Jan. 6 hearings a dud, most see riot as one-time event

While a sizable percentage of viewers have tuned into the House hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, they have turned out to be a dud for the political parties and failed to raise concerns about the midterm elections in the fall.

Two new polls out Thursday show that voters have generally moved on from the 2020 elections and their aftermath, though Republicans appear to be somewhat interested in the concerns raised by former President Donald Trump.

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Ambassador Bob Rae slams UN human-rights expert over ‘biased, antisemitic’ comments

Miloon Kothari questioned why Israel is a member of the UN and said he was disheartened by social media he claimed is controlled by ‘the Jewish lobby’

OTTAWA — Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations in New York has condemned “blatantly biased, antisemitic comments” by a human-rights investigator at the international organization.

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Hopin to get Lucki?

Top N.S. Mountie wanted an officer dismissed for sexual misconduct — but Commissioner Lucki disagreed

A Nova Scotia RCMP constable who violated the force’s code of conduct after fondling co-workers will keep his job — even though the top Mountie in the province at the time wanted him dismissed for sexual assault.

The case pits the wishes of the local division against Commissioner Brenda Lucki, who — while promising publicly that sexual assault would not be tolerated under her watch — agreed to let the member keep his job.

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Justice Alito mocks Prince Harry for Roe v. Wade criticism

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has mocked Prince Harry and the “string of foreign leaders” who attacked the US for scrapping Roe v. Wade.

Alito, 72, drew laughter with his scathing speech at a conference on religious liberty in Italy, his first public remarks since the landmark 1973 abortion rights decision was overturned.

“What really wounded me — what really wounded me — was when the Duke of Sussex addressed the United Nations and seemed to compare the decision whose name may not be spoken with the Russian attack on Ukraine,” Alito said in a sarcastic tone of Harry.

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The UK’s grooming gangs and the Pakistani vote

Fear of “offending” Islamic minorities and admitting that multiculturalism is a failure has led to horror after horror in England.

Police dismissed the cases if complaints were filed against Asian families. An investigation found that more than a thousand children were sexually exploited in Telford amid the “shocking” shortcomings of the police and city council, the Times said. The suffering of children could have been avoided if the West Mercia police “had done their most basic work.” The investigation found that sexual exploitation of children “flourished” in the Shropshire town due to fears that investigations into Asian men would “inflame racial tensions”.

Tom Crowther QC, head of the investigation, said: “Countless children have been sexually assaulted and raped. They have been deliberately humiliated and degraded. They have been shared and trafficked. They were subjected to violence and their families threatened ”. Investigating them would have been “too politically incorrect”. Crowther said the exploitation continued “out of control” despite everyone being “aware of it in detail”.

A report by Quilliam International found that 84 percent of men convicted of being members of soliciting gangs are Pakistani Muslims.

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Senior RCMP officer tells Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry he was told not to disclose call from Commissioner Brenda Lucki

A senior Mountie told a public inquiry on Thursday that federal lawyers advised him not to disclose a call he received from the RCMP Commissioner that he says appeared to be motivated by a desire to use the Nova Scotia mass shooting to boost support for Liberal gun-control measures.

Chief Superintendent Chris Leather, testifying for a second day, said he believes political inference was behind RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki’s insistence that police release details on the guns used in the April, 2020, mass shooting that killed 22 people.

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Tavistock gender identity clinic forced to shut over safety fears

The NHS is shutting down its gender identity clinic for children after a review found that it failed vulnerable under-18s.

The gender identity service at Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust has been ordered to close by next spring.

It will be replaced by regional centres at existing children’s hospitals offering more “holistic care” with “strong links to mental health services”.

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Ottawa Provides Few Details on Plans for ‘New Tools’ to Fight ‘Extremist Ideology’

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in late May that “new tools” were needed to combat a host of threats, such as “misinformation,” social media being “weaponized,” and “right-wing terrorism,” but various government departments contacted by The Epoch Times provided few details on what those tools might be.

Public Safety mentioned investments in the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) to improve cyber capabilities, the Privy Council Office said it’s coordinating “new measures” across departments, and Global Affairs raised Canada’s involvement in a G7 group to counter state-sponsored disinformation.

Short on details? That’s because they’ll make it up on the fly. The goal is to criminalize dissent.

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Ukraine war: Russia says 40 Ukrainian prisoners killed in blast

Russia’s defence ministry says 40 Ukrainian prisoners-of-war have been killed by Ukrainian shelling of a prison in separatist-held Donetsk.

Officials alleged that 75 others had been injured in a rocket strike on the prison camp in Olenivka. The BBC cannot independently verify this claim.

Ukraine’s military denied carrying out the strike and instead accused Russia of shelling the prison.

It said Moscow was seeking to cover up evidence of torture at the site.

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Ontario doctor suspended for spreading COVID disinformation, latest in string of pandemic-defying MDs

Dr. Jeff Matheson was not exactly on message with COVID-19.

The Toronto-area physician refused to wear a mask and urged patients to remove theirs, saying they actually did harm. He told them the pandemic was a media-driven hoax designed to profit the likes of Bill Gates, that COVID test results were being sold to China for DNA sequencing and parents should sue schools if they make their kids wear face-coverings.

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Today’s Pierre Poilievre Hit Piece Brought You By Blackie’s Toronto Star

Is Canada’s venerable Conservative party going nuts?

Whatever happened to the old “sensible shoes” party known as the Conservatives?

As Pierre Poilievre, a radical populist, prepares to become the party’s new leader, it’s a question that has taken on new urgency.

Poilievre was already the odds-on favourite for winning his party’s leadership in a race that concludes next month. But his candidacy received a new boost this week, when he won the endorsement of former prime minister Stephen Harper.

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P.E.I. pub pulls Trudeau’s photos after barrage of hate-filled comments

A P.E.I. pub has pulled photos of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from its social media accounts after getting a barrage of hate-filled comments and phone calls.

Trudeau had lunch at Lone Oak’s Charlottetown pub during a brief stop on the Island last week.

While at the pub, owners, staff and customers had their photos taken with the prime minister. The pub later posted those photos on its social media platforms.

That walk in the snow is long past due.

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