Author: Mick Hartley

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Breslaw said that he contacted the venue three weeks ago after seeing it voice support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. Breslaw said that the group was not political, the music was “Jewish in its DNA” and that the band performs in Israel, including with Arab musicians.

“I wanted to make sure we weren’t coming to a hostile environment,” he said, adding that management assured him there would be no issue. In an email to Breslaw, the venue stressed that it “stands vehemently against antisemitism and is a safe environment for the band”.

But they were lying. Also, cowards.

Strange Brew said it had planned to host the show until Monday, when “campaign groups and members of the public” requested its cancellation. It said of the album cover: “Regardless of the intended meaning, the use of politically loaded symbolism in this way — by anyone of any background — is ambiguous and could therefore come across as politically insensitive and/or offensive to the people of Palestine and by our audiences. For this reason we could not be confident that platforming the artist at our venue was consistent with our ethical values.”

The venue added: “We have never and would never exclude anyone — artists or customers — on the basis of their ethnicity, religion or nationality.”

Until now. 

From one of the original Tavistock whistle-blowers, on the news that cross-sex hormones for under-18s could be restricted or banned.

Denying biological reality is like King Canute commanding back the tide.
It doesn’t matter how fervently you believe in a self-constructed worldview—reality has a way of reasserting itself.

The government has now been pushed—by the courts—into properly reviewing the Cass Report… https://t.co/Oubz0LQT00

— marcus evans (@marcuse99903226) May 22, 2025

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The government has now been pushed—by the courts—into properly reviewing the Cass Report @Hilary_Cass , with all its clinical and policy implications. Why it has taken so long to follow basic clinical logic remains a mystery.

The politicisation of this clinical issue—where ideology was privileged over evidence—continues to cause iatrogenic harm. Institutions that should have been guided by reflective inquiry instead became agents of affirmation, sidelining clinical caution in favour of ideological certainty.

And now, after years of distortion, the @BBC finally reports on the court cases that have forced the government to restore common sense. But for years, it amplified claims that lacked any evidential basis. There was never solid scientific support for the routine medicalisation of gender-distressed children.

Some of us——like @sueevansprotect— have been saying this for years. We were ignored, sidelined, and sometimes vilified. Meanwhile, irreversible harm was done to vulnerable young people. The whistleblowers were right—but it’s the patients who pay the price.

Now @wesstreeting must ensure this issue is not kicked into the long grass. The time for clarity, accountability, and evidence-based care is long overdue.

t”>The more journalists obsessively pump newspapers, TV bulletins and social media feeds with accounts of one conflict, and one conflict alone, and profoundly dishonest and distorted accounts at that, the more readers and viewers will carry the impression that the heartbreaking suffering in Gaza is unique or even uncommon in contemporary conflict….

For years now, and especially after the October 7 massacre, the call has gone up from the pro-Palestinian movement to put Palestine at the heart of western politics. To pursue the struggle against Zionism in every country, on every platform and in every setting. To wage worldwide resistance to Israel, not only in Wadi al-Far’a but in Washington DC. ‘Globalise the intifada,’ they chanted. This is what it looks like.

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Ali said the state’s 2023 transgender policy has caused lasting psychological harm in the form of panic attacks, and the presence of biologically male inmates has forced her to isolate—even from beneficial rehabilitation programs.

“I withdrew from every single one of my classes because there are transgenders in them and it’s very traumatic,” she said. “I’ve been having panic attacks since I’ve got here.”

Ali made a disturbing claim about one inmate, Sean Windingland, who she said was previously housed in Shakopee and later transferred back to a men’s prison.

“Upon them searching his room they found bottles filled with semen,” Ali alleged. “He was storing it to, I guess, get IPs (Imprisoned Persons) pregnant … or to give to them so they could then therefore try to impregnate their self.”

Windingland, Ali explained, had been “charged with molesting his six-year-old twin daughters.” She questioned how he was ever approved for transfer. “How in the hell would that have been appropriate to put him in all woman’s prison? I mean somebody make it make sense.”

She should ask Minnesota governor Tim Walz, the Dem nominee for vice-president under Kamala Harris. He's a big trans advocate. Maybe he can make it make sense.

Earlier this month, multiple sources confirmed to Alpha News that Stillwater prisoner Marco Hanlon, who identifies as a “transgender woman,” has received breast implants. Hanlon was charged with criminal sexual conduct for molesting his five-year-old cousin.

According to court documents, Hanlon has received hormone therapy for years. Alpha News asked the DOC for comment and if taxpayers are footing the bill. The DOC responded by saying, “We are unable to confirm any of the information that you seek.”

On the killing of the two Israeli embassy workers in Washington:

Israeli minister for diaspora affairs, Amichai Chikli, has issued a statement condemning the leaders of the UK, France and Canada, accusing them of having "emboldened the forces of terror".

