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Firing Government Employees Is Too Hard; the Constitution Intended for It to Be Easier It’s hard to get rid of a career bureaucrat, even at the managerial level. “After you’ve been here for a year, it’s easier to kill you than fire you.” That’s what my co-workers at the Bureau of Labor Statistics would tell me on a sunny day, after we’d used up our lunch hour, but wanted to walk around the National Mall rather than go back to work. I was reminded of this when I learned that not one IRS employee has been so much as reprimanded for their role in making incredibly burdensome, intrusive, and unconstitutional demands for irrelevant information from non-profit groups critical of the government. https://cei.org/blog/firing-government-employees-is-too-hard-the-constitution-intended-for-it-to-be-easier/ Trump and his allies outline the economic case for upending DC bureaucracy Donald Trump’s widely expected 2024 campaign — which he could formally announce as early as this year — appears likely to focus on upending Washington's bureaucracy. The former president and his allies would put thousands of government employees in their sights who are traditionally insulated from politics. On Tuesday, during a summit in Washington, Trump and his top political allies sketched out an economic component of their attacks on bureaucracy, targeting an old GOP villain: regulations. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-and-his-allies-make-the-case-for-upending-washingtons-bureaucracy-110012690.html Bipartisan House Bill Protects Funds for Hunting Education Who said Republicans and Democrats can't find common ground in the House? By a 424-1 margin, The House on Tuesday night approved the Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act in response to the Biden administration's decision to block archery and hunting programs from receiving federal education funding. The only lawmaker to vote against the bill was Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas. https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/house-senate-shooting-sports/2023/09/27/id/1136133/ Fentanyl and related drugs are killing more people than guns and cars combined. Many victims don’t realize they’re even taking it Lillianna Alfaro was a recent high school graduate raising a toddler and considering joining the Army when she and a friend bought what they thought was the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in December 2020. https://fortune.com/2022/10/28/fentanyl-drugs-overdose-deaths-cocaine-meth-synthetic-opioids/ Why men need to start being men again “Australia’s ‘man drought’ is real — especially if you’re a Christian woman looking for love” was the attention-grabbing ABC headline that caught my eye a few days ago. The story was about 32-year-old Anna Hitchings who expected to be married with children by now but hasn’t. She attributes this in a large part to there being a lack of men who share her Christian values. https://www.spectator.com.au/2019/11/why-men-need-to-start-being-men-again/ How to Be a Man Take a step behind the discussions on guns, misogyny, and the anger and loneliness that are driving men’s addictions and suicides. https://www.giraffe.org/news/how-to-be-a-man

About CRPA The California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA), founded in 1875, is a nonprofit membership and donor supported organization with tens of thousands of members throughout California. We need you! California saw over 1 million new gun owners in 2020. These are people that choose to defend those they love, themselves, or take up a new hobby like hunting or competitive shooting. CRPA’s membership is comprised of a diverse cross-section of the general public including believers in the right to choose to own a gun to defend yourself and your family, competitive and recreational shooters, hunters, conservationists, gun safety experts, students, new shooters, women, police, prosecutors and defense attorneys, judges, firearm history and technology experts, coaches and trainers, Olympians, families, and loving parents. https://crpa.org/about-crpa/ Justin Trudeau's Nazi Hot Take Flexibility A year and a half ago, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau denounced a Jewish member of parliament named Melissa Lantsman for standing with “people who wave swastikas.” Lantsman had criticized Trudeau for fanning “the flames of an unjustified national emergency” in response to the “Freedom Convoy” trucker protests. The “swastikas” Trudeau referenced were, as even Snopes conceded, virtually all “pictured on signs as a way of mocking and protesting government restrictions,” comme ça: https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/85360/justin-trudeaus-nazi-hot-take-flexibility.html Trudeau blames 'Russian disinformation' for Nazi veteran attending Canadian Parliament Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has blamed "Russian disinformation" for the attendance of a Nazi veteran at Canada's Parliament. Trudeau's statement on Monday marked the first time he spoke since the Canadian Parliament gave a standing ovation to the Nazi veteran. The prime minister described the situation as "extremely upsetting" and "particularly" upsetting for Canada's Jewish community. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trudeau-blames-russian-disinformation-nazi-veteran-canadian-parliament Chrystia Freeland’s granddad was indeed a Nazi collaborator – so much for Russian disinformation The news conference on Monday by Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland was interesting not for the announcement that Canada was extending its training mission to Ukraine but for the questions and answers about the minister’s grandfather. There have been a number of articles circulating about Freeland’s Ukrainian grandfather Michael Chomiak and his ties to the Nazis. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/chrystia-freelands-granddad-was-indeed-a-nazi-collaborator-so-much-for-russian-disinformation Unearthed Campaign Video Emerges of NY AG Letitia James Threatening To “Bring down” President Trump https://100percentfedup.com/unearthed-campaign-video-emerges-of-ny-ag-letitia-james-threatening-to-bring-down-president-trump/ Attorneys General From 16 States Push Back on Soros-Funded New York AG’s Plot To Dismantle The NRA https://nationalfile.com/attorneys-general-from-16-states-push-back-on-soros-funded-new-york-ags-plot-to-dismantle-the-nra/

The Erosion of Border Control and Its Threat to National Sovereignty The disaster unfolding on America’s southern border since 2020 is both a humanitarian tragedy and a threat to our national security. Hundreds of migrants have died while trying to cross the border, and federal agents have apprehended tens of thousands of unaccompanied children. https://www.hoover.org/research/erosion-border-control-and-its-threat-national-sovereignty Migrant border crossings in fiscal year 2022 topped 2.76 million, breaking previous record The number of undocumented immigrant crossings at the southwest border for fiscal year 2022 topped 2.76 million, breaking the previous annual record by more than 1 million, according to Customs and Border Protection data. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/migrant-border-crossings-fiscal-year-2022-topped-276-million-breaking-rcna53517 BIDEN’S BORDER CRISIS IS THE WORST IN AMERICAN HISTORY https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000017f-d8bd-d522-ab7f-debd59400000 Divided City Council approves $51 million in migrant crisis funding A divided City Council agreed Wednesday to slap a $51 million Band-Aid on Chicago’s burgeoning migrant crisis after a cathartic and racially charged debate that reduced one member to tears. The 34-13 vote will provide enough funding to carry Chicago only through June 30. https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2023/5/31/23743981/migrant-crisis-funds-chicago-immigrants-city-council-vote-homeless Chicago signs $29M contract for migrant base camps The city of Chicago has signed a more than $29 million contract with a private security firm to build and operate base camps for migrants. Zones in the camps would hold between 200 and 1,400 people. The deal with Garda World calls for at least six locations across the city for asylum-seekers. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chicago-signs-29m-contract-for-migrant-base-camps/ar-AA1h2Kje NY Gov Tells Migrants, 'If You're Going To Leave Your Country, Go Somewhere Else' https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/watch-hochul-migrant-crisis-new-york/ Chicago Residents Have Had It With Illegal Aliens Flooding the City The deluge of illegal aliens flooding into Democrat-run cities has reached a boiling point, especially in Chicago. Residents got tense during a city council meeting that allocated $51 million for illegal aliens. It’s geared toward housing expenses which have the city’s black community in an uproar. https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2023/06/01/why-a-chicago-city-council-meeting-got-tense-over-illegal-alien-funding-n2623931 New York City sues counties refusing to house migrants https://www.reuters.com/legal/new-york-city-sues-counties-refusing-house-migrants-2023-06-07/ Increased Illegal Immigration Brings Increased Crime: Almost 2/3 of Federal Arrests Involve Noncitizens While the majority of illegal aliens seek a better life, the undeniable link between increasing illegal immigration and crime poses a significant threat. https://www.heritage.org/crime-and-justice/commentary/increased-illegal-immigration-brings-increased-crime-almost-23-federal Border Patrol now begs for help to stop 800% surge of migrants sneaking in from Canada https://nypost.com/2023/02/21/border-patrol-begs-for-help-after-record-migrant-surge-from-canada/

