony's speech at New York's influential Park Avenue Synagogue, where he argued that U.S. Jews need to support ethnic cleansing in Gaza, illustrates how the American Jewish community has embraced Israeli racism and brutality. The American press does its best not to cover savage Israeli views of Palestinians, but a leading New York synagogue gave an honored platform to those views ten days ago. It hosted an Israeli advocate with connections in its government who argued for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, and said American Jews need to support that operation. Benjamin Anthony said that all "Palestinian Arabs" in Gaza pose such a threat to Israel that the international community should use "muscular diplomacy" with Egypt so as force the population out of Gaza into an "enclave" in the Sinai peninsula. https://www.sott.net/article/505601-Prominent-New-York-synagogue-hosts-presentation-on-why-US-Jews-should-support-the-ethnic-cleansing-of-Gaza Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:32:31 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505598-Hormuz-Sees-15-Ships-Transit-In-24-Hours-As-Two-Tankers-With-Qatari-LNG-Make-Sudden-U-Turn President Trump on Sunday warned Tehran to "Open the Strait" and make a deal by the end of Tuesday, or the U.S. military would "blow everything up" and "take over the oil." Meanwhile, Iran rejected Trump's ultimatum to reopen the Hormuz chokepoint, saying it would only reopen the critical waterway once damage from the war is compensated. There was some good news overnight after Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported that 15 vessels had passed through the Hormuz chokepoint over the last 24 hours. Still, that remains only a tiny fraction of pre-conflict tanker traffic. Separately, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy warned that the waterway will "never return to its previous condition," particularly for the U.S. and Israeli-linked vessels, and added that it is completing preparations to enforce a new security order across the Persian Gulf. https://www.sott.net/article/505598-Hormuz-Sees-15-Ships-Transit-In-24-Hours-As-Two-Tankers-With-Qatari-LNG-Make-Sudden-U-Turn Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:03:54 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505597-The-Red-Line-For-Norm-Eisen Why do the news anchor ladies of CNN, Erin Burnett, Kate Bolduan, always look so depressed on the air? They never smile. Their faces always register something between grave concern and hysteria. Is it the network's cratered ratings? The pending hostile takeover by Paramount / Skydance (led by conservative David Ellison)? Too much botox, zombifying the small facial muscles? Or is it self-loathing from being compelled to slant everything they report on in the direction of a lie? There does seem to be some hidden hand in Narrative Central issuing prescribed story-lines to the networks, and that hand seems to be tinged with malice for anything and anyone seeking to rescue our country from chaos, penury, psychosis, and jihad. It looks like the hidden hand wants the country to go down in flames, and will resort to any means necessary to get it done. The template for that is so-called "color revolution," which is a hyper-accelerated version of "Red Rudi" Dutschke's "march through the... https://www.sott.net/article/505597-The-Red-Line-For-Norm-Eisen Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:52:18 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505596-Whos-behind-the-mysterious-Iran-backed-terror-cell-haunting-Europe Claims that an Iran-backed group is carrying out attacks in European cities raise questions about why they're not targeting countries directly involved in the US-Israeli war, and why they appear to communicate like Israelis. Strangely, suspects arrested in the attacks have been released on bail. A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of Ashab al-Yamin. Officially known as "Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (HAYI)," or the "Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right," the group mysteriously appeared in early March, and, according to mainstream media, it's taking the continent by storm. But a closer look at the supposedly Iran-backed terror organization suggests that it does not exist in any concrete form, and may be a confection of Israeli intelligence. Though the nebulous HAYI claimed credit for torching ambulances belonging to a Jewish community organization in London on March 23, two suspects in the attack have been released on bail, and are not charged with any... https://www.sott.net/article/505596-Whos-behind-the-mysterious-Iran-backed-terror-cell-haunting-Europe Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:06:04 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505589-Florida-Mississippi-join-wave-of-states-tightening-citizenship-rules-for-voter-eligibility Mississippi's act takes effect on July 1, while Florida's measure follows on Jan 1, 2027 Florida and Mississippi voters will soon face new citizenship verification rules after governors signed the measures into law Wednesday, triggering at least two lawsuits in the Sunshine State. The measures, signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, are aimed at upholding election integrity as similar legislation by President Donald Trump remains stalled in Congress. Mississippi's measure is expected to take effect on July 1, with Florida's law following on Jan. 1, 2027. Under both laws, voters will be required to provide citizenship documents — such as birth certificates, passports or naturalization certificates — if local officials challenge their eligibility after cross-referencing databases for voter registration applications. If individuals fail to provide the required proof of citizenship after being flagged, both states are required to remove them from their... https://www.sott.net/article/505589-Florida-Mississippi-join-wave-of-states-tightening-citizenship-rules-for-voter-eligibility Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:51:50 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505583-Treasury-unveils-whistleblower-portal-to-combat-transnational-Medicare-Medicaid-fraud-rings Whistleblowers are encouraged to report abuse of Medicare, Medicaid, and other government health benefit programs, the Department of the Treasury announced on March 30, while warning that sophisticated fraud schemes are siphoning billions from them. In an advisory, the Treasury detailed the way in which transnational criminal organizations — working with domestic fraudsters and organized crime groups — create fake health care providers, employ cover people to pose as owners who are not U.S. residents, and steal the personal data of actual beneficiaries to submit false claims for care that was never provided or was not needed. Proceeds are then laundered