Alexander Vindman Represents Everything That’s Wrong With Our Officer Class

France just arrested Telegram CEO Pavel Durov for his alleged failure to sufficiently limit criminal activity on Telegram. What “criminal activity” translates to in European terms is anyone’s guess. In Britain, criminal activity is liking memes or posting dissident opinions on social media. The New York Times reported that the Telegram app had been on law enforcement radar partially due to its use by “far-right extremist groups” for communicating, recruiting, and organizing. That’s Clue Number One, the only clue anyone should need to understand. Durov’s only criminal activity was refusing to censor the free exchange of ideas.

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Disney‘s ‘The Acolyte‘ Star Amandla Stenberg Not Surprised Show Canceled After ‘Vitriol, Prejudice, and Hateful Language Towards Us‘

Amandla Stenberg, who rose to prominence on the now-canceled Disney+ show The Acolyte, said vitriolic and hateful Star Wars fans were responsible for the show’s demise.

Stenberg, who has previously been critical of the Star Wars fanbase for their vocal distaste of The Acolyte, said on her Instagram story that the cast faced a rampage from fueled by “hyper-conservative bigotry and vitriol.”

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Can Justin Trudeau’s Liberals seize on the U.S. Democrats’ success? Here’s where they should start

It was a bit of bad luck for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals, having to hold their annual cabinet retreat on the heels of the wildly successful Democratic convention in the U.S.

The comparisons and the questions were going to be inevitable — why can’t the Trudeau Liberals do that kind of progressive political revival here in Canada?

As minister after minister explained, no one is talking about showing Trudeau the exit door, as the Democrats did with Joe Biden.

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Canada Post at ‘Critical Juncture,’ Financial Situation Unsustainable: Board Chair

The chair of Canada Post’s board says the organization’s financial situation is unsustainable.

“The board and senior management recognize that Canada Post is at a critical juncture,” said André Hudon at its annual general meeting on Wednesday.

“Significant change is urgently needed to preserve Canada Post’s delivery network, which is vital because it’s the only delivery network built to serve all Canadians.”

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Bad cop plays disappointed victim despite getting off so lightly

This is what affirmative action brings to the table.

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Armed crew flaunts guns inside Colorado apartment building overrun by Venezuelan gang spilling out from sanctuary city

A shocking video shows a crew of gun-wielding men storm through a Colorado apartment building reportedly overrun by a dangerous Venezuelan prison gang.

The group of heavily armed men — including three with handguns and one with a rifle — enter the troubled apartment complex in the Denver suburb of Aurora and break into a unit, the clip obtained by KDVR shows.

h/t XC

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Liberals say citizenship given to ISIS terrorist is ‘how the system should work’

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc defended Canada’s national security system after it was revealed an alleged ISIS terrorist was granted Canadian citizenship just before being arrested for plotting a terror attack in the Greater Toronto Area.

The suspect, Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, was initially allowed into Canada on a visitor visa in 2018 and subsequently gained refugee status, permanent residency, and finally citizenship.

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