According to a new poll, Americans trust Donald Trump over Joe Biden to handle the economy, inflation, and immigration. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump’s team said the campaign raised over $76 million during the month of April.
In other news, a 16-year-old boy armed with a knife was shot dead by police today after he stabbed a man in the Australian city of Perth. The boy is said to have been “radicalized”.
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Food Bank Usage Set to Climb as Canadians Cope With Inflation, Higher Prices
Desperate times call for desperate measures, as more Canadians will access food banks than in previous years to put food on the table.
In March 2023, Canadians visited food banks over 1.9 million times — a 32% increase year over year, reads a Food Banks Canada report.
A separate study corroborated that the demand for food banks remains high and is expected to increase by 18% this year. It says the result of higher demand will force more than a third (36%) of food banks to turn hungry Canadians away.
Canadians rejoiced when the federal government pledged to counter food inflation last fall. After lower-income Canadians received a one-time grocery rebate, but nothing further, that enthusiasm diminished greatly.
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More Canadians Choosing to Live Abroad Due to Affordability Crisis
The cost of living is driving many Canadians to live abroad for better work, a new study finds.
Canada is also struggling to retain new citizens, as evidenced by onward migration — people who leave Canada after immigrating here — jumping up by 31% between 2017 and 2019, according to a new study.
The study, released Monday by the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, revealed that the primary reason so many newly naturalized Canadians decide to leave the country after “four to seven years of arrival” is an inability to take part in economic opportunities.
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Nunavut Leads Canada in GDP Growth as Change Decelerates Nationwide
While GDP grew in every province in Canada except Newfoundland and Labrador, it slowed drastically compared to the year prior in most jurisdictions.
Across all industries, GDP grew by 1.2% in 2023 in Canada, according to data released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday. GDP grew by 3.9% in 2022 and 5.3% in 2021.
Of all provinces and territories, Nunavut saw the largest increase, where GDP increased by 3.4% in 2023.
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Westpac CEO Peter King’s Chilling Message for Aussie Borrowers
Westpac chief executive Peter King has warned Australian borrowers interest rates could stay higher than previously predicted. Here’s why he’s made a dire forecast.
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Anti-Israel Protesters Prepared to Stay Put for Summer: ‘Nothing That Will Deter US’
As many universities and colleges around the nation are preparing for summer break and commencement ceremonies, anti-Israel protesters show no signs of giving up.
Several protesters told Politico they were not going to give up, even with summer approaching and as several anti-Israel encampments on university campuses have been cleared, adding there is “nothing that will deter” them from continuing to protest as the war between Israel and Hamas continues.
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Biden Administration Puts Hold on US Ammunition Shipment to Israel: Report
The Biden administration last week halted a shipment of US-made ammo that was slated to go to Israel — a decision that reportedly sent members of the Israeli government into a tizzy as they tried to figure out why the delivery has been withheld.
The move marks the first time since Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 terrorist attack that the United States has hit the brakes on a weapons shipment to its longtime Middle East ally, according to Axios, which learned of the decision from two Israeli officials.
When questioned, a White House National Security Council spokesperson told Fox News that the administration has supported Israel since Hamas’ assault, which left 1,200 Israelis dead.
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Bomb Threat Emailed to Nearly Two Dozen Jewish Sites in NYC as Disturbing Text Revealed: Sources
Authorities are investigating a disturbing bomb threat emailed to more than two dozen synagogues and Jewish institutions in the Big Apple — and to temples upstate and on Long Island.
“Hello, if you see this email just have notice of a bomb I have set inside of your building,” the email sent Saturday read, law enforcement sources told The Post.
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CAIR Asks Prosecutors to Lock Up Journalists Exposing Hamas Supporters
Weeks after the Hamas murders, rapes and kidnappings of Oct 7, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) began meeting with attorney generals around the country.
Beyond CAIR’s existing effort to establish that Muslims, not Jews, were the real victims, the Islamist organization whose roots are linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, the parent organization of Hamas, were persuading top state prosecutors to go after Jewish anti-terror activists.
CAIR’s San Francisco Bay Area staff and Islamist allies met with California Attorney General Rob Bonta and urged him to enforce laws against what the group claimed was “doxxing”. Under California law, doxxing can be punished by up to a year in prison. Bonta has been considering running for governor and might be amenable to doing what it took to win Islamist support.
Shortly afterward, CAIR’s Massachusetts chapter met with Attorney General Andrea Campbell and urged her to create an “anti-doxxing task force” to target pro-Israel and Jewish groups. CAIR MA’s legal director claimed that it had met with Campbell to “flesh out what current laws might apply and what possibly new ones might help in these situations.” The attorney general’s office expressed concern about “harassment”, but fell short of promising to lock up journalists.
There’s no word on whether that task force was ever created, but the obvious target would have been the Jewish activists, organizations and journalists investigating antisemitism at Harvard.
CAIR was worried about anyone exposing its support for terrorism and it had good reason to be.
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Chicago Shootings: At Least 23 Shot, 4 Killed in Weekend Gun Violence Across City, Police Say
CHICAGO (WLS) — At least 23 people have been shot, four fatally, in gun violence across Chicago so far this weekend, police said.
On Sunday, a man and a woman were shot outside Wrigley Field , Chicago police said.
The shooting happened around 1:13 a.m. in the 1000-block of Addison Street in Wrigleyville.
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Chicago Police Arrest 68 Pro-Palestinian Protesters Outside Art Institute
Nearly 70 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested outside the Art Institute of Chicago on Saturday as anti-Israel protests continue to expand in the nation’s big cities.
The arrests came after a group began setting up tents on the Art Institute’s small north garden area. Those arrested are being charged with criminal trespass to property, according to Chicago’s WLS-TV.
The Chicago Police said some of those responsible for trying to set up the encampment were students at the School of the Art Institute along with members of Columbia College Chicago. The CPD moved in and tore down the tents after 4:30 p.m.
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Cinco De Mayo Parade Cancelled in Chicago Due to Gang Violence in the Area: Police
The Cinco de Mayo parade that was scheduled for Sunday afternoon has been cancelled for safety reasons.
The long-running event was scheduled to start near Damen and Cermak at noon in the Little Village neighborhood.
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Cognitive Decline: Biden Campaign Says They Will Shorten His Speeches
Who is actually running the country?
The Biden campaign team has admitted that they are seeking to shorten his speeches, claiming that they are seeking “quality over quantity,” but leading many to presume it is because he can barely talk.
Modernity.news’ Steve Watson reports that Biden Deputy Campaign manager Quentin Fulks told MSBNC:
“Our campaign believes in quality over quantity. We believe that these touches, these smaller things that are getting to the point about what is going on in the stakes of this election are gonna be easier for the voters to tap into.”
