The European Union recently announced the first recipients of its new European Order of Merit, the organization’s highest award. The headliner was Angela Merkel, former Federal Chancellor of Germany, who indeed personifies the European Union for both her fans and her critics. For many years, some of us have criticized Merkel as one of the leading forces behind European censorship efforts that have eviscerated the “Indispensable Right.” Not surprisingly, Merkel called for more censorship and attacks on free speech to a thrilled audience of EU bureaucrats and globalists.
In one of the most ironic moments, Merkel declared, “Europe was not handed to us. It was built treaty by treaty, crisis by crisis and by people who chose solidarity over division and cooperation over self-interest.” Indeed, it was not handed to them.
As I discuss in my new book, “Rage and the Republic, the EU was formed by design to incrementally get citizens in Europe to give up their national identities and rights:
The EEC worked to remove barriers to trade and coordinate national regulations to achieve greater uniformity. As nations conformed to such transnational standards, the final step toward transnational governance became less of a conceptual barrier for citizens, particularly younger citizens…
…The evolution of the EU is a cautionary tale. It began with assurances of marginal coordinating bodies and policies over areas like nuclear power and scientific research. Through this planned incrementalism, each insular move was defended on its narrow purpose while dismissing objections as nationalistic or conspiratorial. That planned incrementalism worked brilliantly in getting citizens to accept transnational governance.
Merkel was critical in that effort. She is blamed for opening the borders to a flood of undocumented immigrants that has caused rising violence and protests throughout Europe. However, her crowning jewel was the crackdown on free speech. She can honestly claim that Germans (and Europeans as a whole) have fewer rights after her public service. She increased the power of government, stripped away free speech rights, and reduced national identities without firing a shot.
Merkel consistently opposed free speech, building a censorship system that gave the government ever greater control over speech. Her decision to first apologize to authoritarian Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for a satirical poem and then approve the prosecution of the comedian is a shocking and chilling disgrace. Now, she is throwing her support behind a crackdown on “hate speech” on social media like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube — radically expanding the already broad scope of government regulation of speech.
Merkel declared, “I support efforts by Justice Minister Heiko Maas and Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere to address hate speech, hate commentaries, devastating things that are incompatible with human dignity, and to do everything to prohibit it because it contradicts our values.”
Merkel was a driving force in using such subjective standards as “compatibility with human dignity” as a foundation for government-imposed speech controls.
Merkel also threatened social media companies, warning they would face a government crackdown if they failed to get rid of “fake news.” Merkel insisted that such postings must be dealt with by the companies or the government will step in.
In her speech in May to the EU, Merkel doubled down on her attacks on free speech as a threat to the world order. She called for the prosecution of American companies for spreading “disinformation” and “hate” online. She denounced the “so-called social media” platforms as still not facing “accountability for lies.” She added, “I can only encourage you to continue regulating social media.”
I could think of no better recipient for the first European Order of Merit. No one better sums up EU values than Angela Merkel and her unrelenting campaign against free speech. For globalists who have called for “A New World Order with European Values,” Merkel is the perfect personification of a globalist dream of a world of regulated speech and transnational government.
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They really want “remigration” in the UK @1:18.
Another American is murdered in Philthydelphia.
I’m an American. My ancestors first arrived here in 1607. I want my country invaded, conquered, and taken over by people who are not Americans, people who were denied admission to obtain citizenship, and various and sundry other foreigners and illegal aliens, past and present. I want foreigners and illegal aliens to vote in my country. I want to give all my money and private property to parasitic foreign invaders as “free stuff,” “free status,” welfare, affirmative action, and governmental taxpayer charity. I want to give my country away. Those are my deepest longings and greatest desires as an unhyphenated and patriotic, actual American.
If they would just not commit murder, rape, drug-trafficking, and child sex trafficking, that would be a step in the right direction. There have been way too many Laken Rileys.
They would commit none of those crimes against Americans if we threw them all out.
If they do that in their home countries who cares?