Just What Chicago Needs, Government-Owned Grocery Stores Luther, fear not, the era of government-run grocery stores may not be as dead and buried as it seems. The city of Chicago — already doing such a terrific job on handling crime, poverty, homelessness, and unemployment — is exploring the possibility of establishing municipally owned grocery stores. https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/just-what-chicago-needs-government-owned-grocery-stores/ Canada's grocery business doesn't have enough competition — and shoppers are paying the price, report finds Canada's grocery business is controlled by large players and needs government assistance to encourage new entrants to bring down prices, a report from the Competition Bureau says. The report, published Tuesday, is the result of a probe that Canada's top competition watchdog launched last year, when concern over food prices hit a fever pitch. The bureau spent months examining many aspects of Canada's grocery business, which is dominated by three domestic giants — Loblaws, Metro and Sobeys owner Empire — along with foreign players like Walmart and Costco. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/competition-bureau-grocery-1.6889712 California fast food and health care workers poised to win major salary increases Most of the state's 500,000 fast food workers would be paid at least $20 per hour next year under a new bill aimed at ending a standoff between the industry and labor unions over wages and working conditions. About 455,000 health care workers — not doctors and nurses, but the people who do everything else at hospitals, dialysis clinics and other facilities — will see their salaries rise to at least $25 per hour over the next 10 years in a separate bill. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/california-fast-food-workers-20-minimum-wage-new-103099258 I’m a Former Teacher. Here’s How Your Children Are Getting Indoctrinated by Leftist Ideology. Your children are being indoctrinated. The education system designed to teach them how to think critically has been weaponized by the radical left to push an anti-American agenda. As someone who has worked in education for four years, I have seen firsthand how your children are being ensnared by the left and their teachers. I worked with kids from ages 3 to 13 and saw the brainwashing that exists at all levels of education. The left uses a combination of propaganda and suppression to push kids into the ensnaring grip of socialism and anti-patriotism. https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/im-former-teacher-heres-how-your-children-are-getting-indoctrinated-leftist How Public Schools Indoctrinate Kids Without Almost Anyone Noticing Many people have long suspected that governments sometimes attempt to indoctrinate their people to increase the government’s own power and influence. Unfortunately, ambitious governments will not stop at merely controlling what their people can do; they must control their minds. Indoctrination happens through many channels—entertainment, speeches, and censorship––but its main instrument is the school system. Teachers have a captive audience of malleable young minds for several years. They may not have figured out how to make students smart and productive, but they can at least make them submissive and obedient. https://thefederalist.com/2018/10/26/public-schools-indoctrinate-kids-without-almost-anyone-noticing/

Newsom’s electric car nirvana collides with reality Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Air Resources Board publicly boasted last week about making great strides toward eliminating fossil fuels and their greenhouse gases. The board released “a draft plan that, when final, will guide the state’s transition to a clean energy economy, drastically reduce the use of fossil fuels, achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 or sooner, and significantly clean the state’s air especially in disadvantaged communities disproportionately burdened by persistent pollution.” https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/05/electric-cars-california-newsom/ California, Facing Power Crisis, Frets Over Electric Car Charging Routines https://www.newsweek.com/california-facing-power-crisis-frets-over-electric-car-charging-routines-1602755 Gov. Kristi Noem endorses Trump as he visits South Dakota South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem endorsed former President Donald Trump at a party fundraiser in Rapid City Friday night that doubled as an opportunity for Noem to showcase herself as a potential vice presidential pick. https://news.yahoo.com/trump-visits-south-dakota-rally-041410302.html McCarthy: President Trump Is Stronger Today Than In 2016 Or 2020, DeSantis Is "Not At The Same Level" REP. KEVIN MCCARTHY: President Trump is stronger today than he was in 2016 or 2020, and there's a reason why. They saw the policies of what he was able to do with America. Putting America first, making our economy stronger, we didn't have inflation, we didn't have these battles around the world." https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/09/17/mccarthy_president_trump_is_stronger_today_than_in_2016_or_2020.html Donald Trump campaign raises more than $7m by selling mugshot merchandise Donation haul underscores how Trump’s legal woes have been a fundraising boon for his election campaign. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/27/donald-trump-campaign-raises-more-than-7m-by-selling-mugshot-merchandise Donald Trump Looks Unstoppable Now Former President Donald Trump celebrated a “blowout” survey on Sunday, telling his followers on Truth Social that he won 85.7% of the vote in a Turning Point Action conference straw poll. https://www.19fortyfive.com/2023/07/donald-trump-looks-unstoppable-now/ Trudeau's disastrous India trip all about domestic politics Justin Trudeau’s first trip to India as prime minister in 2018 was a complete disaster, including inviting a convicted terrorist to dinner. On this latest trip for the G20, he looked back at his last trip and said, “Hold my beer.” Trudeau went to the G20 over the weekend and made relations with India even worse, while also distancing Canada from key allies. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/lilley-trudeaus-disastrous-india-trip-all-about-domestic-politics/ar-AA1gzP2B Trudeau continues to embarrass Canada on world stage https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/gunter-trudeau-continues-to-embarrass-canada-on-work-stage No jail for B.C. man with gun after judge fails to consider Indigenous heritage https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/no-jail-for-man-with-gun-after-judge-fails-to-consider-indigenous-heritage

How Cultural Marxism is Grinding Down America's Public Schools Marxism is the gradual process of grinding down western democracies by subverting the pillars of their culture, the structures and institutions of family, religion, education, politics, law, the arts and the media, as they provide the social cohesion necessary to a functioning society. Undermine the principles these structural institutions embody, and a capitalist society can be overthrown from within without firing a shot. Like termites eating away at the foundation of a house, cultural Marxists in our midst have plotted since the 1960s to radically transform every cultural institution in America, including its secondary education system. https://canadafreepress.com/article/how-cultural-marxism-is-grinding-down-americas-public-schools Lawmakers approve school safety bill that would require an armed person at every Texas campus Texas lawmakers sent a sweeping school safety measure to Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday, including in their response to last year’s Uvalde massacre a requirement to post an armed security officer at every school and provide mental health training for certain district employees. The measure also gives the state more power to compel school districts to create active-shooter plans. Both chambers gave their final approval to House Bill 3 after ironing out their differences over the past week. “It’s time to act,” said Rep. Ken King, R-Canadian, before the vote was taken. “We need to prevent the next Uvalde.” https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/28/texas-school-safety/ President Donald Trump Crushing Joe Biden in Latest Polls President Trump is crushing Joe Biden in the latest polls. It was a horrible week for the anti-American Biden regime. President Trump reported the following in a message to his followers: In the past week, there have been four different polls released showing President Donald Trump leading Joe Biden in a national head-to-head match-up. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/09/president-donald-trump-crushing-joe-biden-latest-polls/ Jack Smith Was NOT Hired to Win His Case Against Trump Don’t be fooled. Special Counsel Jack Smith was not hired to argue a brilliant case against President Donald Trump in a court of law. Jack Smith was not hired to bring legitimate charges against President Trump. Jack Smith was hired as a DOJ hitman to take out Trump. Period. Jack Smith has always been a hitman. He was hired as a hitman before. He was hired as a hitman to destroy Trump. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/09/jack-smith-was-hired-as-dependable-doj-hitman/ Hunter Biden Sues IRS After Whistleblowers Reveal He Was Given Sweetheart Deal for Not Paying Taxes on Millions in Illicit Business Deals Hunter Biden sued the IRS after whistleblowers revealed he did not pay taxes on millions of dollars in international money schemes and was given a sweetheart deal from far left investigators. The whistleblowers released the shocking truth to the American public. So Hunter Biden is suing them. Hunter claims the whistleblowers embarrassed him when they reported the truth on his illicit business dealings. Business Insider reported: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/09/hunter-biden-sues-irs-after-whistleblowers-reveal-he/ Senator blasts Biden family as ‘grifters,’ ‘influence peddlers’ who jeopardize security https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/senator-blasts-biden-family-as-grifters-influence-peddlers-who-jeopardize-security/