through wire transfers, digital assets, and culpable bank co-conspirators before being transferred overseas. The department said its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has published a proposed rule to fully implement a whistleblower program that would reward 10-30 percent of penalties collected in successful enforcement... https://www.sott.net/article/505583-Treasury-unveils-whistleblower-portal-to-combat-transnational-Medicare-Medicaid-fraud-rings Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:31:52 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505582-What-the-Iran-Iraq-war-can-tell-us-about-the-US-Israeli-war-on-Iran When the United States and Israel launched their illegal war on Iran on February 28, they called on the Iranian people to rise up. They then proceeded to bomb not just military targets, but civilian housing, universities, schools, hospitals, commercial buildings and historical sites. In the sound of explosions today, many Iranians hear echoes from the past: from the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-1988. In the fall of 1980, when Iraq invaded Iran, I was a 20-year-old student at Tehran Polytechnic University and a member of an opposition group. The first time I saw the impact of war firsthand was in October of that year. One evening, my friend Farhad and I were standing in line to load two boxes of antigovernment pamphlets onto a bus heading to Isfahan; given the restriction of movement and the checkpoints set up by the Revolutionary Guard, this was the only safe way to transport such materials. Suddenly, the thunderous shots of air defence systems shook the ground and lit the sky with blue,... https://www.sott.net/article/505582-What-the-Iran-Iraq-war-can-tell-us-about-the-US-Israeli-war-on-Iran Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:31:21 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505581-The-Demise-Of-Trial-By-Jury Justice isn't blind anymore: Multiculturalism has made impartial justice impossible "Law grows with the growth, and strengthens with the strength of the people, and finally dies away as the nation loses its nationality." — Friedrich Carl von Savigny On Tuesday, October 3, 1995, the verdict in the O. J. Simpson criminal trial was broadcast live across the globe, a truly defining moment of the late twentieth century. In the now-iconic split-screen imagery, as the words "not guilty" reverberated through the Los Angeles courtroom, black spectators erupted in celebration and applause, raising their fists in jubilation. Conversely, white spectators sat frozen in stunned, horrified silence, grappling with an incomprehensible subversion of the evidentiary record. The stunning juxtaposition of the visual perfectly captured the fracture of a society devoid of a shared moral consensus. This was obviously not an exercise in blind justice; it was an exercise in racial grievance. Decades later,... https://www.sott.net/article/505581-The-Demise-Of-Trial-By-Jury Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:22:42 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505580-The-Tyranny-Of-Compelled-Speech While censorship is often the main focus of discussions about free speech, there's a related phenomenon that can do just as much damage to a free society. Not by preventing people from saying things they believe in, but by forcing them to say things they do not. Compelled speech requires people to use certain words or phrases, or to partake in upholding certain ideological beliefs. It is just as dangerous to free expression as overt censorship. The constant recitation of indigenous "land acknowledgements" illustrates Canada's shift towards enforced mass-compliance on complicated social issues. These statements have become ubiquitous in Canadian public life: at schools, workplaces, government functions, ceremonies, and sporting events. Institutions display them on websites, documents, email signatures, and social media. A busy person in Canada may come across dozens of land acknowledgements per day in various contexts. Although framed as optional gestures of respect, many... https://www.sott.net/article/505580-The-Tyranny-Of-Compelled-Speech Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:16:45 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505572-The-Palantir-Panopticon In my book Google Archipelago: The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom (2019), I argued that the main danger with AI is not a rogue super-intelligence that might rebel against humanity; the far greater danger is perfect AI obedience. AI could function as the ultimate instrument of authoritarian "elites," faithfully executing total surveillance, behavioral scoring, and preemptive social control. Further, AI reliance risks the wholesale abdication of human agency and the flattening of human intelligence and sociality. As decision-making authority is ceded to algorithms, people will become passive nodes in a system that replaces human thinking with AI information processing — "Bots R Us" — eroding autonomy, creativity, and genuine deliberation. https://www.sott.net/article/505572-The-Palantir-Panopticon Mon, 06 Apr 2026 01:09:57 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505566-Acting-AG-Todd-Blanche-Investigating-ActBlue-allegations-is-a-top-priority The Democratic Party's premier fundraising machine is in serious legal jeopardy, and the new man running the Justice Department just made clear he intends to do something about it. The New York Times reported on Thursday that ActBlue's own lawyers had warned its leadership in early 2025 that it may have lied to Congress about how it screens out illegal foreign donations. In 2023, ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones sent a letter to Republican congressional investigators assuring them the platform used rigorous safeguards. The letter described "multilayered" screenings that helped "root out" overseas contributions. What the platform's own legal team later discovered was considerably more inconvenient: those protections weren't consistently applied in practice. "This presents a substantial risk for ActBlue," the law firm, Covington & Burling, wrote in one of two memos expressing legal concerns. One memo raised the specter of a criminal investigation if prosecutors believed that... https://www.sott.net/article/505566-Acting-AG-Todd-Blanche-Investigating-ActBlue-allegations-is-a-top-priority Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:01:17 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505565-The-myth-that-wont-die-War-is-good-for-the-economy War is the ultimate government intervention. It is the excuse for all kinds of evils to be imposed on the governed. From confiscation through taxes and inflation to restriction of freedom of speech and the redirection and even nationalization of whole industries, nothing increases