Watch lone cyclist slow D.C. trucker convoy to a crawl.

… truckers and their supporters arrived in the area earlier this month and have been making their presence felt in Washington, D.C. this week, angering many residents who haven't been shy about expressing their feelings toward the truckers. But over the weekend, the convoy appears to at least temporarily have been brought to a crawl by a single slow-moving cyclist, according to video posted on social media that has gone viral.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/03/watch-cyclist-slow-washington-dc-trucker-convoy.html

‘People’s Convoy’ Truckers ‘Escalate’ D.C. Tactics but Fail Miserably Again

… the so-called "People's Convoy" once again failed at its goal of being a "huge pain" for the D.C. metro area…

https://www.thedailybeast.com/peoples-convoy-truckers-escalate-dc-tactics-but-fail-yet-again

A Truck Caravan With Far-Right Links Heads to Washington, D.C. - The New York Times

Many backers of the caravan, planned as an American version of the past month's chaotic Canadian protest, have connections to the violent attack on the Capitol in January 2021...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/23/us/truck-convoy-dc.html

Right-wing Michigan 'convoy' fizzles as few show up to protest election results and COVID-19 mandates - Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism

…Around 10 people showed up to the Capitol building Sunday afternoon for what was billed as the "Lansing Freedom Convoy." The group has called on "all our good men" to park their cars in downtown Lansing and demand "honest elections," "a voter-run audit and canvass" and for police to "arrest and charge all criminals in government, media and medicine."…

https://www.rawstory.com/michigan-convoy-fizzles-as-few-show-up-to-protest-election-results/

Ottawa protests: ‘strong ties’ between some occupiers and far-right extremists, minister says

…Extremist researchers Anti-Hate Canada said the symbol is the flag of a satirical country of Diagolon – and the emblem of a "neo-fascist" and militia movement of the same name. The group has not been linked to any violence, but the researchers say that a string of meetings where members have posed with firearms indicate that it is becoming "a militia network"...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/16/ottawa-blockade-strong-ties-extremists

U.S. donors from these communities sent money to Canadian truck protests - The Washington Post

…The richer an American community was, the more likely residents there were to donate, and the biggest number of contributions often came from communities where registered Republicans made up solid majorities, according to the review of more than 55,000 U.S.-based donations through the Christian fundraising website GiveSendGo…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/02/15/american-donors-freedom-convoy-zipcodes/

‘Freedom Convoy’: Canadian truck drivers distance themselves from protest movement - The Washington Post

…But even as the vocal group of truckers, known as the "Freedom Convoy," grabbed the world's attention, many of Canada's truck drivers were scrambling to distance themselves from the movement, which they view as radical and fringe. In their view, the protesters' actions — including shutting down cross-border trade and laying siege to the capital — have hurt rather than helped drivers in the industry, and failed to advance the labor issues most truckers care about. They point out that only a small percentage of Canadian truckers have joined the demonstrations, and the vast majority of drivers are already vaccinated, according to trucking associations and Canadian authorities…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/16/canada-trucker-distancing-protests/

10 photos falsely linked to Canada’s ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests - PolitiFact

…They have also falsely linked images of large gatherings of trucks to their movement, claiming that their demonstrations are more numerous, have more support, and are more widespread than they actually are…
https://www.politifact.com/article/2022/feb/14/10-photos-falsely-linked-canadas-freedom-convoy-pr/

Opinion: Rand Paul's convenient U-turn on protests - CNN

…When Paul slammed Black Lives Matter activists in 2015 for taking over the Sanders rally in Seattle, Paul said, "You know things cost money, and they need to learn that things cost money." It's a phrase he could easily throw at the protesters participating in the "Freedom Convoy." But he hasn't, and the reason why is simple: Paul supports the truckers' cause and sees a benefit for himself…

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/13/opinions/canada-truckers-protest-rand-paul-obeidallah/index.html

Rand Paul hopes 'Freedom Convoy' truckers disrupt Super Bowl, State of the Union in D.C. - The Washington Post

