A trailer containing hundreds of Bibles was set on fire and left outside an evangelical Tennessee church early this morning, before Easter Sunday service. The fire was extinguished and the obstacle removed in good time, so that arriving churchgoers could attend the service without hindrance.
In other news, Russia is negotiating for the Moscow terrorists to stand trial in Belarus so they can get the death penalty.
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25 Years Wiped From Life Expectancy of Fully Vaxxed
A disturbing study has revealed that people who have been “fully vaccinated” against Covid with mRNA injections can expect to lose a staggering 25 years from their life expectancy.
Researchers analyzed government data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Cleveland Clinic Data, and insurance company risk assessment data.
The analysis uncovered a disturbing trend showing life spans plummetting in those who had multiple doses of the mRNA shots.
The data from the Cleveland Clinic and the CDC were analyzed by Josh Stirling.
Stirling is the founder of Insurance Collaboration to Save Livess and a former number one ranked insurance analyst.
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9 States to Ban Sale of Gas-Powered Vehicles to Help Biden Tackle ‘Climate Crisis’
Nine states across the country have agreed to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles in order to help Democrat President Joe Biden supposedly “fight the climate crisis.”
The states have all committed to plans to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles within the next decade.
The plans to phase out the vehicles and switch to electric and hybrid vehicles come as the Biden administration continues to pursue its lofty climate goals in a struggling economy.
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AI-Generated Ad Goes Viral, Raises Alarm About Technology
A new ad has been going viral on social media that has raised major concerns about how rapidly artificial intelligence (AI) technology is advancing.
The video features a woman advertising body wipes for men.
However, everything about the woman, including her voice and everything she is saying, is completely AI-generated.
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American Voters Say Trump is Better Able to Handle Nuclear Emergency Than Biden: Poll
A recent poll has found that American voters have more confidence in former President Donald Trump’s ability to handle a nuclear emergency compared to President Joe Biden, should the need arise.
According to a poll conducted by J.L. Partners as reported by the Daily Mail, when respondents were asked about their confidence in each candidate’s capacity to manage a nuclear emergency effectively, Trump led Biden with 56% of respondents expressing confidence in him, compared to 45% for Biden.
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Black Mayors Hold National Meeting on Crime — Discussion Closed to the Public
The “Black Mayors’ Coalition on Crime” gathered this week in Memphis, Tennessee to discuss the dangers of crime across the US, as well as apparent solutions to the growing threat. The question is, was the meeting really about stopping crime, or, was it all about maintaining optics and making the public believe crime is going down when it’s not?
It’s difficult to say because public and media access to the event was strictly limited. In many states private meetings between public officials related to policy are illegal. However, in Tennessee the regulations are a bit more lax in terms of what constitutes a “meeting subject to law.”
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BlackRock Hit With ‘Cease and Desist’ After Allegedly Misleading Investors About ESG Practices
Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson and the Securities Division of the Secretary of State’s Office have issued a “Cease and Desist Order” against asset manager BlackRock, alleging deceptive practices regarding the company’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) commitments.
The order accuses BlackRock of repeatedly misleading Mississippi investors regarding its ESG practices, particularly concerning its non-ESG funds, such as exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which do not purport to follow a sustainable investment strategy.
According to Watson, BlackRock’s representation that its non-ESG funds do not incorporate ESG considerations misleads investors by contradicting the company’s broader ESG commitments.
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CDC Data Shows Vaccines Linked to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed that vaccines are linked to the surge in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
The CDC’s own research found that the long-denied vaccine-SIDS link is real.
The official pronouncements of top governmental health agencies like the CDC and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) insist that all the vaccines in the present-day schedule are “safe and effective.”
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Daily Wire Co-Founder Ben Shapiro Denies Candace Owens Was Axed Over Israel Comments
Ben Shapiro denied that Candace Owens parted ways with the right-leaning news and commentary site the Daily Wire because of “disagreements over Israel” — though he hinted that her comments veered outside of the company’s “Overton window.”
Shapiro, who co-founded the Daily Wire alongside Jeremy Boreing, cited “a lot of other factors … at play” that led to the departure of the conservative commentator last week.
Before her departure, Owens had been a vocal critic of Israel for launching military operations in Gaza following the Oct. 7 massacre by Hamas that killed at least 1,200 Israelis.
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At least one person is dead and five others are injured after an Easter Sunday shooting at a coffee shop in the Germantown section of Nashville, according to police.
The incident was reportedly called in at around 3:03pm local time at Roasted Salemtown, a brunch place on Garfield Street.
According to police, one person has been killed by gunfire, while five others have been shot, with police saying that they are not critical.
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The last time the extent of Hillary Clinton’s tech “savviness” or lack thereof, became public knowledge was way back in 2016, when she lost the presidential election, amid, among other things, the (classified) emails scandal.
Now, Clinton has graduated from not knowing how email works, to feeling she is qualified to discuss the impact of immeasurably more complex technology, such as AI.
To give Clinton the benefit of the doubt, it has been a long time, and perhaps she has used that time to educate herself.
However, it also turns out that nearly a decade later she still blames her loss to Donald Trump on the since-debunked conspiracy theories about “election disinformation” that supposedly decide the outcome of that vote.
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Sunday his state won’t be the only one to feel the economic impact of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Port of Baltimore, warning ripples will be felt in numerous industries across the country.
Moore appeared on “Fox News Sunday” and discussed the important role one of the nation’s busiest ports plays in the national economy as officials continue to remove the steel debris from the fallen bridge and the Eiffel Tower-sized vessel blocks shipping lanes.
“It’s not just a massive impact on Maryland,” the Democrat said. “This is a massive impact on the national economy.”
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MSNBC host Nicole Wallace threw her script in the air during a live broadcast Friday while she railed against Donald Trump for calling out a judge’s daughter.
Wallace said it was “time to do something different” when she went off script to discuss a scathing social media post from the former president targeting the Democratic-connected daughter of the judge overseeing a hush money case against Trump.
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Nickelodeon Hired or Worked With 5 Accused Child Molesters and Pedophiles: Report
Nickelodeon reportedly hired accused and convicted child molesters and pedophiles who worked on the set of kids shows that were produced by the Paramount-owned cable network.
Legal records obtained by DailyMail.com found that Nickelodeon employed or worked with five individuals who were ultimately convicted of sexually molesting children, as well as two others who were accused of pedophilia.
