Time and again, @HillaryClinton has been a global leader on human rights, strengthening the middle class, and building an economy that works for everyone.
We’re excited to announce that she’ll be joining @cafreeland for a keynote conversation at #LIB2023. pic.twitter.com/e9lPWDwWZF
— Liberal Party (@liberal_party) April 28, 2023
Former secretary of state Clinton to join Liberal convention in Ottawa next week
h/t Mauser
Extinction Rebellion co-founder Roger Hallam has taken to Twitter to share his frustration in an 11-point thread after he was served carrots and a handful of potatoes for dinner as the ‘vegan option’ in hospital.
Mr Hallam posted a photo of an almost empty plate from his bed which had just a portion of carrots on it, writing 391 words on the environmental benefits of going vegan – but did admit he had already eaten the ‘six’ potatoes that were served on the side.
The controversial environmentalist, 56, who also helped form eco mobs Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil, has been in hospital after ‘crushing’ his leg during an accident while riding his bike.
They should break his legs.
It looks like things may get really messy between Tucker Carlson and Fox News.
Apparently, Fox News has created a secret “oppo file” on Carlson, just in case he decides to take any legal action against them. According to a report from Rolling Stone, eight individuals at Fox News confirmed the existence of the file, which could be used to tarnish Carlson’s reputation if he doesn’t play nice after separating from the network.
Pierre Poilievre will never have a career as a singer — which is fine, because he is currently auditioning for another job.
The Conservative leader acknowledged his lack of vocal prowess in the Commons this week after attempting to sing a few bars of “New York, New York.”
“I cannot sing very well, but at least I pay for my hotel rooms,” Poilievre said, asking whether Justin Trudeau would be footing the bill for his own foray to New York City this week.
Alberta is entering election season, and an unlikely issue could prove crucial: The United Conservative Party’s plan to force chronic drug addicts into treatment, a bold but controversial measure that could have resonance for provinces across the country struggling with street violence and disorder.
The Compassionate Intervention Act — whose existence was first revealed earlier this month through an access to information request — would be Canada’s first legislation laying out a path to push an addict into treatment against their will. Although coerced treatment currently exists for criminal offenders or the severely mentally ill, this would apply specifically to chronic addicts believed to be at immediate risk to themselves or others.
Why are teachers wearing pronoun pins to school which clearly confuse kids? pic.twitter.com/5BTKzwI5as
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 28, 2023
A challenge fit for a king
On September 10, 1946, British foreign secretary Ernest Bevin remarked, “kings are pretty cheap these days.”
His comment was directed at the displaced monarchs who floated, dispossessed, around Europe, but it might also have been a dig at the ailing king George VI, who had found his métier in wartime but struggled to regain it afterwards.
There may come a day when the people of East Turkestan, Tibet, Southern Mongolia, and elsewhere are freed from communist domination.
There exists a vast taxonomy of political gaffes, including everything from verbal and Freudian slips to hot-mic fiascos and literal pratfalls, but few of these are of any lasting consequence. It might be mildly embarrassing for an American president to, say, accidentally mix up the rugby-playing All Blacks and the paramilitary Black and Tans, or to vomit in the lap of his Japanese counterpart during a nasty bout of acute gastroenteritis, but such faux pas, however unfortunate, are hardly meaningful in historical terms. Far more interesting are the notorious Kinsley gaffes, wherein a politician accidentally says what he or she really thinks, and in doing so provides welcome insight into the internal machinations of the political mind.
Fearing a voter backlash over public safety, U.K. Conservatives are belatedly cracking down on violence involving sharp instruments.
While some British politicians tout the politically favorable claim that violent crime has fallen 38 percent since 2010, new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) depicts a rather different and darker situation. The figures show that the number of people killed with knives in England and Wales in 2021 and 2022 was the highest since record-keeping began, 77 years ago. Across England and Wales, the number of knife offenses has increased by 34 percent since 2010. Now, 40 percent of all homicides involve a knife or sharp instrument.
An allegedly drunk Mexican national firing his AR-15 style rifle in his front yard in Texas is believed to have shot and killed five people — including an 8-year-old — after one of the victims asked him to stop shooting the weapon, authorities said.
The victims were shot in the head, execution style, in the home in Cleveland, Tex., just outside Houston, police said.
In Turkey, criticizing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan or his family, requesting equal rights or autonomy for Kurds, or posting on social media your criticism of almost any government policy can land you in jail. Even if you may be committed to non-violence and have nothing to do with any terrorist activity, you might, for these so-called charges, spend years in prison. It is common in Turkey for citizens to be labelled “terrorists” and jailed on charges of “terrorism”.
In a case that appears unprecedented in Canada, three men have been sentenced for posting the image and audio of a key Crown witness in a Toronto murder case to a series of Instagram accounts with a total of more than 500,000 followers.
“These are not simple, mischievous pranks that will go unpunished,” Ontario Court Judge Phil Downes said, describing the case as an opportunity to send a strong message of deterrence that, as the courts embrace online video conferencing, “this type of abuse will not be tolerated.”
Local opposition to a police training center in Atlanta, Georgia, that began in 2021 has exploded into a nationwide anti-police and environmentalism movement as activists within the state and across the United States call for the end to “Cop City.”
The “Stop Cop City” movement has turned into spurts of violence, resulting in several people arrested on charges of domestic terrorism and one protester shot and killed by police officers, sparking residents’ fury even more.
