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Court records have revealed that the state of Washington paid for a transgender child rapist to undergo “gender affirming” procedures while housed in a women’s prison in Gig Harbor. Brooke Lyn Sonia, formerly known as Brett David Sonia, is serving time for the horrific sexual abuse of a young girl.

Sonia was convicted on dozens of charges related to the rape and exploitation of a child. He had first initiated contact with the minor in Strafford County, New Hampshire, where he began sexually abusing the girl and photographing the lewd acts. But he would later transport the victim across state lines to Los Angeles County, California where he would continue to sexually exploit her.

Early news coverage from the case suggests that the girl, who was 13 at the time, had been groomed by Sonia into creating child sexual exploitation material. Jury selection in Strafford County was said to be “difficult,” with over one dozen potential jurors admitting they would not be able to sit on the case due to its highly disturbing nature.

As a result of the crimes being committed in two different jurisdictions, Sonia was tried in both California and New Hampshire.

In 2005, Sonia was convicted of 20 combined counts of committing a lewd act upon a child and possessing child pornography in Los Angeles County, California. The next year, he was convicted in Strafford County, New Hampshire, on charges of repeatedly raping the young girl and photographing the assaults. Many of the crime’s details were considered so graphic they were deemed “not fit for print” at the time.

As previously exclusively revealed by Reduxx, Sonia was ultimately handed sentences in both states, with the latter taking the lead in his prison term. After a minimum of 22.5 years are served towards his New Hampshire sentence, which maxes out in 2047, a Los Angeles County court will decide whether he is to serve additional time in California.

But after being incarcerated, Sonia wasn’t kept in New Hampshire. 

As part of the Interstate Corrections Compact (ICC), Sonia was sent to Washington to serve a portion of his sentence in 2016, one year after beginning to identify as transgender. The ICC allows states to share correctional resources, and move inmates to cross-border facilities which may be better suited to their needs. Sonia was moved between multiple male facilities in Washington, and left a trail of complaints and lawsuits with regards to not being given adequate access to “gender affirming care,” such as women’s underwear and laser hair removal.

In 2020, Sonia was offered a settlement in one of those cases promising him “gender affirming care” in a “reasonable timeframe.” After finally being moved into the women’s estate in 2022, Sonia was evaluated for multiple procedures, including breast implants, a vaginoplasty, and laser hair removal.

In 2023, Sonia launched another lawsuit, claiming he wasn’t being provided “gender affirming care” in a timely fashion in accordance with his 2020 settlement. Sonia claimed this was “cruel and unusual punishment” and violated his human rights.

🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨

A transgender inmate currently housed in a women's prison in Washington is suing after not being given breast implants in a timely fashion.

Brett David Sonia, also known as Brooke Lyn, was convicted of raping a young girl.

READ: https://t.co/yBswijgl9I pic.twitter.com/LIlBZELB5H

— REDUXX (@ReduxxMag) March 18, 2024

But the Department of Corrections contested Sonia’s claims, and a rebuttal was filed showing that Sonia had received a substantial amount of “gender affirming care” on the taxpayer dime.

According to the records, Sonia underwent a “zero depth” vaginoplasty in May of 2023. This procedure involves rearranging the tissues of the penis and scrotum to create the superficial appearance of a vulva without creating an internal canal.

The Washington Department of Corrections also stated that they purchased Sonia a personal Intense Pulse Light hair removal device, which he was allowed to use in the WCCW medical facility. Following his vaginoplasty, Sonia was also referred for facial hair removal via electrolysis at a local clinic, and has been transported to regular appointments by prison staff.

In August of 2024, a court dismissed Sonia’s claims that a violation of his Eighth Amendment rights had occurred, citing the extensive efforts the Department of Corrections had made to accommodate Sonia’s needs for “gender affirming care.” The judgement was finalized and entered in December.

In 2023, a source with a family member incarcerated at the Washington Correctional Center for Women (WCCW) came forward to speak with Reduxx and pass on information from female inmates who claimed that Sonia frequently “changes” his gender identity, and has reportedly told some of the female inmates that he still identifies as a man.

