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Facebook blocked an ad that promoted a song critical of President Joe Biden's botched Afghanistan withdrawal, raising questions about how it applies its advertising rules. The social media giant twice prohibited Five For Fighting's John Ondrasik from purchasing an ad to promote his new single "Blood On My Hands." Facebook claimed the song, which slams the Biden administration for abandoning hundreds of Americans and thousands of Afghan allies, "violated their policy on either politics or social issues." The song singles out Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley. Facebook's advertising...

At least three new studies prove that the vials of mystery chemicals they are calling “vaccines” for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) do absolutely nothing to stop infection with or spread of the disease. A Yale University graduate who also obtained a PhD from Princeton University says that the jabs do not work as claimed, which only adds to the growing mountain of evidence against their continued use. Nina Pierpont published a paper on September 9 that analyzes numerous studies showing that Fauci Flu shots fail to stop the disease from infecting the “fully vaccinated” or transmitting in and out of...

Heritage Foundation scholar is latest conservative censored by Amazon Black Lives Matter riots in Atlanta in July 2020 / Getty Image 3:40 pm SHARE Amazon blocked an ad for a book critical of the Black Lives Matter movement, the latest example of the retail giant censoring conservative voices. The online retailer prevented the Heritage Foundation from purchasing ads to promote Mike Gonzalez's BLM: The Making of a New Marxist Revolution. Amazon told Heritage that the ad "contains book/s or content that is not allowed," specifically "content that revolves around controversial or highly debated social topics is not permitted." Amazon later...

SHENZHEN, China—Wu Lei says his small construction company in central China has accepted commercial paper from property developer Evergrande as payment for two years but with that paper’s value now in doubt, his firm is on the verge of collapse.China Evergrande Group, saddled with more than $300 billion in total liabilities equivalent to 2 percent of China’s GDP, is in the throes of a liquidity crisis that has it scrambling to raise funds to pay its many lenders and suppliers.Wu, 35, was one of around a hundred protesters who descended on the headquarters of the country’s No. 2 real estate...

The possible link between CCP virus vaccinations and menstrual changes should be investigated to clear up the doubts, a reproductive immunology lecturer from Imperial College London said.In an editorial published on Thursday in the British Medical Journal, Dr. Victoria Male said failing to thoroughly investigate reports of menstrual changes after CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus vaccination will likely fuel fears that the vaccines can hurt women’s chances to have children.According to the editorial, by Sept. 2 more than 30,000 cases of menstrual disorders and unexpected vaginal bleeding after vaccination had been reported in the UK to the Medicines and Healthcare...

Authoritarianism has been the subject of scientific inquiry for nearly a century, yet the vast majority of authoritarianism research has focused on right-wing authoritarianism. In the present studies, we investigate the nature, structure, and nomological network of left-wing authoritarianism (LWA), a construct famously known as “the Loch Ness Monster” of political psychology. We iteratively construct a measure and data-driven conceptualization of LWA... We find that LWA, right-wing authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation reflect a shared constellation of personality traits, cognitive features, beliefs, and motivational values that might be considered the “heart” of authoritarianism. Still, relative to right-wing authoritarians, left-wing authoritarians...

If there ever was a time when you could see a trend solidly in motion, now is it.That the Western, previously civilized world is in decline has been known to anyone with an ounce of curiosity and little analysis of data points.Before Xi’s ascension to power one could have argued that this trend was worrying, but not terrifying.What makes it terrifying is that Xi managed to abolish the two-term limit for his presidency with an overwhelming majority (2,959 to 2 and 3 abstaining votes - no prizes for guessing where those 5 guys are now).He then proceeded to have his...

Washington will welcome the LGBTQ community with an official Pride Night, a rarity in the NFL and a first for the team. The Detroit Lions hosted a similar event in 2019. The news arrives months after Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib announced himself as the league's first openly gay active player, a milestone for the NFL and American sports. What does this mean? The Washington Football Team has reserved blocks of tickets at different prices throughout FedEx Field for Pride Night attendees to watch the game together. The team will also host a pregame party with beer, wine...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - For his last class in Hong Kong in July, liberal studies teacher Fong showed his students calligraphy by the territory's late democratic activist Szeto Wah: "Choose the right path and stick to it." He emigrated to Britain days later.... ... Grace Kwok, a 33-year-old music teacher who moved to Britain in January...told Reuters some parents complained to her principal after she told pupils that Tian Han, who wrote the lyrics of China's national anthem, "March of the Volunteers," died in prison during Mao Zedong's 1960s Cultural Revolution.... ...In February, Hong Kong introduced new curriculum guidelines ensuring...

