"Prosecutors said they are investigating allegations of illegal financing of longtime party leader Marine Le Pen’s 2022 presidential bid, and the party’s European Parliament and French parliamentary campaigns. The National Rally, which seeks to sharply curtail migration and restrict Muslims’ rights, is the biggest single party in France’s lower house of parliament.

Jordan Bardella, 29, who took over the presidency of the popular party in 2022, said that police seized “all files relating to the party’s recent regional, presidential, legislative, and European campaigns — in other words, all of its electoral activity"

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      turns out the kind of people who want asshole policies are themselves… well… not burdened by conscience

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        Well of course! But see the big picture friend: something something immigrants? Something something trans!

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          Those who use hate to further their aims need targets for that hate. Doesn’t really matter what it is as long as there’s something to hate.