Top German investigators have been probing the Nord Stream explosion for the past three years and have found what they believe are a group of Ukrainian perpetrators. Unfortunately, a number of nations in Europe do not want this resolved. Poland in particular wants no part of it. They want everyone to blame Russia. The WSJ […] The post German Investigators Might Have Found the Men Who Blew Up Nord Stream appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

In a victory for illegal immigrants, a federal jury today found Suffolk County and the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office financially liable and responsible for violating the constitutional rights of hundreds of Long Islanders with detainers unlawfully detained on behalf of federal immigration authorities.  In a unanimous decision, the jury awarded $112 million to the class of 674 people who […] The post 674 People Wanted by ICE Win $112 Million appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

A federal judge will soon decide whether to release hundreds of illegal immigrants nabbed in Chicago immigration raids. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings is expected to hold a hearing Wednesday that could result in an order forcing federal immigration agents to release the detainees with ankle monitors or other tracking devices, according to ABC7. Immigration advocates at the National Immigrant Justice Center have argued that the feds violated a consent decree in Illinois when they arrested the targets. Cummings ruled last month that agents violated a previous consent decree when making warrantless arrests in Chicago. ICE had agreed that when they make a warrantless arrest, they must determine whether there is probable cause leading them to believe the person is in the United States illegally and if they are a flight risk. The agency has the authority to make warrantless arrests, a standard practice of the agency nationwide that already has some restrictions. One of the illegal immigrants who could be released is Colombian national Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano, who caused a stir after she fled a traffic stop and ran into a daycare to hide from federal agents in Chicago. Congressman, you are deliberately misrepresenting the facts. ICE law enforcement did NOT target a daycare and were only at this location because the female illegal alien fled inside. Here is the real story: Officers attempted to conduct a targeted traffic stop of this female… https://t.co/a5BdcbhnwC — Homeland Security (@DHSgov) November 5, 2025 Democratic Illinois Rep. Mike Quigley shared a video of the arrest, falsely accusing ICE of snatching “a preschool teacher without a warrant IN FRONT OF CHILDREN in my district.” The Department of Homeland Security quickly corrected the record. “Congressman, you are deliberately misrepresenting the facts,” the agency wrote on X. “ICE law enforcement did NOT target a daycare and were only at this location because the female illegal alien fled inside,” they added. Galeano crossed the border in 2023, while her children were smuggled in just last month. During her arrest, she tried to lie about her identity and denied that she knew the male driver in her car, saying she “just picked him up from a bus stop,” DHS said.

Blood ran down a Trump supporter’s face in a scene that would make even the most jaded political observer question who really controls free speech on America’s college campuses. Violence Shatters the Promise of Campus Dialogue University of California, Berkeley, long romanticized as the cradle of free speech, once again became a battleground—this time, not over ideas, but over fists. On Monday night, Turning Point USA, a conservative student group, hosted a highly publicized event. Before the speakers could even settle in, Antifa-affiliated protestors descended, transforming the gathering into a chaotic scene. Viral footage captures a Trump supporter, face streaming with blood, after a violent confrontation that left attendees shaken and the campus reeling. Berkeley’s storied tradition of debate has, for many, become a memory. The latest violence underscores a growing pattern where ideological clashes turn physical, and where the mere presence of right-leaning speakers draws organized opposition. The imagery—the blood, the shouts, the confusion—spreads rapidly online, fueling outrage and concern from coast to coast. TODAY: U.C. Berkley has first @TPUSA Event since the assassination of @charliekirk11 by violent @thedemocrats Antifa terrorist. – Leftists trying to sabotage the event.