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Soros Funds Group Aiming to 'dismantle’ Minneapolis Police Department
August 10, 2021
Campaign finance records show that billionaire George Soros is fueling an initiative to dismantle and replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a public safety agency by providing a $500,000 donation to Vote Yes 4 Minneapolis.
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China Recalls its Ambassador to Lithuania
August 10, 2021
China has recalled its ambassador to Lithuania and has also demanded that the country recall its top envoy from China following Vilnius' decision to set up a new diplomatic office in Taiwan.
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McLaughlin: The End of Free Speech in Hong Kong
August 04, 2021
Timothy McLaughlin writing in the Atlantic reports that a panel of judges in Hong Kong found Tong Ying-kit, the first person to face trial under the national security law, imposed by Beijing last year, guilty of terrorism and inciting secession for carrying a banner with a pro-democracy slogan, setting a precedent that saying a phrase or singing a song that bothers the government can now be considered a crime in Hong Kong.
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The Federalist: U.S. Civics Education Increasingly a Political Tool
August 04, 2021
Peter Wood and David Randall writing for the Federalist highlight that civics education in America is increasingly becoming a tool for the political left to promote a specific agenda, using the Thomas B. Fordham Institute latest published piece “The State of State Standards for Civics and U.S. History in 2021” that attempts to convince people that “action civics” which often calls for protest activism, is an a wholesome part of school curricula.
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Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny's Website Blocked before Election
July 28, 2021
Just before the parlimentary elections in Russia, authorities blocked access to jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny's website in an attempt to sideline his allies cast who are seen by the Kremlin as U.S.-backed trouble-makers.
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