According to the report, at least one of those individuals was convicted of lewd acts with a child before he worked on the set of a kids shows that was produced by the network.
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A pair of alleged squatters accused of unlawfully moving into a Queens duplex are suing its rightful owners after refusing to vacate the $930,000 home.
It’s the latest logic-defying chapter in the ongoing squatter saga in the borough, which in recent weeks has seen multiple homes occupied by unwelcome invaders who claim rights to the properties under New York City’s permissive laws.
“It’s absolutely absurd,” said the owner of the latest targeted home, Juliya Fulman — who so far has racked up more than $4,000 in legal bills fighting the suit — to The Post on Sunday.
“These people literally broke into my house. It’s not fair to us as homeowners that we are not protected by the city,” said the Jamaica property owner.
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Over 60 Arrests Made After Protest Temporarily Shuts Down I-676 in Center City
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Over 60 arrests were made after a large demonstration temporarily shut down parts of Interstate 676 westbound in Center City on Saturday.
Authorities say I-676 was shut down for roughly two hours between the New Jersey state line and the Broad Street exit.
According to police, just before 4 p.m. about 350 members of the Party of Socialism and Liberation rushed onto the highway and started blocking traffic.
Video from the scene shows a crowd of people blocking the roadway with signs protesting violence overseas.
Roughly 320 of those members left I-676 peacefully to walk through Center City, police say.
State police arrested the remaining members who were blocking the highway.
Overall, state police say they made over 60 arrests in this incident. The protestors ranged in age from 17 to 62 years old.
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Provision Passed in Omnibus Bill Could be Used to Limit Beef Consumption
Experts are raising the alarm over a provision in the recently passed omnibus bill that could be weaponized in the war on food to limit the general public’s beef consumption.
A controversial measure made it through Congress via the recently passed omnibus bill.
The provision includes $15 million for the electronic tracking of livestock.
However, the tracking system raises major fears among critics that the government could weaponize it to limit beef consumption.
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Rogan: NY Times Writers Are “Ultra Hard Left Activists Masquerading as Journalists”
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news
During an episode of his podcast, Joe Rogan slammed New York Times writers, calling them leftist activists pretending to be reporters.
Rogan played a clip of two New York Times ‘journalists’ claiming that anything Donald Trump says now has to be considered in the context of the January 6th Capitol incident, and made fun of how they feel the need to make Instagram videos explaining their ‘reporting’.
“They don’t understand what they’re doing,” Rogan stated, adding “This is exactly who we thought was writing these things. It’s like this very effeminate guy and this woman…these ultra-liberal out-of-touch people.”
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Salvage Crews Work to Lift First Piece of Collapsed Baltimore Bridge
March 30 (Reuters) — Salvage crews worked to lift the first piece of Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the water on Saturday to allow barges and tugboats to access the disaster site, Maryland and U.S. officials said, the first step in a complex effort to reopen the city’s blocked port.
The steel truss bridge collapsed early on Tuesday morning, killing six road workers, when a massive container ship lost power and crashed into a support pylon. Much of the span crashed into the Patapsco River, blocking the Port of Baltimore’s shipping channel.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore told a news conference that a section of the bridge’s steel superstructure north of the crash site would be cut into a piece that could be lifted by crane onto a barge and brought to the nearby Tradepoint Atlantic site at Sparrows Point.
“This will eventually allow us to open up a temporary restricted channel that will help us to get more vessels in the water around the site of the collapse,” Moore said.
He declined to provide a timeline for this portion of the clearance work. “It’s not going to take hours,” he said. “It’s not going to take days, but once we complete this phase of the work, we can move more tugs and more barges and more boats into the area to accelerate our recovery.”
Workers will not yet attempt to remove a crumpled part of the bridge’s superstructure that is resting on the bow of the Dali, the 984-foot Singapore-flagged container ship that brought down the bridge. Moore said it was unclear when the ship could be moved, but said that its hull, while damaged, is “intact.”
“This is a remarkably complex operation,” Moore said of the effort to clear bridge debris and open the Port of Baltimore to shipping traffic.
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Nothing’s sacred to these guys.
A trio of attention-seeking protesters — one of whom previously glued his feet to the stands at the US Open as part of a climate change stunt — were cuffed and hauled out of St. Patrick’s Cathedral after disrupting Easter Mass with shouts of “free Palestine” on Saturday night, cops say.
Police were called to the iconic Midtown cathedral for complaints about a “disorderly group” just before 9 p.m. The protesters were quickly taken out of the service.
Matthew Menzies, 31, John Rozendaal, 63, and Gregory Schwedock, 35, were taken into custody and charged with disruption of religious service, police told The Post.
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Strange ‘Suicide Syndrome’ Emerging, Doctors Warn
Doctors are warning that they are seeing a rise in cases of a strange syndrome that causes a range of symptoms including suicidal thoughts.
The disorder is called “Complex Regional Pain Syndrome” (CRPS) which doctors have dubbed “suicide syndrome” or “suicide disease.”
According to a new study, almost half of patients diagnosed with CRPS have considered suicide.
CRPS is a chronic condition that causes severe dysfunction in sensory, motor, and autonomic nerve functions.
It leads to debilitating symptoms.
The condition may also cause atrophy or wasting of tissues in the affected area of the body, or sometimes excessive hair growth.
Suicide syndrome is characterized by chronic pain and inflammation that typically occurs after an injury or surgery.
Doctors have noted that many patients develop CRPS after suffering medical events such as stroke or heart attack.
In some cases (7%), CRPS may occur without any preceding injury or surgery.
According to the reports, “Approximately 200,000 individuals in the United States are estimated to be affected by CRPS each year.
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Synagogue Sign Vandalized With Swastika Graffiti in Montgomery County
WYNNEWOOD, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — Police are investigating after a swastika was found spray painted on a sign at Temple Beth Hillel Beth-El in Wynnewood, Montgomery County.
Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky says vandals defaced their sign with antisemitic graffiti overnight on Saturday.
Members were greeted with the hateful vandalism when they arrived at the synagogue for Sunday morning prayer.
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Tennessee: Greg Locke Reacts to Trailer Full of Bibles Burned in Wilson County Near Church
Wilson County police and emergency crews responded to a trailer fire early Sunday that saw hundreds of Bibles burned, according to the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators believe the trailer, at the intersection of Old Lebanon Dirt Road and Chandler Road near Global Vision Bible Church led by Pastor Greg Locke, was intentionally set on fire at around 6 a.m., the sheriff’s office said.
