A synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post were targeted by terrorist gunmen in the Russian Caucasian republic of Dagestan. Six policemen were killed, and a priest’s throat was slit. Some reports say the priest was beheaded.
In other news, a Canadian court awarded $35,000 to a trans “woman” after an Ontario women’s salon refused to wax “her” manly appurtenances.
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Capital Gains Tax Hike Will Affect More Than Half of Canadian Small Businesses: CFIB
More than half of Canadian small business owners say that the capital gains inclusion tax hike will affect them, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses.
The polling, released Thursday, challenges the Liberal government’s claims that only the highest earners in Canada will be affected.
Fifty-five percent of small business owners surveyed said it would eventually affect the sale of their business. Forty-five percent% said it would affect their private investments, and 41% said it would affect investments held within their corporations.
Effective June 25, the capital gains tax hike will force Canadians earning over $250,000 in capital gains annually to pay tax on two-thirds of their gains instead of half. All capital gains for businesses and trusts, regardless of the amount, will be subject to the increase.
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16-Year-Old Stabbed to Death at LAPD Fundraising Carnival
A 16-year-old was fatally stabbed by another teen during a summer carnival in the Palms community that was being held as a fundraiser for the Los Angeles Police Department’s Pacific Division station and youth programs, multiple sources said.
The stabbing was reported around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, June 22 near the intersection of Venice Boulevard and Keystone Avenue, which was shutdown shortly afterward, according to NBC4.
Witnesses said there was a fight just before a 15-year-old boy stabbed the victim multiple times.
The injured teen was taken to a nearby hospital where he died from his injuries, KTLA5 reported.
Authorities believe the stabbing was gang-related.
There was a large police presence at the event, but LAPD Officer Christian Faulkner told CBS2, “there are windows of opportunity, unfortunately, that suspects can find and we can only cover so much of an area ….”
The suspect remains at large and no description was released.
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Arab Family Attacks Jewish Family at 5th Grade Graduation in Brooklyn, Yells ‘Free Palestine’
A Brooklyn elementary school graduation descended into violence when a Jewish family was attacked by members of an Arab family who shouted anti-Semitic slogans, including “Free Palestine,” “Gaza is Ours,” and “Death to Israel.” The incident took place at PS 682 in the Gravesend neighborhood during a fifth-grade graduation themed “All You Need Is Love.” The conflict occurred after the graduation ceremony, which included a student wearing a graduation cap that read “Free Palestine” and waving a Palestinian flag while walking across the stage.
The altercation started when Lana, a Jewish mother, and her Dominican Catholic husband, Johan, began taking photos of their children. They were pushed aside by family members of the student with the flag. Lana suggested there was space for both families, prompting an older man to turn and say “Free Palestine.” When Johan responded that it wasn’t the time for such a discussion, the man escalated, shouting, “Free Palestine, Gaza is Ours, Death to Israel,” per the New York Post
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Arkansas Nurse Was Treating Mass Shooting Victim When She Herself Was Killed
(Reuters) — One of the four people killed in a mass shooting at an Arkansas grocery was a 23-year-old nurse who was shot dead while treating another victim, police said on Sunday.
“Instead of fleeing the store, she stopped to render aid in one of the most selfless acts I’ve ever seen,” Colonel Mike Hagar, director of the Arkansas State police, said of the nurse, Callie Weems.
The gunman opened fire with a shotgun shortly before midday on Friday at the Mad Butcher grocery in Fordyce, a town of 3,200 people about 70 miles (110 km) south of Little Rock, killing four people and wounding nine.
The suspect gunman, identified as 44-year-old Travis Eugene Posey, was also wounded in a shootout with police and will be charged with four counts of capital murder, officials said.
Weems, who comes from three generations of nurses, loved to ride horses and was nicknamed “Woodrow” after the character Woodrow Call from the book and television series “Lonesome Dove,” the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported, citing an interview with her father, Tommy Weems.
“She died doing what she always does: Helping,” Weems said.
Investigators have yet to determine a motive for what Hagar called a “completely random, senseless act.”
He said the shooter began firing indiscriminately in the parking lot and then inside the store, armed with a 12-gauge shotgun and a pistol and firing mostly buckshot.
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Biden Will Not be Replaced Before November Due to ‘Logistical Nightmare’
A new report has asserted that President Joe Biden will not be replaced by the Democrats on the ticket for the November election due to the numerous barriers that would prevent such a move.
It’s not a surprise that many believe there’s a chance that, given his horrific polling numbers, Democrats would be seeking out a different candidate.
The overall lack of enthusiasm from within the Democratic Party for Biden suggests that he could be replaced by the DNC ahead of the election.
Some believe that even though it would be a risky move, however.
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Bill Gates Launches ‘Maggot Milk’ to Feed General Public
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has launched a new project that seeks to introduce “maggot milk” into the food supply of the general public.
The new “EntoMilk” is described as a “dairy alternative” that is made from “black soldier fly larvae” or maggots.
The maggots are blended into a “rich and creamy liquid which looks and acts just like dairy,” according to its creators.
“It’s got a very creamy mouthfeel,” a promotional video claims.
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Bill to Advance Nuclear Power Passes the Senate in 88-2 Vote
A major bill seeking to advance America’s nuclear energy industry has passed the U.S. Senate.
Breitbart reported that the bill would allow for additional development and implementation of nuclear power in the U.S.
The bipartisan Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act passed 88-2.
