Trump wins another golf tournament, signals it may be his last, as his courses are continually vandalized



President Donald Trump boasted about winning his club's golf championship while hinting that he would not compete in tournaments in the future.

The president announced that he won the golf club championship at his club in Palm Beach County, Florida, thanking his "wonderful Golf Staff" and the many "fantastic golfers" that participated in the event.

At the same time, however, Trump said the tournament could be his last.

"I just won the Golf Club Championship, probably my last, at Trump International Golf Club, in Palm Beach County, Florida," he wrote on Truth Social. "Such a great honor," Trump added.

The hint came as two of his European golf clubs were vandalized in the span of just one week, first in Scotland and then Ireland.

At Trump’s Turnberry golf course and hotel in southwest Scotland, activists reportedly painted "Gaza Is Not For Sale" in giant red letters.

According to the Associated Press, the crime was claimed by activist group Palestine Action, which said it "rejects Donald Trump’s treatment of Gaza as though it were his property to dispose of as he likes."

"To make that clear, we have shown him that his own property is not safe from acts of resistance," the group reportedly added in a statement.

Then, Trump International Golf Links & Hotel Ireland was infiltrated by pro-Palestine activists who caused damage to that course as well.

The Doonbeg, Ireland, property suffered "criminal damage," according to Irish police, per the BBC, including pro-Palestine graffiti.

Trump played golf at least 142 times in his first term, Newsweek reported, with at least 18 golf tournament wins to his name.

The Guardian published an article in 2018 that called Trump the "commander in cheat" over his wins and said the president had no credibility with golfers. The outlet went on to claim that Trump is only capable of winning at clubs he owns and cited an anecdote that he kicks out anyone who could beat him.

In 2024, Trump touted winning two tournaments in the same week at Trump International, including the senior championship.

"A great honor to have won both the Club Championship and the Senior Club Championship this week at Trump International," Trump wrote on Instagram.

Newsweek reported at the time that Trump owned 17 golf courses worldwide before he became president. According to a Wikipedia page on the topic, he now owns 20.

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Scotland's former PM calls for crackdown on X because Musk is 'one of the most dangerous men'



Humza Yousaf, Scotland's former prime minister, said that because of Elon Musk's criticisms of the United Kingdom's handling of the current social unrest between white residents and immigrants, there needs to be a crackdown on X, calling Musk a "dangerous" man.

Musk and many others within and outside the U.K. have noted the government's response to the unrest is causing further friction on the island as examples of a two-tier justice system are put on full display. Musk warned if the new liberal-led government continues with its response, a civil war is pretty much guaranteed.

'Think before you post.'

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"As for Elon Musk, he is one of, I would suggest, one of the most dangerous men on the planet. He uses his billions, he is unaccountable to anyone, to amplify far-right white supremacist ideology. He has, as you have rightly said, suggested, I think is hoping for, civil war in some parts of Europe, including in the U.K," Yousaf asserted to CNN.

"And instead of using X as the platform for good and using his enormous wealth for good, he is using it, I think, for the most wicked evil possible," he continued. "And in terms of regulation, let me say, this is something that the Prime Minister Keir Starmer will now have to think seriously about what more needs to be done. We need to have better regulation to ensure that we don’t have the kind of disinformation that has run rampant in the last week and be allowed to do so in the future with such devastating consequences."

The British government has made it clear they will not only arrest people who partake in the violence, but they will use the full force of the law on anyone who shares social media posts they deem to contain misinformation or spreading "hatred."

On X, UK.gov shared a post from the Crown Prosecution Service that warned of such actions with the caption, "Think before you post."

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The riots in the U.K. started in the aftermath of three young girls being killed in Southport by 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana in a mass stabbing attack. While protests against immigration were the initial response to the attack, far-left riots have taken place as well after rumors of "far-right" rallies scheduled in different parts of the country.

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Scottish leader targeted with 'hate speech' law he championed over his whites 'not good enough' speech



Humza Yousaf is a radical leftist who serves as the head of the Scottish government. In recent years, he championed a controversial "hate crime" law, claiming its approval "sent a strong and clear message to victims, perpetrators, communities and to wide society that offenses motivated by prejudice will be treated seriously and will not be tolerated."

The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act went into effect on Monday and immediately backfired for Yousaf.

According to the BBC, thousands of "hate crime" reports flooded in this week, many of which concerned a speech the leftist leader gave in 2020 bemoaning the perceived lack of diversity in the Scottish parliament.

Community Safety Minister Siobhian Brown claimed these were "fake and vexatious complaints." Real or not, the complaints appear to evidence both how the law can be weaponized along with the kind of speech the government may not ultimately intend to police.

Quick background

Blaze News previously reported that the new law, passed in 2021, expands upon an existing law prohibiting the "stirring up of hatred."

Whereas previously, the law on the books banned acts that fomented "racial hatred," the new law spearheaded by Yousaf "introduces new offences for threatening or abusive behaviour which is intended to stir up hatred based on prejudice towards characteristics including age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity and variations in sex characteristics," according to the Scottish government.

The maximum penalty under the "hate crime" law is a prison sentence of seven years.

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Yousaf and other defenders of the law appeared unfazed by concerns expressed by religious groups, artists, journalists, and liberty campaigners about its likely impact on free expression.

Rowan Atkinson, the Briton who starred in "Mr. Bean" and "Blackadder," was among the high-profile figures who co-signed a letter in 2020 stressing that the "unintended consequences of this well meaning bill risk stifling freedom of expression, and the ability to articulate or criticise religious and other beliefs," reported the Scotsman.

The letter noted that intent under the law wouldn't matter; that the thin-skinned need only perceive offense to call upon the state to clamp down on an individual over their speech, action, or artwork.

