You Get What You Pay For: London Descends Into Chaos After Morocco Loss in World Cup

London's Tower Bridge. 

A jokester on the internet posted the following prediction about the World Cup:

Although his prediction failed to materialize, it wasn’t far off — but it’s London, not Paris, that descended into violence after Morocco suffered a 2-0 defeat to France in the FIFA World Cup on Thursday. 

It was a chilling scene after the sun set and showed just how far England has fallen due to their unfettered immigration policies. It barely seems like the stiff upper lip Britain of old.

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As the tweet at the beginning of this story shows, many thought it was the French capital that would get hit — they’ve allowed insane immigration, too — but they forgot about good old Britannia:

As a result [of Morocco’s loss], many feared Paris would erupt into riots, especially after the chaos that followed Paris Saint-Germain's UEFA Champions League victory over Arsenal in May.

Instead, images and videos from Edgware Road in northwest London showed police clashing with large crowds as smoke billowed through the streets and debris littered the roadway.

Riot police, equipped with shields and body armor, tried to contain the crowds as they clashed with people launching fireworks and throwing debris. One video also appeared to show an officer down.

The officer described appears to have been felled by injuries during the melee; it’s unclear how serious his condition is, but it’s disturbing to witness:

When I think of London, I imagine double-decker red buses, Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, and scones with clotted cream. Those days appear to be over.

I admit to having taken an Ancestry DNA test. I was secretly hoping that I’d have an exotic past, with a little Italian, maybe some Viking, and perhaps something totally unexpected, but nope: I was all Scottish/English/Irish, with a little Scandinavian thrown in. It saddens me to see the decline that has overtaken my ancestors’ country.

We regularly have mayhem too here in this country after championship games are decided— most recently the outbursts in NYC after the Knicks won the NBA championship in June. 

And, to be fair, the Brits have their own past bad behavior to account for. The infamous "soccer hooligans" from the 1970s to the 1990s brought rowdiness and drunken behavior to matches all across Europe. But the U.K. rightfully cracked down on those ruffians, and they rarely make news anymore. 

As bad as those are — and I certainly don’t condone them — the London riots feel different, because they’re about a team that is not even English and has nothing to do with the almost 2,000-year old Londinium.

For this, and so many other reasons, it certainly feels like we’re watching the end of an empire in real-time. Put Britain on suicide watch, because they’re slowly killing themselves. 

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/07/10/you-get-what-you-pay-for-london-descends-into-chaos-after-morrocco-loss-in-world-cup-n2204179

Scope of SPLC's deeply embedded influence training teachers nationwide uncovered in sweeping report

Defending Education found the SPLC's Social Justice Standards in required courses and student-teacher evaluations in colleges nationwide

A new report is shining a spotlight on the Southern Poverty Law Center's influence in American colleges, revealing its educational materials are being used to train future K-12 teachers in 38 states as Congress and federal investigators intensify their focus on the organization.

According to a report from Defending Education, an education watchdog group that the SPLC once labeled an "extremist" group, researchers examined 100 colleges of education and uncovered SPLC's Learning for Justice, formerly Teaching Tolerance, and the group's Social Justice Standards embedded into teacher preparation programs nationwide.

The report said the organization's Social Justice Standards are incorporated into teacher preparation programs that include "Equity, Access, and Anti-bias Education," "Teaching for Social Justice," "Critical Consciousness" and "Socially Just Teachers."

Researchers found the materials in required education courses, teacher candidate handbooks, student teacher evaluations, lesson planning assignments, departmental frameworks and professional development for educators.

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A new report says the Southern Poverty Law Center's Learning for Justice materials are being used in teacher preparation programs across nearly 40 states. 

"It is quite clear that the SPLC’s programming has more than a trivial impact on education," Defending Education Director of Research Rhyen Staley said.

"Pre-service teachers should not be forced to adhere to or promote politically charged ideologies to obtain a degree. Furthermore, students and their families deserve an educational experience that is free of political bias and promotes balanced viewpoints."