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Dem Party Chair Urges UW Officials to Not Clear ‘Peaceful’ Gaza Protest on Campus
The chair of the Washington State Democrats issued a statement calling the anti-Israel encampment at the University of Washington “peaceful” and opposed any actions that would violate activists “First Amendment rights.”
This after Jewish students were harassed and blocked from walking on campus, Israeli flags were stolen and destroyed, antisemitic slurs were used against Jewish students, buildings were vandalized with antisemitic and anti-cop graffiti, and vigils and rallies were held for terrorists.
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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., on Sunday slammed the anti-Israel protests that have taken over college campuses nationwide as working against peace in the Middle East, adding that he’s frustrated that those taken hostage by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel have not been put first.
Fetterman, who has been outspoken against the protesters, wondered why they are demonstrating against Israel and not Hamas, which he says has refused a recent cease-fire deal during his appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
“These kinds of protests haven’t been helpful, and ironically, they are actually working against peace in the Middle East as well,” Fetterman said. “And it’s also very strange to me that they’re not actually protesting for a cease-fire now. There’s been a very valid cease-fire that’s been on the table now and Hamas has refused to take that on.”
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Georgia lawmakers heard testimony Friday that caused one Republican senator to express concern that there’s little oversight of how Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis uses her $36.6 million budget.
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Houston Shooting: Step-Son Shoots, Kills Step-Dad After Argument
HOUSTON — Harris County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred in the 12000 block of Meadowview Drive.
According to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, 47-year-old Shawn Leonard Williams and his step-son, 24-year-old Lazarus Richard Williams got into an argument at a neighbor’s crawfish boil that later turned physical at home.
During the physical altercation, Shawn grabbed an airsoft gun and pointed it at Lazarus. At that point, Lazarus grabbed a real gun and shot and killed Shawn.
Lazarus remained on the scene and was arrested without incident.
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Mayor Adams Defiantly Tells NYC Colleges to Hold Graduation Ceremonies, Don’t Cave to Provocateurs
Mayor Eric Adams defiantly told New York City colleges Sunday that they should move forward with their graduation ceremonies and not cave to anti-Israel provocateurs looking to disrupt the proceedings.
“It’s a wonderful experience to graduate from an institution, and I don’t think we should allow anything to get in the way of our normal way of life,” Adams said on ABC’s “This Week.”
“We’ll do our job, and if the institutions decide to graduate their students and celebrate a beautiful experience with their families, we will make sure it’s done in a peaceful manner,” he said.
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Moderna Promises Investors ‘Next Generation’ Vaccines Will Surge Profits
Pharmaceutical giant Moderna has promised investors that a coming “next generation” of vaccines is going to reward them with massive profits.
The pledge came following an earnings report which showed the company posted a first-quarter loss of $1.2 billion.
The huge losses are down to dwindling demand for the company’s Covid mRNA injections.
In the first three months of 2024, sales of the company’s Covid shots were a mere $167 million.
During the same period last year, however, Moderna took $2.8 billion in profits from the experimental injections.
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mRNA Inventor: Globalists Are Pushing ‘Death Agenda’ to ‘End Humanity’
World-renowned scientist Dr. Robert Malone has warned that globalist elites are pushing a “death agenda” that seeks to “end humanity.”
Dr. Malone, the inventor of the mRNA technology used in Covid shots, warns that world leaders and globalist organizations such as the World Economic Forum (WEF) and United Nations (UN) want to depopulate the planet so they can replace humans with artificial intelligence-powered machines.
As Slay News has reported, the WEF has frequently promoted this anti-human agenda.
WEF members argue that most of civilization will become “useless” when industries are powered by an AI-driven workforce.
Malone raised the alarm about the plot during an interview on the Alex Jones Show.
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New Revelations in Florida Documents Trial Put Trump on Offense Against ‘Deranged’ Special Counsel
Former President Trump is calling for Special Counsel Jack Smith’s arrest after the prosecutors handling the 45th president’s classified documents case admitted seized documents are no longer in their original order and sequence.
“Now, Deranged Jack has admitted in a filing in front of Judge Cannon to what I have been saying happened since the Illegal RAID on my home, Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida — That he and his team committed blatant Evidence Tampering by mishandling the very Boxes they used as a pretext to bring this Fake Case,” Trump posted to Truth Social on Friday. “These deeply Illegal actions by the Politicized ‘Persecutors’ mandate that this whole Witch Hunt be DROPPED IMMEDIATELY. END THE ‘BOXES HOAXES.’ MAGA2024!”
“ARREST DERANGED JACK SMITH. HE IS A CRIMINAL!” Trump added in a follow-up post.
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Politico Mocked for Being Surprised on Who is Funding Anti-Israel Protests: ‘Surprising to Who?’
Anti-Israel protestors who have descended on college campuses are reportedly getting funding from several big-name Democratic donors, according to a report, that have backed President Biden’s re-election efforts.
Democratic donors such as George Soros, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, David Rockerfeller Jr., who sits on the board of the Rockerfeller Brothers Fund, and Susan and Nick Pritzker, who own the Hyatt Hotel corporation, have funded pro-Palestinian efforts to protest the Israel-Hamas war, Politico reported.
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Pritzker Doubles-Down With $827 Million Taxpayer Handout to Troubled EV-Maker Rivian
Authored by Mark Glennon via Wirepoints.org
At $1.5 million per job, this new incentive package from the state is at least 15 times the norm. For this much money, the state could have just handed out a million bucks to 827 people, instead of creating 550 jobs.
Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday that the State of Illinois will provide an $827 million incentive package for Rivian to invest $1.5 billion to expand its electric vehicle factory in Normal, Illinois. The expansion is expected to create at least 550 full-time jobs within the next five years, and will build Rivian’s next model EV, the R2. Rivian initially got $49.5 million under Gov. Bruce Rauner in 2017 to create 1,000 jobs at the same location.
The new deal gives $1.5 million per job created, which is astronomical in the world of location incentives. Estimated average location incentives paid by state and local governments around the nation range from $13,000 to $84,000 per job, though sometimes go as high as $100,000 per job for capital intensive projects. Even using that high end, Rivian’s package will be 15 times what’s typical.
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President Biden is facing an uphill battle to convince voters the November election is a “referendum” on Donald Trump because even Democratic voters have “nostalgia” for the Trump years, a reporter argued on ABC’s “This Week.”
Host Jonathan Karl asked his political panel on Sunday to comment on the lack of enthusiasm over Biden’s re-election from key demographics who backed his 2020 campaign.
NPR White House correspondent Asma Khalid confessed that the Biden campaign would have trouble selling its message on Trump because “many voters are looking at this election as a referendum on [Biden].”
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Police in Georgia rounded up a half dozen squatters who were bedding down in a $450,000 suburban home for months — after tracing a neighbor’s stolen car to their driveway.