The legislation, part of the Fire Grants and Safety Act, will help facilitate a necessary upgrade to nuclear for America’s power grid and the world’s.
After approval in the Senate, the ADVANCE Act will go to Democrat President Joe Biden to be signed into law.
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Bloomberg Donates Millions to Help Biden Stop Trump in November
Left-wing billionaire Michael Bloomberg has donated a whopping $20 million to Democrat President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign.
The former New York City mayor hopes the donation will boost Biden’s chances of stopping President Donald Trump from winning re-election in the critical November election.
Bloomberg, a one-time Republican turned independent turned Democrat who briefly ran unsuccessfully against Biden for the 2020 presidential nomination, wrote a massive $19 million check to the Future Forward PAC.
FF PAC is the leading super PAC supporting Biden’s bid for a second term in the White House.
Bloomberg also gave the maximum donation of $929,600 to the Biden Victory Fund.
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Democrats Shut Down Investigation Into Maine’s Surging Excess Deaths
Democrats in Maine have stepped in and shut down an investigation by Republican lawmakers into the state’s spike in excess deaths.
Republican State Rep. Heidi Sampson (R-Alfred) is raising the alarm over Maine’s surging excess deaths.
Sampson warns that the state has suffered an alarming “silent epidemic.”
She revealed that data shows that excess deaths are now 18% higher than they were in 2020.
Specifically, the state has seen a surge in sudden deaths among young and middle-aged adults with no known previous illness.
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Embattled Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) has issued an apology over comments he made that downplayed the rape and murder of Israeli women and children during the October 7 terror attacks.
Shortly after the brutal attacks, “Squad” member Bowman publicly denied that Hamas terrorists raped women and committed other atrocities during the massacre in Israel.
The congressman continued downplaying rape accusations against Hamas in the weeks after its terror attack last year.
During a Monday interview with WNYC radio, the progressive lawmaker admitted he was wrong for supporting the terror group.
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FBI Announces $10,000 Reward for Info on Who Started Deadly New Mexico Wildfires
The FBI is offering a monetary reward for information leading to those responsible for the pair of New Mexico wildfires that killed two people in the past week.
Emergency shelters and mass evacuation processes had to be set up after two fires broke out near Ruidoso last Monday, leading to apocalyptic scenes.
By the next morning, 19,000 acres had been burned, along with more than 500 homes and multiple businesses.
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Former Democratic Fundraiser Who Helped Raise Millions for Obama Says She’s Voting for Trump
A former Obama fundraiser who assisted in raising millions of dollars in donations for his campaign said that she is leaving the Democratic Party and plans to vote for former President Donald Trump this November.
“Like any divorce, there’s not just one thing, there’s a series of things that led up to it,” former Obama fundraiser Allison Huynh said on “Jesse Watters Primetime” last week.
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Government Whistleblower: COVID Shots Were Planned 20 Years in Advance
A government contractor has blown the whistle to reveal that Covid mRNA shots didn’t just suddenly appear in response to the pandemic but they had, in fact, been in the making for two decades.
During a bombshell new interview, the whistleblower, Dr. David Martin, exposes the detailed planning of the Covid mRNA shots.
While working as a U.S. government contractor, Martin says he witnessed decades of criminal preparations, years before Covid emerged in 2020.
Speaking with Infowars’ Alex Jones, Martin outlines the government’s long-term plot to develop and release the Covid virus.
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Here’s Why Biden Should Root for Trump to Win Immunity Push, According to Lindsey Graham
President Biden “better hope and pray” the Supreme Court comes down in favor of former President Donald Trump’s immunity push, according to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
Graham, 68, contended that Biden could find himself in legal jeopardy if the high court sides against bestowing absolute immunity upon a president.
“All of these women who’ve been raped and murdered have one thing in common — the people that killed them, raped them, and murdered them were in our custody and let go — I think, illegally so,” Graham argued on “FOX News Sunday.”
“When he allowed the killer of Laken Riley to be released on parole because [of] lack of capacity, I think he’s subject not only to lawsuit but criminal prosecution if there’s not presidential immunity.”
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Illinois Gov. Pritzker’s Policies Under Fire as State Faces Population Decline and Tax Hikes
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, once considered a rising star within the Democratic Party, has come under scrutiny as the state grapples with a significant population decline and a controversial $52.7 billion spending plan for 2025.
Between July 2021 and July 2022, over 142,000 people left Illinois, with only New York experiencing a faster rate of population decline during the same period, the Daily Wire reports.
Former President Donald Trump recently targeted Pritzker on his Truth Social platform, stating:
Sloppy J.B. Pritzker, the Rotund Governor from the once great State of Illinois, who makes Chris Christie look like a male model, and whose family wanted him out of the business because he was so pathetic at helping them run it, has presided over the destruction and disintegration of Illinois at levels never seen before in any State. Crime is rampant and people are, sadly, fleeing Illinois. Unless a change is made at the Governor’s level, Illinois can never be Great Again.
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Joe Biden, Kathy Hochul Favorability and Approval Ratings Hit Rock Bottom in New York
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s favorability and job approval has dropped to the lowest rating ever, according to new polling that also shows President Joe Biden’s ratings have also hit rock bottom in the state.
The Siena College poll on Thursday found that Hochul’s favorability rating was 38-49%, while her job approval rating was 44-50%. Both were down from a previous poll and the lowest since she took office in August 2021.