Sonia is just one of a number of dangerous males currently incarcerated at Washington’s only women’s prison. Among them is Donna Perry, a serial killer who murdered 3 women in 1990, and Nonnie Lotusflower, who raped and murdered a young woman in 2007.

Like Sonia, Lotusflower was also provided taxpayer-funded “gender affirming treatment” after being housed at the Washington Correctional Center for Women (WCCW) in the form of breast implants.

In May of 2023, Reduxx learned from an internal source that Lotusflower had reportedly been “gifted” a Victoria’s Secret bra by the facility despite the brand not being an approved retailer allowed into WCCW.

https://reduxx.info/exclusive-transgender-child-rapist-given-free-laser-hair-removal-vaginoplasty-while-housed-in-washington-womens-prison/

A clip from #NCFDeprogrammed in which NCF Senior Fellow Rafe Heydel-Mankoo discusses the problems associated with segregated populations of culturally incompatible Muslim communities in Britain: grooming gangs, honour killings, acid attacks, child marriage, forced marriage, cousin marriage etc. etc. To watch the full episode click here:    • Muslim Grooming Gangs, Witchcraft Chi… 

The contrast between the new and the old could hardly have been starker. 

At his Washington D.C. inauguration, new U.S. President Donald Trump galvanised his supporters by banging the drum for all of the populist policies that won him the election in November: protecting America’s borders and stopping mass illegal immigration; trashing Net Zero madness and the ‘green deal’; resisting trans activism and woke ideology; ending the political weaponisation of the law; defending free speech vs. cancel culture.

Meanwhile, across the Atlantic in the exclusive Swiss ski resort of Davos, far away from any garbage voters or deplorable citizens, leading supporters of everything that Trump spoke against huddled together for warmth at their annual elite carnival, the World Economic Forum (WEF). 

Members of the old European political establishment gathered with the megarich and powerful at the WEF, seeking to reassure each other that their cosy, closed world order really isn’t coming to an end, included European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and outgoing German chancellor Olaf Scholz of the Social Democrats, alongside his likely replacement, Christian Democrat leader Friedrich Merz. All chinking glasses with the likes of UK Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves.

President Trump might have had to take cover inside the Washington Capitol Rotunda for his inauguration ceremony to escape sub-zero temperatures on the streets of DC. But in a changing world, it was the globalist elitists in snowy Davos who really seemed out in the political cold.

As I wrote on europeanconservative.com in November, Trump’s defeat of Democrat Washington insider Kamala Harris “marks a new high point in the democratic revolt against Western elites.” His remarkable return to the White House was made possible by the same populist upsurge that has swept across Europe, bringing national conservatives to power from Italy and the Netherlands to Hungary and Austria, and shaking the centre of the European Union.

The Brussels oligarchy and its media supporters have reacted by calling Trump a fascist, branding anybody who questions them ‘far-right,’ and now blaming Trumpist convert Elon Musk for allegedly corrupting European democracy by spreading ‘disinformation’ and ‘hate speech’ on X/Twitter. 

Hours after President Trump’s inauguration, attended by Musk and other Big Tech titans such as Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, many left, green, and centrist Members of the European Parliament were queuing up at their plenary session in Strasbourg to denounce Musk and Meta for interfering in European elections, and to demand more online censorship. 

Meanwhile, Spain’s embattled Socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez, saying out loud what other European leaders were thinking, called on the EU to defend democracy against Musk and Trump. (Although, as with the Harry Potter villain, evil Lord Voldemort, he did not mention the new president’s name.)

Speaking for the powerful European Commission, Henna Virkkunen reassured those MEPs that Brussels will enforce even more stringent rules online, to protect Europeans from nasty words by policing speech and removing “disinformation” around the clock. 

Let us be clear what is happening here. In the EU and beyond, the globalist establishment does not want or need to defend democracy against the ‘far right’ or what Sanchez called the “technocaste.” It wants to defend its own power and systems against the demos—the people—who have dared to re-elect rebel presidents and prime ministers and to express uncontrolled opinions on social media. 

They do not just fear Trump and Musk. They fear people like you and me.