state power such as war. As the state is predatory and produces nothing of use, it is the ultimate impoverishing situation. From an ideological point of view, it is even worse, mixing love for one's culture and homeland with the state itself. It reduces individual's resistance to loss of liberty and creates in their minds the myth of the protecting government. There is also another insidious idea that a lot of people hold: That is that war has economic and other benefits, not to certain individuals or groups, but to the community at large. It is worth examining these supposed benefits to show that no, war does not benefit the community, it is just death and destruction. https://www.sott.net/article/505565-The-myth-that-wont-die-War-is-good-for-the-economy Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:59:59 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505561-Flotilla-coalition-prepares-renewed-mission-to-break-Gaza-siege The international flotilla of over 80 boats and 1,000 activists will sail from Barcelona to challenge Israel's blockade on Gaza and demand humanitarian access A coalition of pro-Palestine activists announced on 3 April that it will launch a new maritime mission from Barcelona on 12 April to challenge Israel's blockade on Gaza, according to reports citing statements by the Global Sumud Flotilla. The group said more than 80 boats and around 1,000 international participants will take part in the initiative in a renewed attempt to reach the besieged enclave by sea. It follows a previous high-profile journey across the Mediterranean that drew global attention before Israeli forces illegally intercepted the vessels and detained activists near Gaza. https://www.sott.net/article/505561-Flotilla-coalition-prepares-renewed-mission-to-break-Gaza-siege Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:44:16 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505557-Reclaiming-our-own-birthright-We-might-need-to-amend-the-Constitution "Well, it's a new world. It's the same Constitution." Those words from Chief Justice John Roberts during this week's oral arguments signaled that the conservative justices are unlikely to reject birthright citizenship. Of course, nothing is certain until this summer when the Court issues its opinion in Trump v. Barbara. However, we need to consider the need for a 28th Amendment to reaffirm the meaning of citizenship. As some of us stressed before the oral argument, the odds were against the administration prevailing in the case, given more than a century of countervailing precedent. There are good-faith arguments against reading the 14th Amendment as supporting citizenship for any child born in this country. It is doubtful that the drafters of the 14th Amendment could have envisioned millions of births to illegal aliens. They surely did not imagine foreigners coming to this country for the purpose of giving birth — or even, without ever entering the U.S., contracting multiple U.S.... https://www.sott.net/article/505557-Reclaiming-our-own-birthright-We-might-need-to-amend-the-Constitution Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:50:45 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505556-Colorado-forcing-lawyers-to-swear-they-wont-help-feds-catch-illegals Lawyers in the Mile High State are now being strong-armed by Democrats into signing a radical anti-immigration-enforcement pledge just to do their jobs. Starting March 30, 2026, every private attorney logging into Colorado's official Courts E-Filing system (CCE) must certify - under penalty of perjury - that they will never use or share non-public personal information from court records to assist federal immigration authorities. Refuse? You're shut out of the system entirely. No filing lawsuits, no checking case files, no representing clients in state court. Period. The certification reads in part: "I certify under penalty of perjury that I will not use personal identifying information obtained from the database... for the purpose of investigating for, participating in, cooperating with, or assisting in federal immigration enforcement, including enforcement of civil immigration laws and 8 U.S.C. sec. 1325 or 1326, unless required by federal or state law or to comply with a... https://www.sott.net/article/505556-Colorado-forcing-lawyers-to-swear-they-wont-help-feds-catch-illegals Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:37:52 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505555-ActBlue-lawyers-privately-feared-the-organization-likely-lied-to-Congress-about-illegal-foreign-donations ActBlue told Congress in 2023 that it took "multilayered" steps to "root out" illegal donations from foreign citizens. But it turns out "some of the steps ... described were not always followed," according to a new report from The New York Times ActBlue Chief Executive Regina Wallace-Jones claimed in a 2023 letter to Congress that ActBlue conducted "'multilayered' screenings of contributions that helped 'root out' those from overseas," the New York Times reported. Such screening claimed to have included processing donations that came from foreign mailing addresses only if the donor had a U.S. passport number. Wallace-Jones also reportedly told Congress that ActBlue would refund donations to those who did not provide a passport number. But Covington & Burling, the firm then representing ActBlue, found "some of the steps [Wallace-Jones] had described were not always followed." As The Times reported, citing a memo Covington sent to ActBlue, donors who used Apple Pay, PayPal or... https://www.sott.net/article/505555-ActBlue-lawyers-privately-feared-the-organization-likely-lied-to-Congress-about-illegal-foreign-donations Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:15:50 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505552-Sharia-Law-in-Texas-Rep-exposes-Muslim-only-enclaves-operating-next-to-police-HQs Parallel societies are already functioning in defiance of American law. Texas Congressman Keith Self has dropped a bombshell on the growing reality of Sharia-adherent communities taking root inside the United States. Far from some future hypothetical, these enclaves are here, now, and operating openly in his own district. Self laid it out plainly: "Sharia is alive, well, and operating in Plano, Texas. Right now, as I speak, there is an existing Sharia-adherent enclave run by the East Plano Islamic Center in my congressional district. It's been functioning for 12 years right in our midst. This is not a hypothetical or future threat. It is here, now and operational. "It is a parallel society, a de facto Sharia enclave operating in defiance of full assimilation into American law situated immediately adjacent to the very law enforcement facilities meant to protect our communities." https://www.sott.net/article/505552-Sharia-Law-in-Texas-Rep-exposes-Muslim-only-enclaves-operating-next-to-police-HQs Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:13:13 