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Left-Leaning Fact Checker Says Trump Never Called Charlottesville Neo-Nazis ‘Very Fine People’
The claim that former President Donald Trump called the neo-Nazis and white supremacists who attended the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally in 2017 “very fine people” was rated by Snopes, a left-leaning fact checking website, as being false.
Trump’s comments regarding the rally recently resurfaced on social media, and Snopes determined in a post last week that claims about his comments were false.
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Major Breakthrough Study Uncovers ‘Off Switch’ for COVID mRNA Shots
Scientists have just announced a major breakthrough after discovering an “off switch” for those who have been injected with Covid mRNA shots.
The groundbreaking discovery was revealed in a recent preprint study.
Contrary to initial claims that the “vaccine” stays in the arm, it spreads throughout the body.
The spread of the mRNA from the shots is prompting serious safety concerns from leading experts.
The spike protein triggered by the mRNA from the shots has been linked to multiple deadly diseases and sudden death.
The mRNA shots are believed to be responsible for surging cases of turbo cancers, heart failure, strokes, blood clots, and damaged immune systems.
However, the groundbreaking new discovery gives hope for approximately 5.5 billion people to “inactivate” what they put into their bodies.
The new study was led by renowned cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough.
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Majority of Biden Voters Are Only Casting a Ballot ‘Against Trump’ in 2024
The majority of Democrat President Joe Biden’s voters are not actually his supporters, a new poll has revealed.
A new survey found that most voters for Biden in 2024 are only casting their ballot for the Democrat to prevent President Donald Trump from retaking the White House, Breitbart reported.
Interestingly, the poll shows that the 2024 election is more of a battle over Trump, with Biden having very little support of his own.
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NASA: Nova Explosion to be ‘Once-in-Lifetime’ Event in Night Sky
The American space agency NASA says a huge star explosion is expected to light up the night sky later this year. NASA describes it as a “once-in-a-lifetime” event.
The event is known as a nova. It happens when changes to a star cause it to release a large amount of energy and it becomes very bright. This activity is only temporary and such stars usually return to their normal state after experiencing a nova event.
Astronomers have predicted the nova is likely to happen by September 2024. The expected event will involve a two-star system — called a binary system — in the constellation Corona Borealis, also known as the Northern Crown. This constellation is about 3,000 light years from Earth. A light year is the distance light travels in a year — about 9.5 trillion kilometers.
The binary system is called T Coronae Borealis. It contains two gravitationally linked stars — a white dwarf and a red giant.
NASA describes a white dwarf as the remains of an Earth-sized star that died. A white dwarf is formed when the star burns off all its central nuclear fuel and loses its outer layers.
A red giant forms when a star releases large amounts of hydrogen at its center. This loss of energy causes the star to begin to collapse. But the process also increases the red giant’s temperature and pressure, leading to new releases of energy that can affect nearby objects.
Astronomers say a red giant’s release of hydrogen in a binary system causes a heavy buildup of pressure and heat on the white dwarf. Over time, such buildup can cause a “thermonuclear explosion” large enough to blast away the material the white dwarf had collected.
This process differs from a supernova. NASA describes a supernova as an “extremely bright, super-powerful explosion of a star.” The main difference is that a supernova is the final destruction that happens at the end of a particular star’s life. In a nova, the white dwarf remains active after the event.
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New SCOTUS ‘Leaker’ Suspected After Bizarre White House Executive Order
Concerns have emerged of a possible new “leaker” from the United States Supreme Court.
Suspicions of a leak were triggered after Democrat President Joe Biden signed a bizarre new executive order.
Questions still remain regarding the first “leaker” at the SCOTUS regarding the decision that ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade.
However, a new situation has raised questions about another potential Supreme Court leak.
According to The Daily Wire, a recent executive order was signed by Biden just days before a related Supreme Court ruling.
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Paul Pelosi’s Attacker David Depape Convicted on Multiple State Charges
Paul Pelosi’s attacker David DePape has been found guilty of kidnapping, burglary, and other state charges, according to reports.
DePape was convicted over the 2022 assault of Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s husband in a verdict that concluded days of jury deliberation, Fox News reported.
On a late October night in 2022, as the midterm elections approached, DePape entered the San Francisco residence of the Pelosis.
This attack occurred while Nancy Pelosi was in Washington, D.C.
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Pentagon Sued for Records About Deletion of ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ From Mission Statement
The U.S. Defense Department is facing a lawsuit to turn over emails and documents about how the agency came to delete the phrase “Duty, Honor, Country” from the mission statement of the United States Military Academy at West Point.
The conservative legal watchdog organization Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit against the Defense Department last week after the Military Academy failed to respond to its Freedom of Information Act request filed in March 2024.
While the words “Duty, Honor, Country” remain the academy’s motto, West Point Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steven Gilland said in March that following a year-and-a-half assessment, the mission statement would be updated.
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Pfizer CEO Admits COVID Was Just a ‘Rehearsal’
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has admitted that the Covid pandemic and mRNA shot rollout was just a “rehearsal” for something far larger.
Bourla made the admission while gloating about Pfizer’s future as a vaccine maker.
The pharmaceutical kingpin was defending his company over reports that Pfizer’s “best days” are now in the past since the Covid pandemic was over.
“I truly think that the best days of Pfizer are ahead of us, because Covid was for me was like a rehearsal.”
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Philadelphia Teen Arrested After Shooting Himself in Bathroom on AC Boardwalk: Police
ATLANTIC CITY — Authorities in Atlantic City have charged a Philadelphia teen who they say shot himself in a boardwalk bathroom stall, then lied to investigators about what happened.
