WNBA Excludes Savior Caitlin Clark From 30th Anniversary Poster – Fans Can’t Believe the Latest Erasure of the Player Who Saved the League

WNBA Excludes Savior Caitlin Clark From 30th Anniversary Poster – Fans Can’t Believe the Latest Erasure of the Player Who Saved the League

WNBA Excludes Savior Caitlin Clark From 30th Anniversary Poster – Fans Can’t Believe the Latest Erasure of the Player Who Saved the League
June 26, 2026

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Fans are now questioning why the WNBA’s official 30th anniversary poster excludes the league’s biggest star, igniting another firestorm across social media.

The WNBA is getting absolutely dragged after dropping a 30th anniversary commemorative poster that somehow manages to leave out Caitlin Clark, the player who single-handedly dragged the league out of irrelevance and into the mainstream spotlight.

The $30 WinCraft poster, sold through the WNBA store as part of their “Legacy Trail” merch push, features about 20 players. It includes A’ja Wilson, Angel Reese, Breanna Stewart, Paige Bueckers, Sophie Cunningham (Clark’s own Indiana Fever teammate), Kelsey Plum, Napheesa Collier, and some legends like Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes.

But no Caitlin Clark.

Fans are calling it “egregious,” “ragebait,” and straight-up disrespectful, according to the New York Post.

According to the news outlet:

The league’s treatment of Clark has been a major topic, and it heated up again Wednesday night when Mercury star Alyssa Thomas put her fist on Clark’s throat and the referees did not call a foul. The WNBA did suspend Thomas Thursday for one game.

Clark’s absence stood out given her impact since entering the league as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft.

She won WNBA Rookie of the Year that season and set the league’s single-season assists record with 337.

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Clark also set WNBA rookie records with 769 points and 122 made 3-pointers.

Her arrival coincided with a major jump in attention around the Fever, who set a WNBA single-season home attendance record during her rookie season.

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The WNBA has not publicly explained the selection process for the poster.

Rep. Tim Burchett didn’t hold back either, blasting the league’s ongoing “thug treatment” of Clark — and this poster just poured gasoline on that fire.

The Caitlin Clark Effect is real and undeniable. Since she entered the league in 2024, WNBA viewership has exploded. Her games regularly pull in 1-2+ million viewers on national TV, numbers the league hadn’t touched in decades. Attendance surged. Merch flew off shelves.

New fans who never cared about the WNBA suddenly tuned in. Even in 2025-2026, despite injuries, her presence moves the needle dramatically. Games without her see ratings drop hard.

Yet the league keeps finding new ways to slight her.

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Why Did U.S. Election Officials Seek South Korea’s Election Expertise Before the 2020 Presidential Election?

Why Did U.S. Election Officials Seek South Korea’s Election Expertise Before the 2020 Presidential Election?

Why Did U.S. Election Officials Seek South Korea’s Election Expertise Before the 2020 Presidential Election?
June 26, 2026

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According to the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on May 29, 2020, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Election Commission (NEC), and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety held a video conference with officials from the U.S. Department of State, the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), and the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED).

Three professionals engage in a discussion at a conference table, focusing on electoral matters and policy initiatives.
South Korean officials discussed election procedures with US officials prior to the 2020 US presidential election. via Korea KR

The participants included:

– Marc Knapper, then Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs;
– Lori Augino, President of NASED;
– Forty-nine state and county election officials affiliated with NASS and NASED;
– Ko Yoon-joo, Director-General for North American Affairs at South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
– Kwon Sei-joong, Consul General of the Republic of Korea in the United States; and
– Officials from South Korea’s National Election Commission and Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

** Here is a copy of the press release.

According to the official briefing, the American side specifically requested the meeting because it wished to learn from South Korea’s experience conducting a nationwide election during the COVID-19 pandemic.

During the meeting, South Korean officials provided detailed explanations regarding:

• Early voting procedures;

• Absentee and residential voting systems;

• Voting procedures for quarantined and COVID-positive individuals;

• Election administration under pandemic conditions;

• Public health measures inside polling stations;

• Ballot handling and counting procedures;

• Methods used to process and disinfect ballots cast by infected or quarantined voters; and

• The specific operation of South Korea’s early voting and absentee voting systems.

The official press release further states that Deputy Assistant Secretary Marc Knapper expressed his appreciation for South Korea’s willingness to share its experience and specifically stated that South Korea’s election experience would provide lessons for the United States as it prepared for the 2020 presidential election.