Illegal Aliens Aren’t Invited To Our Soon-To-Be Sanctuary City A little over two months ago, the Los Angeles City Council voted to officially become a “Sanctuary City” in the “Sanctuary State” of California. Now, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass (D) is saying that illegal aliens aren’t invited to the City of Angeles — in stark contrast to her prior statements. Bass’ newfound opposition comes after Texas Governor Greg Abbott has spent months busing illegal immigrants to L.A. https://vancouvertimes.org/la-mayor-illegal-aliens-arent-invited-to-our-soon-to-be-sanctuary-city/ Eric Adams Declares NYC Has ‘No More Room’ for Illegal Immigrants New York City’s Democratic mayor Eric Adams said during an interview Wednesday that “There’s no more room” in the five boroughs to support any more asylum seekers since the arrival of roughly 40,000 illegal immigrants in 2022. https://news.yahoo.com/eric-adams-declares-nyc-no-234221384.html Sanctuary Cities Seethe as Illegal Immigrants Actually Arrive The surest sign that public policies are simply virtue signals is when the messages don't cost anything. The easiest way to tell when that signal starts to fail is to watch politicians flounder as the costs start to rise and voters demand relief. https://www.newsweek.com/sanctuary-cities-seethe-illegal-immigrants-actually-arrive-opinion-1734120 Are Emergency Powers A Test To See What Americans Will Put Up With? During the hysteria of the covid pandemic questions swirled around how the federal government would respond to the events under the declaration of a national health emergency. What kind of powers would they claim to have and which constitutional rights would they try to suppress? What many Americans did not consider, however, was the implementation of emergency powers under state governments rather than the White House. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/are-emergency-powers-test-see-what-americans-will-put The Foundation of Every Government’s Power All animals experience fear—human beings, perhaps, most of all. Any animal incapable of fear would have been hard pressed to survive, regardless of its size, speed, or other attributes. Fear alerts us to dangers that threaten our well-being and sometimes our very lives. Sensing fear, we respond by running away, by hiding, or by preparing to ward off the danger. https://www.independent.org/publications/article.asp?id=1510 Portland Metro Population Declines Amid American Flight From Major Cities https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2022/03/24/portland-metro-population-declines-amid-american-flight-from-major-cities/ Why So Many Businesses Are Suddenly Leaving One Major US City Hipster-a person who follows the latest trends and fashions in clothing and lifestyle, especially those regarded as being outside the cultural mainstream. Portland is a city full of them, but as the city's crime rises with retail theft, many businesses and folks are pulling up stakes. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/why-so-many-businesses-are-suddenly-leaving-one-major-us-city/ar-AA19ikUE New Mexico Governor Effectively Suspends 2nd Amendment Under “Emergency” Decree https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/09/new-mexico-governor-effectively-suspends-2nd-amendment-under-emergency-decree/ New Mexico sheriff says she won't enforce 'unconstitutional' gun ban: 'Protecting the Second Amendment' https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/new-mexico-sheriff-says-she-wont-enforce-unconstitutional-gun-ban-protecting-the-second-amendment/ar-AA1gBdVH

'This is a crisis': Head of medical association warns that the health-care system faces 'collapse' The new president of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) said Wednesday he fears the country's fragile health-care system will deteriorate further without an injection of cash — and a plan to increase the number of doctors and other health care professionals. Dr. Alika Lafontaine, an anesthesiologist in Grande Prairie, Alta., and the group's first Indigenous president, told CBC News that Canada's health care is in "dire" straits, with quality care severely limited in some parts of the country. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-health-care-system-collapse-1.6590461 The health system is bad now. It's going to get a lot worse — and here's why Canada’s health-care system is under siege. The country is still grappling with an acute crisis in our hospitals stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic while the slow-moving quagmire caused by the country’s aging population threatens to become a larger disaster. Can our system handle it? This joint five-part Medicare Meltdown series produced by the National Post and The Hub looks deep into the world of Canadian health care, not just to identify problems, but to offer solutions for the future. https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-health-system-is-bad-now-its-going-to-get-a-lot-worse-and-heres-why A ‘broken’ system: Canadians can’t afford lawyers but don’t qualify for legal aid Legal experts say the justice system is failing Canada’s working poor, many of whom are unable to afford lawyers and end up pleading guilty or representing themselves in court. https://globalnews.ca/news/6263618/a-broken-system-canadians-cant-afford-lawyers-but-dont-qualify-for-legal-aid/ Corruption in Canada worst in a decade, finds international watchdog Canada has, once again, slipped down an international ranking for corruption, standing at 13th in the world and well back of world leaders, such as Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore. https://biv.com/article/2022/01/corruption-canada-worst-decade-finds-international-watchdog Canadian Schools Brainwashing Students With LGBT, Transgender Propaganda The LGTBQ indoctrination never ends. Children in schools must be brainwashed. According to Lifesite News, In the latest edition of Professionally Speaking, the June 2019 publication of the Ontario College of Teachers has another article pushing once more the inclusive classroom. https://capforcanada.com/canadian-schools-brainwashing-students-with-lgbt-transgender-propaganda/ Waiting Your Turn: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada, 2022 Report Waiting for treatment has become a defining characteristic of Canadian health care. In order to document the queues for visits to specialists and for diagnostic and surgical procedures in the country, the Fraser Institute has—for almost three decades—surveyed specialist physicians across 12 specialties and 10 provinces. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/waiting-your-turn-wait-times-for-health-care-in-canada-2022 Canadian man claims assisted suicide is being pushed on him by hospital https://nypost.com/2022/11/08/canadian-man-assisted-suicide-being-pushed-on-me-by-hospital/ Government agrees mentally ill should have access to assisted dying — in 2 years https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/maid-bill-senate-amendments-1.5924163 Canadian veterans were offered assisted suicide in five instances, committee hears https://nationalpost.com/news/canadian-veterans-assisted-suicide

This WaPo/ABC News Poll Is Bad News for Biden: 68% Say Unfit to Serve According to new numbers released from a Washington Post/ABC News poll, just one-third of Americans say President Biden is “physically fit” and possesses the “mental acuity” needed to serve as Commander in Chief. The abysmal numbers come on the heels of Biden’s recent and explosively lackluster re-election announcement video which was widely panned as a campaign launch void of substance or enthusiasm. https://www.uspresidentialelectionnews.com/2023/05/this-wapo-abc-news-poll-is-bad-news-for-biden-32-say-unfit-to-serve/?expand_article=1 UN ‘Pact For The Future’ Seeks Permanent Emergency Powers For ‘Complex Global Shocks’ The UN is set to outline a far reaching plan to secure emergency powers that would allow the global body to lead a “common agenda” for all nations during any “complex global shocks” such as a new pandemic. The Federalist reports that the plan is to be finalised at a September 2024 ‘Summit of the Future,’ where the UN will adopt a ‘Pact for the Future,’ to include policies that have been outlined in the globalist body’s ‘Our Common Agenda‘ report. https://summit.news/2023/07/05/report-un-pact-for-the-future-seeks-permanent-emergency-powers-for-complex-global-shocks/ Are Lockdowns Coming Back? These Fauci Comments Are Fueling Suspicions Anthony Fauci’s recent comments during a Wayne State University event have some concerned that a lockdown 2.0 could be on the horizon, despite the social, emotional, financial, and educational toll it took on children, adults, and society at large. https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2023/08/23/lockdowns-round2-n2627399 It may be time to break out the masks against Covid, some experts say If you’re at high risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19, it’s time to dust off those N95 masks and place them snugly over your nose and mouth to protect yourself from a recent uptick of the virus, according to a growing number of experts. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/23/health/masks-covid-surge-wellness/index.html The Damage of Masking Children Could be Irreparable Public smiling in photographs probably started in the 1920s. Photography just took too long for people to hold a smile in the early years of photography. So, they sat still instead of sitting happy. Then photos got faster and people started to smile for those photos. But, probably most if not all of us suspect people actually did smile prior to 1920. We just don’t have photo-documentation. And way long ago, George Washington probably didn’t smile for his portrait because his ivory-tooth dentures hurt. https://brownstone.org/articles/the-damage-of-masking-children-could-be-irreparable/ 47 studies confirm ineffectiveness of masks for COVID and 32 more confirm their negative health effects https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/47-studies-confirm-inefectiveness-of-masks-for-covid-and-32-more-confirm-their-negative-health-effects/ Shoplifting has reportedly become a $94.5B problem for US retailers https://nypost.com/2022/12/23/retail-theft-cost-retailers-94-5-billion-in-2021-report/ UN Prepares to Hand Dictatorships Power to Control the Internet https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/un-prepares-hand-dictatorships-power-control-internet/

