Late last night there was a mass shooting at a “sweet 16” birthday party in the town of Dadeville, Alabama. Four people were killed and 28 others were wounded. As of this writing, there are apparently no suspects in custody.
In other news, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva proposed that he and other BRICS leaders broker a peace agreement in Ukraine.
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Alabama Mass Shooting: Police Confirm Four Dead, 28 Injured; No Word on Suspects
Alabama police said on Sunday evening that the number of people who died during a mass shooting in Dadeville overnight remains to be four, though 28 others have been injured in the incident.
Additionally, police have not confirmed whether suspects are in custody.
A mass shooting occurred at a teenager’s 16th birthday party on Saturday night.
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Major retailers in the US have been forced to shut down stores due to millions of dollars in losses as rampant theft plagues big box stores across the country.
This week, Walmart announced it will shut down four of its stores in Chicago just weeks after America’s biggest employer shuttered its only stores in Portland.
It comes as shoplifting reaches alarming levels and other large retailers, including Target, Macy’s and Best Buy, are now making good on threats to shutter outlets if petty crime was not lowered.
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Biden’s New Muslim Liaison to Fight ‘Institutional Islamophobia’
by Daniel Greenfield
In 2010, the Islamic Society of North America honored one of the unindicted co-conspirators of the World Trade Center bombing.
Also at the ISNA convention were three members of the Obama administration: Rashad Hussain, George Selim and Mazen Basrawi. Hussain went from working as Obama’s envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to serving as Biden’s Ambassador for Religious Freedom, while George Selim joined the ADL as its VP of National Affairs.
And Mazen Basrawi was brought in as the Director of Global Engagement at the National Security Council under Biden and will now also double as the White House Muslim liaison. The appointment reveals that the Biden administration sees Muslims in America as an adjunct of the foreign Muslim governments and Islamist entities whose cooperation it is trying to solicit.
In a little over a decade, Basrawi has gone from attending an Islamist conference that featured some of the worst of the worst to a role at the National Security Council…
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Biden to Spend $5 Billion on New COVID Vaccine Program Backed by Bill Gates & Fauci
Democrat President Joe Biden is spending $5 billion in taxpayer money on a new initiative to develop vaccines for COVID-19.
White House officials announced the effort this week in an interview with The Washington Post.
Dubbed “Project NextGen,” the new initiative seeks to expedite the development of vaccines for Covid and other emerging coronaviruses.
Project NextGen is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation and is backed by Biden’s former top health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci.
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Biden Administration Affirms Trump-Era Natural Gas Export Decision
The Energy Department affirmed a decision made under the Trump administration in 2020 to export liquified natural gas from Alaska.
The Biden administration received criticism from environmental groups on Thursday after quietly reaffirming the original authorization given by the Trump administration. The Energy Department’s decision on the project was slightly amended to include more environmental restrictions, however.
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Bodycam Footage Shows Police Fatally Shoot Armed Homeowner After Responding to Wrong House
A police department in New Mexico released body camera footage that shows officers fatally shooting a homeowner after they responded to the wrong home.
“All of us — the men and women of the Farmington Police Department — recognize the severity of this incident,” Farmington Police Department Chief Steve Hebbe said in a statement posted to the department’s Facebook page.
“We will do everything we can to ensure a fuller understanding of what took place,” the statement added. “I believe that the footage will help to provide a greater understanding of what transpired.”
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“Racial disparities” continue to be a focus for Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, according to a recent appearance on MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation” on Saturday.
MSNBC host Al Sharpton sat down with Buttigieg and questioned him about his dedication to addressing inequality regarding road fatalities.
“A lot of people don’t understand, even down to road fatalities, it is not equal,” Sharpton said.
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California Church Ordered to Pay $1.2 Million in Fines for Violating COVID Health Orders
San Jose’s Calvary church in Santa Clara County, California, has been ordered to pay $1.2 million in fines due to violating health orders during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
A Superior Court of California ruled last week that the church engaged in “egregious conduct.”
Judge Evette Pennypacker rejected the church’s argument that the public health orders prevented it from exercising religious freedom and were in violation of the Constitution.
According to local media, the church had services during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, largely unmasked, which violated health orders.
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Chemical Plant Explodes in Georgia, Evacuation Order Issued
An evacuation order has been issued to local residents after a chemical plant in Brunswick, Georgia exploded in a huge fireball.
Authorities issued a shelter-in-place order for anybody within a one-mile radius of the Pinova facility before evacuating the area as firefighters battled the massive blaze.
Firefighters from a number of brigades are at the scene battling the huge blaze accompanied by other emergency services.
The plant is thought to manufacture adhesive materials and everyday food products.
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Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson warned against vilifying youth while condemning a chaotic “Teen Takeover” of the Loop over the weekend, which saw hundreds of young people descend on the downtown area for two nights in a row.
Two teenage males, ages 16 and 17, were shot while standing in a crowd during the mayhem on Saturday night, as hundreds of young people smashed cars, blocked traffic, and fought in the streets. Both victims were transported to a hospital and listed in fair condition, according to Fox 32 Chicago.
“In no way do I condone the destructive activity we saw in the Loop and lakefront this weekend. It is unacceptable and has no place in our city. However, it is not constructive to demonize youth who have otherwise been starved of opportunities in their own communities,” Johnson, a progressive who defeated moderate Democrat Paul Vallas earlier this month, said in a statement on Sunday.