Trump did not create populism, and Musk has not invented freedom of speech. There is a global mass movement of normal people who have had enough of being treated with contempt, and are demanding that their voices should be heard and their interests represented. 

The volatile president and his fickly eccentric online champion have certainly played an important role. Trump has proved a catalyst for that populist revolt in the U.S., and Musk has helped to provide an opening that ensures the concerns of many people in the U.S., Europe, and beyond can no longer be ignored. 

But, as ever with left-liberal attacks on ‘disinformation,’ it is an insult to the electorate to suggest that they are being manipulated by Big Tech or by big-headed demagogues. 

When millions of Germans turn out to vote for the anti-migration party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) next month, for instance, it will not be because Musk told them to. It will be because of the crisis in German society created by the open-door policies of the political establishment. 

Musk is certainly no Nazi, however he might wave his arms around at a rally. Nor is he an unambiguous hero of democracy, with his demands that King Charles should suspend the elected UK parliament in order to get rid of Keir Starmer’s failing Labour government.

A leader such as Trump, and a figure such as Musk, are both the products and the facilitators of the populist revolt. We shall see how firmly they stick to their avowed principles in practice; President Trump did not make the best start in helping to impose the disastrous ceasefire deal on Israel, potentially letting Hamas off the hook, although he has pledged to back an Israeli offensive if the Islamists break the deal.

But whatever becomes of a Trump or a Musk or any other individual in the end, we can be sure that the mass populist revolt against the old Davos elites is not going away. The millions who have stood up and said that enough is enough are not going to be somehow turned back into obedient children.

For now, let us celebrate the populist win with those who have been partying in Washington, and ignore the miserabilism of those whose champagne has gone flat in their Davos chateaus. The future is up for grabs. But it surely does not belong to them, however hard they try to stop us saying so.

It’s Not Just Trump and Musk They Fear—It’s You and Me ━ The European Conservative

by Giulio Meotti

We have gone far beyond the grim comparisons with the 1930s. The reason why the Germans had to hold the conference on the shores of Lake Wannsee in secret (only one copy of that conference survived, miraculously reaching us) at which they decided to exterminate 11 million Jews is because if they had announced it in public, even the typical quiet German might have felt a little uncomfortable.

For all those in the West who have perpetuated the lie of the “Israeli genocide” in Gaza over the past 15 months, have a good look at the videos and photos of the immense well-dressed and well-fed violent Arab crowd surrounding the first three freed Israeli women, the Islamic terrorists with balaclavas emerging from “humanitarian tents” and tunnels, watch them jumping on the Red Cross cars.

Did the news and newspapers at least understand what they were broadcasting?

A large mob of lynchers shouting “Allahu Akbar” at the three Israeli women as they are handed over to the Red Cross, whose vehicles are being stormed by the same mobs that abused the living hostages and desecrated the bodies of the murdered ones when they dragged them to Gaza after October 7.

The Western darlings have done and are doing all the sorts of things that the United States and the EU claim justify the overthrow of a regime. But fortunately for them, the Palestinian Arabs enjoy a fawning Western press office.

La Repubblica, the Italian left’s newspaper, titled the agreement the “return to freedom.” Are they telling us that Hamas is a regime of freedom? That the freedom to plan the next pogrom is returning?

Not only that. The Red Cross also signed Hamas’s “certificates” on the release of the hostages.

Israel: “Give us the women and children first.” Hamas: “Give us the terrorists first.”

For each of the women, children and elderly people still alive, Hamas demanded the release of 30 Palestinian Arab terrorists. For the nine sick hostages, Hamas demanded the release of 110 terrorists. For each of the female soldiers, Hamas demanded the release of 50 terrorists. For the hostages Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed, held in Gaza for a decade, Hamas demanded the release of 30 terrorists each.

Mohammad Abu Warda: 48 life sentences for two terrorist attacks on bus line # 18 in Jerusalem in 1996 that murdered 45 people.

Tabet Mardawi: 21 life sentences for involvement in a series of attacks including a suicide bombing at a bus station in Binyamina, a shooting at the Hadera market, a suicide bombing on a bus in Hadera, and a restaurant bombing in Kiryat Motzkin and Wadi Ara.

