Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, says that he’s in contact with another whistleblower from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ office who intends to expose Willis’s misuse of federal funds.
Experts predict tax hikes in budget as Trudeau government stretches to pay for its promises
Economists and experts say they’re expecting the federal government to raise taxes in Tuesday’s budget to help offset billions of dollars in new spending already promised in the pre-budget announcements that have been landing almost daily since the end of March.
Those announcements add up to more than $38 billion in commitments over a number of years. Because $17 billion of those commitments involve loan-based programs, about $21 billion could hit the government’s bottom line directly.
Hollywood Panic: Inflation Spikes Streaming Prices, Piracy Rises, Studios Push for Site-Blocking Laws
Major Hollywood studios are panicking as video piracy is once again on the rise, with the industry’s main lobbying organization demanding that Congress take action against piracy sites that are eating into studio profits at an ever-increasing rate.
G7 countries to discuss Iran’s attack on Israel … Justin will be given a new box of crayons
Canada and other G7 countries are expected to hold a meeting today to discuss a potential response to Iran’s Saturday attack on Israel.
U.S. President Joe Biden said he would convene the meeting of the Group of Seven advanced democracies today to coordinate a united diplomatic response to an attack he described as brazen.
Why did some Arab countries appear to help Israel?
Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel on Saturday night in retaliation for a suspected Israeli attack on its embassy in Damascus at the beginning of April. As the missiles and slow-moving drones were heading toward Israel, Israel’s allies stepped in to help.
The US and UK air forces were involved in shooting down the aerial threats. France may also have been involved in patrolling the area, although it was unclear if the French shot down any projectiles.
But what got a lot of attention was the fact that the Jordanian air force also stepped in to help. Jordan opened up its airspace to Israeli and US planes, and also apparently shot down drones that violated its own airspace.
Rahim Mohamed: Iran’s attack on Israel was inevitable; Trudeau is on the wrong side of history
Iran launched its first full-scale military attack against Israel on Saturday, unleashing a barrage of missiles and drones on dozens of targets across the country. Sirens filled the air well into Sunday morning as Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system picked off the incoming projectiles one by one.
While certainly dramatic, the weekend’s developments shouldn’t come as a surprise to anybody who has been watching the region’s politics closely since the Hamas-led Oct. 7 terror attacks in southern Israel.
Exclusive footage of Iran's 🇮🇷 drone and missile strikes against Israel 🇮🇱
👇 pic.twitter.com/y2AM5jWnN9— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) April 14, 2024
WTF?
No idea what it’s about but I walked with them for two hours! pic.twitter.com/O5adrcGMrh
— The spirit of someone who went before (@StephenC3457) April 14, 2024
Westfield Bondi mall attack: Sydney knife suspect identified by police
A knife-wielding man who killed six people in a Sydney shopping centre before being shot dead has been identified by Australian police.
Joel Cauchi, 40, sent the crowded Westfield Bondi Junction complex into panic on Saturday when he began stabbing people with a long blade.
Five women and a man died. Several others, including a baby, were injured.
Authorities said the attack was most likely “related to the mental health of the individual involved”.
Justin Trudeau is doing everything he can to gain traction. Is it working?
The prime minister is not getting ahead in public opinion polls. Could he still be feeling pretty good about his performance last week at the foreign interference inquiry?
J’ACCUSE! 2.0
Update – Normy did not like my statement and so he blocked me. If you’re not able to publicly name the enemy then you’re a coward spewing nothing but hot air.
I would take your letter seriously if you clearly spelled out who was behind the threat to the Jewish community in Canada. Are you afraid to publicly state it's Muslims & their Liberal-Left allies? That's sorta like boldly yelling J'ACCUSE! & then hiding behind Mother's skirts.
— Fancypants Maloney (@fancypants_s) April 14, 2024
I bet the signatories were torn between stating Muslims and their useful idiots or White Supremacists were behind the threat to the Jewish community. That’s probably why they chose to be brave and not name anyone.
I can’t help but wonder how many signatories advocated for interfaith dialogue, multiculturalism, diversity and Muslim immigration.
Biden tells Netanyahu US will not engage in counteroffensive against Iran, calls Saturday a win for Israel: report
President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister that nothing of “value” was hit in Iran’s airborne attack Saturday and asserted American forces will not be participating in any offensive against Iran, according to a report.
The president called Israel’s defense during the attacks a win — telling Netanyahu Israel’s ability to intercept nearly all of the hundreds of missiles and drones showed its military superiority, a US official told CNN.
Biden also made it very clear that the US would not be engaging in any military offensive against the Islamic Republic, the senior official told the channel.
An Iranian drone became entangled in power lines in Iraq.
🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/tjEJq2rrMn
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) April 14, 2024
Cory Morgan: The Reason Many Canadians Are Moving to Alberta Holds a Lesson for BC and Ontario
Canada is facing serious economic challenges. The nation’s labour productivity figures have been falling since 2016. Only Italy has seen a sharper drop in productivity among G7 countries when compared to the United States.
Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita figures offer a measure of individual wealth, and the figures are bleak. Canada’s GDP per capita has dropped to US$55,000, while in the United States it has grown to US$76,000. Meanwhile, housing affordability has hit crisis levels in many regions, and shortfalls in all services from health care to policing are pressuring citizens.
I hope that’s not like California moving to Texas.
What was in wave of Iranian attacks and how were they thwarted?
For the first time ever, Iran has carried out strikes against Israeli territory.
In the middle of Saturday night, air raid alerts went off in Israel, residents were urged to seek shelter while explosions were heard as air defences were activated.
Interceptions lit up the night sky in several places across the country, while many drones and missiles were shot down by Israel’s allies before they reached Israeli territory.
At least nine countries were involved in the military escalation – with projectiles fired from Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yemen and downed by Israel, the US, the UK and France as well as Jordan.
The Iranian threat has always been there.
Now, they have come out of the shadows to expose its true face—a radical and irrational regime that wants to end the entire free world. pic.twitter.com/7Gi1aGuMVs
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) April 14, 2024
The Mullahs are not loved but the IRGC is deeply embedded in society.
GUNTER: Trudeau ignoring potential value of gas exports
Markus Krebber, the head of Germany energy giant RWE, warned that the effects of Germany’s current energy crisis could permanently damage the ability of German industry to grow at full scale.
Think about that. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz came to Canada six months after Russia cut off half of Germany’s gas supply looking for LNG (liquified natural gas) supplies from us. We could have helped an ally save their economy, yet our “green” fanatic prime minister refused.
Trump says White House staff had to convince Biden not to release pre-recorded message on Israel and claims Iran would never have attacked if he was president
Donald Trump has claimed that White House staff had to convince President Biden not to release a pre-recorded message following attacks on Israel by Iran.
The former president added that if he was commander in chief ‘this would never have happened’ in a number of posts made to his Truth Social platform.
Trump said: ‘Biden’s handlers convinced him not to release his taped speech on Israel. He’ll now attempt to do it live.’
Trump warned us just yesterday that we could end up in World War III.
"What's going on with Israel. We could end up in a World War. We have a President that doesn't know what the hell he is doing." #Iran #Isreal pic.twitter.com/KC58gceESo— Freyja™ (@FreyjaTarte) April 13, 2024