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Chicago Violence: 6 Dead, at Least 25 Wounded in Shootings Across the City
Chicago police say that six people, including a 16-year-old, are dead and at least 25 others are wounded after shootings across the city this weekend.
The first fatal shooting was reported Friday evening, when a man wearing all-black entered a business in the 5400 block of West Madison at approximately 8:08 p.m. and opened fire into a crowd of people.
One of the victims was shot twice in the stomach, and was taken to an area hospital, where he later died, police said. The other victim, a 65-year-old man, was shot in the left leg, and was taken to an area hospital in good condition.
No suspects are in custody, and Area Four detectives are investigating.
Just before midnight in the 3700 block of South Wabash, two individuals were standing on the street when another group walked up to them and opened fire. A 16-year-old boy was shot in the abdomen, and was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to police.
A 15-year-old boy was shot in the left foot, and was taken to an area hospital in good condition.
No suspects are in custody, and Area One detectives are investigating.
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A heroic homeowner was hospitalized with minor injuries after he single-handedly fought off a group of car thieves in his sleepy Connecticut street.
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Elon Musk Says Government Agencies Had Mind-Blowing Levels of Access to Twitter and Users’ Dms
In an upcoming interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, Twitter CEO Elon Musk revealed that government agencies had a high level of access to the Twitter platform and its users.
Fox News has revealed that its primetime host, Tucker Carlson, will engage in a comprehensive conversation with tech titan Elon Musk on his popular show. The two-part interview, scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, promises to delve into several critical topics that have recently garnered attention.
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Americans are ‘voting with their feet’ and waving goodbye to eye-watering taxes, high living costs and bad job prospects in Democrat-leaning areas for better deals in red states, experts told DailyMail.com.
Recent data from the US Census Bureau show how such states as New York, Illinois, and Hawaii saw their populations shrink between 2021 and 2022, while Florida, Texas, Montana, and South Dakota saw big population gains.
A similar pattern plays out at the county level. Arizona’s Maricopa County was the fastest-growing in the US, adding 56,831 residents in 2022, a gain of 1.3 percent against 2021.
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Google Scrambles for New Search Engine as AI Creeps in: Report
Google is reportedly rushing to update its search engine and create a completely new one in the face of threat from competitors using artificial intelligence on their platforms.
Employees at the tech giant were reportedly surprised last month and “panic” spread when they discovered that Samsung was considering whether to replace Google as the default option on its devices in favor of Microsoft’s Bing, according to the New York Times.
Bing has long been a search engine competitor to Google but has often taken a back seat as users flocked to the well-known Google platform. Bing is now becoming more of a challenge to Google after it added artificial intelligence, according to the outlet.
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Illinois Supreme Court Justices Refuse Recusal in Gun Ban Challenge Despite Funding From Defendants
The Illinois Supreme Court has denied a motion to disqualify two justices from hearing a challenge to the state’s new gun ban over perceived conflicts of interest. The two justices also declined to recuse themselves.
Before Elizabeth Rochford and Mary O’Brien were elected to the Illinois Supreme Court in November 2022, Gov. J.B. Pritzker gave each of their campaign funds half a million dollars from both his campaign account and a revocable trust, totaling $1 million to each. The two justices also received six-figure donations out of a campaign fund controlled by Illinois House Speaker Emanual “Chris” Welch,” D-Hillside.
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Cornell University will announce plans to feature “free expression and academic freedom” as its theme for the 2023-2024 academic year on Monday, dealing another blow to censorship on college campuses.
The preliminary announcement came Friday, months after students heckled conservative speaker Ann Coulter, a Cornell alumna, at a November 2022 event by blasting music, blowing whistles and more, the university’s newspaper, The Cornell Review, reported at the time.
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Lyft Driver Stabbed in the Face Trying to Break Up Domestic Assault: Police
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPDE) — A Lyft driver trying to break up a domestic assault was stabbed in the face, according to the Raleigh Police Dept.
Police told ABC affiliate WTVD the incident happened just before 2 a.m. Sunday at a home on Sarver Court.
The driver had been requested by a woman at the home and when the driver arrived he saw the domestic dispute happening in the driveway so he stepped out of the car to break it up, police said.
That’s when Toussaint Parks stabbed the driver in the face, according to police.
Police added the driver’s injuries were not life-threatening.
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New York Times Reporter Says Paper Worked to Identify Leaker But Wouldn’t Have if He Leaked to NYT
New York Times military journalist David Philipps called out his employer in a since-deleted tweet that said the paper would have protected the identity of the Pentagon leaker had he given the information to the Times.
“The NYT worked feverishly to find the identity of the guy leaking TS docs on Discord. Ironically, if they same guy had leaked to the NYT, we’d be working feverishly to conceal it,” Philipps tweeted Friday with a link to his paper’s story about Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman who faces charges under the Espionage Act for allegedly leaking sensitive Pentagon documents online.
The following day, Philipps tweeted: “I just deleted a tweet that lacked nuance. Much more nuance coming soon.” Many users responded with screenshots of the reporter’s deleted tweet calling out the paper.
Philipps’ next tweet said: “Though his motivations may be different, the latest intelligence leaker is remarkably similar to other leakers who were young, low ranking and had security clearances that were the intel equivalent of having the keys to dad’s red convertible.”
