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A newly launched Vienna-based organization is seeking to place the concept of “remigration” at the center of Europe’s increasingly contentious debate over mass migration, demographic shift, national identity, and civilizational continuity. The post New European Institute for Remigration Think Tank Launches in Austria appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

The Hatlady’s Reflection of the 2020 Election – Part I Disclaimer: This narrative reflects the firsthand observations, recollections, testimony, and preserved records of Linda Brickman related to Arizona’s 2020 election process. The post The Hatlady’s Reflection of the 2020 Election Process – PART I appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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The renewed focus on the alleged poisoning of former Romanian minister Doina Pană—coupled with similar, more recent cases—has revived public debate over a string of mysterious illnesses targeting Romanian political figures over the last two decades. The post Romania’s Poison Mystery: Ministers, Intelligence Chiefs, Public Figures and Mercury Allegations Haunt Political Elite appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

President Trump's efforts to deliver justice for victims of wrongful prosecutions by the Department of Justice are now on hold thanks to an activist judge. The post BREAKING: Clinton Judge ‘Temporarily’ BLOCKS Trump’s $1.8 Billion Compensation Fund for Victims of Wrongful DOJ Prosecutions appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

President Trump slammed former First Lady Jill Biden in a Truth Social post on Friday morning, responding to her opening up about Biden's debate performance against President Trump in 2024.  Biden performed so poorly that they tried to kill President Trump two weeks later at his July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The post NEW: Trump ZINGS Jill Biden After Claiming She Thought Joe Biden Was Stroking Out During Debate appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

Minutes 8 and 9: Football, Freedom, and the Fight for Iran’s True Identity The following is from a Substack piece by Banafsheh Zand, republished with permission. The post Minutes 8 and 9: Football, Freedom, and the Fight for Iran’s True Identity appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

 Woke Alabama probate judge Yashiba Glenn Blanchard has been suspended after a state complaint accused her of making racist remarks about a white court clerk and failing to promptly handle critical cases involving hospitalized patients. The post Woke Judge Suspended For Attacking White People & Tim Walz Panders For George Floyd On Memorial Day? | Drew Hernandez appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

On May 29, 2026, Italian prosecutors formally requested a life sentence for Cinzia Dal Pino, a 65-year-old businesswoman from Viareggio who ran over and killed Said Malkoun with her SUV after he stole her bag. The post Italian Woman Faces Life in Prison for Hitting North African Illegal Alien With Car After He Robbed Her appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

Romania was thrust into an escalating security crisis this week after a Russian drone breached its airspace and struck a residential apartment building in the eastern city of Galați. The post War Spills Into NATO Territory: Russian Drone Hits Romanian Apartment Building appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

The Trump administration just dropped one of the most creative and brutally effective messaging operations in modern political history. The post GOTCHA! Trump White House Trolls America with New “Aliens.gov” Website — But the “Aliens” Aren’t from Outer Space appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

In an explosive exchange with Will Cain, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche delivered the clearest message yet from the Trump Department of Justice: political accountability is meaningless when billions in taxpayer dollars meant for children’s lunches and elderly medical care have been looted. The post NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW: AG Todd Blanche Confirms Elected Officials Like Tim Walz and Ilhan Omar Could Be Indicted for Negligence or Complicity in Massive Fraud appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

Dear Normal People: Prepare yourselves to enjoy more glorious humiliation for the Disney Grooming Syndicate with the news that a $750,000 horror movie just snatched the box office crown right off The Mandalorian and Grogu’s poorly-CGI’d head. The post Nolte: Disney’s ‘Mandalorian’ Loses Box Office Crown to $750K Horror Movie appeared first on Breitbart.

Socialist President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced on Wednesday that his government is allocating $75 million for the rehabilitation of BR-319, a highway cutting through a “sensitive” part of the Amazon Rainforest that has not been usable since 1988. The post Brazil: Socialists Revamp Highway Cutting Through ‘Planet’s Lungs’ Amazon Rainforest appeared first on Breitbart.

CDU is turning on Merz. The post Highly Unpopular German Chancellor Friedrich Merz Fights Back Against His Party’s Effort to Replace Him With a Younger Regional Leader appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) signed a ban on Glock and Glock-clones Tuesday, meaning three states now ban sales of the wildly popular handgun brand. The post Connecticut’s Democrat Gov. Signs Glock Ban Into Law appeared first on Breitbart.