I’m an American. My ancestors arrived here more than 20,000 years ago.
They were the first humans to set foot in North America, and this was our country.
In 1607 my country was invaded by a bunch of white European illegal aliens who brought smallpox, dysentery, typhoid, measles, influenza and diphtheria.
This invasion of disease ridden illegal aliens caused great suffering and hardship among the populations of my REAL American ancestors.
Things have been going downhill ever since.
That’s hollywood baby XXX
See what open boarders gets you ?
BTW there were atleast 3 migrations from Asia to north america and eventually south america. Possibly a forth from Japan or the pacific rim or even Europe.
Each wave either exterminated the prior wave, murdered the men and assimilated (or enslaved) the women and children.
That is the story of the DNA of the so called “Native americans”.
Each wave either exterminated the prior wave, murdered the men and assimilated (or enslaved) the women and children.
That seems to be true everywhere, not only in the Americas. It was true in ancient Africa too, for example.
Can humans rise above their DNA?
Highly unlikely. Jyst embrace your inner human!
oldman
What you and John Say seem to be saying is that waves of migration into North America followed by extermination of the earlier arrivals by the new arrivals is the natural order of things.
Indeed the wave of Europeans attempted to exterminate the Native Americans.
It’s just the natural order of things. Right ???
Now, if hordes of Hispanic people from Central and South America cross the southern border and attempt to exterminate the existing population of white Europeans, then that is just the natural order of things. Right ???
If you see no problem with each wave of new immigration into North America in the past going on to exterminate and replace the extant population, then you have no logical argument to stop new waves of migration from the south.
After all, it’s just the natural order of things.
Right ????????
Anonymous: you might want to learn the difference between descriptive and normative statements. I didn’t endorsed or criticize anything I mentioned. Nor did John Say. We described what we believe actually happened in history. Those are descriptive statements, not a normative ones. They’re neither endorsements nor criticisms. Am I getting through to you?
You are definitely getting through to me.
I get your message loud and clear.
It is crystal clear that you are a bigoted, racist, hypocritical MAGA moron.
ATS – I have said nothing about “natural order”. In fact I have not really expressed anything in the way of judgement or personal values.
What I have said was that Until very recently Genocide was the NORM, and when it was not – colonization was.
This is not a statement of principles, or values or opinion.
It is a statement of FACT.
As to your hypothetical – hordes of south and central americans crossing into the US to exterminate the inhabitants would be the historical nor for nearly all of human history – but for one thing. It is the strong that invade the weak, not the other way around.
Today the US is the strongest nation in the world – militarily, economically – in pretty much all ways.
The NORM for all of human existance -would be for the US to conquer much of the known world.
Not the other way arround.
But we do not.
Slavery ended first IN THE WEST
Genocide as a norm ended first IN THE WEST
Colonization ended first IN THE WEST
Though to small extent all of these still occur OUTSIDE OF THE WEST.
The people you think are the most evil in the world are the people who who first established all the things you call evil as evil, rather than acceptable norms, and have worked to end them.
The west is not perfect. We are just the best there is.
Elsewhere a poster asked if we can overcome our DNA – if that proves to be the case it will be BECAUSE OF THE WEST.
That you do not understand that is a reflection of massive ignorance of the world.
As always you seek to judge ONLY the west by the moral standards of today – standards that the West created and that most of the world still does not adhere to.
I would further note that somethings have no moral significance at all.
Everyone in the US immigrated here from elsewhere – including the “indians” at some time in the past.
That is not moral or immoral. It just is.
Many people throughout the world still wish to come to america – that is an aspiration – it is NOT a right, nor is allowing it moral or denying it immoral. There is no moral significance inherent to immigration.
As to judging those in the past
All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
Romans 3:23
By YOUR moral standards – the west is less evil than any predecessors.
All indians have not been exterminated – as they did to their predecessors.
It is only very recently that genocide was not the norm.
It is only recently that countries did not actively seek to conquer their neighbors – or anywhere they could get their hands on.