Four Trudeau scandals he’s glad you forgot Justin Trudeau’s time as prime minister has been riddled with innumerable scandals. So many scandals in fact, that embarrassments which would normally haunt any other politician for the rest of their career have begun to fade into distant memory. Two weeks ago, we published a ten minute run-down of Trudeau’s most well known scandals to date. This week, however, we focused on the shocking embarrassments that are becoming buried under the sheer number of scandals that Trudeau works tirelessly to bring upon himself. https://thepostmillennial.com/justin-trudeaus-forgotten-scandals-would-ruin-anyone-elses-career How the Biden corruption empire ran under the radar for so long I know Romanian corruption. When I was exiting the country in 1987 after investigating its collapsing economy, I made sure to bribe every guard who searched my luggage at the Bucharest airport with a pack of Kent cigarettes. But I neglected to give a pack to the soldier on the tarmac as I walked to my Lufthansa flight. He was soon screaming and waving his submachine gun in my direction. Whoops. After the fall of the Communist regime, the US State Department launched a program to help Romania curtail corruption. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/how-the-biden-corruption-empire-ran-under-the-radar-for-so-long/ar-AA1b1LnX Justin Trudeau accused of rewriting history by claiming he never forced anyone to get vaccinated Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau generated controversy for recently claiming that he never forced anyone in his country to get the immunization throughout the course of the pandemic. In a clip shared to Twitter, Trudeau declared Monday that he merely incentivized people to get the vaccine, "while not forcing them to do so." The clip generated a huge backlash online, with users claiming that the leader’s comments stand in contrast with his orders requiring vaccines for various groups of Canadians, including a mandate for all federal workers and federally regulated Canadian transportation sectors. https://www.foxnews.com/media/justin-trudeau-accused-rewriting-history-claiming-never-forced-anyone-get-vaccinated Trudeau vows to freeze anti-mandate protesters' bank accounts https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60383385 Trudeau slams 'fear mongering' over COVID vaccine mandate for truckers https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadas-trudeau-slams-fear-mongering-over-covid-vaccine-mandate-for-truckers ‘Fringe minority’ in truck convoy with ‘unacceptable views’ don’t represent Canadians: Trudeau https://globalnews.ca/news/8539610/trucker-convoy-covid-vaccine-mandates-ottawa/ Canada’s Parliament Suspends Debate on Trudeau’s “Emergencies Act” Claiming Safety Concerns As my colleague Mary Chastain noted yesterday, the Canadian elite declared all out war on the protesting truckers yesterday as police began to arrest leaders, manipulated the banking system to freeze funds for the demonstrations, and targeted pets. https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/02/canadas-parliament-suspends-debate-on-trudeaus-emergencies-act-claiming-safety-concerns/ Tucker Carlson Fears ‘We’re Speeding Toward’ Trump ‘Assassination’ Tucker Carlson is worried that former President Donald Trump could be the target of an assassination, since his “popularity rose” after each indictment. https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2023/08/30/tucker-carlson-fears-were-speeding-toward-trump-assassination/

Corporations, Politics, and Democracy: Corporate political activities as political corruption There is a genuine concern that wealth supported by business interests undermines the health of Western liberal democracies (see, e.g., Lessig, 2011; Wolin, 2010). Crouch (2004) used the term “post-democracy” to describe how businesses exercise inordinate political power to shape governmental policy. Similarly, Barley (2007, p. 201) suggested that representative democracy has been replaced with a “corporate society” in which corporations influence legislation for their own benefit, without regard for a country’s citizens. The insight that business is intertwined with politics is not new; throughout history, businesses have undermined the will of the people in the pursuit of profits (Barley, 2010). Rather, the concern is that Western liberal democracies are moving increasingly in the wrong direction; corporate influence is on the rise leading to an erosion of democratic principles and a process of de-democratization in many countries around the world (Brown, 2015; Fraser, 2015). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2631787720982618 Trump-Tucker interview makes HISTORY with 200 MILLION views and COUNTING President Donald Trump made internet history this week alongside former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, racking up an incredible 200 million views and counting on their exclusive sit-down interview posted on X on Wednesday night. The interview was initially posted at 8:55 pm ET on Wednesday. By 12:00 pm ET on Thursday, the video had surpassed 200 million views. https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/trump-tucker-interview-makes-history-with-200-million-views-and-counting/ Trump raked in $9.4 million as his campaign sold tens of thousands of mugshot t-shirts and coffee mugs Donald Trump's campaign has raked in nearly $9.4 million since the Fulton County Sheriff's office released his historic mugshot, leading the former president to emblazon his glaring gaze on everything from t-shirts to koozies. https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-mugshot-fundraising-merchandise-profit-2024-gop-fulton-county-2023-8?op=1 Why You Should Be Worried About Chemicals In Your Chewing Gum The next time someone offers you a stick of gum, don't accept it right away unless you've gotten a chance to check out the ingredients on the package. That may seem dramatic to you, but it won't by the time you finish reading about the sketchy list of chemicals in each seemingly innocent piece. https://www.eatthis.com/chewing-gum-chemicals/ TV news crew reporting on Chicago robberies robbed at gunpoint A Chicago television news crew reporting on a string of robberies ended up robbed themselves after they were accosted at gunpoint by three armed men wearing ski masks. The Spanish-language station Univision Chicago said a reporter and photographer were filming just before 5am Monday in the city’s West Town neighborhood when three masked men brandishing firearms robbed them, taking their television camera and other items. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/29/chicago-tv-univision-reporters-robbed What a blow! Kleenex pulling out of Canadian consumer market Kimberly-Clark, which makes many other paper product brands, including Cottonelle, Huggies, Poise and Depend, says it has made the decision to stop making the consumer-focused versions of Kleenex facial tissues in Canada, even as its other products will stay on the shelves. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/kleenex-canada-1.6947410

Western Civilization Has Been Destroyed by Diversity For decades liberal gentiles and jews have been lying to us that diversity within a single country is wonderful. Hiding behind this lie is an agenda to undermine every Western country by destroying its unity. The tool used was massive non-white immigration, supplemented in the United States with teaching blacks racial hatred of whites. If you think blacks have not been taught to hate whites, watch the 13 minute video included in Fred Reed’s article and listen to blacks tell you how much they hate you ( https://www.unz.com/freed/blackness-fatigue-enough-is-too-much/ ). Not all blacks, of course, but the blacks who don’t hate us are “Uncle Toms.” The blacks who do hate white people tell us about in in the Black Arena Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/freedom-rider-terrible-origins-july-4th https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2021/07/06/western-civilization-has-been-destroyed-by-diversity/ Mass Migration: Uninvited Guests Refugees and immigrants bring their own cultures, their own assumptions, beliefs, values, fears and hopes from their homelands. One cannot just assume that they wish to integrate or assimilate into the Western culture. Willingness to assimilate might well vary from individual to individual, and from culture to culture. A society can only function smoothly if there is a large degree of agreement and commonality regarding to what language people shall speak, what rules they should follow in dealing with one another, and how government is to be established. Where is it written that all cultures are necessarily compatible with one another? https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11625/mass-migration-uninvited-guests 'Sweden as we know it is dying': From welcoming migrants to discouraging them Sweden used to be seen as one of Europe's most welcoming countries for refugees. However, a right-wing conservative government coalition propped up by a far-right party is changing Sweden's migration policy and hardening its stance towards migrants and asylum seekers. Sweden used to have a reputation for treating refugees with relative generosity, something which the new Swedish government is aiming to change. https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/46555/sweden-as-we-know-it-is-dying-from-welcoming-migrants-to-discouraging-them Stop Mass Migration or Britain Will Face Societal Breakdown Mass migration to the United Kingdom has resulted in huge demographic shifts which could lead to a breakdown in social cohesion, a report from Migration Watch UK has found. https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/08/24/stop-mass-migration-or-britain-will-face-societal-breakdown-report/ Mass Immigration Is On The Verge Of Destroying Europe Several millennia were required to build European civilisation but its impending destruction has been the work of just a few years, carried out by a cadre of irresponsible, unpatriotic and deluded politicians led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Dressing up their vandalism as compassion and their cowardice as moral superiority, these leaders have created an immigration crisis so profound that the very existence of our European culture and heritage is under mortal threat. https://www.technocracy.news/mass-immigration-is-on-the-verge-of-destroying-europe/