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New York Times Proudly Reveals How They Found Pentagon Docs Leaker Before the FBI
Three journalists working for the New York Times were able to track down the alleged leaker of classified documents and make contact with Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira before the authorities. In a report from the outlet on Sunday, they showed the steps Aric Toler followed, with the help of Christiaan Trievert and Malachy Browne, to identify Teixeira.
After classified material had surfaced on multiple social media sites, Toler began by searching for where the material was originally posted. Toler was anonymously tipped off that there was similar material on a Discord server, an online locataion typically used for those interested in maps for the popular video game Minecraft. Toler was then direceted to another server, WOW_mao, that had more than 100 of other images uploaded by a user named Lucca.
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One orthopedic surgeon had his career ripped away from him by developing a career-ending condition just seven days after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
During an appearance on “Fox & Friends Weekend,” Dr. Joel Wallskog shared the chilling details of how he contracted Transverse Myelitis, going from a “completely healthy 50-year-old” to a crippled, unemployed orthopedic surgeon, in a matter of a week.
“I was a completely healthy 50-year-old person with really no medical problems until about seven days after my first — or I should say one and only Moderna shot — that I received from December 30th of 2020. So, I was completely otherwise healthy until seven days after the shot,” Dr. Wallskog shared with co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy.
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The former director of strategic communications at the Southern New England branch of Planned Parenthood took his own life amid a child porn investigation in Connecticut this week.
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Ron Johnson Goes Public: “The Level of Compromise of This President I Think is Just Jaw-Dropping”
Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson called out the media, President Joe Biden, and the entire Biden family over some “revealing” bank records. Johnson accused the Bidens of grifting before calling Joe compromised.
Johnson said: “Let’s face it, Sen. Grassley and I pretty well laid out the case against the grifting Biden family back in September of 2020 before the election. Our report was completely ignored by the media, just as they ignored the Hunter Biden laptop because they’re advocates for the left themselves.
“And so what we’re finding out now is just new pieces of evidence of the grifts that the Biden family have been involved with.
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Shooting at Alabama Birthday Party Kills 4; ‘Multitude’ Hurt
DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Four people have been killed and multiple people injured during a shooting at a birthday party Saturday night in Dadeville, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said.
The shooting happened at the birthday party around 10:30 p.m., Sgt. Jeremy Burkett of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said. There was no initial confirmation about what led to the shooting. It was not immediately known if a suspect was in custody.
“There were four lives tragically lost in this incident and there’s been a multitude of injuries,” Burkett said during a news conference Sunday morning.
The shootings rocked the small city of 3,200. Dadeville Chief Jonathan L. Floyd paused to regain his composure before speaking at the news conference.
“What we’ve dealt with is something that no community should have to endure. I just ask for your patience. It’s going to be a long process, but I do earnestly solicit your prayers,” Floyd said.
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Son Had Father Killed at McDonald’s Drive-Thru After He Survived Other Attacks, Feds Say
For more than a year, Sylvester Zottola, a 71-year-old suspected mobster, survived repeated attacks in which he was beaten, stabbed and had his throat slashed.
He had no idea these were calculated murder attempts planned by one of his sons, Anthony Zottola, Sr., 44, who was hellbent on taking over his family’s multi-million dollar real estate empire — and also tried having his brother killed, according to federal prosecutors in New York City.
Anthony Zottola’s plot to kill his father succeeded when Sylvester Zottola was shot to death while waiting for a cup of coffee at a McDonald’s drive-thru in the Bronx on Oct. 4, 2018, prosecutors said.
About 10 minutes after learning of his father’s death, Anthony Zottola texted his suspected hired co-conspirator saying he was taking his son to his favorite place — McDonald’s — for his birthday and wrote “lol,” court documents show.
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‘Teen Takeover’ Terrorizes Chicago as Hundreds of Teenagers Destroy Property, Attack Tourists
Hundreds of teenagers stormed the streets of downtown Chicago, smashing car windows, attacking bystanders and sending panicked tourists running from the sound of gunfire.
“Where are their parents at? That’s my question,” a woman who identified as a Chicago native told Fox 32 as the unruly scene played out in downtown Chicago on Saturday night.
Fox 32 cameras captured video of teenagers crowding the streets and police seeking to restore order to the area.
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Train Carrying Toxic Chemical Derails in Maine, Locals Warned to ‘Stay Clear’
A train carrying toxic chemicals has derailed in rural Maine, according to reports.
Officials say they believe hazardous materials were on board the freight train and locals have been warned to “stay clear” of the area.
“Train derailment with fire north of rockwood, hazzard materials please stay clear!” The Rockwood, Maine Fire & Rescue posted on Facebook.
The Fire & Rescue team posted a photo of the incident along with the alert.
The image shows a derailed train and a fire burning in a snow-covered forest area.
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Trump’s Business Empire is Expanding, Financial Report Shows
President Donald Trump’s vast business empire has been expanding since his return to private life, his recently filed personal financial disclosure report shows.
Trump’s business is now valued at around $1.2 billion, according to the 101-page report (pdf) filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
The news comes as Trump campaigns to secure the Republican nomination for president in 2024.
Trump’s business acumen, which he campaigned on ahead of the 2016 election and has repeatedly highlighted since then, appears in sharp focus in the filings.