The fire was extinguished by the Mt. Juliet Fire Department.
Locke addressed the trailer fire at Global Vision and said there were “probably 200 Bibles” on the trailer. Locke said the fire was set in front of an entrance.
“It was 100 percent directed at (Global Vision Bible Church),” Locke said. “It blocked the entrance to our campus and the fact that it was an entire load of Bibles is rather conclusive proof that is was most assuredly directed at us.
“It did not, nor will it stop us. It was cleaned up in time for people to drive into the parking lot. We had a full house and a marvelous service.”
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Texas, NC State Play Women’s March Madness Game With Different 3-Point Lines in NCAA Disaster
The NCAA has egg on its face.
Just before tipoff between Texas and NC State in the women’s Elite Eight, the NCAA was made aware that there was a discrepancy between the distances of the 3-point lines on each side of the March Madness court at Moda Center in Portland.
The news was first relayed on air by ESPN prior to the start of the game, which went on as scheduled with head coaches Wes Moore and Vic Schaefer agreeing to play in order not to delay the game, the outlet reported.
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The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism: An Interview With Andrew G. Bostom
since the invasion of Israel by Hamas terrorists on October 7 and the massacre of around 1,200 people there, antisemitic, pro-Hamas marches have swept both majority-Muslim countries and Western nations.
In London, antisemitic hate crimes are up 1,350% according to police, and pro-Hamas protestors chanted, “Oh Jews, the army of Muhammad is coming.” In the Tunisian city of Al Hammah, hundreds of people were filmed setting fire to a synagogue. In Russia’s Muslim Dagestan region, hundreds of people stormed into the main airport and onto the landing field, chanting antisemitic slogans and seeking passengers arriving on a flight from Israel. In California, a Jewish dentist was killed, and two others injured in a shooting by a Muslim. In Chicago, a Jewish man was attacked by anti-Israel protesters at an October 7 documentary screening in the Logan Square. In Paris, a Jewish man was attacked outside a synagogue; and another was stabbed in Zurich.
In the Middle East, North Africa, and the Gulf Region, this genocidal hatred has resulted in the ethnic cleansing of Jews. Over 850,000 Jews were forced to leave their homes in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Morocco, and several other Arab countries in the 20 years following the re-establishment of Israel in 1948. Another major exodus of Jews took place from Iran in 1979-80, following the Islamic revolution. Jews had resided in those lands for over 2,500 years. The rising Muslim population in the West has imported the same—and exceedingly violent—Jew-hatred into Western nations. Antisemitic attacks and threats abound since Hamas ignited the war in Gaza by massacring and raping Israelis on October 7. To learn about the theological and historical roots of Muslim antisemitism, I interviewed a prominent specialist and researcher on Islam, its history and theology.
Dr. Andrew G. Bostom is a leading expert on the history and scriptures of Islam. He is the author of Sharia versus Freedom: The Legacy of Islamic Totalitarianism and the editor of both The Legacy of Jihad: Islamic Holy War and the Fate of Non-Muslims and The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History. He has also published articles and commentary on Islam in The Washington Times, National Review Online, Revue Politique, FrontPageMagazine, American Thinker, and other print and online publications. More on Bostom’s work can be found at www.andrewbostom.org/blog/.
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A trailer containing hundreds of Holy Bibles were set on fire and left outside an evangelical Tennessee church on Easter Sunday.
Officers from the Mt. Juliet Police and Fire Department responded to a suspicious fire at the intersection of Old Lebanon Dirt Road and Chandler Road outside of Global Vision Bible Church.
Deputies reported that the trailer had been dropped off in the middle of the intersection and ‘intentionally’ set on fire, WKRN News reported.
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Former President Trump joined “One Nation” host Brian Kilmeade to discuss the “lack of respect” foreign leaders have for President Biden and his administration.
During an exclusive interview, the “Fox & Friends” co-host asked Trump about Mexican President Andre’s Manuel López Obrador’s interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi.
“On ‘60 Minutes,’ the president of Mexico says, ‘We’re not going to shut down our border until you change your policy on Cuba and change your policy on Venezuela.’ Is it OK for the Mexican president to dictate American policy?” Kilmeade asked.
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Two United Airlines Flights Forced Into Emergency Landings After in-Flight Incidents
Two United Airlines flights were forced into emergency landings this week. The first was from Tel Aviv to Newark, NJ, and the second from San Francisco to Paris.
A United Airlines flight from Tel Aviv encountered severe turbulence before its scheduled landing at Newark International Airport. The turbulence resulted in injuries to seven passengers, prompting the pilots to divert the flight to Stewart International Airport, where emergency crews were on standby to assist injured passengers.
According to ABC 7 New York, seven passengers were taken to a local hospital with minor injuries. About 30 people of the 320 total passengers were evaluated for medical care.
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U.S Army Now Begging Veterans to Return to Service Amid Recruitment Crisis
The United States Army is now begging veterans to return to service as the military suffers a major recruiting crisis.
The move to bring back retired soldiers was revealed in a service-wide directive published last week.
The All Army Activities (ALARACT) document describes how Army retirees can find and apply for open positions and aims to maintain a sufficient number of personnel to fill all of the Army’s authorized positions.
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UC Berkeley Accused of Segregation by Allegedly Banning Whites From Community Farm
The University of California at Berkeley is under fire for allegedly banning white residents from using a community farm on Saturdays in a move one critic slammed as “systemic racism.”
The university told The Post it is investigating claims that the “Gill Tract Community Farm” in nearby Albany offered its space on Saturday exclusively to “Black, Indigenous, and People of Color,” after a complaint with the US Department of Education by the Mountain States Legal Foundation.
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Vance, Gabbard, Noem, Huckabee Sanders on Trump’s VP Shortlist: Report
Former President Donald Trump appears to have a shortlist of several options for his potential running mate in the 2024 presidential election, according to a report by Politico. Sources familiar with the matter describe the list as tentative, however, with names written in “pencil, not pen.”
The list reportedly includes a diverse range of candidates, including Senators Katie Britt (R-AL), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Tim Scott (R-SC), and J.D. Vance (R-OH), as well as governors Doug Burgum (R-ND), Kristi Noem (R-SD), and Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR). Additionally, Reps Byron Donalds (R-FL) and Elise Stefanik (R-NY), along with former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), are also said to be under consideration.