Mohammed Naifeh: 13 life sentences, including the attack on Kibbutz Metzer that murdered five Israelis.

Ahmad Obeid: 7 life sentences for sending the suicide bomber in the Jerusalem Café Hillel bombing that murdered seven people.

And while the indecent spectacle was being played out in Gaza, in the streets of Europe…

A “victory march” was held in Berlin, where Palestinian Arab terrorists and murderers who massacre Jews were frantically celebrated. “Let’s tell every martyr that he has gone to heaven: he has not gone in vain,” chanted the participants. Many of them shouted in Arabic calls to bomb Tel Aviv and annihilate Israel. In Brussels they were distributing sweets to celebrate Hamas…

A piece of Europe is lost since it is no longer part of the West, but soon it will realize what it means to live with barbarians at home.

Gaza’s barbarians enjoy an admiring Western press office | Israel National News – Arutz Sheva

On November 22, 2024, at the National Gallery of Berlin, the American photographer and political activist Nan Goldin asked, “Why can’t I speak, Germany?” With apparently no sense of irony, she spoke at a lectern in front of a large audience, with numerous phones pointing at her, at the opening of her retrospective, titled “This will not end well.” The subject of her talk was not her artistic portfolio but rather her political agenda on Israel.

An enthusiastic audience applauded her outrage and indignation over the “genocide” in Gaza and Lebanon, and her immoral equivalence between the Palestinian population after the October 7 atrocities with pogroms against Jews under the Russian Empire. Goldin’s false claim that “antizionism has nothing to do with antisemitism” was followed by loud chants of appreciation and applause.

The one person who could not speak was the National Gallery’s Director, Klaus Biesenbach, who was shouted down when he attempted to distance himself from her statement, while adding the obligatory and obvious defense of Goldin’s right to express herself.

The “Nan Goldin incident” was widely covered in prominent media platforms, including the New York Times and German press, as well as in social media, almost everywhere repeating her false accusations regarding the ostensible silencing of Israel’s critics. Goldin is one of a number of examples (another is Judith Butler) in which Jewish anti-Israel activists are used by Germans as fig-leaves to claim that their agendas should not be labeled as antisemitic.

These events took place against the backdrop of and in response to a resolution the German parliament (Bundestag) adopted on November 7, and supported by all of the major parties, which sought “to ensure that no organizations or projects that spread antisemitism, question Israel’s right to exist, call for a boycott of Israel or actively support the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement receive financial support.” Diverting attention from the issue of taxpayer funding, the attacks from the far left repeated the “assault on free speech” meme. The alleged “cultural crackdown” and “silencing of critical voices” are fictions, manipulated to create the false image of victimhood.

This battle over state support for anti-Israel propaganda and Holocaust inversion under the facade of supporting culture and free speech is not new. The November text reiterates and strengthens a May 2019 Bundestag resolution that labeled BDS as antisemitism and explicitly referenced the working definition of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). At that time, a vocal group of German artists and activists aligned with the far left launched a highly publicized and well financed campaign, under the grandiose heading of “Initiative GG 5.3 Weltoffenheit” (open-worldness). They declared:

“The application of the parliamentary BDS resolution by the Bundestag is cause for great concern… By invoking this resolution, accusations of antisemitism are being misused to push aside important voices and to distort critical positions.”

Behind the thin facades of false antisemitism and “silencing,” the goal of this campaign is to end German military and diplomatic support for Israel. While much of the German elite continues to acknowledge the nation’s post-Holocaust responsibility towards Israel and the Jewish people, this consensus is opposed by the ex-Communist far left, including many involved in arts and culture, and who are primarily supported by institutions funded by the German Federal government.

These frameworks are frequently exploited for promoting virulently anti-Israel and antisemitic events and exhibits, such as the infamous 2023 Documenta festival of contemporary art, which was widely condemned both inside and outside of Germany. Indeed, the Bundestag resolutions calling for an end to public funding for such events are direct responses to this abuse.