Officers from the Atlantic City Police Department were called to Chelsea Avenue and the boardwalk Sunday night for reports of a person who had been shot.
A 16-year-old boy was taken to AtlanticCare Regional Medical Center for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, according to authorities.
After reviewing nearby surveillance footage and interviewing witnesses, investigators learned that the boy and his mother had lied about what happened.
Detectives discovered that the boy had shot himself in a public bathroom stall on the boardwalk with an illegal gun he brought from Philadelphia to Atlantic City.
The teen was charged with several crimes including unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of hollow-point ammunition, and providing a false statement.
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Protesters Storm the 18th Green at Travelers Championship
Protesters stormed the 18th green at the TPC River Highlands as the leaders were preparing to putt on the final hole of regulation at the 2024 Travelers Championship on Sunday afternoon.
Five people wearing shirts with an environmental message dumped a powdery orange substance on the green as Scottie Scheffler, Tom Kim, and Akshay Bhatia stood by and watched.
Cromwell police quickly subdued the protesters and handcuffed them.
The massive crowd around the 18th chanted “USA, USA” as the protesters were led away.
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Scientists Raise Alarm Over California’s Geoengineering Efforts to Tackle ‘Global Warming’
A group of scientists has warned that California’s use of geoengineering to fight “global warming” could likely have an impact on temperatures in Europe.
As Slay News has reported, scientists in California have been spraying the skies with aerosols in order to reflect sunlight away from the Earth’s surface.
The plan is supposedly aimed at tackling so-called “climate change” by cooling the Earth.
However, experts have been raising the alarm that such practices could have a devastating impact on the Earth’s natural climate.
Last month, Bill Gates-funded University of Washington researchers sprayed reflective aerosols into clouds over the ocean near San Francisco Bay.
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Seattle Police Department Staffing Hits Lowest Levels Since the 1950s
The Seattle Police Department is still “seeing more separations than new hires” and is now at its lowest staffing levels since the 1950s. There is now the added concern that the people applying for the open positions are of a lower caliber than the officers the city has lost.
Seattle Police Officer Guild President Mike Solan told The Ari Hoffman Show on Talk Radio 570 KVI, “We had 42 separations this year and we’ve only hired 20.”
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‘The Devastation is Severe’: Parts of Iowa Underwater Amid Flood Emergency
JOHNSTON, Iowa (KCAU) — More than 1,000 Iowa residents slept in shelters Saturday night after floodwaters inundated the northwestern part of the state and destroyed hundreds of properties, Gov. Kim Reynolds said.
Entire neighborhoods were forced to evacuate after 13 rivers flooded the region following weeks of rain, the Associated Press reported.
“After four years of drought, the state has experienced unusually heavy rainfall this spring,” Reynolds said during a press conference on Sunday. “Some areas up in northwest Iowa got up to 15 inches of rain over two days.”
“I can tell you, the devastation is severe, and it’s widespread. In almost every community impacted, the rivers crested several feet above record levels from the floods of 1993,” she added.
Reynolds declared a disaster for 21 counties, including Sioux County, where drone footage showed roofs and treetops poking above the water, with streets completely submerged.
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Three Columbia University Deans Placed on Leave Over Insulting Texts Sent During Antisemitism Debate
Columbia University put three deans on leave after insensitive text messages surfaced, revealing a disrespectful exchange that took place during a discussion about antisemitism on campus.
A Columbia spokesperson told the Washington Free Beacon that the three administrators had been placed on leave were Vice Dean and Chief Administrative Officer Susan Chang-Kim, Associate Dean for Student and Family Support Matthew Patashnick, and Dean of Undergraduate Student Life Cristen Kromm.
The messages were exchanged during a May 31 Columbia College reunion panel discussion called “Jewish Life on Campus” focused on “the climate on campus since the October 7 attack.” The New York City campus took center stage in the turbulent college protests that erupted across the nation over the war in Gaza.
As panelists, including the co-leader of Columbia’s antisemitism task force and the head of the Columbia/Barnard Hillel, spoke about concerns they had about antisemitism on campus, the elite school’s top administrators dismissed them, photos of the texts obtained by the Free Beacon reveal.
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Top Cardiologist Drops Bombshell: COVID Shots Caused 112,000% Spike in Brain Clots
One of the world’s most revered cardiologists has just raised the alarm after uncovering bombshell data showing that Covid mRNA shots have caused a staggering 112,000% increase in brain clots.
A newly-published study by a team of experts, led by American cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough, analyzed all reports of cerebral thromboembolism over the past 34 years.
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, cerebral thromboembolism occurs when a blood clot forms in the brain’s venous sinuses.
This prevents blood from draining out of the brain.
This chain of events is part of a stroke that can damage the brain and central nervous system and cause sudden death.
It is a known side effect of Covid mRNA shots.
The study by Doctors McCullough, Kirstin Cosgrove, James Thorp, and Claire Rogers examined data on reports of cerebral thromboembolism following Covid shots submitted to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).
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Watch: Pro-Palestinian Mob Targets Another Synagogue in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, California — Several dozen pro-Palestinian activists targeted an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in the heart of the Pico-Robertson on Sunday, blocking the entrance to an event promoting real estate investment in Israel.
A source on the scene told Breitbart News that the activists were blocking pedestrians on the south side of Pico Boulevard, the main street through a predominantly Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in west Los Angeles.