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US Appeals Court Judge Rejects Propublica Story on Justice Clarence Thomas
Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
Two appeals court judges recently weighed in on reporting around Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and that he and his wife were gifted with trips and vacations from a billionaire friend for decades.
Judge Thomas Hardiman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit dismissed the notion of a “scandal” surrounding Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Last week, left-wing outlet ProPublica published an article in which “experts,” some unnamed, argue Justice Thomas violated disclosure obligations by neglecting to report luxury gifts he received from billionaire friend Harlan Crow.
“The thing that I thought was weird about the Justice Thomas thing is the ‘scandal,’ to use your word, there was no intimation at any time, ever, that his billionaire friend ever had any business before the Supreme Court. So, how’s he helping his friend? He’s not even in a position to help his friend because his friend had exactly zero cases in the Supreme Court,” Judge Hardiman said in response to a question asked by an undergraduate during this week’s event, according to the National Review.
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What We Know About Jack Teixeira, Accused of Involvement in Classified Documents Leak
Authored by Zachary Stieber and Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
A 21-year-old has been taken into custody for allegedly being involved in the leak of secret U.S. military documents.
Jack Teixeira of the Massachusetts Air National Guard was arrested on April 13 at a home in southern Massachusetts, about 18 miles east of Providence, Rhode Island.
Here’s what we know about Teixeira.
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$150,000 Lawsuit Launched Against RCMP After Excavators Sabotaged During Coutts Blockade
On February 13, 2022, we broke the news of the RCMP sabotaging three excavators near the site of the Coutts Blockade demonstrations, which were ongoing at the time. The Coutts Blockade was an event which lasted 18 days between January and February 2022, in Coutts, Alberta. Home to the province’s largest international border crossing, this Freedom Convoy-style blockade protested against vaccine mandates and COVID restrictions. Police disabled these three vehicles over alleged fears they would be incorporated into ongoing demonstrations.
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Alberta Café Owner Chris Scott Continues Fighting for Freedom in Court
On last night’s episode of The Ezra Levant Show, Whistle Stop Cafe owner Chris Scott joined Ezra to discuss his ongoing legal battle surrounding his refusal to close his business according to public health orders during the pandemic.
As stated by Mr. Scott, “The government did these things, they interfered in our lives, they infringed on our rights without justification. And some people stood up, and Canadians from all over the country, and actually all over the world stood up with us and for us.
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Alberta Lawyer Comments on Chris Scott’s Ongoing Legal Battle
“What an atrocious waste of resources I have just witnessed,” said Ezra. “I spent half a day in the courthouse here in Red Deer, Alberta, besides the judge, and the clerk, and the officers, and everyone. There were seven lawyers inside litigating the case of Chris Scott, the businessman and restaurateur of the Whistle Stop Café in the tiny town of mere Alberta, population 502.”
“As you know, Chris Scott is a mere human being and thus cannot afford to defend himself against the unlimited resources of the state. That’s where the dream team comes in.”
Litigation Specialist Chad Williamson joined Ezra on the scene in Red Deer, Alberta, to talk about the ongoing hearing involving Chris Scott, the owner of the Whistle Stop Diner, and the government.
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Canadians Cannot Access Private Healthcare, Unless They Live in Québec: Secondstreet.org
Canada’s highest court refused to hear an April 6 appeal on access to private healthcare, despite Québecers having such access while other provinces do not.
In 2009, Dr. Brian Day launched court action against the B.C. government because the province’s Medicare Protection Act restricted patients from accessing timely care.
The Medicare Protection Act denies doctors the ability to bill the government in the public system while also earning money from private clinics and billing patients or their insurance companies.
The Vancouver-based physician, who opened the Cambie Surgery Centre in 1996, claimed that prolonged wait times for medical procedures violated two Charter rights, including the person’s right to life, liberty and security.
But after a 14-year legal battle, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Day’s appeal filed last September after the B.C. Court of Appeal and B.C. Supreme Court rejected his application. He called the decision “a very sad day for Canadians.”
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CBC Reporter Accused Local Paper of Islamophobia, Complained of “All-White Editors”
A CBC reporter is being cited for allegedly breaching the public broadcaster’s code of content by slamming a competing news outlet for having “all white” editors.
According to Blacklock’s Reporter, CBC correspondent for Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Anam Latif campaigned against the local paper Waterloo Record.
“I should start a list of all the insensitive bullsh*t published in The Record,” tweeted Latif.
While tagging the National News Media Council, Latif accused the outlet of being “Islamophobic and offensive” for publishing an article titled “Kitchener School Has Cancelled Valentine’s Day.”
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COVID Contrarian Doctors Express Concerns Over mRNA Technology in the Food Chain
Independent media outlet Bright Light News recently brought three COVID contrarian doctors to Canada for a panel discussion titled “The War On Medicine: Cells Don’t Lie.”
Doctors Ryan Cole, Kate Lindley and Pierre Kory addressed attendees at the Eglinton Grand theatre in Toronto on Thursday, April 6.
Critical care physician and lung specialist Dr. Pierre Kory is a founding member of the Frontline COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC). He spoke in depth about the suppression of evidence of early treatment re-purposed drugs to treat COVID-19 and the corruption involved with Big Pharma shilling for profits.
Dr. Lindley spoke in depth about the World Health Organization’s continued power grab, with the organization’s threatening the health sovereignty of independent nations. There are two mechanisms through which the WHO is attempting what some refer to as a “global coup” — one through its Pandemic Treaty and the other is by amending existing, legally-binding International Health Regulations.