 Woke Democrat California gubernatorial candidate and former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is facing scrutiny after defending taxpayer-funded health care for illegal aliens in a recent interview on CNN’s “The Story Is.” Pressed by host Elex Michaelson about why illegal aliens should remain on the state’s health-care rolls, Becerra replied that he looks at them as “hard workers” like his immigrant parents and declared, “If you’re working hard, I want you to have healthcare.” He miserably argued that many of these workers are the people “picking the crops,” building homes and caring for elderly relatives, saying Californians benefit from their labor even if they lack legal status. The post Democrats Pushing Free Healthcare For Illegal Aliens In California Midterms? | Drew Hernandez appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

A 2021 memo highlights the selective enforcement and weaponization of the DOJ/FBI. The post A J6 Response to the Riots in New Jersey – Why the J6ers Should Be Compensated appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

The Walt Disney Company is in hell -- a few months into 2026, the entertainment giant is drowning in horrible headlines. From mass firings to sluggish streaming show ratings, political problems, corporate infighting, falling attendance at its parks and resorts, and staff arrests in sex crime stings, the bad news for the once unimpeachable House of Mouse is piling up. The post Disney’s 2026 Disasters Pile Up: Box Office Bombs, Layoffs, Sex Scandals Highlight Mouse House Horrors appeared first on Breitbart.

New dramatic footage captured by nearby witnesses and live cameras shows the terrifying moment Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin New Glenn rocket erupted in a spectacular explosion during a static fire test Thursday night at Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The post Another Humiliating Blow for Jeff Bezos: Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Explodes in MASSIVE Fireball During Static Fire Test at Cape Canaveral – Blast Heard 15 Miles Away, Visible from Orlando appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

Tom Morello, an activist and guitarist of Rage Against the Machine, announced Wednesday he organized a protest festival to take place at Merriweather Post Pavilion on Oct. 3. in Columbia, Maryland. The post Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews Headlining Left-Wing Protest Fest on Eve of Midterms appeared first on Breitbart.

Wildly left-wing 1980s rocker Bruce Springsteen taunted Donald Trump and MAGA voters from the stage during his recent tour date in Washington, DC, and warned he intends to kick his political proselytizing up a notch as we get closer to the 2026 elections. The post Bruce Springsteen Smears Trump (Again) as ‘Racist, Treasonous;’ Promises More Pre-Election’ Ruckus’ appeared first on Breitbart.

Spain's National Police Corps on Thursday arrested six members of the dangerous Tren de Aragua terrorist organization involved in a series of violent armed robberies that saw them plunder millions of euros' worth of assets and cash. The post Spanish Police Arrest Six Tren de Aragua Terrorists Involved in Violent Armed Robberies appeared first on Breitbart.

Spaniards see illegal immigration as the main threat their country faces — deeming it a more important matter than international conflicts and the economy, a study published by the Spanish market research firm Gad3 revealed. The post Study: Spaniards See Illegal Immigration as Main National Threat appeared first on Breitbart.

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) discussed an immigration facility in Newark and said that “most of the people there, their only crime, if you want to say it’s a crime, is to be in The post Booker: ‘Only Crime, if You Want to Say It’s a Crime’ of Most in Newark Facility Is Being in U.S. ‘Without Documentation’ appeared first on Breitbart.

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said that he isn’t planning to pull customs processing from all sanctuary cities, just in situations like in Newark where local law enforcement won’t protect The post Mullin: We’re Not Going to Pull Customs from All Sanctuaries, Just in Situations Like Newark appeared first on Breitbart.

During a portion of an interview with the Fox News Channel aired on Thursday’s broadcast of “Special Report,” FBI Director Kash Patel stated that the biggest national security threat facing the United States “is the combination of the bad actors The post Patel: Bad Actors from CCP, Russia, Iran, North Korea Are ‘Biggest National Security Threat’ appeared first on Breitbart.

Harris County’s Democratic nominee for county judge, Letitia Plummer, is running on a platform centered on reducing arrests, shrinking the jail population, and expanding non‑police responses—not on reducing crime—according to her candidate profile submitted to the League of Women Voters of Houston. The post Harris County Democrat Vows to Reduce Arrests, Not Crime in Texas’ Largest City appeared first on Breitbart.

Border Patrol agents and Texas Highway Patrol troopers worked together to capture two groups of illegal aliens attempting to escape from authorities and secure entry into the United States. In all, a total of 19 illegal aliens were captured near Eagle Pass, Texas, including six Chinese nationals, considered by DHS to be Special Interest Aliens (SIAs). The post Six Chinese Nationals Busted on Remote Texas Ranch in Failed Border Crossing appeared first on Breitbart.