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The widely mocked claims from the White House, that real but damaging videos of Democrat President Joe Biden are “cheap fakes,” is part of a far more sinister agenda, experts are warning.
Concerns have been raised among political experts about whether embarrassing recent video footage of Biden could be the precursor to more social media censorship.
As the election season continues into the presidential contest this November, the White House is calling out “cheap fakes” and “deep fakes,” as Fox News reported.
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Again! Jewish-Owned Montreal Restaurant Targeted in Overnight Attack
In a troubling incident that occurred overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, the Jewish-owned restaurant Falafel Yoni in Montreal was targeted and attacked. The restaurant, which had recently been listed on a boycott list circulated by anti-Israel activists on social media, was shot three times, leaving three holes in its front window.
On June 19, early morning, the staff at Falafel Yoni discovered three holes on the front window of the restaurant and they called the police. “This morning, when the staff came in, they noticed some holes in the window and quickly realized that it was some projectiles that were fired at the window,” explained a worker at the restaurant whose identity has been hidden to avoid reprisal. “They alerted my partner and myself, and we subsequently contacted the police because it was pretty apparent that the restaurant was targeted for some kind of violent incident.”
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Alberta Condemns ‘Absurd’ Censorship Bill for Targeting Oil and Gas Companies
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and her cabinet are considering a Sovereignty Act motion to oppose the federal government’s censorship of conventional oil and gas companies after the latest attack on the industry.
Through last-minute amendments, a private member’s bill threatening oil and gas advocates with jail time quietly made its way to Bill C-59, An Act to implement certain provisions of the fall economic statement.
It amends the Competition Act to combat ‘greenwashing’, threatening companies with stiff fines for communicating environmental or social assertions.
It received royal assent on Thursday before the summer parliamentary recess.
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Bloc MPs Will ‘Pay the Price’ if Implicated in Foreign Interference, Party Leader Says
Any member of the Bloc Québécois caucus implicated in foreign interference will “pay the price,” said the party leader. “That’s the only thing I need to know,” Yves-François Blanchet told reporters Tuesday.
He said Parliament can ill-afford to be under the influence of foreign, hostile powers.
A June 4 report, Special Report on Foreign Interference in Canada’s Democratic Processes and Institutions, revealed that MPs leaked confidential information to foreign officials in exchange for secret payments.
It also said a former MP maintained relations with a foreign intelligence officer and sought a meeting with that officer while in a foreign country.
As of writing, Blanchet is in the process of obtaining security clearance to read the redacted version.
Foreign Interference named China as the “most prolific actor” in clandestine operations.
The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP), which authored the report, is an independent, high-level review body of Canada’s national security and intelligence organization composed of lawmakers from all major parties. Its members are bound to secrecy under the Security of Information Act.
MPs and senators increasingly want the culprits to be unmasked and expelled, reports Blacklock’s Reporter. However, party leaders have so far refused to disclose names.
Reporters have repeatedly asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as of late to release which elected officials were implicated in foreign interference. He has yet to fulfill that request.
[Comment: I call on someone to leak the report to a news organization, such as Wikileaks.]
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Majority of Canadians Oppose Costly Election Delay
Most Canadians oppose the government delaying the next federal election by a week. The delay would mean that 80 MPs would then qualify for taxpayer-funded pensions.
A Leger study commissioned by the Canadian Taxpayer Federation, a non-profit government watchdog, found that 63% of Canadians oppose the government delaying the election by an extra week for Diwali, a Hindu holiday.
The fixed general election date is set to Oct. 20, 2025, which happens to be the first day of the five to six-day celebration of the Hindu Festival of Light.
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‘Too Much Red Tape’: Canada Day Parade Cancelled in Montreal
The annual Canada Day parade has been cancelled in Montreal this year just two weeks before the event, with the organizer citing excessive red tape and bureaucratic hurdles with the city.
Nicolas Cowen has been running the parade since 2015 and says that he cannot guarantee public safety at the event due to a lack of volunteers and security staff because of issues obtaining licenses. He says for this reason, he’s made the “really disappointing” decision to cancel the July 1st event that was scheduled to take place.
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European Liberals Examine Cooperation Between Far-Right PVV and the VVD
The European liberals are coming to The Hague to see how closely the VVD cooperates with the PVV. Within the European liberal ALDE party, there are doubts as to whether the VVD is not going too far. According to a spokesperson, guidelines will also be provided for ALDE members on how they should deal with the radical right.
The pan-European party, which brings together many national liberal parties, has agreed that the party office will travel to The Hague next summer to conduct an investigation. The VVD has invited the office to visit. This will occur at least before the next ALDE congress at the beginning of October.
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German Military Acquires Combat Drone But Faces Operational Delays Due to Regulatory Issues
The German military has acquired a combat drone, but it remains unusable as officials have yet to finalize the necessary regulations, reports Bild.
For a long time, the German army was unable to equip itself with strike drones, primarily due to the stance of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Greens. In April 2022, shortly after Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the SPD “cleared the way” for the first Heron TP combat drone.
In May, the Heron TP drone made its first flight in German airspace. The military was supposed to be able to use the drone for reconnaissance missions and as a combat drone.
However, the Bundestag’s budget committee imposed a strict requirement on the German Ministry of Defense: before the combat drone can be used for its intended purpose, the Bundeswehr must present operational rules for combat drones to the parliament. These rules must be approved by the defense and foreign affairs committees.