‘Daily horrors are happening there’: dark side of jail where Trump surrendered Millions of people around the world watched on Thursday as former president Donald Trump surrendered to the Fulton County jail, and then promptly left the building on $200,000 bond. Local activists and attorneys say it’s a starkly different experience from what the more than 1,500 inmates who are booked into the facility each month typically face in the overcrowded jail, which has been the subject of ongoing reports of horrific conditions and has seen a spate of recent deaths. Along with 18 co-defendants, Trump was indicted last week on racketeering charges related to his alleged efforts to overturn the Georgia presidential election results in 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/25/trump-fulton-county-jail-unsafe-violent-conditions How Taxes and Regulations are Worsening Vancouver’s Housing Crisis Bernie Burnett is not sure how much longer she can afford to stay in her modest two-storey house near Jericho Beach, in a once-middleclass neighbourhood in Vancouver’s West Point Grey not far from UBC. As house prices in the city climbed relentlessly, her annual property taxes have soared eightfold – from less than $3,000 when she bought the house in 2001 to more than $24,000 last year. Although Burnett rents out part of the house, she has had to defer a portion of her property taxes for seven years. She now owes the city more than $150,000. https://c2cjournal.ca/2022/03/how-taxes-and-regulations-are-worsening-vancouvers-housing-crisis-part-two-of-a-special-series/ Downtown San Francisco's collapse reflects the city's decay San Francisco’s downward spiral is continuing as it becomes clear that the city has dug itself far too deep a hole to get out of anytime soon. Nordstrom is the latest company to call it quits in downtown San Francisco, announcing that its five-floor location at the Westfield Mall and its discount outlet, Nordstrom Rack, will be shutting down in the summer once the stores’ leases expire. According to the department store company, “the dynamics of the downtown San Francisco market have changed dramatically over the past several years, impacting customer foot traffic to our stores and our ability to operate successfully.” https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/downtown-san-franciscos-collapse-reflects-the-citys-decay How Decades Of Democratic Rule Ruined Some Of Our Finest Cities Urban Blight: A few days ago, filmmaker Michael Moore tweeted, “Flint has voted for Dems for 84 straight yrs” and wanted to know, “What did it get us?” He’s actually on to something. Don’t drink the water in Flint, Mich. Federal and state officials botched a water supply switch there and ended up contaminating the city’s drinking water with lead. It’s a sad and infuriating story that has gone on far too long. It’s not quite a humanitarian crisis -- blessedly, we don’t see many of those in this country -- but it is a mess. https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/how-decades-of-democratic-rule-ruined-some-of-our-finest-cities/ It’s reasonable to call Trudeau a modern-day socialist Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, alongside other national and provincial leaders, can rightly be called a “socialist” in the modern sense. https://fraserinstitute.org/article/its-reasonable-to-call-trudeau-a-modern-day-socialist 5 Ways You Can Fight Back In The Cultural Civil War https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/02/5-ways-you-can-fight-back-in-the-cultural-civil-war/

Greek police arrest dozens for arson as EU’s largest-ever wildfires rage Greek authorities have arrested dozens of people on arson-related charges as deadly wildfires – the largest ever recorded in the European Union – rage across the country. Wildfires in Mount Parnitha, north of the Greek capital Athens, are still out of control Friday, with more forest destroyed overnight. The biggest fire front line in Greece remains near the northeastern town of Alexandroupolis, in the Evros region. https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/25/europe/greece-wildfires-arson-arrests-intl/index.html Charges laid in series of intentionally set Alberta wildfires, residential arsons Charges have been laid against an Alberta man in connection with what RCMP call “a series of intentionally set wildfires,” as well as several arsons to vehicles, homes and a church. https://globalnews.ca/news/9673400/arson-alberta-wildfires-intentionally-set-church/ RCMP charge Alberta woman with 32 counts of arson after spring wildfires A 54-year-old woman from Glendon, Alta., has been charged in connection with a series of wildfires in central and northern Alberta this spring. https://globalnews.ca/news/7923834/alberta-wildfires-arson-bonnyville-lac-la-biche/ Tenerife wildfires that have caused 12,000 to be evacuated ‘started deliberately’ A wildfire raging on Tenerife was started deliberately, officials have said. Canary Islands regional president Fernando Clavijo said police suspected arson and had opened three lines of investigation. There are no reports on any arrests. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/tenerife-wildfires-arson-police-cause-investigation-b1101877.html California Bill Would Effectively Ban 'Cashless' Stores Statewide A state senator has introduced a bill that will require most California businesses to accept cash. Sen. Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo) introduced SB-926 on Wednesday. It would make retail stores accept cash payments for any transaction of goods or services. San Francisco passed a similar law last year that outlawed "cashless" business. Supporters of the law argued that cashless stores were discriminating against lower income people who often can't access other forms of payment, like credit or debit cards. https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/california-bill-cash-payment-requirement-cashless-store-ban/ Justin Trudeau responds to Meta’s Canadian social media news ban Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other officials are calling on Facebook’s parent company Meta to reverse its recent ban on news content in the country so Canadians can get updates and reporting about wildfires and evacuations. https://www.deseret.com/2023/8/22/23840223/trudeau-metas-canadian-social-media-news-ban Sadiq Khan’s office under fire for suggesting white families ‘don’t represent real Londoners’ Sadiq Khan was forced to distance himself from a claim on his website that a picture of a young white family “does not represent real Londoners”. The Labour London mayor was criticised over the message, which appeared as part of a guide to his and the Greater London Authority’s (GLA) brand. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sadiq-khan-white-family-official-website-b2396431.html 'Blade Runners' destroying Sadiq Khan's Ulez cameras vow to carry on until every one is down 'no matter what' https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/ulez-activists-attacking-cameras-blade-runners/

The Numbers Are In: Nearly 200 Million (and Counting) People Watched the Trump-Tucker Interview Tucker Carlson’s interview with President Trump on X formerly known as Twitter, absolutely smashed the GOP debate on Fox News. In less than 24 hours, Tucker’s interview with Trump already has almost 200 million views. 200M views. Tucker vs. Trump is easily the most watched interview in history. Broadcast with no ad breaks, no corporate filter & no censorship. Just raw, fascinating insight & honesty that users devour. X is Breaking the media landscape —forever. Wow.pic.twitter.com/2031qFyz2O — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 24, 2023 https://breakingdigest.com/the-numbers-are-in-nearly-200-million-and-counting-people-watched-the-trump-tucker-interview/ President Trump’s First Tweet of Mugshot Gets OVER 120 Million Views – Elon Musk Responds: “Next-Level” President Trump continues to own the internet after his arrest in Fulton County, Georgia, on Thursday. Trump has been soaring in the polls recently and dominating the news cycles. The day after breaking the internet in a viral interview with Tucker Carlson, which premiered during the first GOP presidential debate; all the news networks are talking about Trump’s political persecution; and he is fundraising with historic new merchandise! Trump’s interview with Tucker has now been seen over 250 million times, far more than Fox, who got a mediocre 12.8 million viewers for their debate which President Trump wisely did not attend. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/president-trumps-first-tweet-mugshot-gets-100-million/ Canadian fires are being set deliberately (arson): Many recent Quebec and Alberta fires were started simultaneously Canadian Wildfires at Historic Levels to which Prime Minister Trudeau is claiming are due to climate change, however, when viewing satellite footage, we see that these fires were started simultaneously indicating that these so-called wildfires were in fact started by arsonists. https://canadianpatriot.org/2023/06/16/canadian-fires-are-being-set-deliberately-arson-many-recent-quebec-and-alberta-fires-were-started-simultaneously/ Climate change is an obvious myth – how much more evidence do you need? Climate change is a myth. We all know this, deep down. Some of you reading this may have been taken in by the fear-mongering governments or corrupt scientists so have been brainwashed into thinking climate change is a real thing that “threatens all of humanity” or some other nonsense, but it’s just that: nonsense. When you look closely at it, the so-called evidence for climate change, or “global warming” or “warmageddon” or “planetary death spiral” or whatever they’re calling it these days, it doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2014/nov/25/climate-change-is-an-obvious-myth-how-much-more-evidence-do-you-need A Brief History of China’s Global Warming Hoax, From 1863 to Right Now It all began when Irish physicist John Tyndall proposed in a “false flag” operation that variations in atmospheric composition could cause changes in the climate. https://theintercept.com/2023/08/20/global-warming-history-china-hoax/