As we reported earlier, the Biden administration announced this week that they are effectively taking over the distribution of monoclonal antibody treatments used in the treatment of the Wuhan virus, a move that has understandably angered some southern state governors who have touted the benefits of its use in people who are in the early stages of battling the coronavirus, specifically in how it significantly reduces the chance of hospitalization.A statement from Biden’s HHS department noted that the rationale behind the decision was to make distribution more “equitable” to states beyond those that are currently requesting the most quantities:“HHS will...

Dark energy, a mysterious force believed to be causing the universe to expand at an accelerated rate, may have been detected by scientists for the first time. In a new study, published Wednesday in the journal Physical Review D, the authors suggest certain unexplained results from an experiment designed to detect dark matter could have been caused by dark energy. "Despite both components being invisible, we know a lot more about dark matter, since its existence was suggested as early as the 1920s, while dark energy wasn’t discovered until 1998," Sunny Vagnozzi, of the University of Cambridge’s Kavli Institute for...

Wednesday’s march was the first major protest against Bukele since he took office in 2019. It took place on El Salvador’s bicentennial. Proponents of the bitcoin law argue that it will help the 70 percent of the country’s citizens who don’t have bank accounts access financial services. They also say citizens living abroad who want to send money back to their families will be able to use bitcoin to avoid pricey money transfer services. About a quarter of El Salvador’s citizens live in the US and last year, they sent home more than $6 billion in remittances, Bukele has previously...

We reported yesterday word that an indictment might be coming in the Durham investigation and that it would be a person of some significance — Michael Sussman, who worked for Perkins Coie, the firm that represented both Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee.Now the indictment is in from the federal grand jury. The charge is that he lied to the FBI, telling them that he wasn’t representing the Clinton 2016 campaign when he was spreading the false stories about the Trump Organization and a Russian bank. In other words, the very charge is saying that, yes, he indeed was...

We’ve been covering the “F Joe Biden” movement, with people chanting against Biden at things like football and baseball games over the past two weeks. The protests have also been out against Biden wherever he has been going. We wrote about the protests against him in Idaho and California. Then there was a protest in Colorado, where Biden also tilted at a windmill and scared a baby. The anger against Biden includes his vaccine mandates and his administration’s debacle in Afghanistan, among other issues.But, there was one massive protest earlier this week that I didn’t want to miss out on...

Judge Sullivan has blocked a Trump-era rule blocking illegal migrant families from entry into the US. Judge Sullivan is in Washington DC. Newsmax reported: A U.S. district judge on Thursday blocked the expulsion of migrant families caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, exempting them from an order put in place by former President Donald Trump’s administration early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Advertisement - story continues below Mgid Mgid Here's What Full Mouth Dental Implants Should Cost You Search Ads Judge Emmett Sullivan said the block of the order would go into effect in 14 days. U.S. President Joe Biden has faced...

Please go get the Shot so you can help us save some monkeys, ferrets, mice and pangolins from being used in Covid Gene Modification Spike Testing.

I am on the ground in Del Rio, Texas tonight. As of this moment, there are 10,503 illegal aliens under the Del Rio International Bridge. This manmade disaster was caused by Joe Biden.

President Biden failed to convince a key Democratic senator to support his $3.5 trillion spending plan during an Oval Office pow-wow, a report said Thursday. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia remained firm in his opposition to any budget that costs more than $1.5 trillion, according to Axios. Biden reportedly tried to persuade Manchin that his opposition to the larger spending measure could endanger a separate $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that is currently awaiting a vote in the House, to no avail. Despite the vast gulf between Biden and Manchin, Axios reported the meeting was cordial and the two...

Ohio Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R) announced his retirement on Thursday, declining to run against a Trump-backed primary challenger in 2022. Why it matters: Gonzalez has suffered politically since siding with House Democrats to impeach the 45th president after the Capitol riot. Details: The two-term congressman largely supported Trump's agenda — up until the former president tried to block the election certification, per the New York Times. Gonzalez is one of 10 House Republicans who voted for impeachment. The Ohio Republican Party censured Gonzalez and called on him to resign. Trump, who called Gonzalez a "sellout," endorsed GOP challenger and former...

In response to the Biden administration’s new policy of limiting shipments of monoclonal antibody treatments to certain states that have leaned heavily on the treatment, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said his state will circumvent the policy and just buy more treatments. Speaking with reporters on Thursday, DeSantis said he had a call with GlaxoSmithKline executives this week and is confident Florida will be able to order monoclonal antibody treatments directly from the company. Previously, Florida had used monoclonal antibody treatments from Regeneron, which had a direct purchasing agreement with the federal government. “I had a call yesterday with GlaxoSmithKline...