The left accuses the west of being “colonizers” – as i that was not the norm for all of human existance – EXCEPT when the norm was genocide
All the evils the left finds in the west were ENDED by the west.
Complete Nonsense
If you are an “American,” you abandoned your heritage and swore off your “ancestors.” If your “ancestors” arrived here more than 20K years ago, you are Asiatic, and they were nomads completely bereft of anything resembling a nation or country: no surveys, no boundary lines, no properties, no recorded bills of sale or deeds, no government, and no army. If your “ancestors” arrived here more than 20K years ago, they and you are distinctly not Americans, as America did not exist before 1789, and Americans were the hated mortal enemies of the Asiatic nomads roaming the continent.
Regarding The Above:
If his ancestors arrived in 1607, they got here ahead of Mayflower. Those early colonists all died off. Chances are, this person is really an unhinged Trumper with too much time on his hands.
AI Overview
No, not all colonists who arrived in 1607 died, though the survival rate was incredibly low.
He didn’t say he arrived here in 1607.
Read, you —-ing idiot, it’s 2026!
He said, “My ancestors first arrived here in 1607.”
“The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi (4 km) southwest of present-day Williamsburg. It was established by the Virginia Company of London as “James Fort” on May 4, 1607″
i.e. they did NOT all die off.
The mayflower and plymouth rock were NOT the first successful settlement in North America. Jamestown was.
You are clearly poorly educated – ignorant of history, and stupidly attacking people who are CORRECT.
That is a stupid Self Own.
The Israelite slaves were out of Egypt before the ink was dry on their release papers, but then they had the capacity and acumen sufficient for the task.
Many Germans support “remigration.”
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Der Osten Machts!
Sommer, Sonne, Remigration!
– AfD
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Retired Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino will deport “106 million” illegal aliens when he wins the presidency in 2028.
Illegal immigration began on January 1, 1863, when the Naturalization Act of 1802 was in full force and effect, and has continued vigorously through the Biden administration.
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AI Overview
Former Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, who retired in March 2026, launched an exploratory committee for a 2028 presidential run. He has explicitly stated his primary agenda is to deport “106 million” people, a figure that would account for nearly one-third of the entire U.S. population.
Turley does not want Democrats to express themselves so freely.
Some free speech advocate he is.
What you said is false. Can you give examples to back it up?
Why do the isolationists here care about European affairs all of a sudden?
America-firsters are not isolationists.
And even if we have some isolationist positions we are still free to comment on world news. Nothing hypocritical there.
There are virtually no isolationists in the US. Supremajorities in the US and throughout the world support LIMITED legal immigration.
And those are the people winning power throughtout the world.
Merkel destroyed Germany. So she gets an award. She made energy vastly more expensive, and reliant on Russia. Many industries fled or shut down. Germany used to be the economic engine of Europe, now it’s the sick man of Europe. So she gets an award. She destroyed social cohesion with her lax immigration policies. So she gets an award. Reminds me of Obama getting the Nobel Peace Prize. A politican endorsement prize now devoid of any meaning.
>”She made energy vastly more expensive, and reliant on Russia.”
You’ve got you parties muddled again old timer. Cheap Russian energy helped make Germany a Euro economic powerhouse for years .. . NordstreamI&II would have made Germany the Yellow Brick Road of western Europe.
Joe Biden’s gang “put an end to that”.
*note. criticism of Joe Biden is not the same thing as support for Merkel.
You’re off base as usual. You seem to have a habit of telling me I don’t know what I’m talking about, when it’s you who are clueless. Like yesterday when I pointed out the billionaires moving to red states, and you said I was all wet because no billionaires were moving to red states, they were moving to islands. That was demonstrably false. You have a right to your own opinions, but not to your own facts.
Here you are again, saying I’m wrong about Germany’s energy policy. Again, you’re the one who’s all wet.
First, brilliant policy to shut down domestic and rely on Russia, whom they’d boycott upon its invasion of Ukraine. Brilliant!
