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According to rumors, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will react to the Freedom Convoy by activating the country's Emergencies Act, which would give the federal government more ability to fight demonstrators throughout the country.
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After contributions through GoFundMe were restricted, crypto supporters of the Canadian truckers' anti-vax protest gathered more than $900,000 in bitcoin.
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On Friday night, trucker demonstrators in Canada defied a court order to vacate a bridge between Ontario and Michigan, ignoring police warnings that anyone who refused to obey may face fines or jail time.
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According to a recent analysis, 83 percent of the world's population is less free now than in 2008, and the gap between the most and least free countries is widening.
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President Biden said he would explore 'doing away' with the filibuster in order to enact voting rights legislation, but he can't do so right now because he would lose three votes on his economic program.
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In 'The hedgehog and the fox' (*), the philosopher Isaiah Berlin, the author of the famous "Praise of freedom", wonders by rereading the work of Tolstoy on the causes of human destiny from a line from a Greek poet: 'The fox knows many things, the hedgehog knows only one, but great!' For the professor of Oxford, rather hedgehog, freedom is a fundamental value in the midst of an irreducible pluralism of values.
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Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), the House Freedom Caucus chairman, called for the ouster of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in an op-ed on Monday. “Isn’t it past time for Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to leave her office as Speaker of the House? I call upon our leaders in Congress to put forward the Motion to Vacate the …
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A new national survey of 2,000 Americans I conducted at the Cato Institute finds that 62 percent of Americans say the political climate these days prevents them from saying what they believe because others might find it offensive. This share is up from 58 percent in 2017. Notably, self‐censorship is not a partisan issue. Majorities of Democrats (52 percent), Independents …
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Thousands gathered in Berlin on Saturday to protest coronavirus restrictions as authorities raise concerns about a rise in new infections. The demonstration, called “The end of the pandemic – freedom day,” drew people from various parts of Germany after weeks of planning. Police used bullhorns to ask participants to adhere to safety precautions, including social distancing …
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Two Catholic priests and three Orthodox Jewish congregants have filed a lawsuit against New York governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City mayor Bill de Blasio in federal court, alleging that the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic violated the constitutional rights of religious New Yorkers. Catholic priests Steven Soos and Nicholas Stamos, from upstate …