SOUTHCOM revealed that it carried out a "lethal kinetic strike" against a drug boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing two.j The post Operation Southern Spear: SOUTHCOM Blows Up Drug Boat in Pacific, Killing Two appeared first on Breitbart.

Democrat Governor Maura Healey's welcoming agenda for illegal migrants is inviting dangerous criminals into the streets. The post Massachusetts Dem. Governor Protects Dangerous Migrants, Discards Young Americans appeared first on Breitbart.

Wednesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about Hasan Piker. Marlow said, “So the Cuban government flat-out helped him go there to create propaganda for Cuba. And then he went on to do that.” The Alex Marlow The post Hasan Piker Says Cuban Government Facilitated Streaming His Show from Communist Country appeared first on Breitbart.

The State Department will announce on Thursday that it is planning to designate Brazil's two most powerful organized criminal syndicates, the Comando Vermelho (Red Command) and Primeiro Comando da Capital (First Capital Command, or PCC), as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) and Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). The post Exclusive — U.S. State Department to Designate Brazil’s Top Criminal Gangs as Terrorist Groups appeared first on Breitbart.

Ship trackers said on Thursday that two more tankers were able to pass through the Strait of Hormuz with their transponders turned off. The post Two More Tankers Escape Strait of Hormuz by Running Dark appeared first on Breitbart.

Australian Health Minister Mark Butler said on Thursday that the quarantine period for passengers from the Hondius, the cruise ship that was afflicted by a hantavirus outbreak in April, will be extended from June 5 to June 23. The post Australia Extends Hantavirus Quarantine for Cruise Ship Passengers appeared first on Breitbart.

Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar called on his fellow lawmakers to levy a tax on companies that execute "AI-driven layoffs." The post Congressional Progressive Caucus Pushes for AI Tax to Fund Jobs Program appeared first on Breitbart.

A Google engineer made more than $1 million using inside information to place Polymarket bets based on what users were for searching on Google. The post Google Engineer Charged After Making $1 Million on Insider Trading appeared first on Breitbart.

An illegal alien with an extensive criminal record is accused of carrying out a shooting in Texas over Memorial Day weekend. The post Exclusive: ICE Seeks Custody of Previously Deported Illegal Alien Accused of Texas Shooting Over Memorial Day Weekend appeared first on Breitbart.

President Donald Trump has refiled a lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over its assertion that Trump sent convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein a lewd birthday card in 2003. The post President Trump Refiles Lawsuit Against WSJ over Epstein ‘Birthday Card’ appeared first on Breitbart.

“Tonight, the municipality of Jerusalem and the Israeli Building Center are hosting a discriminatory event in which they plan to sell stolen Palestinian land, open to Jews only. This event is illegal under international law and has no place in New York City. “Right now, Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem are being expelled from their homes through a coordinated campaign of state policy and settler violence. In East Jerusalem, families are being harassed and attacked while the developers hosting this event build luxury developments available to Jews only. “The municipality of Jerusalem is directly involved in imposing and administering discriminatory apartheid policies, and should not be hosted anywhere in the city.“As Jewish New Yorkers, we condemn the sale of stolen Palestinian land and we condemn racist housing practices that discriminate based on race, religion, and national origin. New Yorkers know the importance of fair housing practices and reject these racist events. We, along with Palestinian New Yorkers, know that apartheid practices have no place in New York City.”Background Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion The Mayor of Jerusalem will be in attendance at today’s event. He has publicly stated his intention to oversee the construction of at least 100,000 new housing units in Jerusalem, as part of a “Judaisation plan” for Jerusalem.Illegal annexation in the West BankIsrael is illegally annexing the West Bank at an unprecedented rate, resulting in over 50 attacks of settler violence and displacing nearly 1,700 Palestinians in the first three months of 2026 alone. The number of Palestinians displaced in early 2026 surpasses the total displaced in all of 2025. Land sales in New York City further contribute to this annexation.

Democrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has come in for some mocking after posting an image Wednesday of himself wearing a Knicks hat. The post Hakeem Jeffries Mocked for Posting ‘Bizarre’ Facetuned Image of Himself in Knicks Hat appeared first on Breitbart.

James “God Is Nonbinary” Talarico (D-TX) can't even handle the softest of softball interviews with far-left CBS News. The post Nolte: James ‘God Is Non-Binary’ Talarico Can’t Even Handle a CBS Softball Interview appeared first on Breitbart.