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505548-Americas-socalled-energy-independence You've heard it. Trump says it. Energy secretaries say it on Fox News with straight faces. "America is energy independent. We produce more oil than we consume. We're a net exporter". It sounds great. It's also, at best, a half-truth dressed up in a tuxedo. I went down this particular rabbit hole so you don't have to. As this is not my main area of expertise: if (when) I get something wrong → the comments are right there below. Crude oil is what comes out of the ground. It's the raw stuff. You ship it to a refinery, the refinery cooks it, and out the other end comes gasoline, diesel, jet fuel. That's what moves your car, your truck, and your country. The US produces a lot of crude. Record amounts, actually - around 13.6 million barrels a day in 2025. Nobody produces more. And yes, the US does export some of that crude to other countries. But the US also imports crude. A lot of it. 6.2 million barrels a day, to be exact. https://www.sott.net/article/505548-Americas-socalled-energy-independence Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:19:16 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505531-Foreigners-now-commit-nearly-half-of-all-rapes-in-Austria-Syrians-largest-foreign-group-of-suspects The number of rape suspects in Austria has more than doubled since 2015, with foreign nationals — and Syrians in particular — driving a disproportionate share of the increase. In addition, foreigners nare now responsible for nearly half of all rapes, a major increase from 2015 as well. The figures, provided by Austria's Interior Ministry in response to a request by Austrian newspaper exxpress, paint a striking picture of a decade-long trend. The composition of those suspects has shifted markedly. In 2015, 250 of the 688 suspects were foreign nationals — 36.3 percent of the total. By 2025, that number had risen to 538, representing 46.9 percent of all suspects, despite foreign nationals making up only 20.5 percent of Austria's population. https://www.sott.net/article/505531-Foreigners-now-commit-nearly-half-of-all-rapes-in-Austria-Syrians-largest-foreign-group-of-suspects Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:25:33 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505528-Inside-Gavin-Newsoms-empire-of-fraud California is a cash machine. The state collects some of the country's highest income, business, and fuel taxes, and now spends more than $300 billion per year. And yet, everywhere you look, California seems to be falling apart. The roads are crumbling. Mismanaged wildfires have turned neighborhoods into ash. Drug addiction and homelessness have metastasized, turning parts of Los Angeles and San Francisco into no-go zones. And the cost-of-living crisis is pricing middle-class taxpayers out of basic necessities like groceries and gas, even as the state spends billions on welfare programs that never seem to lift anyone out of poverty. Californians are beginning to ask: Where is all this money going? On paper, it funds public services. But beneath the surface, something else is happening: massive, systematic, brazen fraud. https://www.sott.net/article/505528-Inside-Gavin-Newsoms-empire-of-fraud Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:23:34 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505527-BBC-embroiled-in-another-pedophile-scandal The BBC has been embroiled in yet another scandal involving child sexual abuse allegations against one of its top presenters. On Monday, the British state broadcaster confirmed that it fired the star of its Radio 2 breakfast show, Scott Mills, "following allegations about his personal conduct." It did not elaborate further. According to Sky News, the BBC presenter was being probed over past allegations of sexually abusing a child under the age of 16 - the UK's age of consent. The Metropolitan Police had initially launched an investigation in December 2016 relating to "allegations of serious sexual offenses against a teenage boy," the news channel reported on Tuesday, citing law enforcement. https://www.sott.net/article/505527-BBC-embroiled-in-another-pedophile-scandal Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:22:36 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505526-Poland-rejects-unofficial-US-request-to-redeploy-Patriot-batteries-to-West-Asia Poland has rejected an "unofficial" US request to deploy one of its Patriot air defense systems to West Asia, Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced on 31 March, following reports by Polish daily Rzeczpospolita that Washington had informally approached Warsaw amid rising regional tensions. Kosiniak-Kamysz stated: "Our Patriot batteries and their armaments are used to protect Polish airspace and NATO's eastern flank. Nothing is changing in this regard and we are not planning to move them anywhere! Our allies are well aware of and understand how important our tasks are here. Poland's security is an absolute priority." Rzeczpospolita reported that the US approach was informal and did not involve a formal request, adding that Washington sought to temporarily borrow one of Poland's two Patriot batteries as part of efforts to defend US-linked assets across West Asia from Iranian strikes. https://www.sott.net/article/505526-Poland-rejects-unofficial-US-request-to-redeploy-Patriot-batteries-to-West-Asia Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:22:21 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505517-Drug-companies-Pfizer-and-BioNTech-halt-US-COVID-vaccine-study-after-recruitment-struggles Vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech halted a large U.S. trial of their updated COVID-19 ​vaccine in healthy adults aged 50 to 64, saying enrollment in the trials had been too low to generate the needed data. In a letter to trial investigators dated March 30, seen by Reuters and previously unreported, Pfizer said it would stop surveillance for signs of COVID illness for all participants in the study after April 3. Enrollment was closed on March 6, following a review of current epidemiological trends, it said. The move comes as COVID vaccine makers grapple with pushback from the U.S. administration and weak U.S. demand for the shots. