The Swedish climate activist and Hamas supporter Greta Thunberg was arrested outside of the Malmö Arena during the grand finale of the Eurovision song contest. Meanwhile, the University of Amsterdam estimated that this week’s pro-Palestinian demonstrations caused a total of €1.5 million in damage.
In other news, thousands more civilians in the Kharkiv region have fled Russia’s renewed ground offensive in Ukraine’s northeast.
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Alameda County DA Pamela Price Facing Recall as Special Election Looms: The ‘People Have Spoken’
One California mother who lost her son to a stray bullet is fighting a renewed effort to oust far-left Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, a Soros-funded DA, over her leniency with criminals as violence continues to soar.
Florence McCrary lost her 22-year-old son, Terrence McCrary Jr., back in 2016, and she has been fighting for justice on his behalf ever since. She joined “Fox & Friends Weekend” to discuss why she believes Price should be removed from her post after she abruptly dropped the murder charge of her son’s alleged killer last year.
“I was in total shock,” McCrary told co-host Pete Hegseth on Sunday. “It was unbelievable to realize that for the fight that took over six years to get to that, it was diminished to nothing. And while sitting there in court, learning even from the judge, well, this is the best we can do. What is the best when you know your child goes out one evening and does not come home, does not return, and yet you have got to now bury your child?”
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Alvin Bragg’s Office Deleted Phone Call Records of Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer
Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
A paralegal from Manhattan Attorney General Alvin Bragg’s office testified on Friday during former President Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial that some phone call records between Michael Cohen and Stephanie Clifford’s (a.k.a. Stormy Daniels) lawyer were deleted, raising questions about evidentiary integrity.
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On Thursday it was announced that a Christian church would be leading a pro-Israel march through the Gaza camp on the University of Washington campus. Antifa promptly responded by calling for action against the march of Jews and Christians.
“Wear bloc, come with friends, stay dangerous,” a flier for the counter march says.
The university said in a statement that it “…is aware of a counter-protest being organized this Sunday that gives us significant concern because of the likelihood for confrontations. We have repeatedly conveyed our concerns about these risks to encampment organizers and to those who organize counter-protests. We are grateful to all, including leadership in the Jewish community, who are working to deescalate the situation. We also welcome the efforts of Muslim and Palestinian leaders who are working to deescalate.”
They further asked the students to disband their Gaza camp. “The University’s response to students’ call for change will not be based on an encampment. It will be through constructive engagement on issues that are important or meaningful to our students and broader campus community. We call on members to dismantle the encampment voluntarily for everyone’s safety and continue constructive engagement for collective action.”
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Bill Gates Funds $26.5 Million Livestock Vaccine to Stop Cows From Farting
An investment fund founded by controversial billionaire Bill Gates raised $26.5 million for a Boston vaccine developer to reduce livestock methane gas emissions.
The goal is to tackle so-called climate change by injecting animals with a vaccine that would make them fart and burp less. Climate activists claim that farts and burps from livestock amount to more than 5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, Axios reports.
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Chicago Mayor Wants $1 Billion More for Schools Even Though 43% of Teachers Are Chronically Absent
By Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner of Wirepoints
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson recently traveled to Springfield with a big wish list of stuff he wants from state lawmakers. Among them, $1 billion in extra funding for Chicago Public Schools.
We have a host of reasons why his demand should be categorically rejected. Among them, CPS already spends $29,000 per student, Chicago teachers are already among the nation’s highest paid in big cities and the Chicago Teachers Union refuses to close the many empty, failing schools across the district. Not to mention that both CPS and CTU refuse to hold themselves accountable to students. Just 20% of minority CPS children can read at grade level and in math it’s even worse.
Now add to that the growing rate of teachers simply not showing up to school. The U.S. Department of Education’s definition of chronic teacher absenteeism is 10 or more absences in a school year.
In CPS, the share of teachers who are chronically absent has jumped to 43% from 28% just seven years ago. The jump can’t be blamed on the pandemic, as the rate of absenteeism was rising (from 28% to 36%) even before covid hit.
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Child, Father Shot in Targeted Shooting on Mother’s Day
Just before 2 p.m. West Precinct officers of the Birmingham Police Department received a call for shots fired in the 1500 block off Cullman Ave. When officers arrived on the scene when they found adult male lying in the road suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Birmingham Fire and Rescue transported him to UAB Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Truman Fitzgerald with BPD said upwards of 20 shots were fired.
While on the scene, officers received a call from Fire Station 16 in Ensley, a child showed up shot. The juvenile was transported to Children’s of Alabama with life-threatening injuries. Police believe the shootings are connected and both happened on Cullman Ave., they also believe the two victims to be father and son. The preliminary investigation reveals the two were shot while inside of a vehicle by unknown suspect or suspects. Someone then transported the child to the fire station.