– TPUSA membership is off the charts since Charlie was killed. pic.twitter.com/KCZ5ew0ErI — Starship Alves (@StarshipAlves) November 10, 2025 Campus Authorities Face Tough Questions Administrators at UC Berkeley now face renewed scrutiny. Did they do enough to prepare for potential violence? Critics argue that the university’s response was tepid at best, emboldening agitators who have time and again disrupted conservative events. Law enforcement’s presence was visible but, as many witnesses allege, not decisive enough to prevent injuries. The episode raises uncomfortable questions about whether political violence is being normalized on campuses and if authorities have the will—or the means—to stop it. For students who went expecting a debate, the evening became a lesson in risk and resilience. Some say the threat of violence now chills open dialogue, effectively silencing viewpoints deemed unpopular by dominant campus groups. Others insist that such disruptions are a justified response to what they view as provocative or hateful speech. The clash at Berkeley demonstrates how far apart these worldviews remain—and how fragile the truce is between them. Viral Outrage and the New Battleground for Free Speech Video of the bloodied Trump supporter quickly made the rounds on social media, stoking outrage, sympathy, and, in some circles, grim satisfaction. The images serve as a rallying cry for those who argue that left-wing activism on campus has crossed a dangerous line. For conservatives, the Berkeley incident epitomizes what they see as a systematic effort to intimidate and silence opposition. For progressives sympathetic to Antifa, the story is more complex, wrapped up in beliefs about resisting fascism and protecting vulnerable communities. What remains beyond dispute is the power of viral media to shape public perception. A single frame—a face covered in blood—now defines the night for millions who will never set foot on the Berkeley campus. The struggle for free speech, once fought in courtrooms and lecture halls, now unfolds in TikTok clips and Twitter threads, where nuance is scarce and outrage travels at the speed of light. UC Berkeley (Nov. 10) — TPUSA attendees of all ages have to be escorted and protected by police as Antifa rioters surround the building, promising violence against the "fascists." Video by @VenturaReport: pic.twitter.com/jkTdlwuGpe — Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) November 11, 2025 Campus Violence as a Bellwether for National Division The violence at the TPUSA event is less an isolated incident than a symptom of America’s deepening divisions. As universities grapple with their dual roles as sanctuaries for expression and as physical spaces with very real risks, the stakes for both students and administrators escalate. The Berkeley violence forces a reckoning: If even the nation’s flagship bastion of free speech cannot guarantee safety for dissenting voices, what hope remains for civil discourse elsewhere? The answers may determine not just the future of campus politics, but the tenor of national debate in an era when ideological differences increasingly erupt into open hostility. For now, the image of blood on the steps of an American university remains—unsettling, unforgettable, and unresolved. Last night, TPUSA hosted the final stop of its "This Is the Turning Point" or "American Comeback Tour" at UC Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall. Protesters chanted "f*ck your dead homie" followed by "no whites, no KKK, no fascist USA"—the irony of that alone is apparently lost on them. pic.twitter.com/QQuEUufUQx — Avery Daye (@AveryDaye) November 11, 2025 Sources: Video: Blood Pours from Trump Supporter’s Face After Violent Antifa Descends on TPUSA Event at Berkeley – The Western Journal Video: Blood Pours from Trump Supporter’s Face After Violent Antifa Descends on TPUSA Event at Berkeley – Conservative Angle

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Books Jo Walton Reads Jo Walton’s Reading List: October 2025 Theatre! Sonnets! Philosophy! Plus some horror, SF, and fairy tales… By Jo Walton | Published on November 11, 2025 Comment 0 Share New Share October started in Chicago, then I took the train to Stratford, Ontario where I saw some excellent plays at the Festival, and then came home, again by train. I saw Goblin:Oedipus, very interesting production, but not quite as good as their Macbeth, an excellent Dangerous Liaisons, and a very good adaptation of Austen’s Sense and Sensibility—and seeing both of those together and directed by the same person made me think a lot about how close together in time those stories are, even if they seem like different universes. The English Channel and the French Revolution lie between them, and a totally different worldview in terms of human nature. Fascinating. I’ve been at home since, reading, doing the copyedit of Everybody’s Perfect, and working on the new novel. I read eleven books, and they’re kind of a mix. Perspective(s) — Laurent Binet (2023), translated by Sam Taylor This is absolutely brilliant. It’s an epistolary novel, set in sixteenth-century Florence. It’s very funny and very clever and even in the few places where I caught it in errors of historical context I forgave it. Wonderful characters, and just delightful. Featuring Cellini lying about jumping off the Palazzo Vecchio and landing on a haystack! Such a beautiful, clever book. I haven’t read any other Binet and I must. The Art of Travel — Alain de Botton (2002) This is a book of philosophy, I suppose (at any rate, de Botton is a philosopher), but in this book he takes two places in