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration toughened requirements for COVID ​vaccine use last year, including asking for large, placebo-controlled trials in the 50-64 age group for it to be included in recommendations. https://www.sott.net/article/505517-Drug-companies-Pfizer-and-BioNTech-halt-US-COVID-vaccine-study-after-recruitment-struggles Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:37:35 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505514-The-rope-is-for-Arabs-only-Israels-new-death-penalty-law-for-Palestinians-recycles-a-colonial-playbook The passing of the recent Israeli death penalty law legalizes an already existing policy of executions within a set schedule. The same colonial logic governs how Israel launches its wars: first Gaza, then Lebanon, now Iran. Resistance in this region is refusing Israel's timetable of death. The picture of Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir jubilantly trying to open a champagne bottle on the Knesset floor over the passing of a death penalty law for Palestinians will be anchored in history as one of those photographs that needs no caption. It's the image of a country that has never truly left the colonial moment into which it was born. It didn't simply inherit British practices, but kept them alive for over 70 years. It now reaches back to retrieve one of the darkest of these practices. https://www.sott.net/article/505514-The-rope-is-for-Arabs-only-Israels-new-death-penalty-law-for-Palestinians-recycles-a-colonial-playbook Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:18:09 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505512-The-era-of-deportations-has-begun-European-Parliament-backs-remigration-efforts-in-major-victory-for-the-European-right The vote paves the way for stricter deportation rules, expanded detention, and the possible use of return hubs outside the European Union. The European Parliament has taken a major step toward a far tougher migration regime, approving a new negotiating mandate for legislation designed to speed up the deportation of illegal migrants and tighten enforcement across the bloc. In a vote on Thursday, MEPs backed the so-called Returns Regulation by 389 votes to 206, with 32 abstentions, clearing the way for talks with the European Council on a new legal framework governing the removal of illegal migrants who have no right to remain in the European Union. The result was driven by support from a broad right-wing and center-right coalition, including the European People's Party (EPP), the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN), and Patriots for Europe (PfE), illustrating how the balance of power on migration has shifted in Brussels. https://www.sott.net/article/505512-The-era-of-deportations-has-begun-European-Parliament-backs-remigration-efforts-in-major-victory-for-the-European-right Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:56:59 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505505-Atlanta-robot-security-dogs-now-giving-commands-to-Americans Slippery slope to automated enforcement as machines take over city patrols amid rising crime In the latest escalation of tech-driven "security" in American cities, Atlanta has unleashed robot security dogs that are actively issuing verbal commands to citizens on the streets. A new video exposes how these mechanical enforcers operate with zero discretion: one woman greets the device warmly, complies instantly, and still gets reported to police. These four-legged units, deployed by companies such as Undaunted Robotics across Atlanta apartment complexes, parking lots, and construction sites, patrol 24/7 with cameras, lights, sirens, and speakers. https://www.sott.net/article/505505-Atlanta-robot-security-dogs-now-giving-commands-to-Americans Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:56:15 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505500-Idaho-passes-strictest-law-In-the-US-for-transgenders-using-incorrect-bathrooms The transgender movement is widely regarded as a political insurgency rather than a civil rights movement, and for good reason. Leftist activists often declare themselves to be "trans" as a political statement, even when they don't actually suffer from gender dysphoria, a rare mental illness that has little to do with gay rights or "social justice". Children, by extension, are easily manipulated by such activists in the form of parents and teachers, and they tend to declare they are trans in order to please the brainwashing lunatics in their lives. The idea that gender is an amorphous condition separate from biological sex is pure theory based on little or no scientific data. In a non-political and truly scientific environment gender identity claims are treated as ideological, not tangible. In other words, trans is a trend, not an inherent sexual identity group that needs to be protected from discrimination. The purpose of the transgender movement is to further deconstruct western... https://www.sott.net/article/505500-Idaho-passes-strictest-law-In-the-US-for-transgenders-using-incorrect-bathrooms Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:10:32 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505498-Blue-states-still-facing-mass-taxpayer-exodus-long-after-COVID Remember when blues state Democrats tried to enforce sweeping pandemic mandates for years after it became clear that covid was not the "mass killer" that the supposed experts claimed it would be? Remember when they called for people to be jailed for publicly speaking about scientific facts that contradicted the narrative? Remember when they called for people's children to be taken away if they refused to vaccinate? Remember how millions of people left blue states in response to the far-left madness? Well, Democrats are now pretending that none of that ever happened, but they can't hide the continuing consequences of their draconian policies. The historic population shift that escalated during the pandemic era is still well underway, though the causes are now more economic than political. We recently covered New York Governor Kathy Hochul's sad attempt to beg wealthy NY taxpayers to stop leaving her state. However, New York is only one of multiple blue regions being crushed by an... https://www.sott.net/article/505498-Blue-states-still-facing-mass-taxpayer-exodus-long-after-COVID Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:25:12 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505496-The-horror-Justice-Ketanji-Brown-Jackson-warns-against-unbridled-free-speech "No one knows what will happen now" Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is again warning of a growing threat to the nation. In her lone dissent in Chiles v. Salazar, Jackson observed that "to be completely frank, no one knows what will happen now." The ominous tone stemmed from the fact that free speech had prevailed over state-imposed orthodoxy in a Colorado case. Eight justices, including her two liberal colleagues, ruled that Colorado could not prevent licensed counselors from "any practice or treatment" that "attempts or purports to change" a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity. The win for free speech was catastrophic for Jackson and many on the left. Allowing counselors to discuss the causes and basis for sexual orientation changes, Jackson maintained, would "open a can of worms." It