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274 UNDERCOVER FBI AGENTS DEPLOYED ON JAN 6

The truth is finally being exposed.   Nancy  
LEAKED MEMO REVEALS FBI DEPLOYED A STUNNING 274 AGNTS ON JANUARY 6, CAUSING INTERNAL REVOLT
By Tyler Durden   September 26, 2025
The FBI deployed nearly 300 plainclothes agents to the US Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, in an effort that became so chaotic it caused an internal schism within the agency that led many rank-and-file at the bureau that core competencies had been lost to “wokeness,” and that employees had become “pawns in a political war,” according to an after-action report hidden from the public for over four years until it was obtained by Just the News

Anonymous complaints were sent to the after-action team by scores of FBI agents and other personnel – many from the bureau’s premier Washington field office (WFO) – detailing how agents were sent into a dangerous situation without proper safety equipment or even the ability to identify themselves as armed officers to other police agencies.

Most common among the complaints was that under former directors Chris Wray and just-indicted James Comey, the bureau had become infected with political bias and liberal ideology that treated the Trump-supporting Jan. 6 protesters much differently from Black Lives Matter rioters from the summer of 2020.

“The FBI should make clear to its personnel and the public that, despite its obvious political bias, it ultimately still takes its mission and priorities seriously,” wrote one employee. “It should equally and aggressively investigate criminal activity regardless of the offenders’ perceived race, political affiliations, or motivations; and it should equally and aggressively protect all Americans regardless of perceived race, political affiliations, or motivations.”

The agent suggested that leaders “identify viable exit options for FBI personnel who no longer feel it is legally or morally acceptable to support a federal law enforcement and intelligence agency motivated by political bias.”

Another agent suggested that the problem was widespread throughout the FBI.

Currently, the US Attorneys office is dictating what it is that gets investigated. This is a dangerous precedent because we can barely get them to prosecute investigations that clearly meet thresholds needed for Federal prosecutions,” the agent wrote. “However, their willingness to conduct a search warrant on someone’s life for a misdemeanor seems ridiculous. It is unreasonable for the FBI to conduct investigations involving misdemeanor violations at a federal level… it is not our role.”

‘Hopelessly Broken’

Several employees directly mentioned the Washington Field Office (WFO) and its culture. “WFO is a hopelessly broken office that’s more concerned about wearing masks and recruiting preferred racial/sexual groups than catching actual bad guys,” wrote one worker.

“I wish you all would pay more attention to our safety than what type of masks we wear. If you are going to deploy us to a riot situation, then give us the proper damn safety equipment–helmet, face shield, protective clothing–and training!” wrote another.

In total, the after-action feedback spanned 50 pages, which were located by current FBI Director Kash Patel’s office and turned over to the House Judiciary Committed and its subcommittee

POSSIBLE TERRORIST ATTACKS ?

All    Is this why Secretary Pete Hegseth has called for an unprecedented  world wide meeting of all generals and admirals on Tuesday to converge  in the DC area ? 
 Many of us know John Guandolo who is a counter terrorist expert and we are taking this seriously.  I have previously sent out a number of John Guandolo’s  videos  John was also a guest speaker at our ICON Lectures here in Chapel Hill discussing Islamic terrorism.    Nancy  .   
 

DRONES – THE FUTURE OF WAR

 

Niall Ferguson: I’ve Seen the Future of War. Europe Isn’t Ready For It.
Hundreds of drones buzzing overhead like lethal hornets, watching with unblinking eyes for targets, others descending for the kill. Soon there will be thousands.
By Niall Ferguson   September 24, 2025
EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:
The thing that is hard to grasp is the sheer number of drones in the skies. Hundreds can be in the air at any given moment—swarms of them, buzzing overhead like outsize and lethal hornets, some watching with unblinking eyes for targets, others descending inexorably for the kill. Soon there will be thousands.
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MAINE’S NORTHERN BORDER

 

Maine’s Northern Border

By Robert B. Charles

Robert Charles is a former Assistant Secretary of State under Colin Powell, former Reagan and Bush 41 White House staffer, Maine attorney, ten-year naval intelligence officer (USNR), and 25-year businessman. He wrote “Narcotics and Terrorism” (2003), “Eagles and Evergreens” (North Country Press, 2018), and “Cherish America: Stories of Courage, Character, and Kindness” (Tower Publishing, 2024). He is the National Spokesman for AMAC. Today, he is running to be Maine’s next Governor (please visit BobbyforMaine.com to learn more)!

