“Far right” eyes political earthquake as Germans head to the polls

Scary man wears AfD shirt

The far right is on the cusp of winning the most votes in German state elections for the first time since the Nazis.

For some in Germany, the rise of Alternative for Germany (AfD) is a literal nightmare.

But others, particularly in the east, say the AfD is a chance for change.

All year, the temperature has been rising in German politics and Sunday’s vote in Thuringia and Saxony may be the boiling point.

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Saskatchewan schools making sure pronoun law followed as kids head back to class

REGINA — Saskatchewan’s two largest school divisions say they’ve addressed concerns from teachers and are enforcing the province’s pronoun law as children head back to classrooms next week.

Jason Coleman, superintendent of student achievement at Regina Public Schools, said students under 16 who want to change their names or pronouns in school are required to have parental consent. Older students can do so without it.

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Black women saying ‘I’m not with her’ have gone viral. Kamala could be in real trouble here

African American women are the workhorses of the Democrats – consistently demonstrating the strongest loyalty to both the party and its individual candidates, both Black and White. According to a Pew Research report, 95 per cent of Black women voted for Joe Biden in 2020 – roughly the same percentage as supported Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Barack Obama in both 2008 and 2012. Indeed, led by powerhouse African-American former State Representative Stacey Abrams, Black women were crucial in securing Georgia for Biden in 2020, the first time a Democrat had taken the state in nearly 30 years.

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Budget Office warns Guilbeault’s EV math doesn’t add up

Steven Guilbeault Enjoys Kissing Xi Jinpings Ass

Electric vehicle prices would need to drop by nearly a third for Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault’s ambitious sales mandate to be feasible, according to a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Office.

Blacklock’s Reporter says the mandate requires that 60% of new passenger vehicle sales be electric by 2030, but the Budget Office raised concerns about the economic viability of this target.

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Germany sends Afghans back to Taliban for first time since Kabul fell

The German government has deported 28 Afghan criminals to Kabul for the first time since the Taliban returned to power three years ago, a policy shift following intense pressure to crack down on illegal immigration.

The men, who included convicted rapists and offenders deemed capable of terrorist attacks, were each given €1,000 cash before boarding a Qatar Airways jet, taking off from Leipzig airport shortly before 7am on Friday.

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Inside the wild life of Justin Trudeau’s party-loving mother …

Rumors about Justin Trudeau’s relationship with former Cuban president Fidel Castro have once again surfaced – this time in Donald Trump’s latest book.

Fact-checkers have long dismissed the claim that the Canadian Prime Minister is the son of the late revolutionary leader – and both governments have been pressed to say the link is bogus.

But that has not stopped the former US president and Republican hopeful from repeating the myth in his latest work, ‘Save America’.

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Study Shows European Excess Mortality Correlates With COVID-19 Vaccines

There have been a few papers in the medical journals on the curious problem of excess deaths persisting beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, most notably Mostert et al., which openly wondered if the COVID-19 vaccines are playing a role (and which made the mainstream media). As promised, I have gone that one little step further, showing that European excess deaths do indeed correlate significantly with COVID-19 vaccination.

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How do you solve a problem like Canada Post? Even Ottawa isn’t sure

Shortly after Canada Post’s top executives warned of “unsustainable” finances and the need for “significant changes” to survive, the federal government has little to say about what solutions are necessary.

Board chair André Hudon told the Crown corporation’s annual general meeting Wednesday that the national mail carrier is at a “critical juncture” as it struggles to compete against e-commerce platforms like Amazon and faces dropping demand.

Horse and buggy?

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Union alleges abuse of foreign workers, calls for program to be suspended

The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades says employer abuse of foreign workers is running “rampant” in the construction sector and Ottawa should pause the temporary foreign workers program entirely until an independent audit is conducted to investigate the scale of fraud and misuse within the program.

The construction union said in a statement Thursday it discovered financial abuse of migrant workers at a British Columbia painting company. At least one of the workers has since been approved for a government program that converts closed work permits to open work visas if applicants can prove they suffered severe abuse and exploitation by their employer.

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The CNN Interview Revealed Only That Kamala Harris Is as Vacuous as Her Campaign

We have been waiting ever since the day Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race for Kamala Harris to sit down in front of a camera and take questions from an interviewer. And if nothing else, we have learned why: In the friendliest possible format — a joint interview with VP nominee and emotional-support midwesterner Tim Walz, conducted by Dana Bash with the delicacy of an ornithologist gently hand-feeding hatchling chicks — Harris has revealed that her gaseously mindless word-cloud of a campaign is in fact an accurate reflection of her own personal vacuousness.

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Trump assassination investigation: Congress doesn’t need the FBI

Two things are becoming abundantly clear regarding the “investigation” into the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump. First, nobody trusts the FBI. Secondly, everybody is complaining that the FBI is stonewalling and withholding information about the alleged shooter, and therefore, the entire sordid event is quickly turning into a Kennedy assassination–like conspiracy. In other words, nobody trusts the FBI.

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Walz Says He Lied About Going To War Because He Struggles With Grammar

Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., has made a political career out of “misspeaking.” Why stop now?

The No. 2 on the Democratic Party’s forced dream team campaign ticket, featuring the joyous empty vessel Vice President Kamala Harris, was back to doing what he seems to do best Thursday night. After several weeks of evading actual questions, Harris and her running mate sat down with CNN’s Dana Bash for the first semi-substantive interview of their honeymoon campaign — more than a month after President Joe Biden’s political wake.

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