each chapter—one that he visits himself and writes about the experience, and one that is a historical instance of a trip someone made and wrote about—and compares them. Sometimes there’s more than one. None of them are obvious, all of it is very well written, and it’s a really excellent reading experience. Highly recommended. Not like anything else. If you’re a fan of his, what should I read next? Death in the Spires — K.J. Charles (2024) Murder mystery set in Oxford in 1905. It was all right. That sounds so grudging. I really wanted to like it more. Sonnets from the Portuguese — Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1850) I went to a book fair in Chicago and I picked up this very beautiful little hardback with silhouette illustrations, and then I made the mistake of sitting down to look at it and reading the whole lot in one go. I subsequently wrote a whole pile of Petrarchan sonnets, some of them about being stuck with my brain on sonnets and some of them about EBB. These are great, truly, excellent sonnets… very specific and concrete sonnets about her particular and specific love for Robert Browning, and consequently they work very well. But sensible people read them one at a time over a reasonable period, and not all of them in an hour. (My EBB sonnets are on my Patreon if you want to see them.) Corvus — Marko Kloos (2025) Second volume in the Frontlines: Evolution series, don’t start here, start with Scorpio. This is military SF, and if you don’t like milSF you won’t like it, but I do when it’s good, and this is very good. Kloos is better than anyone at writing battle sequences that are genuinely interesting and exciting—normally I am so bored by action sequences, but not here. Great fun, just preordered the sequel. I’ll keep gulping these down as fast as they get written. Princess Puck — Una Lucy Silberrad (1902) Another wonderful book from Silberrad, and I think this is my favourite of what I’ve read of hers so far. So excited to see more of her work becoming available! This is a Victorian novel and so of course it has a crusty old man, a beautiful house, a village, a vicar, some cousins, ancestral complexities, and inheritances, and it does them all very well. But it also has a heroine called Bill, nobody calls her Wilhelmina (and since my cousin whose name was Wilhelmina went by Wella, I suspect nobody ever called anyone Wilhelmina), whose main characteristics are honesty and a liking for doing physical work well. Bill is terrific, the plot is fun, and I enjoyed every minute of this book. It’s free on Project Gutenberg, and there is more Silberrad coming soon. The Adventure of the Demonic Ox — Lois McMaster Bujold (2025) Another Penric & Desdemona novella, and like the last few it was fun, but felt like just more of the same. I will no doubt keep on reading and mildly enjoying these. Worlds Out of Words — Barry Torch (2026) This is an as yet unpublished PhD thesis written by a friend. It’s about the humanists in Rome around the papal court in the fifteenth century, including the one who became a pope, and the one who was arrested in a plot to assassinate a (different) pope, and the prefaces and other things they wrote advancing their agendas and trying to get jobs. I enjoyed reading it, and will try to remember to remind you when it gets to be a proper book. Black Swan, White Raven — edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (1997) Another collection of retold fairy tales, many of them very good but with one absolute standout, a science fiction version of Tam Lin by Bruce Glassco. Sadly, he does not seem to have written anything longer than other short stories, but I’ll be looking out for them; this one was perfect and I keep thinking about it. Nonesuch — Francis Spufford (2026) ARC sent to me by the author, who is a friend of friends. This is a horror novel set in London in WWII, and it does a lot of very difficult things very well. Spufford has done his research, and holds the challenging balance between fascists and metaphysical monsters. It’s really well written, even better than Spufford’s earlier work. However, I found the end very disturbing—not just the “to be continued,” which came as a big surprise, but the events of the very end, which are impossible to discuss without spoilers but which seemed to undermine a lot of what I’d loved about the earlier part of the novel. Again, I’ll try to remember to remind you when it comes out. Why Read the Classics? — Italo Calvino (1991), translated by Martin McLaughlin A collection of essays by Calvino; first, a fascinating essay on why people should read classics, then a bunch of essays about books written at different times, then two essays on imaginary books. It was funny reading it, because I kept saying “Of course he loves that!” Of course he loves Orlando Furioso, why, he clearly got the idea of If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler from the experience of reading it! Of course he loves Don Quixote! Of course. Terrific collection, interesting and fun. [end-mark] The post Jo Walton’s Reading List: October 2025 appeared first on Reactor.

