Germany arrests self-declared 'king' and bans his extremist group

Peter Fitzek, 59, was among those arrested in morning raids across seven states on Tuesday, which involved about 800 security personnel.

The government banned their group, the Reichsbürger, or "citizens of the Reich", which seeks to establish the Königreich Deutschland, or "Kingdom of Germany".

Alexander Dobrindt, German's interior minister, accused the group of attempting to "undermine the rule of law" by creating an alternative state and spreading "antisemitic conspiracy narratives to back up their supposed claim to authority".

His ministry announced the dissolution of the group, and accused it of financing itself through "economic criminal structures".

Germany vs The Man Who Would Be King

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Germany bans extremist movement and arrests self-declared 'king' Peter

Police arrest the leaders of Germany's largest Reichsbürger faction, that calls itself "Kingdom of Germany".

^{Damien McGuinness (BBC News)}

China Set to End One of Its Last US Dependencies Thanks to 35 Million Tons of High-Purity Quartz Deposit Worth 1.4 Billion Euros

And then there is this news

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China Set to End One of Its Last US Dependencies Thanks to 35 Million Tons of High-Purity Quartz Deposit

The find may allow China to end its reliance on imports from the United States, particularly from the globally dominant Spruce Pine mine in North Carolina.

^{Arezki Amiri (The Daily Galaxy - Great Discoveries Channel)}

El Salvador offers Venezuela prisoner swap involving US deportees

El Salvador's president has offered to repatriate 252 Venezuelans deported by the US and imprisoned in his country - if Venezuela releases the same number of political prisoners.
Nayib Bukele appealed directly to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a post on social media.
He said many of the Venezuelan deportees had committed "rape and murder", while Venezuelan political prisoners were jailed only because they opposed Maduro, whose re-election last year is widely disputed.

DIrty Dealing That Makes Trump Look Complicit, A Liar (Surprise) or a Fool (Also no Surprise) or all 3

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El Salvador offers Venezuela prisoner swap involving US deportees

El Salvador proposes exchanging 252 US-deported Venezuelans for the same number of "political prisoners" in Venezuela.

^{Jaroslav Lukiv (BBC News)}

Amazon Ceasing Operations In Quebec

Leaving Quebec "Not Because of Unionization Efforts" when of course that is why

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Mass. Prisoners Could Choose Between Freedom And Their Organs

The legislation, HD 3822, states, “The Bone Marrow and Organ Donation Program shall allow eligible incarcerated individuals to gain not less than 60 and not more than 365 day reduction in the length of their committed sentence in [prison], on the condition that the incarcerated individual has donated bone marrow or organ(s).”

Unethical Law Proposed In MA Regarding Organ Transplants

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Mass. Prisoners Could Choose Between Freedom And Their Organs

A new bill would allow prisoners to get time off their sentence if they donate their organs or bone marrow.

^{Matthew Cunningham-Cook (The Lever)}