The six intruders, who moved into the empty house at 4300 Caveat Court on Christmas Day, had long become a nuisance in the neighborhood, local residents told WANF-TV News.
“They buy these homes, and the people say they can afford them. They do the paperwork, and they’re supposed to buy it back from the company,” said Mel Keyton, president of the Hampton Oaks Homeowners Association. “They never buy it back.
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Supreme Court Could Fire Jack Smith From Special Counsel Role
Justices on the United States Supreme Court appear to be considering that Jack Smith could be fired from his powerful role as special counsel on the Jan. 6 case.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas appears to be open to the idea that Smith’s appointment as special counsel was unconstitutional.
The SCOTUS is currently hearing arguments from President Donald Trump’s lawyers that his alleged misconduct was covered by presidential immunity.
Furthermore, Trump’s lawyers are arguing that Jack Smith’s appointment as a special counsel is illegitimate on constitutional grounds.
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Tensions Run High During Dueling Pro-Palestinian, Pro-Israel Protests at DePaul’s Lincoln Park Quad
CHICAGO (WLS) — DePaul University issued an alert on Sunday morning asking students to avoid the Lincoln Park Quad amid dueling pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protests.
Tensions ran high on the sixth day of the pro-Palestinian encampment at DePaul as dozens of pro-Israel demonstrators showed up to counter-protest.
Counter-protesters said they wanted to stand up for Israel and combat what’s happening on college campuses across the country.
“Somebody has to stand up to this. This is unconscionable. It’s intolerable,” said Israel supporter Sam Seleski.
Dozens of Chicago police officers lined the sidewalk outside of the quad, standing in between both sides to prevent further escalation.
Officers said protesters were throwing things at one another and getting physical at one point.
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Tom Cotton Attacks Campus Protests, Argues Police Should Have Gone in ‘On the Very First Day’
Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton on Sunday pushed for an even stronger police response to pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses across the country as both arrests and controversy grow around the demonstrations against Israel’s military campaign in its war with Hamas in Gaza.
Speaking to ABC News “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl, Cotton said school leaders, whom he sought to paint as biased by politics, should have sent in law enforcement “the very first day they set up their tents.”
“Where were the liberal administrators and liberal politicians sending in the police on the very first day? We should not have tolerated this for a moment,” he said.
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Trump Met With Chants of ‘USA!’ as He Attends Miami Formula 1 Race
Former President Donald Trump made an appearance at the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix on Sunday where he was greeted by chants of “USA” by attendees who were delighted to see him.
The Florida resident took advantage of the opportunity to attend the event held outside Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Trump was in Florida this weekend to attend an RNC fundraiser on Saturday night. He is expected back in New York on Monday to sit for another week of a criminal trial brought by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and is anticipated in Wildwood, NJ for a rally on May 11.
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Trump Team Says Campaign Raised Over $76 Million in April
Donald Trump’s campaign raised over $76 million during April, campaign spokespersons told donors on Saturday at the RNC donor retreat. Trump has been making campaign stops in between courtroom appearances as he works hard to remind Americans why he’s the right man for a second term in the White House.
While Joe Biden attends glitzy campaign fundraisers with Hollywood celebs and his elite cadre of Dem friends and donors, Trump is out on the trail meeting American voters in pizza shops, fast food places, and on the stump in battle ground states, where the former president has been gaining ground and taking leads.
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Trump Leads Biden on Economy, Crime, Immigration: ABC/Ipsos Poll
Americans trust Donald Trump over Joe Biden to handle the economy, inflation, and immigration, three of the top issues for voters going into the 2024 presidential election. A new poll out from ABC News/Ipsos reveals that despite Biden’s best efforts, Trump is the pick of more Americans for a second White House term. Trump also leads Biden in seven swing states.
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UChicago Gaza Camp Persists Days After School Prez Called for it to End
University of Chicago’s Gaza camp enters week two on Monday despite calls from the university president for it to be disbanded and for student activists to disperse. University President Alivisatos made a statement saying the camp was against school policy but that he allowed it to be put up based on the school’s free speech principles.
In a statement released on Friday and reported on by the Chicago Thinker, President Alivisatos said that the Gaza camp “created systematic disruption of campus” after it was set up by UChicago United for Palestine on Monday.
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University of Florida Prez Tells Colleges to Take His School’s Lead on Anti-Israel Protests
University of Florida President and ex-Sen. Ben Sasse on Sunday implored colleges to take his school’s lead and stake out a balance between free speech and order as anti-Israel protests take campuses by storm.
Sasse, 52, the former Republican senator from Nebraska, explained that as the head of the University of Florida, he has drawn the line between free speech and action.
“I’m a First Amendment zealot,” Sasse told CNN’s State of the Union.” “We will always defend your right to free speech and free assembly. And also, we have time, place, and manner restrictions.
“You don’t get to take over the whole university. People don’t get to spit at cops, you don’t get to barricade yourselves in buildings. You don’t get to disrupt somebody else’s commencement.”
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University of California Now Discriminates Based on Parental Income, Education
Authored by James Breslo via The Epoch Times
In 1996, Californians voted, 55 to 45 percent, to ban the use of affirmative action in admissions to state schools and in state employment. In 2020, Californians voted to maintain the ban by an even wider margin, 57 to 43 percent.
Last year, the United States Supreme Court struck down college affirmative action policies on the grounds they violate the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.
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Whistleblower Exposes Deep State Plot to Block Trump’s Military Powers on Jan. 6
A military whistleblower has dropped bombshell allegations about a pre-planned plot to block President Donald Trump from assuming control of the protests at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
According to the whistleblower, a Washington D.C. National Guard official, Trump was secretly “stripped” of commander-in-chief status on Jan. 6.
According to the Daily Mail, the whistleblower revealed this week that Trump was “stripped” of his military powers and commanders refused to take his orders to deploy soldiers to the Capitol.
Colonel Earl Matthews, who was the chief legal advisor for the D.C. National Guard on the day of the Capitol protests, made the astonishing claim.
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Alberta and Saskatchewan Forge Nuclear Alliance to Reach Carbon Neutrality by 2050
The governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan will partner to develop nuclear technology to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
The provinces have agreed to collaborate on nuclear power projects, particularly focusing on small modular reactors. This partnership aims to put these provinces at the forefront of Canada’s efforts to achieve a carbon-neutral future.
The agreement aims to exchange information on crucial aspects of nuclear power generation. These include nuclear supply and workforce development, fuel supply security, and developing and regulating small modular reactors, which Saskatchewan’s government confirmed in a press release.
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Almost all protesters at Saturday’s Worker Solidarity With Palestine demonstration in Ottawa, ON, refused to speak with Rebel News after being directed by minders not to speak with news media.