The race to dominate AI is reshaping national security, surveillance, censorship, commerce, warfare, economic power, and global influence – and the people best able to explain what’s coming are Breitbart’s own Peter Schweizer, Wynton Hall, Alex Marlow, and Frances Martel. The post A Fight Club Briefing for Those Paying Attention: Peter Schweizer and Wynton Hall on AI, China, and the Invisible War for Global Control – May 31 appeared first on Breitbart.

The Center for Biological Diversity sued the state of Florida today to protect the Florida Everglades from dangerous air pollution released by the massive immigrant detention facility in Big Cypress National Preserve, cruelly named “Alligator Alcatraz.”The Center is suing the Florida Division of Emergency Management over substantial, unpermitted pollution from diesel generators and other air-polluting equipment that have supported the facility since operations began in June 2025.“Governor DeSantis continues to shamelessly pollute the fragile wetlands and pristine air critical to the health of Big Cypress while refusing to publicly commit to shutting down the facility,” said Ryan Maher, a staff attorney at the Center. “Every day this facility continues to operate is another day of harm to people, endangered species and the delicate wetlands that sustain life in the Everglades. We’re going to hold the state accountable until every dirty diesel generator is removed from the site.”The lawsuit follows reports from vendors at the facility that the detention center will close in June. Despite these reports, the Florida Division of Emergency Management’s executive director, Kevin Guthrie, recently stated that he has not received a timeline for closure and that the facility could potentially be open for two years, or “maybe even longer depending on the needs of the federal government.”On Tuesday, following an inspection of the facility, U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost reported that there were still 655 people detained inside. He said he was told that after the facility is empty it could take 15 to 30 days to remove infrastructure from the site. Government officials have made no public commitment to close the facility.Today’s lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, says the state is violating the federal Clean Air Act, which requires the agency to obtain an air permit for the equipment and activities that produce harmful air pollution. A fleet of industrial diesel generators powers the detention facility, including around-the-clock air conditioners, flood lighting and a staff village for up to 1,000 workers. The generators release dangerous air pollutants that harm human health and the environment, including benzene, formaldehyde, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter, on a site encircled by Big Cypress National Preserve.These violations could lead to civil penalties for Florida of up to $124,426 per day of violation, which would be paid to the U.S. Treasury.The Clean Air Act violation adds to other significant environmental violations Friends of the Everglades and the Center identified in their June 2025 lawsuit, joined by the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, and the two groups’ July 2025 legal notice.The detention center is surrounded on all sides by Big Cypress National Preserve, one of America’s first national preserves, which protects ecologically sensitive wetlands and a dozen endangered and threatened species, including Florida panthers, Florida bonneted bats and Everglade snail kites.The reported plan to close the site by early June would be just days before the conservation groups and the Miccosukee Tribe can resume their June 2025 lawsuit against the Trump administration. The lawsuit had been stayed by a federal appeals court. In addition to violations of the National Environmental Policy Act, National Historic Preservation Act and state laws, the plaintiffs also notified the defendants of their intent to challenge violations of the Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act and National Park Service Organic Act.In the original June 2025 lawsuit, Friends of the Everglades and the Center, represented by Paul Schwiep, Scott Hiaasen, Earthjustice and Center attorneys, sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Florida Division of Emergency Management and Miami-Dade County to stop the project as it was being hastily built with zero environmental review. The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, which has villages close to the unpermitted immigration detention facility, joined the lawsuit.

The Environmental Working Group praised Vermont for today becoming the first state in the nation to ban the use and sale of paraquat, one of the most toxic herbicides in the U.S., and one that’s linked to Parkinson’s disease and other serious health harms.Gov. Phil Scott (R) signed the landmark legislation after the state Legislature passed it with strong bipartisan support. The new law makes Vermont the first to enact a statewide prohibition on the toxic weedkiller.“We applaud Governor Scott and the champions in the legislature that made this moment possible that will protect all Vermonters, including farmers and children, from being exposed to this dangerous chemical,” said EWG Legislative Director Geoff Horsfield. “With Vermont leading the way, states across the country now have a clear path to end the use of one of the most toxic herbicides still on the market,” said Horsfield. “This is a turning point in the effort to protect public health from a chemical that has been tied to devastating neurological harm.”State Rep. Esme Cole (D-Windsor) and state Sen. Martine Gulick (D-Chittenden-Central District) championed their chambers’ versions of the bills. EWG would also like to thank the leading organizations that supported the bill, including Vermont Public Interest Research Group, The Michael J. Fox Foundation, Parkinson’s Foundation, the American Parkinson Disease Association, the Vermont Natural Resources Council and others.Paraquat is banned in more than 70 countries yet remains widely used across U.S. agriculture. Vermont’s action is expected to intensify pressure on state policymakers throughout the country to restrict or eliminate use of the herbicide. Lawmakers in the nearby states of New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania are currently debating similar proposals. “We urge elected leaders in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and other states to move forward with their respective plans to ban the toxic weedkiller and build momentum to push more states to take action,” he added.Several other states have introduced bills to ban paraquat, and California is considering new regulatory restrictions. These efforts are clear signs of escalating concern over the chemical’s well-documented health risks.A growing body of research links exposure to an increased risk of Parkinson's disease, with additional evidence pointing to other serious health harms, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma and childhood leukemia.

