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PM Modi, while addressing the Lok Sabha on the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram, reminded the nation that the harshest atrocities for singing those sacred words took place in Barisal. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ”ฅ Barisal is no longer a part of India โ€” yet PM Modi remembered the courage of a forgotten heroine, Sarojini Bose, who had vowed to remove her bangles until the ban on Vande Mataram was lifted. In those days, a woman removing her bangles was a powerful act of rebellion. ๐Ÿ’ชโœจ As PM Modi narrated this inspiring chapter of history, one would expect the opposition to rise above politics and unite over a national sentiment. Instead, TMCโ€™s MP Mahua Moitra shouted โ€œNaidu Sir,โ€ imagining she was correcting the Prime Minister โ€” but only exposing her ignorance and arrogance. ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ“ข She must know Sarojini Bose and Sarojini Naidu were two completely different women. Sarojini Naidu was a celebrated poet and freedom fighter, while Sarojini Bose was the Barisal revolutionist PM Modi referred to. ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ” These remarkable women shaped the independence movement โ€” yet a leader who claims to represent Bengal couldnโ€™t be bothered to learn the history of her own land. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ“– Such careless, uninformed remarks show how disconnected TMC leaders are from Bengalโ€™s past and present โ€” and how this ignorance has cost the state its future. โš ๏ธ๐ŸŒ‘ And if this is the โ€œintellectualโ€ face of the TMC, one can only imagine the condition of the rest of the party. ๐Ÿ˜๐ŸŒ€

BJP

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UNBELIEVABLE COWARDICE from Chicken Shit Carney and his spineless Liberal cronies! ๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ”ฅ AS USUAL โ€” Theyโ€™re dodging accountability like the plague, wonโ€™t even face their own bought-and-paid-for propaganda shills in the media! How PATHETIC is that? These elites are TERRIFIED of real questions after Carneyโ€™s globe-trotting ego trip! Mark Carney, the so-called โ€œclimate czarโ€ turned PM who succeeded Trudeau in 2025, was SUPPOSED to take questions at the Liberal cabinet retreat in Quebec City on Jan 23, 2026. But NOPE! Right after returning from schmoozing with globalist buddies at the World Economic Forum in Davosโ€”where he preached about โ€œfixing nationsโ€ while ignoring Canadaโ€™s messโ€”he BAILS on the presser at the last second! Podium set up, cameras rolling live to ALL networks, and then POOFโ€”cancelled due to โ€œscheduling.โ€ What a JOKE! Instead, they shove the Finance Minister out for a lame scrum This comes right after Carneyโ€™s idiotic clash with Trump, where The Donald blasts โ€œCanada lives because of the United States,โ€ and Carney fires back in Quebec City: โ€œCanada doesnโ€™t live because of the US; Canada thrives because we are Canadian.โ€ Sounds tough, right? But then he HIDES from reporters! And donโ€™t get me started on his tone-deaf speech praising the Plains of Abraham as the โ€œstart of something goodโ€โ€”Quebec politicians are ripping him apart for his โ€œhistoric errorโ€ and total ignorance of Quebec history. Roberge called it out: complete lack of knowledge! The cabinet was yapping about โ€œaffordability, security, and sovereignty,โ€ but Carney skips out amid escalating Trump tensions. Posing with Bonhomme Carnaval like a tourist? Cute, but Canadians are STRUGGLING with skyrocketing costs, border chaos, and Liberal scandalsโ€”yet this guy wonโ€™t answer for ANY of it! How long will we put up with this ARROGANT BS? These Liberals are destroying Canada with their WEF agendas, patronage, and propaganda! #CarneyCoward #LiberalFail #WEFpuppet #CanadaDeservesBetter #TrudeauLegacy #HoldThemAccountable ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ’ฅ

JayGen ๐• er๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

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Latest : ๐ŸšจZero Tariffs or Bust? Hereโ€™s what Poilievre is demanding vs what the negotiations actually look like Poilievre just set a very high bar for what he will call a โ€œsuccessโ€ in the Canada-U.S. trade talks. He says the deal will only count as a win if it delivers: โ€ข Zero tariffs on steel โ€ข Zero tariffs on aluminum โ€ข Zero tariffs on autos โ€ข Zero tariffs on lumber โ€ข And a full exemption from the Buy American Act Thatโ€™s the standard he is holding Mark Carney to. Hereโ€™s the reality of what is actually on the negotiating table right now:โš–๏ธ Steel: 50% โ†’ talks are about 10-15% inside a quota Aluminum: 50% โ†’ single-digit % inside a quota Autos: 25% โ†’ cut to 10-15% Lumber: ~10%+ โ†’ minimal or no real relief expected Full Buy American exemption? Not seriously on the table. The U.S. Trade Representative has already said any deal โ€œwill include tariffs.โ€ Canadaโ€™s Finance Minister has acknowledged there will be โ€œa priceโ€ for access to the American market. Just avoiding the new 50% tariffs set to kick in Friday would still help Canadian workers! Poilievre calling anything short of zero tariffs + Buy American exemption a โ€œfailureโ€ is setting a bar that the talks were never designed to clear. Canadians : Is Poilievreโ€™s standard fairโ€ฆ or is it designed to ensure he can declare any outcome a loss? #cdnpoli #polqc

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Annie Dufour

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๐Ÿ’‰๐Ÿชชโ›”๏ธ : Less than 2 years ago Pierre Poilievre vowed to make Canada the freest Nation on Earth. Where did this Pierre Poilievre go? Millions of Canadians voted for the CPC based on the assurance the CPC would stand up against government edicts, mandates & overreach. Now the Universal Ostrich Farm and hundreds of other British Columbia farmers face mandatory cull orders. The Leader of the Official Opposition won't even mention the cull order or say ostrich. One BC farm has faced 4 cull orders. The Provincial government says they have no control over any of this because the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is a Federal agency. I never changed my stance on freedom, Pierre has. He could have called out the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for not only taking over a farm, but cutting security camera feeds, leaving an ostrich to suffer & die & the torment CFIA has inflicted on the farm owners. Dozens of police officers are surrounding the farm, while not wearing PPE. Which is proof this is not about a medical crisis or a virus outbreak, but government thuggery. Mark Carney purchased 500,000 H5N1 vaccines and the Public Health Agency of Canada has stated they intend to use those vaccines "as part of Canadaโ€™s contingency planning to protect people who may be at increased risk of being exposed to the virus through animals infected with avian influenza". Then Mark Carney went and signed us onto the legally binding World Health Organization Pandemic Treaty. Once again, Pierre has been silent on all of this, since winning re-election in an August by-election. Many of his supporters have no idea about much of this because Pierre refuses to publicly address the numerous issues at stake, happening right now in BC. All Conservatives should be denouncing this weak leadership and demanding action from Pierre or demanding he step aside and allow someone else to take over. This entire crisis of confidence is something he alone has created, in his own voter base. It should have been a no brainer to pick up this fight and to champion freedom, once again. He has chosen not to. Shame on him.