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COVID-Vaccinated Test Positive for HIV, Top Studies Warn
Several leading studies have confirmed that people who have been injected with Covid mRNA shots are now testing positive for human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV).
The issue has now been corroborated by multiple leading experts and scientific studies.
World-renowned cardiologist and epidemiologist Dr. Peter McCullough has responded to the findings by issuing an alert to the public to raise the alarm about the discovery.
During a recent interview, McCullough warned that nine studies so far have also concluded that Covid injections are triggering a spike in positive HIV tests.
McCullough clarified that the shots are not giving people HIV or AIDS, indicating a false positive.
However, he explained that the positive tests after receiving the mRNA injections are triggered because people are suffering from immunodeficiency.
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Fareed Zakaria admitted on his show Sunday that the felony charges brought against former President Trump in New York over falsifying business records appear politically motivated.
“I doubt the New York indictment would have been brought against a defendant whose name was not Donald Trump,” Zakaria said.
The CNN host argued that the trial against Trump guarantees to “keep him in the spotlight” and “infuriate his base.”
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A graduation ceremony for nursing students at Howard University ended abruptly and in chaos after angry family members chanted “Let us in!” and pounded on the doors and smashed a window after being locked out when the auditorium hit capacity.
Loved ones of students in the College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences packed into the Cramton Auditorium in Washington, DC, on Thursday, but not all relatives made it inside the building before the ceremony was abruptly canceled during the keynote address.
Chaotic video footage shows dozens of people standing outside the auditorium chanting “Let us in! Let us in!” as the ceremony began. Pictures showed a glass door had been shattered during the commotion as people banged on the doors and tried to push past security to go inside.
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Illinois Students Hire Bagpiper to Follow High School Principal Around in Noisy Senior Prank
A high school principal piped up after seniors pranked him — but not in the way they expected.
A pair of Illinois students pulled off a noisy senior prank when they hired a professional bagpiper to follow their high school principal around and play an assortment of tunes for an hour last week.
Bagpiper Scott Whitman came to Richwoods High School dressed in a kilt and hat to serenade principal Billy Robison for 60 minutes non-stop on Thursday thanks to seniors Maggie Moore and Pierce Hill, according to reports.
The idea came together as a “Plan B” after the two shrewd students tried to hire a mariachi band to do the job, but it was out of their price range, one of the pupils told the Peoria Journal Star.
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Jerry Seinfeld Booed by Anti-Israel Protesters Who Walk Out of His Duke Commencement Speech
Dozens of students walked out of Duke University’s commencement ceremony on Sunday to protest guest speaker Jerry Seinfield over his support of Israel during the war in Gaza.
Video of the incident shows a group of students walking out of their seats and carrying a Palestinian flag as soon as the comedian and TV star was called to the stage.
The attention to the protesters was quickly diverted by the cheering crowd, who chanted, “Jerry! Jerry!” as Seinfeld would go on to give his speech and accept an honorary degree from Duke.
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FIRST ON FOX: A Washington, D.C., judge who released on bail a teenager accused of firing over two dozen rounds at a car full of people along a busy street has a social media presence filled with progressive activism and a financial link to progressive mega donor George Soros.
Lloyd U. Nolan, Jr., a magistrate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, is in the spotlight this week after he ordered that 18-year-old Amonte Moody be released from custody before his trial despite accusations he sprayed a D.C. neighborhood with shots from an AR-15 while targeting a car carrying four people.
Nolan’s online presence includes examples of progressive activism, including a post boasting about being “woke,” a post promoting Black Lives Matter and a post showing he donated to a fundraiser supporting a professor with ties to George Soros.
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Judge Engoron Under Investigation for Colluding With Lawyer on Trump Case
Radical New York Judge Arthur Engoron has come under investigation over allegations that he colluded with a lawyer regarding the case he was overseeing against President Donald Trump.
A New York real estate attorney claims that he coordinated with Engoron in the case against Trump.
The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has launched a probe into the claim by Attorney Adam Leitman Bailey.
Bailey told WNBC-TV that he had a secret, off-the-record courthouse conversation with Engoron three weeks before the judge would slap Trump with a $454 million penalty for allegedly inflating the value of his assets.
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Justice Alito Warns That Freedoms of Speech and Religion Are Under Attack on College Campuses
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito delivered a commencement address at the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio on Saturday, where he raised concerns about the erosion of freedom of speech on college campuses. Alito warned that freedom of speech is under attack on college campuses across the country, which goes against one of the core American values found in the US Constitution.
“Troubled waters are slamming against some of our most fundamental principles,” Alito said.
He emphasized the importance of universities as places for reasoned debate but argued that very few colleges uphold this ideal in practice. “Support for freedom of speech is declining dangerously, especially where it should find deepest acceptance,” he claimed.
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Kansas Democrat Governor Vetoes Bill Restricting Foreign Ownership of Land Near Military Bases
Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill on Friday that aimed to prevent companies of China and other “foreign adversaries” from acquiring real property near military installations in the state.
