Australian news anchor Sarah Ferguson did not give former Vice President Kamala Harris an off-ramp during a recent interview, refusing to allow her to sidestep a direct question about former President Joe Biden and his obvious physical and cognitive decline.
Harris has been doing press for a memoir about her abbreviated presidential campaign — a memoir that spares no feelings as she flings blame for her loss in every direction but inward — and she appeared completely unprepared to address what was possibly the most predictable question of the interview.
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FERGUSON: &#8220;Wasn&#8217;t his refusal to recognize his own frailties the reason that you faced a nearly impossible task?&#8221;
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&#8220;Wasn&#8217;t Joe Biden, then, to put it on him, wasn&#8217;t his refusal to recognize his own frailties the reason that you faced a nearly impossible task?&#8221; Ferguson asked.
&#8220;I ran against Donald Trump for President,&#8221; Harris inexplicably replied. &#8220;And Donald Trump ran on a platform that was in large part I believe misrepresenting his intentions to the American people. I do believe that there are a fair number of people that voted for Donald Trump who believed him when he told them that his first priority on day one is going to be to bring down prices, and he didn&#8217;t.&#8221;
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&#8220;And you combine that misrepresentation of intention with also what was at play in terms of massive amounts of mis- and disinformation —&#8221; Harris dragged the interview further and further down the rabbit hole. &#8220;— and a truncated calendar in terms of the clock —&#8221;
&#8220;Now, I&#8217;m — forgive me — want to interrupt you — because that is a world-class pivot, but it is not the question that I asked you, which is about Joe Biden&#8217;s failure to recognize his own frailties and what that did to you,&#8221; Ferguson cut in and put a stop to Harris&#8217; ramble. &#8220;The question is about Joe Biden. Are you still reluctant to criticize the former president?&#8221;
&#8220;In what regard, please?&#8221; Harris asked.
&#8220;Just in terms of that question,&#8221; Ferguson repeated.
&#8220;What exactly would you like to ask? Be more specific, if you don&#8217;t mind,&#8221; Harris said.
Slowing her speech markedly, Ferguson asked again, &#8220;Was it Joe Biden&#8217;s decision, his failure to recognize his own frailties in that position, that put you in the position that made it almost impossible to win that race?&#8221;
&#8220;He was not frail as President of the United States,&#8221; Harris insisted.
&#8220;But he had frailties. We all saw the debate,&#8221; Ferguson pressed.
Harris hesitated briefly before replying, &#8220;I do believe that Joe Biden had the capacity to be President of the United States, and I have never doubted that he had the capacity to be President of the United States. If you want to talk about whether he had the ability to endure what a race for President of the United States would require in that political environment in 2024, as I have said in the book, I had concerns.&#8221;
Ferguson tried one more time to get a straight answer from Harris: &#8220;Yes, but I&#8217;m just wondering is there a reason why you won&#8217;t go to that prolonged frailty question?&#8221;

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President Donald Trump locks in a critical deal with Australia as he presses on several foreign policy fronts, the administration ramps up the Caribbean war on drugs, and a Christian couple loses their foster care license over gender theory.
It’s Tuesday, October 21, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day.
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">White House Roundup</h2>
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Topline: The weekend protesters may have cleared out, but it’s shaping up to be another wild week in Washington – with a major presidential focus on foreign policy. 
Ukraine: President Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday. While it wasn’t their most contentious meeting, Trump seems less bullish on Ukraine since his recent conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump suggested that he’s not ready yet to provide Ukraine with the Tomahawk missiles they’ve requested.
Australia: On a more positive note, Trump had a productive meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday.
The two leaders signed a critical minerals and rare earths deal. Under the agreement, the United States and Australian governments will invest more than $3 billion in critical mineral projects over the next six months, “with recoverable resources in the projects estimated to be worth $53 billion,” according to the White House.
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The deal also includes a lot of burden sharing and making new defense investments that will strengthen the alliance between the United States and Australia.
On the home front: The president recently decided to weigh in on upcoming elections. Trump made a late-breaking endorsement of Virginia Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears for Virginia governor.
The endorsement of Earle-Sears comes when the race is tightening because of a scandal lower down on the ballot with the Democratic candidate for state attorney general, Jay Jones.
In New Jersey’s gubernatorial race, Trump has endorsed Republican Jack Ciattarelli.
The New Jersey race is also tightening up significantly. Ciattarelli came close to winning in 2021. Trump endorsed him in May because Ciattarelli was in a primary battle then.
Shutdown showdown: The shutdown shows no sign of ending soon. Rumors on Capitol Hill suggest rank-and-file Democrats want to negotiate an “off-ramp” with Republicans, but no one has said what that looks like. The posture of the situation is best described as a waiting period to see what Democrats will do.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Trump&#8217;s War On Narco-Terrorists</h2>
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Topline: The Trump administration is massively escalating its counternarcotics campaign in the Caribbean against suspected drug traffickers. 
Venezuela: The Trump administration saw the destruction that occurred to the United States under the Biden presidency when it came to opening up our borders. According to Trump, that pulled countries like Venezuela to send in prisoners, gangbangers, and narcotraffickers, and the president says he wants that to end for good.
Trump is pressuring the Maduro regime by carrying out dramatic kinetic strikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and sending the message that there is a new sheriff in town.
Former DEA Attache for Venezuela Wes Tabor told The Daily Wire that the pressure is so extreme that he doesn’t see Maduro staying in power much longer.
“There&#8217;s an internal pressure that&#8217;s boiling between Nicolas Maduro and between the Estado Alliance, who is basically the head of the military and also in the Senate. And he has a lot of power with the military, whereas Maduro is the figurehead. He&#8217;s the president. Those two are battling it out right now in the country,” said Tabor.
“I&#8217;ve heard rumors from my sources in Venezuela,” he continued. “They&#8217;re saying, you know, there have been a few times that Nicolas Maduro was thinking about bugging out.”