In July 2023, the Ministry of Defense responded to an inquiry stating that the draft regulations were “being coordinated by the agencies.” Nearly a year later, on May 30, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius acknowledged that the draft regulations were still “under consultation at the ministerial level.”
Additionally, in July 2023, precision munitions worth €55.5 million were ordered from Israel. These were expected to arrive in April, but due to Israel’s conflict with Hamas terrorists, the delivery was delayed and is now expected soon.
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Hungary Will Jump Off the ‘NATO Train’ of Escalation as it’s ‘Hopeless’: Orban
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said in fresh interview that despite leading Western countries seeking the defeat of Russia in Ukraine, the situation remains “hopeless” for achieving this and it will only lead to greater death and destruction. He described that in the scenario the West actually does eventually succeed, the immense cost in blood and treasure would not be worth it.
“The situation looks like the Western world wants to defeat Russia with the help of Germany under the leadership of the United States,” the prime minister said, as translated in TASS. “I think it is hopeless. And even if we succeed, which is not at all realistic, we will have to pay such a high price that it will not be worth it.”
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Hungary’s Economy Proves Resilient Amid EU Sanctions
A report from the German financial newspaper FAZ highlights Hungary’s remarkable economic resilience in the face of European Union sanctions, which have left over €15 billion in funds frozen for the country previously highly reliant on EU support.
Despite the challenges posed by the “right-wing populist government” of Viktor Orban and the withholding of significant subsidies from the EU, Hungary’s stock market has continued to outperform and adapt, Remix reports.
Since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the leading index BUX has risen by 47 percent, significantly more than other stock market barometers in the region.
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Macron Pledges ‘Change’ as French Far Right Eyes Parliament Rout
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday vowed a “change” of governing style regardless of who wins the snap elections he called, as fresh polls indicated his centrist party may once again be trounced by the far right.
Despite the prospect of a hung parliament, Macron insisted he would finish out his term until 2027, defying calls from opponents to step down in case the far-right National Rally (RN) comes out on top.
“The goal cannot be to just continue as things were,” Macron said in an open letter published in French media. “I have heard that you want change.
“You can trust me to act until May 2027 as your president, protector at every moment of our republic, our values, respectful of pluralism and your choices, at your service and that of the nation,” he added.
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The inquiry into bets on the date of the general election has been widened with bookmakers being asked to provide details on all bets over £20.
The Gambling Commission is believed to have written to leading bookmakers to get information on bets placed days before Rishi Sunak announced the election would take place on 4 July.
The watchdog’s early investigation has also reportedly brought to light “many more people”, and it is now looking at bets made in the days before Mr Sunak gave the date of the election on 22 May.
Former cabinet ministers have pointed the blame at Mr Sunak for the scandal, while others have called for the suspects to be suspended if found guilty.
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Netanyahu’s Congressional Address Amid Gaza War Criticism
WASHINGTON — The last time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.S. Congress, nearly 60 Democrats skipped his speech nine years ago, calling it a slap in the face to then-President Barack Obama as he negotiated a nuclear deal with Iran.
With Netanyahu scheduled to address U.S. lawmakers on July 24 and his government now at war with Hamas in Gaza, the number of absences is likely to be far greater.
Congressional Democrats are wrestling with whether to attend. Many are torn between their long-standing support for Israel and their anguish about the way Israel has conducted military operations in Gaza. More than 37,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the Hamas attack on Oct. 7 that triggered the war, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-run territory. The ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its figures.
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Children Among Mass Casualties After US-Supplied Missile Targets Crowded Crimean Beach
Russia on Sunday is reporting a mass casualty event in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol, and is saying that a US long-range missile was behind it.
The Russian Ministry of Health in a recent update said that five people were killed in a series of strikes from Ukraine, which injured 124 people including 27 children. Among the deceased, two were children, the ministry said. The casualty toll is likely to climb over the next hours amid the emergency response and as hospital data is reported.
Moscow is calling it a ‘terrorist missile strike’ on Sevastopol with five US-supplied ATACMS tactical missiles, carried out just after noon local time. What’s more is that Russia says they were equipped with cluster warheads, making for a bigger casualty strike zone.
Crimean officials said that in one instance a missile exploded above a crowded beach, unleashing shrapnel on people who had been relaxing there.
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Ukraine Launches Dozens of Drone Attacks on Russian Mainland
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian authorities said more than 30 drones were shot down over the country’s western regions overnight into Sunday, just hours after a Russian bomb attack on Ukraine’s second largest city of Kharkiv killed three people and left dozens in hospitals.
One of the four aerial bombs hit a five-story residential building on Saturday afternoon, officials said. Regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said 41 people were still being treated for injuries.
In a video address following the attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukraine’s partners to bolster its air defenses.
“Modern air defense systems for Ukraine — such as Patriots, accelerated training of our pilots for F-16s, and most importantly, sufficient range for our weapons — are truly necessary,” he said.
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Ukraine Says it Destroyed Russian Drone Base
Ukraine says satellite pictures show the destruction of a Russian warehouse used to launch Iranian-made drones and to train cadets.
The photos — posted by Ukraine’s Navy — follow reports of a massive explosion near a Russian airfield in the southern region of Krasnodar.
Moscow has yet to comment on the reports, but did say it has shot down a number of drones in the region overnight on Friday.
Navy officials in Kyiv said a number of training instructors and cadets learning to operate the Iranian-made Shahed drones were killed by the attack, which they said happened on Friday night.