Incineration Versus Recycling: In Europe, A Debate Over Trash Increasingly common in Europe, municipal “waste-to-energy” incinerators are being touted as a green trash-disposal alternative. But critics contend that these large-scale incinerators tend to discourage recycling and lead to greater waste. https://e360.yale.edu/features/incineration_versus_recycling__in_europe_a_debate_over_trash Libertarian firebrand Milei has a real shot at Argentina's presidency Milei has shaken up Argentina's political culture — and new polls suggest he could actually win The firebrand economist nicknamed "the Wig" for his unruly hairstyle is being viewed increasingly as a real contender in new polls that have emerged since he upended expectations by coming first in Argentina's primary elections last week https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/milei-argentina-election-1.6944351 Presidential Frontrunner Warns Leftist Rioters: You’ll ‘Have to Drag Me Out Dead’ to Stop Conservative Reforms Argentine presidential election front-runner Javier Milei affirmed his commitment to a dramatic reduction in the size of the government on Tuesday evening — asserting that potential leftist rioters at the presidential offices will have to either “drag me out of there dead” or go to prison. https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2023/08/16/argentina-presidential-frontrunner-warns-leftist-rioters-youll-have-drag-me-out-dead-stop-conservative-reforms/ 27 of Top 30 Crime-Ridden Cities Run by Democrats A new report shows that Democrat policies in cities and counties are responsible for rising crime rates in “their otherwise red states.” The Heritage Foundation today released a 19-page report titled “The Blue City Murder Problem” that includes analysis on crime data and explores who is responsible for rising crime throughout the U.S. (The Daily Signal is Heritage’s multimedia news organization.) https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/11/04/democrat-run-cities-counties-have-a-murder-problem-report-shows/ Legal Expense Insurance for Gun Owners Rest easy knowing that if you're ever charged with the improper use, storage, transportation, display or handling of a firearm, we will cover your legal defence costs. We will also defend you in situations where you use a firearm for self defence. https://firearmlegaldefence.com/ Toronto is exploring new taxes and a parking levy to tackle budget deficit A municipal sales tax, a dedicated 911 levy, more power for the Toronto parking authority to set higher prices and a graduated hike in land transfer tax for luxury homes are among the flurry of revenue proposals city staff are recommending that Toronto explore in order to stave off crushing financial pressures. https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-is-exploring-new-taxes-and-a-parking-levy-to-tackle-budget-deficit-1.6523192 Crime is up in Toronto, here's why Olivia Chow isn't the answer Major crime in Toronto is up by 20% so far this year, which is concerning because major crime in 2022 was up 18% compared to 2021. In 2023, auto thefts are up 39%, theft over $5,000 is up 29%, assaults are up 17%, and sexual crimes are up 16%. https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/crime-is-up-in-toronto-heres-why-chow-isnt-the-answer

It’s not the end of privacy yet in Canada, but the threat remains Despite early predictions that the internet would spell the end of privacy, it continues to be vital to who we are. Without privacy, we couldn’t sustain relationships or maintain our dignity or sense of self. Yet our privacy is constantly threatened by ubiquitous surveillance and data collection by tech platforms, retailers, the police and other state agencies, as well as hackers and criminals. Does privacy law in Canada do enough to protect us from these threats? To help you decide, it may help to clarify the main features of the legal landscape — when public and private entities can infringe your privacy and what happens when they do. https://theconversation.com/its-not-the-end-of-privacy-yet-in-canada-but-the-threat-remains-202659 Americans and Privacy: Concerned, Confused and Feeling Lack of Control Over Their Personal Information Majorities think their personal data is less secure now, that data collection poses more risks than benefits, and believe it is not possible to go through daily life without being tracked https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2019/11/15/americans-and-privacy-concerned-confused-and-feeling-lack-of-control-over-their-personal-information/ Trudeau government says privacy rules shouldn’t apply to federal parties The Liberal government is working to enshrine in law federal political parties’ ability to gather, store and exploit sensitive information about Canadian voters without oversight or rules. The Liberals’ budget bill, introduced in April, allows parties to “collect, use, disclose, retain and dispose” of Canadians’ personal information as long as they follow their own self-policed privacy policies. The move comes as the major federal parties are fighting B.C.’s privacy watchdog in court over that office’s ruling that federal parties must adhere to provincial privacy laws. The proposed federal law would supersede provincial privacy rules. https://globalnews.ca/news/9670687/trudeau-government-privacy-rules-federal-parties/ Canada's unforgivably disastrous health-care system There is an unmistakably Canadian complacency that enshrouds and swaddles our national health-care system and insulates it from a critical examination even though leaders of the Canadian Medical Association have declared the system to be on the verge of collapse https://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/medical/conrad-black-canadas-unforgivably-disastrous-health-care-system/ar-AA119BWx Half of Canadians do not have a doctor, or battle for appointments https://globalnews.ca/news/9901922/canadians-family-doctor-shortage-cma-survey/ Median waiting times for medical care, from general practitioner to treatment, in Canada as of 2022, by province https://www.statista.com/statistics/649600/medical-treatment-wait-times-canada-province/ Gavin Newsom trashes Target over removal of Pride apparel https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/gavin-newsom-trashes-target-pride-apparel-removal-18117123.php

Redditors fed up with ‘BS’ surcharges call out more than 200 LA restaurants for extra fees Users on Reddit are fed up with surreptitious surcharges at restaurants — and have begun crowdsourcing a list of Los Angeles eateries that tack on additional fees. So many responses poured in that the list was compiled into a public Google spreadsheet that has nearly 250 entries in a subreddit called r/LosAngeles. In Pasadena, Agnes Restaurant & Eatery adds a “4% Healthy LA” fee to all dine-in checks to help pay for workers’ health and wellness benefits. https://nypost.com/2023/08/14/redditors-compile-list-of-200-la-restaurants-tacking-extra-fees-onto-checks/ Covert and confusing ‘service charges’ anger US diners They’re not tips – and sometimes, they’re only revealed on itemized receipts, which patrons call dishonest If you order the roasted chicken and Italian chopped salad at Marvin, a hip and Goop-approved French bistro in Los Angeles, it will cost you $56. But when your bill comes, you’ll be asked to pay $67. That’s part of a service charge, which the menu says goes to the front of house, kitchen staff and managers. But you’ll still be expected to tip your waitstaff and pay sales tax – meaning you could easily end up spending $86, $30 more than the sticker price . https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/aug/07/restaurant-service-charges-us-los-angeles Of course Democrats are cheating – and why wouldn’t they? Democrats cheated in 2020, and they’re cheating again right now – and why wouldn’t they? It does not require a Ph.D in Skinnerian Behaviorism to understand that: a) given that Democrats were rewarded handsomely for their cheating in 2020, and b) given that they suffered no punishment for their treachery, it follows that c) they cheated more in 2022 than in 2020, but this time they were two years more practiced at it. https://thelibertyloft.com/2022/11/11/of-course-democrats-are-cheating-and-why-wouldnt-they/ Trump Indictment Continues Pattern: Day Of, or After, Bad News for Biden Special Counsel Jack Smith’s indictment of former President Donald Trump on Tuesday matched what has become a familiar pattern: Trump is indicted on the same day as, or the day after, bad legal news emerges about President Joe Biden and his family. if the writers really stick to the plot arch this season, the Biden DOJ is totally going to indict Trump again tomorrow, aren’t they? — Guy Benson (@guypbenson) July 31, 2023 It has happened four times: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/01/trump-indictment-continues-pattern-day-of-or-after-bad-news-for-biden/ Federal Judge Delivers Big Win to the Premium Cigar Industry On August 9, a judge in the District Court of D.C. issued a ruling that vacates the “deeming rule” that subjected premium cigars to the same regulations the agency uses on cigarettes. In so doing, he struck a blow against the bloated federal administrative state and for common sense. https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/jeff-reynolds/2023/08/16/federal-judge-delivers-big-win-to-the-premium-cigar-industry-n1719736 Ugly Laws: A 1867 San Francisco Attempt At Making Ugly People Stay Home https://historydaily.org/ugly-laws-1867-san-francisco

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green says ‘very real’ global warming caused conditions for deadly wildfire Hawaii Gov. Josh Green claimed Sunday that global warming played a major role in the Maui wildfire that destroyed a historic town and has so far killed at least 93 people. https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/hawaii-gov-josh-green-says-very-real-global-warming-caused-conditions-for-deadly-wildfire/ar-AA1fdL81 Maui Resident Says We Were Winning Against Fires “Until Water Shut Off” A Maui resident has told several news outlets “the water shut off” while he and other members of the Maui community were battling fires. Ross Hart, a resident of Maui, stated while he was battling fires with his hose alongside neighbors and firefighters, the water shut off. Hart told the New York Times, “You can’t fight fire when you don’t have water… Just throwing dirt on it doesn’t cut it.” https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/maui-resident-says-we-were-winning-against-fires/ How Convenient: Hawaii Governor Reveals State Plans “to Acquire Land” Ravaged by Wildfires On Monday, Hawaii’s Democrat Governor Josh Green announced that his administration is actively considering acquiring properties in Lahaina that have been devastated by recent wildfires. A total of 99 deaths were recorded as a result of the wildfires that occurred in Maui. Concerns have been raised among officials regarding the potential increase in the death toll, as just 25% of the burn area has been searched thus far. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/how-convenient-hawaii-governor-reveals-state-plans-acquire/ ‘No Warning’: Maui’s Emergency Sirens Failed To Alert Residents To Approaching Fire; Death Toll Climbs To 80 The emergency sirens on Maui failed to go off as a devastating wildfire approached residential areas on the island, according to the Hawaii Emergency Services Administration (HI-EMA). https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-warning-mauis-emergency-sirens-failed-to-alert-residents-to-approaching-fire-death-toll-climbs-to-80 South African political leader rallies thousands in violent chant calling to kill White citizens and farmers Racial tensions in his native country sparked a reaction from billionaire Elon Musk as the leader dubbed “Hitler of South Africa” led a rally of thousands in a violent chant. “…why do you say nothing?” The apartheid government of South Africa may have ended with multiracial elections in 1994, but ethnic tensions have not abated. Instead, the founder of the radical Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Julius Malema, has continued to grow political favor in his country where he celebrated the 10th anniversary of his party with a call to kill white people. https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/08/01/south-african-political-leader-rallies-thousands-in-violent-chant-calling-to-kill-white-citizens-and-farmers-1382657/ Plans to sell Trans Mountain pipeline to Indigenous groups take another step forward Federal Department of Finance officials are taking the next step to prepare for a potential sale of the Trans Mountain pipeline to Indigenous groups, including bringing in consultants to advance talks and provide financial analysis of the project. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bakx-tmx-pipeline-negotiations-1.5918712