Colombia: Trump wants Colombia to be wary of becoming the next Venezuela — signaling that the United States could take a stricter stance against Bogotá and its leadership if the government refuses to cooperate with his administration. The Colombian president is slowly chipping away at the longstanding relationship with a United States that has cracked down on cocaine production.
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Anti-Christian Foster Care Case</h2>
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Topline: The state of Massachusetts has revoked the license of foster parents Lydia and Heath Marvin, both Christians, after the couple refused to sign a “gender-affirming” policy. The couple is now taking legal action, claiming religious discrimination.
The Marvins: The Marvins have been fostering children since 2020, primarily infants and toddlers with medical needs or special challenges – the kind of children few homes are equipped to handle. Their record shows they accepted cases others turned down.
In April, the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) revoked their fostering license. The stated reason: the Marvins declined to sign the state’s revised LGBTQ Non-Discrimination Policy — specifically a section requiring foster parents to affirm a child’s gender identity and sexual orientation.
The Marvins argue that signing would conflict with their sincerely held Christian convictions. They’ve initiated legal action, claiming religious discrimination and violation of their First Amendment rights.
The DCF: DCF officials insist their duty is to protect children. In their view, that means placing kids only in homes that will affirm their gender identity and sexual orientation.
Step back: Critics such as journalist and child-welfare expert Naomi Schaefer Riley say the state has lost sight of the bigger mission.
“A lot of these states have just really lost sight of the goal there — which should be providing as many options for safe, loving homes as possible to these kids,” Riley told The Daily Wire.
Riley, who has written extensively on family policy, says this case fits a growing national pattern where religious foster families feel pressured to abandon their beliefs or stop fostering altogether. That’s a serious problem because, according to a <a href="https://cafo.org/faith-foster-care-and-the-surprising-path-to-flourishing/#:~:text=This%20week%2C%20the%20Institute%20for,11%25)">study</a> released just last month, Christians are more than three times more likely to foster a child compared to those with no religious affiliation. They’re also more likely to adopt out of the foster care system.
It’s a trend: In Massachusetts, another couple — Mike and Kitty Burke — were rejected as foster parents last year after expressing Catholic beliefs about marriage and gender that didn’t align with the state’s policy.
And in Oregon, a woman named Jessica Bates was denied a foster license for refusing to commit to gender-affirming practices. Her case is now before a federal appeals court.
Riley says many more conflicts never make the headlines.
“Once they make clear they’re looking for parents who fit a certain mold, people of faith either violate their own principles to comply, or they just don’t sign up at all because they know the agency is going to be hostile to their religious practice,” she said.
Hope for the Marvins: One major court precedent is the 2021 Supreme Court decision Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. In that case, the court ruled that the city violated the Free Exercise Clause when it stopped contracting with Catholic Social Services because the agency wouldn’t certify same-sex couples.
The court said that because Philadelphia’s rules allowed for exceptions, the city couldn’t deny a religious exemption.
Legal analysts say the Marvin case could hinge on similar reasoning — whether Massachusetts’ policy is truly “neutral and generally applicable,” or if it targets religious beliefs.
The Marvins’ lawsuit, filed with help from Alliance Defending Freedom, is still in early stages.

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WASHINGTON— President Donald Trump on Monday signed a critical minerals and rare earths deal with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, calling the leader a trusted friend and steadfast ally.
Under the deal, the U.S. and Australian governments will invest more than $3 billion in critical mineral projects over the next six months, &#8220;with recoverable resources in the projects estimated to be worth $53 billion,&#8221; according to the White House. The Department of War will also invest in constructing a &#8220;100 metric ton-per-year advanced gallium refinery in Western Australia, further advancing self-reliance in critical minerals processing.&#8221;
And the U.S. Export-Import Bank will issue seven &#8220;Letters of Interest&#8221; for over $2.2 billion in financing, the White House said, &#8220;unlocking up to $5 billion of total investment, to advance critical minerals and supply-chain security projects between our two countries.&#8221;
Additionally, Australia has committed to making new defense investments bolstering both the U.S. and Australia, including purchasing $1billion in Andural &#8220;unmanned underwater vehicles&#8221; as well as $2.6 billion in Apache helicopters.
The meeting, which took place in the White House Cabinet Room, included Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Australia Ambassador Kevin Rudd, Australia&#8217;s Industry Minister Tim Ayres, and others.
&#8220;We&#8217;re going to be signing an agreement that&#8217;s been negotiated over a period of four or five months,&#8221; explained President Trump.
&#8220;We got it done just in time for the visit. And we work together very much on rare earths, critical minerals and lots of other things, and we&#8217;ve had a very good relationship. We&#8217;ve been working on that for quite a while.&#8221;
Australia&#8217;s prime minister said that his country has a $8.5 billion pipeline that is prepared and &#8220;ready to go.&#8221;
When reporters asked the president if he plans to lift U.S. tariffs on Australia, the president said: &#8220;I will say this, Australia, pays very low tariffs, very, very low tariffs. Australia pays among the lowest tariffs.&#8221;
The president also praised AUKUS — the trilateral security alliance between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States — and announced that the U.S. will soon sell Australia nuclear-powered submarines.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> signs a critical minerals deal with Australian Prime Minister <a href="https://twitter.com/AlboMP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AlboMP</a>:
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At one point during the meeting, a reporter questioned President Trump about criticisms from Australian Ambassador Kevin Rudd, who has deleted X posts in which he <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-08/rudd-trump-us-ambassador-question/104574464">called Trump</a> a &#8220;traitor to the west&#8221; and &#8220;the most destructive president in history.&#8221;
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&#8220;I don&#8217;t know anything about him,&#8221; the president told the reporter, &#8220;If he said bad [things] then maybe he&#8217;d like to apologize.&#8221;
&#8220;I really don&#8217;t know, did an ambassador say something,&#8221; he asked jokingly, turning to Albanese, and drawing laughs from those in the room. &#8220;Don&#8217;t tell me, I don&#8217;t wanna know. Where is he? Is he still working for you?&#8221;
When the prime minister pointed across the table at Rudd, who was seated almost directly across from Trump, the president looked at him and questioned, &#8220;You said bad?&#8221;
&#8220;Before I took this position, Mr. President,&#8221; Rudd responded.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t like you either,&#8221; the president told him. &#8220;And I probably never will. Go ahead,&#8221; he added immediately, calling on another reporter.