I believe the timing of this meeting is particularly noteworthy.

This government-to-government exchange took place on May 29, 2020—just over five months before the U.S. presidential election of November 3, 2020.

The fact that dozens of American state and county election officials sought and received detailed briefings from South Korean election authorities concerning early voting, absentee voting, and election administration during a pandemic is an important historical fact that appears to have received very little public attention.

Of course, the existence of this meeting by itself does not prove wrongdoing, nor does it establish any direct connection to later controversies surrounding the 2020 U.S. election.

However, I believe these official documents raise legitimate questions worthy of further examination.

Why did American election officials consider South Korea’s election model sufficiently important to study in detail only months before the 2020 presidential election?

To what extent, if any, were the practices discussed during this meeting incorporated into election preparations within various American states?

Were there any additional consultations or exchanges between election officials beyond this publicly disclosed meeting?

The United States has conducted democratic elections for more than two centuries and possesses one of the world’s oldest and most established electoral traditions. For that reason, I find it remarkable that U.S. election officials formally requested detailed guidance from South Korean authorities regarding election procedures and pandemic-era voting practices.

At a minimum, I believe this episode deserves greater public awareness and further historical examination.

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President Trump Reportedly May Pardon 250 Inmates – Will Mike Sessa Be One?

President Trump Reportedly May Pardon 250 Inmates – Will Mike Sessa Be One?

President Trump Reportedly May Pardon 250 Inmates – Will Mike Sessa Be One?
June 26, 2026

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President Trump Reportedly May Pardon 250 Inmates – Will Mike Sessa Be One?

President Trump may reportedly pardon 250 inmates during the celebration of the country’s 250 years.

We recommend that the President include Mike Sessa in the group of those being pardoned.

Mike Sessa (and Victor Orena) were imprisoned decades ago for murder with life sentences after being prosecuted by Andrew Weissmann in the early 1990s.  This was the beginning of Weissmann’s career that later led to a storied history of corrupt cases and actions including running the Russia Collusion coup against President Trump.

In January of 2021 many individuals were attempting to gain Mike Sessa and Victor Orena pardons after decades in prison.  Attorney David Schoen had discussions with President Trump as well as others in this effort.  Unfortunately, White House attorneys at that time squashed any pardon and Sessa sits in prison to this day.  

Sara Carter shared an article that was written by attorney David Schoen in early 2021.  This article is an excellent summary of Andrew Weissmann’s actions in the Michael Sessa case [emphasis added below].

An examination of Weissmann’s work as a prosecutor indicates quite emphatically that there is simply no limit to the kind or degree of prosecutorial misconduct in which he has been willing to engage.  The examples of Weissmann’s misconduct and the lives he has ruined or cost as a result could fill a book.  Indeed, a great deal has been written about his misconduct in the Enron and Arthur Anderson cases that ruined so many lives and his actions there truly were reprehensible.  But a consideration of two cases he prosecuted almost thirty years ago, as a federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York stand alone in demonstrating his prosecutorial misconduct and government corruption under his watch that is unparalleled.

In the early 1990s Weissmann, John Gleeson, and others formed a team in the federal prosecutors’ office in Brooklyn, NY that prosecuted alleged organized crime figures.  This group’s record, as reported by other prosecutors and informants who worked with them, indicates that they apparently decided for themselves that the ends justified any means they decided to use in their work, no matter the ethical transgressions they would commit along the way.

Weissmann was not satisfied in simply prosecuting defendants against whom there actually was evidence of a crime; nor could he play by the rules.  That has been the hallmark of his entire career.  His prosecution of two men in particular during the early 1990s demonstrates the point in ways that one would have thought unimaginable, if they were not fully documented and undeniable.

These two men, Michael Sessa and Victor Orena, have been in prison for [more than] thirty years, serving life sentences without the possibility of parole, after being convicted through the most outrageous examples of Weissmann’s misconduct on record.  I cannot possibly cover in the space allotted here all of the examples of the outrageous prosecutorial misconduct in which Weissmann and his colleagues engaged in these cases; but consider just these examples just from Michael Sessa’s case.  All of the facts below are unequivocally established by documents I obtained in investigating these cases and from interviews I have conducted with many witnesses, including top informants who worked with Weissmann on the cases.