The other keynote speaker, Dr. Ryan Cole, is one of only two pathologists conducting autopsies on vaccinated individuals showing concerning concentrations of vaccine-derived spike protein in various tissue samples. He explains that “cells don’t lie” while sharing slides with the audience showing massive accumulation of spike protein in bodily tissue that the public was previously advised was impossible.
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Feds Caught Attempting to Suppress Article on Refugee Policy (ft. Lorne Gunter)
Edmonton Sun columnist Lorne Gunter recently revealed he was the target of a Trudeau government censorship attempt back in 2021, after exposing a proposed update to Canada’s refugee policy. Gunter joined True North’s Andrew Lawton to discuss the implications of this censorship attempt, the erosion of free speech, and what the future of journalism and media could look like if Bill C-11 is passed.
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Twitter Labels CBC’s Account “Government-Funded Media”
Twitter has identified the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s primary Twitter account as “Government-funded Media.”
The label was applied to the @CBC account Sunday afternoon around the same time it also appeared on the accounts of Australia’s and New Zealand’s public broadcasters, ABC News and RNZ.
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Why Was Justin Trudeau’s Brother the Acceptor of a Sizeable ‘Donation’ From China?
On last night’s episode of The Ezra Levant Show, Ezra talked about another charity that Justin Trudeau has destroyed because of ‘outside politicization.’ This followed a Globe and Mail report about a $125 million Beijing-linked donation ‘as part of an influence operation to curry favour with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.’
Ezra talked about how suspicious it was that Justin Trudeau’s brother, Alexander, was the one to receive the massive check from the Chinese government.
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The girl was found dead in her room at a child and youth welfare facility in Wunsiedel, in Germany’s Bavaria region, on Tuesday (ministers are pictured leaving the facility to lay flowers)
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Czechia: Thousands Turn Out for Anti-Government Protest in Prague
Prague — Thousands of people rallied again in the Czech capital on Sunday to protest high inflation and demand the government’s resignation.
It was the second such rally at Prague’s Wenceslas Square after one on March 11 that was organized by a new political party known as PRO under an “against the poverty” banner.
The demonstrators, speakers at the protest and the head of the populist group, Jindrich Rajchl, blamed the European Union and the Czech government for soaring inflation and all repeatedly called on the current five-party coalition to resign.
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Finland Turns on Europe’s Largest Capacity Nuclear Power Plant After Years of Delay
HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s much-delayed and costly new nuclear reactor, Europe’s most powerful by production capacity, has completed a test phase lasting over a year and started regular output, boosting the Nordic country’s electricity self-sufficiency significantly.
The Olkiluoto 3 reactor, which has 1,600-megawatt capacity, was connected into the Finnish national power grid in March 2022 and kicked off regular production on Sunday. Operator Teollisuuden Voima, or TVO, tweeted that “Olkiluoto 3 is now ready” after a delay of 14 years from the original plan.
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Governments Urged to Close All Airports by 2050 to Meet ‘Climate Target’
Governments are being argued to close all airports and end public air travel in order to meet the global “climate target” by 2050.
Professor Norman Fenton obtained a copy of the report that was produced to advise the UK government on what measures it will need to take to meet its “net zero” goal.
The meet the already-established goals of the climate agenda, governments will need to close small airports by 2030, with the rest closed and all air travel banned by 2050.
The report also states that internal combustion engine cars must be banned by 2030, with all highway use, including electric vehicles, restricted to 60 percent of the level today.
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Police State: German Govt Seeks Power to Ban Social Media Accounts Over ‘Digital Violence’
The German government is looking to grant powers to courts to block the social media accounts of citizens who engage in ‘digital violence’.
Earlier this week, the Federal Ministry of Justice called for the creation of a “law against digital violence” under which German courts could ban social media accounts of individual users and even force companies to unmask their identity if the account was anonymous.
The proposal would target those who are deemed to be “notorious violators in the digital space”, particularly anonymous trolls, the Tagesschau broadcaster reported.
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‘Remove Your Church’: The Persecution of Christians, March 2023
The following are among the murders and abuses inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of March 2023:
Muslim Attacks on Churches
France: On Mar. 16, a man, previously “on file for his Islamist radicalization,” stormed the Saint-Hippolyte Church in Paris and disrupted its service. He also stole the church’s six foot tall Plexiglas cross, which had supported a 400-year-old wooden Christ. It was later found nearby, said police, “smashed into many pieces.” The man was “taken to the psychiatric infirmary of the Paris police headquarters, his condition not being considered compatible with his police custody.”
Two weeks earlier, on Mar. 2, another man, described as of an “African type,” vandalized Saint-Eustache Church, one of the largest churches in Paris, by smashing the protective glass of an altar with a fire extinguisher. The report notes that “The suspect’s modus operandi … [is] comparable to that of the Saint-François-Xavier church [vandalism], where damage had been committed on Tuesday, February 28.”
In fact, a total of eight churches in Paris alone were vandalized, sometimes with arson, since the start of 2023.
Finally, on Mar. 8, a Muslim migrant from Senegal entered the Saint-Louis Cemetery, in Évreux, and proceeded to break off and desecrate the crucifixes affixed to some 30 graves. Although he was arrested, according to the report, “His custody was lifted due to his mental health condition. The individual was hospitalized.”