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KMD Brands, the parent company of the popular surf brand Rip Curl, posted an $82.9 million loss and will close 21 retail locations, per a report <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15127941/amp/Major-Australian-retailer-forced-close-stores-records-105millon-loss.html">from</a> The Daily Mail. Rip Curl generated $30.6 million in total revenue in FY25 before taxes, representing a 27% decrease in earnings from the previous year. 
This financial update follows the end of Rip Curl&#8217;s longtime partnership with pro surfer Bethany Hamilton and the release of a promotional clip featuring a transgender-identifying male, which led to boycotts.
The Australia-based KMD <a href="https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/09/24/kathmandu-rip-curl-owner-slumps-to-huge-full-year-loss/#:~:text=As%20for%20its%20individual%20businesses,New%20ZealandBusiness">said</a> on Wednesday that it had recently restructured its business in a move designed to save $5 million annually. The results for 2024-25 are significantly worse than those of the previous year, when the company posted a $48.3 million loss, according to 1 News in New Zealand. The outlet noted that the company has not been profitable since the 2014-15 fiscal year.
There is no explicit connection between the company’s poor financial performance and its push for transgender inclusion, but social media users have been pointing to the results as proof of the popular adage, “go woke, go broke.”
In January 2024, the international brand released a documentary ad featuring Sasha Jane Lowerson, a male competing in the women’s category for professional surfing, as part of its “Summer Looks Good on You” campaign. Lowerson <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-10836653/Aussie-trans-surfer-makes-history-winning-title-woman.html">previously competed</a> in the men&#8217;s surfing division under the name Ryan Egan until he began his “gender transition” in 2021.
The video received massive backlash, prompting Rip Curl Women to pull the ad just days later. 
“Our recent post has landed us in the divisive space around transgender participation in competitive sport. We want to promote surfing for everyone in a respectful way but … we upset a lot of people with our post and for that, we are sorry … The surfer featured has not replaced anyone on the Rip Curl team and is not a sponsored athlete,” the company <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C2ytzd6uAVz/">said</a> in a statement at the time.
Meanwhile, Hamilton, an outspoken Christian and critic of males competing in women’s sports, reacted to the promo by <a href="https://x.com/bethanyhamilton/status/1752051389344448993">posting</a> on X, “Male-bodied athletes should not be competing in female sports. Period.”
Hamilton is best known for losing her arm in a shark attack while surfing when she was 13 years old. But instead of letting the accident quell her love for the sport, she went on to compete into adulthood. Her incredible story was turned into both a book and the movie “Soul Surfer.” 
The pro surfer had previously come out against the World Surf League in 2023 when it adopted the International Surfing Association (ISA) policy on transgender participation in the sport. 
&#8220;This concerns me as a professional athlete that has been competing in the World Surf League events for the past 15-plus years,&#8221; Hamilton <a href="https://x.com/robbystarbuck/status/1622311329821245440">said</a> at the time. 
&#8220;I think many of the girls currently on tour are not in support with this new rule and they fear being ostracized if they speak up,&#8221; she went on. &#8220;We are seeing glimpses of male-bodied dominance in women&#8217;s sports like running, swimming, and others. I personally won&#8217;t be competing in, or supporting, the World Surf League if this rule remains.&#8221;
It’s unclear who initiated the break in sponsorship between Hamilton and Rip Curl, but there’s no denying that the two were at odds when it came to transgender activism. In October 2023, followers noticed that Hamilton’s surfboard, which was always covered in Rip Curl decals, had been stripped bare. 
Hamilton is now sponsored by PublicSquare, an online marketplace that shares her values.
While the exact situation between Hamilton and Rip Curl was never publicly addressed, social media was not kind to the surf brand after it was revealed that it had endorsed males competing in women’s sports.
“Imagine, dropping a phenomenal professional surfer, who survived a shark biting her arm off, only to replace her with a man who pretends to be a woman. Guess what my followers and I will be doing? We will all #BoycottRipCurl,” one person <a href="https://x.com/unhealthytruth/status/1751312157608751228">wrote</a> on X.

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In one of the most obscene juxtapositions in modern diplomatic history, on the very day Hamas terrorists dragged three blindfolded Palestinian men into the street and <a href="https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/terrorist-group-hamas-publicly-executes-three-men-in-gaza-as-prime-minister-anthony-albanese-recognises-palestinian-statehood/news-story/fbb5f6031300cd6260e0df5a74c3d5c9">executed them</a> before a cheering crowd in Gaza, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Australia — joined by Canada and the United Kingdom — formally recognized a Palestinian state, led by the very terrorists pulling the trigger.
On Sunday, Hamas — classified as a terrorist organization by the United States and European Union — brazenly carried out public executions in central Gaza City. The three men, accused of “collaborating with Israel,” were blindfolded, hands tied, and forced to kneel before being kicked to the ground and shot in the head while a mob chanted in support of Hamas’ military wing. The scene was filmed by onlookers and gleefully spread across Hamas-run Telegram channels.
If that weren’t grotesque enough, the killers placed a written threat on the victims’ corpses: “To all mercenaries of the occupation and collaborators – the time has come to cut off your heads.”
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As the blood dried on the pavement, Prime Minister Albanese defended his government’s recognition of a Palestinian state led by Hamas, calling it a step to “end the cycle of violence.” Let that sink in: the same day a Western government rewards a terrorist regime with statehood, that regime celebrates by executing unarmed men in the street like animals — with children watching.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rightly <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/huge-reward-terrorism-netanyahu-lashes-165341367.html">called the move</a> a “huge reward” for terrorism.