American Federation of Government Employees National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement in response to a proposed rule by the Office of Personnel Management, to be published tomorrow in the Federal Register, that would require current and prospective employees at participating agencies to sign non-disclosure agreements as a condition of employment:“OPM continues its efforts to silence federal employees. This proposed NDA is another attempt by the administration to purge the civil service of nonpartisan career employees and replace them with loyalists who won’t speak out against waste, fraud, and abuse. Federal employees do not surrender their First Amendment rights when they accept federal employment, and the public has a right to know about this administration’s abuses.“OPM claims the form will be ‘optional’ for agencies to use and merely restates existing law. We know that will not be true. OPM will pressure agencies to make the NDA mandatory and then fire employees who refuse to sign it.“Moreover, federal agencies already have extensive policies and procedures in place for preventing the unauthorized release of classified or privileged information. This proposed rule sweeps in an extraordinarily broad category of information, extending restrictions to the very material the public relies on to learn when an administration is causing harm. AFGE will submit comments on the proposed rule and urges OPM to withdraw it.”

Another Memorial Day: boasts, insults, "self-defense strikes," cheap clichés from a "Secretary of War" prattling about dead boys "delivered from the battlefield into the arms of a loving Lord and savior." Spare us. And maybe revisit the war to end all wars, which didn't - its "infinity of waste" and trenches with skulls in the sides where "he who had a corpse to stand on was lucky." Pat Barker: “A society that devours its own young deserves (no) unquestioning allegiance.”"Happy Memorial Day to all," babbled our ever-unseemly Idiot-In-Chief, "including the Dumocrats, who disrespect our Military and all of the tremendous success that it has had over the last year," because obviously the best way to honor the dead is to not acknowledge their sacrifice but to denigrate half the ravaged country they died defending. Also, at Arlington National Cemetery, the infinitely hollow, "Wherever the American soldier (falls), he does it for the destiny of a nation like no other - there’s never been anybody like you." Also, noted Private Bone Spurs, 18,000 Williams, over 20,000 Johns, and other names fell, but "not too many" Donalds. Huh.Adding to the day's eloquence with a much-needed "monster truck rally vibe" was inexplicably non-veteran, Hegseth bestie, tawdry aging rock star Kid Rock. Because "Tokyo Rose wasn't available," he was chosen by the Pentagon to honor American service members' ultimate sacrifice in a hoodie, fedora, gold chain and sunglasses, looking like "a creature you’d expect to hiss at you from the dank depths of a garbage bin" and intoning, "We are remembering the sacrifice and service of so many who are not with us today...It’s a special day. We’re thinking of them... Keep on Kid Rocking in the free world."Then there was bombastic, dime-store-cliché-spouting Christo-fascist Pete Hegseth urging we "remember our republic was forged and purchased with blood, American blood," evidently only male according to his pronouns. Ever a fatuous buffoon, he declaimed "the sacred names of bygone eras to the 13 souls of Epic Fury (who) answered the call when it mattered the most (and) gave the last full measure of devotion," even when he failed them in an Iranian strike in Yemen: "They stood against the darkness of the world wearing the breastplate of righteousness (and) raced to the brink so we could walk in freedom and prosperity (and) may almighty God bless our warriors." Jesus weeps.It remains unclear how many of the up to 22 million dead, both military and civilian, and over 20 million wounded, "the butcher's bill" of World War One, came to be blessed by almighty God, especially in its Western Front's godforsaken trenches teeming with sludge, rats, mud, blood, water and disease. The war's "inconceivable loss" and "purposeless waste of a generation" is perhaps best exemplified by the Battle of Verdun, where the French, set upon by German forces, adopted a "They Shall Not Pass” mantra that in the end saw over 700,000 dead on both sides - ultimately, vast "heaps of bones."For many, the horrors of "the greatest conflagration the world had seen" live on through the searing literature, both prose and poetry, that emerged from them. Wilfred Owen's Dulce et Decorum Est epitomizes the bitter, bloody tone that often prevailed amidst its "guttering, choking, drowning" victims - Hegseth's benighted "warriors." "Bent double, like old beggars under sacks/ Knock-kneed, coughing like hags," cursing, gargling, limping bootless through sludge, "blood-shod...deaf even to the hoots/Of gas-shells dropping softly behind," they reject, "The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est/Pro patria mori."Siegfried Sassoon lived the privileged life of a British country gentleman, writing poetry and fox hunting, until the start of World War 1, when he served as an officer with the Royal Welch Fusiliers in France. He was awarded a Military Cross, was later wounded in action, and refused to fight any longer to protest "a senseless slaughter." On June 15, 1917, he wrote "A Soldier's Declaration" as "an act of wilful defiance of military authority, because I believe that the War is being deliberately prolonged by those how have the power to end it. I am a soldier, convinced that I am acting on behalf of soldiers.""I have seen and endured the sufferings of the troops, and I can no longer be a party to prolonging those sufferings for ends which I believe to be evil and unjust," he wrote. He was protesting, he made clear, "against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed...against the deception which is being practiced on them. Also I believe that it may help to destroy the callous complacence with which the majority of those at home regard the continuance of agonies which they do not share, and which they have not sufficient imagination to realise."His letter was read before the House of Commons and printed in The London Times. He expected to be court-martialed; instead, he was declared "mentally unsound" and sent to Craiglockhart War Hospital, where Dr. William Rivers was charged with restoring Sassoon’s “sanity” and sending him back to the trenches. The story of their real-life encounter, wherein Rivers came to diagnose war's "shell-shock" and share Sassoon's view, is powerfully told in Pat Barker's historical novel Regeneration, the first in a trilogy about the psychological carnage of war. "It (was) the Great White God de-throned. We assumed we were the measure of all things," Rivers says. "(But) nothing justifies this. Nothing nothing nothing."Siegfried Sassoon's 1918 Suicide in the Trenches mourns "a simple soldier boy/Who grinned at life in empty joy" until he goes to war: "In winter trenches, cowed and glum/With crumps and lice and lack of rum/He put a bullet through his brain./No one spoke of him again./ You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye/Who cheer when soldier lads march by,/Sneak home and pray you'll never know/The hell where youth and laughter go." Too many of those young lie in a cemetery near Ypres, where one Inscription stands out in a sea of "For King and Country" headstones. It was written on the grave of Arthur Young by his father, a diplomat wiser than any vacuous Hegseth: "Sacrificed to the fallacy that war can end war."

