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Aug 13, 2025 |
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#politics
Fox News: Trump-backed populist party tops polls for first time, following trend in other allied countries
AfD tops CDU in a new Forsa poll (26% vs 24%), becoming Bundestag’s main opposition; 67% disapprove of Merz after 100 days.
AfD, born anti-euro, is now hard-right on immigration and Islam; labeled extremist, its rise mirrors Europe’s far-right.
Breitbart: Trump's ICE Detains Record Number of Illegal Migrants
ICE detained a record 60,000 migrants, a deportation push, up from 39,000 in January and 30,000 under Biden in 2023.
Plans seek 100,000 beds and Alligator Alcatraz in Florida; NYT notes critics while others cite economic benefits.
Fox News: Ex-Harris aide argues more police won’t make streets safer, citing experience as a ‘Black woman in America’
MSNBC’s Symone Sanders-Townsend pushed back on more police in DC, saying as a Black woman bigger police presence isn’t automatically safer.
She called Trump’s plan to deploy 800 National Guard troops and oversee MPD a pretext, arguing juvenile crime isn’t solved by numbers and safety needs a rethink.
GB News: Fewer than 1 in 8 Americans found Sydney Sweeney's jeans ad offensive in slap-down to woke outrage
A YouGov poll finds 12% of Americans found the Sydney Sweeney AE ad offensive; 7% of men, 17% of women offended; 39% called it clever.
Party split: Republicans 57% clever vs Democrats 22%; 18–29s 45% clever; 65+ 34% clever, 13% offended.
Breitbart: More than 100,000 Americans Apply to Join ICE, Help Deport Illegal Aliens
DHS says ICE drew 100k+ applicants after a broad recruitment push, including a $50,000 signing bonus.
Noem frames it as defending the homeland, touting incentives and pay; the push ties to Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill for border security funding.
#culture
Le Monde: Thomas Clerc, writer: 'The pocket fan is harmful and ugly, a reflection of the world we are being thrust into'
A Paris metro critique: the electr ic pocket fan is a plastic, energy-hungry gadget that promises relief while wasting resources.
It elevates the hand fan as elegant and traditional, greener, while lamenting tech liberalism and a gendered shift to flimsy devices.
#crime
Breitbart: Migrant Uber Driver Arrested for "Aggravated Kidnapping" of Female Passenger
A migrant Uber driver, Sameh Chami, 49, arrested in Friendswood, TX for aggravated kidnapping after a 21-year-old rider was found in a parking lot with him; she’d been dropped at her home but not allowed to exit.
Uber banned him; ICE requested a hold over his immigration status.
Breitbart: Illegal Immigrant Accused of Transporting $12M of Crystal Meth in South Dakota
A 42-year-old non-citizen was stopped on I-90 in Sturgis; 207.24 pounds of crystal meth worth $12 million found—the largest SD drug bust, tied to Prairie Thunder.
The driver faces felony charges and is in immigration proceedings; ICE under 287(g) assisted the probe.
#science
Le Monde: Plastic waste in bird nests leads to deadly entanglements for chicks
A European study in Portugal found plastic in nearly all 568 white stork nests, often mistaken for natural materials.
More than 10% of chicks were entangled; cases appeared in over a quarter of nests. Most deaths occurred within two weeks; weekly checks quantified the harm.