The Catholic Church in Scotland was similarly critical of the legislation ahead of its passing.

The Catholic Parliamentary Office, founded by the Scottish bishops, stated, "There should be no threat of prosecution for expressing the belief that, for example, there are only two sexes or genders; that a man cannot become a woman and vice versa; or that marriage can only be between one man and one woman," adding, "nobody ought to be criminalized for using a person's birth name or pronoun."

Backlash

A multitude of complaints about Yousaf's June 10, 2020, speech reportedly poured in this week, including a false claim made in Community Safety Minister Siobhian Brown's name, according to the BBC.

"I was surprised myself on Monday to receive a call from Police Scotland about my complaint," said Brown. "This was a fake complaint someone had done anonymously in my name, and gave my office number."

Speaking weeks after George Floyd's death, Yousaf said, "I am angry that in 2020 we are still dealing with overt racism, subtle racism, institutional racism and structural racism. Whatever form it takes, it is still racism."

"Forget the racial jibes and the slurs that we still have to put up with; racism is literally killing minorities, as we have all seen, and as members have all said today," said Yousaf. "Scotland has a problem of structural racism. As members have said, we can take the Parliament as an example."

Yousaf complained that in Scotland — where 96% of the population is white and a combined 4% of the population is Asian, black, mixed, or of other ethnic groups — "there has not been a single black member of the Scottish Parliament, to our shame; there has not been a single woman NSP of color, to our shame; and the only four ethnic minority MSPs have all been Scots Asian males."

Yousaf then went on to list and emphasize the race of the individuals in various political positions in Scotland. After noting they were white, he said, "That is not good enough."

The future first minister also complained in his speech that the meetings he attended largely reflected the demographics of the country his parents freely chose to immigrate to, noting, "Some people have been surprised or taken aback by my mention on my social media that at 99 per cent of the meetings that I go to, I am the only non-white person in the room."

When his speech went viral again years later, Yousaf tweeted, "Racists foaming at the mouth at my very existence."

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The Daily Mail reported that a Police Scotland spokesman had confirmed complaints specifically cited Yousaf's 2020 speech.

"We have received a number of complaints in relation to a speech in the Scottish Parliament on June 10, 2020," said the spokesman. "Earlier complaints regarding this matter were assessed at the time and it was established no crime was committed and no further action was required."

Community Safety Minister Siobhian Brown told BBC Radio Scotland, "There has been a lot of misinformation and hysteria regarding this bill being introduced."

"I think this shows the publicity and misinformation that's out there about this Act, that people are making fake and vexatious complaints," added Brown.

Yousaf told the BBC that complaints must meet a high threshold before police will act, reported the Scottish Daily Express.

"Those new offences that have been created by the act have a very high threshold for criminality. The behaviour has to be threatening or abusive and intends to stir up hatred. So it doesn't deal with people just being offended or upset or insulted," said Yousaf.

A number of the complaints filed this week also flagged remarks made by J.K. Rowling that were critical of gender ideology and LGBT activism.

Rowling tweeted on Monday, "I'm currently out of the country, but if what I've written here qualifies as an offence under the terms of the new act, I look forward to being arrested when I return to the birthplace of the Scottish Enlightenment," adding the hashtag #ArrestMe.

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J.K. Rowling Dares Scottish Police To Arrest Her For Breaking Law That Makes It A ‘Hate Crime’ To Call A Man A Man

The famed author of the Harry Potter series dared Scottish authorities to arrest her after a new vague "hate crime" law went into effect.

JK Rowling dares police to arrest her for violating new 'hate crime' law protecting trans people: 'DELIBERATELY DEFIANT'



Author J.K. Rowling dared Scottish police to arrest her on Monday after a new law on "hate crime" took effect in Scotland.

Passed in 2021, the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act broadens an existing law prohibiting the "stirring up of hatred," which was outlawed in the United Kingdom in 1986. But that law banned only acts that stirred up "racial hatred."

The new law, which only applies to Scotland, "introduces new offences for threatening or abusive behaviour which is intended to stir up hatred based on prejudice towards characteristics including age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity and variations in sex characteristics," according to the Scottish government.

In honor of the new law, Rowling, who lives in Scotland, posted a social media thread that seemingly violates the new law.

The thread highlights transgender people who have committed sex crimes and explains how trans ideology harms real women. Even transgender activist India Willoughby acknowledged the list of people that Rowling highlighted is full of "sex offenders."

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At the end of her thread, Rowling dared the authorities to arrest her.

"I'm currently out of the country, but if what I've written here qualifies as an offence under the terms of the new act, I look forward to being arrested when I return to the birthplace of the Scottish Enlightenment," she said, adding the hashtag "#ArrestMe."

According to the "Harry Potter" author, Scottish lawmakers, by enacting the law, "have placed higher value on the feelings of men performing their idea of femaleness, however misogynistically or opportunistically, than on the rights and freedoms of actual women and girls."

The law, then, is "wide open to abuse," Rowling explained, and silences people like her: brave voices pushing back against trans ideology.

"For several years now, Scottish women have been pressured by their government and members of the police force to deny the evidence of their eyes and ears, repudiate biological facts and embrace a neo-religious concept of gender that is unprovable and untestable," Rowling said.

Ultimately, she warned that "freedom of speech and belief are at an end in Scotland if the accurate description of biological sex is deemed criminal."

Hours after Rowling's initial thread went viral, she responded to calls for an investigation into her comments.

"Totally agree. I have been DELIBERATELY DEFIANT, in spite of some random bloke’s advice. A full investigation MUST be mounted. #ArrestMe," she said.

"Also, visit Scotland, land of the free!" she mocked.

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If Free Speech Doesn’t Survive Ruling Class Demagoguery, Neither Will Democracy

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