Senate Bill 172 aims to block individuals or companies from “countries of concern” from owning any interest in land located within a 100-mile radius of a military installation in Kansas.
Under the bill, any foreign principal that owns or acquires any interest in real property in Kansas would be required to file registration with the attorney general and divest of the property.
The Democratic governor has vetoed the proposed legislation, saying that the bill contains provisions that are “overly broad” and “not narrowly tailored” to protect the state from foreign adversaries.
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Etienne Constable, a resident of Seaside, California, was told to build a fence to cover his boat or face an $100 fine. He chose to comply by hilariously trolling city officials.
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Michelle Obama Garners Strong Support for Presidential Run From Young Voters
Former First Lady Michelle Obama is a strong favorite among young American voters as their choice for the Democrat presidential candidate, a new poll shows.
Young voters say they would prefer Michelle Obama over President Joe Biden, Newsweek reported.
In a striking revelation, young voters show a strong preference for Michelle Obama’s influence on economic issues over current and former political figures.
The survey, orchestrated by CNBC and Generation Lab, focused on Americans aged 18 to 34.
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Leftist bar associations in New York are urging law schools and firms to “ignore” the United States Supreme Court’s recent ruling on racist affirmative action.
The Supreme Court’s landmark decision in the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard case has already become a trigger for woke organizations.
According to The Daily Wire, New York bar associations are urging law schools and law firms to bypass the high court’s decision.
Instead, they are being called on to continue using racial preferences to select candidates and students.
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NYC-Dublin Live Video Art Installation Already Bringing Out the Worst in People With Lewd Displays
This is why some of us can’t have nice things.
Surprising absolutely no one, the voyeuristic new “Portal” street exhibit in the Flatiron District connecting New York City and Dublin with a 24/7 live video feed has already caused chaos — with mischief-makers on Ireland’s side flashing everything from their bare bums to swastikas and a photo of the Twin Towers in flames on 9/11.
Part interactive sculpture and part webcam, the 3.5-ton portal was installed May 8 at the busy Manhattan junction of Broadway, Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street. It opened in tandem with its sister Portal in Dublin, positioned facing the city’s bustling O’Connell Street.
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A hate-fueled revolutionary manifesto that links Columbia University’s pro-terror protests to heralded “anti-colonial” movements is circulating at the school, bolstering claims of outside agitators there.
The six-page “National Liberation Struggles’’ proclamation was found left behind in a lab class at the embattled Ivy League institution, according to a Jewish student who received a copy of the missive.
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Squatters have been invading people’s homes across the US and become so ballsy they’ll even rent out the properties using short-term rental services, according to Flash Shelton, known as the “Squatter Hunter.”
Shelton, who gets hired by desperate homeowners to try to route the illegal denizens, told The Post that some particularly crafty squatters use app-based short-term rental services to gain access to properties — then actually turn around and rent them out to rake in dough.
“I’m seeing squatters taking over [Airbnb properties] a lot,” he said in an exclusive interview.
“Matter of fact, I even see people get into the property and then try to make money by Airbnb-ing it out.”
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Survey of Dealerships Finds That Majority Are Doubtful About the Future of Electric Vehicles
A survey of managers and executives at dealerships finds that 65% say they are pessimistic about the future of electric vehicles.
CDK Global, a research firm specializing in data for dealerships, surveyed 250 dealership managers and executives and found that 29% were very pessimistic about the future of EVs. A third of them said their customers simply aren’t interested in the technology.
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Top Cardiologist Blows Whistle: Doctors Were Bribed to Push COVID Shots
One of the world’s leading cardiologists has blown the whistle to alert the public to a bribery scheme that led to doctors everywhere pushing Covid mRNA shots onto their patients.
Renowned cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough recently revealed startling figures to highlight this bribery scheme.
The figures expose the staggering earnings that doctors received for pushing the experimental injections.
Speaking during an appearance on the “Tommy T Podcast,” McCullough explained how t a typical doctor could earn huge bonuses if they injected a substantial portion of their patients.
More specifically, if a doctor injected 75% of his or her patients at $250 per newly injected person, that would end up being around $250,000.
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This judge was out of order.
A sitting Oklahoma judge already facing multiple felony gun charges in Texas has now been indicted for allegedly riddling his brother-in-law’s home with bullets in a drive-by shooting in his home state, authorities said.
Garfield County Associate Judge Brian Lovell, 59, was charged with fresh felony counts of discharging of a firearm into a dwelling and use of a vehicle to facilitate the discharge of a firearm last week in connection with the Feb. 12, 2023 gunplay in the town of Bison, Okla., the Enid News & Eagle reported.
Two days after the alleged shooting outside brother-in-law Kenneth Markes’ home, Lovell claimed that the gun had been stolen from his vehicle, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said in a press release this week.