The report argues colleges help shape what future teachers bring into classrooms and that many universities keep their use of Learning for Justice materials out of public view, saying "few COEs outwardly acknowledge their use of SPLC materials; instead, many COEs hide their usage and promotion behind faculty login pages."

"Because COEs are the primary institutions responsible for preparing future K-12 classroom teachers, as well as the continuing education of present teachers and administrators, they play a major role in what content, materials, 'best practices,' and perspectives shape educators," the report said.

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Opponents of Critical Race Theory attend a packed Loudoun County School Board meeting in Ashburn, Va., on June 22, 2021, which erupted into chaos and led to two detentions. 

Pointing to multiple universities, the report highlights how the standards have worked "their way into courses, pre-service programming, and K-12 classrooms indirectly."

California State University, Sacramento's College of Education, and William & Mary's School of Education require pre-service teachers to incorporate Social Justice Standards into coursework, lesson planning, classroom instruction and professional evaluations, according to the report.

William & Mary's handbook states that the standards "reflect the School of Education's philosophical approach to teaching and learning," the report said.

The report also said Western Washington University evaluates student teachers on integrating the standards into lesson planning, requiring "clear links to identity and diversity anchor standards found in Learning for Justice/Teaching Tolerance Standards," while Brandeis University says the standards guide its "Teaching for Social Justice" teacher education program.

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An aerial view of the University of Maryland campus in College Park, Md., on Nov. 14, 2009. 

The standards have also reached graduate programs, grant-funded initiatives and state policy, according to the report.

The University of Maryland College of Education incorporates them into one of its teacher leadership master's degree programs, and the Maryland State Department of Education includes them in new teacher induction regulations, the report said.

"MSDE does not generally develop curriculum; we establish statewide standards," a Maryland State Department of Education spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "We're not aware of any local school systems incorporating SPLC materials into training for teachers or board members, so questions about local implementation would need to be directed to individual LEAs."

Researchers reviewed taxpayer-funded initiatives, including a $275,000 National Science Foundation grant supporting Northern Arizona University's project and a $3.3 million U.S. Department of Education grant awarded to Claremont Graduate University, whose grant proposal said it would "introduce Fellows to the following core social justice teaching ideas and practices," including the "Social Justice Standards from Teaching Tolerance," according to the report.

The NSF declined to comment.

The report comes after the Justice Department filed an 11-count indictment against the organization in April, alleging it defrauded donors by concealing millions of dollars in payments to confidential informants operating within extremist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan, United Klans of America and Aryan Nations.

SPLC Interim President and CEO Bryan Fair denied any wrongdoing during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in June, calling the charges politically motivated as Republicans continue investigating the nonprofit's ties to the Biden administration.

Fox News Digital reached out to the SPLC, William & Mary's School of Education, California State University, Sacramento, Western Washington University, Brandeis University, and the Department of Education for comment.

The Department of Education told Fox News Digital it does not mandate curriculum and said reports like this are the reason the Trump administration has made an effort to empower parents, families, and communities to be more involved in childhood education. 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/scope-splcs-deeply-embedded-influence-training-teachers-nationwide-uncovered-sweeping-report

SHOCK VIDEO: Mauled and Pinned Down by a Lioness, Cattle Herder Escapes Death by Petting Her Like a Cat

Survival skills came in an unlikely fashion for Gamara.

It was the longest half an hour of his life, as an Indian cattle herder survived being mauled and pinned down by a lioness with a rather novel technique.

He treated the beast like a house cat and gave it a little affection.

Yes, you read it right.

The New York Post reported:

“Kalubhai Boghabhai Gamara was minding his own business in Gujarat on India’s west coast when the lion was suddenly upon him, badly mauling him and leaving him fearing for his life.

Horrified onlookers tried throwing rocks at the beast to get her away from the imperiled cattle herder, but to no avail.

