Elon Musk’s Starlink has been granted special temporary emergency authority by the FCC to provide cell phone coverage for areas devastated by Hurricane Helene. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris pledged $157 million in aid for Lebanon.
In other news, a 15-year-old boy was stabbed 50 times and burned alive in the southern French city of Marseille.
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Canada’s Economy Saw One in 20 Businesses Close in June: StatsCan
Canada saw the highest business closure rate since the first summer of the COVID-19 pandemic in June, with one in 20 businesses closing that month, according to Statistics Canada.
Canada’s economy saw 46,354 businesses close in June, marking the largest wave in exactly 4 years.
It’s the highest closure rate since lockdown, a time when businesses were physically restricted from opening up to do business.
The data comes at a time when the unemployment rate also continues its upward trend and is seen highest among young adults.
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A massive s***storm has erupted for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after he told reporters last week that FEMA “does not have the funds” for the remainder of the Atlantic hurricane season. Meanwhile, reports suggest the agency’s resources were depleted to address Biden-Harris’ open southern border policies that facilitated the greatest migrant invasion this nation has ever seen.
On Sunday morning, the latest power data for the US Southeast region showed that across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georiga, more than 400,000 customers are without power.
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“We Spread Misinformation”: Photojournalist Lights Himself on Fire Near White House
Updated: CBS News has reached out and informed us that Mena Jr. is not associated with any CBS owned station or CBS News.
A photojournalist from Phoenix, Arizona, lost his marbles in Washington, DC Saturday evening near the White House at the Black Lives Matter Plaza, setting himself on fire while screaming, “I am a journalist. We spread the misinformation.”
Sam Mena Jr., who claims in his resume to be a photojournalist for KPHO CBS 5 News and PBS — which CBS News has denied — set his left arm on fire while attempting self-immolation during a pro-Palestinian rally near the White House. He shouted, “Free Palestine!”, and “I’m a journalist and I’m ashamed! We spread the misinformation!”
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6 Things to Watch in the Upcoming Supreme Court Term
Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
The Supreme Court is expected to start its 2024—2025 term after a blockbuster year of considering contentious cases and challenges to longstanding precedent.
Already, the court has accepted petitions related to hot-button topics including gender, ghost guns, immigration, pornography, and e-cigarettes. The term starts on Oct. 7.
As the session begins, here are some potential developments to look out for. Besides new legal questions, legal issues from the prior term could resurface and help shape decisions on new cases in the 2024—2025 term.
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Students and professors at several New York City universities are expected to stage walkouts Monday in a widespread protest of Israel on the anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack on the Jewish state, according to reports.
Walkouts are expected to begin around 11:30 a.m. Monday at Columbia University, with law enforcement sources telling The Post that police and campus security are aware and preparing to monitor the situation.
Jewish students are planning to respond with their own vigil in remembrance of the roughly 1,200 Israelis killed on Oct 7, 2023.
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Antisemitic Attacks in US Soar 200%, Fueled by Campus Hate: Not ‘A Single Moment of Respite’
The number of antisemitic attacks in the US soared 200% to more than 10,000 incidents this past year — the most ever recorded by the Anti-Defamation League and fueled by a massive jump on college campuses.
At least 1,200 of this past year’s hateful incidents occurred at universities — a deeply troubling 500% increase between Oct. 7, 2023, and Sept. 24, 2024, when compared to the 200 such occurrences in the same period last year, the ADL said.
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Defaced Columbus Statue That Was Thrown Into a Virginia Pond Finds More Welcoming Home in NYC Suburb
A Christopher Columbus at the center of a tumultuous 2020 protest recently found a new home in a New York City suburb — and this time, it’s embraced by some of the locals.
“We’re all very proud of Christopher Columbus, and we’re here to preserve the history of Christopher Columbus finding and discovering America,” Paul Borghese of the Order of the Sons of Italy Lodge No.2176, told News12 in Long Island.
Michael Pizzi, another member of the order, told the outlet that the figure “represents Italian heritage and culture and everything that we’re proud of.”
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Digital ID Schemes Make Strides in Congress Despite Rights Advocate Opposition
It’s one of the “commandments” of global organizations like the UN, and the World Bank, to name but two, and also those less official ones like the WEF and the Gates Foundation: the digital ID.
And in the US, lawmakers have for years been struggling with the concept, heavily criticized by rights advocates for its ability to take mass surveillance to the next level.
On the one hand, the lawmakers have (or are supposed to have) their existing laws and constitutional protections in mind, but on the other, new legislation is cropping up both from Democrats and Republicans that signals a more or less slow creep towards the ultimate digital ID goal.
At the state level, the push is mostly focused on mobile driver’s licenses.
But the proponents of the schemes — who insist that the unprecedented centralization of personal information will provide for more trust and security — want things to start moving faster at the federal level, too.
One of the main cheerleaders here is Congressman Bill Foster, a Democrat. In September, he reintroduced a bill that, if adopted, would produce something called, the Improving Digital Identity Act.
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Florida’s DeSantis Takes Matters Into Own Hands With Relief, Investigations After Federal Delays
From swift hurricane response times and deploying disaster relief resources to other states to spearheading an independent investigation into the second Donald Trump assassination attempt, Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis is charting a roadmap for state governors to take important issues into their own hands in the face of perceived federal government inaction.
The popular Florida Republican and former presidential candidate has boldly governed during the Biden era, developing a hotbed of resistance to federal policies and set up his administration as a sharp contrast with the federal government bureaucracy.
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Harris Slammed for Pledging Millions to Lebanon as North Carolina Suffers
Users on social media took aim at Vice President Kamala Harris after the Democratic nominee took to X to pledge millions of dollars in aid for Lebanon at the same time residents of North Carolina struggle to recover from Hurricane Helene.