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Trump Team Fires Back at Biden Campaign’s Mother’s Day Video: ‘Sad, Miserable, Cowardly Existence’
The Biden campaign is using Mother’s Day to criticize former President Trump in a new campaign video, urging Americans to “Stop Trump.”
“Happy Mother’s Day. At the Biden campaign, we are asking Americans to do the moms in their lives a favor. Stop Trump,” the Biden campaign wrote in a press release.
In the video, the Biden campaign says that “On Mother’s Day, a reminder: Donald Trump stands only for himself and not mothers across America and their families.”
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Trump Slams Prosecutors Who Indicted Him as ‘Democrats, Marxists, Fascists’
Former President Donald Trump seethed at prosecutors who are pursuing criminal cases against him, alleging that they are fascists and communist during his massive rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, on Saturday.
Trump, 77, who is staring down the barrel of 88 criminal counts spanning four indictments, said he is proud to stand up to the charges against him.
“Every time the radical left Democrats, Marxists, communists, and fascists indict me, I consider it a great badge of honor!” Trump bellowed out during his rally — one of the largest of 2024.
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At his rally in Wildwood, New Jersey on Saturday, 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump made remarks about the ongoing anti-Israel protests on college campuses, stating that international students who engage in antisemitism or Islamic extremism should be deported.
“When I’m president, we will not allow colleges to be taken over by violent radicals,” the presumptive GOP nominee said in his speech.
“If you come here from another country and try to bring jihadism, or anti-Americanism, or antisemitism to our campuses we will immediately deport you, you’ll be out of that school,” he continued.
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A wildman known as “Ice Pick Nick” who has been terrorizing the East Village for years has finally been arrested and jailed.
Just before 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, neighborhood tormentor Nicholas Babilonia Jr. menaced a person on Avenue C with what appeared to be a firearm, before throwing the victim’s bicycle, according to criminal courts records.
The unhinged vagrant, who boasts a rap sheet 37 arrests long, then grabbed a metal pipe and swung at his target, narrowly missing him, the complaint said.
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Watch: Pelosi Dismantled in Real Time in Masterclass on Populism
Two weeks ago, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was thoroughly savaged during a debate at Oxford University over the question of whether populism is a “threat to democracy.” In case you missed it, read on as it’s making the rounds. If you have 14 minutes to spare, jump right in:
Opening the case for the left was Rachel Haddad, Secretary of the Oxford Union. She argued that populist leaders like Donald Trump and Nigel Farage pose a threat to democracy, and are not a “new generation of geniuses” who can find simple solutions to longstanding, complex problems.
Pelosi closed the debate for the proposition, defining populism as an “ethno-nationalist populism, generated by an ethnic negativity to immigrants, people who are different from them and the rest” (so, ‘they’re racists!’).
Speaking against the motion were Union committee members Sultan Kokhar (Chair of Consultative Committee) and Oscar Whittle (Director of Research), as well as former Mumford & Sons lead guitarist, Winston Marshall — now a podcaster for The Spectator — who got into an exchange with Pelosi during parts of his speech.
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Watch: Gaza Activists Raise Palestinian Flag Higher Than American Flag in Chicago’s Daley Plaza
On Saturday afternoon, protesters in Chicago raised the Palestinian flag above the American flag at Daley Plaza in a demonstration organized by the group American Muslims for Palestine.
Video footage posted on X shows the moment the activists raised the Palestinian flag higher than the American flag in Daley Plaza.
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48 Vehicles Have Been Stolen From the Trudeau Government Since 2016
While the Trudeau government claims it is cracking down on the surge of auto thefts across Canada, the problem has been hitting home for the government as well, newly released documents detail.
As many as 48 government vehicles have been stolen from 14 departments and agencies between January 2016 and February 2024, according to documents tabled in the House of Commons on Monday.
Between 2021 and 2023, the official vehicle of the minister of justice has been stolen three times, proving that no one in Canada is immune to this escalating problem.
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Antisemitism, Far-Left Extremism Common at Canadian Protest Encampments
The anti-Israel encampments occupying Canadian university campuses have seen disturbing amounts of antisemitism, hate and far-left extremism.
The hateful behaviour seen on campuses puts into question the claims that the encampments are peaceful “anti-war” protests that simply seek to have universities divest from Israel. Furthermore, it is believed that many protesters involved in these encampments are not even students.
True North has compiled a list of concerning incidents that have taken place in the Canadian campus encampments.
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B.C. United Leader Says “Some of These Idiots” at Anti-Israel Encampments Should Not be Tolerated
The leader of British Columbia’s official opposition had some harsh words for protesters who have set up camp at several university campuses in the province.
Kevin Falcon, the leader of the B.C. United party said the government should “come down hard” on any anti-Israel protesters on university campuses who are using inciting and hateful language at a weekly press conference today.