 

September 22, 2025

Having spent the better part of a week along Maine’s 611-mile Northern Border, connecting with law enforcement near crossings, my essential readout is that deterrence matters, law enforcement needs our support, officers seldom complain, but without their courage and commitment, we would be overrun.

While my own lineage is only part Irish, they have a saying: “You cannot bolt a door with a boiled carrot.” Luckily, Maine’s northern border – largely forested and open – is harder to cross than the southern border, but we need to bolt it tight.

Maine has 24 border crossings, and illegal aliens and traffickers are a constant threat. Consider examples of what Maine faces – and could soon face in spades.

Near Rangley’s crossing, where I spoke with officers last week, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) is active, even if the crossing seems quiet. Taken as a whole, the Houlton Sector – which encompasses all of Maine – apprehended 113 aliens in April from 16 countries.

They then caught another 39 illegals in May, many with criminal records – from Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and China, sweeps Rangely to Madawaska, down to Augusta.

One illegal arrested in Rangely was MS-13, an El Salvadoran gang that President Trump designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization, wanted by Interpol for aggravated murder. Recent meth and cocaine takedowns also occurred in Rangely. 

Over in Jackman, the border was similarly quiet, but quiet can be deceiving. A Colombian and 13 Romanians – all illegals – were arrested by Jackman CBP agents in Skowhegan last month, part of a wider theft ring.

Inexplicably, as law enforcement protects Maine, risks rise. Not only are police undermanned, but heated anti-law enforcement rhetoric is creating its own risks. Late August, federal, state, and local law enforcement were escorting illegal aliens in Knox County, when a US citizen took it on herself to try to run them over.

Absurd, terroristic, but true. A DHS spokesman noted: “These incidents come after months of smears and rhetoric by activists, politicians, and the media comparing … law enforcement to the Nazi Gestapo, kidnappers, and Secret Police. This shameful rhetoric has fueled a culture of hate against law enforcement, resulting in a 1,000 percent increase in assaults against them.”

In pointed reference to Maine, the spokesman said: “All sanctuary politicians, activists, and the media need to turn down their rhetoric.” Note that the Democrats passed a bill making Maine a Sanctuary State, which prohibits cooperation with federal officers.   

On another day, in Houlton itself, speaking with state police and federal agents, several realities popped. First, in nine months ending July, the Houlton sector – entire northern Maine border – made 557 arrests, including dangerous Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang members, those on the terror watch list, including those from Egypt.

LONDON’S MUSLIM MAYOR LAUNCHES JIHAD AGAINST ‘FAR RIGHT’

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London’s Muslim mayor launches jihad against ‘far right’

September 17, 2025 | Chris Donaldson

Over the weekend, London was the site of a huge rally where millions of citizens took to the streets, waving the Union Jack and English flags in defense of free speech and to protest immigration, earning the ire of leftist leaders, including the city’s Muslim Mayor Sadiq Khan.

The “Unite the Kingdom” demonstration was organized by activist Tommy Robinson and featured a remote appearance by billionaire Tesla/SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, a display of patriotic nationalism that was the largest protest in British history, although it was largely ignored by the domestic U.S. media.

The turnout badly rattled the current rulers with authoritarian UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowing the country would “never surrender” while Khan issued a statement urging unity and denouncing those who participated, effectively declaring jihad against the “far right,” a vague pejorative term used by the left to paint critics and dissidents with a broad brush by inferring that they’re all Nazis.

“We must unite against those who seek to divide us,” Declared Mayor Khan in a post to X in which he bravely turned off his replies.

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SORO’S OPEN SOCIETY FUNNELED $80 M TO PRO-TERROR GROUPS

For additional information, the book, Arabella by Scott Walter, exposes with  detailed information on the  dark money that  secretly flows into American far left political organizations .  Nancy  
NEW REPORT REVEALS SOROS’ OPEN SOCIETY FUNNELED $80 MILLION TO PRO TERROR GROUPS
by Tyler Durden   September 18, 2025

The White House opened the week by declaring war on the radical left and its dark-money NGO network in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s political assassination. President Trump and senior officials are zeroing in on George Soros’ Open Society Foundations (OSF) empire, which they say has sown years of chaos nationwide, with Trump even hinting at potential RICO charges.