“This has to be fake. Even Kamala Harris, the gold standard of stupid, isn’t stupid enough to post this,” actor James Woods said on X Saturday. “Certainly not while North Carolinians are pulling the bodies of their neighbors from the wreckage. It’s simply inconceivable.”
The post came in response to Harris pledging Saturday to send $157 million of “additional assistance” to Lebanon, which, she argued, is “facing an increasingly dire humanitarian situation.”
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Hillary Clinton Calls for Stricter Online Censorship as Establishment Fears Losing “Total Control”
In an interview with CNN, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed her pressing need for social media companies to enhance censorship measures, suggesting that failure to do so would lead to the loss of “total control.” This declaration aligns with broader concerns expressed by figures within the Democratic Party regarding the control of information online.
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Missouri’s sex offenders no longer must place “no candy” warning signs outside their homes on Halloween, a federal judge ruled, arguing that part of the state’s law is unconstitutional.
A state law enacted in 2008 prohibited registered sex offenders from going outside to interact with children and from having outside lights on, and they are required to post a sign warning that “no candy or treats” are offered at the home on Halloween night, according to Fox 2.
But US District Judge John Ross on Wednesday ruled that the sign requirement portion of the law will no longer be enforced, starting this Halloween.
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Vice President Kamala Harris spoke of strategies to curtail sexual and other types of domestic violence during an interview on a wildly popular podcast Sunday, but the accusations against her husband that surfaced last week never came up.
In Sunday’s episode of “Call Her Daddy,” Harris, 59, passionately recalled how she began her career as a prosecutor inspired to take on domestic abusers, but host Alex Cooper, 30, declined to press the veep on the thorny topic of her husband allegedly drunkenly hitting an ex-girlfriend, avoiding the issue altogether.
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Kamala Harris and Ukraine: Is the US Truly Committed to Ukrainian Victory?
During the recent US presidential debate, moderator David Muir posed the following question to the two candidates: “I want to ask you a very simple question tonight. Do you want Ukraine to win this war?”
Former president Donald Trump failed to provide a yes or no answer. He was criticised for this by Vice President Kamala Harris during the debate and by commentators in the wake of the event.
But while Harris provided a long-winded answer to the question, she too failed to say yes or no.
This is illustrative not only of the respective candidates’ views but of the US policy for Ukraine. It is not really clear that the United States wants Ukraine to win the war. While America obviously supports Ukraine, its primary strategic objective appears to be to avoid war with Russia. Avoiding World War III is a topic frequently raised by President Joe Biden.
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Melania Trump Reveals She Was Debanked and Banned From Her Business Email Provider
In a Sunday interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo, former First Lady Melania Trump revealed the challenges she faced post-White House, highlighting how her political affiliations led to punitive measures from various service providers, including her bank and an email service provider. This issue casts a light on the increasing trend of “debanking” and “deplatforming”—a form of censorship that has seen individuals and entities cut off from essential financial and communication services for non-criminal reasons.
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Milton is Now a Category 1 Hurricane; DeSantis: ‘This is Not a Good Track for the State of Florida’
Following close behind Hurricane Helene and forecast to hit the west coast of the Florida peninsula by midweek, Milton has moved beyond being a tropical storm and has now strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane.
An advisory posted by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) on Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. EST stated: “Air Force hurricane hunters find Milton rapidly intensifying into a hurricane.”
Swells generated by the system have been impacting the coast of the southwestern Gulf of Mexico throughout the day. Per the NHC, “these swells are expected to spread northward and eastward along much of the Gulf Coast by early next week, and could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions,” according to Time.
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Musk Launches PAC to Back Candidates Who Support His Values Same Day He Speaks at Trump Rally
Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO and the owner of X, formerly Twitter, has now started a new political action committee (PAC), called America PAC, he announced Saturday in a post on X. The purpose of the PAC is to endorse candidates aligned with his values, which include secure borders, sensible government spending and free speech, according to The Epoch Times.
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North Carolina Gears Up for Increase of Bee Stings in the Wake of Hurricane Helene
ASHEVILLE, NC — In the wake of Hurricane Helene, North Carolina is preparing for an increase in bee stings, with thousands of EpiPens and other medications being distributed around the Tar Heel State.
The states of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee were the hardest hit when Helene moved through the region more than a week ago, producing feet of rainfall and damaging winds.
The Category 4 cyclone uprooted trees and reshaped the landscape, affecting not only humans but also wildlife populations and insects.
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North Carolina Mountain Towns ‘Forever Changed’ by Hurricane Helene’s Destruction
Mountainside North Carolina towns have been “forever changed” and cut off from the world by the wrath of Hurricane Helene — with residents calling the destruction “absolutely overwhelming.”
“Chimney Rock is just destroyed, it’s forever changed,” said 59-year-old Brett Johnson, a resident of the small tourist town about an hour southeast of Asheville.
“There were beautiful homes all along here, where now there’s just dirt and rocks,” he told The Post. “Where that bank should be there was a brewery, Mexican restaurants, hotels — they’re all just gone.”
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Protesters descended on a socialist city councilwoman’s office Sunday saying she is helping to fuel an anti-Israel tide of hate — as thousands separately rallied in Central Park in support of the hostages.
About 60 people gathered for a vigil outside the office of Brooklyn council member Shahana Hanif, who they accused of having a “lack of support for Jewish constituents.”
Hanif, who represents Kensington, Boro Park, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, and Cobble Hill, faced outrage from Jewish members of those communities just days after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack when she posted tweets blaming Israel for the attack.