Bruce McGonigal

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Ezra Levant: Thanks to floor crossers, Carney can now ram through his spy bill Using his newly acquired majority, Carneyโ€™s government has moved to dramatically curtail debate on Bill C-22, the so-called lawful access bill. The answer? It is a direct assault on parliamentary democracy and your freedoms. Last year, Mark Carney won the election with just 43 percent of the vote. That delivered him 169 seats out of 343 in the House of Commons, three short of the 172 needed for a majority. Canadians deliberately gave him a minority government. Sometimes voters do that on purpose, wanting to keep a politician on a shorter leash and force him to work with Parliament rather than dominate it. But Carney was not content with the verdict of the electorate. While the political establishment spent years warning that Donald Trump might refuse to accept election results, Carney set about changing his own. By persuading a string of opposition MPs to cross the floor, he secured the majority Canadians had declined to give him at the ballot box. The obvious question is why? Justin Trudeau governed for nearly a decade without a formal majority, relying on NDP support to pass budgets and survive confidence votes. There was little reason to believe Carney could not have done the same. Ezraโ€™s answer is that Carney wanted something more than legislative support. He wanted the ability to shut down parliamentary scrutiny itself. That is now on full display. Using his newly acquired majority, Carneyโ€™s government has moved to dramatically curtail debate on Bill C-22, the so-called lawful access bill. The legislation would compel technology companies to retain user data for up to a year and make that information available to government authorities. Civil liberties advocates have raised serious concerns about privacy, government overreach and the expansion of state surveillance powers. The concerns are hardly theoretical. Canadians have already witnessed a government willing to freeze bank accounts and invoke extraordinary powers during the trucker protests. Mark Carney himself, while living in Europe at the time, wrote in The Globe and Mail that Ottawa should take a harder line against convoy participants and their supporters. It is therefore not surprising that critics view Bill C-22 as part of a broader push toward greater state control. What makes the situation particularly troubling is not only the substance of the legislation but the manner in which it is being advanced. The government has introduced a motion declaring that, notwithstanding any standing order or usual practice of the House, Bill C-22 will be pushed through Parliament on an accelerated timetable. In plain English, the normal rules are being set aside. Committee members will have just 30 minutes to complete clause-by-clause consideration of the bill. Any remaining amendments will be deemed moved and voted upon without further debate. The legislation will then move rapidly through report stage and third reading with strictly limited speaking time for opposition parties and virtually no opportunity for extended scrutiny. For a bill that constitutes one of the most significant expansions of government surveillance powers in Canadian history, Parliament is being afforded remarkably little time to examine the details. Professor Michael Geist, one of Canadaโ€™s leading experts on technology law and digital policy, has publicly criticized the governmentโ€™s approach. Geist argues that hearings are being cut short, amendments are being rushed through without proper discussion, and the public is being denied the transparency normally expected during the legislative process. His warning is not about partisan politics but about the erosion of parliamentary accountability. This is why Carney needed those extra seats. The issue is not merely that opposition MPs crossed the floor. It is what those additional seats are now being used to accomplish. This is a double violation of democratic principles: first, altering the balance of Parliament after voters had already spoken; and second, using that altered balance to restrict Parliamentโ€™s ability to debate, amend and scrutinize legislation. The implications extend beyond a single bill. Across Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Australia, governments are increasingly embracing online surveillance measures, age-verification requirements and expanded regulatory control over digital spaces. These initiatives are almost always presented as necessary protections for children or public safety, yet they also require citizens to surrender more privacy and give governments more information about their online activities. It is a stark contrast to the vision of technological progress championed by figures such as Elon Musk, who promote innovation, space exploration, artificial intelligence and the expansion of human potential. One approach sees technology as a tool of freedom and advancement. The other increasingly treats it as something to be monitored, regulated and controlled. This is what an unchecked majority can look like under Mark Carney: Parliament reduced to a rubber stamp, debate curtailed, privacy placed at risk and major legislation rushed through with minimal scrutiny. Canadians deserve better. The democratic process only matters if it is respected when it becomes inconvenient. If Parliament is no longer permitted to properly examine legislation, question witnesses or challenge the government of the day, then the institution itself is diminished. That should concern every Canadian regardless of political affiliation.