would be far better for the majority to simply silence such dissenting voices in the name of science. The dissent in Chiles is only the latest example of the chilling jurisprudence of Justice... https://www.sott.net/article/505496-The-horror-Justice-Ketanji-Brown-Jackson-warns-against-unbridled-free-speech Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:50:23 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505491-Data-shows-where-ICE-has-been-more-effective-and-why Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that President Donald Trump "is seeking to lower the profile of his mass deportation effort, and has directed his top advisers to adopt a new approach on one of his central campaign promises." According to the report, Trump has had conversations with his top advisors and First Lady Melania Trump in which he's indicated that he's "become convinced that some of his administration's deportation policies have gone too far, and voters don't like the term 'mass deportation.'" The desire for an immigration reset is being driven in part by Trump's White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, who believes the president's immigration team has turned one of his marquee issues into more of a challenging issue ahead of the midterms, the people said. As a result, the administration is attempting to change not only how it talks about the issue — but also what actual enforcement looks like on the ground. The report also explains that White House border czar... https://www.sott.net/article/505491-Data-shows-where-ICE-has-been-more-effective-and-why Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:20:55 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505490-Supreme-Court-weighs-Trump-bid-to-end-birthright-citizenship-in-test-of-second-term-agenda The Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to weigh whether President Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship withstands constitutional and legal muster, a case that tests a key aspect of the president's second-term immigration agenda. At issue in the case, known as Trump v. Barbara, is whether Mr. Trump's directive, issued on his first day back in the White House, comports with the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause and federal immigration law. The dispute arrives at the high court as its conservative majority has handed the president several preliminary victories in cases over his immigration policies, allowing some of them to be enforced while legal proceedings continue. But opponents of the birthright citizenship order hope the justices will hand him a defeat in this case, especially after the court struck down Mr. Trump's most sweeping tariffs in February. The president has condemned the Supreme Court in the wake of that decision, attacking two of the... https://www.sott.net/article/505490-Supreme-Court-weighs-Trump-bid-to-end-birthright-citizenship-in-test-of-second-term-agenda Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:15:15 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505481-Chancellor-Merz-finally-admits-reality-A-considerable-proportion-of-violence-in-Germany-comes-from-immigrant-groups Foreigners are responsible for half of gang rapes, 65% of sexual violence in German trains and train stations, and 40% of violent incidents in the school system The debate over violence in German society and schools has reached a boiling point in the Bundestag, pitting Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his supporters against critics who accuse him of racism, including a Left Party politician who published a photo of herself on Instagram giving him the middle finger. The controversy intensified following a session where Merz addressed the issue of digital and analog violence, particularly against women. "We have exploding violence in our society, both in the analog and digital space, and we must do something about it together," said Merz. However, he said that one must then also talk about where this violence comes from, he said to applause from members of the CDU/CSU and the AfD. https://www.sott.net/article/505481-Chancellor-Merz-finally-admits-reality-A-considerable-proportion-of-violence-in-Germany-comes-from-immigrant-groups Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:57:43 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505480-Award-winning-US-journalist-Shelly-Kittleson-kidnapped-in-Baghdad Iraq's Interior Ministry has confirmed that a foreign journalist has been kidnapped in Iraq, however, it did not provide any further details about the identity of the reporter. Shelly Kittleson, a US award-winning freelance journalist, was kidnapped by unidentified people in Baghdad on Tuesday. According to a report by Al-Monitor, sources from the Trump administration were aware of the threat against her and had advised her not to travel to Iraq. Iraq's Interior Ministry has confirmed that a foreign journalist has been kidnapped in Iraq, however, it did not provide any further details about the identity of the reporter. "The Ministry of the Interior announces that, in the evening of this day, a foreign journalist encountered an incident of kidnapping by unknown people, and immediately the specialized security forces dispatched their duties to pursue the criminals, according to accurate intelligence information and an intensive field effort to track the path of the kidnappers", the... https://www.sott.net/article/505480-Award-winning-US-journalist-Shelly-Kittleson-kidnapped-in-Baghdad Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:40:21 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505478-Project-Hail-Mary-raking-it-in-Writer-credits-not-going-woke-for-films-success With an $80.6 million domestic opening weekend, a 95% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 96% audience score, Project Hail Mary is an undeniable blockbuster hit. By its second weekend, the movie crossed $300 million worldwide and dethroned Avatar: Fire and Ash as the top-grossing Hollywood film of 2026 in North America. It's become the second-biggest non-franchise opening over the past decade, after Oppenheimer. The Hollywood Reporter published a piece titled "Project Hail Mary: 4 Lessons Hollywood Won't Learn From Its Success," pointing to smart storytelling, sincerity, patience, and practical effects as the pillars behind the film's blockbuster performance. That's a solid four. But, it predictably missed the fifth, and arguably most important point: Don't go woke. In the movie, Ryan Gosling plays Ryland Grace, a science teacher and biologist who wakes up alone on a deep-space mission to figure out how to stop a microorganism from dimming the sun. He eventually makes contact... https://www.sott.net/article/505478-Project-Hail-Mary-raking-it-in-Writer-credits-not-going-woke-for-films-success Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:53:48 