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Sen. Cotton Calls Special Counsel Jack Smith a ‘Deranged Fanatic Who is Angry That He Keeps Losing’
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., dueled with Kristen Welker of NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday over Smith’s release last week of his large legal filing in his election interference case against former President Donald Trump, alleging that Trump committed crimes ahead of and after the 2020 election.
But this time, following the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling, Smith argued that Trump’s actions were as a candidate, not as official business of the president.
Cotton blasted Smith and called his actions a “temper tantrum,” according to The Washington Times.
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Southern California Cop Shoots Dead Man Who Stabbed Him in Unprovoked Attack
A Southern California police officer fatally shot a man who stabbed and slashed him Saturday evening, according to authorities.The officer was speaking with a woman about an unrelated case in front of the Santa Monica Police Department headquarters, just steps from the city’s famous pier, when he was attacked, cops said.
A man in his 30s walked up to the officer and brandished the knife, the Santa Monica Police Department said in a Facebook post.
“Without warning, the individual attacked the officer while pulling a knife from his clothing,” the department wrote. “The suspect slashed and stabbed the officer.”
The cop, who was described by KCBS as around 35 years old, backed away and around the corner of a building, pulled his gun and shot the attacker dead, according to police.
“Santa Monica officers rendered medical aid to the subject until Santa Monica Fire Department took over life support efforts,” Santa Monica police said. “The subject was pronounced dead at the scene.”
The officer was hospitalized with serious injuries, KNBC reported but is expected to make a full recovery.
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The FCC has granted Elon Musk’s Starlink “special temporary emergency authority” to provide cell phone coverage for areas devastated by Hurricane Helene. Starlink satellites will be able to provide direct-to-cell capability for those in the area.
“SpaceX and @TMobile have been given emergency special temporary authority by the @FCC to enable @Starlink satellites with direct-to-cell capability to provide coverage for cell phones in the affected areas of Hurricane Helene,” SpaceX posted. “The satellites have already been enabled and started broadcasting emergency alerts to cell phones on all networks in North Carolina. In addition, we may test basic texting (SMS) capabilities for most cell phones on the T-Mobile network in North Carolina. SpaceX’s direct-to-cell constellation has not been fully deployed, so all services will be delivered on a best-effort basis.”
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Teens Arrested in NYC for Attack on Former NY Gov. David Paterson, His Stepson
Two teens have been arrested in connection with the attack on former New York Gov. David Paterson and his 20-year-old stepson as the pair walked their dog in Manhattan on Friday night, authorities confirmed to Fox News Digital on Sunday morning.
Police identified the two teens as a 12-year-old male, who was charged with second-degree gang assault, and a 13-year-old male, who was charged with third-degree gang assault. Their names were withheld because they are minors.
Detectives have been searching for five suspects they say were involved in the attack on Paterson and his stepson, Anthony Chester Sliwa, just after 8:30 p.m. Friday on the Upper East Side.
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The FOIA Lady Pleads the Fifth
Authored by Maryanne Demasi via The Brownstone Institute
A relatively unknown public records officer at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is now at the centre of a burgeoning scandal involving Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
The saga unfolded after subpoenaed emails belonging to David Morens, a former top advisor to Anthony Fauci, revealed that someone had taught him to game the system and avoid emails being captured by FOIA requests.
“i learned from our foia lady here how to make emails disappear after i am foia’d but before the search starts, so i think we are all safe,” Morens wrote in a Feb 24, 2021, email.
“Plus i deleted most of those earlier emails after sending them to gmail.”
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“There is only one solution, intifada revolution,” mobs of college students chant at terror rallies.
What is there to ‘revolt’ against in New York City, Los Angeles or Chicago? The Hamas rallies like the BLM, environmentalist and other radical rallies take place in cities run by mayors and city councils who support their efforts and sometimes even show up to their events.
Even before New York City and other municipalities paid out millions in voluntary settlements to the BLM rioters who had assaulted police officers, the dirty secret of the radical mobs was that the authorities were on their side. And will continue to be on their side no matter what they do.
The revolution is also the thing that it’s revolting against.
Democrats secured control of the country’s major cities only to be faced with the timeless leftist challenge of making the intensification of their rule look like revolution rather than totalitarianism. The USSR and Cuba directed the ‘revolution’ outward by invading, conquering and intervening in other countries. Democrat cities nationalized their politics, building entire campaigns around Trump, abortion and (to their eventual regret) declaring themselves to be sanctuary cities.
As long as Republicans existed anywhere, urban Democrats could not sleep soundly at night.
Democrat control of cities and states didn’t end bipartisan politics, just turned it into a somewhat real and somewhat fake grudge match between the party’s really crazy and less crazy wings. Craziness was a variable like ‘X’ that was defined not by the common sense brakes of intellectual diversity, but by how far the really crazy wing could push the less crazy wing.
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Trump: Pelosi ‘Has Been Exposed on Tape’ Admitting She Was ‘Responsible for Events of January 6th’
President Donald Trump has told his supporters that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is “responsible” for Jan. 6 as he prepares to return to the White House.
In video footage recorded amid the protests, Pelosi admitted she was responsible for not securing the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the American Military News reported.
Trump, who was blamed for the events of that day, expressed sympathy for Pelosi’s daughter who captured the footage.
The video was filmed by Alexandra Pelosi who was supposedly making a documentary.
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A Walmart shopper shamelessly filmed herself shoplifting at the self-checkout and getting caught by the company’s AI-powered cameras — but still posted the embarrassing clip to TikTok.
“POV: When you usually don’t get caught and now you’re banned for 2 years from all Walmarts in my area,” TikToker Nesha wrote over the video which has over 2.2 million views.
The clips shows the woman scanning and bagging a few items through the self-checkout system at a Walmart store and pretending to scan a backpack before putting it in her shopping bag without dinging the barcode.