Rebel News

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A Twist in the Tale: Has BJP become the adda of corrupt? In the run up to the 2014 general elections, the BJP centred its campaign around alleged corruption under the Congress-led UPA government, promising โ€˜ache dinโ€™ . Several times during the campaign, Narendra Modi Ji grandiloquently promised to jail the corrupt. He was equally loud about bringing back 'all the looted money stashed away in Swiss banks and eliminating black money'. People gave BJP a decisive mandate and Modi became PM in 2014. On 8th November 2016 in a public broadcast PM Modi declared that Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes would cease to be legal tender and grandiosely announced that the purpose of #demonetisation was to crackdown on corruption and eliminate black money. It, however, turned out to be spurious. Recently, Supreme Court Justice B. V. Nagarathna said in a conference in Hyderabad that in the Indian economy at that time, Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes comprised 86% of the currency and wondered about the goal of the demonetisation exercise since 98% of those notes came back to banks. She also questioned about black money eradication as demonetisation became a good way of converting black money into white money. In 2017 the BJP government introduced #ElectoralBond Scheme, which was anonymous financial contributions to political parties, by amending several laws namely, the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the Companies Act, 2013, the Income Tax Act, 1961. Its avowed purpose was to enhance transparency and accountability in political funding by eliminating black money, corruption. etc. The Supreme Court has recently struck down this secret political funding as unconstitutional and directed disclosure of complete details of all electoral bonds. From the data available in public domain, thanks to the Supreme Court, it came to light that the BJP is the biggest beneficiary as out of total Rs. 11,450 crores it received Rs. 6,566 crores which is 57%. Contemporaneous evidence indicates that #ElectoralBonds have all the ingredients of a huge scam such as quid pro quo and corruption, shell and loss making companies donating to political parties huge sums of money suspected to be kickbacks, and laundering of black money. In order to shield our democratic process from foreign interference, the laws regulating foreign contributions prohibited political parties and candidates in elections from accepting foreign contributions. But the BJP government through Finance Acts, 2016 and 2018 amended with retrospective effect the Foreign Contributions (Regulation) Act, 2010 (#FCRA) by changing the definition of โ€˜foreign sourceโ€™ not only condoning the past illegalities committed but also permitting political parties to receive foreign funds, and thereby paved way for foreign intrusion into our political and electoral process compromising our sovereignty. Further, notwithstanding the huge propaganda of alleged action against Foreign Funded NGOs, there has been a huge spike in #FCRA remittances since the 2014-15. While during the 20 years between financial years 1994-1995 and 2013-14 an amount of Rs. 1,51,036 Crores was received, during the 8 years between 2014-15 and 2023-24 Rs. 1,46,392 was received. Data for financial years 2022-23 and 2023-24 is not yet available. However, from the trends of #FCRA remittances in the preceding years it will be around Rs. 50,000 Crores together for both the financial years, making the total FCRA remittances during 10 year rule of BJP to be around Rs. 2,00,000 Crores which is humongous. Even if a small fraction of that huge amount of foreign funds has gone to political parties or candidates in elections, it amounts to serious subversion of our democracy and constitution. What sort of patriotism is this? Several months prior to 2014 general elections, a spate of alleged scams during UPA rule surfaced namely, Chit Fund scam, Chopper scam, Tatra truck scam, 2G Spectrum scam, CWG scam, Coal scam, Adarsh scam, etc. The courts, CBI, ED and IT proactively initiated action as a result several Congress and UPA leaders came under scanner. Though the BJP came to power on the anti-corruption plank, hardly any political leaders of significance was convicted, nor even paisa of black money stashed away in Swiss banks was brought back. On the other hand, the BJP has allegedly been misusing the law enforcement agencies to arm-twist the opposition political leaders under cloud either to defect to or align with the BJP. Out of 25 important opposition leaders who were allegedly under the scanner and joined BJP, 23 have reportedly got reprieve. Politicians like Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan who faces 38 criminal cases including 11 CBI and 7 ED cases, have been buying peace from the BJP. As a result none of his cases have seen the light of the day, notwithstanding the direction of Supreme Court to speed up trial of cases against politicians. Likewise, the DMK leaders namely, the Maran brothers, A. Raja, Karunanidhiโ€™s daughter Kanimozhi have been acquitted, after they not so secretly cosied up to BJP, thanks to the lacklustre prosecution of their cases before the courts. These are only representative examples of how the BJP has become the adda for the leaders facing allegations of corruption, money laundering, etc. It is quite possible that some of them may be genuinely innocent. But as their innocence has been established only after their defection to or aligning with the ruling BJP, it creates dark shadows by raising serious moral questions. Last year, fourteen political parties approached the Supreme Court against the alleged misuse of central investigating agencies in arresting opposition political leaders and other citizens exercising their fundamental right to dissent and disagree with the ruling BJP. It was alleged that 95% of political leaders investigated by CBI and ED belong to opposition. That is, out of 121 prominent politicians facing ED probe between 2014 and 2022, 115 are opposition leaders who had been booked, raided, questioned or arrested. To wriggle out of or deflect the allegations of promoting corruption, shielding the corrupt who have joined or aligned with the BJP and targeting opposition leaders, etc, one of the standard refrains of the BJP has been that as Narendra Modi has no family he cannot be corrupt or has no motivation to be corrupt or shield the corrupt. That is a disingenuous argument. Late Jayalalitha, who was a spinster with no family, was convicted for corruption and was sent to jail. There are many prominent leaders who are unmarried or have no families facing cases or allegations of corruption. I donโ€™t mean to even hint let alone allege that Narendra Modi is personally financially corrupt. I merely want to call out their bluff by highlighting the point that there is no connection between oneโ€™s familial status and corruption. It must be recalled that Manmohan Singh, whose personal financial integrity was impeccable, presided over a corrupt regime. As such, personal financial honesty of PM or a CM is meaningless if his party and government are not honest. Barring honourable exceptions, every political party while in opposition grandiloquently talks against corruption, not necessarily because they are honest, but because they try to make a virtue of out of lack of opportunities to make money. Notwithstanding its anti-corruption rhetoric the BJP is no stranger to corruption as its unsavory history tells. In 2001, none other than its National President late Bangaru Laxman was caught on the camera taking bribe from one Mathew Samuel, and was later convicted by a Special CBI Court on 27th April 2012 and sentenced to four years in jail. Further, BJPโ€™s former CM of Karnataka Sri B. S. Yeddyurappa faced charges of corruption and was also in jail for a while. There are allegations of misdeeds of BJP government in PM-CARES Fund which is mired in secrecy, in sale of Air India to Tatas for peanuts, about CAGโ€™s concern about astronomical escalation in cost of construction of Dwarka Expressway from Rs. 18.2 crores per km to Rs. 251 crores per km, in the utility of more than Rs. 14,000 crores public funds for Namami Gange project while the sacred Ganga is on the verge becoming a sewer like Yamuna, and several others. The #ElectoralBondScam which points to several alleged scams, is only a tip of the iceberg. It seems further action to take it to logical end has come to a naught. Therefore, having seen the fate of investigation and trial of all the alleged scams and how the political class sabotage, it is imperative that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising serving or retired officers specially chosen by the Supreme Court, which will not be part of any Law Enforcement Agency but independently directly reporting to the Supreme Court, would alone will be able to unravel the truth. It is pertinent to recall the stellar role of RTI Act and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (before it was amended in 2018) in exposing alleged corruption in the Congress-led UPA government. Information is power. So, the RTI Act empowered people to seek information from public authorities on all official matters (barring a very few exceptions). Based on that information obtained through RTI process about alleged corrupt deals, illegalities, etc during UPA rule, the CBI which had no legal shackles could initiate enquiries and investigation into those allegations. The BJP while in opposition used and exploited this situation to the hilt to oust the Congress-led UPA from power. And having formed government the BJP is acutely aware of the dangers for the corrupt lurking in these laws. So they have systematically wrecked the RTI Act so much so that it has gone from citizensโ€™ most powerful tool to an Act on life support. In 2018 they amended the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. As per new section 17A introduced therein, โ€œNo police officer shall conduct any enquiry or inquiry or investigation into any offence alleged to have been committed by a public servant under this Act, where the alleged offence is relatable to any recommendation made or decision taken by such public servant in discharge of his official functions or duties, without the previous approvalโ€ of respective governments or appointing authority of the public servant. Which government will permit investigation into its own misdeeds? While Justice R. M. Lodha in 2013 denounced the CBI as a โ€˜caged parrotโ€™, the BJP government translated his oral observation into a legal reality by destroying the Prevention of Corruption Act. Evidently, the real purpose of BJP undermining RTI Act and emasculating the CBI was to prevent visitation of fate similar to that of UPA by insulating and firewalling themselves from any future enquiries and investigations into their alleged corrupt deeds. Finally, there is an uncanny resemblance between the BJPโ€™s anti-corruption rhetoric with a story in Jeffrey Archerโ€™s popular book, โ€˜A Twist in the Taleโ€™, which goes like this: Ignatius Agarbi was the new Financial Minister of Nigeria. He begins a sweep on corruption and makes a name for himself. Impressed by his extreme honesty, his president entrusted him to find out how many Nigerians have stashed their bribes in Switzerland. He arrives at the Swiss Bank with a briefcase. Despite his greatest persuasion, the Swiss banker refuses to break their code of privacy. In the end, Ignatius places a gun to the head of the Swiss banker and threatens to kill him. Still the banker refuses to divulge any confidential information. Ignatius, who was actually extremely corrupt, was only checking to find out if the Swiss Banks would actually reveal the name of an account holder. Delighted with their secrecy, Ignatius deposits $5 million in cash which he had skimmed as Financial Minister.โ€