Government subsidies for business are greater than Canada's entire defence budget For many Canadians, this country's social programs — like universal healthcare — are a source of collective pride. But while we take great comfort in the idea that our social safety net is strong and generous, the facts don't bear out that rosy image. Among the countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Canada ranks 25th out of 37 when it comes to public spending on social services as a share of GDP. That's below that of the United States. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday/the-sunday-edition-for-may-26-2019-1.5146999/government-subsidies-for-business-are-greater-than-canada-s-entire-defence-budget-1.5148266 The high cost of corporate welfare paid by Canadian taxpayers Corporate welfare by federal, provincial and municipal governments cost Canadian taxpayers more than $350 billion in the 13 years from 2007 to 2019, according to a study by the Fraser Institute released Tuesday. Adjusted for inflation, the federal government spent $76.7 billion on business subsidies during that period, the provinces $223.3 billion and municipalities $52.1 billion. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/the-high-cost-of-corporate-welfare-paid-by-canadian-taxpayers/ar-AA18AtTu Trudeau has irreparably damaged our country Asked why he supported some protests but was determined to crush the trucker convoy, Justin Trudeau answered without hesitation: He supported — and even participated in — protests he agreed with, but he did not support — and vowed to crush — those with “unacceptable views,” that is, views he disagrees with. https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/giesbrecht-trudeau-has-irreparably-damaged-our-country The Hidden Story of Trudeau’s Sale Of Canada’s Gold Reserves To China “The former director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service(CSIS) has calling on the Liberal government to scrutinize the recent takeover of a Nunavut[Canadian] goldmine by a Chinese state-owned company.” https://capforcanada.com/the-hidden-story-of-trudeaus-sale-of-canadas-gold-reserves-to-china/ Fox guest says teachers are “grooming our children for sexual predators to use them” Rebecca Friedrichs: “These unions are actually using our schools to sexualize our children and to train them in anti-american ideology” https://www.mediamatters.org/laura-ingraham/fox-guest-says-teachers-are-grooming-our-children-sexual-predators-use-them Bat-wielding kids attack San Francisco moms, nannies outside school in wealthy neighborhood Children wielding baseball bats are reportedly attacking and robbing helpless mothers and nannies in a wealthy San Francisco neighborhood known for its young families. Noe Valley, which is also known locally as "stroller alley" because of the many families with young children who live there, experienced 11 phone robberies last week, which authorities believe are linked to a gang of youths who have also lately been assaulting women with bats while they pick up their kids from school, according to the Telegraph. https://www.foxnews.com/us/bat-wielding-kids-attack-san-francisco-moms-nannies-outside-school-wealthy-neighborhood

Does Canada Now Have a Two-Tiered Justice System? The FBI raid on the home of former President Donald Trump has emphasized existing concerns that the United States now has a two-tiered justice system–one for those in power, and another for those who aren’t. But here in Canada we have a quieter version of that same debate, revealed during the convoy protests. https://fcpp.org/2022/08/13/does-canada-now-have-a-two-tiered-justice-system/ We Dig Deeper Into Why Local Judges Keep Letting Criminals Out Of Jail With the crime rate at a record level high here in Houston, most of the egregious violent crimes all have one thing in common. There were committed by a criminal who was out on bail after multiple incidents. A repeat offender of the worst kind. So why does this keep happening? Why do career felon's with lengthy rap-sheets continue to be set free to commit more crimes? The short answer, is liberal judges, working in partnership with liberal D.A.'s. "It is the responsibility of the judges to set a reasonable bail, to make sure that accused individuals come back to court" said former judge Ted Poe, "They're not doing that, and they're letting them out on multiple bonds, and that is why the crime rate in Houston is skyrocketing." https://ktrh.iheart.com/content/2021-10-01-we-dig-deeper-into-why-local-judges-keep-letting-criminals-out-of-jail/ Media’s blind eye to Joepin-&-shut case in Biden corruption allegations Broadly speaking, Americans are divided into three groups over charges that Joe Biden participated in his family’s corrupt influence-peddling schemes. First are those who, like me, are convinced the “big guy” secretly got his share of the foreign millions paid to his son and brothers over many years. Second, are those who are undecided because they haven’t heard of the charges or don’t know enough about them. The third group refuses to consider the charges because they are serious enough to send Biden packing and elect a Republican, possibly the dreaded Donald Trump. https://nypost.com/2023/05/06/medias-blind-eye-to-joepin-shut-case-in-biden-corruption-allegations/ Food bank reports 95% of users not born in Canada A Toronto-area food bank is sounding the alarm after it witnessed a dramatic increase in new clients – a vast majority of which were new immigrants. According to Feed Scarborough, visits to its five locations across the region have spiked by 112% in the past year. A total of 95% of those relying on Feed Scarborough were not born in the country, while 72% had only been in Canada a year or less. “I can’t pay the bills. I don’t have any money. I don’t have any income, but I’m still surviving,” client and new immigrant Brigitte told CityNews. https://tnc.news/2023/08/08/food-bank-reports-95-of-users-not-born-in-canada/ Canadians Revolt Against Trudeau’s Mass Migration Economy Polls show that Canadians have sharply reversed their pro-migration views as their housing costs are deliberately spiked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s elite-backed policy of maximizing immigration. “About 2 in 3 Canadians believe an increase in the annual target of [legal] immigrants as permanent residents will have a negative or somewhat negative impact on the cost of housing, while one in five believe it will have a positive or somewhat impact,” said an August poll of 1,081 Canadians by Nanos Research Group for an August 8 article by Bloomberg News. https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2023/08/09/canadians-revolt-against-trudeaus-mass-migration-economy/

Biden blocks federal funds from schools with archery and hunting programs The Department of Education is withholding federal funding from hunting and archery programs in schools, citing a bipartisan law passed last year that tightened restrictions around gun purchases in the wake of a deadly school shooting in Texas. A spokesperson for the Department of Education said that the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, passed in the wake of the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, requires the department to withhold certain grant funds from archery and hunting programs in schools, according to Fox News. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/biden-blocks-schools-archery-hunting-programs-federal-funds Biden lays out "new path" for student loan relief after Supreme Court decision President Biden laid out what steps his administration plans to take after the Supreme Court struck down his student loan relief program in a 6-3 decision that upended a key campaign promise, vowing to continue pursuing debt forgiveness through "a new path" that is "legally sound." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-student-loan-forgiveness-supreme-court-watch-live-stream-today-2023-06-30/ Biden’s open borders are bringing contagious diseases to your neighborhood Ready for another pandemic? New York City’s health commissioner announced last week that the influx of migrants from the southern border — more than 50,000 to New York City alone in the past year — is delivering contagious diseases, including tuberculosis and polio, to our neighborhoods. https://nypost.com/2023/04/18/bidens-open-borders-are-bringing-contagious-diseases-to-your-neighborhood/ Trump indictment is a distraction from the Biden crime family Former President Donald Trump went to the courthouse today in Washington, D.C., but I think the wrong man is being arraigned. Sorry to give offense to those who may virulently disagree. As always, I respect your views, but, in my book, the Trump indictment by the Joe Biden-Merrick Garland-Jack Smith Justice Department is a complete travesty. https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/larry-kudlow-trump-indictment-distraction-biden-crime-family 14 Reasons Amerindians Are Not the First Natives of the Americas THERE WERE multiple peoples and cultures who lived in North America before the primitive Amerinds encountered by European settlers. Some were relatively advanced, and were evidently destroyed and replaced by later-arriving Amerinds. Some of them were evidently (Proto-) European, and Whites may have arrived in America before the Asiatic Amerinds. Some of the Amerinds encountered by European settlers were partly Caucasian, https://nationalvanguard.org/2016/07/14-reasons-amerindians-are-not-the-first-natives-of-the-americas/ Clovis people not 1st to arrive in North America Spearheads, DNA found in Oregon's Paisley Caves suggest continent colonized by multiple cultures https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/clovis-people-not-1st-to-arrive-in-north-america-1.1235030 The First Americans: Ancient DNA Rewrites Settlement Story A genetic analysis of a baby's remains dating back 11,500 years suggests that a previously unknown human population was among the first to settle in the Americas. https://www.livescience.com/61319-dna-first-americans-lineage.html