The protesters congregated at the University of Ottawa, which is now becoming an encampment resembling similar protests seen at New York University, Columbia University, and McGill University. Tents were seen at the protest location.
The protests regularly feature claims of “genocide” being committed by the Israeli government against Palestinians and calls for the state of Israel to somehow be dismantled or destroyed.
Immediately after Rebel News‘s arrival at the demonstration, a protest handler — a white middle-aged man identified as Clayton Goodwin — advised other protest organizers to disrupt any interviews with attending protesters. These disruption techniques included the creation of noise via bullhorns, whistles, and drum banging in the vicinity of interviews to distract participants and destroy the quality of audio recordings.
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Appeal Could See Pastor Artur Pawlowski Exonerated on All COVID-19 Charges
The enforcement of draconian COVID-19 measures saw several churches shuttered and numerous pastors arrested across Canada, so much so that United States Senator Josh Hawley suggested that Canada should be added a U.S. religious freedoms watchlist.
Alberta was one of the worst offenders when it came to persecuting Christians during COVID-19, which came as a surprise to many as then-premier Jason Kenney, a practicing Catholic, had been a champion of international religious freedoms as a federal politician prior to breaking his own promise on vaccine passports and jailing pastors for keeping their churches open to all.
Kenney, somewhat ironically, recently spoke at an event tackling global religious persecution despite his actions throughout the ‘pandemic’.
Pastor Artur Pawloski was undoubtedly one of the most prosecuted men in Canada and he amassed a litany of legal charges all for daring to feed the homeless, keep his church open and for preaching a message of peace to the Coutts truckers during their protest at the Alberta-U.S. border.
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Campus Watch: New Anti-Israel Encampments at U of T, U Vic, Tensions Rise at McGill
More radical anti-Israel encampments have been set up on Canadian university campuses, including at the University of Toronto and the University of Victoria.
Meanwhile, members of Montreal’s Jewish community and their allies held a counter-protest in defence of Israel and against antisemitism at McGill on Thursday.
There are also growing calls for McGill’s anti-Israel encampment to be shut down by police.
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Elon Musk’s X Pledges to Fund Dr. Matt Strauss’ COVID-19 Legal Battle Against Queens University
In a bold move underscoring its commitment to free speech, the social media platform X has declared its financial backing of a legal battle launched by Dr. Matt Strauss, an Ontario-based critical care physician and Conservative candidate, against his former employer.
The lawsuit targets Queen’s University over allegations of censorship and professional reprisal over Strauss’ outspoken criticism of lockdowns and other overreaching measures during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Announcing their support on the official X News account, the platform stated, “X is proud to fund a lawsuit filed by Dr. Matthew Strauss, an Ontario critical care physician and professor, against his former employer, Queen’s University.”
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Federal Public Servants Complain About Being in Office Three Days a Week
Federal public sector workers are not happy after the federal government called on public servants to return to the office for three days a week, starting later this year.
An anonymous source within the federal government told CBC News that the policy change will likely come into effect in September, but may be subject to change.
Around 155,000 Public Service Alliance of Canada members walked off the job last year to maintain the twice-a-week hybrid model.
[Comment: Fire them all.]
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Over Half of Canadians Say Freedom of Expression is Under Threat, New Leger Poll Shows
A new Leger online survey suggests that a majority of Canadians believe the right to free speech is in danger.
The survey indicates that nearly 60 percent of respondents believe that freedom of expression is under threat, with 34 percent of those saying it is “somewhat threatened” and 23 percent saying it is under serious threat.
Around 36 percent expressed that they believed the right to free speech was not under threat, whereas 7 percent either did not know or chose not to respond.
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Quebec University Fires Professor Over COVID-19 Vaccine Dissent
A professor and biochemist with 35 years of research experience in the areas of genomics, lipid nanoparticles, and RNA has been fired from Quebec City’s Université Laval over his criticisms of the Covid-19 vaccine.
On March 28, 2024, Dr. Patrick Provost received a letter from the Vice-Rector of Human Resources and Finance, André Darveau, informing him he had been sacked from his post.
Since 2021, Provost had been subject to 11 complaints over his internal and public comments about Covid-19 mRNA vaccines. These complaints came from citizens, doctors and other professors, two of which were anonymous. As a result, Provost received four suspensions without pay for a total of six months, one week and one day.
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Rumble to Host Free Speech Live Event
On May 10, a significant event advocating for free speech will take place, hosted by Rebel News in partnership with Rumble, featuring Donald Trump Jr and others. This gathering aims to highlight the excessive censorship in Canada and send a clear message to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that such restrictions on expression are under global scrutiny.
Rumble, known for its commitment to free speech, is joining forces with Rebel News to present a live broadcast that will include leading figures from independent media. The lineup features personalities like Viva Frei, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Glenn Greenwald, Chris Pavlovski, and Rebel News’ own Ezra Levant.
The event will host live recordings of prominent Rumble shows in Canada, focusing on the central theme of freedom of speech. For those wishing to be part of the live audience, Rumble has subsidized tickets, making them available for just $30. Additionally, the event will be streamed live for those unable to attend in person.
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Study Finds Canadians Lost $3.5 Billion Due to Medical Wait Times in 2023
Canadians are dishing out billions in hidden costs due to growing wait times to access medical care.
A study by the Fraser Institute, an independent, nonpartisan Canadian public policy think tank, found that long wait times for surgery and medical treatment cost the 1.2 million Canadians who were waiting for medically necessary treatment an average of $2,871 worth of time they could have spent working.
According to the study, “The Private Cost of Public Queues for Medically Necessary Care, 2024,” Canadians lost a combined total of almost $3.5 billion in wages and lower productivity while waiting to access essential healthcare.
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Two Injured in Violent Anti-Capitalist Protest in Montreal
An anti-capitalist protest turned violent in Montreal on Wednesday night, leading to one police officer and one citizen injured, along with damaged property in the city’s downtown.
The protest began to escalate around 5:45 p.m. when masked demonstrators threw rocks at police, smashed business windows with street signs and sprayed graffiti on walls.
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Vivek Ramaswamy Says Freedom Convoy Protests Were More Legitimate Than Anti-Israel Demonstrations
Ex-Republican primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy posted a video explaining why he supports the removal of protesters blockading college campuses though he praised the Freedom Convoy who blockaded roads and, at times, highways.
The video was posted to X Tuesday afternoon and has gained over one million views.
“You’re free to express your own opinion, but you’re not free to break the law as you do it. We need to enforce the rule of law when other students cannot attend their classes,” he said.
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Nicola Procaccini is an Italian politician who has served as a member of the European Parliament since 2019. The former mayor of Terracina (2011-2015 and 2016-2019), he is a member of Brothers of Italy (FdI).