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Watch: Private Helicopters Deliver Over 500,000 Pounds of Supplies to Western North Carolina
Over half-a-million pounds of supplies have been delivered to western North Carolina by volunteers flying private helicopters after Hurricane Helene, local reports have said.
Adam Smith drove 18 hours from Texas when he could not get through to his daughter and her mother stuck in North Carolina, he told WRAL. He eventually had to ride the rest of the way to the community of Swannanoa, just east of Asheville, in a private helicopter.
After being reunited with his family, Smith organized Savage Operations Center, which now has 150 volunteers and dozens of choppers delivering much-needed aid to people trapped in the Appalachian mountains.
“Already 500,000 pounds of supplies have been delivered,” the outlet reported.
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Youngkin Issues Executive Order Supporting First Responder ‘Wellness’
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued an executive order establishing a First Responder Wellness Office to support the overall wellness of first responders in the commonwealth, including emotional and physical health.
Youngkin issued Executive Order 38, which directs the secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to establish an Office of First Responder Wellness at the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
The executive action aims to provide emotional, physical and “overall personal wellness” for first responders in response to the stressful nature of their jobs.
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YouTube personality and Kick streamer Jack Doherty totaled his $200,000 McLaren supercar as he apparently texted and drove in the rain — while live-streaming himself.
Video of Doherty’s Kick stream shows the 20-year-old Internet star looking down at his phone in his hand as he drives along a slippery Miami highway Saturday morning.
Seconds later, Doherty loses control of the vehicle, screaming as he glides across the right lane and smashes into a guard rail. The video on the streaming platform goes white, and his cameraman in the passenger seat can be heard groaning in pain.
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Bloc Quebecois Threatens to Force Election Next Week if Liberals Don’t Support Pension Bill
After voting with the Liberals against a Conservative non-confidence motion in exchange of “gains for Quebec,” BQ leader Yves-Francois Blanchet has threatened to “force” an early election next week if his demands aren’t met.
Blanchet’s threat to the government for an early election relies on the government’s response to a private member’s bill sponsored by a BQ MP, Bill C-319, asking the government to raise the income that Canadians aged 65 and older receive from Old Age Security pensions by 10%.
The bill would also “raise the exemption for a person’s employment income or self-employed earnings that is taken into account in determining the amount of the guaranteed income supplement from $5,000 to $6,500.”
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Calgary Police Dismantle Elaborate Tunnel With Rooms Used as Homeless Encampment
The Calgary Police Service uncovered an intricate underground tunnel believed to be used as a homeless encampment dug into a hillside near the Calgary Stampede grounds.
The human-made tunnel was being used as an encampment, but nobody was found in the structure or surrounding area upon discovery or the weeks that followed while the premises continued to be monitored.
The police confirmed that nobody is in custody, and no charges have been filed as a result of the incident.
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Canadians in Every Province Earning Less Than Americans in Every State: Report
Canadians in every province are earning less than their American counterparts in every U.S. state, research from the Fraser Institute shows. Canadian incomes have fallen behind those in the U.S. between 2010 and 2022.
Of 10 provinces and 50 states, just one province, British Columbia, was ranked in the top half of growth in terms of earnings. An increase in earnings of $7,732 per person saw it rank 19th for the given time period.
Despite the increase, by 2022, British Columbia still ranked 52nd overall in median income per person. This was slightly behind Canada’s top province, Alberta, which had an income just shy of $39,000.
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Exclusive: Mikhaila Fuller on Her “Massive Plans” for Peterson Academy
The founders of Peterson Academy, renowned psychologist and author Dr. Jordan B. Peterson and his daughter Mikhaila, believe they can shake up the education system and offer a bachelor’s-level equivalent education for US$2,000.
On September 9th, Peterson and Fuller launched the beta version of Peterson Academy, an online learning and social media platform that the duo hope will soon rival traditional universities. According to Fuller, 30,000 pupils have enrolled thus far.
“We are launching a full curriculum equivalent to an undergraduate general education degree in the next 18 months,” Fuller told True North. “We have massive plans.”
With the slogan “Education, Devoid of Ideology,” Peterson Academy offers a catalogue of classical liberal-oriented online courses in science, finance, psychology, health, politics, and the humanities for US$499.99 (CA$675) a year. Each self-paced course is 8 hours long, composed of pre-recorded lectures. Courses are accompanied with AI quizzes to test knowledge upon completion, though quizzes and essays are not mandatory.
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Fire Ravages Historic Notre Dame Des Sept Allégresses Church in Trois-Rivières, Canada
The church fires in Canada continued Thursday as the historic Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Allégresses Catholic church in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, went up in flames, and the local fire chief “refused to speculate on the causes or origin of the blaze.” There were no injuries reported as the church was empty when the fire began.
The Journal de Quebec noted that several people who witnessed the fire said they saw a flaming container near the church. The building, built in 1914, sustained considerable damage, including the complete loss of a bell tower, True North reported.
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Most Canadians Are Against Liberal’s 2035 Gas-Powered Car Ban: Poll
Most Canadians are against the Trudeau government’s plan to ban new gas-fuelled cars by 2035.
In an attempt to move North America towards Ottawa’s net-zero goal, the Liberal’s zero-emission vehicle standard would ban the sale of personal gas, gas, diesel and hybrid-powered vehicles in just over a decade.
According to a Natural Resources Canada report, the plan, which would necessitate the mass installation of charging infrastructure and upgrades to the electrical grid, is expected to cost taxpayers nearly $300 billion by 2040.
According to a Leger 360 poll commissioned and released by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Canadians are not on board with the green-powered motion.