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WA City Files Lawsuit Against Local Sheriff’s Office for Not Enforcing Homeless Camping Ban
A city in Washington State is suing a local sheriff’s department for not enforcing a ban on homeless encampments in certain parts of the city.
On Thursday, the city of Burien filed a lawsuit against King County and the King County Sheriff’s Office for refusing to enforce any portion of Burien Municipal Code 9.85.150 that prohibits encampments within 500 feet of libraries, schools, daycare centers, and other specified locations.
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80% of Canadians Oppose Upcoming Pay Hike for MPs: Poll
Four in five Canadians oppose the upcoming pay raise for members of Parliament, according to a new poll.
While the poll showed that 80% of Canadians oppose the hike, only 13% support it, with 7% unsure.
The federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Franco Terrazzano, said the findings of the Leger poll are decisive.
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British Media Slams “Dictator Trudeau” Over Online Hate Legislation
A United Kingdom television news show recently slammed the authoritarian aspects of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s proposed online hate legislation, Bill C-63.
TalkTV host Maddie Hale devoted a segment to the Online Harms Act with a former British government adviser and research fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies, James Price, and Telegraph journalist Madeline Grant as guests.
Both guests expressed deep concerns regarding the implications of the proposed legislation.
Hale launched the discussion by asking whether the guests thought the bill was “another example of Justin Trudeau being a bit of a dictator.”
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Canada-Wide Demonstrations Planned for April 1 in Protest of Carbon Tax Hike
Demonstrations are set to take place across the country in protest of a hike to the carbon tax taking effect April 1.
A group titled Nationwide Protest Against the Carbon Tax is behind the planned protests, stating that their goal is the “immediate removal of the Carbon Tax, without replacement by any other form of taxation.”
The group says the nationwide protest is a “peaceful event aimed at uniting Canadians for a common cause” and adds that they will be “holding the line indefinitely until our mission objective is achieved.”
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Conservatives Poised for Landslide Victory in Canada as Trudeau’s Liberals Falter, New Poll Suggests
A recent poll conducted by Abacus Data, one of Canada’s most reliable polling firms, indicates that if national elections were held today, the country would experience a significant political upheaval. The survey suggests that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party would be ousted from power, with the Conservative Party, led by Pierre Poilievre, securing a commanding majority in the Canadian Parliament.
The poll, which surveyed over 3,500 adults between March 16 and March 24, found that 41% of committed voters would support the Conservative Party, while only 23% would back the Liberal Party. The New Democratic Party garnered 19% support, and the Green Party received 4%.
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Conservatives Launch Probe Into ‘Classified’ Winnipeg Lab Documents
An Opposition motion to study the Winnipeg lab scandal has finally passed after an earlier motion failed a committee vote.
On March 26, Conservative MP Michael Chong tabled a motion at the Canada-China relations committee to probe confidential documents pertaining to multiple security breaches at Canada’s top infectious disease laboratory.
He called the issue a “grave and serious matter,” where a government scientist, Dr. Xiangguo Qiu, “clandestinely” worked with Chinese agents with ties to its military.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre earlier informed reporters that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) gained access to “all of our most important virological secrets” at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg.
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Alex Van Herk, Marco Van Huigenbos, and George Janzen now being prosecuted for being part of Coutts border blockade.
RCMP charged Van Herk, Van Huigenbos, and Janzen with mischief over $5,000, allegedly for being “key participants of the Coutts border blockade”. They could each now spend a decade in prison for something they have a right to in Canada — supporting a peaceful protest.
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Ontario School Boards Sue Meta, TikTok for $4.5 Billion for Distracting Students
Several Ontario school boards have filed lawsuits against social media giants TikTok and Meta, accusing them of inflicting damage on students’ mental health.
The suit alleges that the social media apps are interfering with students’ ability to learn and that teachers are left dealing with the “fallout” of those effects.
The suit also alleges that these platforms have led to increased violence, bullying and racism.
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Tamara Lich: ‘Here to Support’ Two Remaining Coutts 4 Defendants
Tamara Lich and Marco Van Huigenbos were in Lethbridge, Alberta, after Wednesday’s pretrial arguments for Chris Carbert and Anthony Olienick, the two remaining defendants of the Coutts Four.
Lich and Van Huigenbos came to Lethbridge to learn about developments in the government’s prosecution of Carbert and Olienick and to express support for the two defendants.
The pre-trial arguments remain under a publication ban, which will be lifted when the jury is selected. Jury selection is expected to begin in the third week of April.
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X to Fund Legal Bills for Canadian Doctor Kulvinder Kaur Gill, Punished for COVID Tweets
Elon Musk’s social media platform X has pledged to cover the legal expenses of a Canadian physician who has come under fire for her public statements concerning COVID-19. The doctor, Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill, had previously been indicted by health authorities in response to her posts on social media.
The physician, based in Ontario, Canada, was specifically admonished by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario in 2021 for her Twitter pronouncements, which included views questioning the necessity of COVID-19 vaccination. Dr. Gill maintains her stance and has launched a crowdfunding project aimed at raising $300,000 for her legal defense and associated costs. These include a cost order related to a separate lawsuit she initiated in response to what she labeled as a “malicious online smear campaign.”
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Fears Grow That New Scottish Hate Crime Law May be Used to Gag Free Speech
Hate crime laws coming into effect in Scotland today could trigger a surge in politically motivated complaints.
Police said they expect to be bombarded with a ‘huge uplift’ in reports of alleged crimes, including from people trying to use the SNP legislation to silence anyone they disagree with.
It follows widespread condemnation of the new law — the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act — amid fears it will be weaponised for political purposes. The legislation introduces offences for threatening or abusive behaviour which is intended to stir up hatred, which in Scotland previously only applied to race.
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France to Send Ageing Armored Vehicles, Advanced Missiles to Ukraine
Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu has confirmed France will deliver hundreds of old armoured vehicles and new surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine for its war against Russia.
In an interview with La Tribune Dimanche, Lecornu said that President Emmanuel Macron — following talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy — had asked him to prepare a new aid package, which will include old but still functional French equipment.
“The Ukrainian army needs to defend a very long front line, which requires armoured vehicles; this is absolutely crucial for troop mobility and is part of the Ukrainian requests,” he told the newspaper.
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One of the world’s leading microbiologists has testified that Covid mRNA shots are “life-threatening” to humans and warns that pushing the injections onto the public only benefits “infinitely evil” global “elites.”
Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi issued the warning during testimony before lawmakers in the German Parliament.
“The vaccination turned out to be the greatest blessing for the money and world’s elites, for the pharmaceutical industry and politics,” Bhakdi declared.
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Germany: Media: AfD’s Bystron Got Cash From Czech-Based Russian Network
Czech-born German politician Petr Bystron from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party received money from a Russian influence network in Prague, the Czech news outlet Denik N and Germany’s Der Spiegel reported.
The information came from the Czech counterintelligence service, known by the acronym BIS, which said on Wednesday that it had broken up a Russian group seeking to influence European elections and spread anti-Ukraine propaganda.
Two individuals, including pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, were placed on Czechia’s sanctions list, meaning their assets were frozen.
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Italy to Boost Teaching Italian for Foreigners — Ed Undersec
Essential to ensure true inclusion says Frassinetti
Italy must boost Italian language teaching for foreigners amid concerns over flagging assimilation, Education Undersecretary Paola Frassinetti said Friday.
Frassinetti, a member of Premier Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, said she agreed with Education and Merit Minister Giuseppe Valditara after he stressed the importance of integrating foreign students and called for majority-Italian classes echoing anti-migrant League leader Matteo Salvini’s call for a 20% cap on foreign pupils in classes.
“Valditara is right when he says that the future of our national community depends on the true integration of foreign students,” said Frassinetti.
We want a school that is open to all and at the same time cherishes its identity, and to do this it is necessary to strengthen the teaching of the Italian language with specific courses for foreign students, which is essential to ensure true inclusion”.
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Italy: ‘I Am Close to You’ Mattarella Tells Salis’s Dad
President called Roberto after Friday’s letter
ROME, 30 March 2024, 15:04
Roberto Salis, the father of 39-year-old Ilaria Salis, an Italian antifascist on trial in Hungary for allegedly attacking two neo Nazis in Budapest last year, said Saturday he had received a telephone call from President Sergio Mattarella to express his closeness and interest in the case.
“He reiterated his personal closeness to me and the family and assured me his personal interest in the case,” Salis told ANSA after writing to Mattarella on Friday to “get the government moving” on his daughter’s allegedly inhumane detention after she was denied house arrest by Budapest authorities on Thursday.
“I thank (the president) for the promptness with which he answered me in less than 24 hours, and above all for his sensitivity and closeness to the drama I am experiencing with my family,” continued Salis.
On Friday Salis told ANSA he had sent an electronic registered letter to the President of the Republic, “a very dry letter referring to the one I sent him on 17 January and to which he immediately replied”.
“He is the guarantor of the Constitution and Article 3 (against discrimination, ed.) applies to all Italian citizens: he can intervene with the Orban government and he has to move the Italian government because it evidently did not do what it was supposed to do,” he added.
Salis had been hoping that his daughter could get house arrest in Hungary so she could then be moved to house arrest in Italy.
Ilaria Salis, a 39-year-old Monza elementary school teacher who was allegedly part of a German hammer gang targeting neoNazis celebrating a WWII regiment that fought off the Soviet army, has repeatedly been led into a Budapest court on a chain with her hands and ankles cuffed, sparking outrage in Italy.
Her lawyers have said they may appeal against the ruling against granting house arrest in Hungary or may go the European Court of Human Rights.
Salis has urged Premier Giorgia Meloni to use her influence with her friend and ally Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to help his daughter.
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Italy: Salvini Says He Doesn’t Have Beef With ‘Warmonger’ Macron
Idea of sending soldiers to Ukraine against EU principles — min’
Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini said Sunday that he does not have a beef with French President Emmanuel Macron, a day after calling him a “warmonger”, while stressing that he thinks the idea Macron mooted of sending Western troops to Ukraine was dangerous.
“I don’t have anything against Macron, but a Europe that talks about sending its soldiers to the slaughter outside its borders is one that goes against the principles of the European Community, at a time when we should be working to defend ourselves against Islamic terrorists,” Salvini said an event for his League party in Rome.
On Saturday Salvini said that “with his words, Macron is a danger for our country and for this continent” during a Rome convention of the Identity and Democracy (ID) group that the League party belongs to at the European level.
“I don’t want to leave a continent ready to enter World War III to my children,” he said.
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Media: Czech Arms Makers Prospering Due to Ukraine, Global Tensions
Czech arms manufacturers are thriving due to the war in Ukraine and increased tensions in the world, the news site Novinky.cz reported on Saturday.
Some of the country’s biggest companies in the field declared record revenues last year, such as Colt CZ, which reported almost CZK 15 billion. Czechoslovak Group (CSG) and Omnipol also registered very good results in 2023.
This year is looking even more favourable for most Czech arms companies, Novinky.cz said. Supply chains are slowly improving, banks’ willingness to lend is higher and energy prices have fallen.
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Netherlands: Coffeshop in Tilburg Shot at for the Seventh Time in Two Years, Suspects on the Run
On Saturday evening, shots were fired at a coffeeshop in Tilburg. As a result, a window was damaged, but no one was injured. Police are searching for two men suspected of being involved in the shooting. The coffeeshop was closed at the time of the incident.
According to a police spokesperson, this is “another incident” in this coffesshop on Gasthuisring. The Brabants Dagblad had previously reported that several attempts had been made to set fire to the shop. As a result, the mayor decided to temporarily close the business several times. On Wednesday, another firebomb was thrown at the coffeeshop. After consulting with the municipality, the owner decided to keep the business closed for two weeks.
According to Omroep Brabant, the coffee shop has already been the target of seven attacks in the last two years, including firebombs, grenades and Molotov cocktails.
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Netherlands: 40-Year-Old Man Arrested for Attacking Prominent Utrecht Rabbi in Shopping Center
The police arrested a 40-year-old man from Utrecht who is suspected of being involved in an incident last Friday in which a rabbi was allegedly hit in the head at the Overvecht shopping center. The suspect reported himself to the police on Sunday. The police are investigating him.
The 66-year-old rabbi, Aryeh Leib Heintz, said that he was approached in a discriminatory manner on Friday afternoon at around 3 p.m. Heintz said he was struck by an attacker who told him he had no business being at the shopping center “dressed as a Jew” and was hit in the head shortly afterwards, NOS reported. The prominent Utrecht rabbi then reported the incident.
