Teen girls accused of killing an Uber Eats driver in D.C. ‘reach plea deal ensuring they will not be held past the age of 21 nor be placed in a prison facility’

Two girls, ages 13 and 15, who were charged with the murder and carjacking of a Pakistani immigrant killed last month while working at his job delivering food in Washington, DC, have reportedly reached a plea deal with prosecutors.

Mohammad Anwar, 66, died when police said the girls, armed with a taser, sped off in his car as he clung to the driver’s side with the door open and crashed seconds later just outside the ballpark of the Washington Nationals.

On Monday, the teens reportedly reached the plea deal with prosecutors that would ensure they will not be held past the age of 21 nor be placed in a prison facility.

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Russia: Vladimir Putin signs law allowing him to rule till 2036

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed legislation that could theoretically mean he stays in power till 2036, according to a copy of the bill posted on the government’s legal information portal.

Under the previous constitution, Putin, 68, who has already been in power for more than two decades, would have been required to have stepped down after his second consecutive term ends in 2024.

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Justice Thomas signals SCOTUS may need to take on Big Tech in wake of Trump Twitter tempest

Justice Thomas signals SCOTUS may need to take on Big Tech in wake of Trump Twitter tempest

The Supreme Court ruled Monday Donald Trump, as a former president, is now free to block whomever he likes on Twitter — while Justice Clarence Thomas hinted it’s Big Tech that may be due for an edit.

The conservative associate justice warned social media giants that the high court — or lawmakers — may soon have to step in and address Big Tech companies and their free rein to silence people “at any time for any or no reason.”

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The Biden Effect: China to deploy 5,000 troops in Iran, build military base there

“…In the agreement with Iran regarding the investment project, China has also included a clause for deployment of its troops there; and more than 5,000 Chinese troops will be deployed in Iran, and a [military] base will be built for them. Before this, China has also put its signature on investment projects with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, which shows that China is implementing a plan to increase its influence in the Middle East…”

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Nolte: Disgraced ‘60 Minutes‘ Deceptively Edits Ron DeSantis Video

Nolte: Disgraced ‘60 Minutes‘ Deceptively Edits Ron DeSantis Video

CBS News’ disgraced news magazine 60 Minutes has been caught maliciously editing comments made by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) about a fake “pay for play” conspiracy theory, which fake media outlets like 60 Minutes are trying to fabricate out of thin air.

Side Note: DeSantis’ full and complete and reasonable answer was available on YouTube, but now the exculpatory YouTube video has mysteriously vanished after conservatives began sharing it.

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A Narrative Collapse in Chauvin Trial

There is almost no reason to trust the media today. Their turn toward increasingly crude propaganda undermines their self-image as an important check on power.

Though not as prominent as the George Zimmerman prosecution, the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the death last year of George Floyd is currently underway. The trial result threatens to set off another round of violence and official anti-white racism.

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Hunter Biden says he wasn’t ‘keeping tabs on possessions’ when asked about laptop

Hunter Biden says he wasn’t ‘keeping tabs on possessions’ when asked about laptop

Hunter Biden said he wasn’t “keeping tabs on possessions” when asked about whether he dropped off his laptop for repair in 2019 — which later became the subject of a series of exposés by The Post last fall detailing the Bidens’ alleged corruption.

President Biden’s son told CBS “This Morning” in an interview aired Monday that he can’t recall what happened to his MacBook pro.

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Canada’s COVID-19 death toll from first months of pandemic higher than thought, data show

…Official COVID-19 deaths in the spring and summer of 2020 were mostly limited to Ontario and Quebec. However, the rate of “excess deaths” – those over and above what would have been expected given the trend in recent years – was much more pronounced in Western Canada than virus fatalities alone can account for.

The statistics suggest some provinces may have inadvertently undercounted COVID-19 deaths by a wide margin, Dr. Moriarty said. Provincial governments themselves have argued the disparity could be caused by hundreds of ailing people dying at home while avoiding hospitals for fear of the virus.