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Police Arrest Two for Brandishing Hezbollah Terrorist Flags in Front of Jewish Restaurant
Toronto police arrested two anti-Israel pro-Hezbollah protesters accused of flying Hezbollah terrorist flags outside of a Jewish restaurant a day after Israel eliminated Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Toronto Police Services informed the public that two 34-year-old men, one residing in Oakville, Ahmad Sheikhani, and Hamad Khalid Menshed in Mississauga, on Wednesday in connection to a protest outside of a Jewish restaurant on Sept 28.
The two men are accused of flying Hezbollah flags, a Lebanese-based group listed as a terrorist organization by the Canadian government.
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RCMP Dodges Questions on Chinese ‘Police Stations’ Still Operating on Canadian Soil
RCMP Deputy Commissioner Mark Flynn refused to confirm whether Chinese government “police stations” are still operating on Canadian soil during his appearance before the foreign interference inquiry. Flynn repeatedly cited an ongoing investigation as the reason for his silence.
“That again falls into part of our ongoing investigation and I’m not speaking about it at this time,” Flynn told reporters.
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Signs of the Times: Ontario Truck Dealer Asks Thieves to ‘Please Stop’
It’s a sad fact of life that vehicle theft continues to be at high levels in Canada these days. And that means individual vehicle owners and dealerships are employing all sorts of countermeasures to halt the thievery. This includes everything from engine demobilizes to steering wheel clubs and even making use of the Denver boot.
Recently, Rebel News came across Old Body Style Trucks, a used truck dealership in Wainfleet, Ont. This shop, which specializes in quasi-collectible pickup trucks, has been severely impacted by thieves.
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Smith Issues Legal Ultimatum to Trudeau Over Unconstitutional Impact Assessment Act
If the Liberals keep unilaterally amending the Impact Assessment Act without addressing its constitutional flaws, Alberta will sue them. Again.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday warning that another legal challenge will be brought against the Liberals if they do not express intent to amend the Impact Assessment Act within the next four weeks.
The letter included 14 pages of Alberta’s proposed amendments that the feds need to make.
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Trudeau, Feds Were Warned 163 Times About Foreign Interference: Report
Over a six-year period, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other federal officials were warned countless times of foreign intrusion into Canadian democracy. Trudeau, as late as 2023, denied having any knowledge of illicit activity by foreign agents.
A newly-disclosed Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) logbook claimed 163 separate meetings with the federal government on foreign interference, reportedBlacklock’s Reporter.
The document, tabled at the Foreign Interference Commission (FIC), was identified as “briefings related to the threat or incidence of foreign interference in Canadian democratic institutions since 2018” including the last two general elections.
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Woman Arrested in Connection With Anti-Israel Protest Outside Jewish Charity Event
Toronto police arrested another individual connected to alleged assaults of police officers by anti-Israel activists protesting a Jewish charity fundraiser in September.
The event was a fundraiser for the Jewish charity group, the United Jewish Appeal. The UJA-hosted event, “Proudly Jewish: It’s Who We Are,” featured American journalist Bari Weiss, who protesters said shouldn’t have been allowed to speak due to her pro-Israel views.
According to a Toronto Police Services release Thursday, one of three outstanding suspects has been arrested in connection with the alleged assaults on police at the protest. Police identified the suspect as 25-year-old Ghadir Mokahal of Toronto and accused her of spitting on an officer.
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EU Uses Digital Services Act to Probe YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat Algorithms for Censorship Compliance
“Illegal drugs” is a very well-defined category in the EU. “Hate speech,” on the other hand, is not. Yet, the bloc is lumping these together as it builds another case for putting even more pressure on major social platforms and demands more data from them.
The EU is doing this via the censorship law, the Digital Services Act (DSA), and is this time targeting YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok. In the tone and nature of the demands, the EU puts them in two groups here: two companies from the US, and one from China.
Previously, the EU launched DSA non-compliance proceedings against TikTok, AliExpress, but also Meta’s Instagram and Facebook.
The EU Commission this week announced that the “request for information” pertains to these tech platforms’ (algorithmic)recommendations, specifically, their design and functioning.
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France: Teen ‘Stabbed 50 Times’ Before Being Burned Alive in Marseille
The southern French city of Marseille was this week shaken by two apparently drug-related killings, including the murder of a 15-year-old boy who was “stabbed 50 times” and burned alive, prosecutors said on Sunday.
Marseille, France ‘s second-largest city but also one of its poorest, is plagued by drug-related violence.
The historic port city on the Mediterranean coast has in recent years witnessed a turf war for control of the highly profitable drug market between various clans including DZ Mafia and Yoda.
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France Reaffirms Support for Israel After Netanyahu Criticism
In response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criticism of French President Emmanuel Macron’s call for a weapons embargo on Israel, Paris on Sunday reaffirmed its support for Israel.
In a statement, the presidential palace expressed regret over Netanyahu’s “exaggerated” words, assuring that France would not allow Iran or its proxies to attack Israel.
Macron believes there is an urgent need to prevent an escalation in the region, which includes an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, his office said.
In this context, the president has called for an end to arms exports to Israel intended for use in the Gaza Strip.
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Germany to Operate Two New Floating Liquiefied Natural Gas Terminals
Two additional floating import terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) are expected to be operational in Germany before the winter.
A spokesman for the government-owned operating company Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET) told dpa in comments published on Sunday that final preparations are being made at the facilities, located off the coast of the northern port of Wilhemlshaven, and on the Elbe River near the town of Stade.
Germany has accelerated the development of LNG terminals on its North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has driven Berlin to seek to lessen its dependence on Russian gas.
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German Jewish Leader: Threshold for Violence Against Jews is Falling
One year after the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, the leading organization for Jews in Germany is warning of increasing threats to Jewish life in the country.