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Ammunition Depots in European Countries Are Empty — Rheinmetall CEO
Germany should increase spending on arms production to protect itself in the event of war. This was stated in an interview with Wirtschaftspublizistische Vereinigung by the CEO of the defense concern Rheinmetall, Armin Papperger, as reported by Süddeutsche Zeitung.
He stated that Western countries are currently not prepared for conventional warfare. Papperger said that China and Russia have significantly expanded their capabilities and are rapidly and intensively arming themselves. Therefore, Germany needs to increase military spending by 30 billion euros annually.
The head of Rheinmetall stated that the country reduced its military spending after the end of the Cold War, causing equipment to become outdated and ammunition depots to become empty.
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Climate Activists Arrested for Vandalising France’s Palace of Versailles With Orange Powder
Two radical climate change alarmist activists were arrested on Saturday after defacing France’s famed Palace of Versailles with orange powder.
In the latest stunt targeting works of art and historic sites, two activists from the Riposte Alimentaire (Food Response) collective threw orange powder throughout the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, the Baroque style gallery in the former seat of power for the French monarchy.
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Czech Life Expectancy Passes Pre-COVID Levels, Hits 80 Years for First Time
After years of sharp decline, life expectancy in the European Union has surpassed pre-pandemic levels, according to figures released by Eurostat on Friday. The Czech Republic is one of the countries where life expectancy has surged the most, growing by 0.7 years since 2019 to reach 80 years for the first time.
Despite the challenges posed by Covid-19, last year saw an overall increase in life expectancy across the EU. Southern European countries like Spain and Italy still boast the highest life expectancies at around 84 years, while countries such as Romania, Bulgaria, and Latvia trail behind.
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Czech Republic Announces Joint Military Exercises With the USA
Next week in the Czech Republic, the Immediate Response exercises will begin, involving Czech military personnel as well as their counterparts from the USA. This was announced by the spokesperson of the Czech General Staff, Magdalena Dvorzhakova, cited by Novinky.
Approximately 800 American servicemen and 350 Czech soldiers will participate in the exercises, which will take place at the Libava training ground. The maneuvers will last for two weeks in total.
These exercises are part of the largest NATO maneuvers in decades, Steadfast Defender 24, involving over 90,000 military personnel from all Alliance countries in various locations across Europe.
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Data Leak From Secret Bundeswehr Meetings Detected in Germany
In Germany, a data leak from Bundeswehr meetings in video format was detected due to a lack of video conferencing tools used by the German military, according to DW. It is reported that due to a problem with the Webex video conferencing system, thousands of Bundeswehr video meetings were publicly accessible on the Internet.
The security breach occurred in the Bundeswehr’s own version of Webex, which is more secure than the public version. According to the publication, more than six thousand meetings were found online, some of which were supposed to be classified.
German military officials stated that the bug was fixed within 24 hours of being discovered. Zeit Online discovered online conference rooms used by 248 thousand German soldiers.
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During the Meeting Between Macron and Xi Jinping, the “Olympic Ceasefire” Will be Discussed
During the meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping, which will take place in France, the “Olympic ceasefire” in Ukraine will be discussed. French President stated this in an interview with La Tribune.
“The Olympic ceasefire should serve as a message of peace. This is one of the topics that I will discuss with the Chinese President on Monday and Tuesday. We will try to achieve it for all theaters of military operations,” Macron added, affirmatively answering the clarifying question whether Ukraine is included.
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Freer Than France and Spain: Czechia Performs Strongly in Press Freedom Index
In the 2024 World Press Freedom Index published today by advocacy group Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Czechia has fallen three spots compared to last year, now sitting at 17th. RSF said that Czechia remains threatened by the “high concentration of private media” as well as online hatred against journalists.
In its methodology, RSF analyzes aspects such as a country’s media pluralism, self-censorship, punishments against journalists (including captivity), and legislative framework for the media when assessing a country’s press freedom. RSF included 180 countries in its ranking.
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Germany Falters as Foreign Direct Investment Drops for Sixth Consecutive Year by 12%
Foreign direct investment into Germany fell by 12 percent last year as Europe’s economic powerhouse attracted fewer business opportunities for overseas investors for the sixth consecutive year.
A survey by professional auditing firm EY found the number of investment projects announced by international companies in Germany fell to just 733 in 2023 — the lowest figure since 2013.
Germany’s economic decline is evidenced by the fact that foreign investors are refraining from pulling the trigger on new opportunities in the country. Since 2017, foreign investment projects across Germany have declined by 35 percent.
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Roman Possek, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the federal German state of Hesse, believes that state governments should assist Ukraine in repatriating men of military age who left Ukraine after Russia’s full-scale invasion. Possek stated this in an interview with the ARD channel, cited by the Tagesspiegel newspaper.
According to the head of the Hesse Interior Ministry, Germany should aid Ukraine in recruiting for its army, and such assistance could also involve “our help in allowing Ukraine to use men who fled abroad but could be utilized in the war.”
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UK: Farage Warns ‘Sectarian Politics Are Here to Stay’ as Muslim Voters Back Pro-Gaza Candidates
Brexit boss Nigel Farage lamented that “sectarian politics is here to stay” in Britain as dozens of Islamic candidates running on the issue of Gaza won local elections across the country this week.
While the left-wing Labour Party was the clear winner of the local council and mayoral elections held in Britain on Thursday, with Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives continuing to flounder, there is increasing concern over Muslim voters abandoning Labour in favour of single-issue candidates.
According to an analysis by The Telegraph of election results, in areas with the highest proportion of Muslim voters, such as Blackburn, Bradford, Pendle, Oldham, and Manchester, the Labour Party saw its support fall by an average of 25 points.
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Hamas Says Latest Cease-Fire Talks Have Ended. Israel Vows Military Operation in ‘Very Near Future.’
JERUSALEM — The latest round of Gaza cease-fire talks ended in Cairo after “in-depth and serious discussions,” the Hamas militant group said Sunday, reiterating key demands that Israel again rejected. After earlier signs of progress, the outlook appeared to dim as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to resist international pressure to halt the war.
Israel closed its main crossing point for delivering badly needed humanitarian aid for Gaza after Hamas attacked it. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant claimed Hamas wasn’t serious about a deal and warned of “a powerful operation in the very near future in Rafah and other places across all of Gaza.”
Israel didn’t send a delegation to the talks mediated by Egypt and Qatar. Egyptian state media reported that the Hamas delegation went for discussions in Qatar, where the group has a political office, and will return to Cairo for further negotiations on Tuesday.
Another threat to talks came as Israel ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close, accusing it of broadcasting anti-Israel incitement. The ban did not appear to affect the channel’s operations in Gaza or the West Bank.