Weissmann and his colleagues claimed that there was an internal feud within the so-called Colombo organized crime family in New York.  It is now clear that this “war” was a battle initiated by  perhaps the most corrupt FBI agent in history, in league with government informants.  The agent chose sides in the family and pitted one faction against another.  The agent worked in tandem with a brutal mafia killer, Gregory Scarpa, who admitted to over 50 murders and actually committed many more.  The agent effectively gave Scarpa a license to kill and, according to Scarpa’s son, who I have interviewed extensively, the agent participated in crimes with Scarpa (and his son), including several murders, and was paid for his help in providing information to Scarpa about his next victims.  Ultimately the agent was charged with several murders and with helping on others.  All of this took place while the agent was Weissmann’s case agent.

In fact, we now know that in 1992, when Scarpa was arrested on a gun charge in the middle of his killing spree, the corrupt agent went to Weissmann and his colleagues to get Scarpa out of the charges and they intervened, continuing his license to kill.  And killing is exactly what Scarpa did.  He did not confine his killing to fellow mafiosos.  Rather, through the license Scarpa effectively was given, completely innocent civilians were killed, including a 17 year old boy and a doctor.

When Weissmann ultimately was confronted with indisputable evidence of the corrupt relationship between the agent and Scarpa, according to a former federal prosecutor involved with the cases, Weissmann instructed her that the government had no obligation to disclose this corruption to the defendants in any of the cases they were working, including cases in which Scarpa had been the source of information against the defendant and in which the corrupt agent testified under oath.  That is exactly the scenario that unfolded in Michael Sessa’s case.  Weissmann alleged that Sessa killed a man named Collucio and had him arrested.  Sessa, knowing he had nothing to do with this, self-surrendered to fight the charge, without knowing the kind of government misconduct he was about to face.

In the proceedings leading up to Michael Sessa’s trial, Weissmann had Sessa’s counsel of choice disqualified and then rushed Sessa to trial with new lawyers.  Sessa’s lawyers asked for the identity of the government’s primary source of information against him, identified by the government only as a Confidential Source.  Weissmann refused to disclose the identity and assured the judge it was not necessary for the defense to know.  During the investigation after Sessa was tried and convicted, we learned that that source was none other than Gregory Scarpa.

Sessa’s lawyers in discovery asked that the NYPD investigative file be produced.  Weissmann and his partner assured the judge that they knew their obligations to disclose evidence favorable to the defendant or that would impeach any government witness and they told the judge that they had examined the NYPD file and there was no such information in it.  This was an outrageous lie of the first order.  We obtained a copy through a source during the post-conviction investigation.  In truth it provides an abundance of exculpatory evidence that was critically important.  For example, the NYPD investigation identified 10-12 suspects in the Collucio murder, none of whom was Michael Sessa, and one of whom was none other than Greg Scarpa.  It was filled with other evidence consistent with Sessa’s innocence…

…Sessa’s defense team had reason to believe that one of Weissmann’s primary witnesses against Sessa had been arrested for heinous crimes, including kidnapping, rape, sodomy, and more – crimes that would have undercut his credibility and that the defense was entitled to know about.  Weissmann denied it all.  In our investigation we learned that the suspicions were well founded and Weissmann had blatantly lied.  This same witness testified that he had received no money from the government in connection with his testimony, save for food and lodging.  In 2012, the corrupt agent admitted that the witness had in fact been paid $120,000 in connection with his work for the government as Weissmann well knew and failed to disclose, listening silently instead as the witness lied…

Carter’s remarks were published in this article.

Above is a picture of Gregory Scarpa, mentioned above, this man is responsible for at least 60 murders and was the star witness for Weissmann in the Michael Sessa case.  Weissmann kept his identity hidden during the case.

Attorney David Schoen shared the following:

…I’ll tell you this, in all of this universe of misconduct that happened in this case, only one lawyer for the government was ever singled out that I am aware of , ever singled out by name by a judge.  And that’s federal judge, and Chief Judge at the time, Sifken wrote an order in the case characterizing Weissmann’s since of ethics in the case as “myopic” and something that needed to be addressed.

Judge Sifton succumbed to requests to remove Weissmann’s name from the opinion per a request from the EDNY but here is the document before it was changed showing Weissmann’s name:

According to a piece by Schoen at Sara Carter’s website:

Government informants have reported to us repeatedly that Weissmann and his colleagues lied to the court regularly and that the judges seemed intimidated.  One of Weissmann’s primary witnesses was caught on tape saying that he was told what he was to testify to over and over again.

