Following two recent attacks that appear to have been motivated by antisemitism, Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, says such threats have reached a frightening level.   “When it comes to the antisemitic violence that we have seen, I don’t think the threat level has been this high in decades,” Pfluger told The Daily Signal ahead of a Congressional hearing aimed at looking at the threat of antisemitism and terror attacks in the U.S.   “I want to stick up for the Jewish community who right now feels very, very vulnerable because of the attacks,” Pfluger said.   On June 1, less than two weeks after two Israeli Embassy staff members were shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., Mohamed Soliman carried out an attack in Boulder, Colorado against a group standing in solidarity with the hostages still in Gaza. Soliman was in the U.S. illegally on an expired visa.   But if someone who is admitted to the U.S. on a visa “can become radicalized,” Pfluger says, “then what about the ones who we know are already affiliated with these terror groups that are in this country?”   Plfuger, chairman of the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, will host a hearing Wednesday titled, “The Rise of Anti-Israel Extremist Groups and Their Threat to U.S. National Security.”  While the threat of antisemitism is not a new issue, the Texas congressman says the hearing is aiming to understand if there is a link “between this terrorist style mindset, illegal immigration, online radicalization, and those that would perpetrate crimes that are associated with an anti-Jewish, antisemitic type of narrative.”   Four experts are slated to testify before the House Homeland Security subcommittee, including: Kerry Sleeper, deputy director of intelligence and information sharing at Secure Community Network; Oren Segal, senior vice president of counter-extremism and intelligence at the Anti-Defamation League; James Carafano, a leading national security expert at The Heritage Foundation; and Julie Fishman Rayman, senior vice president of policy and political Affairs at the American Jewish Committee.   The witnesses “come from a variety of experiences with a lot of knowledge on this, both in and out of government,” Plfuger said, noting that there are Democrats and Republicans among the witnesses.  Plfuger says he is hopeful the experts can shed light on how individuals are becoming radicalized to “the point that they would commit terrorist actions which result in the loss of life.”  Following the hearing, Plfuger anticipates introducing legislation that would allow for greater prosecution of, “and raise the penalties on, those that are not here legally, [and] understand those that have those affiliations that are very concerning,” he said.   The rise in antisemitism is an issue Congress must address and is also a cultural one stemming from “a lack of education,” Plfuger said.   From growing up in an area that valued the protection of Israel, to later training and serving alongside members of the Israel Defense Forces during his military career, to completing a fellowship at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy focused on protecting Israel from the Iranian threat, Plfuger says protecting Israel is a personal issue for him.   Wednesday’s hearing begins at 10:30 a.m. and can be viewed on the House Homeland Security Committee’s YouTube channel.   The post ‘I Don’t Think the Threat Level Has Been This High in Decades,’ Congressman Says of Antisemitic Violence appeared first on The Daily Signal.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. As part of a broader campaign to expand its global influence in the digital era, the European Union has introduced a sweeping International Digital Strategy that leans heavily on centralized infrastructure, digital identity systems, and regulatory frameworks that raise significant questions about online freedoms and privacy. The European Commission, in announcing the initiative, stressed its intent to collaborate with foreign governments on a range of areas, prominently featuring digital identity systems and what it calls “Digital Public Infrastructure.” These frameworks, which have garnered widespread support from transnational institutions such as the United Nations and the World Economic Forum, are being marketed as tools to streamline cross-border commerce and improve mobility. However, for privacy advocates, the strategy raises red flags due to its promotion of interoperable digital ID programs and a surveillance-oriented model of governance under the guise of efficiency. According to the strategy documents, one of the EU’s objectives is to drive mutual recognition of electronic trust services, including digital IDs, across partner nations such as Ukraine, Moldova, and several Balkan and Latin American countries. This aligns with the EU’s ambitions to propagate its model of the Digital Identity Wallet, an initiative that privacy campaigners warn could entrench government control over personal data. The strategy also outlines measures to deepen cooperation on global digital regulation, including laws that govern online speech. While framed as promoting “freedom of expression, democracy, and citizens’ privacy,” these efforts are closely tied to the enforcement of the Digital Services Act (DSA), which mandates extensive platform compliance and systemic risk monitoring. The DSA’s application includes obligations around child protection, a frequently used rationale for expanded content moderation, and identification requirements online. On page 11 of the strategy, the EU commits to ramping up its fight against what it refers to as Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI), promising increased attribution of such activities. This reinforces the trend toward institutionalizing information control and delegitimizing foreign narratives under an expansive definition of interference. The EU also seeks to entrench its model of digital governance through alignment programs with countries like India, Brazil, Egypt, and Uruguay, particularly in the areas of digital ID interoperability and public infrastructure development. It praises the UN’s Global Digital Compact, an agreement aimed at shaping global internet rules, including digital identity and content regulation, as a shared foundation for the future digital order. Age verification requirements also feature in the EU’s efforts, particularly through its promotion of the DSA. The strategy designates the “protection and empowerment of minors online” as a global priority, language that, while outwardly protective, frequently serves as a pretext for requiring more stringent surveillance mechanisms and platform moderation tools. In framing digital transformation as both an economic imperative and a security concern, the EU’s strategy reinforces a convergence of interests between state power and corporate infrastructure. It is a vision of the digital future where identity verification, regulatory harmonization, and global partnerships coalesce into a tightly managed ecosystem, one that may leave little space for meaningful privacy and anonymous participation online. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post European Union Unveils International Strategy Pushing Digital ID Systems and Online Censorship appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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Robert SalasFormer U.S. Air Force Captain Robert Salas, a key witness to one of the most significant UFO incidents in military history, has issued a forceful response to the Wall Street Journal’s recent article about Pentagon disinformation. In his rebuttal, Salas dismantles the government’s latest attempt to explain away the 1967 Malmstrom missile incident, accusing officials of spreading falsehoods to conceal the truth. The Wall Street Journal’s June 6 article cited the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) claiming the 1967 incident, where ten nuclear missiles mysteriously failed during a UFO encounter, was actually caused by a secret electromagnetic pulse test. Salas, who was on duty that night, calls this explanation “a fantasy” and provides multiple reasons why it cannot be true. During a two-hour presentation to AARO investigators in February 2023, Salas says they never mentioned any “terrestrial explanation” for the incident. When he asked if they would verify his account with the Air Force, they admitted the USAF was not cooperating with their investigation. This lack of basic verification raises serious questions about AARO’s claims. The Journal’s description of a massive 60-foot EMP generator near the missile site directly contradicts the experience of personnel stationed there. Salas notes that such a device would have been impossible to hide from security teams, yet no one reported seeing it. More importantly, missile crews were never briefed about EMP testing – an unthinkable oversight during the Cold War when nuclear readiness was paramount. Declassified documents further undermine the Pentagon’s story. A secret 1967 telex from Strategic Air Command called the missile failures “cause for grave concern” and demanded an investigation. Boeing’s investigative team, led by Robert Kaminski, later concluded there was “no technical explanation” for the shutdowns. Notably, their report never mentioned EMP testing as a possible cause. Multiple eyewitnesses reported seeing a glowing object hovering above the missile silos that night. Security personnel were reportedly terrified by what they saw – a reaction that makes no sense if this was simply an authorized test. Base logs from the time confirm numerous UFO sightings were reported around Malmstrom that evening. From a scientific standpoint, the EMP explanation fails basic scrutiny. Historical nuclear tests like Starfish Prime in 1962 demonstrated that electromagnetic pulses cause permanent damage to electronics, yet Malmstrom’s missiles returned to normal operation shortly after the incident. The Department of Energy has confirmed no nuclear tests occurred on the dates in question. Salas’s rebuttal presents a clear case: the Pentagon’s latest explanation doesn’t withstand examination. His account, supported by documentation and multiple witnesses, suggests officials are still attempting to obscure what really happened that night in 1967. The former missile officer is now calling for congressional hearings with sworn testimony from all witnesses and full declassification of documents related to the incident. His challenge to the Wall Street Journal to publish his complete rebuttal puts additional pressure on media outlets to scrutinize the government’s changing narratives. This controversy comes at a critical time as AARO prepares to release more findings about historical UFO cases. Salas’s detailed refutation raises serious questions about whether the forthcoming report will provide genuine transparency or simply repackage old disinformation. As one of the most credible military witnesses to UFO activity near nuclear facilities, Salas’s testimony cannot be easily dismissed. His rebuttal confronts a decades-long pattern of official deception regarding unidentified aerial phenomena and national security. The post Nuclear Missile Officer Blasts Pentagon’s UFO Cover-Up in Rebuttal to WSJ appeared first on Anomalien.com.