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Poles Investigating Russian Network After Czech Revelations
Poland’s ABW counter-intelligence service is investigating the activities of a Russian network targeting EU member states and institutions, a government official said on Friday, the new site onet.pl reported.
The Polish government is cooperating with the Czech secret service, BIS, after the latter uncovered a Russian-financed influence network in Czechia that was reportedly seeking to undermine political processes in six EU states. The implicated subjects were placed on the country’s own sanctions list.
Meanwhile Politico reported that the Belgian prime minister, Alexander De Croo, referred to the case in his country’s parliament on Friday.
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Survey Suggests Czech Easter Traditions in Decline
Only 21 percent of Czechs today make pomlazky, the symbolic whip made from willow branches, suggests a survey for the Median agency conducted for the news site iRozhlas.cz. Fewer people decorate their homes and paint Easter eggs than in the past, the survey indicates, while seasonal carol singing is considerably less common.
The poll suggests that Czechs most commonly — 40 percent — regard the Easter holiday as a primarily a symbol of the coming of spring.
Some 22 percent of respondents said they attended a church service in connection with the holiday.
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UK ‘Conservatives’ on Pace for Worst Election Defeat in Party History Under Globalist PM Sunak
The Tories are on pace for their worst-ever election result according to a seat-by-seat survey which found that Rishi Sunak’s neo-liberal party may win as fewer than 100 seats in the upcoming general election.
A poll of 15,000 people conducted by Survation on behalf of globalist Best for Britain think tank and published in The Sunday Times found that the so-called Conservatives of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak would win just 98 seats in the 650 member House of Commons, compared to as many as 468 for the left-wing Labour Party of Sir Keir Starmer.
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This is the bizarre moment two vigilantes dressed as Batman install bat boxes in a bid to stop Sadiq Khan’s much-hated Ulez cameras being set up.
In a hilarious video posted on TikTok, two men dressed as the crime-fighting caped crusader come bounding across the road in Chessington, south London, as the superhero’s iconic theme tune from the 1960s plays.
One carrying a ladder rests it up against a lamppost before his sidekick scales up with his cape flapping behind as Batfight graphics ‘Kapow!’, ‘Pow’, ‘Zap’, and ‘Bash’ flash on the screen.
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‘You Are an Infidel’: The Persecution of Christians, February 2024
The following are among the abuses and murders inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of February 2024.
The Abduction, Rape, and Forced Conversion of Christian Girls
Egypt: On Jan. 22, Irene Ibrahim Shehata, a 21-year-old medical student at Asyut National University, disappeared between midterm exams. Her family immediately went to police, who told them not to go public, and that they would help return Irene; the family complied. In early February, however, the family finally did go public — and hinted that the authorities were complicit in the abduction and know exactly where she is. Their fears appeared confirmed: in late February, her family learned that the religion field on Irene’s ID had been electronically changed from Christian to Muslim. Weeks before that, Irene had managed to make a desperate, tearful call to her brother, before a man seized the phone and said, “Okay, you heard her voice and know she’s okay, right? Now go to hell!” and slammed down the phone.
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Gaza: Journalists Injured in Al-Aqsa Hospital Air Strike
Seven journalists, including one working for the BBC, have been injured in an Israeli air strike in the courtyard of a hospital in Gaza.
Four members of the Islamic Jihad (IJ) militant group were killed in the attack, the BBC understands.
The Israeli military said it struck an IJ command centre in the grounds of the al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah.
Hamas and medical staff deny Israeli accusations that militants use hospitals as bases.
Islamic Jihad, an ally of Hamas, has not commented.
Al-Aqsa is the last hospital functioning in the central Gaza Strip.
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Israel Deploys Facial Recognition Program, Utilizes Google Photos, in Gaza
The sweeping implementation of a facial recognition initiative is stirring controversy in the Gaza Strip, with the government of Israel reported to have utilized this technology to create a surreptitious database of Palestinian individuals. As disclosed by The Times, this utilization of biometric technology occurred without the informed consent or awareness of the Palestinian populace.
Following the incidents of October 7, Israeli intelligence put this program into motion with two key technological allies: an in-house tool fashioned by Corsight, a firm from Tel Aviv, and Google Photos. The operational goal was the identification of persons linked with Hamas.
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Possible Impact Reported in Eilat as Explosion Heard, Smoke Seen
Explosions have reportedly echoed through Eilat shortly after a pair of drone alert sirens went off in the city.
A loud roar can be heard in a video shared online by Israel Hayom. A second video shows several ambulances near a naval base in the Red Sea resort city.
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White House Approves Transfer to Israel of More Bombs & Jets Worth Billions
The Biden White House has approved of sending billions of dollars worth of new military equipment and ammo to Israel, The Washington Post has revealed, even amid public criticism from US officials over Prime Minister Netanyahu’s intent to soon send ground troops into Rafah, which is expected to result in humanitarian disaster in the refugee-packed southern city.
This package is to include 25 F-35 fighter jets, sources told the Post, and additionally the highly controversial 2,000-pound bombs which have been known to kill indiscriminately in Gaza when deployed by the Israeli air force.
“The new arms packages include more than 1,800 MK84 2,000-pound bombs and 500 MK82 500-pound bombs, according to Pentagon and State Department officials familiar with the matter,” the report indicates.
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Turkey’s Erdogan Suffers Setback After Opposition Sees Massive Gains in Urban Areas
Turkey’s main opposition party made huge gains in the country’s urban areas in local elections Sunday, dealing a blow to longtime President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who wanted to retake control of those areas.
Per the state-run Anadolu Agency, the Republican People’s Party, or CHP, won the municipalities in nearly half of Turkey’s 81 provinces.
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Destruction of American-Made M1 Abrams Tanks is a Sign of Ukrainian Desperation
Authored by Mike Fredenburg via The Epoch Times
Thirty-one M1 Abrams tanks were delivered to Ukraine in September/October of 2023 only to effectively disappear from the news for about four months. Now with the reported destruction of the fourth M1 Abrams tank in a span of 12 days, they are back in the news. And the fact they are back in the news is a sign of how desperate things are for Ukraine.
There are a number of plausible reasons that Ukraine did not deploy the Abrams and their freshly trained crews to the frontlines until just recently, and none of them are mutually exclusive.