This wasn’t an isolated act of savagery. Hamas has a long and bloody record of executing Palestinians — many of them fellow Muslims — on thin accusations of “collaboration.” In 2014, during the Gaza conflict, Hamas <a href="https://www.amnestyusa.org/reports/strangling-necks-abduction-torture-and-summary-killings-of-palestinians-by-hamas-forces-during-the-2014-gazaisrael-conflict/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">tortured and killed </a>at least 23 Palestinians, some in the streets, some dragged from prisons and shot without trial. In 2017, three men were <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20220904-gaza-s-hamas-executes-five-palestinians-including-two-for-collaboration?utm_source=chatgpt.com">publicly executed</a> in front of hundreds for allegedly helping Israel kill a Hamas commander. In 2022, five Palestinians were <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20220904-gaza-s-hamas-executes-five-palestinians-including-two-for-collaboration?utm_source=chatgpt.com">executed</a>, two for “collaboration,” three for “criminal cases” — though what Hamas considers “criminal” often amounts to opposition or dissent.
And yet, Australia, Canada, and the UK have decided now is the time to hand the Palestinian leadership the ultimate political legitimacy — statehood.
This is the same Hamas whose so-called “judicial system” includes military tribunals, secret detentions, and zero due process. Victims are regularly tortured, confessions are coerced, and executions often carried out in secret — unless, of course, they’re being used for public spectacle and fearmongering.
Meanwhile, leftist governments in the West, desperate to virtue-signal their moral superiority and commitment to “peace,” hand international legitimacy to a terrorist cabal that proudly executes its own people without trial and boasts about it online.
Albanese’s defense? He wants a ceasefire. He wants peace.
Hamas doesn’t want peace. It wants power through terror.
And now it has statehood recognition handed to it on a silver platter by Western leaders too blinded by ideology to see blood on their own hands.

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George Carlin had his seven words you can’t say on TV, but today there is only one ineffable (un-sayable) word in American public life. You all know what it is. That one-word ban is due to the unique history and politics of the United States.
Are there any ineffable political beliefs?
In America, not yet. The Constitution’s First Amendment allows us to speak our minds. Other than calling for violent overthrow of the government or the immediate commission of a crime, we can say what we want. That includes bizarre, unpleasant, or even insane beliefs.
But in Australia, Canada, and Europe, free speech on asylum, migration, and national identity is increasingly being curtailed by law.
Western countries are undergoing massive, and often unpopular, demographic change. In democracies, the people have the right to discuss all political issues and decide what their own future should be. Yet increasingly, speech is prescribed, especially in the English-speaking world.
The news site Axios recently <a href="https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-0229ba50-fb70-47e4-924a-ed4b931d1c13.html?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;stream=top">wrote</a> that &#8220;[i]n MAGA&#8217;s telling, America is the heir to ancient European civilizations, built on a Judeo-Christian foundation of white identity, meritocracy and traditional gender roles.&#8221; Axios is clearly trying to be critical here, but what’s their issue?
I’d substitute the race-baiting term “white” with the more accurate “European,” and add something about free markets and free speech, but Axios describes exactly why millions flee the Third World and what they&#8217;re coming to. But as Western countries absorb those millions, the rules on what speech and conduct is acceptable are changing to accommodate them, with government complicity.
As popular dissent grows, opposing the progressive establishment’s insistence that migration is an unalloyed good is increasingly risky. Being a nationalist, meaning putting your nation first. Calling to limit all — not just illegal — migration. Criticizing over-generous and easily-gamed asylum systems.
Advocating for indigenous rights for Europeans. Citing official <a href="https://www.azerbaycan24.com/en/german-politician-convicted-for-sharing-migrant-crime-stats/">statistics</a> that show nationals of some countries commit violent crime at rates many times that of natives. Citing <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/14/britain-pay-for-costs-low-skilled-migration-for-generations/">studies</a> that show low-skilled migrants actually take more in benefits from the fiscal pot over their lifetime than they put in. All these can land one in hot water in some supposedly free countries that are close U.S. allies.
The most toxic topic is the war in the Middle East, which has little connection to the lives of everyday Westerners but inspires demonstrations from <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/01/13/1224641296/gaza-dc-march-ceasefire-israel-protest">Washington</a>, D.C. to <a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/570172/watch-pro-palestinian-protests-across-country-call-on-government-to-sanction-israel">Wellington</a>, NZ.
A two-tier attitude to free speech is rapidly developing across the Anglophone world, where provocative behavior is tolerated from supporters of Palestinians that would have been unimaginable only a generation ago.
In Australia, thousands of <a href="https://apnews.com/video/thousands-rally-at-pro-palestinian-marches-across-australia-1409f7e23ca2493085aa77bc8d361eba">protesters</a> took to the streets recently “demanding that the Australian government take action against Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza,” according to AP News. They chanted “free, free Palestine,” as they waved a Palestinian flags.
In Canada, the group <a href="https://x.com/mtl4palestine/status/1953598884489674804">Montreal4 Palestine</a> has held public Muslim <a href="https://x.com/ThevoiceAlexa/status/1957223530539454540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1957223530539454540%7Ctwgr%5E2b5d1b302916d487c1c2c13a5cb72e0e7e937e65%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rebelnews.com%2Fwatch_protesters_face_off_against_islamic_public_prayer_in_montreal">prayers</a> outside the Basilica of Notre Dame. Quebec is a French-speaking province and heavily Catholic. The symbolism of Muslim prayers in front of a prominent Catholic church, under flapping Palestinian flags, is powerful. Montreal4 Palestine protesters held a banner saying “we fight, we liberate, we return,” a slogan echoing the goals of Hamas. An opposing group of <a href="https://x.com/ThevoiceAlexa/status/1957205906225049709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1957205906225049709%7Ctwgr%5E2b5d1b302916d487c1c2c13a5cb72e0e7e937e65%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rebelnews.com%2Fwatch_protesters_face_off_against_islamic_public_prayer_in_montreal">counter-protesters</a> carrying Quebec flags and playing patriotic songs was much smaller.