 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE
Since 2016, George Soros’s Open Society Foundations (OSF), now run with his son Alexander, has poured over $80 million into groups tied to terrorism or extremist violence. The evidence is stark: Open Society has sent millions of dollars into U.S.-based organizations that engage in “direct actions” that the FBI defines as domestic terrorism. These groups include the Center for Third World Organizing and its militant partner Ruckus Society, which trained activists in property destruction and sabotage during the 2020 riots, and the Sunrise Movement, which endorsed the Antifa-linked Stop Cop City campaign, in which activists currently face over 40 domestic terrorism charges and 60 racketeering indictments. At the same time, Open Society awarded $18 million to the Movement for Black Lives, a group that co-authored a radical guide that glorifies Hamas’s October 7 massacre and instructs activists in the use of false IDs, blockades, and economic disruption.
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ARMED QUEERS GROUP TRAINS RADICAL MARXISTS

Armed Queers group trains radical Marxists to shoot just miles from where Charlie Kirk was murdered

The group trains gay, queer, and transgender people to arm themselves and fight against capitalism and the American system. There is at this time no evidence linking the group to Tyler Robinson, Kirk’s accused assassin.

By Jerry DunleavyGelet Fragela and Steven Richards   September 14, 2025

Amid the snow-capped mountains and Mormon churches of Utah, not far from where FBI agents continue to scour for more evidence in Charlie Kirk’s assassination, a self-described armed revolutionary group openly aligned with Cuba has risen up on the streets of one of America’s most conservative states.

Armed Queers SLC says its mission is to train gay, queer and transgender people to arm themselves and to fight against capitalism. Although their purported Facebook page does not directly appear to encourage the use of firearms in their claimed mission, many of the images used depict firearms. As recently as this spring, its members traveled to Cuba for a meeting to celebrate the May Day holiday and participate in a march and events alongside revolutionaries from around the world.

The group posted photos on its public Instagram account—which was deleted on Friday—of its young students attending, and its leaders openly discussed how the communist regime agenda and this American group’s agenda were aligned in a YouTube video after the visit to Havana. The video has been scrubbed and is not available in any web archive, but Just the News took a careful transcription of the discussion prior to its deletion.

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THE DALLAS BEHEADING AND MIGRANT CRIME

President Trump was not exaggerating when he said that countries had opened up their insane asylums and sent these people to the U.S.  !! Nancy  
Migrant crime and the Dallas beheading
By Byron York

MIGRANT CRIME AND THE DALLAS BEHEADING. Add this to the list of terrible crimes committed by illegal immigrants in the United States: In a Dallas hotel last week, Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, a Cuban in the U.S. illegally, was cleaning a room when he got into an argument with the hotel manager, Chandra Nagamallaiah. Cobos-Martinez was apparently angry that Nagamallaiah “didn’t speak to him directly and instead relied on [a female co-worker] for translation,” according to a police affidavit.

Cobos-Martinez left for a moment and came back with a machete. He allegedly began hacking at Nagamallaiah, who tried unsuccessfully to fend him off. Nagamallaiah’s wife and son were there and also tried unsuccessfully to stop Cobos-Martinez.

Like every other horrible act in America today, the whole thing was captured on surveillance video. Cobos-Martinez kept swinging the machete, and Nagamallaiah ended up in a defensive crouch. It went on and on and on. Finally, Cobos-Martinez reportedly chopped off Nagamallaiah’s head. “The suspect then kicked the head twice into the parking lot,” the affidavit said. The video shows Nagamallaiah’s head bouncing along the pavement “like a soccer ball,” spewing blood until it rolled to a stop. Finally, Cobos-Martinez picked up the head and threw it in a dumpster.

People nearby called 911. According to one news account, “Cobos-Martinez was found by authorities covered in his manager’s blood and still holding the machete just a few blocks away from the scene.” He was arrested and charged with capital murder.

Authorities quickly discovered Cobos-Martinez was in the U.S. illegally. Then they learned his criminal history. Cobos-Martinez appears to have been in the country for several years. This is his record, according to an account by Dallas television station NBCDFW:

In February 2017, Cobos-Martinez stole a Mercedes in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The car broke down along I-95, where he was arrested and charged with felony grand theft motor vehicle. Four months later, in June 2017, in South Lake Tahoe, California, a police report details a carjacking in which Cobos-Martinez, while naked, tried to force himself into a woman’s car while pulling her hair and clothes and sitting on her lap. Cobos-Martinez told police he had about 20 beers and smoked a joint of marijuana before the carjacking. His criminal activity then continued to Texas, where in 2018, he was arrested on an indecency with a child through sexual contact charge in Harris County after allegedly grabbing a 14-year-old girl, bringing her behind bushes and assaulting her. The charge was later dismissed for insufficient evidence. He spent one year behind bars for an assault charge related to the case.