The latest L.A. riots came after ICE began enforcing immigration law and rounding up illegals in downtown Los Angeles, and the New York Times is desperately trying to downplay the radical and violent nature of the so-called protests by calling them “largely peaceful” (i.e., somewhat violent, as a trove of photos from Los Angeles prove). A representative piece is “What to Know About the Immigration Protests in Los Angeles,” with this subhead attached: “Demonstrations against the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration have been largely peaceful, but tensions flared after President Trump ordered National Guard troops to deploy to the city.” The story is wrong right from the subhead. Riots were already ongoing, with stones hurled at cop cars, while the National Guard troops were sent to protect the Los Angeles Federal Building, which came under siege Friday by protesters. The byline was shared by breaking news reporters Yan Zhuang, Anushka Patil, and Remy Tumin, who used that ridiculous phrase “largely peaceful” three more times in their actual report (was “mostly peaceful” still taken by CNN, after the last round of national rioting five years ago?). That defensive description held even as the story documented many violent acts: The protests have been largely peaceful but have flared up in pockets of downtown Los Angeles and in nearby suburbs, as well as in San Francisco. Demonstrations on Sunday afternoon near a downtown detention center were largely peaceful, but some protesters fired fireworks at police officers under a bridge on the nearby U.S. 101 freeway. Several driverless Waymo cars were set on fire in downtown Los Angeles. Mr. Trump described the largely peaceful demonstrators as “insurrectionist mobs” on social media on Sunday, and said Los Angeles had been “invaded and occupied.” As a bonus, the Times also reported: California’s Democratic leaders have blasted Mr. Trump’s order to deploy the National Guard as unnecessary and an inappropriate use of power, while urging protesters to remain peaceful. Too late! A “news analysis” by White House correspondent Tyler Pager, “Trump Jumps at the Chance for a Confrontation in California Over Immigration,” took a petulant attitude toward Trump allies sharing accurate examples of violence. On social media, Mr. Trump, his aides and allies have sought to frame the demonstrations against immigration officials on their own terms. They have shared images and videos of the most violent episodes -- focusing particularly on examples of protesters lashing out at federal agents -- even as many remained peaceful. Officials also zeroed in on demonstrators waving flags of other countries, including Mexico and El Salvador, as evidence of a foreign invasion. The Times even excused the puzzling and hypocritical scenes of rioters waving the flag of the very Mexican homeland they presumably abandoned, apparently angry that their Americans hosts want them to return to that wonderful place, in “The Mexican Flag Has Become a Potent Protest Symbol.” The lead: “Trump officials have cast demonstrators waving the Mexican flag as insurrectionists, but for many protesters who are Mexican American, the flag represents pride in their heritage.” But not proud enough to stay there.