On Tuesday, Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Mark Carney released a joint statement, describing Israel's new Gaza offensive as "wholly disproportionate" and calling for restrictions on humanitarian aid to be lifted, warning of "concrete actions" if not.

In response to the shooting in Washington DC, Chikli points out that the suspect shouted "Free Palestine". He says those words have "become a banner not for peace but for hatred" and are being used to demonise Israel, accusing those saying it of "echoing antisemitism".

"We must also hold to account the irresponsible leaders in the West who give backing to this hatred – whether through appeasement, double standards, or silence," he says, calling out the three leaders who he claims "have all, in different ways, emboldened the forces of terror through their failure to draw moral red lines".

"This cowardice has a price – and that price is paid in Jewish blood," Chikli says.

Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were in their late twenties, just beginning their lives.

But they were shot. Murdered for working at the Israeli Embassy.

For over a year, the world has been flooded with blood libels, conspiracy theories, and a growing wave of antisemitic… pic.twitter.com/vc4DJM9rUR

— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) May 22, 2025

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"For over a year, the world has been flooded with blood libels, conspiracy theories, and a growing wave of antisemitic hate disguised as activism.

"Words became weapons. Lies became justifications. And somewhere along the way, murdering young Israeli diplomats began to look, to some, like justice.

"Did it help a single Palestinian?
"Did it bring peace, dignity, or hope to anyone?

"May their memories be a blessing 💔"

These men seem very pleased with themselves – and no wonder. They've just won medals in the women's long jump.

From Reduxx:

A trans-identified male has gone viral after winning a women’s longsword medal on Sunday in a tournament that had multiple male participants competing against females in the women’s category….

During an event titled the “Women’s+ Steel Longsword,” Beatrice, formerly Brice, Lostracco walked away with the gold, and boasted of his win on X in a celebratory post. His post immediately gained viral attention, with many expressing outrage at Lostracco for taking a medal intended for women.

Lostracco fought back accusations that he stole the title from a woman in a sarcastic follow-up post, writing: “at great cost to myself and my personal relationships, I changed my gender to participate in women’s events for a niche combat sport. I’ve been taking estrogen for 2 years so I could get a little metal circle. They’re just letting me get away with it.”

However, Lostracco was not the only trans-identified male in the event, revealing that he competed against both “cis women and trans women” in the longsword competition. In the published results on the Hema Scorecard website, six other “women” are listed, some of whom are biological males.

Fox Graves, formerly known as Michael, placed third in the event. Graves appears to have started identifying as a woman very recently, while the fifth-placed competitor, Mikela Bonner, is another openly trans-identified male.

Could they have a special competition just for trans women? Well no – that would take away all the fun of beating real women – and the fig-leaf that these men come up with about validating their identity.

e and sustained harm over time.”

I imagine there's zero chance of Putin being moved by a sense of Russia's historic responsibility, but that's no reason not to publicise these Soviet crimes.

highest praise for our brave boys fighting for the glory of the motherland and its heroic leader Kim Jong-un. Good way of weeding out the troublemakers, though.

n from England.

(As an addendum I would add I am against the siege and welcome the fact that aid trucks are going back in even though they are feeding the Hamas machine.) 4/4

Added, from the JC:

A widely reported claim that 14,000 babies in Gaza could die within 48 hours has been corrected by the UN, which says the figure refers to potential deaths over the next year.

The statement, aired on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme and repeated across national media and in Parliament, was later clarified by the BBC as a misrepresentation of a humanitarian report projecting malnutrition cases in children aged six month to five years over a 12-month period.

The UN's humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher claimed on Monday morning that thousands of babies could die in Gaza in the subsequent two days if Israel did not immediately let aid in, apparently based on a report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Partnership.

Speaking to Today, Fletcher said: "There are 14,000 babies that will die in the next 48 hours unless we can reach them."

He said there were "strong teams on the ground" operating in medical centres and schools – but did not provide further details.

Five trucks entered the strip on Monday, which Fletcher described as "a drop in the ocean." He said the aid had yet to reach civilians.

However, a look at the IPC report reveals that the figure refers to the number of children at risk of “severe malnutrition” by March next year, rather than by the end of the week. The number is a projection and would not take into account any increase in the supply of aid between now and then.

Later the same day, buried in a story about how aid in Gaza has yet to reach the population, BBC News issued a correction to Fletcher’s claim. A separate UN official also declined to repeat the claim and made the correction in a press briefing….

On Tuesday, around 93 trucks carrying aid, including flour, baby food, medical equipment and pharmaceutical drugs, were allowed to enter the Strip.

The Netanyahu government had said its blockade was aimed at preventing Hamas terrorists from seizing and reselling aid. It has denied claims that there is a shortage of food in Gaza and insisted that instances of starvation are caused by Hamas withholding supplies from the civilian population.

Lesson one: don't trust the UN, especially on Israel.

Lesson two: any lie which paints Israel in as bad a light as possible will be seized on and amplified across the media. Any later corrections will be muttered quietly and discreetly.