In the 15 months since the October 7, 2023 atrocities and the Israeli military response, German cities, as elsewhere, have been the sites of violent “pro-Palestinian” mob actions, including attacks on pro-Israel and visibly Jewish targets and against the police. Jews are routinely intimidated, Jewish life in Germany is under threat, and Israeli academics are often excluded from scholarly exchanges. The leaders of these discriminatory and blatantly antisemitic actions attempt to justify their behavior by repeating the false allegations of “genocide” and similar labels.

Fringe activists and their “positions of moral outrage” continue to be funded by the German government, with high visibility platforms to promote their blatant anti-Israel and antisemitic campaigns.

In the face of poisonous propaganda, the Bundestag resolutions calling for an end to German government funding to “organizations or projects that spread antisemitism [or] question Israel’s right to exist” are important. Implementing them and stopping the support via cultural and academic institutions will not “silence” the voices of hate, but at least the German state will no longer be providing them with resources or legitimacy.

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21338/germany-cultural-elites-israel

Osama bin Laden is no longer with us, but the image of this fiend with his finger in the air to indicate there is no god other than the demon he worships still provides inspiration to the Islamic colonists who have been imported to destroy Germany. At last word, drivers could see it looming over the A8 Munich-Rosenheim motorway just outside Munich:

Über den Osama bin Laden-Skandal an der A 8 wurde die Polizeistation in München-Giesing am 10.1. telefonisch informiert. Das Bayerische Innenministerium und Minister Herrmann am 17.1. per E-Mail. Wann wird der frühere Al-Qaida-Terrorchef endlich von der Autobahn verschwinden? pic.twitter.com/f87b8K92PT

— MichaelStürzenberger (@MichaelStuerzi) January 20, 2025

Translation:

The police station in Munich-Giesing was informed by telephone about the Osama bin Laden scandal on the A8 on January 10. The Bavarian Ministry of the Interior and Minister Herrmann on 17 January by e-mail. When will the former al-Qaeda terror chief finally disappear from the highway?

Via Allah’s Willing Executioners:

[The sign] shows Osama bin Laden, the former head of the Islamist terrorist organisation Al-Qaida, which carried out a large number of devastating terrorist attacks, including New York [and elsewhere] in 2001 with 2,996 dead and over 6,000 acutely injured, Madrid in 2004 with 193 dead and 2051 injured and London in 2005 with 52 dead and over 700 injured.

In case anyone misses the point:

One could assume that this message is intended to announce that political Islam will soon rule Bavaria. In autumn, a group of young Afghans who call themselves ‘Kings of Munich’ and ‘Rulers of Europe’ on TikTok became known. Tens of thousands of fans watch their videos. RTL broadcast a report on this group in September. Their aim is to help Islam rule Germany and install Sharia law. The Taliban are ‘the best government’. As Osama bin Laden also spent many years in Afghanistan, this mindset would fit in with the campaign.

The Taliban — to whom the Biden Administration surrendered and upon whom it showered hundreds of $millions of other people’s money — provided a haven for bin Laden as he launched the 9/11 attacks.

Apparently no one in charge has been in a hurry to take down this advertisement for Islamic mass murder. As of Sunday, bin Laden’s face was still up there, reminding Germans of their impending doom if they cannot reassert control over their country.

Joe Biden infamously opposed killing bin Laden in 2011. Biden is gone now, and his party is out of power. The USA has made amazing progress recently in the crucial task of getting moonbats out from behind the wheel. Germany still has some work to do.

https://moonbattery.com/osama-bin-laden-looms-over-autobahn

So-called ‘rooms of silence’ now exist at almost every university and are intended to give students, regardless of religion, denomination or gender, the opportunity to pray in everyday university life. At Aachen University of Applied Sciences, however, this is not possible due to radical Islamic students, who claim the Room of Silence exclusively for themselves.

On its website, Aachen University of Applied Sciences, which is actually known for its top ranking in degree programmes such as business informatics or business law, advertises ‘sustainability’ and ‘diversity and equal opportunities’. However, it remains questionable whether the university, which claims to offer ‘high-quality teaching’, can really speak of equal opportunities. For although the educational institution advertises itself as offering ‘study and employment conditions without discrimination, barriers or exclusion’ and claims to offer ‘protection against discrimination on the basis of gender’, there appears to be a blind spot at Aachen University in this regard: the so-called ‘room of silence’.