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Hamas Armed Wing Claims Responsibility for Deadly Attack on Israel-Gaza Crossing
CAIRO, May 5 (Reuters) — The armed wing of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas claimed responsibility on Sunday for an attack on the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza that Israel said killed three of its soldiers.
Israel’s military said 10 projectiles were launched from Rafah in southern Gaza towards the area of the crossing, which it said was now closed to aid trucks going into the coastal enclave. Other crossings remained open.
Hamas’ armed wing said it fired rockets at an Israeli army base by the crossing, but did not confirm where it fired them from. Hamas media quoted a source close to the group as saying the commercial crossing was not the target.
More than a million Palestinians are sheltering in Rafah, near the border with Egypt.
Shortly after the Hamas attack, an Israeli airstrike hit a house in Rafah killing three people and wounding several, Palestinian medics said.
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Israel Raids Al Jazeera Offices, Pulls the Plug on Broadcast Operations
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced the government’s decision to terminate Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel, citing the Qatari-owned network as a provocateur of “incitement.” The closure was unanimously agreed upon by the cabinet. Reacting strongly, Al Jazeera labeled the Israeli government’s action as “criminal.”
The restrictions also extend to foreign journalists, notably barring them from entering Gaza, leaving Al Jazeera’s personnel among the few reporters present on the ground. This decision has been informed by longstanding accusations from Israeli authorities of the network’s alleged anti-Israel bias. The criticism has escalated following the deadly Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023.
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Russian Troops Capture Another Key Donbass Stronghold — MoD (Video)
by RT
Russian troops continue to make gains in Donbass, and have captured the strategically important village of Ocheretino to the north of Donetsk, the Defense Ministry has said.
In a statement on Sunday, the ministry said the Russian “Center” group of forces had “completely liberated” the settlement “as a result of active [battle] actions.” Ocheretino is located some 25km northwest of the town of Avdeevka, which was taken by Moscow’s troops in February.
Earlier reports suggested that Russian forces captured the southern part Ocheretino as they advanced along a local rail line. Due to its infrastructure and geographical position, it played a major role in Ukraine’s defense in the area, as it helped to provide supplies to Kiev troops. Western media have suggested that after capturing Ocheretino, Russia could try to envelop Ukrainian troops in the neighboring sectors of the front.
According to Deep State, a Ukrainian analytical Telegram channel, the collapse of the defense in the area was triggered by a rotation blunder. The outlet claimed that the Ukrainian 115th Mechanized Brigade failed to relieve the 47th Brigade in time, leaving a portion of the front wide open to Russian attacks. The leadership of the 115th Mechanized Brigade has denied the accusation.
Moscow’s gains in Ocheretino appeared to be confirmed last month by a video circulating on social media showing a Russian flag being raised over an administrative building in the village.
In an interview with the Economist at the start of May, the deputy head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, Vadim Skibitsky, said he expected Russia to continue its offensive in Donbass, noting that Kiev was struggling to fight back due to a lack of weapons. “They always knew April and May would be a difficult time for us,” he said, in an apparent reference to delays in Western assistance.
He also suggested, as quoted by the outlet, that it is “probably a matter of time” before Chasov Yar, another Donbass high-ground stronghold, would fall just like Avdeevka. Chasov Yar is located not far from Artyomovsk (known as Bakhmut in Ukraine), a scene of bitter fighting last year.
The latest developments on the battlefield come after Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said in April that Moscow’s troops were firmly in control of the initiative in the conflict, and steadily pushing Ukraine’s forces back. Earlier this month, he estimated Ukrainian military losses at 111,000 this year alone.
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Russia Launches Barrage of Drone Strikes on Ukraine During Orthodox Easter
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Ukraine marked its third Easter at war, Russia launched a barrage of drones concentrated in Ukraine’s east where the situation on the front line is worsening. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukrainians in an Easter address to be united in prayer and called God an “ally” in the war with Russia.
Ukraine’s air force said Sunday that Russia had launched 24 Shahed drones, of which 23 had been shot down by air defenses.
Six people, including a child, were wounded in a drone strike in the eastern Kharkiv region, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said.
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Russia Says Forces Seized Village of Ocheretyne in Eastern Ukraine
Moscow: Russia said Sunday its armed forces had seized the village of Ocheretyne in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, the latest in a string of small territorial gains for Moscow.
After capturing the nearby industrial hub of Avdiivka in February, Russia has pressed its manpower and weapons advantage on the battlefield, advancing several kilometres (miles) deeper into Ukraine in places.
The defence ministry said Russian troops had “completely liberated the village of Ocheretyne in the Donetsk People’s Republic”.
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India: Plan to Kill Hindutva Leaders With the Help of Pak Handlers
A Maulvi arrested by Gujarat Police
Shivam Chaturvedi | HENB | New Delhi | May 4, 2024:: A Muslim cleric (Maulavi) was arrested in Surat in Gujarat on Saturday for allegedly planning to murder the leaders involved in Hindu organisations and threatening the chief editor of Sudarshan television channel as well BJP’s Telangana MLA Raja Singh and the party’s former spokesperson Nupur Sharma in connivance with his handlers from Pakistan and Nepal, a senior police official said.
Surat police commissioner Anupam Singh Gehlot identified the arrested accused as Maulvi Sohel Abubakr Timol (27), who worked at a thread factory as a manager and offered private tuition on Islam to Muslim children.
He was found to be conspiring with people from Pakistan and Nepal to offer Rs 1 crore ‘supari’ (contract for killing) and procure weapons from Pakistan to kill the national president of Hindu Sanatan Sangh Upadesh Rana, said Gehlot.
“After his detention, we found several objectionable contents in his mobile phones, including the one regarding offering Rs 1 crore for the murder of Updesh Rana. For this, he was in continuous touch with persons/numbers from Pakistan and Nepal,” Gehlot told PTI.
Antecedents reveal that Sohel Abubakr Timol is also supposedly involved with the plan of targeted killing of other Hindutva faces like Sudarshan television channel editor Suresh Chavhanke, BJP’s Telangana MLA Raja Singh and BJP’s former National spokesperson Nupur Sharma.
“Timol was also found to be involved in issuing threats to Rana in March this year. The accused used a virtual number from Laos to issue threats to the target by connecting numbers from Pakistan and Nepal in his group call,” Gehlot said…
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TikTok’s Parent Company Would Rather Shut Down Platform Than Sell to a US Company: Report
ByteDance, the parent company of the social media app TikTok, has indicated that the company may prefer to shut down the app entirely rather than sell it to a US-based company.
The news comes in the wake of President Biden signing into law a ban on TikTok unless it is sold within a year. Under the new legislation, ByteDance has until next January to sell TikTok to another company.
If Bytedance fails to sell TikTok, web-hosting services in the US will be prohibited from supporting the social media platform, and tech giants like Google and Apple will be required to remove the app from their app stores.
