Voice Of Europe | Four years since launching her dubious open-door migrant policy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was again forced to defend it as she addressed her supporters in Brandenburg, Sputnik News reports.

Sputnik | Actress-turned-activist Pamela Anderson visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at London’s Belmarsh high security prison on Tuesday, where he is currently being held on charges of violating bail conditions back in 2012.

Mike Adams | If you don’t defend the free speech rights of those you oppose, sooner or later someone will oppose you (and silence you).

National Geographic | Something strange is happening off the coast of Portugal, and scientists have now proposed a groundbreaking explanation.

American Mirror | A new poll by VoterLabs is eroding the media narrative that minorities and women hate Donald Trump, though you likely won’t see it on CNN, MSNBC or in The Washington Post.

Information Liberation | FBI Director Christopher Wray comically told senators on Tuesday that he wouldn’t describe the type of surveillance the FBI conducted on the Trump campaign as “spying.”

Breitbart | The system seems designed to promote sites that build up their followings before the rise of the social network.

Information Liberation | “I just got banned from Instagram,” Roosh announced on Twitter. “My account was private.”

Michael Snyder | This is the closest that the U.S. has been to a war with Iran in decades, and yet most Americans are either clueless or they don’t seem to believe that it could actually happen. 

Economic Collapse | If negotiations between the Trump administration and the Chinese government do not produce a trade deal by Friday, it is going to be absolutely catastrophic for Wall Street.

Patrick Buchanan | Did President Donald Trump approve of this? For he appears to be going along.

Free Beacon | Former Vice President Joe Biden said there was a “rational way to deal with the Second Amendment” during a campaign address in Nevada Tuesday.

Free Beacon | “We cannot accept a second term for Donald Trump if we are going to be faithful to our democracy.”