…The senator's mention of slavery in his support of the truckers was met with blowback from Charles Booker, a Democratic candidate for Paul's Senate seat, who called the Republican's words "destructive, intentional and completely unacceptable." "Rand Paul called slavery a time-honored tradition," tweeted Booker, who is Black. "My enslaved ancestors would strongly disagree."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/12/rand-paul-trucker-protest-super-bowl/

Ram Ranch Resistance: Gay Cowboy Song Disrupts Anti-Vax Trucker Convoy - Rolling Stone

"Ram Ranch" has become the unofficial anthem of leftist trolling the far-right protests in Ottawa…

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/anti-vax-trucker-convoy-porno-metal-ram-ranch-1297926/

Maple leaf flags, conspiracy theories and The Matrix: inside the Ottawa truckers’ protest

…"It was definitely time to take a stand," says Spencer Bautz, a 24-year-old who drove his truck here from Saskatchewan on day one. Dressed in a black cowboy hat, Bautz described vaccine mandates as "medical segregation" and argued that exclusions for the unvaccinated were an infringement of their freedoms. His views, he said, had been greatly informed by the thinking of the psychology professor and culture war provocateur Jordan Peterson...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/11/canada-ottawa-truckers-protest-covid-vaccine-mandates

Paranoia and alarmism: Canada truckers’ ‘intelligence reports’ hint at mindset

…Protesters have made constant allusions to a conspiracy theory which holds that the World Economic Forum is seeking to use the Covid pandemic to stage a "Great Reset", which would purportedly create a "Marxian-inspired totalitarian system". Many proponents of this conspiracy theory blame the Forum for creating Covid-19 itself…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/10/canada-truckers-protest-mindset-intelligence-reports

What to Know of the Canada Trucker Protests - The New York Times

Once narrowly focused on a vaccine mandate for drivers entering Canada from the U.S., the protests have ballooned into a sprawling campaign against various grievances...

https://www.nytimes.com/article/canada-trucker-protests.html

Neo-Nazis and QAnon: how Canadian truckers’ anti-vaccine protest was steered by extremists

Ottawa's occupation was a result of unrivaled coordination between anti-vax and anti-government organizations…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/08/canada-ottawa-trucker-protest-extremist-qanon-neo-nazi

Opinion | The American right’s hypocritical embrace of the anti-vaccine Canadian truckers - The Washington Post

…It's somewhat ironic that DeSantis would come to the defense of these protesters, because in the past he hasn't looked on the exercise of that particular right with a great deal of sympathy. Last April he enthusiastically signed a bill that makes it a felony to block traffic in a protest and "grants civil legal immunity to people who drive through protesters blocking a road," as the Orlando Sentinel put it. 

A similar law passed in Texas, as it has in a number of conservative states. Oklahoma's version gives drivers both civil and criminal liability for injuring or killing protesters. 

But of course, that was when everyone considered blocking traffic to be a protest tactic associated with the left, including demonstrations after George Floyd's murder. When right-wingers do it, it's entirely different!…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/08/american-right-canadian-truckers/

Canada Trucker Protests and U.S. Border Blockade: Live Updates - The New York Times

…Wrote another member of the group: "Brace yourselves, let's make this big enough so every American feels it."…

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/02/08/world/canada-trucker-protest

No, this isn’t a real AOC quote about truckers - PolitiFact

No, this isn't a real AOC quote about truckers…

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/07/viral-image/no-isnt-real-aoc-quote-about-truckers/

U.S. Republicans vow to probe GoFundMe decision halting Canada trucker donations | Reuters

…Protesters have shut down downtown Ottawa, the Canadian capital, for eight days now, with some participants waving Confederate or Nazi flags and some saying they wanted to dissolve Canada's government. To the increasing fury of residents, Ottawa police have largely stood by and watched as some protesters smashed windows, threatened reporters and health-care workers, and abused racial minorities...

https://www.reuters.com/world/florida-governor-investigate-gofundme-over-canada-trucker-donations-2022-02-05/