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The AfD is not asking Germany to choose between Washington and Beijing. It is asking Germany to choose itself For decades, German foreign policy rested on a simple assumption: Germany belonged politically to the West, and its relations with the rest of the world would be conducted largely within that framework. The AfD is challenging that assumption.Its approach to China is one of the clearest tells. Beijing is not treated as an ideological enemy, but neither is it embraced uncritically. Instead, China is seen as a sovereign great power, an indispensable economic partner, and one pole of an emerging multipolar…

Screencap of Twitter/X video. Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson spoke at the GOP Midterm Convention on Thursday and explained to the audience why he flipped from Democrat to Republican. Johnson has been mayor of the city since 2019 and made the party switch in 2023. His story will sound familiar to many people. According to him, it was about freedom, basic economics, and public safety. As the old saying goes, a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged by reality. Transcript via Townhall: “I chose to join a party that believes in some fundamental truths: That public safety must be…

During a portion of an interview aired on Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” President Donald Trump responded to the idea of going in fully with the war in Iran and taking Iran’s regime out by saying that “maybe I don’t do that because of the election.” Host Laura Ingraham said, “But even the neoconservatives are saying, if you’re going to go in, go in full, just go in and take them out.” Trump responded, “Well, maybe I don’t do that because of the election. I want to keep things — look, we’re taking a lot of…

Far-left Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) refused to comment on the police raid of the home her son shares with a convicted felon. “Minneapolis police officers found while carrying out a search warrant on August 25 multiple weapons and ammunition in the shared home of Omar’s son, Adnan Hirsi, 20, and his roommate Abdulrahman Abdi, 22,” Fox News reported. “The warrant was obtained after Abdi was pulled over in a routine traffic stop and was found to have no driver’s license or proof of insurance.” Abdi was released and his car was impounded. However, police later found a firearm, which is…

The Iran war and a Houthi campaign against the kingdom have squeezed export routes as crude prices surge above $100 Saudi Arabia’s crude oil production plunged by nearly 2 million barrels per day in August to its lowest level in over 35 years as war across the Middle East squeezed the kingdom’s export routes, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.Riyadh told the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) that production fell by 1.9 million barrels per day last month to 6.238 million bpd, according to the group’s monthly report obtained by the outlet.The figure marks a new low since the US…

Janette MacAusland with her two children, Ella, 6, and Kai, 7. MacAusland is accused of murdering the children inside their Wellesley, Massachusetts, home. (Credit: Janette Reber/ Cale Darrah) A Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her two young children inside their home before fleeing to Vermont asked a judge to release her from custody and throw out the case. Janette MacAusland, 49, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the April deaths of her 7-year-old son, Kai, and 6-year-old daughter, Ella. MacAusland’s attorney, Joseph Krowski, argued that prosecutors had not presented enough information to justify keeping his client behind…

On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) defended President Donald Trump’s proposed $5,000 check by saying that while there has been progress made on inflation and stimulating the economy during the Trump administration, “people are hurting, they need more money in their pockets,” and “we need the stimulus, and this is going to help stimulate our economy.” Carter stated, “[R]ight now, people are hurting, they need more money in their pockets, and this is a way for us to get more money to them. Yes, this is different from what the Biden-Harris administration [did] and their…

Texas Democrat James Talarico has repeatedly invoked efforts to impeach President Donald Trump while attacking Trump as an insurrectionist and calling during the Biden administration for Trump and what he called his “fellow insurrectionists” to be prosecuted. Speaking at the 2022 Texas Democratic Convention, Talarico declared that the Democrat Party was “the only thing standing between this country and fascism” before calling on then-President Joe Biden to use federal power to “defeat Trumpism.” “We need President Biden to start using every tool in the toolbox to protect our freedom,” Talarico said. “Lease federal land to abortion providers, declare a public…

Western Europe also endured its hottest summer ever recorded, as heatwaves and drought battered the region, according to Copernicus Global heat hit an all-time high in August, with temperatures averaging 16.96C worldwide, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. Western Europe suffered its hottest summer on record, as heatwaves, drought, and wildfires battered the region.August 2026 was 1.65C hotter than the 1850-1900 average, a period commonly used as the benchmark for temperatures before large-scale industrial warming, Copernicus said on Thursday. It was the hottest August in records dating back to 1940 and effectively matched July 2023, the previous all-time…

Beto O’Rourke is confronted outside the Democrat counter-protest in Dallas on Thursday night. TGP reporter Myles Morell confronted Texas Democrat loser Beto O’Rourke outside the sad little Democrat “counter protest” in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday night. This sad little counter protest is taking place while President Trump and the MAGA pack are in the massive arena across town! Myles asked Beta Beto, “Hi Congressman Beto O’Rourke. Simple question: is God non-binary?” O’Rourke responded, “Have a great day. I’m going to be praying for you, OK?” So Myles repeated the question, “If you’re going to by praying for me, is God…