M. Nageswara Rao IPS (Retired)

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๐Ÿšจ BREAKING NEWS ๐Ÿšจ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ”ฅ Molotov Cocktails in Tirana as Albanian Opposition Attacks Government Building ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Kosovo President Aligns with Trumpโ€™s โ€œBoard of Peaceโ€ TIRANA / PRISTINA โ€” The Western Balkans were shaken Friday night by violent unrest in Albania and a major geopolitical signal from Kosovo. In Tirana, thousands of protesters led by former Prime Minister Sali Berishaโ€™s right-wing opposition clashed with police outside the prime ministerโ€™s office. Demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails and fireworks, setting parts of the area ablaze. Riot police responded with water cannons. Video shows flames, smoke, Albanian flags and advancing security forces. According to kos_data, the protest targeted Prime Minister Edi Ramaโ€™s government, accused by the opposition of corruption and authoritarianism โ€” recalling some of Albaniaโ€™s darkest post-communist moments. The unrest comes days after Rama announced he will address Israelโ€™s Knesset next week โ€” a rare honor previously given to only a few world leaders, including Donald Trump. While Rama prepares for diplomacy abroad, his government headquarters burns at home. โธป ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo: Trump Over the UN At the same time, Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani defended joining Donald Trumpโ€™s new โ€œBoard of Peace.โ€ โ€œWe are proud to stand with President Trump,โ€ she said. โ€œPeace is achieved when the U.S. leads. The UN only helps maintain it.โ€ When a journalist dismissed the initiative as โ€œa piece of paper,โ€ Osmani called it a historic effort for global peace and security. Kosovo PM Albin Kurti and FM Donika Gรซrvalla have remained silent โ€” unusual given their frequent public commentary โ€” fueling speculation of internal divisions. Days earlier, Kurti spoke at Davos about ruling through a โ€œKantโ€“Millโ€“Aristotle triangleโ€ as Kosovo remains among Europeโ€™s poorest states and faces power cuts. โธป A Region Under Strain Street violence in Albania, U.S.-aligned diplomacy in Kosovo, and symbolic prestige abroad reveal a region under pressure. Domestic unrest and global politics are colliding across the Western Balkans. ๐Ÿ”ฅ The Balkans are again on Europeโ€™s fault line. โธป Due to deboosting by the X algorithm, our content reaches a very limited audience. Please like and share โ€” so the Slavic voice can be heard worldwide. Follow us also on Facebook: Slavic Networks Nirali VVeles

Slavic Networks

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๐Ÿšจ Alberta just dropped the nuclear option. As an Ontarian I am ENVIOUS of Premiers like Danielle Smith instead we have Liberal Doug Ford ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ that ONLY decides to act like a Conservative when something affects HIM personally. Premier Danielle Smith announced a public vote on October 19th: Should Alberta hold a referendum to SEPARATE from Canada? Mark Carneyโ€™s immediate response? โ€œDangerous bluff. Just like Brexit. Youโ€™ll regret it.โ€ Translation: Ottawa doesnโ€™t want Alberta keeping its own money. Hereโ€™s the brutal reality the Laurentian elite never talk about: Alberta = Canadaโ€™s Texas. Oil. Agriculture. Hard work. They generate the surplusโ€ฆ and Ottawa takes it via equalization payments and ships it to Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba โ€” provinces that โ€œcanโ€™t carry their own weightโ€ because of decades of Liberal policies. Look at the chart (timestamp ~2:50). Albertaโ€™s bar sticks out like a sore thumb while the have-not provinces line up for their cheque. This isnโ€™t โ€œunity.โ€ This is wealth transfer on steroids. Albertans are tired of: - Funding policies they never voted for - Watching their resource wealth subsidize Ontario/Quebec priorities - Being told theyโ€™re the problem Two completely different value systems. Two different countries in all but name. Carney can call it a โ€œbluffโ€ all he wants. Canadians are waking up to the math: Your paycheque is being raided twice โ€” once federally, and again provincially through this rigged system. Alberta isnโ€™t asking permission anymore. Drop your take below: Should Alberta get the referendum? Should they actually leave? Or is Carney right and this is all just โ€œregret laterโ€? #AlbertaSeparation #Wexit #EqualizationTheft #MarkCarney #cdnpoli #CanadaDivided #DanielleSmith #PBDPodcast

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INDIAN DIPLOMAT IN OTTAWA OFFERED $50,000 TO A HITMAN TO KILL KHALISTAN REFERENDUM ORGANIZER GOSAL Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) has revealed that Canadian security and intelligence agencies are aware of Contract-To-Kill plot by diplomats of the Indian High Commission in Ottawa targeting Referendum organizer Inderjeet Singh Gosal โ€” a pattern identical to the warnings issued before the assassination of Shaheed Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June 2023. SFJ states that a serving Indian diplomat in Ottawa attempted to hire a hitman for $50,000 cash to kill Gosal, a key organizer of the Khalistan Referendum. Recently Gosal has been offered โ€œWitness Protectionโ€ by the RCMP owing to imminent threat to his life. SFJ General Counsel Gurpatwant Singh Pannun stated, โ€œSFJ is forced to go public to preempt and prevent another assassination of a pro-Khalistan Sikh on Canadian soil.โ€ PM CARNEYโ€™S OFFICE ALREADY HAD THIS INTELLIGENCE ABOUT THE GOSAL CONTRACT-TO-KILL PLOT According to Pannun, multiple Canadian security channels โ€” including the RCMP, which has recently offered witness protection to Gosal โ€” has already received and assessed intelligence regarding the Contract-To-Kill plot against Gosal. This information was communicated to the highest levels of the Canadian government, including: Prime Minister Mark Carneyโ€™s Office; Foreign Minister Anita Anandโ€™s Office; and Minister of Public Safetyโ€™s Office Pannun stated, โ€œGosalโ€™s Contract-To-Kill plot is the direct outcome of Prime Minister Carney opening trade talks with Modi without demanding accountabilityโ€. โ€œCanadian sovereignty has collapsed to the point where Indian diplomats feel free to orchestrate killings.โ€ SFJ CALLS FOR PUBLIC SURVEILLANCE OF THE INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONERSFJ has called upon pro-Khalistan Sikhs to TAIL โ€“ SHADOW โ€“ FOLLOW Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Patnaik wherever he appears in Canada. โ€œPatnaik should not be allowed to place kill contracts on Canadian soil.โ€ EFFIGY OF PATNAIK BURNT TO EXPOSE MODIโ€™S STATE TERROR NETWORK Pro-Khalistan Sikhs burned an effigy of Patnaik, declaring him the face of Modiโ€™s state-directed Hindutva terrorism in Canada. โ€œThe effigy represents a fact Canada can no longer ignore: RCMP has confirmed Modiโ€™s transnational repression, and still Indiaโ€™s kill machinery continues to operate inside Canada under diplomatic cover.โ€ A PATTERN OF INDIAN STATE TERROR ON CANADIAN SOIL SFJ says the Gosal Contract-To-Kill plot confirms a continuing pattern of Modi regimeโ€“directed violence carried out through Indian consulates and diplomats operating inside Canada.SFJ says the Gosal Contract-To-Kill plot confirms a continuing pattern of Modi regimeโ€“directed violence carried out through Indian consulates and diplomats operating inside Canada.