America is on fire — again. But this time, it’s not just cities burning — it’s our identity.In Los Angeles, mobs of masked agitators — many waving the Mexican flag, others clutching Palestinian flags, and some burning the American flag — have taken to the streets, firing guns into the air, hurling rocks at ICE vehicles, blocking traffic, and setting fires.America doesn’t need a savior. It needs a reckoning.Where is the outrage from the media? Where are the helicopters? The FBI raids? The solitary confinement cells? When a handful of peaceful Americans entered the Capitol on January 6, 2021, a great many politely walking between velvet ropes, they were branded “insurrectionists.” Grandmothers were hunted down. Veterans were jailed without bail. But in Los Angeles, when foreign nationals tear through city streets waving foreign flags, they’re “demonstrators.”Give me a break.Illegal alien anarchyWhat we saw in California over the weekend was the result of an illegal invasion. And it isn’t new. These aren’t “immigrants.” A great many are illegal aliens — a term defined by law — who have broken federal immigration law, ignored due process, and poured over our borders with the help of a regime that has openly defied the Constitution.I personally know families who have tried for years to bring a spouse or child to America the legal way. They wait. They pay. They follow the rules. But if you’re an educated Christian refugee from Africa or a skilled engineer from India, you’re told to stand in line. Meanwhile, if you’re a cartel mule from Honduras or a “gotaway” with a gang affiliation, you get flown around the country on the taxpayers’ dime.We’ve abandoned every principle that once defined American immigration: Learn English. Pledge allegiance. Assimilate. Respect the flag.Instead, we have mobs chanting slogans that would have triggered national security alerts a decade ago. Now they trigger hashtags. And while President Trump is calling out the National Guard, California’s “leaders” stall, the courts shrug, and citizens remain unprotected.This isn’t incompetence. It’s sabotage.Our rights usurpedAnd the most dangerous part? We’ve been living under a kind of soft martial law for decades.Since 1938, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure quietly restructured the judiciary under a corporate framework that operates outside the Constitution. These rules merged law and equity courts, nullifying constitutional guarantees and opening the door for administrative tyranny in family courts, juvenile courts, and beyond.Don’t believe me? Try asserting your First, Fourth, or Fifth Amendment rights in a family court. You’ll be laughed out of the room — if your children haven’t already been taken based on an anonymous tip and a judge’s rubber stamp.If martial law is officially declared, the Constitution is suspended. That’s not conjecture — that’s legal doctrine. Read Ex parte Milligan (1866), in which the Supreme Court ruled that martial law cannot be imposed where civilian courts are open. Guess what? They’re not “open” any more — they’re rigged, corrupt, and run by private bar guilds with no accountability to the people.RELATED: The culture war isn’t a distraction — it’s the main front Photo by Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesIt’s an old tactic. In 1933, Adolf Hitler used the Reichstag fire to suspend civil liberties and pass the Enabling Act. In 1992, Peru’s President Alberto Fujimori used a wave of urban chaos and domestic terrorism to declare martial law and dissolve the legislature. In post-9/11 America, we got the Patriot Act, a surveillance dragnet sold to us under the guise of “security.” Now we’re watching the same script play out again — engineered chaos followed by calls for federalized control and, eventually, constitutional suspension under the banner of “safety.”Welcome to the final phase of the coup.While MAGA people wait for Trump to ride in on a white horse, they miss the point: He’s not going to save us. He can’t. No one man can reverse decades of infiltration, judicial fraud, and corporatist collusion.And note to MAGA: Trump gave immunity to the creators of the COVID-19 vaccine, and his “one big, beautiful bill” is fraught with overspending and a government AI takeover, in which all participants have been granted immunity for wrongdoing for a decade.We’re done being silentAmerica doesn’t need a savior. It needs a reckoning.It needs state nullification, legal rebellion, and mass resistance.If waving a Mexican or Palestinian flag while burning the Stars and Stripes makes you feel at home, then I’ve got a simple solution: Go home.Because this isn’t your country. You didn’t build it. You’re not assimilating. You’re here to take, not contribute.And to my liberal neighbors still crying about how “un-American” it is not to allow these criminals to stay: What’s un-American is letting our Constitution be shredded. What’s un-American is flooding our cities with criminals while veterans sleep under bridges.What’s un-American is weaponizing immigration to collapse a sovereign nation.We’re not xenophobes. We’re patriots, and we’re done being silent.