The so-called ‘rooms of silence’ have existed at German universities for many years – especially in the context of demographic change. They are intended to give students the opportunity to switch off, meditate or pray during the hectic university routine – regardless of religion, gender or origin. At Aachen University of Applied Sciences, however, silence does not seem to be granted to all students. There is a notice at the entrance to the Room of Silence that reads as follows:

‘Please wait outside if someone of the opposite sex is praying!!! Thank you!!!’

According to the students, the note was put up by devout Muslims who use the space for their own religious purposes – and who do not respect the religious practices of other religions, as officially intended.
Although it should be emphasised that there is no evidence that the notice was posted by Muslim students, it would not be the first time that a ‘Room of Silence’ has been hijacked by devout Muslims. Back in 2016, journalist Louisa Schmidt described in an article in the German magazine Spiegel that the Room of Silence at TU Dortmund University had to be temporarily closed after Muslims erected a wall separating men and women.

Even then, Schmidt describes in her article: ‘Muslim students spread out in the room with prayer mats and put up a wall to separate women and men. Other students began to avoid the room.’

However, the ‘rooms of silence’ have also caused problems at other universities. For example, Muslims at the University of Hanover have already demanded the separation of women and men during prayer on several occasions. At the Technical University of Berlin, problems arose because Muslims used the gym instead of the ‘Room of Silence’ for their Friday prayers, often bringing together several hundred people.

At Bochum University of Applied Sciences, the police and the Office for the Protection of the Constitution even had to intervene in 2012 because the Salafist and suspected bodyguard of Osama bin Laden, Sami A., was holding secret Islamist meetings in the ‘Room of Silence’. Here too, the university prayer room had to be temporarily closed and the then President of Bochum University of Applied Sciences, Prof Dr Martin Sternberg, had to admit to the press: ‘The experiment has failed’.

But things can be worse. At many universities, Muslims refuse to use the ‘Room of Silence’ at all due to the lack of gender segregation and switch to university libraries, for example, where they disturb others with their calls to prayer.

Last year, for example, a video of Muslims praying at the University of Essen went viral on social media, in which Muslim students prayed between library shelves without shoes and with prayer rugs spread out.

Even at Aachen University of Applied Sciences, the ‘Room of Silence’ does not seem to be sufficient for many Muslim students. Despite the notice calling for gender segregation, many Muslims pray under the stairs of the stairwell at the Eupener Straße campus. According to eyewitnesses, some were also shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ loudly.

However, although many students feel intimidated by the prayer practices of Muslim students at Aachen University of Applied Sciences, the university, which advertises ‘diversity’ on its website, strongly promotes the Muslim student body. Last year, for example, the university even organised a ‘Joint Breaking of the Fast’ during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which was sponsored by the Federal Foreign Office.
The General Students’ Committee (AStA) of Aachen University of Applied Sciences also sees no misconduct on the part of Muslim students. The student committee, which officially has the task of representing the interests of all students and campaigning for the improvement of study conditions, wrote in a statement on the issue of the use of the Room of Silence:

‘However, the claim is indirectly made that Muslim students would claim the premises of a Room of Silence exclusively for themselves. This never came up in the previous discussion and continues to show that Muslim students are ascribed negative behaviour across the board.’

https://www.nius.de/gesellschaft/news/wenn-maenner-beten-duerfen-frauen-nicht-rein-im-ruheraum-der-fachhochschule-aachen-gilt-offenbar-schon-die-scharia/9ce4bc61-b3a5-4eb5-bcb3-34014862adb9

Politicians from the U.K.’s ruling Labour party are starting to openly “out” the country’s Online Safety Act for the sweeping censorship law that its opponents have all along been warning it is.

The extreme case of using the law to completely ban social media platforms in the U.K. is now being promoted as a possibility by Labour MP Lola McEvoy.

“If these big platforms that have huge users don’t comply with the Online Safety Act, then they have no right to be accessed in this country,” the MP said while appearing on a podcast, adding, “So I think that’s what the law’s about.”