“The inhibition threshold for inciting and carrying out violence against Jews is falling,” Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, told dpa.
“This is a shocking development that we cannot simply accept.”
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More Rallies in Germany, Minor Clashes at Berlin October 7 Protest
Further demonstrations to mark the anniversary of the October 7 attacks on Israel and the war in Gaza were held in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Munich on Sunday, with one ending with clashes.
Police were on hand to make sure all of the rallies went smoothly and intervened in Berlin, as clashes broke out and some demonstrators at a rally in support of Palestine in Berlin on Sunday, throwing stones and bottles at police.
Some 3,500 people came to the Berlin rally, police said. Some tried to break through a police line and set off fireworks.
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Party Headquarters of Germany’s CDU Defaced With Graffiti
An unidentified assailant has defaced the party headquarters of Germany’s conservative opposition party, the CDU, with graffiti police said on Sunday.
According to a police statement, a security guard noticed a person wearing a balaclava at around 3:30 am (0130 GMT).
The person is said to have scrawled red writing on the building in Berlin’s central Tiergarten district.
The slogan daubed on the party headquarters was said to be related to the Middle East conflict.
The public prosecutor’s office, which is responsible for politically motivated crimes, has taken over the investigation into property damage.
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Scholz on October 7: Germany Will ‘Never Tolerate’ Anti-Semitism
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday marked the upcoming first anniversary of the October 7 attacks on Israel, promising that Germany would “never tolerate” anti-Semitism while concentrating its efforts on a ceasefire in the Middle East.
In a video published online, Scholz said he would never be able to forget his visit to Israel last October, when he met relatives of those killed or taken hostage by the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the unprecedented terrorist attacks.
One year later, Scholz said it was unacceptable for “citizens of the Jewish faith to live in Germany in fear and terror,” to be worried about wearing a kippa — the term for a Jewish skullcap — in public, or to avoid telling schoolmates of their background.
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Scotland: Glasgow Vigil on Eve of 7 October Attacks Anniversary
A vigil to remember the victims of Hamas attacks on Israel has been held in Glasgow ahead of the one-year anniversary of the latest Middle East conflict.
Hundreds gathered at the steps of Kelvingrove Art Gallery to remember the victims of the 7 October attacks and to demand the immediate release of the hostages.
A number of events have been held across the country this weekend to mark the anniversary of the current conflict breaking out.
Thousands attended pro-Palestinian rallies in Edinburgh, Inverness and Aberdeen on Saturday, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and to highlight the human cost of Israel’s response to the attacks.
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Ports throughout Europe have turned away a badly-damaged cargo ship because of its potentially explosive cargo: a mountain of Russian fertilizer that one foreign ambassador called a “floating megabomb.”
But it’s not just the MV Ruby’s load of 20,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate that’s giving port officials pause — even though a far smaller load of the same fertilizer component devastated the Port of Beirut in 2020 when it blew, according to the New York Times.
It’s that the 600-foot vessel — which is registered in Malta and owned by Ruby Enterprise, a Maltese company — is limping along the northern European coastline laden with Russian fertilizer from a Russian port.
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We Will Not Let Our Country and Continent be Destroyed
by Geert Wilders
The hatred of extreme left-wing agitators and parts of the left-liberal elite in politics and the media against our Jewish compatriots and the State of Israel since the barbaric massacre of innocent civilians on October 7, 2023, has directly fueled anti-Semitism and hatred of Jews.
It started immediately after October 7 with inflammatory demonstrations of millions of people with false flags and slogans in many European capitals, including many non-Western immigrants, who thereby demonstrated that they do not share any of our values and do not belong here. Then followed the betrayal at universities and in parts of our media and politics. Both nationally and internationally, from the [Netherlands] House of Representatives to the EU and UN, as well as in newspapers and on TV. Every day again. There are now even police officers who refuse to protect Jewish objects and instead of being fired on the spot, their cowardly police chiefs show understanding.
We are as strong as our weakest link. And there are so many weak links. All of whom will be commemorating the massacres of a year ago on Monday with packs of butter on their heads [Dutch expression for hypocrites].
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Britain is paying Albania to take back the criminals, who are currently housed in UK jails, as well as funding the refurbishment of its prisons and training of prison officers.
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Israeli Chief of Staff Calls October 7 a Day of Failure
Israel’s Army Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi has referred to October 7, 2023, as the day “when we failed in our mission to protect the citizens of the State of Israel.”
In a letter to Israeli soldiers marking the anniversary of the brutal attack on Israel, he wrote that “October 7th is not only a day of remembrance, but also a call for deep introspection” and “a recognition of our failures and a commitment to learning from them.”
On October 7, 2023, terrorists from Hamas and other extremist groups killed more than 1,200 people in Israel and abducted about 250 more as hostages to the Gaza Strip.
This triggered the Gaza war, in which, according to the Hamas-controlled health authority, some 42,000 Palestinians have been killed so far, mostly civilians.
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Experts Say it’s Possible for Hackers to Take Control of EV Features, Even Trigger Battery Fires
In September, thousands pagers and walkie-talkies held by members of Hezbollah exploded. The incident appears to have been the result of explosives hidden within the batteries of the devices by Israel’s intelligence service, Mossad, and the Israeli military, then triggered remotely.
While the devices appear to have been physically modified, the incident highlights a security concern for electric vehicles. The vehicles have a number of safety systems to prevent the battery from catching fire, and the battery packs in the vehicles are much larger than any hand-held device. Those safety systems run on software that can be hacked. When large lithium-ion battery packs catch fire, the result can be anywhere between a smoldering fire lasting months or something more explosive.