Second, the nuclear phase-out deprived it of one of the cleanest abundant sources of energy available on earth. Brilliant!
Third, the renewable surcharges adding cost to renewables.
Fourth, carbon taxes to make its own energy more expensive.
Fifth, rising grid fees. Shifting toward northenr wind farms required massive, expensive infrastructure upgrades.
If someone is ever asked how to destroy energy affordability and drive industries to bankruptcy, the appropriate answer is: do what Germany did under Markel.
OldManFromKS,
I think he is confusing “islands” with Indian Creek Island, which is in Florida. That is where long time CA resident and CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife moved to.
As for your assessment of Germany, their ditching of nuclear for “green energy” and dependent on cheap Russian NG, was spot on. Since the sabotage of Norstrum pipeline and Russian sanctions, Germany had to pivot and is now dependent on US LNG. They are currently building new port facilities to accommodate US LNG ships and pipelines.
Regardless, they still shot themselves in the foot with bad “green” policies.
Their immigration policies did not help, as the AfD gains popularity with the general populace.
Thanks Upstate. The proof is in the pudding. German industry pays 2-3 times as much for electricity as American industry. As I said before, Germany used to be the economic engine of Europe. Now it’s the sick man of Europe. Mainly because of bad domestic energy policies.
Outside of France much of western Europe has the same problems.
France went HUGE on nuclear long, long ago and has one of the soundest energy systems in the world.
They are way ahead of the US in reactors and reactor efficiency, and France alone in Europe has manageable demographics.
The french have pretty much always gone their own way – often to bad results. But in general in the last 1/4 of the 20th century and through to the present they have made better choices than most of Europe. Far from perfect – just less bad.
Germany features because Germany, France and the UK are the dominant nations in Europe.
Biden and Europe were extremely fortunate that during his First Term Trump removed the constraints on US energy.
You are correct that Europe is no massively dependent on US LNG. But LNG infrastructure takes 3+ years to build.
When Russia attacked Ukraine the Infrastructure that Trump had allowed to flourish was just starting to become available.
Europe got incredibly lucky – first US LNG came on line almost as fast as Russian Gas was shutdown, and also because the first winter after the war started was mild.
I would further note that US LNG sales to Europe massively boosted the Biden economy – when he was busy trying to tank it.
It is amnazing what I war will do to left wing nut values.
You aparently learned nothing from the Oil Crisis in the 70’s.
A nations energy supply is one of the most critical national interests.
The US has fought numberous wars attempting to make an inherently unstable region of the world stable – just to protect our energy supply.
TODAY the Mideast is far less important to the US – because we have multiple competing domestic and western hemisphere sources for energy.
The Europeans were told NOT to empower Russia by depending on it for Energy – and they ignroed that advice and history to their detriment.
Right now the US is fighting in Iran over Irans attempts to blackmail the world – but particularly Europe with nuclear weapons and energy.
While Russia tried to blackmail Europe using Energy.
Yet you left wing nuts are too stupid to grasp how vital energy is to prosperity and how easy it is to lose control of your nation if you do not control your energy supply.
Many conservative americans are dubious about the conflict with Iran – not because they want an Obama Fake deal or they want to just get along with Iran, or because they do not care if Iran gets a nuke.
But because they can not figure out why this is an american problem ? Why Europe is not joining Israel to prevent Iran from nuking anyone and stopping them from destabilizing the world.
The would be cheering if Israel and Europe were kicking the snot out of the Iranian leadership.
No nation can be prosperous if it does not control the resources it needs for prosperity – and energy is top of the list.
Europe has been ridiculously stupid about its own national security since WWII – leaving the US to deal with European security
The same people who oppose Individual welfare, corporate welfare also oppose international welfare.
It is not the US’s job to secure Europe.
Help ? Maybe. But the US should not be standing alone on issues that are almost entirely in Europe – not the US national interests.