CRUSHING LEFT WING TERRORIST NETWORKS

White House vows government will crush left-wing ‘terrorist’ networks after Kirk slaying

By Seth McLaughlin    September 15, 2025

White House senior adviser Stephen Miller vowed Monday that the Trump administration will do everything in its power to root out the left-wing organizations that have fomented political violence, following the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

During an appearance on a special tribute episode of “The Charlie Kick Show” hosted by Vice President J.D. Vance, Mr. Miller said the final text he received from Mr. Kirk was focused on coming up with an organized strategy “to go after the left-wing organizations that are promoting violence in this country.”

“We are going to channel all of the anger that we have over the organized campaign that led to this assassination, to uproot and dismantle these terrorist networks,” Mr. Miller said, citing the doxing of public officials and organized street violence. “It is a vast domestic terror movement.”

“With God as my witness, we are going to use every resource we have at the Department of Justice, Homeland Security, and throughout this government to identify, disrupt, dismantle, and destroy these networks and make America safe against the American people,” he said. “It will happen, and we will do it in Charlie’s name.”

An evangelical Christian and co-founder of the youth organizing group Turning Point USA, Mr. Kirk was shot and killed last week during an appearance at Utah Valley University.

The 31-year-old has been credited with reshaping the conservative movement by attracting more young people to the cause and emphasizing the importance of debate. Police have charged 22-year-old Tyler Robinson of Utah with the murder.

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ANTIFA/TRANTIFA- THE ENEMY WITHIN

The Enemy Within: Tyler Robinson is Trantifa

Charlie Kirk’s Assassin, Domestic Terrorism and Left Wing Violence

By Robert W. Malone MD, MS   September 13, 2025

The opinions expressed below are my own, and do not represent those of the US Government, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

The day after the assassination of Christian youth leader Charlie Kirk, I made the case that it was necessary to wait for confirmation and additional information concerning the shooter and his motives. The recovered rifle and inscribed bullet casings seemed all too convenient, seemingly directing anger and blame towards certain left-wing subcultures. The needed information and confirmation are now available. This was not a lone wolf, this was a representative of a violent left wing subculture, a branch of the Antifa movement known as Trantifa or Transtifa. If the Turning Point USA organization represents youth reaching for the light and a healthy, positive future, Trantifa is its dark counterpoint. Both compete and are engaged in recruiting and influencing the belief structures of American youth. Corporate media and their leftist echo chamber are guilty of actively and repeatedly portraying Turning Point USA as “far right” and falsely linking this Christian organization to either Fascism or the Neo-Nazi movement. But this is psychological projection and a perversion of both truth and the historic record. Historically, Fascism has always come from the left.

I am confident that certain Democrat party Senators and their aides, as well as their left-leaning Corporate media allies, will be tempted to misconstrue my words. To be explicitly clear, I am now calling on the US Federal Government and its legal investigative, enforcement, and homeland security capabilities to respond in full force to a domestic terrorist threat. I am not calling for, and specifically condemn vigilante violence. This has to be done rigorously, methodically, properly, professionally, and legally.

Based on available information, it is reasonable to infer that a member of the violent leftist organization self-identifying as “Antifa” would consider the founding leader of Turning Point, Charlie Kirk, as a high-value target. Cutting-edge social media researchers and image data mining specialists are rapidly accumulating confirmatory data, but for those who can read the meaning, the inscribed bullet casings tell the story.

JE SUIS CHARLIE- THE FREE PRESS

Je Suis Charlie
Charlie Kirk was murdered while practicing the very act that gave birth to this nation—and the only thing that will ensure its survival.
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“We fear Charlie Kirk’s assassination represents a watershed moment for free expression in this country,” write The Free Press’s editors. (Ross D. Franklin via AP Photo)
By The Editors

Charlie Kirk’s assassination has hit the staff of The Free Press hard. Some of us knew him personally, but even those of us who didn’t found ourselves deeply distressed when we first heard the news Wednesday afternoon.

We’re journalists, which means we are used to reporting on horrible events, including gun violence, assaults, and murders.

So why does this one feel different? Why is there sure to be a prolonged impact from this tragedy?

Kirk’s obituaries invariably described him as a conservative activist, a supporter of President Donald Trump, and a leader in bringing thousands of young people along with him. That’s true.