When I began investigating these cases, I met with Vic Orena’s lawyer, one of New York’s most respected criminal defense lawyers for decades.  He was outraged by what he had seen from Weissmann.  He told me that he refers to Weissmann as “the pathological liar” after the SNL character and he chuckled.  I asked him how he could laugh about it.  He said that he has found Weissmann to be so evil and his behavior so outrageous that they never know what dirty trick he will use next and then deny and so all he could do was shake his head and laugh at how absurd it was that he kept getting away with it.

Finally, in 1997, it seemed like Weissmann would be stopped.  The Chief federal judge in Brooklyn wrote an opinion addressing the corrupt relationship between the agent and Scarpa that Weissmann had concealed, that by then finally had come to light.  In his opinion the judge singled out and excoriated Weissmann by name for his “myopic” view of his ethical obligations and his “reprehensible” conduct in withholding this critical evidence from defendants.  [Noted by Schoen above.] However, Weissmann’s boss wrote to the judge asking him to remove Weissmann’s name, for fear it would impact his career.  Shockingly, the judge complied and issued a new opinion without Weissmann’s name.  I have both opinions and the letter.  This clearly set Weissmann on the path to believing correctly that he would be able to make a career out of engaging in prosecutorial misconduct and obtaining wrongful convictions with impunity.

This was the beginning of Andrew Weissmann’s criminal history as a morally corrupt DOJ attorney.  His crimes include the treasonous act of trying to remove President Trump from office.

Last year Michael Sessa penned a letter to Pardon Czar Alice Marie Johnson.  

Sessa shared his story and asked for her gracious help in obtaining a pardon.  Sessa mentioned that he listened to Johnson’s interview on Fox News with Lara Trump on May 17th.  He was happy to see the person in charge of pardons was someone who has been through this system and also sentenced to the harshest sentence of life imprisonment without parole, and who spent  25 years in this system which she and President Trump called “The Injustice System”.

Sessa noted that having her as the Pardon Czar gives many inmates hope, in a system that has stripped people of hope, especially when they took away parole.

Sessa notes that he was a first time offender who self-surrendered to his case 33 years ago, was denied bail and sentenced to life while every other defendant in his case with many more crimes than him are free and many for decades, some for 33 years.

Sessa notes that the witness in his case was charged with all of the identical charges as himself.  The prosecutors Andrew Weissmann, et al and the FBI’s informant in Sessa’s case-Greg Scarpa committed over ’50’ murders while working for the FBI who protected him.

Sessa’s case is so outrageous that they are now filming a Movie about Scarpa titled “By Any Means”.  Mark Wahlberg is playing the part of Scarpa.  Scarpa’s FBI handler-Supervisory Agent Lindley Devecchio (who was the Government’s first witness and the head of the investigation in Sessa’s trial) was indicted for 4 murders and an additional 4 murders charged as bad acts involving his informant Scarpa.

Attorney David Schoen has spoken to President Trump about Sessa’s pardon four years ago but unfortunately it never came. Attorney Schoen also represented President Trump in his 2nd impeachment trial and won it for him. David Schoen is also a regular on FOX News, Hannity, Mark Levin, Laura Ingraham, Roger Stone’s Podcast and many others.

Those who know Andrew Weissmann know his corruption and crimes over the years.  Roger Stone shared in an interview in 2022 at The Gateway Pundit that: “There’s a Special Place in Hell for Andrew Weissmann”. President Trump, Roger Stone, General Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort (who President Trump also pardoned), and Mike Sessa  were all prosecuted by the same unethical prosecutor Andrew Weissmann. 

Sessa self surrendered to this case when he was ’32’ years old and he is now ’65’ and has spent ’33’ years in prison which is equivalent to a ’37’ and a half year sentence with good time credits. Sessa shares that his daughter was ‘5’ months old when he went to prison and she’s now ’33’ and a college graduate.  His wife was only ’29’ years old when he self-surrendered. He has over ‘100’ letters written in support of his release by prison staff and fellow prisoners alone. He also has an additional ’50’ letters written in support of him by Family and friends for a total of over “150′ letters.

All Sessa wants is a chance and for the Pardon Czar to bring his case to President Trump so he can set Sessa free after ‘a 3rd of a century’ behind bars.

Sessa notes there are also many other federal prisoners who have spent, 20, 25, 30 and more years in prison well deserving of a 2nd chance at freedom, at life, who will also be law abiding citizens and an asset to society. President Trump can also save taxpayers $BILLIONS of dollars by letting many well deserving federal prisoners out of prison after they’ve spent many years in prison and they in return will become law abiding taxpayers.

