Month: January 2023

In Wake of Tyre Nichols’ Death, Sen. Lindsey Graham Suggests Policing Reform Compromise

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) calls a video that shows police fatally beating 29-year-old Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee, “appalling.” Then, writing on Twitter, Graham suggested a possible compromise on a police-reform package that has been stalled in Congress. Tyre Nichols. (Courtesy of the Nichols family via AP) “I oppose civil lawsuits against individual officers,” Graham…


Tempering Steel: Activist Reflects on Meaning of Suffering After Reading Article by Founder of Falun Gong

Duan Jinggang’s life changed forever in 2011 after he held up a banner in China’s southernmost island province Hainan telling “all corrupt dictatorial regimes” to step down. Amid a wave of pro-democracy uprisings in China inspired by anti-government rebellions in the Arab world in 2011, that defiant banner landed Duan in a Chinese police station,…


Florida Congressman Demands DHS Allow Senior Border Patrols Officials to Testify Before Congress

A Florida Republican congressman urged the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to allow senior border patrols officials to testify before Congress. Rep. Carlos Giménez (R-Fla.) wrote a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, urging him to reconsider allowing four senior border officials to testify before Congress over the migrant crisis after they were denied permission, reported…


Recommended Therapies for Those With High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure—hypertension—refers to blood pushing against the walls of the arteries with chronically elevated force. Blood pressure that rises above normal levels and remains high can lead to serious health problems including heart attack, heart failure, stroke, and kidney failure. Blood pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg). The top number, known as…


Federal Bank Awarded Senior Staff $104M in Bonuses, Raises During Pandemic: Taxpayers’ Federation: Taxpayers’ Federation

A federal bank paid its employees about $104 million in bonuses and raises during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, according to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF). The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) issued a total of $93 million in bonuses to its employees over the two-year period, according to documents obtained by CTF through Access…


Singh Meeting With Trudeau About Private Health Care Ahead of Sit-Down With Premiers

Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said he will sit down with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Monday afternoon to discuss private health care ahead of next week’s summit with premiers. Trudeau is expected to meet with provincial and territorial leaders in Ottawa next Tuesday to discuss a new health-care funding deal. “The deal will be a…


UK Government Admits to Monitoring COVID Lockdown Critics on Social Media Platforms

In light of a new report, the UK government admitted that it monitored lockdown critics on social media platforms via its disinformation units during COVID but denied that it targeted individuals. Westminster made the admission after documents were obtained by the civil liberties group Big Brother Watch, which revealed that Conservative MPs and journalists had…


‘What We See Playing Out in America Today is Cultural Marxism’ | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 119

Three and a half years ago, The New York Times Magazine published “The 1619 Project”. It argued that 1619, the year the first slave ship is widely believed to have arrived in what is now the U.S., was as foundational to America as the year 1776 and that the legacy of chattel slavery still shapes…


PREMIERING NOW: ‘What We See Playing Out in America Today is Cultural Marxism’ | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 119

Three and a half years ago, The New York Times Magazine published “The 1619 Project”. It argued that 1619, the year the first slave ship is widely believed to have arrived in what is now the U.S., was as foundational to America as the year 1776 and that the legacy of chattel slavery still shapes…


UK Defence Ministry to Probe Old Wi-fi Contract Following Report of Chinese Involvement

The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Sunday said it will launch an investigation after a report suggested the UK’s nuclear secrets could have been put at risk by an old wi-fi contract. According to the Daily Mail on Sunday, Media Force, one of the armed forces’ wi-fi providers, was partly owned by a Chinese state-owned company for…