When I was 11 years old, my family moved from our sunny home (the only home that I knew at that time) to the very rainy northwestern part of Washington State, only miles from the Canadian border and the province of British Columbia (BC).
Police officers marched down the street in full uniform, joining the protest over COVID-19 mandates, including vaccine mandates, as Paris sees more than six months of protests.
Even though police violently removed the Freedom Convoy protesters from Ottawa and no active protests are currently taking place, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insisted at a news conference on Monday that his government still requires the unprecedented emergency powers he demanded earlier this month.
‘My parents escaped from Germany under the Nazis and Communists. I’ve seen real terrorism. Our freedoms are at stake here,’ military chaplain and decorated veteran Harold Ristau told The Federalist.
While researching how Americans have been getting rich by helping the Chinese Communist Party achieve its outspoken aim of replacing the US as the "world's No.1 power," I came across the phrase "elite capture" -- their term to describe the actions of influential people in the US towards China.