The Assassination of Charlie Kirk

 

 

JD Vance re charlie kirk

 

JD Vance
@JDVance
A while ago, probably in 2017, I appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox show to talk about God knows what. Afterwards a name I barely knew sent me a DM on twitter and told me I did a great job. It was Charlie Kirk, and that moment of kindness began a friendship that lasted until today.
Charlie was fascinated by ideas and always willing to learn and change his mind. Like me, he was skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016. Like me, he came to see President Trump as the only figure capable of moving American politics away from the globalism that had dominated for our entire lives. When others were right, he learned from them. When he was right–as he usually was–he was generous. With Charlie, the attitude was never, “I told you so.”  But: “welcome.”
Charlie was one of the first people I called when I thought about running for senate in early 2021. I was interested but skeptical there was a pathway.  We talked through everything, from the strategy to the fundraising to the grassroots of the movement he knew so well. He introduced me to some of the people who would run my campaign and also to Donald Trump Jr. “Like his dad, he’s misunderstood. He’s extremely smart, and very much on our wavelength.” Don  took a call from me because Charlie asked him too.
Long before I ever committed (even in my mind)  to running, Charlie had me speak to his donors at a TPUSA event. He walked me around the room and introduced me. He gave me honest feedback on my remarks. He had no reason to do this, no expectation that I’d go anywhere. I was polling, at that point, well below 5 percent. He did it because we were friends, and because he was a good man.
When I became the VP nominee–something Charlie advocated for both in public and private–Charlie was there for me. I was so glad to be part of the president’s team, but candidly surprised by the effect it had on our family. Our kids, especially our oldest, struggled with the attention and the constant presence of the protective detail. I felt this acute sense of guilt, that I had conscripted my kids into this life without getting their permission. And  Charlie was constantly calling and texting, checking on our family and offering guidance and prayers. Some of our most successful events were organized not by the campaign, but by TPUSA. He wasn’t just a thinker, he was a doer, turning big ideas into bigger events with thousands of activists. And after every event, he would give me a big hug, tell me he was praying for me, and ask me what he could do. “You focus on Wisconsin,” he’d tell me. “Arizona is in the bag.” And it was.
Charlie genuinely believed in and loved Jesus Christ. He had a profound faith. We used to argue about Catholicism and Protestantism and who was right about minor doctrinal questions. Because he loved God, he wanted to understand him.
Someone else pointed out that Charlie died doing what he loved: discussing ideas. He would go into these hostile crowds and answer their questions. If it was a friendly crowd, and a progressive asked a question to jeers from the audience,  he’d encourage his fans to calm down and let everyone speak.  He exemplified a foundational virtue of our Republic: the willingness to speak openly and debate ideas.
Charlie had an uncanny ability to know when to push the envelope and when to be more conventional. I’ve seen people attack him for years for being wrong on this or that issue publicly, never realizing that privately he was working to broaden the scope of acceptable debate.
He was a great family man. I was talking to President Trump in the Oval Office today, and he said, “I know he was a very good friend of yours.” I nodded silently, and President Trump observed that Charlie really loved his family.  The president was right. Charlie was so proud of Erika and the two kids. He was so happy to be a father. And he felt such gratitude for having found a woman of God with whom he could build a family.
Charlie Kirk was a true friend. The kind of guy you could say something to and know it would always stay with him. I am on more than a few group chats with Charlie and people he introduced me to over the years. We celebrate weddings and babies, bust each other’s chops, and mourn the loss of loved ones. We talk about politics and policy and sports and life. These group chats include people at the very highest level of our government. They trusted him, loved him, and knew he’d always have their backs. And because he was a true friend ,you could instinctively trust the people Charlie introduced you to. So much of the success we’ve had in this administration traces directly to Charlie’s ability to organize and convene. He didn’t just help us win in 2024, he helped us staff the entire government.
I was in a meeting in the West Wing when those group chats started lighting up with people telling Charlie they were praying for him.  And that’s how I learned the news that my friend had been shot. I prayed a lot over the next hour, as first good news and then bad trickled in.
God didn’t answer those prayers, and that’s OK. He had other plans. And now that Charlie is in heaven, I’ll ask him to talk to big man directly on behalf of his family, his friends, and the country he loved so dearly.
You ran a good race, my friend.
We’ve got it from here.