RootsAction is releasing the following statement:After months of intense pressure, Chair Ken Martin and the DNC finally caved and released their 2024 autopsy report. To call the report a disgrace would be an understatement. The report focuses extensively on ad spending and fundraising, without discussing the Democratic platform, policy positions or political context of the 2024 election. The word "affordability," arguably the most important issue in the 2024 election, appears twice in the 129-page report. The report makes no mention whatsoever of Gaza or Israel — neither word even appears in its text.Now, Martin and the DNC are trying to wash their hands of the report and its contents. In a hasty, almost amateurish markup, the DNC has gone out of its way to poke holes in the legitimacy of the very report it commissioned. The report is full of factual errors, poorly supported conjecture, and misguided ramblings, many of which the DNC itself is eager to point out. While Martin may feel that this absolves him of the responsibility to answer for this pitiful document, it should only intensify scrutiny of his leadership of the DNC. Martin recruited the author to write the report. He presumably provided the author with resources and access to party officials and functionaries. The DNC has a responsibility to turn in a report that truly grapples with the mistakes of the past so that the Democratic Party can learn from those mistakes and emerge stronger in its fight against Trumpism. The DNC has utterly failed in that respect.The only serious autopsy so far remains the one that RootsAction published: https://democraticautopsy.org/

Sweeping U.S. cuts to critical global health programs, including funding and staffing reductions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), have dangerously weakened the world’s ability to respond to rapidly evolving infectious disease threats, including the escalating Ebola outbreak unfolding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the region, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) said today.“This outbreak is unfolding amid devastating cuts to global health and humanitarian assistance in the DRC that have weakened disease surveillance, strained already fragile health systems, and reduced the capacity to detect and respond to infectious disease outbreaks,” said Thomas McHale, SM, public health director at PHR. “Physicians for Human Rights has documented how abrupt U.S. foreign aid cuts disrupted frontline health services and infectious disease programs in conflict-affected eastern DRC, leaving communities more vulnerable at precisely the moment sustained international public health engagement when it is needed most. ”The current Ebola outbreak, which the WHO declared a “public health emergency of international concern,” involves the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there is no approved vaccine or targeted treatment. Cases have already been identified in and around Bunia, Goma, and Bukavu in eastern DRC as well as in Kampala, Uganda, which are densely populated urban areas, and health workers themselves have become infected. The crisis is unfolding with the rapid and unchecked spread of infections and the sharply rising death toll, with 139 confirmed deaths reported to date.-A devastating set of emergencies are converging in eastern DRC, where ongoing armed conflict, attacks on civilians and health facilities, and mass population displacement have already pushed fragile health systems to the brink. Violence in and around Ituri and Goma, where several cases of Ebola have been detected, has severely disrupted humanitarian access and public health operations precisely as Ebola is spreading rapidly through affected communities.PHR’s network of medical and humanitarian partners in DRC are reporting mounting tolls from the outbreak and scarce resources to confront the emergency. A doctor in an Ebola-affected area of DRC tells PHR that “…this outbreak is occurring at a time when we are no longer truly able to carry out proper epidemiological surveillance because of the disruption in USAID funding. To continue this surveillance, we are forced to rely on our own personal resources, including purchasing phone credit, fuel, and paying transportation costs. This is extremely difficult given the current level of need.”Health workers in DRC told PHR that they need support for disease surveillance, materials to support safe disposal of bodies, including body bags, access to laboratories to process samples quickly, and infection prevention and control supplies, including masks, protective suits, face shield and other personal protective equipment to allow health workers care for Ebola patients safely. The same doctor told PHR that “…without rapid support, surveillance, case confirmation, the safe management of bodies, and the protection of health care workers all risk