The Economist Cites A Study By Literal Antifa To Talk About ‘Right-Wing Violence’

Since the horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk, legacy media have gone above and beyond to tank what little credibility they had with the broader American public. And that statement could not be more applicable to The Economist.

Late last week, the U.K.-based outlet ran a story attempting to run cover for the spate of leftist-led violence wreaking havoc across the United States. To accomplish this feat, the piece highlighted several “studies and datasets … largely compiled by researchers whom s[k]eptical conservatives would probably dismiss as biased” to “suggest that the killing of Mr Kirk is not representative of broader trends.”

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What’s left out of media reporting on the National Guard in D.C. tells the tale of relentless bias

USA Today published an article detailing how expensive it is for National Guard troops to act as D.C. garbage men. It’s intended to anger readers, and probably did anger many who didn’t notice the most important information that USA Today left out of the article.

So, ask yourself what’s missing in this headline and article?

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Canada needs all evidence assessed before recognizing genocide in Gaza, says incoming UN ambassador

Incoming UN Ambassador David Lametti says Canada needs “all the evidence to come in” and be assessed before it recognizes whether Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza — and it usually follows the lead of a UN resolution or a ruling from the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

“This is certainly what we’ve done in other cases where a genocide has been recognized,” Lametti said in an interview with CBC’s The House that airs Saturday morning. “There is an international body of authority that rules in that manner, and then Canada moves to recognize it.

You can trust Hamas! – War numbers, the most powerful weapon against Israel

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Kash and the Killers – Unearthing the skeletons in the FBI closet.

After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, FBI director Kash Patel announced a suspect in custody when Tyler Robinson was still at large. That caused the conservative Christopher Rufo to wondering if Patel was the right man for the FBI job. That charge leaves plenty to ponder.

The FBI failed to prevent the assassination of Kirk, so Patel’s haste to pin down a suspect is understandable, and much of what emerges in the early going is wrong. The fugitive was only captured when relatives turned him in, which brings to mind another case.

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The ghoulish dishonesty of Jimmy Kimmel

If you hear a strange, high-pitched screeching sound blowing in from the west on the salty Atlantic winds, it’s probably the keening of Blue America. Spare a thought for these souls – they are collectively finding out what it feels like to be on the receiving end of cancel culture. Turns out, it doesn’t feel great.


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WHISSELL: Antifa must be declared a terrorist organization in Canada

We shouldn’t be in this scenario, yet here we are.

It doesn’t matter if you agreed with Charlie Kirk or not. It doesn’t matter if you liked him or not. Charlie Kirk had the same right to life that you and I and every single person in a free society has.

In an act of consummate evil, someone decided to take that right to life away.


More … Documenting Ottawa’s Blind Spot on Antifa

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Saga of the migrant who moved into a retirement block with his much younger wife and toddler twins – and a human rights farce that’ll make you despair

David Smith Court is a housing complex in the suburbs of Reading. One of the five red-brick blocks consists solely of retirement flats with communal lounge and dining area, laundry room, hairdressing salon and gardens (where residents can opt to look after their own patch).

Many of those who live here are in their 70s, 80s, even 90s. So a more unlikely setting for controversy you would be hard-pressed to find.

Yet, as improbable as it may seem, the same frustration and anger fuelling much of the social unrest around Britain is being mirrored, in microcosm, in this genteel Home Counties retreat for the elderly.

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ISIS Calls for ‘Shoot, Stab, and Ram’ Attacks on Christians and Jews in UK

Islamic State has issued a fresh call for terror attacks across Britain, the United States, Europe, and beyond, urging followers to target Christians, Jews, and their “allies” in what it calls revenge for Israel’s ongoing offensive in Gaza.

In an online message titled O Zealous Monotheists, ISIS spokesman Abu Hudhaifa al-Ansari told supporters to “chase your prey… in the streets and roads of precious America, Europe, and the world. Break into their homes, kill them, and punish them by any means you can.”

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‘Everything has gone great’: The imagined thoughts of Chrystia Freeland

For the second time in a year, Chrystia Freeland has resigned. Less than a year ago, it was Freeland’s resignation as deputy prime minister that set in motion the eventual departure of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. And now, just a few months into the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney, she’s quitting again by abandoning her new post of minister of transport and internal trade.


h/t Walt Whiteman’s World

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Charlie Kirk suspect’s alleged trolling is the latest example of mass violence as a meme

The bullet that killed Charlie Kirk came from a casing engraved with the nonsensical-sounding phrase, “notices bulges OWO what’s this?” For certain factions of the extremely online, however, it was an inside joke.

It’s a reference to a mid-2010s meme parodying furries, the online subculture who role-play as anthropomorphic animals. Three other casings featured inscriptions that invoke a mishmash of memes and video games, spurring Utah Governor Spencer Cox to conclude that the alleged shooter, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was radicalized by social media and the “deep dark internet.”

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MacDougall: We don’t yet know who Mark Carney really is

‘Elbows up’ turned into giving Trump a belly rub. It might be the right tactic but it’s not what Canadians expected.

Who is Mark Carney?

Canadians are entering their sixth month of Carney as prime minister, but it’s the next few that will define who he and this government want to be. Come December, we’ll know who Carney is and where he wants to go.

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GOLDSTEIN: How Canada’s electric vehicle dream became a nightmare

Federal and provincial taxpayers are stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to the future of electric vehicle production in Canada.

At stake is the future of up to $52.5 billion the federal, Ontario and Quebec governments have earmarked since 2020 to create an EV vehicle and battery supply chain in Canada from scratch — $31.4 billion or 60% coming from the feds, $21.1 billion or 40% from the provinces.

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