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Hundreds of far-right activists gathered in Portugal on Saturday for the annual “Remigration Summit” advocating for the mass deportation of immigrants. Former U.S. Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and white nationalist leader Jared Taylor were VIP guests alongside elected officials from Germany and Spain’s far-right parties. In an interview ahead of the event, Bovino cited Nazi Germany’s lead general, Erwin Rommel, as an inspirational figure. “Remigration is basically the policy response to the 'great replacement' conspiracy theory,” says Charles R. Davis, a journalist based in Vienna, Austria. Davis explains “great replacement” as a theory that there is a “global elite plot, typically by Jews,” to replace white people in Europe and North America with immigrants. “It’s an argument for mass deportations,” not just of recently arrived immigrants, but of “those who were allowed in over the last hundred years who were not really, as they see it, European or American,” says Davis. “This is basically rooted in Nazi ideology.”

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Stripped of its institutional buffers, reorienting toward the UAE, and repeatedly targeted by Iran, Kuwait could be next to join the framework. The post Expanding the Abraham Accords is a pipe dream. Except, maybe, in Kuwait appeared first on +972 Magazine.

In “yet another deeply alarming appointment,” President Donald Trump has picked major Trump campaign donor Bill Pulte to replace former Congressmember Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence, the nation’s top spy chief who reports directly to the president. Pulte is “not somebody who has any of the requisite experience for this incredibly important office,” says Matt Platkin, a former attorney general for New Jersey. Pulte is also expected to continue in his other high-level positions as chair of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and chair of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, where he is accused of abusing his power to pursue political prosecutions against Trump’s enemies. We also speak to Harvard Law School professor Nancy Gertner, a retired federal judge, about legal challenges to Trump’s mass deportation campaign, particularly involving widespread abuses committed by DHS and ICE. “What we’re seeing now is an effort for the courts to catch up to those abuses, and they are. Legislation is going to be needed to make this even more clear,” says Gertner.

After widespread bipartisan outcry, the Justice Department says it is permanently abandoning plans for a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund. Widely branded as a “slush fund,” it was expected to reward President Donald Trump’s supporters, including those who attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The fund was announced in May as part of a settlement in Trump’s personal lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax data. That case was recently reopened, after dozens of former federal judges filed a motion alleging that Trump’s actions were “collusive.” As Nancy Gertner, one of the judges who joined the motion, explains, “What happened in this case was, essentially, Trump was suing himself. There was no question that Trump was on both sides of the 'v.'” Gertner and her fellow judges are represented by attorney Matt Platkin, who says, “It is illegal for the president to ask for any IRS audit to be opened or closed. That is a federal crime.”

Iran Launches Missiles and Drones at Kuwait and Bahrain in Retaliation for U.S. Attacks, Israel Kills at Least Eight People in Southern Lebanon, Israeli Forces Kill at Least Four Palestinians in Gaza, Trump Picks MAGA Loyalist Bill Pulte to Serve as Acting Director of National Intelligence, Pentagon Hires Jan. 6 Insurrectionist for Counterterrorism Role, DOJ Kills $1.8B Anti-Weaponization Fund, But Trump’s IRS Settlement Remains, Former Border Patrol Chief Bovino Attends Anti-Immigrant Summit in Portugal, New Jersey Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Private Prison Company GEO Group, SCOTUS Allows Alabama to Adopt New GOP-Friendly Congressional Map, CBS News Fires “60 Minutes” Correspondent Scott Pelley, MAGA-Supporting Republican Steve Hilton Leads California Governor’s Race, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Advances to Runoff, Challenged by Reality TV Star and City Councilmember, Deb Haaland Advances in Bid to Become New Mexico’s First-Ever Indigenous Governor, Trump-Backed Gubernatorial Candidate Loses GOP Primary in Iowa, Dr. Adam Hamawy, Who Volunteered in Gaza, Wins Democratic Nomination for New Jersey House Seat

Trump’s catastrophic miscalculation in Iran and refusal to accept the inevitability of defeat is pushing us towards a global depression and ensuring the suffering and immiseration of millions.