This comes after a Leger survey found that 44% of British Columbians felt that the pro-Palestine encampments on campuses should be shut down over safety concerns, and 33% believed they should be removed if protesters voice antisemitic views or propagate any form of hate speech.
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Blackmail: Trudeau’s Thugs Try to Cancel Rebel News Conference
A few months ago, we signed a contract with a Toronto event venue for the conference. They were excited to have us and dedicated to freedom of speech. They even put that in their contract with us.
But the event venue is located in Downsview Park, a former military base in north Toronto. So the land underneath it is still owned by the federal government. It’s administered by a crown corporation called Canada Lands Company. That’s Trudeau’s landlord.
We thought nothing of it. But then, just over a week ago, the panicked owner of the event venue told us that the government was demanding nearly $50,000 in extra security for our event. Not only did we have to hire dozens more security guards, we had to pay money to the Toronto Police to protect us, too. Don’t our taxes already pay for the police?
It gets weirder. Trudeau’s landlord demanded that we provide barriers for hundreds of protesters they claimed were coming. As in, we had to provide security for them, too. And — bizarrely — they demanded we pay for portable toilets for those imaginary protesters, too.
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Calgary Police Dismantle University Encampment Amid Nationwide Anti-Israel Protests
The Calgary police didn’t hold back when they forcibly removed protestors encamped at the University of Calgary campus.
Around 11:00 pm on Thursday, police equipped with guns containing rubber bullets used riot shields, bicycles, and flashbangs to disperse the encampments.
The anti-Israel protestors were assured that no one would be arrested if they left peacefully, but some decided to resist the order.
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Canada’s Largest Business Groups Press Liberals to Reverse Capital Gains Tax Hike
A number of Canada’s largest business groups are pressing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to walk back his government’s plan to increase the tax inclusion rate on capital gains.
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association are among two of the six major industry associations to write a joint letter to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Thursday.
“We are calling on the government to heed the advice of many of Canada’s most respected leaders and commit to scrapping the ill-advised inclusion rate increase,” reads the letter.
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Court Drops No-Contact Restriction on Convoy Organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber
Two prominent Freedom Convoy organizers will now be able to communicate and meet again without lawyers present.
A court dropped a no-contact order on Wednesday on Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich, which prohibited her from meeting with or contacting fellow organizer Chris Barber.
Yet Lich’s legal challenges are far from over. She faces a series of charges, including mischief, obstructing police, counselling others to commit mischief and intimidation.
But Lich said she is taking victories where she can find them.
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Every Canadian Would be Making an Extra $4,200 Today Had Economy Stayed at 2015 Levels
A report from Statistics Canada revealed that had trends under Prime Minister Stephen Harper continued into 2024, each Canadian would be earning approximately $4,200 more per year in annual income than they currently do.
What the report lays out is that, essentially, had the Canadian economy maintained its typical growth rate over the past nine years, Canadians would have seen a natural increase in their paychecks larger than any benefits provided by the Trudeau government.
This includes measures like the one-time $500 top-up to the Canada Housing Benefit in 2022 or the current $650 per child offered to eligible families through the Canada Dental Benefit. The $4,200 figure far exceeds any handout the Trudeau Liberals claim makes life easier for Canadians.
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Half of Canadians Are Opposed to Anti-Israel Encampments at Canadian Universities
According to a Leger survey, half of Canadians are opposed to the anti-Israel encampments that have sprung up on Canadian campuses over the last couple of weeks in support of the Palestinian cause.
Of the 1,519 randomly recruited Canadians surveyed from May 3 to 5, 2024, 48% said they opposed the encampments.
32% said they strongly opposed the encampments, while 16% said they somewhat opposed the occupations.
Around one-third support the campers, and another 21% said they didn’t know how they felt, though only 11% of those surveyed said they strongly supported the protests.
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Premier Danielle Smith Attributes Most of Alberta’s Wildfires to ‘Human Activity’
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told reporters Thursday that human activity remains the cause for most wildfire activity in the province thus far.
“Will you acknowledge that climate change is driving these massive fires?” asked a reporter. Smith stressed the importance of a “dual message” to Albertans this season.
“We have to be concerned about climate change,” she replied. “But I can also tell you that all but one were [caused by] human activity.”
The premier urged locals, who inadvertently set a fire, to promptly call their local authorities to address the situation.
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University of Alberta Admin Evicts Pro-Hamas Encampment
According to the University of Alberta’s president, fewer than 25% of the occupants of the illegal camp formed in solidarity with other antisemitic demonstrations were students of the institution.
Writing in The Quad, President of the University, Bill Flanagan, the 50-person encampment formed on May 9th and was peacefully dispersed by the morning of May 11th.
“To the best of our knowledge, fewer than 25% of the occupants were University of Alberta students,” wrote Flanagan.