MATTHEW 5:7 “BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL: FOR THEY SHALL OBTAIN MERCY”

 

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Communist NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Thinks He Can Stop President Trump’s Deportation Powers – Vows to Shield Illegal Alien Haitians and Syrians After SCOTUS Hands Trump Admin Major Victory

Communist NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Thinks He Can Stop President Trump’s Deportation Powers – Vows to Shield Illegal Alien Haitians and Syrians After SCOTUS Hands Trump Admin Major Victory

Communist NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Thinks He Can Stop President Trump’s Deportation Powers – Vows to Shield Illegal Alien Haitians and Syrians After SCOTUS Hands Trump Admin Major Victory
June 26, 2026

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Radical far-left New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is openly defying the Supreme Court and President Donald Trump’s lawful authority to enforce federal immigration law.

In a video statement just hours after the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in Mullin v. Doe cleared the way for the Trump administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian and Syrian nationals, Mamdani vowed “solidarity” with illegal aliens facing deportation and directed them to a city hotline for help staying in the country illegally.

The high court’s decision allows the Department of Homeland Security to end TPS protections for roughly 350,000 Haitians and thousands of Syrians nationwide, people whose temporary status was always meant to be just that: temporary. Lower courts had blocked the terminations, but the Supreme Court lifted those injunctions, ruling that federal judges generally cannot second-guess the Secretary’s determinations on country conditions.

Mamdani, the self-described communist and Democratic Socialist mayor who has repeatedly called for abolishing ICE and turned New York into an even deeper sanctuary city, responded with pure resistance.

Mamdani: “We saw today the Supreme Court make a decision that is putting so many people’s lives in jeopardy. I just came back from a rally with 1199, where I stood alongside a number of Haitian New Yorkers who are concerned about what this means for their status in our city. Frankly, this city—the one that we love—is one that has been built by so many from so many different parts of the world. That includes our Haitian brothers and sisters and our Syrian brothers and sisters. We stand here ready to be in solidarity with all of those who are concerned by today’s decision.

Beyond just language of solidarity, we need actions of solidarity. What that means when it comes to our city is this: If you are worried about what this means for your status, if you’re worried about what this means for your family, I would encourage you to call our Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs hotline. You can do so at 1-800-354-0365. Again, that’s 1-800-354-0365.

Many of you know this is a city of 8.5 million people. More than 3 million of us were born elsewhere. I’m one of them. We’re a city that’s proud of our immigrant heritage. And when we think about, especially, what Haitian New Yorkers have had to deal with—not just for weeks or months or years, but, frankly, for decades—we have seen a cruelty that has become normalized.

To have a people who, frankly, taught the world about freedom have their own freedom put in jeopardy by the actions of a Supreme Court and a federal administration is not only cruel, it’s something that we will never accept. So we stand here as New Yorkers, proud of standing in solidarity and proud to do everything that we can to keep people in their homes and to keep people together.”

WATCH:

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Predictable: Mainstream Media Ignores Video of Migrants Filming the Murder of a 17-Year-Old French Boy

Predictable: Mainstream Media Ignores Video of Migrants Filming the Murder of a 17-Year-Old French Boy

Predictable: Mainstream Media Ignores Video of Migrants Filming the Murder of a 17-Year-Old French Boy
June 26, 2026

Image depicting a somber tribute to Louis, featuring a young boy's portrait alongside a crowd and police presence, highlighting themes of loss and community.
A 17-year-old French boy was beaten to death by five migrants who filmed the crime. The story was largely ignored by the mainstream media. Image courtesy of Mambo Italiano via Instagram.

 

The horrifying video of a young French boy being beaten to death by five migrants sparked outrage when the story broke on X but was ignored by the mainstream media. The footage, which circulated on social media, shows the group continuing to beat and kick Louis while laughing, smiling, and taunting him as he choked on his own blood. The attackers shared the video with their associates before anyone called emergency services.

On the evening of June 19, 17-year-old Louis was lured to a construction site on Quai d’Alsace in Narbonne, where prosecutors say he was ambushed in a premeditated attack. He was not found until the following morning, when a construction worker discovered him unconscious with severe head and facial injuries, including bruising around his eyes and bleeding from his nose and mouth. He was placed in a medically induced coma and died on June 23.

Reports indicate Louis had been severely beaten approximately two weeks earlier, around June 12, and had subsequently spoken to police. Attackers were audible on the video telling him “you won’t talk to the police anymore,” a detail that reframes the June 19 ambush not as a spontaneous assault but as a targeted silencing.