Meanwhile in England, indigenous people are <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/england-flag-displays-powerful-symbol-immigration-fight-trump-style-populism-sweeps-through-uk">flying</a> the English flag, a cross of St. George on a white background. Some are doing so spontaneously, and others as part of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/england-flag-displays-powerful-symbol-immigration-fight-trump-style-populism-sweeps-through-uk">Operation Raise the Colours</a>. Critics try and tie it all to far-right extremism, but there is a groundswell to this movement that exceeds the tiny numbers of the radical right in Great Britain.
The London borough of Tower Hamlets and the City Council of Birmingham tore down English flags that had been hung in the streets. The symbolism is clear there too. In Tower Hamlets, Bangladeshis outnumber indigenous (white) British, and the non-English reportedly dominate government-subsidized housing.
Birmingham, a town in the middle of England, was 99.6% indigenous in 1951, but a decade ago, the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2755654/The-changing-face-Britain-A-child-Birmingham-likely-Muslim-Christian.html">reported</a> that “a child in Birmingham is now more likely to be a Muslim than Christian.” Since then, the country has seen mass migration from countries including Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Somalia. Today, indigenous British in Birmingham are under 50%.
The U.K.’s left-wing national broadcaster, the BBC, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx271162ee3o">hints</a> that anyone raising the English or British flags must be a right-wing extremist. The left-wing newspaper the Guardian predictably <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/20/row-grows-over-motives-behind-england-flag-campaign-far-right-racist">claims</a> that putting up English and British flags &#8220;may offer cover for far-right agendas.&#8221; By “far-right,” they include opposition to mass migration, concern about increased sexual violence against girls and women, and fear of cultural disintegration.
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Opposing mass migration is now an ineffable political position in the left-wing dominated academia, civil service, and media. But it is perfectly understandable and legitimate reaction to enormous demographic change across the Western world.
If current policies and trends continue, that change will make indigenous British a minority in their land within a few generations. Other countries like France and Germany are not far behind. This fate is not inevitable, it is a choice. It will only happen if the people accept it and elect governments accordingly. Putting out more flags perhaps signals that they won’t.
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Simon Hankinson is a senior research fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center and the author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Woke-Commandments-Must-Obey/dp/1680533614">&#8220;The Ten Woke Commandments (You Must Not Obey)&#8221;</a> from Academica Books.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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On Tuesday, Australia announced it would expel Iran’s ambassador and suspend operations at Australia’s embassy in Tehran, accusing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of directing two antisemitic attacks, including the firebombing of a synagogue.
“Enough credible intelligence has now been gathered to reach the deeply disturbing conclusion that the Iranian Government has directed at least two of these attacks,” the Australian Foreign Minister’s Office <a href="https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/media-release/response-iranian-attacks">stated</a>. “Iran has sought to disguise its involvement but ASIO assesses it was behind the attacks on: Lewis’ Continental Kitchen in Sydney on October 20 last year; and the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne on December 6 last year.”
“We have informed the Iranian ambassador to Australia he and three additional Iranian diplomats will be expelled,” the statement continued. “We have suspended operations at our embassy in Tehran and all our diplomats are now safe in a third country. The Government will legislate so we can list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – the IRGC &#8211; as a terrorist organisation.”
“Western security officials have said Tehran is increasingly turning to criminal networks in the West to target dissidents, critics and Jews. In another recent episode about two months ago, an alleged spy was arrested in Europe and German authorities said that Iran was suspected of <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/iran-suspected-of-scouting-jewish-targets-in-europe-c92367c4?mod=article_inline">collecting information on Jewish targets</a> in Berlin to prepare for possible attacks,” The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/australia-blames-iran-for-antisemitic-attacks-expels-ambassador-bd63cfe6?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=ASWzDAgVTHU-bqkEarVLh3rjMjgp_QGnZrWNhB3D6pX8WHh89JAFMQ6sGxzikxFiEYg%3D&amp;gaa_ts=68ae2537&amp;gaa_sig=JHopOhKaIQX0YV1PohFfgPwH0WR76TCHcZBZ4IoxWtt5LlS7c-4KgSs56yO-5lL9i2dJP6vEhlAVNfNbm8JO8g%3D%3D">reported</a>.
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“For decades, the Iranian regime has posed a threat to Israelis and Jewish communities around the world,” the Israeli embassy in Australia wrote on X. “Today, it became clear that this threat has reached Australian soil.  The international community can no longer be complacent. Australia has taken a principled stand, others should consider following suit.”
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For decades, the Iranian regime has posed a threat to Israelis and Jewish communities around the world.
Today, it became clear that this threat has reached Australian soil.
The international community can no longer be complacent. Australia has taken a principled stand, others… <a href="https://t.co/WOBBF2p5u5">https://t.co/WOBBF2p5u5</a>
— Israel in Australia (@IsraelinOZ) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsraelinOZ/status/1960206082456047974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Although the current Australian government seems to be intent on protecting local Jews, it is far less interested in protecting Jews in the state of Israel. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who has presided over an era in which antisemitism has become pronounced in his country and anti-Israel actions have grown ever more public, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/australia-palestinian-state-albanese-3d32a2d823a430cb85d3f6a83158dd90">said</a> in early August that his country would recognize a Palestinian state.
Australian television presenter Erin Molan, a staunch defender of the West and Israel, denounced the Australian government for asserting they would recognize a Palestinian state in the wake of the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre of over 1,200 Israelis, bitterly offering congratulations to Hamas and other terrorist groups.
“A big congratulations to Hamas off the news out of Australia that our government, our Prime Minister, and Foreign Minister will be recognizing a Palestinian state,” Molan said acidly. “They are, of course, in control of Gaza. They are terrorists and they carried out October 7. So a big congratulations to them for this wonderful shot in the arm.”
“I’d like to pass on my condolences to the hostages, around 50, who are still trapped in tunnels, are desperate, dying, suffering immensely; to every child in Gaza, my condolences to you as well because this will only prolong your pain because our government has just given a massive big hurrah to the people responsible for your pain: Hamas, the terrorists,” she declared.
