🇺🇸 America’s rate of political assassinations has surpassed that of the sixties and is approaching that of the Civil War, according to Peter Turchin’s USPVDB.

🔗 US Political Violence Database

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🇺🇸 MSNBC panelist says “we are at war” and urges viewers to pick up weapons while Jasmine Crockett nods in agreement.

MSNBC is promoting this rhetoric days after Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

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🇺🇸 Nick Fuentes gives his CALL TO ACTION for all of the young men who are furious about Charlie Kirk's assassination.

"Get involved in politics TOMORROW! We must fill up the ranks. Not to give more votes to republicans, but to truly change the paradigm so that WE can be in charge!"

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🇺🇸 Nick Fuentes honors Charlie Kirk's sacrifice.

"He died professing faith in Christ and defending the truth."

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🇩🇪 Germany To Add More Than 100K Troops To Army In Preparation For War With Russia

The head of the German army is calling for more than doubling its forces in response to a perceived threat from Russia. The Army Chief said Berlin must be ready to fight a war with Moscow by 2029.

Reuters reports viewing confidential German documents that show Army Chief Alfons Mais wants to add 100,000 new troops to the military. The increase in armed men will more than double the size of the German Army.

"It is imperative for the army to become sufficiently ready for war by 2029 and provide the capabilities Germany pledged (to NATO) by 2035," he wrote on September 2.

The proposal comes as Berlin is increasing its defense commitments to Eastern European nations. Germany is in the process of establishing a permanent deployment of 5,000 troops in Lithuania.

Additionally, Berlin is planning to increase its surveillance in Poland after about two dozen Russian drones entered Polish airspace.

Berlin has yet to reach its 2018 goal of having 203,000 troops across its military. Earlier this year, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced Berlin was now trying to increase the size of its military to 260,000.

🔗 https://www.zerohedge.com/military/germany-add-more-100k-troops-army-preparation-war-russia

🇫🇷 France credit score downgraded to lowest on record amid political crisis

The US ratings agency, one of the top global institutions gauging the financial solidity of sovereign borrowers, downgraded France on its ability to pay back debts, from "AA-" to "A+". It also said France's debt mountain would keep rising until 2027 unless urgent action was taken.

The downgrade will further complicate the task of new Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, probably heading a minority government, of drawing up a budget for next year.

"This instability weakens the political system's capacity to deliver substantial fiscal consolidation," it added, saying it was unlikely the fiscal deficit would be cut to three percent of GDP by 2029, as the outgoing government had wanted.

A rating downgrade typically raises the risk premium investors demand of a government to buy sovereign bonds – although some financial experts had suggested the debt market had already priced in an expected downgrade for France.

On Tuesday, the return on French 10-year government bonds, known as the yield, rose to 3.47 percent, close to that of Italy, one of the eurozone's worst performers.

Rising yields would translate into higher costs for servicing France's debt, which Bayrou warned was already at an "unbearable" level.

Since Macron's allies in parliament have no overall majority, they will likely have to make compromises that could undermine any drive to slash spending and raise taxes – with Lecornu's job potentially also on the line.

To win sufficient parliamentary support, Lecornu is expected to make concessions to the Socialists, including higher taxes on the wealthy and softening Macron's hard-won 2023 retirement reform. But he risks alienating lawmakers in Macron's own party and the conservative Republicans if he goes too far.

"Fitch projects debt to increase to 121 percent of GDP in 2027 from 113.2 percent in 2024, without a clear horizon for debt stabilisation in subsequent years," the agency said.

🔗 https://www.france24.com/en/france/20250913-france-credit-score-downgraded-lowest-on-record-amid-political-crisis-lecornu-macron-budget

🇮🇱❌🇪🇬 Egypt discovers Israeli attempts to kill Hamas leaders on its soil

Cairo warns any Israeli strike on Hamas figures in Egypt would be treated as a declaration of war, as the Doha attack prompts regional fears

“Intelligence reports suggest that Israel has been plotting to assassinate Hamas leaders in Cairo for some time, as Egypt had already foiled an earlier attempt during ceasefire negotiations in the city over the past two years,” a high-level security source told MEE.

The senior Egyptian officials’ statements to MEE came in response to threats by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel would target Hamas in other countries.

“Any attempt on the lives of Hamas leaders on Egyptian soil would be considered by Egypt as a violation of its sovereignty and, accordingly, a declaration of war by Israel, which we would not hesitate to retaliate against,” the security source said.

🔗 https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-egypt-discovers-israeli-attempts-kill-hamas-leaders-its-soil

🇺🇸🤝🇮🇱 Israel will receive over $650 million for missile defense under the $895 billion National Defense Authorization Act.

Congress extended Israel’s access to US weapon stockpiles until 2029 while forcing Pentagon briefings on weapons transfers, blocking ICC warrants, and boycotting global arms expos that exclude Israeli firms.

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📎 https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/09/11/us-house-passes-defense-policy-bill-including-provisions-israel-military-aid/