Sikhs For Justice

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โš ๏ธ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ and where is the mainstream media?โš ๏ธ Here are the ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ exposing how Ottawa is straight-up gaslighting Canadians about our debt crisis: 1. Canadaโ€™s โ€œlowest debt in G7โ€ claim is a total scam. โ€ข Government brags about 13% net debt-to-GDP (lowest in G7). โ€ข TRUTH: Theyโ€™re counting $890 BILLION in CPP/QPP pension money as โ€œassetsโ€ they can use to โ€œoffsetโ€ debt. โ€ข You canโ€™t raid grandmaโ€™s pension to pay the Visa billโ€”thatโ€™s fraud accounting. 2. Strip out the pension trick and ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—š๐Ÿณ. โ€ข Real total debt-to-GDP: 113% (5th-worst in G7). โ€ข Worse than UK (103%), Germany (64%), and closing in on France (117%). โ€ข Only Japan is worse. Congrats, weโ€™re G7 debt runners-up! 3. Carneyโ€™s โ€œtransformativeโ€ budget is just Trudeau 2.0 on steroids. โ€ข Plans to spend MORE, borrow MORE, pile on MORE debt than even Trudeau projected. โ€ข Same failed decade-long deficit party, new suit. 4. Canadaโ€™s debt exploded FASTER than every other G7 country. โ€ข +25 percentage points in 10 years. โ€ข Next worst (France): +17. โ€ข Weโ€™re the G7โ€™s debt-growth championโ€”nobody else even close. 5. Mark Carney promised to โ€œalways be straightโ€ with Canadians. โ€ข Then immediately uses the exact same deceptive pension-accounting trick to justify endless deficits. โ€ข Straight-up lied in Week 1. Bottom line: The government is deliberately hiding a 113% debt iceberg by waving around a fake 13% โ€œnet debtโ€ mirage built on your retirement savings. Classic Ottawa sleight-of-hand. The Fraser Institute @Martyupnorth_2 Kirk Lubimov Clyde Do Something ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Andy Lee Taxpayer.com Franco Terrazzano