AMERICA’S TURNING POINT – CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION

Today’s  assassination of Charlie Kirk will be  the true Turning Point for America.  Nancy
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BREAKING: President Trump from the Oval Office has just addressed the assassination of Charlie Kirk and declared he will go after those who perpetrate political violence. “My administration will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and support it, as well as those who go after our judges, law enforcement officials, and everyone else who brings order to our country.” “I am filled with grief and anger at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah. Charlie inspired millions, tonight all who knew him and loved him are united in shock and horror.” “From the attack on my life in Butler, Pennsylvania last year, which killed a husband and father, to the attacks on ICE agents, to the vicious murder of a healthcare executive in the streets of New York, to the shooting of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and three others. Radical left political violence has hurt too many innocent people and taken too many lives. ” “Tonight, I ask all Americans to commit themselves to the American values for which Charlie Kirk lived and died, the values of free speech, citizenship, the rule of law.” “His legacy will live on for countless generations to come. Today, because of this heinous act, Charlie’s voice has become bigger and grander than ever before, and it’s not even close. May God bless his memory. May God watch over his family.”

TRUMP-STYLE POPULISM RISING IN EUROPE

Trump-Style Populism Is Rising in Europe

In Britain, France, Italy, Germany and elsewhere, voters are rejecting the establishment’s nihilism.

By Gerard Baker   September 8, 2025

Something is stirring in Europe. Its leaders continue to talk in private about Donald Trump with a mixture of contempt and fear while publicly feigning respect and deference. But the people they claim to lead are starting to sound more like the U.S. president. European elites have worked hard to stamp out any sparks across the Atlantic from the Trumpian fire. But in Europe now it feels like the underbrush is smoldering.

In the U.K., where the counterrevolution against globalism was launched with the Brexit vote in June 2016, the mood is sulfurous. Nigel Farage, Britain’s Donald Trump, who was in Washington last week getting flayed by Democrats on Capitol Hill and embraced by his friend in the White House, is now the ascendant figure in the nation’s politics. His Reform UK party, which didn’t exist a decade ago, leads the clueless governing Labour Party by around 10 points in opinion polls. This weekend they held their annual convention in Birmingham, the heart of Middle England. It had something of the look and feel of a concert by a Trump tribute band. “Make Britain Great Again” baseball hats—in understated British teal, not gaudy American crimson—flew off the shelves. Like MAGA gatherings, there was a fair helping of fruitcake: One doctor told delegates Covid vaccinations might have been a “significant factor” in the recent diagnoses of cancer among two members of the royal family.

But the faces and voices were authentic and powerful—and familiar to anyone who’s been to a Trump rally: regular citizens, tired of the arrogant uniparty in power the last decade, tired of being told what to think by the establishment about immigration, multiculturalism, transgenderism. Above all tired of losing their country, its traditions and values to those who despise them.

In France, yet another centrist government has fallen. Parliament ousted President Emmanuel Macron’s handpicked prime minister, François Bayrou, by a 364-194 vote Monday. His replacement will be France’s fourth prime minister in a year. The presidential election is still 18 months away, and God alone knows how many more governments there will be before then. But the chaos is only clearing the path for the party treated as pariahs by the media. Marine Le Pen, barred from office by a dubious prosecution last year reminiscent of some of the lawfare against Mr. Trump, may be forced out of the race. But the designated successor of her National Rally party, 29-year-old Jordan Bardella, is a fresh face who has worked with her to detoxify the brand, dispelling its old stench of antisemitism and Nazi-adjacent ideology.

Speaking of detoxifying brands, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni is about to mark her third anniversary as prime minister, a feat of FDR-like longevity in that country. Her Brothers of Italy party’s roots lie in Benito Mussolini’s fascist movement. But she has skilfully steered an unwieldy coalition towards stable populism, elevating traditional Christian values and pushing hard against uncontrolled immigration.

In Germany another uniparty coalition is striving to address rising popular anger. Chancellor Friedrich Merz has made some commendable steps, such as getting his compatriots to accept a greater share of the burden for their defense. But he is hamstrung by dependence on the Social Democrats, and grinding through the gears of Teutonic stasis, his government is losing ground to the Alternative for Germany, which the established parties have stigmatized.

What’s stirring in Europe is the same rejection of the establishment’s cultural nihilism that moved enough voters in America to make Mr. Trump president twice.

Immigration is out of control in the U.K.; three million arrivals in the past five years in a country of 66 million. The social consequences are startling: from hotels in leafy, peaceful English towns crammed full of refugees, to a London student body that is one-third Muslim. Similar challenges are overwhelming France, Germany and Italy. Their economies are crushed by the weight of fiscal incontinence and sky-high energy prices caused in part by delusional green extremism.

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