Hero Austin cops take down Islamist bar gunman in heart-pounding video

Terrifying bodycam footage of Sunday’s mass shooting at a bar in downtown Austin shows cops take down pro-Iran terrorist Ndiaga Diagne after a fierce gun battle.

The video shows the deadly encounter from multiple angles in real time as officers traded gunfire with the Senegalese immigrant, who was wearing a “Property of Allah” sweatshirt and an Iran flag t-shirt.

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Canada has nothing to gain from supporting the war in Iran – but much to lose

Canada’s Ratso Rizzo Foreign Policy

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to back American strikes against Iran has provoked much controversy. Even though he and several of his ministers partially walked back some of this initial enthusiastic support, the debate still raises difficult questions about what Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand refers to as principled pragmatism. Is Canada moving away from its allegedly traditional support for international law? How can Canada’s rhetorical support for the war in Iran, even if watered down, be reconciled with the principles Mr. Carney enounced in his speech in Davos in January? And how can these principles be reconciled with Mr. Carney declining to close the door on Canada’s eventual participation in the war?

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Is this the end of Hezbollah? Lebanon is finally taking on the militia

Seven. That’s how many times Israel has invaded Lebanon since 1978, yet this latest incursion could prove the most momentous of all. Unlike previous assaults, changes inside Lebanon itself mean the IDF could finally achieve a long-cherished goal: the crushing of Hezbollah and a political realignment in Beirut that removes future threats to Israel’s security. That, in turn, could shift the balance of power right across the Levant, extending Israel’s influence, and Benjamin Netanyahu’s political legacy, yet further. Still, as always in the Middle East, what happens when the dust settles is a very different question, as is its impact on the lives of innocent civilians — especially when the Lebanese are unlikely to accept Israeli domination for long.

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HUNTER: Did homeland politics lead to Nancy Grewal’s stabbing murder in Windsor?

The passions and prejudices seep across the ocean, seemingly inescapable.

Time and distance do not temper them. In fact, the New World seems to breath new life into old hatreds turning the place that was left behind into an idyllic land of lollipops, puppies, peace and perfection.

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Here’s What Caused Trump to Fire DHS Secretary Kristi Noem

Okay, so for weeks, there’s been some palace intrigue regarding Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. Is she going to get the boot? Has the ongoing public relations war between the public, press, and DHS vis-à-vis the ICE surges eroded trust? Not the case, until now. On March 3, Noem testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee and revealed something that the president reportedly did not want known. In fact, rumor has it that he’s now mulling Noem’s replacement, which is how much this irritated him. National Review had the scoop earlier this morning, which was later confirmed by the president. Markwayne Mullin will be replacing Noem at the end of the month

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Andrew Griffith: The stakeholders who cheered on the Liberals’ devastating immigration expansion

In October 2024, then-prime minister Justin Trudeau announced an about-face on mass immigration, admitting: “We didn’t get the balance quite right.”

Trudeau’s mea culpa ranks among the starkest understatements in recent political memory: record-breaking immigration levels contributed to a severe housing shortage, strained public services to the breaking point, suppressed wage growth and, in the process, shattered Canada’s once-stable pro-immigration consensus.


Never believe academics, the corporate class or politicians when it comes to immigration.

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Pakistani man on trial in Brooklyn for Trump assassination plot says he was recruited by Iran

A Pakistani businessman accused of plotting to kill Donald Trump told a federal jury on Wednesday that he was coerced into the scheme by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, which he said had threatened his family to secure his participation.

Asif Merchant, 47, took the unusual step of testifying in his own defense at Brooklyn federal court, where he faces terrorism and murder-for-hire charges. Speaking through an Urdu translator, he told jurors he went along with the plot only out of fear for his wife and adopted daughter in Tehran.

“I was not wanting to do this so willingly,” he said.

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Are Canada’s ‘red flag’ gun laws working? No one can say

“Red flag” orders were billed as a faster, simpler way to keep Canadian communities safe by temporarily removing legal firearms from the hands of those who might do themselves — or others — harm. They were part of a suite of gun control measures introduced in the wake of 2020’s Portapique, N.S., mass shooting, the deadliest in the country’s history.

But more than two years after the orders finally became federal law, it’s unclear if they are working as designed — because no one appears to be keeping track of when, where or how often they are being implemented.

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Why Do Israel and Trump Stand More or Less Alone?

I am staggered by the idiocy, rage, and just plain old-fashioned antisemitism that rends the news of the world today.

First, let’s start with the wild anti-Israel snarling of the media today. Not more than a few days or even hours after the Iranian murder regime has mowed down tens of thousands of its people on the streets of Tehran because they asked for a government that would rule by law instead of by hate, the Trump administration took steps for mercy and law.

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John Ivison: Carney’s global deals are paper-thin until we see real results

The Greek myth of Pygmalion is based on a sculptor who fell so deeply in love with the beautiful sculpture he created that it came to life.

The so-called Pygmalion effect is a psychological phenomenon in which higher expectations lead to improved performance.

It is an intriguing prospect, but wishful thinking is probably not the best basis for a system of government.

h/t Mauser

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Iran’s New Proxy: Sudan

At first glance, such rhetoric might appear to be the product of wartime propaganda. It is not.

The video reveals something far more troubling: the survival of Iran’s ideological and proxy doctrine inside elements aligned with Sudan’s armed forces. Even as Iran faces economic strain and growing regional pressure, the strategic model it developed over decades — cultivating ideological allies and proxy networks — continues to spread.

Sudan’s civil war may now be providing fertile ground for its revival.

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GUNTER: Liberals ride Chretien’s coattails with over-60 demographic

Political analysts and organizers used to be obsessed with the “gender gap” between male and female voters. If a candidate or party did noticeably better among men, that was seen as a bad thing.

There is, of course, often still a gender gap. In the 2024 U.S. presidential election then-candidate Donald Trump did so much better among male voters under 35 and among Hispanic men that their support contributed considerably to his win.

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