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Eurovision Camerawoman’s Story Differs From Disqualified Joost Klein’s Version
The Eurovision camerawoman involved in an incident with Dutch singer Joost Klein has a different version of events about what happened backstage on Thursday, according to European Broadcasting Union Director General Noel Curran. Police in Sweden said the incident at the Malmö Arena was not physical in nature, but did involve a threat, while Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS said that Klein made a “threatening motion” towards the Eurovision production crew member.
“The testimony from the victim who made the complaint differs from what is in that testimony,” Curran told Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Radio on Saturday evening. “We looked at the incident and decided this inappropriate behavior breached the rules. And also the fact that there is this ongoing police and legal process meant that we felt it was completely inappropriate for the artist to perform tonight, unfortunately,” he said shortly before the start of the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final.
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Greta Thunberg Arrested After Joining Pro-Hamas Rally Outside of Eurovision Finale
For once, we have a news headline about Greta Thunberg that doesn’t involve her telling us that the world will end if we don’t stop climate change.
Thunberg was outside the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, which was hosting the grand final Eurovision, an annual songwriting contest held in several locations across Europe (think of it like that continent’s American Idol, but more prestigious).
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Netherlands: University of Amsterdam Says Pro-Palestinian Protests Caused €1.5 Million in Damage
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) estimated that this week’s pro-Palestinian demonstrations caused a cumulative total of 1.5 million euros in damage. Damage caused to municipal property and to neighboring companies and individuals was not included in this estimate, the university said. The UvA will reopen its buildings on Monday, which were closed for four days due to the protests.
The UvA said there was “significant damage” as the result of the protests on the Roeterseiland campus and the other UvA city center campus locations, Oudemanhuispoort and Binnengasthuis. It is not yet clear whether the university wants to try to recover damages from the demonstrators. The university said it is “in consultation with various parties” to determine “whether and how these damages can be recovered.” A decision will be announced later.
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Pope Francis: World Nearing ‘Breaking Point’ From Climate Change
ROME, Italy — Climate change has brought the world to the “breaking point,” Pope Francis asserted in his introduction to a 3-day climate summit to be held in the Vatican in May.
A firm believer in the climate “crisis,” the pontiff wrote that he has “heartfelt concerns” for “our suffering planet,” contending that “the world in which we live is collapsing” because of humanity’s failure to adequately address the crisis.
It is “indubitable” that the impact of climate change will increasingly prejudice the lives and families of many persons, he contends, adding that its effects are already felt in the areas of “healthcare, sources of employment, access to resources, housing, forced migrations, etc.”
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Should Pope Francis Resign? an Interview With Peter Kwasniewski
On the 2nd of May, a Statement was issued, signed by twelves public Catholic figures, calling for the immediate resignation of Pope Francis, and presenting the wide-ranging grounds for this measure. Among the signatories was Dr. Peter Kwasniewski, a Catholic philosopher and liturgist, and a regular writer for The European Conservative. What follows is Dr. Kwasniewski’s apologia for the Statement and his reasons for signing it.
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The incident, which took place just yards away from bustling Camden High Street, saw two men attack a man and a woman at around 7am this morning before driving off in a white Audi.
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Woke Fail: Irish Eurovision Voters Awarded Israel Second-Most Points, Despite Bambie Thug Protests
The Irish public may not be as on board with the anti-Israel antics of occultist Eurovision contestant Bambie Thug as the woke establishment would have believed, with Jewish singer Eden Golan receiving the second-most viewer votes of any contestant from the Emerald Isle.
Despite the pop music competition’s supposed commitment to political neutrality, the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö was dominated this year by the conflict between Israel and Hamas, with thousands pouring out onto the streets of the heavily Islamic Swedish city and anti-Israel contestants such as Ireland’s “non-binary” Bambie Thug attempting to have Israel barred from the contest.
However, while the pro-Hamas contingent was loud — frequently booing Israel’s Golan during her performances — the viewing public largely backed the 20-year-old Jewish singer, who received 323 votes from the television audience, more than any other performer besides Croatia’s Baby Lasagna. The Russian-Israeli singer also won the “rest of the world” vote. However, Eden Golan ultimately wound up in fifth place, having been largely snubbed by the jury members, who only awarded her 52 points.
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FIRST ON FOX — Albania’s former President Ilir Meta has a clear message for President Biden, “Don’t forget about Albania and the Western Balkans.”
Meta, who was president of Albania from 2017 to 2022 and now leads the Party of Freedom, is worried that the United States is forgetting one of its most important European and NATO allies.
In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, the former president said the Balkans is “suffering from the status quo” and that outside actors such as Russia have tried to hinder the region’s EU integration and NATO membership.”
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Canadian-Israeli Man Murdered in Egypt by Militant Group
A Canadian citizen of Israeli descent was murdered in Alexandria, Egypt on Tuesday, with a militant group taking responsibility for the killing, claiming it was in response to the war in Gaza.
