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Skulpturenpark in Blokhus / … The sculpture park in Blokhus

Ende August waren wir mit einer Gruppe aus unserem alten Dorf zusammen in Blokhus, im Skulpturenpark. Er ist auch bekannt für seine Sandskulpturen, …

Skulpturenpark in Blokhus / … The sculpture park in Blokhus

Trump admits he lost in 2020, leading white nationalist Nick Fuentes to disavow him

White nationalist Nick Fuentes blasted Trump Sept. 4 for admitting that he lost the 2020 election, and said that he will work to get voters not to back Trump.

“So, why did we do Stop the Steal? Why did did anyone go to Jan. 6? Why did any one go to jail? … It would have been good to know that before 1,600 people got charged,” Fuentes said on his podcast, referring to the criminal charges for those who invaded and ransacked the Capitol. “It would’ve been good to know that before (I) had all my money frozen, put on a no-fly list, banned from everything, lost all my bank and payment processing.”

Source: Trump admits he lost in 2020, leading white nationalist Nick Fuentes to disavow him

Asian Am enrollment drops at Yale & Princeton | AsAmNews

Despite the end of affirmative action following last year’s supreme court decision, enrollment at both Yale and Princeton dropped for Asian Americans.

Bloomberg reports enrollment dropped to 24% from 30% the previous year at Yale and at Princeton, the class saw a 2% decline among Asian American admits to 24%.

These numbers are significant because this is the first-year colleges admitted students under the Supreme Court ruling that banned race conscious admissions.

According to the Yale Daily News, the White student population in the entering class increased 4% to 46% while the percentage of Black and Native American students remained the same.

The Latinx student population in the class of ’28 increased 1 percent, setting an all-time high on the Ivy League campus.

Source: Asian Am enrollment drops at Yale & Princeton | AsAmNews

Florida man gets 45 months in prison for Jan. 6 assault on police officer at Capitol – UPI.com

Florida man was sentenced on Tuesday to 45 months in prison and another 36 months of supervised release for assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, invasion of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump.

Sentenced by U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, Bryan Roger Bishop, 52, of Marathon, Fla., entered a guilty plea to one count of assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers on April 30. He was initially arrested in Aug. 8, 2023, in Florida.

Source: Florida man gets 45 months in prison for Jan. 6 assault on police officer at Capitol – UPI.com

American right-wing influencers duped to work for covert Russian influence operation — prosecutors | Euronews

They have millions of followers online, they have been major players in right-wing political discourse since Donald Trump was US president, and they worked unknowingly for a company that was a front for a Kremlin influence operation, US prosecutors say.

An indictment filed on Wednesday alleges a media company linked to six conservative influencers — including well-known personalities Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson — was secretly funded by Russian state media employees.

The company would use the money to churn out English-language videos that were “often consistent” with the Kremlin’s “interest in amplifying US domestic divisions in order to weaken US opposition” to Moscow’s interests, like its war in Ukraine, according to the indictment.

Source: American right-wing influencers duped to work for covert Russian influence operation — prosecutors | Euronews