“Cheap Russian energy helped make Germany a Euro economic powerhouse for years”
False – Germany’s standard of living is less than 49 out of 50 US states. They are not an aconomic powerhouse – and even though they were stronger in the past they never were in the same league as the US – or even China – nor is any of Europe.
The Nordstream Pipelines would greatly benefit Europe – If and ONLY IF, Europe had sufficient stable energy from elsewhere to preclude Russian blackmail.
Turley cracks down on what Democrats say.
How????????????? you failed to show.
His articles about them imply that he would prefer that they not express the things that they express.
He doesn’t exactly encourage their expressions.
Well of course a lifelong Democrat would prefer his party not express the stupid and crazy things they say. You know, trying to justify the mutilation of children, denying parents rights, supporting drag queen story hour with grown men twerking their junk in children’s faces, biological men in women’s spaces and sports,
And it is not that he would prefer them from expressing themselves.
It is he and other moderate Democrats do not support those policies. Bill Maher has been pointing out the crazy and stupid of the woke far left is toxic to the Democrat party for years.
Professor Turley is one of the foremost advocates of free speech in America. He never suggests people should be silenced by the government or by hecklers, just the opposite. But here’s what you fail to grasp: believing in free speech does not mean believing that all speech should be free from criticism. That is one example of a more general principle: freedom to do things does not mean you get to silence all critics of the things being done.
Another crack in the dike..
WA Democrat Tax War Drives Zillow Founder From Seattle After 30 Years.
Germs on Mankind = Germans. Berlin Wall should have never been taken down.
The East Germans tend to support AfD because they have had enough of totalitarianism. They may save Germany yet.
Abraham Lincoln was a brilliant visionary.
“[Racial separation] [is necessary], and [though difficult] must be effected by colonization… The enterprise is a difficult one, but ‘where there is a will there is a way’; and what colonization needs most is a hearty will… Let us be brought to believe it is morally right, and at the same time [not against] our interest, to transfer the African to his native clime, and we shall find a way to do it.”
– Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, June 26, 1857
Der Osten Machts!
Sommer, Sonne, Remigration!
– AfD
You are saying that Abraham Lincoln was a Nazi.
Lincoln wore a swastika armband.
OT
A nasty mob followed the Metcalf family after Anthony Karmelo’s conviction for murder.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/06/sickening-video-evil-mob-karmelo-anthony-supporters-follow
Jasmine Crockett and Court TV had similar sentiments.
Apparently [and some judges seem to agree] black people are not to be held responsible for crimes.
Made me think:
Anthony got hundreds of thousands in contributions from like minded racists.
Nice pot.
Maybe the Metcalf family should consider a wrongful death action against these animals and take that pot of gold away.
Merkel is a barren, futile, feminazi-cum-communist born and bred in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and imbued with the covetousness, jealousy, and righteous indignation of Karl Marx.
Merkel opposes freedom of speech and freedom in general and is clearly in favor of an oppressive government such as the “dictatorship of the proletariat,” the “dictatorship of the poor,” or the “dictatorship of the majority.”
Freedom allows liberty in every concern and pursuit.
Freedom allows the dominion of merit.
Freedom engenders prosperity.
Free speech is a tool being used to erase cultures. The bigger issue is the culture. Merkel might try to erase the Chinese culture or east Indian culture. The contemplation of such shows the absurdity of the effort.
Relax, the warm shower will feel pleasant after that horrible train ride. The time period of , if you think it then you’ve done.
imo
People tend to be opposed to free speech when their own positions are indefensible in reasoned debate. Europe may not be completely lost but it certainly is looking for directions. We, as a nation, don’t need to shackled to them by treaty anymore. I certainly don’t want American soldiers to fight and die for a Europe that would arrest those same soldiers if they dared to say harsh things about the people trying to destroy them. That is Europe today. They may want to drive off a cliff but we don’t have to sit in the passenger seat while they do it.
Not just Europe, all the moochers. No more money, no more bullets, no more blood. America first.
Postscript: Merkel has not learned a single thing in 25 years