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505476-Denver-restaurants-will-now-only-serve-water-upon-request-under-new-Stage-1-drought-restrictions Water restrictions due to Colorado's unseasonably warm winter were declared this week in Denver, meaning certain restrictions are being applied to all customers — including restaurants. Specifically, the resolution signed by the Denver Board of Water Commissioners means restaurants and catering companies can only serve water to customers upon request. A spokesperson with Denver Water said it is a mandatory practice under the current restrictions, which went into effect on March 25 and will last until April 30 of 2027, or until further notice. Denver7 confirmed with Denver Water that a restaurant can still offer water to their customers. A spokesperson with Denver Water said in an email that "this is not a restriction against hydration" and that the goal is to eliminate water waste. https://www.sott.net/article/505476-Denver-restaurants-will-now-only-serve-water-upon-request-under-new-Stage-1-drought-restrictions Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:31:06 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505475-Charlie-Kirk-bullet-analysis-finds-no-conclusive-link-to-rifle-found-near-scene An analysis from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive (ATF) could not conclusively connect a bullet fragment recovered during Charlie Kirk's autopsy to the rifle found near the scene of the rightwing political activist's killing - and the FBI is running additional tests, lawyers for Kirk's accused murderer said in recent court filings. In the court filings, Tyler Robinson's defense team also asked for a delay to a preliminary hearing scheduled in May, saying they need time to review the bullet analysis as well as an enormous amount of other material that could contribute to the suspect's defense. The ATF's bullet analysis report has been kept private, but attorneys have cited snippets in other public filings that say the results were inconclusive. https://www.sott.net/article/505475-Charlie-Kirk-bullet-analysis-finds-no-conclusive-link-to-rifle-found-near-scene Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:27:50 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505466-Testing-How-to-create-a-pandemic-of-fake-disease Last week, I was reading the latest module of the UK's Covid Inquiry while working on our most recent Covid Factcheck, and I came across this paragraph... From 24 June 2020, hospitals in England were required to undertake testing of asymptomatic patients upon admission and subsequently During the "pandemic", hospitals were testing all patients for Covid - symptoms or no - multiple times. I found myself wondering if people really see how directives like this one were used to build a pandemic from nothing at all. With reports of a "new variant" tearing across the United States, I thought now would be a good time to remind people how exactly "Covid" tests worked and what they were for. Not in the biochemical way. We're not talking RNA here, we're talking about psycho-social manipulation: How test protocols can be used to create the impression of a pandemic that doesn't actually exist. So, to help people understand - and help those who already understand explain it to others - I wanted... https://www.sott.net/article/505466-Testing-How-to-create-a-pandemic-of-fake-disease Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:27:35 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505463-Gerald-R-Ford-out-of-commission-for-one-year-Whats-wrong-with-Americas-most-advanced-carrier The nuclear-powered USS Gerald R. Ford, the most advanced aircraft carrier in the United States Navy and the only vessel in its class, is presently anchored in Croatia's port of Split for repairs and maintenance. Media reports have indicated the ship is there to stay, since repairs after a major "laundry fire" and prolonged deployment could take between 12 and 14 months. Delivered years behind schedule in May 2017, the Ford was by far the most expensive American warship ever constructed, costing $13.2 billion. The latest prolonged deployment of the ship began on June 24 and included combat operations during the US raid on Venezuela to kidnap President Nicolas Maduro, as well as in the ongoing US-Israeli attack on Iran. The supercarrier ended up hastily withdrawn from the Middle East theater in mid-March, having suffered a supposedly non-combat-related fire. The ship briefly moored at Crete for damage assessment before heading to Croatia for maintenance. https://www.sott.net/article/505463-Gerald-R-Ford-out-of-commission-for-one-year-Whats-wrong-with-Americas-most-advanced-carrier Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:44:43 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505454-Florida-election-volunteer-arrested-for-stealing-encrypted-access-key-ahead-of-special-election-won-by-Democrat A Palm Beach, Florida, elections volunteer was arrested for stealing computer equipment encrypted access key ahead of a special election where a Democrat won by 800 votes. John Panicci was arrested on Friday for taking sensitive computer equipment and other supplies on March 19 ahead of the March 24 special election. As previously reported, a Democrat flipped a Florida state house district that includes President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. Emily Gregory won state house district 87 in last Tuesday night's special election. https://www.sott.net/article/505454-Florida-election-volunteer-arrested-for-stealing-encrypted-access-key-ahead-of-special-election-won-by-Democrat Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:38:48 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505450-North-Carolina-Judge-Loretta-Biggs-vindicates-voter-ID-for-state It took seven years, one reversed injunction, and an Obama-appointed judge to settle what most Americans already believed: requiring a photo to vote is not a civil rights violation. This week, U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs dropped a 134-page ruling upholding North Carolina's photo voter ID law and dismissing claims by the state NAACP and other left-wing civil rights organizations that Republicans designed the 2018 requirement to discriminate against black and Latino voters. The decision is a huge victory for Republican legislative leaders, who have been litigating this question since the law passed, and it comes at a critical time, as the SAVE America Act is being obstructed by Democrats in the U.S. Senate. https://www.sott.net/article/505450-North-Carolina-Judge-Loretta-Biggs-vindicates-voter-ID-for-state Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:27:45 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505441-Iceland-Strips-Father-of-Custody-After-Questioning-Gender-Transitioning-of-his-Minor-Child We just