Whatever their exact cause, the number of excess deaths shows a country that suffered much more equally than previously believed.

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Contractor may have caused permanent damage to Canadian Navy submarine HMCS Corner Brook

Contractor may have caused permanent damage to Canadian Navy submarine HMCS Corner Brook

OTTAWA — An internal Defence Department report has pulled back the curtain on the damage caused by an errant test on one of Canada’s four submarines last year, suggesting some of the damage is permanent and could continue to pose a risk over the long term.

Obtained by The Canadian Press through Access to Information, the report represents another setback for Canada’s four submarines, which have spent more time in repairs than at sea since being bought second-hand from Britain in 1998.

They could lower the risk by mandating Canada’s subs never submerge.

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Ontario reports 2,938 new COVID-19 cases today, 3,041 on Sunday

Ontario reports 2,938 new COVID-19 cases today, 3,041 on Sunday

Ontario reports 2,938 new COVID-19 cases today, 3,041 on Sunday

Provincial health officials say Ontario saw more than 2,900 new COVID-19 cases today and more than 3,000 on Sunday, driving up the number of active infections above 25,000.

Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said 2,938 new cases were reported today and 3,041 infections were reported on Sunday.

Another 22 virus-related deaths were confirmed in Ontario over the past two days, bringing the total number of deaths to 7,450.


LEVY: Selective lockdown rules play out on Easter weekend

UK’s Johnson launches mass testing programme as economy reopens

LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday everyone in England will be able to take a COVID-19 test twice a week in a new drive to track the pandemic as society reopens and the vaccine rollout continues at its rapid rate.

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Watching Big Brother

Watching Big Brother

My brother served in World War 2. In 2017 he “checked out of the grand hotel,” a phrase he coined for leaving this world, having left his “kid brother” (me) a wealth of good counsel, encouragement, and files enough to fill a basement. During my high school days he wrote a poem that hit hard and deep at the evil he sensed in his day. The sharpness of it stunned me, all the more since I was a tenderfoot in matters of such weight. That was over 70 years ago, when America still proved to be “the land of the free and the home of the brave” − for which the “Great Generation” is still venerated. While his poem reflects the tyranny of two world wars, the second of which called my brother to arms, it could have been written today as an outcry against the tyranny of globalists preparing us for their “Great Reset”

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The Debate on Islam’s Deadly Blasphemy Restrictions

It’s time to face head-on the role of Islamism in modern societies.

The “historical reality” of blasphemy restrictions exists “across all schools of mainstream law, Sunni and Shia,” admitted leading hardline Pakistani-American Islamist cleric Yasir Qadhi during a March 11 webinar, “The Question of Blasphemy in Islam: Between the Sacred and the Profane.” Notwithstanding some politically correct myths, he and his fellow panelists offered some refreshingly critical thinking on the harsh realities surrounding the often deadly issue of blasphemy against Islam while exposing the limits of Qadhi’s self-proclaimed reformism.

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When Sons Become Daughters: Parents of Transitioning Boys Speak Out on Their Own Suffering

When Sons Become Daughters: Parents of Transitioning Boys Speak Out on Their Own Suffering

A few months ago, I was allowed into an online group of American parents of young men who have decided that they are in fact young women. I am neither a parent, nor transgender, nor an American, and therefore a tourist: there was an understandable hesitation about letting me in. In a few cases, such parents have been harassed, as they’ve left comments online that dissent from the received wisdom on transgenderism; in all cases, they are deeply wary of rights activists. The parents are mainly, although not entirely, mothers. They and their spouses are nervous of losing their jobs, and below everything rumbles the threat that their sons might discover their communications. While most have expressed to their families their scepticism regarding their sons’ announcements, all are wary of the parent-child relationship worsening. But they did let me in, even with these fears, and took me on a whirlwind ride over the terrain of the new gender ideology.

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