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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: SVPete on May 11, 2026, 09:40:20 AM
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The Dual Loyalty Libel Just Got Judicial Approval in California
https://kevindeutsch.substack.com/p/the-dual-loyalty-libel-just-got-judicial?r=aakqc&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true (https://kevindeutsch.substack.com/p/the-dual-loyalty-libel-just-got-judicial?r=aakqc&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true)
Nobody disputes that Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen is a skilled and seasoned prosecutor.
So it shocked the local Jewish community — even in this era of appalling antizionist bigotry — when Santa Clara Superior Court Judge Kelley Paul effectively decided Thursday that Rosen’s Jewish identity precluded him from fairly prosecuting people who spray-painted “Death to Israel” on a university wall.
Paul, shamefully, removed Rosen from the case.
In doing so, she applied a racist double standard neither she nor any other judge in the United States would have dared apply to any minority group but the Jewish people.
This is local for me, but it may be a harbinger of judicial bigotry to come (I hope I'll be proven wrong).
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We Warned This Might Happen: Al-Qaeda’s Long-Forecasted Assault on Mali
https://pjmedia.com/charles-jacobs-and-uzay-bulut/2026/05/10/we-warned-this-might-happen-al-qaedas-long-forecast-assault-on-mali-n4952709 (https://pjmedia.com/charles-jacobs-and-uzay-bulut/2026/05/10/we-warned-this-might-happen-al-qaedas-long-forecast-assault-on-mali-n4952709)
On Saturday, April 25, 2026, the world awoke to a nightmare that seasoned observers of the Sahel had been forecasting for years. Fighters from Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), the al-Qaeda-linked umbrella group operating across West Africa, launched a coordinated nationwide assault on Mali. Striking before dawn, they hit Bamako’s Modibo Keïta International Airport, the main military base at Kati, the home of Defense Minister Sadio Camara, and cities including Mopti, Gao, and Kidal. JNIM’s longtime tactical partners, the Tuareg separatists of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), simultaneously moved on northern strongholds, reportedly seizing much of Kidal and lowering the Malian flag.
By midday, the U.S. Embassy had ordered citizens to shelter in place. The airport was closed and a three-day curfew announced. Russian Africa Corps mercenaries — who had replaced French and UN forces — were dragged into firefights alongside the Malian army. Mali Defence Minister Sadio Camara was killed in an attack on his residence. While government spokespeople insisted the situation was “under control,” social media flooded with images of jihadist fighters parading through captured military bases and FLA fighters raising their flag over the north. A Malian air force Mi-35 was reportedly shot down in Gao.
Whether Bamako survives this offensive, falls in the coming days, or descends into a prolonged siege, one thing is now beyond dispute: the warnings about Mali were not exaggerated. They were, if anything, understated.
Following the 2012 Tuareg rebellion and ensuing military coup, northern Mali quickly fell under the control of jihadist groups, most notably al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and its affiliates, who exploited weak governance and cross-border instability to impose Islamic sharia law. Christian life in these regions became untenable.
A military government currently controls Mali, which has compounded the pressures on Christians and monitoring of church leaders and activities. The military government suspended political parties in 2025, which has increased fears of greater authoritarianism and instability.