In a post to Telegram, Navy officials in Kyiv said the operation was planned and conducted in partnership with Ukrainian intelligence agencies.
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A synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post were targeted by gunmen in a coordinated series of attacks in Russia’s southernmost Dagestan province on Sunday night. Local reports citing the province’s interior ministry said at least six police officers have been killed and 12 others wounded.
The attacks took place in Dagestan’s largest city, Makhachkala, and in the coastal city of Derbent.
A 66-year-old Russian Orthodox priest was also killed in the attacks, the spokeswoman for Dagestan’s interior ministry, Gayana Gariyeva, told RIA Novosti. Two of the gunmen have reportedly been killed.
A counter-terrorist operation is underway in Makhachkala and Derbet as officials search for the gunmen, Russia’s national anti-terrorist committee said in a statement.
“Unidentified people fired at a synagogue and a church with automatic weapons,” Reuters reported the region’s interior ministry as saying. “One police officer was killed and one injured.”
The interior ministry was also quoted as saying a synagogue and an Orthodox church, both targets of the attacks, had been set ablaze, Reuters reported. The attackers reportedly fled in a car.
In Makhachkala, which is about 75 miles to the north along the Caspian Sea coast, a second police officer was killed in an exchange of shots at a police post, local media reported.
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Russia Opens Terror Probe After Synagogues, Churches Attacked, Priest and Police Killed
Two Russian Orthodox churches, two synagogues and a traffic police station were attacked in the southern Russian region of Dagestan, and a priest and multiple police officers are dead, officials said Sunday.
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation said Sunday in a post on Telegram that the attacks are being investigated as acts of terror.
Seven police officers and an unspecified number of civilians were killed, according to Russian outlet TASS. Several attackers were killed, but officials are searching for other militants.
Attackers also broke into the Orthodox church and slit the throat of a priest, killing him, according to local oversight official Shamil Khadulaev, Russian outlet RT reported.
One synagogue was reportedly set on fire during the attack.
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Major Study Confirms COVID Shots Cause Brain Damage
A major new study has concluded that Covid mRNA shots cause brain damage and trigger multiple issues with cognition.
A team of top researchers in South Korea analyzed the electronic health records of 4.3 million individuals in Seoul.
The findings of the study were published in the MedRxiv Journal.
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Jewish Australian MP’s Office Targeted by Arson Attack
Labor MP Josh Burns’ St Kilda office was targeted early Wednesday by anti-Israel activists in an act of vandalism that has drawn widespread condemnation.
The attack, which involved smashing windows, setting fires, and graffitiing anti-Israel messages, represents a notable rise in politically motivated violence as similar incidents continue to plague the country.
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Berlin Police Chief: Young Foreign Males Behind Violent Crime Wave
Young foreign males are the driving force behind the violence ravaging Berlin, the chief of the German capital’s police force admitted.
In an interview with broadcaster NTV, Berlin Police President Barbara Slowik tacitly conceded that the open borders agenda of the German government has led to more crime on the streets of its largest city.
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Canada: Poilievre Says Immigration Will be “Much Lower” if He’s Elected
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says that immigration numbers will be “much lower” if he becomes prime minister.
“It’s impossible to invite 1.2 million new people to Canada every year. When you’re building 200,000 housing units, it’s impossible. There’s no room. Quebec is at its breaking point,” said Poilievre in an interview in French.
The comments came during an interview with TVA Nouvelles after a reporter asked Poilievre whether he would commit to a 50% reduction in the number of asylum seekers and temporary immigrants arriving in Quebec, which Premier François Legault requested in his most recent meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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France: Majority of Paris Street Rapes Committed by Foreign Nationals, Data Reveals
More than three-quarters of rapes committed on the streets of Paris last year were perpetrated by foreign nationals, according to data released by French authorities.
Local outlet Europe 1 reported that out of the 97 rapes recorded in public spaces in France’s capital in 2023, only 30 cases have been solved, and only slightly over a third of the perpetrators have been arrested.
Police records indicate that of the 36 individuals arrested, a staggering 28 (77%) were of foreign nationality. The crimes were primarily committed at night, in tourist hotspots, and near “points de deal” — areas known for drug trafficking. Disturbingly, 20 of the rapists were already known to the police, while four others had been on authorities’ radar for other sex offenses, GB News reports.
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German Ministry of the Interior Proposes Increasing the Number of Migrants in Civil Service
The German Ministry of the Interior has introduced a bill aimed at increasing the number of employees with an immigration background in the federal administration. This initiative follows the adoption of a new naturalization law, which allows obtaining a German passport after three years of residence in the country, reports Bild.
The 22-page document proposes expanding the participation of migrants in the civil service. Job announcements in government agencies will include statements welcoming applications from people with an immigration background. The government plans to report regularly to the Bundestag on progress in this direction.
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser believes that this step will help make the federal administration more diverse and inclusive. However, the initiative has faced criticism. Constitutional law expert Christian Hillgruber, in an interview with BILD, expressed concern that only one criterion—efficiency—should be applied when appointing people to government positions.
In his opinion, reverse discrimination against Germans without an immigration background could lead to a decline in the quality of public administration.
A similar view was expressed by Bremen migration researcher Stefan Luft. He noted that positive discrimination has risky side effects and could create the impression that the government favors migrants while discriminating against the native population.