“And also a big shout-out to every other heinous, murderous terrorist group in the world who was looking for a kind of way to gain legitimacy in the eyes of the Western world,” she said. “Who now know all they have to do is break into another country, slaughter, rape, chop off heads, hack them off on camera, burn children alive, and take hostages, including babies, then kill them, and ‘Bob’s your uncle’: there you go: statehood.”
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A huge congratulations not JUST to H*mas… but to terrorists everywhere 💪 What a win… 🥳
Ohhhh and condolences to the hostages, kids in Gaza and innocents everywhere who will suffer even more so as a result 🙏
Australia has just announced it will recognise a Palestinian… <a href="https://t.co/MF7OF2eAfQ">pic.twitter.com/MF7OF2eAfQ</a>
— Erin Molan (@Erin_Molan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Erin_Molan/status/1954753839061746149?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Australian television presenter Erin Molan, a staunch defender of the West and Israel, denounced the Australian government for asserting they would recognize a Palestinian state in the wake of the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre of over 1200 Israelis, bitterly offering congratulations to Hamas and other terrorist groups.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who has presided over an era in which antisemitism has become pronounced in his country and anti-Israel actions have grown ever more public, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/australia-palestinian-state-albanese-3d32a2d823a430cb85d3f6a83158dd90">said</a> on Monday that his country would recognize a Palestinian state.
“A big congratulations to Hamas off the news out of Australia that our government, our Prime Minister, and Foreign Minister will be recognizing a Palestinian state,” Molan said acidly. “They are, of course, in control of Gaza. They are terrorists and they carried out October 7. So a big congratulations to them for this wonderful shot in the arm.”
“I’d like to pass on my condolences to the hostages, around 50, who are still trapped in tunnels, are desperate, dying, suffering immensely; to every child in Gaza, my condolences to you as well because this will only prolong your pain because our government has just given a massive big hurrah to the people responsible for your pain: Hamas, the terrorists,” she declared.
“And also a big shout out to every other heinous, murderous terrorist group in the world who was looking for a kind of way to gain legitimacy in the eyes of the Western world,” she said. “Who now know all they have to do is break into another country, slaughter, rape, chop off heads, hack them off on camera, burn children alive, and take hostages, including babies, then kill them, and ‘Bob’s your uncle’: there you go: statehood.”
“So just really a big congratulations all round to all the terrorists and condolences to every innocent person who will be hurt immensely by this, none more so than the hostages and those children in Gaza,” she concluded.
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A huge congratulations not JUST to H*mas… but to terrorists everywhere 💪 What a win… 🥳
Ohhhh and condolences to the hostages, kids in Gaza and innocents everywhere who will suffer even more so as a result 🙏
Australia has just announced it will recognise a Palestinian… <a href="https://t.co/MF7OF2eAfQ">pic.twitter.com/MF7OF2eAfQ</a>
— Erin Molan (@Erin_Molan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Erin_Molan/status/1954753839061746149?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Molan said last November of Israel, “They are the only country currently fighting back and destroying the terrorists currently trying to destroy our way of life. &#8230; For most people in the West, that’s not the case. Yet. But as this movement grows — and it is — we won’t have an Iron Dome to protect us. Unlike Israel, the enemy in the West is already within. And the damage they will be capable of with just a little more encouragement and leniency will be unthinkable.”
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I honestly don’t know how <a href="https://twitter.com/Erin_Molan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Erin_Molan</a> does it. Week after week after week she breathtakingly knocks it out of the park every single time.
Watch as Erin calls out every single cowardly government for their blatant inaction in the face of the worst wave of hate and antisemitism… <a href="https://t.co/OlMvjPSZku">pic.twitter.com/OlMvjPSZku</a>
— Cheryl E 🇮🇱🎗️ (@CherylWroteIt) <a href="https://twitter.com/CherylWroteIt/status/1862429255000301794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
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In July, a synagogue with roughly 20 people inside praying was firebombed in East Melbourne; last December, another synagogue in Melbourne was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/world/australia/synagogue-fire-melbourne.html">set ablaze</a>. Between October 7, 2023, and December 2024, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry reported more than 2,000 anti-Jewish incidents.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lioness-aussie-news-anchor-confronts-anti-semitism-around-the-world-warns-the-west">‘Lioness’: Aussie News Anchor Confronts Anti-Semitism Around The World, Warns The West</a>

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The Victorian justice system in Australia on Friday found a Christian doctor who had been suspended for nearly six years over his Christian and conservative social media posts <a href="https://www.ausdoc.com.au/news/dr-jereth-kok-found-guilty-of-professional-misconduct-over-54-online-posts/">guilty of professional misconduct</a>.
Dr. Jereth Kok, “who had no prior history of patient complaints or professional misconduct before his suspension — now faces a separate sanctions hearing in early 2026 that could result in the full cancellation of his medical license,” The Daily Declaration <a href="https://dailydeclaration.org.au/2025/07/28/dr-jereth-kok-guilty-of-professional-misconduct-for-social-media-posts-tribunal-rules/">reported</a>.
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🚨 An Aussie doctor has been found guilty of professional misconduct.
Not for harming patients.
But for posting Christian views, including memes &amp; satire from <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheBabylonBee</a>, on social media.
Yes, that can now cost you your medical licence in Australia.
Meet Dr Jereth Kok 🧵 <a href="https://t.co/eGtnuLkhuh">pic.twitter.com/eGtnuLkhuh</a>
— Kurt Mahlburg (@k_mahlburg) <a href="https://twitter.com/k_mahlburg/status/1949682050941792313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Some of the posts Dr. Kok published included two promoting The Babylon Bee, with one hilarious headline reading, “Instead Of Traditional Warfare, Chinese Military Will Now Be Trained To Shout Wrong Pronouns At American Troops,” and another titled, “Congressional Prayer Lasts Two Days As Democrat Includes All 5,787 Genders.” That title, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal reportedly ruled, “failed to respect gender diversity” and was “derogatory to LGBTQI+ persons.”