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At a campaign rally in Hamilton, Ontario, Liberal leader Mark Carney unveiled what can only be described as a coordinated assault on digital freedom in Canada. Behind the slogans, applause lines, and empty rhetoric about unity, one portion of Carneyโ€™s remarks stood out for its implications: a bold, unapologetic commitment to controlling online speech under the guise of โ€œsafetyโ€ and โ€œmisinformation.โ€ โ€œWe announced a series of measures with respect to online harmโ€ฆ a sea of misogyny, anti-Semitism, hatred, conspiracy theoriesโ€”the sort of pollution that's online that washes over our virtual borders from the United States.โ€ He then made clear his intention to act: โ€œMy government, if we are elected, will be taking action on those American giants who come across [our] border.โ€ The former central banker, who now postures as a man of the people, made it clear that if the Liberals are re-elected, the federal government will intensify efforts to regulate what Canadians are allowed to see, say, and share online. His language was deliberate. Carney condemned what he called a โ€œsea of misogyny, anti-Semitism, hatred, conspiracy theoriesโ€ polluting Canadaโ€™s internet spaceโ€”language borrowed directly from the Trudeau-era playbook. But this wasnโ€™t just a moral denunciation. It was a legislative preview. Carney spoke of a future Liberal government taking โ€œaction on those American giants who come across our borders.โ€ Translation: he wants to bring Big Tech platforms under federal control, or at least force them to play the role of speech enforcers for the Canadian state. He blamed the United States for exporting โ€œhateโ€ into Canada, reinforcing the bizarre Liberal narrative that the greatest threat to national unity isnโ€™t foreign actors like the CCP or radical Islamistsโ€”itโ€™s Facebook memes and American podcasts. But the most revealing moment came when Carney linked online speech directly to violence. He asserted that digital โ€œpollutionโ€ affects how Canadians behave in real life, specifically pointing to conjugal violence, antisemitism, and drug abuse. This is how the ground is prepared for censorship: first by tying speech to harm, then by criminalizing what the state deems harmful. What Carney didnโ€™t say is just as important. He made no distinction between actual criminal incitement and political dissent. He offered no assurance that free expressionโ€”a right enshrined in Canadaโ€™s Charter of Rights and Freedomsโ€”would be respected. He provided no definition of what constitutes a โ€œconspiracy theoryโ€ or who gets to make that determination. Under this framework, any criticism of government policy, of global institutions, or of the new technocratic order could be flagged, throttled, and punished. And thatโ€™s the point. Mark Carney isnโ€™t interested in dialogue. He wants obedience. He doesn't trust Canadians to discern truth from fiction. He believes itโ€™s the job of governmentโ€”his governmentโ€”to curate the national conversation, to protect citizens from wrongthink, to act as referee over what is and isnโ€™t acceptable discourse. In short, he wants Ottawa to become the Ministry of Truth. Why They Donโ€™t Actually Care About Antisemitism The Liberal establishment talks a big game about fighting hateโ€”but when it comes to actual antisemitic violence, theyโ€™ve shown nothing but selective enforcement and political cowardice. Letโ€™s look at the facts. In 2023, Bโ€™nai Brith Canada recorded nearly 6,000 antisemitic incidents, including 77 violent attacksโ€”from firebombed synagogues to shots fired at Jewish schools in Montreal and Toronto. This wasnโ€™t a marginal increase. It was a 208% spike in violent antisemitism in a single year. Statistics Canada echoed the same alarm bells. Jewsโ€”who make up just 1% of Canadaโ€™s populationโ€”were the victims of 70% of all religiously motivated hate crimes. Thatโ€™s nearly 900 recorded incidents, up 71% from the previous year. Then came October 2023, when Hamas launched its attack on Israelโ€”and the wave of hate turned into a tsunami: a 670% increase in antisemitic incidents across the country. Jewish schools, synagogues, and community centers were hit with bomb threats, arson attempts, and intimidation campaigns. This was a national security issue, not just a policing matter. And yet, the government's response? Virtually nonexistent. Case in point: the Montreal Riot, November 2024. A 600-person mob, waving anti-NATO and pro-Palestinian banners, turned violentโ€”setting fires, smashing windows, and attacking police. Amid this chaos, a man was filmed screaming โ€œFinal Solutionโ€โ€”a direct reference to the Nazi plan to exterminate the Jews. It went viral. There was no ambiguity, no misunderstanding. It was a public call for genocide. So what happened? Three arrests. None for hate crimes. None related to antisemitism. Montreal Police Chief Fady Dagher insisted there were โ€œno confirmed antisemitic acts,โ€ and as of early 2025, no hate crime charges have been filed against the individual caught on camera. That man, as it turns out, owned a Second Cup franchise. His punishment? His cafรฉ was shut down by the company. Not by law enforcement. Not by hate crime investigators. A corporate HR department showed more backbone than Canadaโ€™s justice system. And this is what reveals the truth: they donโ€™t care. Theyโ€™ll enforce hate speech laws when itโ€™s politically convenientโ€”when it can be used to silence critics, crush dissent, or placate woke constituencies. But when Jewish communities are being threatened, attacked, and terrorized? The same laws suddenly go limp. The same political class that claims to protect minorities becomes paralyzed. They wonโ€™t touch it. Because confronting real antisemitism would require standing up to their political allies in activist circles, university campuses, and radical protest movements. This isn't an accident. It's a pattern. The Liberals arenโ€™t weak on antisemitism because theyโ€™re unaware of it. Theyโ€™re weak on it because they donโ€™t see political value in enforcing the law when it conflicts with their ideological allies. Their obsession isnโ€™t with hate speechโ€”itโ€™s with controlling โ€œwrongโ€ speech. And what qualifies as โ€œwrongโ€ isnโ€™t defined by law or principle. Itโ€™s defined by what the Liberal establishment deems unacceptable. Their target isnโ€™t violent bigotry. Itโ€™s dissent. Theyโ€™ll chase down citizens for questioning carbon taxes or criticizing globalist policyโ€”but when Jewish schools get shot at, or someone calls for genocide in the street, they shrug. This isnโ€™t leadership. Itโ€™s selective justice. And it proves, beyond any doubt, that their agenda was never about protecting Canadians. It was always about protecting control. The Online Harms Act: Carneyโ€™s Blueprint for Speech Control This isnโ€™t hypothetical. Mark Carneyโ€™s remarks in Hamilton mirror the exact logic and intent behind the Online Harms Act (Bill C-63)โ€”legislation drafted under the Liberal banner and introduced in 2024 that pushes Canada into territory no free society should accept. At its core, Bill C-63 hands the federal government sweeping powers to police digital speech. It creates a Digital Safety Commission, an unelected bureaucratic authority empowered to monitor, investigate, and punish online platforms and individuals for content deemed "harmful." That wordโ€”harmfulโ€”is never concretely defined. It includes things like โ€œhate speech,โ€ โ€œconspiracy theories,โ€ and vague notions of โ€œharm to children,โ€ but itโ€™s written broadly enough to be used as a political weapon. The most chilling provision? Preemptive imprisonment. Under this law, Canadians could be jailed for up to a yearโ€”without having committed a crimeโ€”if a judge believes they might post something harmful in the future. This isnโ€™t law enforcement. This is thought policing. Carney didnโ€™t just echo this approachโ€”he amplified it. In his Hamilton rally, he described the internet as being flooded with โ€œmisogyny, anti-Semitism, hatred, conspiracy theories,โ€ and laid blame on foreign content โ€œwashing over our borders from the United States.โ€ He didnโ€™t argue for open debate or for empowering users to challenge dangerous ideas. He argued for the state to intervene and shut them down. He told Canadians that these ideas are โ€œchanging how people behaveโ€ and claimed his government will go after โ€œthose American giantsโ€ that allow this content to circulate. Thereโ€™s no ambiguity here: this is a public declaration that a Liberal government under Mark Carney intends to censor, de-platform, and penalize dissenting views. Not illegal onesโ€”just ones they don't like. And this isnโ€™t new for him. Back in 2022, during the Freedom Convoy, Carney referred to protesters as committing โ€œseditionโ€ and demanded the government โ€œthoroughly punishโ€ them. These werenโ€™t violent rioters or foreign agitatorsโ€”these were working-class Canadians honking their horns and standing in the cold, protesting vaccine mandates. For Carney, their real crime was disobedience. Carneyโ€™s view of speech is simple: if it challenges the ruling order, itโ€™s dangerous. And now, with Bill C-63 on the table and Carney at the helm, heโ€™s building the legal infrastructure to lock down the digital public squareโ€”not to protect Canadians from violence, but to protect the Liberal establishment from criticism. That law is real. Carneyโ€™s agenda is real. And if he wins, enforcement is coming. Final thoughts This is the Canada Mark Carney envisionsโ€”one where citizens canโ€™t speak freely online without first checking their views against government guidelines. A country where speech is no longer a right but a privilege granted by bureaucrats. A country where opposition isnโ€™t argued with, itโ€™s labeled harmful and erased. There was a time when Liberals championed civil liberties. That era is over. The new Liberalism is authoritarianโ€”cloaked in the language of safety and inclusion, but animated by control. Carneyโ€™s rally in Hamilton wasnโ€™t a policy rollout. It was a warning to anyone who still thinks they live in a country where dissent is allowed. They donโ€™t want to fight hate. They want to define โ€œwrongโ€ speechโ€”and then eliminate it. And by โ€œwrong,โ€ they mean anything the Liberal establishment disapproves of. Criticize the government, question the orthodoxy, challenge the stateโ€™s narrative, and youโ€™ll be branded a threat. Not a citizen. Not a participant. A threat. So here we are. The speech laws are written. The censors are waiting. And Mark Carney is ready to pull the trigger. This election isnโ€™t about tax credits or campaign slogans. Itโ€™s about whether Canada remains a free country or slides deeper into soft tyranny, one regulation, one commission, one silenced voice at a time. There is a choice. And the choice is this: bring it homeโ€”restore freedom, restore sanity, restore this country. Or: hand the keys to the same people who think youโ€™re the problem for having the nerve to think for yourself.

