Anti-Trump group takes credit for Virginia tiki torch stunt

Charlottesville TV station WVIR covered the campaign stop and reported candidate Glenn Youngkin was inside a restaurant when the group dressed in matching hats, khakis and white button-down shirts appeared beside his campaign bus. The former private equity executive and political newcomer is in a close race against former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe as Tuesday’s Election Day nears.

Democrat Operative Admits Involvement in Failed Virginia Tiki Torch False Flag Plot

Lauren Windsor, a Democrat operative, admitted her involvement in Friday’s failed tiki torch plot that attempted to smear Republican Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin as a white supremacist.

Windsor often poses undercover as a conservative activist to dupe politicians into making controversial comments.

“In my capacity as a communications consultant, I worked w @ProjectLincoln to coordinate today’s Youngkin action in Charlottesville,” Windsor tweeted. “I join them in the fight to defend our democracy from rightwing extremists and call for Glenn Youngkin to denounce Trump’s ‘very fine people.”

Trump Didn’t Call Neo-Nazis ‘Fine People.’ Here’s Proof.

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Ambassador to China encourages Canadian students to travel to communist country

“We need to have more of our students in Canada spending time in other countries around the world, including China, to really understand how the place works, to be able to build relationships,” said Barton while on a panel speaking about national unity.

Ask Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor “how the place works.”

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LIGHTS OUT: Al Gore Says ‘Time to Say Goodbye to Coal, Oil, and Gas Worldwide’

Climate-change crusader and former Vice President Al Gore published a new video on social media this week as world leaders gather in Rome and Scotland; saying it’s “time to say goodbye to coal, oil, and gas.”

“We are right now at a political tipping,” he warns in the video. “The window for limiting the increased temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius is closing. But we have the solutions we need to solve this crisis.”

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Nation in ‘Energy Crisis,’ White House Adviser Says

“We see this as an energy crisis because this is not just natural gas prices that have been elevated, but crude oil is at very high levels at the moment … and gasoline prices in the United States today are at seven-year highs as natural gas peaks at the same time,” White House energy adviser Amos Hochstein remarked during a virtual event hosted by the International Energy Forum on Thursday. “So I think this is an energy crisis.”

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Opinion: Take aim at legal guns, too, in fight against violence

In a recent opinion piece in the Gazette , Concordia political science associate professor Noah Schwartz says calls for gun bans are among typical “knee-jerk” reactions to gun violence that “drain precious resources” that could be better invested in long-term solutions to crime and violence in Canada.

Schwartz seems to have accepted the argument — often presented by the gun lobby — that gun violence is mostly limited to criminal gangs “in specific neighbourhoods” and that “licensed, vetted” gun owners are already “heavily regulated” enough.

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7 Insane Things I Just Learned About How U.S. Elections Are ‘Rigged’

The extent to which corporate media rigs elections for Democrats has been rigorously documented since at least Tim Groseclose’s 2012 book, “Left Turn.” In that book, the political scientist concluded through data-driven analysis that media bias on average shifts the electorate 20 points to the left on a 100-point political worldview scale. Without media bias, he argued, the average American state would be as Republican-leaning as Texas or Kentucky, and those two states would be even more conservative.

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Ontario school board reviews every book in every library to cull those ‘harmful’ to students

The culling begins at the Waterloo Region District School Board, west of Toronto, as schools and libraries around North America debate reviews that often provoke a clash between notions of free speech and racial or social equity.

Anglophones Move To Minority Status In Toronto’s Largest School District

A recent Toronto Star article informs readers that of Canada’s 338 federal ridings, 41 now have populations in which visible minorities form the majority. Nearly all are found within the Greater Toronto Area(GTA).

CPC MPs speak out against vaccine mandates, call for rapid testing alternative

Several Conservative MPs have spoken out against Canadians being fired from their jobs for refusing to disclose their personal medical information.

‘End this pandemic once and for all’: Harry and Meghan write open letter demanding G20 leaders end Covid while accusing powerful nations of not sharing vaccines with low-income countries

The couple has penned an open letter, co-signed by WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, demanding leaders of the ‘wealthiest’ nations at the G20 summit end the Covid crisis by working to vaccinate the world’s population.

CDC Quietly Gives Go Ahead for Immunocompromised to Get 4th COVID Shot

Immunocompromised adults who received a third dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID vaccine will become eligible for a fourth booster shot six months after receiving their third dose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

‘Imminent threat to public safety’: LA County sheriff warns vaccine mandate is causing ‘mass exodus’ in his department

Democratic Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has long decried the L.A. County Board of Supervisors’ order requiring all county employees to be vaccinated — without exception. Earlier this month, Villanueva explained why he would not be enforcing the order among his own deputies: He can’t afford to lose any additional deputies.

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