Europe

The International Anti-Woke Backlash
This week, Italy prepared to welcome a new prime minister: 45-year-old Giorgia Meloni, leader of the right-wing Brothers of Italy party since 2014. Meloni is a populist conservative on issues ranging from marriage to immigration; she is a nationalist by philosophy and combatively passionate by temperament.
UPDATE: YouTube Removes, Restores Future Italian PM’s Viral Speech
YouTube suspiciously censored a 2019 speech by future Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni just days after she was elected and the clip went viral. Coincidence? Likely not.

Italian Ambassador Debunks Media's Fascist Label Of New Prime Minister
Raffaele Trombetta will soon be leaving his job as Italian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, but before he does he had to travel over to Tuesday’s Amanpour and Company on PBS to debunk the media’s idea that his country’s new conservative prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, is a fascist.

MSNBC Spins Data On European Abortion Comparisons
Senator Lindsey Graham has defended his 15 week abortion bill by claiming that it is hard to call him an extremist when he would simply bring the U.S. in line with most of Europe. MSNBC’s Ali Velshi was not thrilled with the argument and he used his Saturday show to team up with President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights Nancy Northup to try to debunk it. Naturally, there was…

Unserious Leadership in a Serious Time
We live in a deeply serious time with deeply unserious leaders. Historian Niall Ferguson has written that the "extreme violence of the twentieth century" was precipitated by three preconditions: "ethnic conflict, economic volatility, and empires in decline." It is difficult not to see such preconditions repeating themselves in this century. The West is currently tearing itself apart over…

Flashback: CBS Mocked Trump for Warning About Reliance on Russian Gas
CBS News mocked Trump in 2018 along with the German UN delegation who laughed at him for warning about reliance on Russian natural gas.

The Noose Tightens on Putin’s Ruinous Reign
WASHINGTON -- Back in the days when George H.W. Bush resided in the White House, he told me rather cryptically that I would be getting an invitation to the White House. A few days later I had luncheon with his head of the CIA, Bob Gates, one of the brightest lights that I have ever known in government. Bob wasted no time getting down to business. He told me of his concern that the Russians,…

TikTok Puts Privacy Policy On ‘Pause’ In Europe
Communist China-tied social media giant TikTok is “pausing” its new privacy policy that was set to roll out in Europe.

EU Passes 2 Bills Regulating Content & Censoring Speech Online: Report
The European Commission passed two bills that will regulate online content like never before, including censoring speech.

CNN Panel Angry Dobbs Ruling Makes U.S. Authoritarian...Like Poland?
The liberal media have sympathetically covered the myriad of crises President Biden has faced, portraying Biden as the victim of forces outside of his control. According to CNN's At This Hour on Thursday, those odious forces now include the U.S. Supreme Court because of their monumental decisions over the past month and, as a result, plunged the country towards authoritarianism.

GET IN YOUR LANE: EU Official Urges US to Censor More Alleged Disinfo
Pro-censorship leftists are eager never to let a good crisis go to waste. And European elites are no exception.

Doocy WRECKS Paltry Jean-Pierre Over Gas Prices, WH Lies on Inflation
With the spotlight Thursday on a January 6 Committee hearing, the White House press briefing moments prior faded to the background, but it was filled with nonsense as Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre continued to use her binder as a life raft. Despite that, she sounded divorced from reality as Fox’s Peter Doocy repeatedly scored points on domestic oil production and fact-checking President…

CBS, CNN+ Tee Up Far-Left Klepper to Tie ‘Authoritarian’ Hungary to FL
Wednesday’s CBS Mornings and Reliable Sources Daily on CNN+ flashed the profession’s virulent hatred for conservatives by giving cushy interviews to Daily Show correspondent and failed Comedy Central host Jordan Klepper ahead of his new special trashing Hungary as a bastion of authoritarianism reminiscent of what Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has done with Florida.