Kok was reportedly pilloried for quoting children’s rights advocate Katy Faust, the founder of Them Before Us; promoting the <a href="https://caldronpool.com/ezekieldeclaration/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ezekiel Declaration</a>, a 2021 open letter signed by more than 3,000 church leaders that protested Australia’s proposed introduction of “vaccine passports,” and linking to an Australian Christian Lobby newsletter.
Kok <a href="https://x.com/k_mahlburg/status/1949682076459938279/photo/1">stated</a> in one post:
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I said above that “homosexual orientation may be addressed with therapy.” I view this as being a choice to be made by the individual. Because I do not think that orientation is a sin in itself, I do not think someone who has homosexual orientation must be urged by other Christians to seek therapy. If they wish to live a celibate life, without entertaining lustful thoughts, and without accepting a gay identity, then I do not see a problem with this. I think that an individual can be God-pleasing in this situation. If, on the other hand, he/she wishes to overcome his or her homosexual orientation in order to marry someone of the opposite sex, he/she may choose to have therapy. I believe that therapy can be successful, but I would hesitate to say that it will always be successful.
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Kok reposted a Spectator Australia article by Moira Deeming, a member of Parliament, on gender ideology in schools. In the article, she <a href="https://www.spectator.com.au/2020/08/the-cultural-juggernaut-of-transgender-ideology-not-kids-stuff/">declared</a>:
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&#8230; childhood gender dysphoria is a well-established, historically rare, psychological condition with objective diagnostic criteria. It has a long history of successful treatment using a watch and wait approach” coupled with psychological support. This approach affirms the child in their biological sex, avoids gender stereotyping and allows natural puberty to take place, resulting in approximately 85% of children outgrowing their dysphoria.  
However, in Australia as elsewhere, this unprecedented wave of gender dysphoric children has been systematically denied this highly successful, low risk method, which, upon being rebranded as “conversion therapy,” has been banned in jurisdiction after jurisdiction. Instead, gender dysphoric children are now labelled as “transgender’”and funneled into a radical and untested treatment pathway known as the “affirmative model.” But “transgenderism,” like the “Emperor’s new clothes,” exists only in the minds of believers. It is a theory developed in University Sociology departments, premised on the highly subjective and philosophical claim that a person’s sex can be “wrong.” It has never been proven to exist in the body through objective medical testing such as DNA analysis, brain scans or blood tests. 
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Freedom of speech has won a decisive victory in Australia. On Tuesday, a Melbourne tribunal <a href="https://adfinternational.org/news/free-speech-victory-in-australia-for-billboard-chris-as-x-post-censorship-overturned">overturned</a> the Australian government’s censorship order against Canadian street advocate Chris “<a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=support+billboard+chris+adf+international&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Billboard Chris</a>” Elston for an X post critical of gender ideology.
Back in 2024, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner had ordered X to remove Chris’ post, claiming it constituted “adult cyber abuse” under the country’s Online Safety Act. The post linked to a Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13119521/Sex-secrets-trans-kinky-Australian-bondage-bestiality-nudism-drugs-sex-change.html">article</a> about a WHO appointee and referred to the individual using biologically accurate pronouns. No threats. No private information. Just public facts and an opinion the government didn’t like. X initially resisted, but eventually geo-blocked the post in the country while filing its own appeal.
Billboard Chris, who travels the world engaging in conversations exposing the truth about gender ideology prompted by his wearable signs, refused to bow down to the order. With legal support from ADF International and the Human Rights Law Alliance, he challenged the eSafety Commissioner, and won in a decisive victory not just for himself, but for everyone who values the right to speak freely.
The Administrative Review Tribunal found what should have been obvious from the beginning — the post wasn’t intended to cause harm, wasn’t likely to be seen by the complainant, and was consistent with Chris’s well-known public message — namely, that children are never born in the wrong body. It ruled clearly that this did not constitute a form of abuse and revoked the takedown order.
The Tribunal recognized what the eSafety Commissioner refused to acknowledge, which is that this isn’t about harassment of any kind. The protection of Chris’ expression is about upholding the basic right to participate in a public conversation, one that touches on some of the most urgent questions of our time. To silence that conversation under the guise of “cyber abuse” is both intellectually dishonest and dangerous.
The absurdity of the government’s case was exposed in the hearing itself. Chris had merely reposted a widely read article that included publicly available information about the transgender activist appointed to a WHO panel of “experts” — information the activist had willingly shared on social media. Instead of defending public transparency, the government claimed those details were irrelevant and demanded censorship.
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The Tribunal’s written decision was clear: “The post, although phrased offensively, is consistent with views Mr Elston has expressed elsewhere in circumstances where the expression of the view had no malicious intent. For example, his statement placed on billboards that he is prepared to wear in public ‘children are never born in the wrong body’ expresses the same idea about the immutability of biology that he expresses, albeit much more provocatively, in the post”. Further, it held that, “an ordinary reasonable person would not conclude that that it is likely that the post was intended to have an effect of causing serious harm to Mr Cook”.
This case is about more than just one post or even one country’s speech laws. Not only will this decision likely shape future enforcement decisions, but also Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, has just been <a href="https://x.com/k_mahlburg/status/1939872951895302531">named</a> in a U.S. congressional investigation for colluding with foreign governments and corporate cartels to suppress speech worldwide — including in the United States. The U.S. House Judiciary Committee <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/2025-06/Exporting%20Censorship%20Final.pdf">released</a> a 100-page report detailing how Grant worked with GARM — a World Economic Forum-linked advertising consortium — to push platforms like X into silencing disfavored views. She demanded global takedowns of lawful content. She participated in pressure campaigns against X after Musk’s takeover. And she allowed so-called “brand safety” coalitions to influence her regulatory decisions.
This is coordinated censorship. The report lays out how GARM and other WEF-affiliated coalitions, working with officials like Grant, sought to blacklist voices they disagreed with under the pretense of maintaining a “safe” internet. In reality, they were constructing a global censorship machine — one that’s ideologically aligned, politically unaccountable, and willing to cross borders to silence dissent. Billboard Chris&#8217; case is living proof of what this looks like.