Initially, an Egyptian security source told Reuters that the man was killed “with the motive of robbery” and no connection was made between the murder and the victim’s ethnicity.
However, a message posted on Telegram by a group called “Vanguards of Liberation,” previously unknown to authorities, claimed responsibility for the murder.
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Blinken Delivers Some of the Strongest US Public Criticism of Israel’s Conduct of the War in Gaza
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday delivered some of the Biden administration’s strongest public criticism yet of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, saying Israeli tactics have meant “a horrible loss of life of innocent civilians” but failed to neutralize Hamas leaders and fighters and could drive a lasting insurgency.
In a pair of TV interviews, Blinken underscored that the United States believes Israeli forces should “get out of Gaza,” but also is waiting to see credible plans from Israel for security and governance in the territory after the war.
Hamas has reemerged in parts of Gaza, Blinken said, and that “heavy action” by Israeli forces in the southern city of Rafah risks leaving America’s closest Mideast ally “holding the bag on an enduring insurgency.”
He said the United States has worked with Arab countries and others for weeks on developing “credible plans for security, for governance, for rebuilding’’ in Gaza, but “we haven’t seen that come from Israel. … We need to see that, too.”
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Putin Shakes Up Defense Ministry
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday made a change to his Defense Ministry when he removed his longtime ally Sergei Shoigu as defense minister.
Shoigu, who has held the position since 2012, was appointed to serve as secretary of Russia’s Security Council, after Nikolai Patrushev was relieved from the position.
The reasoning behind the personnel change is unclear, but it comes more than two years after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Civilian Andrei Belousov will take over Shoigu’s position, per Reuters.
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Putin in Cabinet Shakeup Moves to Replace Defense Minister as He Starts His 5th Term in Office
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin began a Cabinet shakeup on Sunday, proposing the replacement of Sergei Shoigu as defense minister as he begins his fifth term in office.
In line with Russian law, the entire Russian Cabinet resigned on Tuesday following Putin’s glittering inauguration in the Kremlin, and most members have been widely expected to keep their jobs, while Shoigu’s fate appeared uncertain.
Putin signed a decree on Sunday appointing Shoigu as secretary of Russia’s national security council, the Kremlin said. The appointment was announced shortly after Putin proposed Andrei Belousov to become the country’s defense minister in place of Shoigu.
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Russia Blames Ukraine as Belgorod Apartments Collapse After Blast
Russia is blaming a Ukrainian strike after an entire section of an apartment building collapsed following an explosion in Belgorod.
CCTV from the scene shows a large blast near the base of the 10-storey block and then the building falling in.
The regional governor said two bodies had been pulled from the rubble. At least 19 people have been injured.
The Russian city is near the border with Kharkiv in Ukraine, where Moscow’s troops launched an offensive on Friday.
The Belgorod region has often been targeted by Ukrainian forces since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, but previously Ukrainian officials have said cross-border strikes do not target civilians.
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Thousands of Civilians Evacuated From Northeast Ukraine Amid Russian Ground Offensive
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Thousands more civilians have fled Russia’s renewed ground offensive in Ukraine’s northeast that has targeted towns and villages with a barrage of artillery and mortar fire, officials said Sunday.
The intense battles have forced at least one Ukrainian unit to withdraw in the Kharkiv region, capitulating more land to Russian forces across less defended settlements in the so-called contested “gray zone” along the Russian border.
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Ukraine Warns Against Questioning Zelensky’s Legitimacy Due to Wartime Suspension of Elections
The end of Volodymyr Zelensky’s five year term as president of Ukraine is set to end by the close of May, at least according to what was stipulated upon his getting elected, however, the government has made it clear there will be no new election.
Officials have cited martial law due to the Russian invasion to say that after his five-year term ends on May 21, there won’t be a new election until after martial law and wartime regulations are lifted.
Ukraine’s Minister of Justice, Denys Malyuska, confirmed this in a fresh weekend interview with BBC News Ukraine. “The president’s powers endure until the election of his successor. However, certain provisions of the Constitution are open to interpretation, inviting speculation or conspiracy theories,” Malyuska said when asked about ongoing speculation over what happens after May 21st.
He explained, “There may be considerable debate and criticism, particularly considering that the Constitution’s framers may not have fully anticipated the possibility of Ukraine being embroiled in a large-scale conflict, leading to some provisions being inadequately formulated.”
When asked about appealing to a Constitutional Court in order to seek clarification, Malyuska said that it is ill-timed. Or in essence he said it won’t happen and warned against such an effort.
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Wokedom Westernizes Russia to Malign Her
by Srdja Trifkovic
Both neoliberals and neoconservatives detest Russia as such, not because she is a real threat to America but because they recognize Russia as the last major bulwark against the tide of cultural and moral self-immolation which has gripped the U.S. and much of the West. The current woke psychosis, combined with crisis escalation in Ukraine, has the potential to destroy the remnant of our common European civilization. This would be a favor to all those who hate that civilization and are committed to its destruction.