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Aus Police Shoot 16-Yr-Old Boy After He Stabs Man
A 16-year-old boy armed with a knife was shot dead by police after he stabbed a man in the Australian west coast city of Perth, officials said on Sunday.
The incident occurred in the parking lot of a hardware store in suburban Willetton on Saturday night. The teen attacked the man and then rushed at police officers before he was shot, Western Australian Premier Roger Cook told reporters on Sunday.
“There are indications he had been radicalized online,” Cook told a news conference.
“But I want to reassure the community at this stage it appears that he acted solely and alone,” Cook added.
A man in his 30s was found at the scene with a stab wound to his back. He was taken to a hospital in serious but stable condition, a police statement said.
Police and Australian Security Intelligence Organization agents have been conducting a counterterrorism investigation in the east coast city of Sydney since another 16-year-old boy stabbed an Assyrian Orthodox bishop and priest in a church on April 15.
That boy has been charged with committing a terrorist act. Six of his alleged associates have also been charged with a range of offenses, including conspiring to engage in or planning a terrorist act. All remain in custody. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had been briefed on the latest stabbing in Perth by Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw and ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess, who heads the nation’s main domestic spy agency.
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Aussies are banding together in an audacious bid to reclaim national ownership of a breathtakingly beautiful piece of coastal farmland that a Chinese billionaire has put on the market.
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Australia’s Digital ID Push is Undermined by Data Leak Disaster
The Australian government’s decision to institute a pilot program testing an online age verification system digital ID system was overshadowed by a privacy scandal concerning a legal requirement for bars and clubs in the region.
The wrinkle juxtaposed these two narratives in a glaring light and shows how the push for digital ID raises privacy concerns that transcend the initial point-of-sale or point-of-access and becomes an ongoing data-invasive system that makes surveillance much easier.
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A group of Australian lawmakers wrote to President Biden on World Press Freedom Day urging him to drop the charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as press freedom groups call for the release of Assange and other journalists around the world facing legal cases.
In a Friday letter, the co-chairs of the “Bring Julian Assange Home” Parliamentary Friendship Group — Members of Parliament Andrew Wilkie, Independent; Josh Wilson, Labor Party; Bridget Archer, Liberal Party, and Sen. David Shoebridge, Greens — called on Biden to end the prosecution of Assange, who is in a U.K. prison fighting extradition to the U.S. to face espionage charges for publishing classified American military documents 14 years ago.
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A teenage boy who was fatally shot by police after stabbing a stranger in the back and charging at officers had a dark history of Islamic radicalisation.
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F45 Coogee Closes Its Doors as the Fitness Chain Faces Continued Financial Pressure
Sydney gym to close its doors in latest blow to F45 fitness brand
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In Australia, Participants of Pro-Palestinian Rallies Have Dismantled Camps Near Universities
Pro-Palestinian protesters have set up camps in university campuses across Australia. According to reports, over the past two weeks, students have established camps at universities in major Australian cities as a sign of protest against Israel’s incursion into the Gaza Strip, AP writes.
They demand that higher education institutions sever all academic ties with Israel and cease research partnerships with arms manufacturers. It is noted that there have been no instances of violence or arrests of protesters in the camps.
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Inside the Alleged Terror Plot Teens Planned to Unleash on Sydney Days After Church Stabbing
According to a police fact sheet tendered to court, the four teens were planning a terrorist attack after the Wakeley street riots in Sydney’s south-west.
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Willetton Stabbing: ‘Radicalised’ Teenager is Shot Dead by Police After Knife Rampage
A ‘radicalised’ 16-year-old boy was shot dead by police after stabbing a man in the back.
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A Large Number of Turkish Citizens Are Moving to Germany as Refugees
Since July 2022, the number of asylum applications from Turkish citizens in Germany has sharply increased. Last year, over 61,000 applicants from Turkey arrived in Germany, although in 2022 there were slightly less than 24,000, and in 2021, around seven thousand. This year, around 15,000 people have already arrived in Germany from Turkey, with two-thirds of them being men, according to Bild.
However, German authorities respond to many asylum seekers with rejection: refugee agencies consider over 60% of asylum applications from Turkish citizens as “clearly unfounded.” Only one out of twelve applicants (8.4%) is granted refugee status.
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Canada: Trudeau Government Offers Free Access to National Parks for Migrants Only
Parks Canada has decided to offer a real break in 2024 for people looking to enjoy some of Canada’s glorious outdoors and backwoods.
But only people who are newcomers and new Canadian citizens. In a Parks Canada post, the federal government agency announced that there will be “Free admission for newcomers to Canada and new Canadian citizens” in 2024. That applies to any park in Canada, from B.C. to Newfound and Labrador and there is no indication that free access is limited.
Other Canadians will continue to pay $151.25 for a season’s pass for up to seven family members or $75.25 for an individual season’s pass that is good for any federally owned park. A day pass for what is perhaps the best-known national park in Canada — in Banff, AB — is $11 a day.
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A chic hotel in the heart of Broadway has been quietly operating as a migrant shelter — the latest sign of the growing Big Apple crisis.
The 141-room Square Hotel at 226 West 50th Street between Eighth Avenue and Broadway is just across from Gershwin Theatre, where the musical “Wicked” is playing, The Post has learned.
“To our valued guests: it is with great sadness that we announce the Square Hotel will be closed for the foreseeable future. We appreciate your patronage and hope to welcome you back someday soon,” the Square Hotel says on its Facebook page.
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Inside Trump’s Plan to Deport ‘Nearly 20 Million’ Illegal Migrants From the US
Donald Trump has vowed to deliver the “largest mass deportation effort” in American history if he gets back into office next year, targeting millions of illegal migrants across the country.
The 45th president has frequently spoken about his deportation agenda, and recently indicated in a TIME Magazine interview that he would leverage local law enforcement, the National Guard and the military to carry out his plan — similar to the dragnet-style sweeps of “Operation Wetback” under former President Dwight Eisenhower that shipped more than 1 million migrants out in 1954.
The Trump 2024 campaign has not gotten into the details of what resources would be needed to find, detain and deport the “nearly 20 million” illegal migrants they say are currently in the US.
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Migrants have pitched dozens of tents along the banks of Dublin’s Grand Canal just days after hundreds were evicted from a ‘shanty town’ in the city.
Photos show the blue tents lined up along a stretch of the canal near the International Protection Office (IPO) on Mount Street, where a makeshift migrant camp of more than 200 asylum seekers was dismantled on Wednesday by Irish authorities.
It comes amid an ongoing row with the British government over asylum seekers crossing the border to avoid deportation to Rwanda under Rishi Sunak’s new crackdown.