being seriously compromised.”U.S. global health funding cuts have contributed to the global health emergency posed by the Ebola outbreak. Decades of U.S. investment helped build the disease surveillance systems, laboratory infrastructure, trained workforce, community outreach networks, and emergency coordination mechanisms necessary to detect and contain outbreaks early before they spiraled into regional and global crises. But those systems are now being hollowed out. The Trump administration’s abrupt cuts to U.S. global health funding in January 2025 have undermined public health efforts around the globe, resulting in impacts such as disruptions to HIV and TB prevention and treatment programs, the elimination of services for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence and undermining critical disease monitoring. U.S. funding cuts are degrading public health response capacities in eastern DRC, across Africa, and globally at a moment when rapid response care and robust international coordination is urgently needed.Public health experts have expressed alarm that the latest outbreak of this rare strain of Ebola likely went undetected for two months, allowing the virus to spread further and losing critical opportunities to trace, isolate, and treat individuals who were exposed or infected.“The outbreak of Ebola in DRC is another example of the failures of the America First Global Health strategy,” said McHale. “At its best, U.S. global health leadership can help identify, address, and prevent infectious disease outbreaks before they spiral out of control. But this outbreak comes at a time when the United States has shuttered USAID, slashed CDC funding and work force, cut resources for humanitarian response in DRC, including disease surveillance capacity, and hampered the ability of health care workers on the ground to respond to the emerging Ebola crisis.”PHR’s recent report, “Wasted Investments, Looming Crisis,” documents how reductions in US support for global health have dismantled research platforms, surveillance infrastructure, and frontline health systems that are essential not only for HIV and TB programs, but also for responding to future outbreaks of deadly infectious diseases. A research brief by PHR (“Abandoned in Crisis”) documented the early impacts of U.S. aid cuts on health services in DRC.“Due to the Trump administration’s cuts, we no longer have the full measure of global coordination and operational capacity needed to rapidly track transmission, monitor cross-border spread, support frontline clinicians, and swiftly identify and treat people who may have been exposed,” said McHale. “In the conflict-affected regions of eastern DRC, where insecurity and displacement are accelerating disease transmission and limiting access to care, these losses are especially dangerous and further deepening the polycrisis. Global health security depends on sustained international cooperation — not retreat.”As world leaders gather at the World Health Assembly in Geneva this week, governments must urgently promote a rights-based Ebola response that is grounded in science, transparency, and respect for human dignity, while ensuring affected communities have access to timely, evidence-based care and information. Immediate support is needed to protect frontline health workers through the provision of adequate personal protective equipment and infection prevention and control supplies, as health workers remain at heightened risk of exposure. World governments should urgently scale support for epidemiological surveillance, laboratory testing, contact tracing, safe clinical care, community engagement, and dignified and safe burials, including the provision of body bags and other essential supplies for the safe management of the deceased, and essential personal protective equipment for health care workers. Sustained investment in supply chains, local response capacity, and research into Bundibugyo-specific diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines are essential to preventing further spread and protecting the right to health.The United States should also strengthen coordination with the WHO and fully disburse congressionally-appropriated global health funds to support an effective response to the Ebola crisis, including urgent measures to track and protect exposed individuals and communities, and strengthen frontline response capacities to prevent further spread of the virus. All parties to the conflict in the DRC, including occupying forces, should uphold existing ceasefire agreements and guarantee safe and unhindered access for health care workers and humanitarian personnel to support populations in areas affected by violence. This should include enabling the immediate reopening of Goma International Airport so that life-saving medicines, medical supplies, and humanitarian aid can reach at-risk communities.

