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I do try not to get angry when government actors confirm my belief that they are lowly human beings not worthy of respect.  With age and experience, most people eventually come face to face with enough instances of injustice or straight-up barbarity in the world to understand that life is no bed of roses wherein the righteous triumph effortlessly over the wicked.

Police in Wellington, New Zealand broke through and aggressively disrupted a group of people protesting mandates on Parliament grounds.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said mandates are the way the country will reach fewer COVID restrictions.

"He did nothing to fight for his constituents and stop the most fraudulent election in American history," President Trump said of the Senate Minority Leader.

Move blasted as 'appalling capitulation to the far-left'

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Feb. 7 declared a heightened terrorism threat due to “false and misleading narratives,” misinformation, and “conspiracy theories.”

Pressure from conservatives and declining COVID cases drive gov.'s decision.

Police in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) expect crowd sizes for the “Convoy to Canberra” to peak on Feb. 8 when federal parliament resumes, with protestors expected to gather outside Parliament House.

Democrats still run the Senate but have lost their ability to muscle bills and nominations through the chamber by themselves.

When Joe Biden’s administration was asked for evidence to back up dramatic claims about national security developments this past week, it demurred with a simple rejoinder: You’ll have to trust us on that.