The masks are coming off, prompted by the latest clash between the government and Prime Minister Keir Starmer in particular and X owner Elon Musk – who criticized their role in a historical child sex exploitation scandal in the U.K.

In addition to saying that failure to comply with the law could result in the platforms getting banned, McEvoy suggested that “unelected citizens from other countries” should not be allowed to criticize U.K.’s government – she justified this by saying the criticism of Minister for Safeguarding Jess Phillips created “a very dangerous situation,” equating it to “bullying and harassment.”

McEvoy even made a point of public figures needing to be even more aggressively protected through censorship – effectively from whatever the government backing those figures decides to pack into the vague categories such as “bullying” and “harassment,” and in that way deal with critical, including legitimate, speech.

And where would any controversial call to step up online censorship be without getting served to the public as a way to above all – protect children?

So, in addition to blanket bans on accessing apps and platforms for essentially political reasons, China-style, McEvoy recalled that the Online Safety Act also contains the threat of massive fines in case the social media companies fail to comply with what she referred to as “very strict age verification” requirements.

McEvoy spoke about regulator Ofcom’s powers, which she described as “really significant” in enforcing the fines under the law that is being gradually implemented.

And as that is happening, this MP wants the Online Safety Act to be “strengthened” where it concerns the focus on things it treats as harmful to children, such as access to illegal content or pornography.

Reclaim The Net.

By Vijay Jayaraj

The winter of 2025 has been brutal for Europe, exposing the severe flaws of its over-reliance on wind and solar energy. As temperatures plummeted, countries grappled with electricity shortages, soaring energy prices, and the grim specter of blackouts.

In the United Kingdom and Germany, two countries that have positioned themselves as global leaders in the adoption of “renewable” energy, the dangerous gamble of prioritizing wind and solar power over reliable energy sources is leaving millions vulnerable in the dead of winter.

When the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine, backup energy sources — usually fossil fuels or nuclear power — must fill the gap. This winter is bringing reality into sharp focus.

Britain’s Brush with Blackouts

The U.K. narrowly avoided catastrophic blackouts this January, coming “within a whisker” of widespread outages, according to the National Grid. On multiple occasions, Britain’s grid operators scrambled to stabilize the system as freezing temperatures coincided with a prolonged drop in wind power generation.

Wind turbines, which typically supply nearly half of Britain’s electricity, failed to deliver as winds died down during critical periods. This left the country teetering on the edge of disaster, relying on last-minute imports and emergency measures to keep the lights on.

Adding insult to injury, the U.K.’s gas storage capacity proved woefully inadequate. Despite warnings about low reserves, the country remains ill-prepared to meet sudden spikes in heating demand. With gas prices spiking and domestic production insufficient, Britain has now turned to expensive imports, driving energy bills to astronomical levels.

The U.K. now holds the dubious title of having the highest electricity prices in the world — a burden that is crushing households and businesses alike. Millions are struggling to pay their energy bills, forcing many to choose between heating and other essentials.

Germany’s “Dunkelflaute” Reality

Germany’s situation is equally concerning. The country’s Energiewende (energy transition) policy has made it heavily reliant on wind power and susceptible to “dunkelflaute” — weather conditions characterized by low wind and solar output.

As unreliable sources faltered, Germany was forced to ramp up oil-fired power generation, driving short-term electricity prices to record highs. In December, gas-fired generation surged to levels not seen in years, while output of wind turbines plunged to historic lows.

Energy experts warned that the country’s reliance on intermittent solar and wind is unsustainable. Moreover, Germany’s decision to phase out nuclear power has left a gaping hole in its energy mix. Once a cornerstone, nuclear power has been replaced by a patchwork of wind, solar, and fossil fuels.

Germany’s ambitious energy transition has become a cautionary tale for the world. High electricity prices have eroded the competitiveness of its industries, sending them toward oblivion.

Flawed Assumptions

The root of Europe’s energy woes lies in the flawed assumption that “green” technologies can reliably replace fossil fuels. One wonders if European planners also assumed milder winters because of their predictions of global warming.

In any case, the continued need for reliable heating during cold snaps highlights the dangers of planning critical infrastructure around uncertain — even bogus — projections about the weather and capabilities of “green” energy.