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Israel-Turkey Ties Continue to Sour One Year Into the War on Gaza
When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed the opening of parliament last week, he warned that after Israel’s wars on Gaza and Lebanon end, Turkey could potentially be next.
“The next place [Israel] will set its eyes on, I tell you clearly, will be our homeland,” he said. “[Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s dreams include Anatolia. Whatever the cost, Turkey will continue to stand against Israel and invite the world to this honourable stance,” he added.
It was a stark departure from comments the 70-year-old made just a year ago when he met Netanyahu on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Back then, officials were boasting to the media that years after ties broke down in acrimony, they were finally on the up. According to the officials, both countries were ready to embark on a gas pipeline deal that could transport Israeli energy to Europe through Turkey.
But now, a year on, many of the extensive negotiations aimed at restoring bilateral relations have fallen by the wayside, with the leaders of both countries continually engaging in verbal spats.
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Inside Ukraine’s Effort to Keep Its Lights on This Winter
As Russia intensifies its attacks, Ukraine faces a critical battle to keep the lights on this winter, which officials warn could be the toughest since the start of Russia’s war on the country.
MOSHUN, UKRAINE — A sleepy town on the northern outskirts of Kyiv, Moshun was a strategic point in the path of Russian troops on their way to capture Kyiv.
Oleksandr Syrskyi, the Ukrainian commander overseeing the defence of Kyiv, fortified the place as it could serve as a gateway into the capital.
When the Russian invading troops occupied the town for 16 days, the fierce fighting between both sides damaged 10,000 kilometres of energy infrastructure in the area.
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Kremlin Critic Killed in Ukraine’s Kharkiv Region: Reports
Anti-Kremlin activist Ildar Dadin, who was imprisoned in Russia for protesting against Vladimir Putin, was killed on the front line in Ukraine where he was fighting alongside Kyiv forces, his relatives and Russian media said on Sunday.
“It is with deep regret that I must inform you that Ildar Dadin — call sign Gandhi — died yesterday in combat in the Kharkiv region” in northeast Ukraine, his friend and former Russian MP Ilia Ponomarev, who is living in exile, announced on Facebook.
He hailed Dadin as a “fearless and determined fighter” who had gone “to the front to fight Putinism”.
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Ukraine ‘Conscription Squads’ Grabbing Men Off Streets to Fight in War: Report
Ukrainian recruiters are reportedly roaming the streets of the country in a desperate effort to bolster the ranks of the military as the war with Russia continues to sap the native population.
A report from the Times of London claimed that tactics to increase the number of soldiers have become “increasingly deceitful, coercive and violent” as Kyiv attempts to increase the number of mobilized men by around 200,000 to press on with the fight against Russia.
Speaking anonymously to the British paper of record, a conscription officer from the city of Odesa said that some of his colleagues are often turning to illegal methods, including physically grabbing men off the streets to send them to fight even if they are exempt from conscription.
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South Korea: Study Proves COVID ‘Vaccines’ Cause Mental Illness
A major study has uncovered evidence of psychiatric adverse events from Covid mRNA “vaccines,” proving that the injections have caused a surge in mental illness.
The study was conducted by leading researchers in South Korea who analyzed the data of over two million residents in the nation’s capital city Seoul.
The authors randomly selected participants from 50 percent of Seoul’s resident population aged 20 and older.
Those included in the study were randomly selected from the Korean National Health Insurance Service (KNHIS) claims database.
A total of 2,027,353 participants were divided into two groups — vaccinated and non-vaccinated — according to their Covid vaccination status.
The study found that cases of depression, anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform disorders, and sleep disorders surged among those who had received mRNA shots.
The scientific paper, titled “Psychiatric adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination: a population-based cohort study in Seoul, South Korea,” was published in the prestigious peer-reviewed medical journal Nature.
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Three Arrested in South Africa Over Massacre of 18 Relatives
South African police have arrested three people in connection with the massacre of 18 relatives that took place in a remote town last week following a manhunt, the police say.
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu confirmed the arrests during the memorial service for the 18 victims on Sunday, in the town of Lusikisiki, in the Eastern Cape, where the killings happened.
He added that the arrest of a fourth suspect would be announced soon.
Shockwaves erupted across South Africa when gunmen opened fire on two homes, killing fifteen women and three men. Several were shot in the head.
The victims were aged from 14 to 64 years old, according to local newspaper Dispatch Live.
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At Least 1.5 Million Illegal Southwest Border Crossers Reported in FY24
A minimum of 1,525,210 foreign nationals illegally crossed the Southwest U.S. border in fiscal 2024, according to preliminary data The Center Square exclusively obtained from a Border Patrol agent on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal.
The data excludes Office of Field Operations data, gotaway data (those who illegally entered and evaded capture), and northern border apprehension data, meaning the overall number is likely much higher.
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Britain is the illegal migrant capital of Europe according to a shock new study conducted by Oxford University experts.
The research shows up to 745,000 asylum seekers are in the country, accounting for one per cent of the total population.
This includes foreign arrivals who have overstayed their visas, failed asylum seekers and migrants who have made the treacherous journey across the Channel in small boats.
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Canada: Researchers Predict Immigration Could Drive Rent Up to $5,600 Per Month
Immigration-driven population growth could drive rent in major cities well beyond the reach of most Canadians within the next two decades.
The latest research spearheaded by the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University, in partnership with Equiton, predicts that rents could reach a whopping $5,600 per month in major cities if trends continue.
Associate professor of real estate and finance Erkan Yönder created the model that resulted in the report, titled AI-Driven Insights into Key Factors Influencing Canada’s Rental Market.
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European Far Right Rallies Behind Accused Italian Minister
Europe’s far-right leaders rallied together in Italy Sunday in support of the country’s deputy prime minister, who faces prosecution stemming from his anti-immigration stance.