Dan Knight

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Former Conservative MP Gladu facing fierce backlash after joining Carney Liberals Sarnia, Ont., is home to a massive petrochemical industry. It is also home to the latest floor-crosser: Conservative-now-Liberal MP Marilyn Gladu. Gladu is the fifth floor-crosser in as many months. But Gladuโ€™s crossing is surely the most shocking. We say this because Gladu was perhaps the single most conservative MP in the entire Conservative Party. For example, she was openly pro-life and pushed to reopen the abortion debate. She unapologetically backed the truckers and the Freedom Convoy. And she was against the COVID-19 forced vaccinations and lockdowns. Gladu is (or was) the polar opposite of a Liberal. Gladu joining the Liberals would be akin to climate change kook Steven Guilbeault joining the Conservatives. Itโ€™s that crazy. And talk about hypocrisy: Marilyn Gladu once said that the whole point of being a member of Parliament is โ€œto represent your constituents.โ€ In that regard, in the last federal election, the constituents of Sarnia-Lambton gave Gladu a clear mandate when she ran for re-election as a Conservative. Gladu captured 53.1% of the vote versus 37.9% for the Liberal candidate. Amazingly, Gladu recently voiced strong opinions about those MPs who decided to cross the floor. If such a thing happens, Gladu said, then voters โ€œdeserve a chance to have a redo.โ€ But as the saying goes, that was then and this is now. She is no longer keen on a โ€œredoโ€ byelection in her riding. Why? Because sheโ€™d likely lose in a landslide. And in the department of plenty of blame to go around, the Mark Carney Liberals seemingly have absolutely no problem welcoming Gladu into the fold even though she is the sort of Conservative who would be mocked by the Liberals for her viewpoints. As well, this is the same party that has a policy that blocks pro-life candidates from running under the Liberal banner. But again, that was then and this is now as Mark Carney remains committed to getting that coveted majority government โ€“ a majority the Canadian electorate denied him in last yearโ€™s federal election (but seriously, who cares what the little people have to say?) So it is that the Liberals will park their principles when it comes to Carney manufacturing the political equivalent of a hostile takeover. Last weekend, we visited the riding of Sarnia-Lambton to see what the people in this border city have to say. Most said they were shocked and angry. And not only did we meet people who voted for Gladu in the last election, but we spoke with others who were volunteers on Gladuโ€™s last campaign and donors. Said one miffed man: โ€œI want my money back.โ€ For what itโ€™s worth, hereโ€™s the official statement by Gladu as to why she changed her allegiances: "Dear citizens of Sarniaโ€”Lambtonโ€”Bkejwanong, โ€œThe past year has been like no other that Canada has ever faced, and Iโ€™ve heard clearly from constituents that you want serious leadership and a real plan to build a stronger and more independent Canadian economy. โ€œThat is why I have decided to join Prime Minister Mark Carney and Canadaโ€™s new government as the newest member of his caucus. It is a privilege to have served as your Member of Parliament for more than a decade, and I have made a choice to do the best thing for our communityโ€™s priorities, and importantly, for our country. โ€œThe experience I gained working globally across many sectors will be important to help our Prime Minister continue to deliver on the big priorities he is driving forward: To build the nation at speeds not seen before, create jobs for a prosperous future, build our defence, diversify our trade, build more homes, help lower costs for Canadians, and combat crime. I believe that these are the priorities many of you share, and Iโ€™m ready to work with Prime Minister Carney to build a stronger, more independent, and more competitive Canadian economy. โ€œI know that you also want to see more direct support from your federal government at this crucial moment for our local and national economy, and I will be working relentlessly to advocate for the projects, priorities, and prosperity that our communities are counting on. โ€œSarniaโ€”Lambton was always a bellwether riding, meaning that whoever our community elected as MP was typically in government. That was true for 52 years before the citizens here elected me four times, throughout which I have served in Opposition and done my best to advocate strongly for you. Today, there is both the opportunity โ€“ and the responsibility โ€“ to build our countryโ€™s strength and success with a more constructive, collaborative approach. โ€œThat is the approach I will advance as the newest member of Prime Minister Mark Carneyโ€™s team in government, as we work together to build a brighter future for all in a stronger Canada.โ€ Suffice to say, nobody is buying that explanation. We visited Gladuโ€™s constituency office. It was empty. A note affixed to the door said it was closed and โ€œsorry for the inconvenience.โ€ โ€œInconvenienceโ€ indeedโ€ฆ And yet, the questions arise: what really made Gladu betray her constituents? What did Carney offer her, be it money or a potential cabinet position? Or did the Liberals dredge up something unsavoury about Gladu, threatening to end her political career? Who knows? And perhaps weโ€™ll never know the truth unless an insider comes forward. But one thing is certain: the vast majority of Sarnians we spoke with feel bitter about Gladuโ€™s betrayal. All things considered, we fully understand their bitterness. REPORT by David Menzies:

Rebel News

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BDS is what would have made the difference, turning an empty gesture - the recognition of Palestine - into an ethical, useful, game changer. Hello, I am Yanis Varoufakis here to discuss the (hugely) belated recognition of the State of Palestine by a number of Western governments โ€“ Britainโ€™s, Franceโ€™s, Canadaโ€™s and Australiaโ€™s. If only they had done this many decades ago, maybe Israelโ€™s ethnic cleansing of a people whose existence Israel did not recognise, on a land that Israel was keen to expropriate from these unrecognised people, maybe that ethnic cleansing project would have been halted - maybe it would not have morphed into the genocide that is unfolding with untold cruelty as we speak. Is it not a good thing that the governments of Britain, France, Canada and Australia were forced by public opinion, by sensational losses in voter support, to recognise the State of Palestine. I suppose it is a good thing. But, friends, make no mistake. I am very much afraid that Keir Starmer, Emanuel Macron, Mark Carney and Anthony Albanese did not recognise Palestine so as to ensure that it comes into existence as a real, a sovereign state for a people Israel has put on death row but only so that they do not actually do what they can to end the genocide and to make the Palestinian state a possibility. In a nutshell, these Western governments, after decades of complicity, are suddenly falling over themselves to perform a performative act in a manner that does nothing to bring about that which they proclaim: a functioning Palestinian State. So: Let us not applaud them. Let us not be fooled by them. Theirs is not an ethical awakening. It is merely the calculated management of a genocide they are doing nothing to stop. It is hypocrisy polished to a fine sheen, designed not to end the suffering in Gaza, but to sanitise their role in perpetuating it. On the one hand, we observe the grand theatre of great power diplomacy. The press conferences, the solemn declarations, the recognition of a state that exists on paper. Meanwhile, on the ground, the very foundation of such a state โ€“ its people and its institutions โ€“ are being systematically erased. These governmentsโ€”the Starmer, the Macron, the Albanese, the Carney administrationsโ€”they want you to be distracted by their "brave" and "principled" stand while they remain complicit in the war crimes, in the ethnic cleansing, in the genocide. And why now? Why, after the tens of thousands dead, after the schools and hospitals turned to rubble, after thousands of wounded children were forced to survive alone, without their families who now lie buried under blocks of cement? Because global outrage has reached a boiling point that can no longer be contained by their usual pro-Israeli propaganda. Their recognition of Palestine is a pressure valve, designed precisely to defuse that outrage, to save Israelโ€™s legitimacy, safe in the knowledge that Israel will continue, with their tacit support, to block each and every move toward a viable Palestinian state. They are recognising a Palestinian state while tacitly conniving with Israel's leaders to ensure it never comes into being. How? By actively refusing to take the one set of actions that has a proven historical record of ending oppression and Apartheid: Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions on the perpetrator. Thankfully thatโ€™s not all. Mercifully, something else is going on. While Western leaders perform their diplomatic pantomime, hundreds of people are sailing right now in the Mediterranean Sea. The Global Sumud Flotilla. A flotilla of teachers, journalists, activists, dreamers, parliamentarians, carrying with them the global majorityโ€™s commitment that Israelโ€™s Siege on Gaza, that the planned and meticulously implemented genocide of Palestinians will be terminated โ€“ that it will not continue in our name โ€“ that the impending acts of piracy by the Israeli state will be exposed for what they are: misanthropic violations of minimum ethical standards, of International Law. Israeli propaganda, echoed by its apologists, claims these brave souls are "choosing to enter a war zone, to violate prohibited security zones." This is a shameless lie. The flotilla's ships are not entering a war zone. They are heading towards a site of genocide on a land that Israel is illegally occupyingโ€”a fact confirmed by the International Court of Justice, which in June 2024 ordered Israel to vacate it. So, I ask you: if Starmer, Macron, Carney and Albanese really wanted to end the genocide, what would they do? They would not be issuing statements. They would be sending a naval vessel to protect the flotilla! They would be enforcing international law. But they will not. Because their recognition is an empty gesture, and actual solidarity requires a break with organised misanthropy and with the arms dealers who fund them and their political campaigns. This duality, this chasm between Western governmentsโ€™ words and deeds, is the essence of their hypocrisy. They grant a piece of paper called โ€˜statehoodโ€™ with one hand, while with the other they continue to arm, fund, and diplomatically shield the very power that ensures this statehood remains a cruel fiction. They remind me of a monument I once saw in Canberra, Australiaโ€™s capital. Walking from the High Court to the National Library, you stumble in a unique monument โ€” a monument celebrating a High Court of Australia judgment. On it are inscribed the magnificent words of Sir Gerard Brennan from the Mabo case: โ€œThe common law of this country will perpetuate injustice if it were to continue to persist in characterising the indigenous inhabitants of Australian colonies as people too low in the scale of social organisation to be acknowledged as possessing rights and interests in land.โ€ A magnificent sentiment. A legal revolution. But what followed? Words on a monument. The recognition of native title was granted, but the power structures, the economic dispossession, the systemic inequalityโ€”they were largely left intact. The recognition became a shield *against* more substantive justice. This is the playbook of imperialist white settlers. Recognise a right in theory to avoid implementing it in practice. This is what is on offer today for Palestine. A state recognised on an imaginary map in a European capital, while on the ground, the apartheid reality is reinforced with every bomb, every bullet, every checkpoint. The key, the only key that unlocks the door to freedom, is not recognition. It is BDS: boycott, divest and sanction. And its goal? Its goal must be to bring about equal political rights from the Jordan to the Mediterranean. Recognition would have mattered at Oslo. It was the leverage that was squandered. Now, in the absence of any peace process, it is merely symbolic. And in its current form, it is worse than symbolicโ€”it is a pacifier. We must understand the fundamental truth, so elegantly captured by that Mabo judgment but so tragically ignored in its aftermath: โ€œViolent instability is baked into any system where one side has power and rights and the other has none.โ€ You cannot have peace, you cannot have security, for anyoneโ€”Israeli or Palestinianโ€”under a system of apartheid. The violence of the occupier begets resistance; the violence of the oppressed is then used to justify further, overwhelming state violence. It is a vicious cycle engineered by the powerful. So, when these Western leaders herald their recognition as a progressive move, ask them one question: Where are the sanctions? Where is the arms embargo? Where are the trade restrictions? Where is the protection for the flotillas? Until they answer you convincingly, their words are not just hollow. They are weapons. They are the grease for the machinery of genocide. They are the modern-day equivalent of the colonial administrator who acknowledges the humanity of the native in a London speech, while signing the order to clear their land. Let us not let them get away with it. See their recognition for what it is: a desperate attempt to save a crumbling system of oppression, not to end it. Our duty is clear. To amplify the call for BDS. To stand with the flotillas. To demand not words on paper, but justice on the ground. The Palestinian people do not need their hypocritical recognition. They need their freedom. And freedom only comes when the cost of oppression becomes too high for the oppressor to bear.

Yanis Varoufakis

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Emma Came To Talk Business. Meghan Came To Talk Meghan. After sitting through the full Emma Grede podcast with Meghan Markle, hereโ€™s my brief take. Emma asked good questions. Not gossip questions. Not royal questions. Business questions. Questions about pivots, imposter syndrome, criticism, building a brand, and what Meghan had learned from speaking to other female founders. Meghan had every opportunity to give people a real look at how she approaches business. Instead, we got the familiar stories. The childhood scrunchies. The jam. Faith over fear. The baby mama dance. The media. The noise. Time and again, questions that could have led somewhere interesting circled back to the same themes and the same carefully polished version of Meghan. Emma was trying to have a conversation about business. Meghan seemed far more interested in talking about Meghan. We learned a lot about the story she wants people to believe. We learned very little about the business itself. Most founders can talk for hours about the things that went wrong. Failed launches. Bad decisions. Partnerships that didnโ€™t work out. Customer complaints. Unexpected problems. Expensive mistakes. The lessons that come from getting things wrong. Those are the stories that teach people something. Those are the stories that make people credible. Their absence here was noticeable. The contradictions didnโ€™t help either. Meghan talks a lot about truth, authenticity and correcting false narratives, yet there seems to be very little reflection on her own changing stories over the years. She presents herself as a fearless risk-taker, but As Ever launched with advantages most entrepreneurs could only dream of: global name recognition, celebrity connections, media attention and a royal title. The humble beginnings narrative sits awkwardly beside all of that. The As Ever journey was also a missed opportunity. It could have been a chance to talk honestly about what didnโ€™t work, what had to change, what she misjudged and what she learned along the way. Instead, obstacles mostly appeared as things that happened around her rather than things she might have contributed to or learned from. One answer summed up the entire interview for me. When Emma asked what Meghan had learned from the female founders sheโ€™d interviewed on her own podcast, I expected something specific. After all those conversations with successful women, surely there would be a lesson that changed her thinking, a mistake she saw repeated over and over, or advice she applied to her own business. Instead, the takeaway seemed to boil down to the idea that building a business is hard and people have regrets. Wellโ€ฆ yes. Thatโ€™s hardly a groundbreaking insight. After an entire season interviewing founders, entrepreneurs and business leaders, thatโ€™s the conclusion? Not a lesson that changed the way she operates. Not a mistake she was determined to avoid. Not a piece of advice she applied to As Ever. Just that building a business is difficult and people have regrets. By the end of the interview, the difference between Emma and Meghan couldnโ€™t have been clearer. Emma was talking business. Meghan was talking narrative. The more the conversation went on, the more it felt like Meghan was sidestepping the substance of Emmaโ€™s questions and steering everything back to familiar talking points and personal stories. For someone positioning herself as a founder, she spent remarkably little time discussing the realities of building a business. Emma gave Meghan multiple opportunities to move beyond the carefully managed public image and show people how she thinks as a businesswoman. She never really did. What we got instead was another polished chapter in the ongoing Meghan Markle story.

Queen Esther

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