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signs permitless concealed carry bill into law Calling it a "historic day," Gov. Jim Pillen signed Nebraska's permitless concealed carry bill into law. "With the signing of this bill into law, we do justice to the constitutional promise. Promises made, promises kept," Pillen said. Nearly all 26 senators who co-sponsored the bill were at the bill signing ceremony Tuesday, including the bill's introducer, state Sen. Tom Brewer. "LB 77 has been a seven-year process, so to finally have all the votes done and the governor sign it is a big relief," Brewer said. https://www.ketv.com/article/nebraska-gov-jim-pillen-signs-permitless-concealed-carry-bill/43700707# Facebook And Instagram Start Blocking News Content In Canada In Response To Country’s New Law In compliance with Canada’s Online News Act, Facebook and Instagram have begun blocking news content for users in the North American country. The legislation, which became law in June, requires tech companies to pay news organizations in exchange for hosting their content. The law is intended to help preserve Canadian news organizations and limit the erosion of their businesses due to internet distribution. Instead of agreeing to the fees, Meta and Google have both said they would instead simply eliminate news in Canada. https://deadline.com/2023/08/facebook-instagram-start-blocking-news-content-in-canada-meta-1235452743/ Justin Trudeau was joking when he suggested he bribed the media A Feb. 2 Instagram post claims that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “pays mainstream media $600 million to report in favor of him.” The evidence? A clip of Trudeau saying just that. “You sometimes hear about liberal bias in the media these days, how they’re constantly letting our government off the hook for no good reason,” he says in a video in the post. “Frankly, I think that’s insulting. It’s clear that they let us off the hook for a very good reason. Because we pay them $600 million.” The video in the post then cuts to an image of Trudeau with text appearing that says “Mainstream media? I just bought it.” Meanwhile, he can still be heard saying: “You don’t get stellar headlines like these without greasing the wheels a bit.” https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2022/justin-trudeau-600-million-dollar-media-bribe/ Anheuser-Busch heir claims ancestors would have ‘rolled in their graves’ over Dylan Mulvaney: ‘Never meant to be on beer can’ An heir to the Anheuser-Busch company said that his ancestors would have “rolled in their graves” if they knew the beer company gave a case of brew to a transgender influencer, causing conservative drinkers to toss their light beers in the trash. https://nypost.com/2023/08/06/anheuser-busch-heir-ancestors-would-have-rolled-in-their-graves-over-dylan-mulvaney/

Justin Trudeau Divorce Rumors, What Are The Allegations Against The Canadian Prime Minister? While Justin Trudeau has been making headlines for world politics and how he is constantly making people aware due to the global pandemic and asking everyone to maintain the necessary precautions. However, other than that, the media tabloids have been sparking some major rumours about his personal life as well. Is Justin Trudeau’s marriage in trouble? Well, according to some insider sources, it seems like there is some trouble in their marital paradise. https://otakukart.com/is-justin-trudeaus-marriage-in-trouble/ The Evidence Shows Family Is Under Attack Traditional Family Following the evidence led Ms. Phillips to somewhat accidentally stumble into the culture wars. But she has adroitly perceived that it is, in fact, a war—an all-out WAR. She charges that liberals not only dislike traditional family, but they are actively, intentionally and successfully destroyingtraditional family! https://www.thetrumpet.com/15830-the-evidence-shows-family-is-under-attack Relentless mom overthrows LGBT agenda at her kids’ school When a California school district began to implement a full “transgender” indoctrination program targeting its elementary school children, one of the parents became a MassResistance activist, organized others, and successfully derailed its big week-long propaganda push. In the Anaheim Elementary School District, most of the families are Latino and over 80% are Spanish speaking. These are poor, immigrant communities where the parents work two jobs to make ends meet. They often don’t have time to attend school board meetings and keep track of what the districts are teaching. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/victory-relentless-mom-overthrows-lgbt-agenda-at-her-kids-school/ Children need Protection from Transgender Activists Transgender ideology is a threat to children, and also to their right to childhood. Childhood should be a time of innocence and learning to grow into an emotionally well-adjusted, intellectually competent, morally capable adult. Transgender activists seek to sexualize and politicize children long before puberty, telling them they have a right to transition even though their bodies and minds are not fully-formed, and against their parents‘ objections. https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/03/children_need_protection_from_transgender_activists.html Most firearm deaths are suicides According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, 48,830 people were killed with a firearm in the US in 2021. Suicides were 54% of all firearm-related deaths that year, compared to 43% from homicides. https://usafacts.org/data-projects/firearms-suicides Majority of gun-related deaths in Ontario are suicides, new report shows https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/gun-related-deaths-ontario-suicides-cmaj-report-1.5767409 Colombia’s presidential son charged with money laundering, illicit enrichment NICOLAS Petro, the son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, has now been formally charged with money laundering and illicit enrichment after being arrested over the weekend https://smninewschannel.com/colombias-presidential-son-charged-with-money-laundering-illicit-enrichment/ Inside the life of Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s scandal-plagued son https://nypost.com/article/inside-the-life-of-hunter-biden-joe-bidens-scandal-plagued-son/

Mel Gibson Provided 'Valuable Intelligence' on Child Trafficking for Doc Mel Gibson has provided "valuable intelligence" regarding children thought to be vulnerable to child traffickers in Ukraine, according to the founder of anti-sex-trafficking charity Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.). Gibson has been a trending topic on social media over the past few days, amid claims that he was making a docuseries exposing a multi-billion dollar global child sex-trafficking market. https://www.newsweek.com/mel-gibson-provided-valuable-intelligence-child-trafficking-docuseries-1805492 Ukraine’s Human Organ and Child Prostitution Trafficking Industries: Does Only Russia’s Maria Zakharova Still Care? he facts indicate that Zelensky’s Ukraine is guilty of Eichmann-like crimes, Declan Hayes writes. This article addresses the claims of Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova et al that Zelensky’s Ukraine is a major criminal hub in the global trafficking of human body parts, and with children into the white slave trade, as well as recent European Union claims that all such “Russian” assertions are mis-information. Because of the seriousness of such allegations and denials, this preliminary exploration is written in a quasi-academic style and is divided into a number of sections to help interested authorities bring the culprits, from whatever side of the lines they may be on, to account. https://strategic-culture.org/news/2023/06/23/ukraine-human-organ-and-child-prostitution-trafficking-industries-does-only-russia-maria-zakharova-still-care/ Sound of Freedom: The True Story Behind the Movie Sound of Freedom is a powerful film based on a true story. It depicts the remarkable journey of Tim Ballard, a former Homeland Security agent, as he battles against human trafficking. His relentless pursuit of justice exposes the dark underbelly of this global crime, leaving an indelible impact on the fight for freedom. https://www.angel.com/blog/angel-studios/posts/sound-of-freedom-true-story-discovering-the-truth-behind-the-movie The hopelessly corrupt Biden administration is sending America into a downward spiral Against all odds, the fundamental transformation of the United States, envisioned by the radical Left and implemented by an all-too-willing Democratic Party, is underway. August is typically a quiet time in our nation’s capital with Congress out of session, but seismic events in the past two weeks have combined to make clear what Democrats have planned for this country. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/the-hopelessly-corrupt-biden-administration-is-sending-america-into-a-downward-spiral Israeli government passes law to limit Supreme Court power, defying mass protests The Israeli parliament on Monday passed a law stripping the Supreme Court of its power to block government decisions, the first part of a planned judicial overhaul that has sharply divided Israeli society and drawn fierce criticism from the White House. The controversial bill passed by a vote of 64-0 in the Knesset. All members of the governing coalition voted in favor the bill, while all opposition lawmakers walked out of the chamber as the vote was taking place. https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/24/middleeast/israel-supreme-court-power-stripped-intl/index.html