Plus: This Religious Prosecution in Finland Could Be ‘Harbinger’ for Other Democracies
February 17 2022
Good morning from Washington, where some pols worry that the truckers’ protest in Canada against government COVID-19 mandates could spread to the U.S. Doug Blair looks at what one reporter has witnessed in Ottawa. A court case in Finland foreshadows legal action here against believers, Fred Lucas reports. On the podcast, investigative journalist Peter Schweizer discusses his book about elites’ capitulation to China. Plus: LGBTQ legislation divides Arizona lawmakers; San Francisco throws out three school board members; and “Problematic Women” examines a new assault on pregnancy. Fifty years ago today, the Volkswagen Beetle breaks a world record for car production held for four decades by Ford Motor Co.’s Model T.
“If you read any of the media coverage, you’d think that this ... [is] right-wing extremism with a bunch of violent radicals at the helm. Which could not be further from the truth,” says the reporter.
A court in Finland hears final arguments in the prosecution of a member of Parliament and a Lutheran bishop for expressing opposition to same-sex marriage.
“No Arizonan should be forced to live in a society that denies the biological differences of men and women,” states a letter from the advocacy groups to Arizona lawmakers.
The school board members had decided 44 local schools, including ones named after Lincoln and Washington, needed to be renamed because of their “racist” ties.
A mom of four children in Virginia says security guards blocked parents from a school board meeting and physically removed another mother from even entering the building.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces that he will invoke the Emergencies Act to crack down on the Freedom Convoy protesting government vaccination mandates.