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UK: Londoners Are Fighting Back Against the ULEZ Expansion
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) expansion is set to be rolled out across London on 29 August 2023 and will include all boroughs of Greater London. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan claims, the ULEZ expansion will help combat climate change and lower harmful air pollution. However, many politicians, concerned citizens and lobby groups have come out against the ULEZ expansion because they do not believe the expanded ULEZ will have any effect on the climate and will in fact, only harm businesses and restrict people’s freedom of movement.
In the 2021 Mayoral elections which Khan narrowly won, he didn’t mention expanding the ULEZ in his manifesto, so those who oppose the ULEZ expansion claim he has no mandate. The plans to extend the ULEZ scheme have been met with protests across the capital as hundreds of thousands of drivers are unhappy with being charged an additional £12.50 daily charge.
Sadiq Khan is accused of manipulating the results of a public consultation regarding the expansion of the ULEZ. Many political and activist groups claim that net zero is a scam used to push another agenda intent on population control.
The London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Harrow, Hillingdon, together with Surrey County Council, have recently been granted permission to challenge the mayor’s proposals.
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Brazil’s Lula Calls for ‘Peace Group’ to Broker Ukraine-Russia Deal
ABU DHABI (Reuters) — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday again proposed establishing a group of countries not involved with the Russia-Ukraine war to broker peace, saying he had discussed the matter with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping earlier this week.
“I think we need to sit on a table and say, ‘that’s enough, let’s start talking’ because war never brought and will never bring any benefit to humanity,” said Lula, who has been critical of the United States and the European Union for their role in the conflict.
The Brazilian president told reporters in Abu Dhabi, where he finished a trip to Asia, that he was trying to gather a group of leaders that “prefer to talk about peace rather than war.”
He cited Xi and the president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, both of whom he met this week.
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Russian Oil Exports Rebound to Pre-Invasion Levels Even With Western Sanctions
Russian oil exports are at their highest since April 2020 despite Western sanctions imposed on the country after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine last year.
“Russian oil exports in March soared to the highest since April 2020 thanks to surging product flows that returned to levels last seen before Russia invaded Ukraine,” the International Energy Agency wrote in April’s monthly oil market report.
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Russia Releases Over a Hundred Ukrainian Prisoners of War in Orthodox Easter Exchange
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released as part of a major Easter exchange with Russia, a top official said Sunday, as Orthodox Ukrainians marked the holiday for a second time since Moscow unleashed its brutal full-scale war last February.
While celebrations were subdued due to security risks, with a curfew barring the faithful from customary all-night services, Ukrainian authorities and ordinary people shared messages of hope, linking the story of Jesus’ resurrection to their longing for peace and a Ukrainian victory.
Dozens of families had special reasons to rejoice, as presidential adviser Andriy Yermak announced that 130 soldiers, sailors, border guards and others captured by Moscow were on their way back home following a “big Easter prisoner exchange.”
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Dramatic Video Shows Indian Gangster-Turned-Politician Gunned Down on Live TV
A dramatic video shared on Twitter shows the Indian gangster turned politician Atiq Ahmed was gunned down on live TV with his brother while being escorted by police. The incident occurred Saturday night in Prayagraj, also called Allahabad, located in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Ahmed was speaking with reporters while in police custody when three men posing as journalists shot the former politician and his brother, reported BBC News. Both died on the spot.
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Atiq Ahmad, who had over 100 criminal cases against him, was under arrest and was being escorted by police for a court-mandated medical checkup when the incident occurred.
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Communist China Demands Germany’s Support for ‘Peaceful’ Conquest of Taiwan
A senior Chinese diplomat has demanded that Germany support its “peaceful” conquest of neighbouring Taiwan.
Wang Yi, the head of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee Foreign Affairs Commission Office, has demanded that Germany support efforts to peacefully conquer Taiwan, multiple Chinese and German media outlets have reported.
It comes as Western European nations weaken their support for the island nation, with Emmanuel Macron openly coming out last week to say that the European Union should reduce its reliance on America and stay out of any future conflict with China over Taiwan.
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CCP Mouthpiece Labels Australia’s TikTok Ban ‘Racist’
A former Chinese diplomat, Victor Gao, has accused Australia of “racism” after the country banned the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok from all government devices. In an interview with 60 Minutes, Gao emphasized the potential consequences of making an enemy out of 1.4 billion people.
Gao expressed his views on the ban, stating, “Probably it’s racism, probably it’s racial discrimination, probably it’s banning Chinese again, which was a disaster many years ago. Now you want to do that again? It will not be a success.”
Australia’s ban follows similar measures implemented by numerous other countries due to security concerns.
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Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has slammed the PM for inaction on issues in the Northern Territory, as she backs Peter Dutton’s comments on child sexual abuse in the region.
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Jacqui Lambie says Lidia Thorpe ‘must take responsibility’ after nightclub footage
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Michelle Obama has posted a touching to tribute to Australia.
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South Australia Proposes Smoking Bans, Tougher Penalties
The South Australian government is set to ban the use of e-cigarettes and vapes in a range of public settings.
Proposed laws would make it illegal to use the products near schools, shopping centres, buildings, and children’s sporting grounds.
Tobacco vending machines will also be banned.