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Musk Warns Ukraine May Lose Odessa & Black Sea Access if it Doesn’t Negotiate
Elon Musk has once again urged negotiated settlement to end the Ukraine war while warning Ukraine that seeking to keep up and expand the fight will inevitably lead to the loss of Odessa and thus Kiev’s access to the Black Sea.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO underscored that Ukraine’s position continues to weaken even as its leadership refuses negotiations while pressing the West for more weapons. “Whether Ukraine loses all access to the Black Sea or not is, in my view, the real remaining question,” he stressed in his commentary posted on X.
Musk was responding in agreement with David Sacks who heavily criticized prominent pundit John Spencer of the Modern War Institute at West Point. Sacks blasted Spencer for his analysis based in “neocon fairy tales about Russian weakness, and puffed up Ukraine’s chances.” Sacks also noted Spencer was “a cheerleader for the disastrous summer counteroffensive.”
Musk reflected of the failed counteroffensive in the thread, “It was a tragic waste of life for Ukraine to attack a larger army that had defense in depth, minefields and stronger artillery when Ukraine lacked armor or air superiority! Any fool could have predicted that.”
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One Dead as Russia Continues Bombing Campaign on Ukraine’s Energy Infrastructure
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian cruise missile strike on infrastructure in Ukraine’s western Lviv region killed one man, officials said Sunday.
The attack destroyed a building and sparked a fire, Gov. Maksym Kozytskyi wrote on social media app Telegram. He said that rescue operations were ongoing.
Meanwhile, thousands in Ukraine’s Odesa region were temporarily left without power Sunday after debris from a downed Russian drone caused a blaze at an energy facility, Gov. Oleh Kiper said. Some 170,000 homes were left with temporary power outages as a result of the attack, said Ukraine’s largest private electricity operator, DTEK.
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Vladimir Putin has called up another 150,000 men for Russian army conscription, the highest figure for eight years.
This comes as Orthodox priests have been ordered to say prayers in church for the dictator’s victory in the war.
The recruits are aged 18 to 30 and will be conscripted between 1 April and 15 July amid his war against Ukraine.
Russia has promised that those forcibly enlisted for one-year military service will not be sent to the conflict zone in Ukraine.
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Putin ‘Wants Moscow Terrorists to Stand Trial in Belarus So They Can Get the Death Penalty
Russia could allow a trial of the Crocus City Hall terrorist suspects to take place in neighbouring Belarus so they can face the death penalty.
Talks are already underway between the ‘competent authorities’ of the two countries, according to Putin-loyalist MP Maria Butina.
Belarus is the only European country where execution remains in active use — and two of the victims in the Crocus City Hall terror attack were Belarusian.
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Russia Demands Ukraine Hand Over Head of Security Service, Others
Russia is demanding that Ukraine hand over all persons connected with terrorist acts committed in Russia, including the head of the country’s SBU Security Service, the foreign ministry said on Sunday.
“Russia has turned over to Ukrainian authorities its demands…for the immediate arrest and extradition of all those connected to the terrorist acts in question,” a ministry statement said, after listing a number of violent incidents in the country.
The ministry statement said those to be handed over included SBU head Vasyl Maliuk, who has acknowledged his service was behind attacks on the bridge linking Crimea to the Russian mainland since the Kremlin’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia Continues Airstrikes on Ukraine’s Energy Infrastructure
Russia continued intensified airstrikes Sunday on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure killing two people and downing power plants that will take months to be restored.
A Russian cruise missile strike on Ukraine’s western Lviv region killed a man, destroyed a building and sparked a fire, while in the Kharkiv region, a 19-year-old was killed when a projectile hit a gas station, officials said.
Russia launched 16 missiles and 11 drones across Ukraine in overnight air attacks, Ukraine’s air force said Sunday morning.
In a statement on Telegram, the air force said it had managed to down nine of the drones and nine of the missiles. It did not identify their targets.
Hundreds of thousands in Ukraine’s Odesa region were left without power Sunday, after debris from a downed Russian drone caused a blaze at an energy facility, Gov. Oleh Kiper said. Some 170,000 homes suffered power outages due to the attack, said Ukraine’s largest private electricity operator, DTEK.
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Australian Senate to Probe Underlying Factors of Troubling Excess Deaths
The Australian Senate has voted in favour of investigating the troubling surge in excess deaths over the past two years.
The decision comes in response to mounting concerns regarding the significant rise in mortality rates, which have surpassed historical averages by alarming margins.
The successful motion, put forward by Senator Babet and the United Australia Party, has tasked the Community Affairs References Committee with conducting a thorough investigation into the underlying factors contributing to excess mortality.
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One of Facebook’s so-called “fact-checkers” has been lying and spreading false information in order to shut down reports that undercut the green agenda narratives on energy.
The “fact checker” is RMIT ABC Fact Check — a collaboration between RMIT University and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
RMIT ABC Fact Check is one of Meta’s “independent third-party fact-checking” partners who have the power to block and remove content from Facebook and Instagram simply by claiming that it’s “false.”
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Watch: Police FAIL to Act as Antifa Thugs Rob Melbourne Man in Front of Them
Melbourne’s streets witnessed a disturbing scene as Shayne, known for his YouTube channel Auditing Australia, became the target of radical left-wing violence during a rally he was covering.
The incident unfolded during a recent ‘Let Women Speak’ rally, where tensions soared after Shayne was set upon by the counter-protesters simply for filming activity at the event.
Shayne, recording the events with a friend on the day, found himself surrounded and verbally abused by counter-protesters. Despite the escalating situation, he says police intervention remained minimal as he attempted to record the counter-protest.
He described how the police, despite being mere meters away, failed to intervene as he was physically assaulted and robbed of his phone. “The police didn’t do nothing,” Shayne lamented, highlighting the glaring absence of law enforcement in the face of what he called blatant violence in broad daylight.
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Denver Official Suggests Migrants Go to NYC, Warning They Would ‘Suffer Even More’ if They Stay
A Denver official recently encouraged new migrants there to pack their backs for New York or other US cities — warning they would “suffer even more” if they stayed in the Colorado capitol, according to reportedly obtained footage.
City worker Andres Carrera told a group of migrants staying inside a shelter that Denver didn’t have the resources to support them as he made clear “the opportunities are over,” according to a video obtained by 9 News and aired over the weekend.
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Georgia state legislators have approved a get-tough immigration enforcement bill in the wake of the brutal beating death of nursing student Laken Riley — allegedly by a Venezuelan migrant.
The bill now only needs Republican Gov. Brian Kemp to sign off on the measure, CNN reported.
