Canadian Broadcasting Corp. [Toronto, Canada],
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Nick Boisvert
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The crowdfunding platform GoFundMe says it will stop payments to the organizers of Freedom Convoy 2022 because the protest violates its rules on violence and harassment . The company announced its decision in a blog post Friday evening, just two days after it froze disbursements of the fund. "GoFundMe supports peaceful protests and we believe that was the intention of the Freedom Convoy 2022 fundraiser when it was first created," the company said in the post. "We now have evidence from law enforcement that the previously peaceful demonstration has become an occupation, with police reports of violence and other unlawful activity."
Daily Beast,
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Jamie Ross
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The Beijing Winter Olympics are officially underway—but, before the Opening Ceremony even finished on Friday, Chinese authorities proved to the world once again that it won’t tolerate any kind of free press. In an extraordinary clip from Dutch broadcaster NOS, one of its reporters who is in Beijing to cover the Games can be seen being manhandled by a security guard sporting a red armband. The reporter, Sjoerd den Daas, attempted to carry on his broadcast while being grabbed and yelled at by the guard, then NOS decided to cut away back to the studio. In a post, NOS wrote:
Washington Post,
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Ilyce Glink
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Americans are buying more electric vehicles every year. In a recent column, we discussed the installation of a charging station all condo owners could use. That struck a nerve with some regular readers who are condominium association board managers or owners. We wrote about locating electric vehicle car chargers in the common areas of an association and how the owners might want to handle the cost of the installation and the electricity they consume. Here are a few comments we received: Comment: Your advice for condos to accommodate owners with the need to charge their electric cars by requiring owners
Insider,
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Jake Epstein
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A Colorado school district was forced to cancel classes on Thursday after teachers called out sick to protest decisions made by the district's conservative-majority school board. The Douglas County School District said on its website that a "large number" of staff submitted absences for Thursday and all classes across the district's schools were canceled. (Snip) A spokesperson for Douglas County Federation — a local affiliate union of the American Federation of Teachers — confirmed to Insider that Thursday's protests are a culmination of concerns about the school board from district employees, community members, and parents. In November, four seats on Douglas County's
The Week,
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Samuel Goldman
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They're doing it again. According to news reports, the Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives plans to sharply cap attendance at the State of Union address. The speech has already been postponed to March 1, its latest date in history. Now President Biden will appear before an underpopulated, socially distanced chamber for the second year in a row. Continuing health restrictions and delays raise the question of whether the ritual should continue at all. Although it's become a fixture of the political calendar, giving a major public address is not among the president's formal responsibilities. Instead, the Constitution requires
KCBS-TV [Los Angeles CA],
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Staff
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LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who is facing major criticism for being pictured without a mask at last weekend’s NFC title game in SoFi Stadium, claimed Wednesday that he held his breath whenever removing his mask. Garcetti took a photo with Lakers legend Magic Johnson, both unmasked, at Sunday’s game between the Rams and the San Francisco 49ers. California Gov. Gavin Newsom also took an unmasked photo with Magic as well at the game. Both photos went viral and prompted significant controversy. Under L.A. County guidelines, all fans attending the game were required to wear masks when
Independent (UK),
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Andrew Feinberg
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Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump Jr, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and two former Trump White House officials, Julia Hahn and Daniel Scavino, for allegedly conspiring to retaliate against the decorated combat veteran after he testified during the 2019 House hearings that led to the first impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump. (Snip) Mr Vindman, a Ukraine expert who was born in the former Soviet Union and emigrated to the US as a child, was the White House National Security Council’s Director for Eastern European, Caucasus, and Russian Affairs on
Bloomberg News,
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Todd Shields
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The Senate Commerce Committee delayed a vote scheduled for Wednesday for Gigi Sohn, a Democratic nominee to the Federal Communications Commission, because of the illness of a senator. Alvaro Bedoya, nominated to be a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, also won’t get a Wednesday vote, according to a revised agenda released late Tuesday by the panel. (Snip) Sohn, 60, would give Democrats their first majority on the FCC during the presidency of Joe Biden. But her nomination must first clear the committee and the full Senate. Several Republicans, at a Commerce Committee hearing in December, accused her of being
Fox Business,
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Megan Henney
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U.S. companies unexpectedly cut jobs in January for the first time in a year, as a surge in the highly contagious omicron coronavirus variant battered the labor market's recovery from the pandemic, according to the ADP National Employment Report released Wednesday morning. Companies shed 301,000 jobs last month, sharply missing the 207,000-job gain that economists surveyed by Refinitiv had predicted and a major drop from the downwardly revised gain of 776,000 in December. It marked the first time that ADP reported negative growth since December 2020, when companies shed 123,000 jobs before the vaccines were available. "The labor market recovery
NBC News,
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Teaganne Finn
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WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico suffered a stroke and underwent surgery over the weekend, his office said Tuesday, adding that he is expected to make a full recovery. Lujan, 49, started to experience dizziness and fatigue on Thursday and checked himself into Christus St. Vincent Regional Hospital in Santa Fe and then transferred to UNM Hospital in Albuquerque where he was found "to have suffered a stroke in the cerebellum, affecting his balance," said Carlos Sanchez, Lujan's chief of staff, in a statement. (Snip) Lujan's absence from the Senate means Democrats will lack the 50 members
Reuters,
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Phil Stewart
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WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said on Monday it is in active discussions with Eastern European allies about possible U.S. troop deployments to NATO's eastern flank, as Washington moves to reassure jittery NATO allies in the face of a Russian military buildup near Ukraine. Any decisions on new troop movements would be separate from the some 8,500 forces in the United States who were put on alert last week to potentially bolster a NATO rapid response force, the Pentagon said, adding context to President Joe Biden's comments on Friday about potential near-term deployments to Eastern Europe. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the
CBS News and Associated Press,
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Seoul, South Korea — North Korea said on Monday that it test-launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of reaching the U.S. territory of Guam, or the U.S. military base on the Japanese island of Okinawa. It was the North's most significant weapon launch in years, as Washington plans steps to show its commitment to its Asian allies. Sunday's launch could be a prelude to bigger provocations by Pyongyang, such as nuclear and long-range missile tests that pose a direct threat to the U.S. mainland, as the North tries to further pressure the Biden administration to win sanction relief or international recognition
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Libs are starting to panic over Old Joe giving the speech. Author recommends a written message like was done over 100 years ago.