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David Ross, general manager of Maxine’s Gentleman’s Club, told Daily Mail Australia Ms Thorpe’s behaviour was ‘just unacceptable’ and has banned her for life.
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Police have charged two men over the alleged kidnapping of a man and woman after men wearing balaclavas forced the pair into a car while walking in Sydney’s west.
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A number of Brits who opened their homes to Ukrainian refugees are calling for tougher background checks after allegedly falling victim to fraud and theft at the hands of their guests.
Hosts fear a small minority are ‘taking advantage’ of the British welfare system by claiming Universal Credit and other benefits despite many being wealthy in their own right — with claims they are splashing out on shopping trips to Harrods, Botox injections and Apple products while being under no obligation to contribute to household bills.
Just under 170,000 Ukrainians have been taken in by British families through the Homes for Ukraine scheme since Vladimir Putin launched his illegal war on their country last February.
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Canada ‘On Track’ to Resettle 40,000 Afghan Refugees by the End of 2023, Says Trudeau
According to the federal government, Canada has resettled over 30,000 Afghan refugees since the fall of Kabul in August 2021. Despite significant challenges, they are on track to resettle 40,000 Afghans by the end of 2023.
A reporter asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about expanding that target. He said the government would consider doing so after they met the 40,000 mark.
“We’re continuing to work on fulfilling those numbers, and we’ll look at what we can and must do in the future in other ways,” Trudeau told reporters in Winnipeg.
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A British couple have accused French police of an ‘astonishing’ dereliction of duty after two migrants attempted to stowaway to the UK in their caravan.
Catherine Broughton, 71, and her husband Bruce, 74, were returning from a two-week holiday near La Rochelle.
The couple were shopping for wine in the port of Caen when a fellow shopper told them two men believed to be migrants had broken into their caravan.
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Budweiser has released a new patriotic advertisement as its parent company struggles with controversy over its endorsement partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
The advertisement, which was released on social media Friday, features one of Budweiser’s famous Clydesdale horses traversing the country from New York City to the Grand Canyon, passing by scenes in the American heartland as a narrator delivers a patriotic message.
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A lawyer for a Canadian teenager who was suspended from his Catholic high school after opposing transgender ideology has filed a human rights complaint alleging religious discrimination.
Attorney James Kitchen with Liberty Coalition Canada filed the application to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal earlier this month on behalf of his client Josh Alexander, 17, a junior who was first suspended from St. Joseph’s High School in Renfrew, Ontario, and issued a trespass notice in November.
Alexander drew the ire of school leadership when he organized a student walkout at the public Catholic high school against biological males in girls’ bathrooms, according to the complaint. He also reportedly argued in class that God created two unchangeable genders.
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Code of the Wokesters: Publisher Censors PG Wodehouse’s ‘Jeeves’ Novels for ‘Unacceptable’ Language
In the latest censorious assault on English literature, PG Wodehouse’s celebrated comic ‘Jeeves and Wooster’ novels have reportedly been rewritten by publishers to remove “unacceptable” passages and prose.
Following the international row over the decision to issue censored copies of the children’s books of Roald Dahl to conform with modern woke sensibilities, it has emerged that the whimsical novels of English novelist PG Wodehouse have become the next target for failing to align with the politically correct code of current publishers.
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CVS ‘Gender Transition’ Guide Requires Use of Preferred Pronouns, Sharing Bathrooms
CVS has issued ‘gender transition guidelines’ which put employees on notice that people must be addressed by their preferred pronouns and names, and that they may use whichever restroom or locker room they wish, whether or not they identify as transgender, Fox Business reports.
According to the guidelines, employees are notified that they may be entitled to medial leave “under the Family and Medical Leave Act, state law, and/or CVS Health policy,” while transitioning employees are encouraged to tell their immediate supervisor about their decision so that the company “can provide support and to make your transition as smooth as possible.”
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Controversial activist Posie Parker told a crowd in Belfast that the ‘so-called LGBT community’ is nothing more than ‘a bunch of f***ing men in dresses’ as she criticised transgender people.
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Former Planned Parenthood Director Under Investigation for Child Porn Commits Suicide
Wanted on charges of child pornography, the former director of strategic communications at the Southern New England branch of Planned Parenthood, Tim Yergeau, 36, committed suicide on Tuesday. On April 6th, police from the New Haven Special Victims Unit investigating Yergeau raided his neighbors house by accident looking to arrest the 36-year old.
New Haven police chief Karl Jacobson told the New Haven Register that “the person who died was definitely the suspect in a child pornography investigation and the person who committed suicide.” He added that internal affairs is looking into how investigators hit the wrong house and how Yergeau took his own life five days later, as he was not arrested and his home was not raided.
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On Saturday, former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines responded to comments California Congresswoman Katie Porter made Friday on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher when she said that Gaines was speaking out against biological males in women’s sports for “likes and clicks.”
Via Twitter, Gaines said, “Hey, @RepKatiePorter I’m not speaking up for myself… I’m done playing sports. I’m not fighting for me. I’m actually supposed to be in dental school this year. But I’ve changed my life plans because I see what’s at stake if someone doesn’t fight for the present and next generation.”
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The British government is reportedly planning on issuing guidance to schools that would prohibit supposedly transgender students from joining contact sports teams of the opposite sex as well as requiring teachers to inform parents if their child begins displaying signs of transgenderism.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s recent declaration that 100 per cent of women do not have penises may have some real-world applications in the coming months, with the government reportedly preparing new guidance on gender for schools across the country.