discussed the horrifying story of a Christian family in Sweden who have been unable to regain custody of their daughters after the government declared them religious extremists. In Iceland, a father has been stripped of his parental rights after speaking out against his 11-year-old autistic son's sex change. Alexandre Rocha, a French national who has lived in Iceland for 25 years, lost custody of the child to the child's mother in December after questioning the long-term impacts of puberty blockers and hormone therapies. Rocha says that his child is confused and exposed to little beyond video games. He argued that his child's autism and the trauma of the marital separation led to the findings of mental and emotional instability. He believes that his child was pulled along this course, attracted by the attention from the various advisers. The issue is not who is right or wrong, but why Iceland would terminate his parental rights because he has spoken out against what he... https://www.sott.net/article/505441-Iceland-Strips-Father-of-Custody-After-Questioning-Gender-Transitioning-of-his-Minor-Child Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:07:16 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505431-Homan-ICE-to-leave-airports-when-enough-TSA-officers-return-to-work Tom Homan said ICE agents would remain at their posts until airports could resume regular operations. Border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would remain at airports until TSA officers are able to resume normal operations. "We're going to continue an ICE presence there, and until the airports feel like they're in 100%, you know, in a posture where they can do normal operations," Homan said in an interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation." "So if less TSA agents come back, that means we'll keep more ICE agents there." His comments come days after President Donald Trump directed the Department of Homeland Security to pay Transportation Security Administration officers as the partial shutdown continues. Homan said in a separate Sunday interview on CNN's "State of the Union" that TSA officers will "hopefully" get paid by Monday or Tuesday. https://www.sott.net/article/505431-Homan-ICE-to-leave-airports-when-enough-TSA-officers-return-to-work Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:08:06 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505428-Israeli-police-block-Catholic-cardinal-from-Palm-Sunday-Mass-at-Jerusalems-Holy-Sepulchre The incident marks "the first time in centuries" Palm Sunday Mass couldn't be celebrated where many believe Jesus was crucified, according to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. World leaders have voiced concern after Israeli police prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday. Pizzaballa had attempted to travel to the church within Jerusalem's Old City with the Rev. Francesco Ielpo, the church's official guardian, to celebrate Palm Sunday Mass, according to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. It said the two were stopped en route and compelled to turn back, marking "the first time in centuries" that Palm Sunday Mass could not be celebrated at the church, which is the holiest site in Christianity, built where many believe Jesus was crucified. https://www.sott.net/article/505428-Israeli-police-block-Catholic-cardinal-from-Palm-Sunday-Mass-at-Jerusalems-Holy-Sepulchre Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:38:39 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505419-QatarEnergy-declares-force-majeure-for-LNG-shipments-through-May-representing-as-many-as-90-cargoes The already dismal LNG supply situation just got worse. With up to 20% of global LNG flows shuttered due to the ongoing blockade of the Hormuz Strait and the extensive damage of Qatar LNG infrastructure, QatarEnergy has declared force majeure on some of ⁠its long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contracts, including for customers ⁠in Italy, Belgium, South Korea ⁠and China, effectively canceling contractual obligations. That would represent as many as 90 cargoes according to Bloomberg. The move on Tuesday comes amid ongoing production and supply disruptions caused by the United States-Israeli war on Iran. https://www.sott.net/article/505419-QatarEnergy-declares-force-majeure-for-LNG-shipments-through-May-representing-as-many-as-90-cargoes Sun, 29 Mar 2026 19:03:36 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505418-Dont-Be-Evil-Googles-motto-becomes-a-jury-verdict-in-California Below is my column in the New York Post on the California verdict against Google and Meta. Google's "Don't Be Evil" went from a motto to a jury verdict. The jury clearly believed that these companies were malicious and manipulative toward minors, but there remain considerable questions over the basis for the liability of social media companies. Here is the column: Google once had a motto: "Don't be evil." In its reorganization in 2015, the motto was changed to "Do the right thing." According to a California jury this week, neither motto stuck. In a historic verdict against both Google and Meta, a jury found that the companies maliciously designed their social media products to addict children, including the plaintiff, who was known only as Kaley or KGM. The jury heard testimony of efforts to "target" young users and feed an addiction to social media and YouTube. The jury awarded Kaley $3 million in compensatory damages divided between Meta (70%) and Google (30%). It then awarded... https://www.sott.net/article/505418-Dont-Be-Evil-Googles-motto-becomes-a-jury-verdict-in-California Sun, 29 Mar 2026 19:00:36 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505412-Conservative-EU-MEPs-warn-of-no-go-zones-tied-to-mass-immigration-and-Islamization A new report argues that areas of state retreat and parallel societies are spreading across Western Europe and are being fueled by uncontrolled immigration and Islamist entrenchment A new report backed by European conservative lawmakers is sounding the alarm over what it describes as the spread of "no-go zones" across the European Union, linking the phenomenon directly to mass immigration, Islamization, and the breakdown of state authority in major urban areas. The report was presented at a press conference on Wednesday by Sweden Democrats MEP Charlie Weimers, French nationalist MEP Marion Maréchal, and Brothers of Italy MEP Nicola Procaccini. Published by New Direction, the foundation tied to the ECR parliamentary group, the study argues that large parts of Europe are witnessing the rise of "parallel societies where the laws of the State are increasingly replaced by the codes of radicalisation and the rule of violence." https://www.sott.net/article/505412-Conservative-EU-MEPs-warn-of-no-go-zones-tied-to-mass-immigration-and-Islamization Sat, 28 Mar 2026 22:50:37 +0000