After knocking him to the ground, she kept him pinned beneath her massive front legs, toying with him as horrified bystanders looked on, some of whom tried to help by lobbing rocks at the big cat, but the predator was undeterred.”

The lioness flashed her teeth at Gamara several times, until he tried stroking the lion’s fur, something that’s probably not in any survival manual.

But that apparently worked well, as the beast let go of Gamara and departed to a nearby forested area.

BBC reported:

“Kalubhai has been admitted to Sir Takhtasinhji General Hospital in Bhavnagar town, 60 km away, for treatment, according to villagers.

This is the second incident in Bhavnagar district in the last few days where lions have attacked humans. Earlier on June 18, the body of Nagjibhai Gujaria was found in a bush near his house in Gadda village of Mahuva taluka adjacent to Palitana taluka.

Nagjibhai’s family had claimed that Nagjibhai was killed in a lion attack.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/07/shock-video-mauled-pinned-down-lioness-cattle-herder/

STUPID: Mexico president to SUE Trump DHS after criminal illegal killed by ICE agent in Houston

The President of Mexico has vowed to sue the United States after a criminal illegal from Mexico was killed by an ICE agent in Houston, Texas.

We reported on the shooting this week, which was totally self defense by the ICE agent.

She claims the criminal illegal was mistreated, which is absurd:

Mexico says it will pursue legal action against the U.S. following Tuesday’s deadly shooting involving an ICE agent in Houston.

“Our objective is to go beyond diplomatic notes and the measures we have already raised before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, because we cannot allow the mistreatment of our fellow Mexicans in the United States,” President Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters Wednesday. “Unfortunately, there has been another death of a Mexican national in the United States for being detained, when that person’s only offense was lacking immigration documents, even though they had been hired by an American company.”

On Tuesday, ICE claims they were conducting a vehicle stop as part of a targeted enforcement operation to arrest a man they say was living in the country illegally. ICE alleges that the man, identified as Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, attempted to evade arrest, rammed his car into an ICE vehicle, and refused commands to stop.

The agency said the man tried to run over an agent, leading to the officer firing his weapon in what ICE claims is self-defense. ICE states that the man was hit and was taken to the hospital, where he died.

Sheinbaum is worried about a self-defense shooting in America, when she’s up to her neck in deaths by the drug cartels of Mexican citizens in her own country??? Unreal. And what exactly does she think will happen here even if she sues? I mean, seriously, this is so stupid.

https://therightscoop.com/stupid-mexico-president-to-sue-trump-dhs-after-criminal-illegal-killed-by-ice-agent-in-houston/

I co-founded Wikipedia, but an anonymous mob runs the show — and now I’m banned

Larry Sanger

 I have been permanently blocked from editing Wikipedia, the website I named and led in 2001. Yes, really. I can hear you asking, “How? What’s going on over there?” The incident reveals something truly damning about “the encyclopedia that anybody can edit.” The irony is that not even a co-founder can edit it if he is attempting to implement his program of reform.

The bizarre event has captured the attention of the global internet, which has been surprised to learn that a relatively small clique of anonymous “administrators” apparently wields such irresistible authority that a founder of the site could be abused for three days and then banned, as so many thousands had been before.

It’s true that there is an anonymous mob with practically unlimited power on the platform. But this is only one dimension of Wikipedia’s problems. Let me explain.

Ask the true believers, and they’ll share the site’s institutional fictions: It’s neutral. It’s written by well-meaning volunteers. It’s still the encyclopedia anybody can edit. Blocking accounts is done by a rational process, usually by the book. And no admin would ever stoop to accepting money for wielding their institutional clout.

It’s true that Wikipedia is written by volunteers, but what sort of volunteers? Even the vast majority of the site’s most influential players are entirely anonymous. As a result, our insight into Wikipedia’s power dynamics is limited.

It is not the case, as it turns out, that just anybody can edit it. Anybody can try. But as in my case, powerful admins routinely gang up on people who don’t fall in line, making and approving blocks that have no substantive justification.

