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UK probes alleged police fakery in Israeli fan ban; U.S. pulls missiles from Japan amid China risk; Philly lights up; America’s denial
Home Secretary orders investigation into allegations police used false evidence to ban Israeli fans from Aston Villa match
Home Secretary orders investigation into allegations police used false evidence to ban Israeli fans from Aston Villa match: Shabana Mahmood has told officials to dig into West Midlands Police after the force leaned on what Dutch authorities now call false or misleading “intelligence” to bar Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters from Villa Park on November 6. WMP’s case featured a phantom army of 5,000 Dutch officers, 500–600 Israeli fans allegedly marauding through Muslim neighborhoods, and a canal‑pushing caper for good measure—claims Amsterdam police flatly dispute, saying only ultras were confrontational and even that single canal incident is unclear. The Government didn’t reverse the ban, prompting accusations of antisemitism and “no‑go zones,” while Tory MP and Villa fan Nick Timothy says Chief Constable Craig Guildford should resign unless he comes clean; he’ll finally face the Home Affairs Committee after initially refusing. WMP insists its intelligence was sound and will explain itself to MPs, citing a meeting with Dutch police and a credible threat from the “Maccabi Fanatics.” Alongside the probe, the Home Secretary has ordered a wider review of how local authorities make match‑day safety calls, with an interim report on the West Midlands case due before Christmas. In short: if the numbers don’t add up, someone’s been doing policing by campfire tale.
U.S. Pulls Missiles From Japan, Prompting Warnings of Increased War Risk With China
U.S. Pulls Missiles From Japan, Prompting Warnings of Increased War Risk With China: The Pentagon has removed its Typhon mid‑range missile battery from the U.S. Marine Corps air station in Iwakuni—deployed in September for the “Resolute Dragon 2025” drills—handing Beijing a propaganda gift and critics a migraine over timing. The truck‑mounted system, which fires Tomahawk and SM‑6 missiles capable of striking deep into China as well as North Korea and Russia’s Far East, lingered past the exercise but was formally withdrawn November 17, just as Chinese state outlets push the line that Washington is abandoning Tokyo. Days earlier, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said a Chinese attack on Taiwan would constitute a “survival‑threatening” situation for Japan, prompting an Osaka‑based Chinese diplomat to post language widely read as an assassination threat, while Beijing piled on with travel warnings, seafood bans, and Coast Guard forays near the Senkakus. Analysts warn Xi Jinping may seek a confrontation to shore up power—making this pullout look less like routine rotation and more like exquisitely bad optics at a dangerous moment.
South 13th Street lights up for the holiday season in Philadelphia
South 13th Street lights up for the holiday season in Philadelphia, as thousands packed the 1600 block Saturday night for the kickoff of the beloved “Miracle on South 13th Street” display. A rare Philly traffic jam everyone was happy to stand in—glow sticks, not grudges, leading the way.
Denial and Misperceptions in the United States
Denial and Misperceptions in the United States: The argument claims America’s crisis isn’t hardship but “manufactured mass hysteria”—a nation coached by trusted institutions to deny obvious realities until outrage replaces reason. It ties that climate to rising political obsession and anxiety centered on Trump, and to a broader ecosystem of propaganda, social conditioning, and censorship that allegedly trains people to react on command rather than think. The proposed antidote is a forthcoming manual on manipulation, Manufacturing Delusion, due February 17, 2026—complete with a preorder push, because nothing says “see through the spin” like an urgent call to buy now.
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