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German Opposition Demands Deportation of Unemployed Ukrainian Refugees
The chairman of the Bavarian opposition party CSU in the Bundestag, Alexander Dobrindt, has called for the deportation of unemployed Ukrainian refugees from Germany. He made this statement in an interview with Bild.
Dobrindt believes that Ukrainian refugees should be expelled from Germany if they do not find employment.
“More than two years after the start of the war, the principle should now be applied: get a job in Germany or return to the safe areas of western Ukraine,” he noted.
The opposition politician also criticized the fact that too many people in Germany receive social assistance at the expense of taxpayers’ money.
“We need stronger obligations for cooperation from asylum seekers when it comes to employment. There should be an offer of work, and this should be part of the integration service,” Dobrindt stated.
At the same time, the demand from the opposition was sharply criticized by representatives of the ruling coalition. Under the accelerated integration program for Ukrainians into the German labor market, Jobturbo has managed to attract around 33,000 people—six times fewer than the German government had expected.
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A GoFundMe campaign raising money for the family of Jocelyn Nungaray, the 12-year-old Texas girl allegedly strangled to death and dumped in a swampy creek by two Venezuelan migrants, surpassed its goal in a matter of hours over the weekend.
As of Sunday morning, the fundraiser to help the family cover costs related to her death received over $44,800 in donations, surpassing its original goal of $35,000.
The overwhelming support comes after Houston Mayor John Whitmire announced during a public vigil on Friday that Houston businessman Jim McIngvale would cover the funeral expenses for the family, KHOU reported.
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Leftist German Government Removes Less Than 3 Per Cent of Migrants With Deportation Orders
Despite vowing last year to increase deportations the leftist coalition government in Germany only managed to deport less than three per cent of migrants set for removal in the first four months of the year.
In the wake of soaring antisemitic incidents and Islamist attacks across Europe following the October 7th terror attacks on Israel, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that his government would begin deportations of illegals, failed asylum seekers and foreign criminals on a “large scale”.
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Lindsey Graham Slams Biden’s Parole in Place Expansion as Being a ‘Disaster’
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Sunday slammed President Joe Biden’s expansion of the parole-in-place program as being a “disaster” and without any legal basis.
“From the average American’s point of view, what Biden did is a disaster. He took a can of gasoline, and he poured it on a fire,” Graham said on “Fox News Sunday.“
“He unilaterally gave 500,000 people legal status, calling it parole in place. There’s nothing in our law — he’s the most lawless president ever on immigration — there’s nothing in our law called parole in place.”
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The AP Receives Backlash for Skipping Details About a Girl Allegedly Murdered by Illegal Aliens
The Associated Press is receiving media and public backlash after it left out of a story that the two men who were arrested for allegedly murdering a young Texas girl were illegal aliens from Venezuela.
Johan Jose Rangel Martinez, 21, and Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26 were both charged with the murder of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, according to The Daily Wire.
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The Biden White House has hired Tyler Cherry as a new associate communications director. He is a controversial radical leftist activist who has called for ICE to be abolished, compared police to “slave patrols,” spread anti-Republican hoaxes, and has been a staunch advocate of the gender identity movement.
Cherry, a male who wears makeup and women’s clothing, was hired last week to be the White House’s top climate communications aide after previously serving as Biden’s Interior communications director under Secretary Deb Haaland, Politico reports.
The new communications director has sparked controversy in recent years over several of his social media posts.
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A Canadian court awarded a trans-indetified male, who claims to be a woman, $35,000 after an Ontario women’s salon refused to wax “her” male genitalia. The salon employee working that day was a devout Muslim woman who refrained from physical contact with men, and the salon owner told the trans woman that they could not find a way to accommodate her request.
Jason Carruthers, owner of Mad Wax in Windsor, told Rebel News that he has 30 days to pay the hefty sum following a six-year battle in court. He has filed for an appeal and launched a fundraiser.
The complainant, identified as AB, filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in 2018 after speaking to Carruthers on the phone, in which the individual said the waxing services was denied. The court found Carruthers liable for discrimination and “misgendering” the complainant.
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Costs, But No Benefits for Companies Pursuing High ESG Rankings: Study
Despite being championed by activists as good for business, high ESG scores have no bearing on companies’ stock market returns, a new study finds.
A study by the Fraser Institute found no positive correlation between Canadian companies with high ESG ratings and their overall market performance.
ESG ratings take into account how a company runs in relation to environmental, social, and governance issues.
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Multiple Utah residents were confused during the active manhunt for trans-identified male shooting suspect “Mia Bailey” whose given name was Collin. Initial reports from police and media stated that Bailey was a woman, in keeping with the new custom of identifying a person, even criminal suspects, according to their gender identity instead of biological sex. The murders took place in Washington City, Utah on Tuesday June 18.
Bailey, 28, has confessed to arriving at the home of his parents, Joseph and Gail Bailey, before shooting and killing both of them. He also allegedly shot through a door at Cory Bailey, his brother. A shelter in place order was issued by police due to the ensuing manhunt, with police telling Washington City residents that they were on the look out for a woman who was “armed and dangerous.”
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Woke academics have been granted nearly £1.5 million in taxpayer money to study the “white-centricity” of English folk music and how to “decolonise” the art form.
Researchers at the University of Sheffield are set to embark on an “unflinching look at the white-centricity of folk music repertory, performers and audience by conducting fieldwork to shed light on long-standing vernacular singing practices of ethnic minority cultures in England,” according to a report from The Telegraph.
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