New data released today by Groundwork Collaborative and The Century Foundation shows how President Trump’s reckless economic policies and war in Iran are driving up the costs of summer cookouts and travel season. Prices for backyard barbecue staples jumped 13% on average since last year, more than four times the rate of inflation. Burgers will run families 20% more, Kraft Heinz ketchup jumped 14%, and grilled corn on the cob costs nearly twice as much as it did last year. Even a to-go plate will also cost families more as aluminum foil prices climbed 18%. If working families manage to get through the holiday weekend within budget, their summer travel plans may still be out of reach. Airfare prices are up 26% and expected to keep rising this summer, while gas prices are hovering around $4.50 nationally. As Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wraps up his family’s seven-month, all-expenses-paid road trip, working families are wondering whether they’ll be able to afford traveling at all this summer. All in, reports find that the Duffy’s corporate-sponsored vacation would cost at least $900 in fuel expenses – and that’s not including the luxury cruise the family was given to cap off their trip. Trump and his Cabinet couldn’t be more out of touch with working families this Memorial Day weekend.Groundwork’s Chief Economist, Breyon Williams, released the following statement:“Trump’s senseless tariffs and illegal war are robbing American families of their relaxing summer vacation. From the ticket counter to the cookout, consumers are scaling back and going without in the face of Trump’s summer sticker shock.”Janelle Jones, Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation, shared her response:"Prices are rising because of tariffs and the war—two decisions the president made and can undo whenever he wants but by his own admission he doesn't spend any time thinking about Americans' financial situation. Families are getting squeezed on the price of everything and leaders in Washington don't seem to be paying attention." Eat Up: Barbecue Essentials More Expensive Thanks to Trump Beef, hot dog, and bratwurst prices are through the roof (up 20%, 12%, and 28% respectively) as consumers consider firing up the grill this holiday weekend.Fresh produce prices have increased under Trump thanks to higher fertilizer prices and a struggling farm economy. Tomatoes cost 22% more, while corn prices have increased 98% and lettuce is up 19%.Trump’s war in Iran has also driven up the price of plasticware popular at cookouts: disposable plasticware prices are up about 20% compared to last year due to the unrest in the Middle East. These price impacts will last beyond summer barbecue season. Flights, road trips, and even staycations will cost more this summer A family of four can expect to pay an extra $300 on plane tickets this summer as Trump’s war drags on. All major U.S. carriers have announced price hikes of about $10 per checked bag heading into vacation season, on top of skyrocketing airfare. Budget airline Spirit shut down this month partially due to unexpected increases in jet fuel costs while airline CEOs anticipate passing higher operating costs onto consumers via price hikes. Southwest Airlines CEO Andrew Watterson revealed to shareholders in a recent call that there have been five industrywide fare hikes so far this year, and he anticipates more on the way. United CEO Kirby also admitted prices will not come down, saying “The longer consumers pay these prices and airlines get used to this revenue stream, the more likely it is [to hold].” Flyers who can afford higher prices will be crammed onto smaller planes with fewer flight options. Airlines have cut over two million seats and 12,000 flights worldwide in late April and early May, an unprecedented level of cancellations. United Airlines has removed over 21,000 flights from its summer schedule, while Delta and American cut nearly 12,000 combined. Gas prices are at the highest level since 2022, hitting around $4.55 nationally, up more than 50% from $2.98 before the president’s war in Iran started.Working families looking forward to a restful staycation at home may find it more difficult as temperatures rise: Trump’s tariffs have driven up the cost of HVAC systems, and his administration has ended tax credits Americans relied on to upgrade their air conditioning. To talk to a Groundwork expert about rising prices and the economic fallout of Trump’s agenda, email press@groundworkcollaborative.org.