If the Tribunal had sided with the Commissioner, it would have emboldened this aggressive censorship campaign and reinforced the idea that a government can suppress the speech of any person on any platform, even beyond traditional jurisdictional boundaries. And make no mistake — that’s exactly what the eSafety Commissioner and its allies are trying to do.
Fortunately, Billboard Chris’ free speech victory is a warning to the censors. He stood up to a system designed to silence him, and he won. But the same people trying to censor speech in Australia are working to do the same everywhere else. 
On the same day of Chris’ victory, the European Union took a significant step toward strengthening online censorship, beefing up its censorial Digital Services Act by enforcing the accompanying &#8220;Code of Conduct on Disinformation&#8221;. The DSA enables Brussels bureaucrats to control online speech at scale — both in Europe and globally — under the guise of “safety” and “protecting democracy”. Platforms that fail to remove content ambiguously deemed “illegal” face massive financial penalties and even suspension. Coupled with the framework’s approach to “misinformation,” “disinformation,” and “hate speech,” the DSA could lead to the sweeping removal of online content.
Threats to free speech online are evidently immense and growing, but Billboard Chris’ successful challenge shows that this tide can be turned. Courageous individuals, armed with principle and the law, can stand up to the censorship industrial complex — and win. And their victories protect not just their own speech, but those too who would come after them. Others must be emboldened by the lead of this Canadian father and vigilantly defend against censorship if we are to see free speech prevail.
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Robert Clarke is a barrister and director of advocacy for ADF International, which coordinated the legal defense of Billboard Chris in Australia. Follow him on X at <a href="https://x.com/Rob_ADFIntl?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Rob_ADFIntl</a>
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Tuesday after five Western governments imposed sanctions on them for “extremist rhetoric.”
The countries sanctioning the two Israeli cabinet members include Canada, the United Kingdom, Norway, New Zealand, and Australia. They released <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-ministers-joint-statement-on-measures-targeting-itamar-ben-gvir-and-bezalel-smotrich">a joint statement</a> claiming the officials had “incited extremist violence and serious abuses of Palestinian human rights” in Judea and Samaria, also known as the West Bank.
“These sanctions do not advance U.S.-led efforts to achieve a ceasefire, bring all hostages home, and end the war,” Rubio <a href="https://x.com/SecRubio/status/1932536569107525916">said in a statement</a>. “We reject any notion of equivalence: Hamas is a terrorist organization that committed unspeakable atrocities, continues to hold innocent civilians hostage, and prevents the people of Gaza from living in peace.”
Rubio added that the United States “urges the reversal of the sanctions” and “stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel.”
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The sanctions reportedly include travel bans and asset freezes, though the ministers are not known to have any assets in those countries.
In the five countries’ statement, they claim that the situation in Judea and Samaria cannot be viewed separately from “the catastrophe” in Gaza. They added that they are &#8220;appalled by the immense suffering of civilians, including the denial of essential aid” and that they oppose “unlawful transfer of Palestinians from Gaza or within the West Bank” or any reduction of the territory of the Gaza Strip.
The countries accuse Ben-Gvir and Smotrich of “extremist rhetoric” including allegedly advocating for the “forced displacement of Palestinians and the creation of new Israeli settlements.”
Both Ben-Gvir and Smotrich are the Israeli boogeymen to the Israeli Left and Western media due to their extremely nationalistic and hawkish right-wing views, including for the expansion of settlements in Judea and Samaria and support for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/israel-announces-plans-to-create-an-emigration-administration-to-relocate-gazans">relocating Gazans</a> from the Gaza Strip.
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Smotrich responded <a href="https://x.com/bezalelsm/status/1932419325865889825">in a speech</a> on Tuesday while he was inaugurating the new Israeli settlement “Mitzpe Ziv” in the Hebron Hills.
“I heard that Britain had decided to impose sanctions on me for obstructing the establishment of the Palestinian state,” he said. “The timing couldn&#8217;t be better.”
He added that Britain has already once attempted to prevent Jews from “settling in the cradle of our homeland” and that “we are determined to continue building.”
In the five countries’ statement, they repeatedly mention the two-state solution, a plan for both an Israeli and Palestinian state, claiming that it is “extremist rhetoric” to reject such a plan.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Huckabee said that the United States no longer backs the establishment of a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria, in an interview with Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-10/us-holds-deep-doubts-about-palestinian-state-ambassador-says">published Tuesday</a>.
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Ben-Gvir also responded to the sanctions on Tuesday, claiming that these countries are attacking Israel while they have their own internal issues to worry about.
“While the European colonial countries fantasize that we Jews are still their subjects, the streets of their famous cities are being taken over by radical Islam,” <a href="https://x.com/itamarbengvir/status/1932455261756653815">he wrote</a>. “But their campaign of appeasement for the Hamas terrorists will not save them. When they finally wake up, it will be too late!”
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Moments after being protested by a bottle-throwing crowd near Yale University, Itamar Ben-Gvir sat down with me to discuss the stark contrast between his VIP treatment at Mar-a-Lago and the hostile reception from anti-Israel students.
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In April, protesters near Yale University <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-israels-national-security-minister-responds-to-bottle-throwing-yale-crowd">hurled bottles</a> at Ben-Gvir during his trip to the United States, just a day after he was welcomed by applause from a crowd filled with Trump allies and members of Congress at Mar-a-Lago. He told The Daily Wire that the reception likely wouldn’t have happened if President Donald Trump had lost because he was detested by the Biden administration.
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“It would have been likely that they would not admit me and here I am today, from a situation where I was a persona-non-grata, to a situation where I am being loved,” he said. “I enter their room and there is an applause for what I say, on our ideas, on our world view, on the fact that I want a big and strong state of Israel.”
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said that the government will call a special meeting next week to determine how to respond to the “outrageous, unacceptable decision” by the five Western governments, <a href="https://www.jns.org/london-to-sanction-ben-gvir-smotrich-over-anti-hamas-comments/">Jewish News Syndicate reported</a>.
“It is outrageous that elected representatives and members of the government are subjected to these kinds of measures,” Sa’ar stated.

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