Prosecutor Jean-Philippe Rey stated the evidence indicates a premeditated ambush in which the accused lured the victim to the site. Five suspects, three minors and two adults aged 19, have been arrested, charged with murder, and placed in pre-trial detention. Charges are expected to be upgraded from attempted murder to murder or assassination. Authorities believe the suspects may have known Louis through the foster-care network in the Occitanie region, where he had been placed at his family’s request.

Officials have not publicly confirmed the suspects’ citizenship or ethnicity, though online commentators identified them as North African migrants or second-generation immigrants based on appearance and slang audible in the footage.

The story did not break through legacy channels. Louis’s family contacted Frontières, an independent right-wing outlet, directly, because regional and mainstream press were either staying silent or dismissing the attack as a routine street brawl. The family authorized publication of the video, stating they refused to let Louis’s memory be forgotten in silence.

Independent reporting and the video’s viral spread on X generated national outrage that mainstream outlets could no longer ignore. As of June 25, a search found no coverage from BBC, The Guardian, Le Monde, CNN, The New York Times, AP, Reuters, NBC, ABC, The Washington Post, MSNBC, or NPR.

Some major European media outlets covered the story later. CNEWS reported on it on June 24. Europe 1 aired a national morning editorial on June 25. Le Figaro and Franceinfo published updates following the prosecutor’s press conference confirming the five arrests.

Even then, media coverage sanitized the details. Outlets declined to describe the video’s content, which independent journalists characterized as an execution-style killing filmed as it unfolded, and several early regional reports continued framing the attack as a routine teenage altercation rather than a premeditated ambush.

Jordan Bardella, president of France’s right-wing National Rally party and widely seen as a future presidential candidate, called Louis a symbol of “a country adrift, undermined by a savagery that neither leniency nor the blindness of our leaders can halt.”

Marine Le Pen, the National Rally’s three-time presidential candidate and leader of its parliamentary group in the National Assembly, called the killing part of “everyday barbarity that can no longer be minimized, downplayed, or concealed,” and said a National Rally victory in the 2027 presidential election would end ideological blindness toward such violence.

The media silence fits a documented and institutionalized pattern across Europe. In Germany, the German Press Council’s Directive 12.1 instructs outlets that when reporting on crimes, any reference to a suspect’s membership in an ethnic, religious, or other minority group must not result in discriminatory generalization, and that as a rule such membership “shall not be mentioned” unless it serves a legitimate public interest.

The practical effect is illustrated by the 2016 New Year’s Eve gang rapes in Weil am Rhein, where one regional newspaper described the arrested suspects as “three youths and a man,” while a broadcaster identified them as “four Syrians between 14 and 21 years of age.” The Cologne mass sexual assaults that same night, in which hundreds of women were attacked by men of North African appearance, saw most German newspapers initially withhold the suspects’ origins entirely, following press council guidelines.

In the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, a 2011 media decree determined that minority membership was to be mentioned only if “absolutely necessary for understanding,” meaning a suspect’s nationality was rarely disclosed by authorities even when known. The result is that suspects described in official reporting as “youths,” “men,” or “individuals” are understood by those following the story on social media to be migrants or the children of migrants.

Despite the best efforts of the media to obscure the fact that migrants commit a disproportionate share of crime, the statistics are clear. Across the EU, one in five prisoners, 21.4%, held foreign citizenship in 2024, up from 20.7% in 2023, according to Eurostat. The Council of Europe’s SPACE I report found that, on average, 25% of inmates across all 46 member states are non-citizens, with the highest shares in Switzerland (72%), Greece (54%), Austria (53%), and Germany (49%).

In France, foreign nationals account for approximately one quarter of the prison population, 18,752 inmates as of January 2024, despite representing just 8.8% of the general population, according to the national statistics agency INSEE, an overrepresentation of roughly three to one. Of those foreign inmates, 55.2% came from Africa, 31.1% from Europe, and 7.5% from the Americas. Official statistics group the remaining 5.6% under the broad category of “Asia,” which obscures the fact that many come specifically from South Asia, particularly Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Germany tells a similar story. Foreign nationals comprise roughly 49% of the prison population while accounting for approximately 15% of the general population, an overrepresentation exceeding three to one. The largest foreign inmate groups come from Poland, Tunisia, Libya, the Czech Republic, and Georgia.

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