Veterans Day invites us to honor the courage, sacrifice, and enduring legacy of those who served in defense of our nation. One meaningful way to pay tribute is by visiting historic battlefields and military sites where the fight for America’s freedom and prosperity unfolded. From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War, these five sites mark pivotal moments in U.S. history and offer a glimpse into the courage and sacrifice that built the nation. To enrich these visits, the Heritage Guide to Historic Sites serves as a valuable resource for Americans to engage more deeply with these sites. The recently released Guide features expert evaluations of key historic sites across the country, beginning with the 13 original colonies. Using this guide will deepen your appreciation for the sacrifices made at these historic military sites this Veterans Day. Yorktown Battlefield (Yorktown, Virginia) One of the most significant battles of this nation, the Battle of Yorktown was the final major battle of the American Revolution securing American Independence. The success began with allied French Admiral Comte de Grasse defeating the British navy in the Battle of the Capes. Following that, the Battle of Yorktown concluded with Lord Cornwallis surrendering his army to General George Washington and French General Comte de Rochambeau. Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine (Baltimore, Maryland) Fort McHenry was the central site of the Battle of Baltimore, a pivotal episode of the War of 1812. Contrary to popular belief, it was this battle—rather than the American Revolution—that inspired our national anthem. During the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, the Maryland lawyer Francis Scott Key watched from a nearby ship. Key was inspired to write the “Defence of Fort M’Henry” after witnessing the American flag still flying above the fort at dawn. The poem, later set to music, became known as “The Star-Spangled Banner” and was formally declared the U.S. national anthem in 1931. Fort Sumter (Charleston, South Carolina) Following Abraham Lincoln’s election as president in November 1860, South Carolina would become the first state to secede from Union. It was at Fort Sumter that the first shots of the Civil War were fired, beginning the deadliest war in our country’s history. Union soldiers occupying the fort were eventually forced to surrender after two days of Confederate bombardment. While there were no casualties during the battle, a canon misfire during the surrender ceremony claimed the lives of two Union soldiers. Antietam National Battlefield (Sharpsburg, Maryland) The Battle of Antietam, one of the most important battles in the Civil War, was also the bloodiest single-day battle in American history. Nearly 23,000 soldiers, both Confederate and Union, were either killed, missing, or wounded. The Union lost more men but won a strategic victory. While General Robert E. Lee’s army was not destroyed, the Confederates were forced to retreat. This gave President Lincoln the assurance to issue the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that all slaves in states that had seceded would be freed at the start of 1863 if those states did not return to the Union. Gettysburg National Military Park (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) The Battle of Gettysburg marked a key turning point in the Civil War. The Confederate Army had achieved a series of victories prior to this point, and Lee hoped a second invasion in the North would secure an independent confederacy and bring the war to an end. However, the battle ended in a Union victory, which changed the course of the war. The three-day battle resulted in over 51,000 combined casualties, making it the deadliest battle in American history. Lincoln later delivered his Gettysburg Address at this site, stating: “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.” The post Honoring Our Heroes: Five Historic Sites to Visit This Veterans Day appeared first on The Daily Signal.