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The girl was a class 12 student who was going to fill the improvement form when she was abducted by the accused Fariyad.
Anup Mishra | India TV News | Bareilly | May 9, 2024:: In a heart-wrenching incident in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh, a Muslim youth forcibly converted and raped a Hindu girl. Later. he brutally murdered her by pushing her in front of a moving train. Surprisingly, the case was not registered for almost 12 hours because the police were embroiled in the jurisdiction dispute of the crime spot. The case was finally registered after the Hindu organisations intervened and pressurised for quick action…
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A major family event was marred after a disturbing ‘stabbing list’ was circulated among attendees on social media.
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The Albanese government and eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant are locked in a bitter standoff with Musk.
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Ezra Levant Investigates Irish Migrant ‘Tent City’
Rebel News CEO Ezra Levant has been in Ireland to see what’s really going on with the country’s migrant crisis.
One of the largest anti-immigration protests in the country’s history recently took place in central Dublin, and Rebel News was there to cover it.
Mr. Levant also investigated a large “tent city” which is home to dozens of migrants in the country’s capital.
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Irish People Are ‘Thorn in the Side’ of Globalist Plans: Fatima Gunning
As speeches from politicians brought an end to Ireland’s massive march against open borders immigration policies, Rebel News CEO Ezra Levant had the chance for an in-person conversation with Fatima Gunning, a journalist with Gript who has previously appeared on The Ezra Levant Show.
Gunning has been covering Irish citizens’ pushback against globalist border policies, even being pepper-sprayed by police while covering a protest despite clearly identifying herself as a reporter.
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South Carolina Legislature Prohibits Child Sex Changes, Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk
On Thursday, the South Carolina legislator sent a bill to Republican Governor Henry McMasters’ desk that bans doctors from providing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and genital surgery to anyone under the age of 18 years old. The governor is expected to sign it into law.
South Carolina House Bill 4624’s ban would begin August 31 with an exemption for minors who are currently taking these drugs, who will have until January 31, 2025, to come off of them. It would not ban the use of puberty blockers for children with precocious puberty or “other procedures unrelated to gender transition.”
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‘The Queers Are Coming!’ Declares Ireland’s They/Them ‘Witch’ Eurovision Singer Bambie Thug
Ireland’s self-described “queer witch” Eurovision contestant declared that the “queers are coming” after the victory of fellow “non-binary” performer Nemo from Switzerland.
In a tearful press conference following the Grand Finale of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden, Bambie Thug (real name Bambie Ray Robinson) declared a victory for the LGBTQIAP2S+— community, as Swiss “non-binary” rapper Nemo was crowned the winner of the contest on Saturday.
Thug, who claims to be “non-binary” and goes by “they/them” pronouns, said: “I’m so proud for Nemo for winning… I’m so proud that all of us are in the top 10 that have been fighting for this shit behind the scenes because it has been so hard and so horrible for us. I’m so proud of us.
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The West on the Precipice: A Warning and a Hope
by Srdja Trifkovic
The elite class is the cause of the fatal weaknesses of the West, including both the primary cause—loss of faith—and a number of secondary ones, such as open borders, migrant invasions and the cult of “diversity” and “tolerance.” These causes go hand-in-hand with the demonization and criminalization of any disagreement, with the implementation of draconian laws against “hate speech” and drastic surveillance measures against the unfit: e.g. the AfD in Germany.
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In the Moscow region, a local resident shot off a Tajik’s penis.
The incident occurred on May 11. A 41-year-old native of Tajikistan pestered passers-by: he showed them his genitals and loudly swore. Outraged residents called the police, but one of them decided not to wait for the internal affairs officers and used a weapon against the troublemaker.
The bullet hit the pervert in the groin area. An ambulance was immediately called for the bleeding victim. Now he is in the hospital and is unlikely to ever be able to continue doing such things.
The shooter fled the crime scene. The police are looking for him
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i really cannot stand this gretinism that the elites and oneside mainstream narrative forced on us with the friday for futures and other green similarities. i just think of all this clownery as only forging a new irrelevant political movement to control really from top to down.
anyway even a broken clock is right twice a day and this exception confirms the rule. i really think of this propalestine protests and other university protests as an all leftard damage controls. the leftard brain is totally uncapable of connecting the dots anyway, they will continue to consider themselves standing on the correct side even when the brace 2 opposite ideologies, like liberalism and communism, or antifascism and projudaism. so they start their nonsense of calling anyone who disagree a fascist or a nazi, they will never name the jew, but call them zionists and insist in this absurdity. they will also never do a deep reflection on world wars and use the main stream artificially created sterotypes to attack anyone who disagree. so they arrive to say that the zionists are like the nazis… i am not making an apology of nazism or fascism, just noting as it is wrong and blind kind of reasoning when all is just based on emotions.