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Just when it seemed President Joe Biden could get no lower in the public’s political esteem, a new I&I/TIPP Poll of Americans’ preference for the 2024 Democratic presidential ballot is a shocker: Just over one out of five want Joe Biden back at the top of the Democrats’ ticket in three years.

A number of recent I&I/TIPP Polls (here and here) have documented Biden’s sharp decline in favorability with the public due to a number of issues, ranging from his leadership of the military, the botched Afghanistan withdrawal, the recent inflation surge and supply-chain crisis, the border crisis, and a number of other vexing White House issues.

Small wonder, Biden is a sad joke – Biden-Putin summit opens with mic problems amid Russia-Ukraine tensions

Classified American intelligence reports suggest China intends to establish its first permanent military presence on the Atlantic Ocean in the tiny Central African country of Equatorial Guinea, according to U.S. officials.

The officials declined to describe details of the secret intelligence findings. But they said the reports raise the prospect that Chinese warships would be able to rearm and refit opposite the East Coast of the U.S.—a threat that is setting off alarm bells at the White House and Pentagon.

So it turns out that when Justin Trudeau kicked all the senators out of the Liberal caucus, he was just getting warmed up.

On Monday the Prime Minister will meet with the Liberal caucus for the first time since the 2021 federal election. It has been a while—long enough for the NDP and Conservative caucuses to meet twice, for the Bloc caucus to meet three times, and for every member of the Green Party to have sued at least one other member. Seven weeks will have separated Liberal triumph from Liberal reunion.

Ontario reports 486 new COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths

Ontario is reporting fewer than 500 new COVID-19 cases for a sixth day in a row and five more deaths on Saturday.

Provincial health officials logged 486 new infections today, down from 496 on Friday and from 654 a week ago.

U.S. will allow Canadians who had mixed doses of COVID-19 vaccines when border crossings resume Nov. 8

There is good border news for Canadians who want to visit the United States but who received mixed doses of COVID-19 vaccines.

The White House confirmed Friday morning that land border crossings for vaccinated non-essential travellers will resume on Nov. 8. And later in the day, the Centers for Disease Control confirmed that it will consider those who have received doses of two different vaccines to be fully vaccinated for purposes of entering the country.

The federal Tory leader cannot be feeling kindly toward Jason Kenney. And certainly not toward Maxime Bernier.

Erin O’Toole must have cast a scornful eye Monday night toward Alberta and Saskatchewan. He was poised to win nearly all of those provinces’ 48 seats, though a few shy of the 47 the Conservatives got last time. The likely cause of his ire? Two former Conservative MP colleagues were out on the prairie, having punched holes in O’Toole’s chance of victory—one unintentionally, one with extreme prejudice. Jason Kenney was hunkered down at his condo in Calgary, while Maxime Bernier revelling with an indoor, largely maskless throng in Saskatoon.

Those two men cannot stand each other. Kenney privately regards the People’s Party leader as unserious and reckless; Bernier has lately calling the Alberta premier a “despot” for instituting a vaccine passport system. Kenney, of course, supports the federal Conservative leader.

I don’t think Erin needed much help.

Because why not? (language warning a bit.)

Details are short right now, but an anti-vaccine protester was shot in Olympia, Washington, following an altercation with Antifa. The latter showed up to counter-protest those who were speaking out against so-called “vaccine passports.”

Tiny of the #ProudBoys has been shot here in Olympia, Washington. The shooting took place .8 miles away from the state Capitol, after Proud Boys pursued #Antifa Black Bloc- who showed up within a square block of a Medical Freedom protest. pic.twitter.com/QMZxFasWRJ

— Jeremy Lee Quinn (@JLeeQuinn) September 4, 2021

Pope Francis on Wednesday ripped the West’s 20-year involvement in Afghanistan — and mistakenly quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin in the process.

The 84-year-old pontiff was asked during a radio interview aired in Spain Wednesday about his thoughts on this week’s withdrawal of troops by the US and its allies, ending America’s longest war.

The Southern Poverty Law Center claims it protects us from"hate groups". But it's a scam… a money grabbing slander machine: pic.twitter.com/Os5AOjZRMR

— John Stossel (@JohnStossel) July 22, 2021

Only 14 per cent of Canadians back some move to eliminate the national holiday

Across virtually every age, region and political affiliation polled, most Canadians intended to celebrate the July 1 national holiday, are cheered by the sight of the Maple Leaf and — all things considered — saw Canadian history as something worth celebrating.

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