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Irish Citizens Clash With Police Over Plan to House Over 100 Migrants in Small Town
On last night’s episode of The Ezra Levant Show, Gript journalist Fatima Gunning joined the show to shed light on ongoing protests in Ireland against mass immigration.
Gunning explained how the government initially had plans to move over 100 migrants into the small Irish town of Newtownmountkennedy, a place lacking the necessary infrastructure to support that number of asylum seekers. 60 migrants have reportedly already arrived.
Residents have been protesting the government’s plan, and demonstrators ended up clashing with police last week.
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More Chinese Nationals Crossed Southern Border in Two Days Than in Fiscal Year 2021: Report
More Chinese nationals attempting to cross the southern border illegally were encountered in the first two days of May than throughout the entire fiscal year 2021.
Border Patrol at the San Diego sector apprehended approximately 485 Chinese immigrants in just two days, surpassing the 323 encountered during the entirety of fiscal year 2021, according to a report by Fox News’ Bill Melugin, based on information from a Customs and Border Patrol source.
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The Rwandan government today refused to guarantee how many migrants it will take from the UK under Rishi Sunak’s flagship deportation scheme.
The Prime Minister’s plan to deal with asylum seekers arriving in the UK via irregular routes including the English Channel crossing is to place them on a one-way flight to Kigali.
He hopes that the five-year deal will deter other small boats attempting the journey from France and boost Tory poll numbers before the general election later this year.
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A small seaside town has declared victory over ‘insane’ council plans to use luxury retirement homes with stunning sea views to house migrant children.
Kent County Council had planned to use Ocean Heights care home in picturesque Minster on Sea on the Isle of Sheppey to house 50 unaccompanied asylum seekers aged 16 and 17.
Residents took to the streets in a peaceful protest after the £4million plans to turn the care home into migrant accommodation were announced in March.
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Austin Moves to Become ‘Sanctuary City’ for Minors Seeking Sex Change
The Austin, Texas City Council has voted to become a sanctuary city for transgender-identifying individuals, including minors, that are seeking sex change drugs and surgeries.
In a vote held on Thursday, City Council members approved a resolution by a margin of 10-1, directing the Austin police to deprioritize the Texas law that prohibits certain treatments for transgender-identifying minors as their lowest enforcement priority.
The resolution states that the city will not utilize personnel, funds, or resources to investigate, prosecute, or impose penalties on transgender or nonbinary individuals seeking healthcare, nor on individuals or organizations providing or assisting with the provision of such healthcare.
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Chicago Teachers’ $50B Demands Include Pay Hikes, Abortions, Migrant Accommodation
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is negotiating a new contract with the public schools system and is understood to be calling for an extra $50 billion to pay for wake hikes as well as other demands such as fully paid abortions for its members, new migrant services and facilities and a host of LGBT-related requirements and training in schools.
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Elon Musk has asked J.K. Rowling to stop posting her views about transgenderism on X, suggesting the “Harry Potter” author instead focus on creating “interesting and positive” content on the social platform he owns.
“While I heartily agree with your points regarding sex/gender, may I suggest also posting interesting and positive content on other matters?” the billionaire, 52, wrote on X on Saturday in response to a nearly month-old post by fellow billionaire Rowling in which she offered up her definition of a woman.
Rowling, 58, has long been vilified by trans rights activists for her views on sex and gender, which she frequently shares on the platform, placing herself on the receiving end of both boycotts and death threatsover the years.
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Largest Review on Transgender-Youth Medicine Finds Insufficient Evidence for Medicalization
Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
England may be the third country to withdraw from a “gender-affirming” treatment pathway due to recommendations from a long-awaited report.
In April, the country published the Cass Review, “most comprehensive summary on transgender-youth medicine,” psychologist Erica Anderson, who identifies as transgender and has a doctorate in clinical psychology, told The Epoch Times.
The review, chaired by Dr. Hilary Cass, British honorary physician, consultant in pediatric disability, and former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, stated that there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate the long-term benefits of medicalizing children who want to identify as a different gender. Instead, the review recommends focusing on psychotherapy.
For some clinicians and researchers, this recommendation was a long time coming. Others are concerned that it potentially threatens medicalization—currently the primary treatment—for gender-incongruent youths.
The National Health Service (NHS) England, which commissioned the report in 2020, stated it would be committed to following through on the recommendations.
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Re: “In other news, a 16-year-old boy armed with a knife was shot dead by police today after he stabbed a man in the Australian city of Perth. The boy is said to have been ‘radicalized’.”
If we are to assume that the perpetrator had a 100% Mohammed coefficient, then yet again we see that the mainstream media there are either ignorant of the true nature of Islam, or knowing it, choose not to tell the truth about it. Either way, what good are they for ordinary people as conduits for information?
One sees the same lack of honest report across the West and Anglophone world, almost as if a deliberate campaign of disinformation was being waged. It may just be group-think mixed with the usual leftist cowardice when it comes to truth-telling, but in the end the result is the same.
And it bears restating that the “Red-Green Alliance” is very real, the unlikely combination of allies and ideological bedfellows which are the communists and the believers of Islam. United by their shared agenda of the destruction of western civilization and hatred of Christianity, they have allied themselves under the principle that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.”
Returning to the young man in question who was gunned down by police, calling him radicalized does a disservice to the truth, since that young man was simply doing what his Islamic faith commanded, namely, the waging of jihad or holy war against the infidels, as commanded by the prophet.
Mohammed lived some 1,400 years ago, but during his lifetime, he stated to his followers that the waging of jihad was so central to the practice of Islam that it ought to be counted as the “sixth pillar” or obligation of the faith, alongside the five established ones taught to all believers.
And the importance assigned to it within the faith can also be measured by the reward promised to those men who perish while waging jihad against the infidels ~ the immediate ascent to paradise upon one’s death.
Western apologists for Islam, and simply those who lack knowledge of it entirely, say that jihad of the sword isn’t central to Islam, or that the word “jihad” simply means internal struggle and not actual warfare and bloodletting, but this is at best ignorance speaking, and at worse, out-and-out deception. The so-called “verses of the sword” in the Koran put the lie to these commonly-offered rationalizations.
When George W. Bush was president of the U.S., he told Americans after the 9-11-2001 attacks that “Islam was a ‘religion of peace,'” and that the members of al-Qaeda did not represent “real Islam.” These were bald-faced untruths, lies of an epic nature, which placed the members of the group at some violent and extreme periphery of the faith, when in actuality, what al-Qaeda did lies very close to the heart of the creed.
Far from being “extremists,” these attackers were devout soldiers of Allah doing as the Koran, Hadiths and the Sira commanded them to do.
The West will continue to lose this struggle against a determined enemy until it ceases living in a fantasy-land of comforting myths and untruths about the war itself and the adversary it faces. You cannot win a war in which you are involved yet refuse to acknowledge, against an enemy you refuse to name.