Matteo Salvini could be sentenced to as many as six years in prison over his 2019 decision to bar a boat carrying more than 100 migrants from docking in Italy. Prosecutors allege he essentially kidnapped the migrants, forcing them to remain at sea despite increasingly bleak conditions on their boat.
Far-right firebrands including Hungary’s Viktor Orban and the Netherlands’ Geert Wilders came to Salvini’s defense, railing Sunday against Brussels and illegal immigration — the latest demonstration of Europe’s widening ideological chasm over immigration.
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Migrant Imprisonment Rate Over a Quarter Higher Than for British Citizens: Report
The imprisonment rate for foreign nationals is 27 per cent higher than British citizens, according to an analysis of data from the government.
A project to create the first “league table of criminality by nationality” conducted by The Telegraph newspaper analysed the number of people in jail by the passport they hold and compared that with 2021 Census data to create a picture of the likelihood of criminality of various ethnic groups in Britain.
The analysis found that there were 18.2 prisoners per 10,000 migrants living in Britain compared to 14 out of 10,000 UK citizens, meaning that foreigners have a 27 per cent higher imprisonment rate. However, the differences become more stark when looking at specific ethnicities.
By far and away, Albanian migrants were the most likely to be imprisoned, with a rate of 232.33 out of 10,000 people, or one in 50. Second on the list was people from Kosovo at 150.23 per 10,000, followed by Vietnamese (148.88), Algerians (124.41), Jamaicans (110.77), Eritreans (110.7), Iraqis (104.43), and Somalis (100.37). The figures mean that such ethnicities are at least seven times more prone to be imprisoned than British citizens.
There are some ethnicities which actually fare better than the native population in terms of avoiding criminality, however, with people from Germany being the least likely to be imrpisoned of any group at just 4.68 per 10,000. This was followed by migrants from Italy (4.96), India (6.24), Greece (6.36), US (7.27), Sri Lanka (8.17), France (8.64), and China (9.39).
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Moment Dinghy of Migrants Land on Idyllic Greek Beach as Shocked British Tourists Look on
his is the shocking moment a boatload of migrants including parents and babies arrived on an idyllic Greek beach, leaving tourists stunned.
A couple sitting on Kolymbia Beach in Rhodes yesterday saw the boat full of people arriving as they were watching the sunset.
The boat contained around a dozen men and women without safety gear and two appeared to have babies strapped to their fronts. One person was also using a swimming pool rubber ring for support.
It is believed that the migrants may have been escaping from Turkey.
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Nearly 1,000 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats on Saturday — the highest total in a single day for almost two years.
A total of 973 migrants in 17 small boats crossed the English Channel to the UK on Saturday — as four people died making the journey. The four migrants died in two incidents, according to reports.
It marked a record-high 24 hours since November 12, 2022, when there were 1,214 arrivals.
The latest wave of crossings also meant that the running tally of arrivals for 2024 — 26,612 — has now overtaken the same point last year, when it was 25,330.
It comes after a two-year-old boy was ‘trampled to death’ on an overcrowded boat off the coast of France whilst attempting to cross the English Channel on Saturday, the Prefect of Pas-de-Calais region confirmed.
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Texas Police Raid Apartment Complex Controlled by Tren De Aragua Gang, 20 Arrested
Texas police raided a largely vacant San Antonio apartment complex Saturday that was controlled by the Venezuelan-exported Tren de Aragua gang, arresting 20 people. The gang members had been using the edifice as a base of operations as they try to extend their criminal influence throughout Texas, the New York Post reported.
A police task force stormed the building and investigated all 300 empty units at the Palatia Apartments on the North Side of the city, San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) Chief William McManus told reporters at a press conference. Gov. Greg Abbott recently declared the organized crime unit to be a “terrorist” organization.
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Tim Walz Claims Kamala’s ‘Border Policies Are the Most Strongest, the Fairest We’ve Seen’ in US
Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz appeared on Fox News Sunday with Shannon Bream, where he praised Vice President Kamala Harris’ border policies as the strongest and most fair the US has seen.
During the interview, Bream questioned Walz’s record as governor, citing a Wall Street Journal article that highlighted his decision to sign legislation in Minnesota allowing illegal immigrants to apply for driver’s licenses, qualify for free tuition at universities, and enroll in Minnesota’s free healthcare program for low-income residents. Bream asked Walz whether these programs incentivize illegal immigration and why legal residents should bear the cost of these services through their taxes.
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The US Supreme Court is set to hear a case involving an Ohio woman who claims her workplace discriminated against her by prioritizing her gay and male colleagues. Specifically, the Supreme Court will rule on the question of whether or not the woman needs to “make a showing in addition to the usual ones for establishing a prima-facie case” due to her being of the non-minority, heterosexual status. The ruling from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals that the Supreme Court is taking up had cited previous case law in saying that the woman “must show ‘background circumstances to support the suspicion that the defendant is that unusual employer who discriminates against the majority.’“
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WEF Demands Ban on Home-Grown Food to Stop ‘Global Warming’
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is demanding that governments enforce bans on members of the general public growing their own food at home in order to comply with the unelected globalist organization’s “Net Zero” agenda.
The WEF argues that home-grown food creates “emissions” that allegedly cause “global warming.”
According to so-called “experts” behind a recent WEF study, researchers apparently discovered that the “carbon footprint” of home-grown food is “destroying the planet.”
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https://www.maxicom.se/res/Textfiler/Oeppet-brev-6.pdf
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sent personally to all 347 party-affiliated parliamentary delegates of the Swedish riksdag
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The title of this letter is just one word:
CONTEMPT!