Particularly frustrating is that these difficulties were foreseeable and preventable. A resilient power grid must be prepared for a range of weather conditions, including extended periods of cold with minimal wind and little sunshine.

Traditional power systems, built around controllable — rather than weather-dependent — generation sources like coal, nuclear, and natural gas, are relatively straightforward to operate. In contrast, “green” grids require sophisticated forecasting, complex backup arrangements, and extensive international interconnections to maintain stability. This complexity not only increases costs but also introduces additional opportunities for failure.

By clinging to the fantasy of 100% renewables, Europe risks condemning itself to an era of energy insecurity and economic decline. Physical reality always asserts itself eventually, and the costs of ignoring it fall most heavily on those least able to bear them — people forced to choose between paying for electricity, food, and shelter.

The mistakes of the U.K. and Germany this winter serve as a wakeup call for policymakers worldwide as they consider their own energy policies.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/the_dark_side_of_europe_s_energy_devolution.html

Allegations of sexual misconduct against German Greens MP Stefan Gelbhaar have been retracted after a news outlet that published them admitted they were probably fabricated.

In December last year, Gelbhaar was forced to withdraw his candidacy for the Greens in the Berlin State elections – despite having all but secured sufficient votes – amid reports of alleged sexual harassment.

Yet, on January 16, news outlet Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB), which had published the accusations against Gelbhaar, retracted its reporting after admitting a key piece of evidence, a supposed affidavit from a relevant person, was likely fabricated.

On January 18, RBB‘s chief editor David Biesinger officially acknowledged what he termed the broadcaster’s mistakes.

Gelbhaar has made a criminal complaint against unknown persons for alleged defamation.

Also on January 18, Shirin Kreße, Berlin district parliamentary group leader of the Greens and part of its progressive wing, announced her resignation from the party, reportedly over the suspected fake allegations against Gelbhaar.

Initially, at the end of last year, several women had told RRB, some anonymously and some speaking under oath, that they had been harassed by Gelbhaar, who has always denied all accusations.

One allegation was that he undressed a woman in her apartment in late November 2023 after accompanying her home from a party event. The woman suspected her drink had been tampered with.

Another woman reported that Gelbhaar had allegedly touched her inappropriately on her way home from an event.

On January 17, RBB retracted its reporting of the events.

“An informant apparently pretended to be a person who does not exist,” it said.

“Doubts arose about the affidavit of the informant ‘Anne K’ when she could no longer be reached by RBB a few days ago,” the news portal stated.

“After further research, there is now a suspicion that a Greens district politician had pretended to be Anne K. She denies all allegations. The RBB has filed a criminal complaint against the district politician.”

According to the newspaper Tagesspiegel, a certain “Anne K” had submitted an affidavit to RBB but claimed the broadcaster had not checked it sufficiently. RBB‘s legal department had, though, reportedly approved all reports on the allegations.

Tagesspiegel said it had been pressing the matter since January 17 but RBB had refused to give answers.

According to the newspaper, the anonymous accusations were allegedly spread by Kreße, including those by the “person” known as Anne K.

In a response to the Tagesspiegel reports, RBB editor-in-chief David Biesinger said: “We as RBB made a mistake in the research. Journalistic standards have not been fully complied with. The identity behind the affidavit has not been sufficiently verified by the editors.”

The Greens leadership addressed the issue on January 20. Party leaders Franziska Brantner and Felix Banaszak faced the press after delaying the conference by an hour, citing extended board discussions.

Banaszak said he was “personally affected and shocked”, condemning what he said was behaviour “marked by criminal energy and infamy” as unacceptable in the party.

Brantner said the Greens’ federal executive committee now wanted to press criminal charges – against Kreße and other unnamed persons.

The pair announced that the party’s ombudsman’s office would look into further statements made by seven unnamed individuals.

Later on January 20, Habeck described the whole affair as “serious and shocking”.

“It is imperative that what actually happened is clarified quickly and ruthlessly and that the consequences are drawn,” he said.

“This is exactly what the federal association has set itself as a high priority,” he stated, adding that the party executive was “completely on it”.

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