On June 3, University of South Carolina women's basketball head coach Dawn Staley appeared on the “Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay” podcast, where she said that the Gamecocks' semifinal loss to Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes in the 2023 NCAA women's basketball tournament made her temporarily question God.While she didn’t doubt God’s existence, she needed to know “why” the loss happened.“The answer to the why happened a year later,” she said, referring to South Carolina’s 2024 victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes to win the NCAA national championship.“God left me on the why and then followed it up, and I had no words besides it's uncommon favor,” she added.Jason Whitlock translates the meaning behind Staley’s words: “She saw the original Iowa versus South Carolina game as a race war — that she lost to these evil white people … and God's going to show the world that it's black women that dominate college basketball.” “Fearless” guest Steve Kim says Staley is a prime example of “perpetual victimhood.” Given that South Carolina was clearly the superior team in 2023, she “should not question God” but rather her “own coaching ability,” he says.Jason agrees, arguing that Staley “can’t really coach” and “wins with talent.” Her loss to Iowa, he speculates, might have been divine intervention “to show her the penalty for her bigotry.”Before their 2023 semifinal matchup, University of Iowa coach Lisa Bluder described rebounding against South Carolina as akin to going to “a bar fight” due to the players’ physicality, which Staley took as a racial insult against her predominantly black team. After the loss, Staley used Bluder’s comment to criticize what she perceived as racist media narratives around her team.“She wrapped her team and herself in this racial conflict. She thinks team black is better than team white and that team black was going to prevail, and so her whole understanding of religious faith just got blown up,” says Jason.The WNBA, however, thrives on these kinds of racial narratives. That’s likely why the league chose Staley and Renee Montgomery, who has labeled Caitlin Clark fans as racists, to be analysts for CBS Sports' new "WNBA Tip Off" pregame show, which debuted on June 7, ahead of the Indiana Fever vs. Chicago Sky game.The WNBA has “this influx of Caitlin Clark and women's basketball fans, and we want to have our tip-off show built around two women that have a problem with Caitlin Clark and her fans. Could you be any dumber than the WNBA and CBS?” sighs Jason.To hear more of the conversation, watch the video above.Want more from Jason Whitlock?To enjoy more fearless conversations at the crossroads of culture, faith, sports, and comedy with Jason Whitlock, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Numerous Democratic politicians have in recent days returned to their summer 2020 strategy of characterizing violent leftist riots as peaceful protest and President Donald Trump's desire to restore order as both escalatory and authoritarian.Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman, among the standouts in his party who previously refused to join progressives in attacking Israel in the wake of the 2023 Hamas terrorist attacks, proved willing once again to call out his colleagues for their radical approach.The trendU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents executed a number of lawful operations last week in California. Democrats were quick to demonize the federal agents and frame their operations as illegitimate.Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, for instance, accused ICE agents of sowing "terror" and stressed that the city would "not stand for this."California U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla followed suit, stating that the "ICE raids across Los Angeles today are a continuation of a disturbing pattern of extreme and cruel immigration enforcement operations across the country" and demanding "accountability for today's actions."'This is a wake up call for many Democrats.'While Democrats vilified ICE, similarly minded radicals took to the streets, attacking police and federal agents, blockading major thoroughfares, setting fires across the city, and looting downtown businesses.RELATED: VIDEO: Blaze News reporter on scene as tensions escalate in Los Angeles for 4th night Photo by RINGO CHIU/AFP via Getty ImagesAt the outset, Fetterman's comrades were largely silent on the matter, even as police were being brutalized by foreign flag-waving radicals. However, when President Donald Trump called up the National Guard on Saturday and deemed the rioters "troublemakers and insurrectionists," Democrats decided chaos was, actually, a problem — but a problem attributable primarily to Trump.Bass, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, and Massachusetts Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey were among the Democrats who blamed Trump and his administration for the violence and unrest.The exceptionFetterman suggested in a message on Monday that Democrats' failure to condemn the violent and destructive acts committed by the rioters in Los Angeles was not only immoral but a self-own."I unapologetically stand for free speech, peaceful demonstrations, and immigration — but this is not that," wrote Fetterman in a message accompanying a photograph of a rioter standing atop a destroyed car and waving a Mexican flag while nearby other wrecks burned. "This is anarchy and true chaos.""My party loses the moral high ground when we refuse to condemn setting cars on fire, destroying buildings, and assaulting law enforcement," added Fetterman.While poorly received by unhinged partisans like podcaster Keith Olbermann, Republicans welcomed the insight.RELATED: White House warns radicals now massing in Boston, elsewhere in wake of LA riots: 'Think twice' Anti-ICE protesters in LA on June 8. Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images"Well said," responded Alabama Sen. Katie Boyd Britt (R).Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy wrote, "It's hard to preach hard truths to your own side. I respect this."Elon Musk responded with an American flag emoji.Deputy White House chief of staff Taylor Budowich seized upon Fetterman's tweet as a strong indicator to similarly sensible Democrats that their party may have left them behind."This is a wake up call for many Democrats: there is no room for you in the party of @GavinNewsom and @KamalaHarris," wrote Budowich. "Their self-obsessed pursuits of power are blind to you and your concerns. They defend chaos, reject biology, and are unbothered by the invasion of our nation."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!