Often, the blocked accounts receive the same vague, unprovable accusation I did: “Not here to build the encyclopedia.” What does this mean? In my case, admins said it was my failure to edit quite enough articles, but that, of course, is hardly a bannable offense. Rather, it is all about whether I am “on board” with the spirit — the propagandist bent — of the encyclopedia.

If it’s not just a peaceful collaboration among equals, how is power really exercised on Wikipedia? In place of a strict constitution, there are “five pillars,” “policies,” “guidelines,” and commentary “essays,” but no one is held rigorously to a community charter. Rather, editors and admins are strictly responsible only to each other, and above all to a small group of intimidating leaders, usually admins, who declare with stern confidence how the vague rules are to be interpreted. They get their authority from the “community,” but the “community” is in fact an anarchical mob.

By calling it a mob, or a blob, I do not mean to suggest that there is no center of power. In fact, Wikipedia is ruled by a few hundred anonymous demagogues who dominate the rest. They go by twee handles. It’s a dictatorship of the twee. But they wield their power through the je ne sais quoi of vague rules, vague threats, and vague alliances.

Maybe the alliances are clear to insiders. The leaders of the mob work a lot; some of them, probably, are paid by someone. Who? Who knows? Maybe different groups are working for different paymasters.

We do know that special-interest Wikipedia editorial groups exist offline, such as the so-called “Guerrilla Skeptics”; it is an open secret that they operate a back-channel discussion group. Similarly, as journalist Ashley Rindsberg has shown, editing patterns reveal a “Gang of 40” —accounts that together dominated articles about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with definite signs of off-wiki coordination. There sure are a lot of people who call themselves “anti-fascists” on Wikipedia. Probably, activist funding pays some of them to edit. But since they’re anonymous, how could we tell?

In any event, we do know that the Wikimedia Foundation directly funds a number of nonprofit organizations that edit articles of keen interest to progressives. Just for example, one group is called Whose Knowledge, which runs edit-a-thons engaged in “centering the plurality of decolonial feminist practices.”

Indeed, it is uncontroversial that some money pays for wiki work; Wikipedians admit it and wring their hands over “paid editing,” wagging their fingers at PR firms like “Wiki-PR.” But how many powerful editors and admins are paid for their work? I wonder. Individual admins deny that paid editing is a serious problem in their ranks — but how could we know? Quis custodiet custodes?

The powerful take an interest in Wikipedia. Almost 20 years ago, Virgil Griffith’s WikiScanner showed that Langley, Virginia, computers (CIA IP addresses) had edited the encyclopedia. Former Wikimedia CEO Katherine Maher boasted at a 2021 Atlantic Council panel that Wikipedia had “taken a very active approach to disinformation” on the site “through conversations with government, of course, as well as other platform operators” during the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 election. This January, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reported that London PR firm Portland Communications had been rewriting Wikipedia for governments and billionaires. The firm’s clients included the state of Qatar, the Gates Foundation, and Libya’s sovereign wealth fund. Separately, the investigative journalism outlet found that an anonymous editor was paid to downplay British Cabinet minister Peter Mandelson’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Here, then, is the ugly picture that emerges. Wikipedia is decidedly not a lovely, idealistic project staffed by students, scholars, and retirees who just want to share their knowledge to benefit the world. To be sure, there are people involved for whom this is true. But the site has manifestly been captured by a small clique of ideologically motivated bullies. They manipulate and intimidate the other participants, and anyone who does not fall in line — like me — is banned. They wield a lot of power in a petty and vicious way. Money clearly does change hands; in some cases, it resembles a shakedown. Considering the size of Wiki-PR and the like, it may be millions of dollars per year.

Wikipedia is one of the most powerful media platforms in history. It is past time we learned who really controls it.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4638304/larry-sanger-wikipedia-co-founder-banned-anonymous-mob/