According to a report from The Times of London, the proposed guidance would require schools to inform parents if their child began expressing signs of transgenderism, such as saying they would like to change their gender, begin wearing uniforms of the opposite sex, or demanding to be called a name associated with the other gender.
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Washington Bill to Allow Medical Transgender Interventions on Minors Without Parental Consent
A Washington State bill that would strip parents’ rights to intervene on their kids medical care in certain circumstances passed the House Wednesday, clearing its pathway to being signed by Gov. Jay Inslee.
“An act relating to supporting youth,” or Senate Bill 5599, allows host homes for runaway youth “to house youth without parental permission.” Furthermore, the host homes do not need to notify parents about where their kids are or if they are getting medical interventions “if there is a compelling reason not to, which includes a youth seeking protected health services.”
The “protected health care services” included “gender-affirming care,” which for minors arbitrarily included anything prescribed by a doctor to treat dysphoria, the bill said.
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This excellent animated short film about the not-too-distant-but-very-dystopian future is at once humorous and terrifying.
It speculates on the potential consequences of the infamous Great Reset, medical tyranny, woke culture, and green agenda.
Everything, that World Economic Forum (WEF) is planning for us.
If you’d like to buy the creator a beer, his PayPal address is oleg@3depix.com
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A local Wyoming news website, Cowboy State Daily, conducted a survey of small-town bars across Wyoming to see if any were experiencing boycotts of Bud Light after Anheuser-Busch’s marketing campaign with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
“Cowboy State Daily surveyed 14 bars in small Wyoming towns, from Sundance to Burns,” the outlet reported, after initially finding that bars throughout larger Wyoming towns were not experiencing boycotts of Bud Light.
“Two of the 14 declined to comment. Seven of the 12 that commented said they’ve seen no noticeable change in Bud Light sales since the controversy began,” their report, published on Wednesday, said. “The remaining five reported changes from barely discernible to very severe.”
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The Republican infighting is intensifying
16/4-23 – snaphanen.dk
By Lars Hedegaard
All indications are that Trump’s arrest for an alleged accounting error, now to be made a violation of campaign finance rules, is the result of a deliberate Democratic strategy. No one really believes that Trump has broken any law – neither his opponents nor his supporters nor the howling chorus in the media. You also have to be very naive if you imagine that New York prosecutor Alvin Bragg himself has come up with the idea of inconveniencing the public with a ridiculous trial. Of course, he does not act without getting the green light from the White House, the Democratic strategists and his financial backer, George Soros.
And what do they hope to get out of their latest stunt, which comes in the wake of countless other attempts to frame Trump for something criminal? For the time being, it has strengthened Trump’s chances of winning the Republican nomination, and that is precisely the Democrats’ plan. The Democratic party leadership is convinced that even the decrepit and thoroughly corrupt Joe Biden will be able to beat Trump on election day. Not because Biden has accomplished anything but accidents, but because he has succeeded in putting Trump in such a bad light that a majority of Americans will hold their noses and vote for anyone else.
Polls of Biden’s and Trump’s support among all voters could indicate that the Democratic strategists might be right.
The Democrats are more afraid of Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, who has a good chance of dethroning Biden, but who, on the other hand, will hardly be able to win the Republican nomination, as the position is right now. If, contrary to expectations, DeSantis were to secure the candidacy, the Democrats and their stooges in the dominant media will give him the same treatment that Trump has received. Old schoolmates will tell that he once said negro, several women will tearfully tell that he took their pussy for approx. 20 years ago, you will suddenly find documents proving that he is a Russian agent and has hidden a lot of money, which the FBI is now looking for. Etc.
The Democratic Party will use all methods to stay in power, and the Danish media will pretend to believe everything the Democrats have to say about the Republicans.
But there is a third candidate that will be interesting to follow, namely the young and unusually eloquent multi-billionaire, Vivek Ramaswamy. He has chosen the interesting strategy of not saying anything bad about Trump – not yet, anyway. On the contrary, his message is that he will continue the good work that Trump has done, but that he is better at realizing an America-first policy. He comes across as a proud nationalist and protectionist and wants to break any American dependence on China. Trump wanted to “drain the swamp” in Washington, but he did not succeed – surrounded as he was by false friends on all sides. But Ramaswamy assures that he can do it because, like Trump, he is not a professional politician, but an “independent thinker”.
He has in common with DeSantis that he is bitterly opposed to the woke ideology. He goes so far as to describe the transsexual wave that is now sweeping over the West as a “mental disorder” and wants to ban any sexual intervention on anyone under 18.
While Ramaswamy doesn’t have much bad to say about Trump, he doesn’t hold back when it comes to DeSantis. The governor, he says, has taken all his ideas from a book that Ramaswamy has written, and is therefore a pale copy of the real thing.
Ramaswamy is just now on a longer charm tour in the states where the fate of Republican candidates is decided by experience. At the moment, he stands at well below 10 per cent. support among Republican voters. But that may change in the next few months.
Maybe the police will arrest the gun, considering guns are to blame for all these mass shooting?
The Observer: There was no gun. Shooting simply “erupted.” At least, that’s what the news people always say.
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ENJOY!
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Typical black behavior.
As John Derbyshire said, “when blacks gather, leave the area immediately.