“While Joe Biden and his liberal allies refuse to protect our citizens and secure our southern border, Georgia Senate Republicans are passing legislation to protect our state from criminal illegal immigrants,” Peach State GOP senators posted on X.
“Let us be clear, sanctuary cities will not be tolerated in Georgia,” the post said.
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Illegal Migrants Accused in Border Stampede Released by El Paso Judge on Easter Sunday: Report
On Easter Sunday, an El Paso judge ordered the release of illegal migrants accused of involvement in a “border riot” when a stampede overwhelmed National Guard troops along the Rio Grande earlier this month, the El Paso Times reported.
Court officials also stated that undocumented migrants will stay jailed if there is a federal immigration hold blocking their release, the El Paso Times reported.
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ISIS-K Could Slip Through US Border and Carry Out Moscow-Style Attack, US Official Warns
ISIS-K terrorists could cross America’s porous borders, and carry out an attack like the Moscow concert hall mass shooting that killed 143 people, a US counter-terrorism official and experts warned.
The ultra-violent offshoot of the Islamic State terror group is growing “bolder,” and and its members may try to take advantage of the chaos at the US-Mexico border and seek out a “bigger” target, a current federal official told The Post, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
“An attack on US soil is definitely a possibility,” said the source. “It would certainly send a message.”
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— beating previous record high of 4,548 two years ago, official figures reveal
Almost 5,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel in small boats so far this year, official figures have revealed.
The number of people making the perilous journey from France to Britain has reached record highs, with more people travelling in the first three months of 2024 than in the same period of any other year.
A total of 4,993 had arrived by March 30, with those numbers swelled by 349 people who were detected crossing on seven boats on Easter Saturday.
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Records Reveal Majority of Gaza Refugee Applicants Are Men and Boys
A majority of the Gazans who have applied to enter Canada are men and boys, new records show. An inquiry of ministry tabled in the House of Commons revealed the Department of Immigration has received 986 applications since the outbreak of war in the region following the October 7 Hamas-led terrorist attack against Israel.
Despite insistence from Immigration Minister Marc Miller that Canada would make it easier for those fleeing the fighting to enter the country, just 14 have left the area after successfully passing Israeli security checks, reports Blacklock’s Reporter.
The inquiry was brought forward by MP Tom Kmiec, the Conservative immigration critic.
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Senate Democrats Urge Biden to ‘Streamline Pathways’ for Illegal Immigrants to Become Citizens
Senate Democrats are urging President Joe Biden “to streamline pathways” for illegal immigrants to obtain lawful status, arguing that if former President Donald Trump is reelected, he could start mass deportations.
“We urge your Administration to take all available actions to streamline pathways to lawful status for undocumented immigrants, providing certainty to the American businesses, communities, and families who rely on them,” 18 Senate Democrats and one independent senator, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, wrote last week in a letter to Biden.
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Australian Government Threatens X Over Post Critical of WHO Trans Activist
The Australian government has stirred controversy by pressuring Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, to remove a post labelled ‘offensive’ by a Canadian user.
X faced a legal ultimatum from the Australian Government’s contentious eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, raising concerns over freedom of expression on the internet.
Chris Elston, known as ‘Billboard Chris’ posted on the platform about Australian female-to-male trans activist Teddy Cook, questioning her suitability as a WHO expert panel drafting guidelines for ‘trans healthcare.’
In the post, Elston linked to a news article which reported on Cook’s questionable past public social media posts about bondage, bestiality, nudism and drugs.
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Police Investigation Underway After Auckland Rainbow Crossing is Painted Out
Auckland authorities are currently investigating an ‘act of vandalism’ that occurred on Wednesday night on Karangahape Rd.
The rainbow crossing, a symbol of ‘inclusivity and pride’ was covered by the pouring of white paint in the early hours.
This act follows a similar incident in Gisborne, during a protest against a drag queen reading event.
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown expressed his dismay, calling the act “disgraceful.” Inspector Grant Tetzlaff highlighted the efforts made by the vandals to conceal their identities, underscoring the ‘seriousness’ of the offence. CCTV footage is being scrutinised in hopes of identifying the perpetrators.
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Presented as an effort to address unreported hate crimes and “bias incidents,” Washington State is launching a new hotline initiative, according to recent decisions by state lawmakers. This initiative, established under Senate Bill 5427, aims to offer a non-police option for supposed victims, with the hotline operational in at least three counties by 2025, and statewide by 2027.
We obtained a copy of the bill for you here.
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X is Funding a Lawsuit Against Block After Employee Was Fired for Tweets
X has backed a lawsuit against Block, a company established by Twitter’s founder, Jack Dorsey. The lawsuit, lodged by Chloe Happe, a former employee of Block, alleges unjust dismissal instigated by two posts she made on a “satirical, pseudonymous account” hosted by X and during non-working hours.
We obtained a copy of the draft complaint for you here.
Happe’s posts covered a range of topics. An initial comment pointed to the displacement of refugees from Gaza to Kurdistan after the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Subsequently, she shared contentious views on transgender individuals, concerning the use of a “gender-neutral” restroom in the office. Regardless, Happe fervently maintained that her posts, untouched by workplace suggestion and shorn of any direct mention of Block, were purely satirical expressions of her personal beliefs.
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“Only 21 percent of Czechs today make pomlazky, the symbolic whip made from willow branches, suggests a survey for the Median agency conducted for the news site iRozhlas.cz. Fewer people decorate their homes and paint Easter eggs than in the past…”
Frankly, Czechs used to be a nation of alcoholics and the whipping was a sort of walk with friends visiting girls we know throughout the willage and town – young ones would whip the girls and get either splashed with water or gotten some eggs, or chocolates, or cakes… The older ones would get something stronger, usually a shot of a home made spirit. This would begin in the morning and by early afternoon, everybody was drunk. As late as 25 years ago – all that was done by cars – with many drunk drivers…
But it was a feast day for the people, nevertheless.
Today – whipping girls can get you to jail, I guess, just like driving under influence, with zero tolerance, and lets not forget visiting girls we know in town and friends and so on – all that has gone online, so I wonder if it ever can have the magic it used to have, before the age of the cellphone.
I saw some old town “recreating traditions” by paid actors walking through dressed and making noise as though they were farmers from 200 years ago. Good enough for newspaper pictures, I guess, otherwise – who cares? I rather go walk a dog than see that.