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Spotify's Abolition X podcast pushes far-left policies, labels America 'white supremacist' state A Spotify original podcast featuring Black Lives Matter cofounder and "trained Marxist" Patrisse Cullors calls for abolishing police and prisons, labels America a "white supremacist" state, and contends that the severely mentally ill are actually "shamans" and "spiritual guides." Spotify launched Abolition X, which "focuses on alternatives to police, jails, and punishment," in February. And while the podcast is chock-full of anti-police and anti-prison rhetoric, it "isn't just about getting rid of police and prisons," Spotify said in a press release. Indeed, hosts Vic Mensa, Indigo Mateo, and...

If you are waiting for Windows 11 side-taskbar support before upgrading to the latest operating system, you may be waiting for a long time, according to a recent Microsoft Ask Me Anything (AMA) session. When Windows (11) was first released, the most controversial changes were the new centered Start Menu and the reduced functionality of the Windows taskbar. In the past, the Start Menu was left-aligned on the taskbar, and it was possible to move the taskbar, so it was pinned to the top, sides, and bottom of the screen. However, with Windows 11, Microsoft took away the ability to...

The TRANSITION CLOSET IS Terrifying (at School) The zealots are keeping EVERYTHING from the parents. Indoctrinate them before they can tie their shoes. If they can MAKE you BELIVE kids can give consent they can MAKE you believe anything -

Beginning in June 2023, farmers won’t be able to buy any over-the-counter antibiotics for their animals. This will be a big change for farmers, many of whom are accustomed to doing much of their own veterinary care. Like it or not, farmers need to be prepared. [snip] The new FDA guidance recommends manufacturers of “medically important antimicrobials” that are currently available over-the-counter label their drugs available by prescription only. The guidance was finalized in June 2021 and will take effect in June 2023 nationwide. That means farmers will need to have a veterinary-client-patient relationship, or VCPR, in order to get...

A Louisiana pastor and religious school headmaster who is facing multiple charges for taping shut the mouths of five chatty 13-year-old students defended his actions and claimed the seventh-graders had bullied their teacher into tears. John Raymond, 60, was arrested last Thursday and charged with three counts of cruelty to juveniles after the shocking incident at Lakeside Christian Academy in Slidell on March 18. The former Survivor contestant took to the school's website Monday to blame the young boys for his actions. The pastor said the students 'showed complete disregard' by constantly interrupting their seventh-grade class with non-stop chatter, but...

President Joe Biden was mocked on Tuesday after former President Barack Obama ignored him at a White House reception. Upon Obama completing his speech about healthcare in which he mentioned himself 33 times, attendees encircled Obama at the reception. Biden, in contrast, appeared to wander around looking for someone or for something to do. The video shows Biden staring from afar at the crowd surrounding Obama. Biden then turns away with a sour look on his face and doddered off alone. Later during the meet and greet, Biden again tries to get Obama’s attention. With concern on his face, Biden...

A North Carolina medical school has backed a woke student who tweeted about injuring a patient for mocking her pronoun badge that said She/Her. Wake Forest University released a statement including groveling commentary from Kychelle Del Rosario which suggests she will be back on rounds soon. The trainee medic sparked outrage last month after she implied she had deliberately injured a man who mocked her by missing his vein during a blood draw. She now claims she did so accidentally, and says a more qualified medical professional made the second blood draw attempt in line with existing procedures. But many...

Fifth-graders in New Jersey could be taught that puberty blockers are an acceptable way to 'manage' adolescence and masturbating 'a few times a day' is a healthy way to relieve stress. The new sample lesson plans, some of which are accompanied by animated videos, are part of a broader, K-12 health and sex education curriculum adopted by the New Jersey Board of Education. The plans, which were first reported by Fox News, are now being reviewed by individual school districts in the state. In one proposed lesson plan aimed at fifth graders entitled 'It's All about the Hormones,' students are...

Best known therapeutically as a treatment for bipolar disorder, lithium has long intrigued researchers with its potential age-defying properties. The element has been shown in lab experiments to extend the lifespan of fruit flies and roundworms, while observational studies have suggested tap water naturally laced with trace amounts of lithium might improve human longevity. Researchers at The University of Toledo have recently found that low-dose lithium acts as a powerful anti-aging agent in the kidneys. However, researchers have found that one of the major molecular targets of lithium is GSK3-beta—an enzyme that is associated with cellular aging in the kidney...

Covid cases are now rising in 26 U.S. states and are up 25% nationwide, reversing the months-long trend of case declines coming off of the winter Omicron surge Dr Ashish Jha, the White House Covid response coordinator, told NBC Monday that he is not overly concerned about this recent shift Hospitalizations with the virus are at their lowest point of the pandemic so far, Jha notes, with Covid deaths having cratered 25% over the past week as well The 'stealth' variant is largely responsible for these increases, now making up 72% of US cases, the CDC reports . Covid cases...

‘Moderate inflation results from short-term ‘stimulus;’ hyperinflation comes from regular money printing to pay the government’s bills.’Know-nothing pundits and politicians have been communicating to Americans that inflation is, like the weather, a mystery they can’t control. That’s simply not true, write three economic commentators in a soon-published book, “Inflation: What It Is, Why It’s Bad, And How to Fix It.” On the contrary: inflation is a direct result of governments cheating their people, and solving it is pretty simple, if politically difficult.In the book, businessman Steve Forbes, economist Nathan Lewis, and business journalist Elizabeth Ames give laypeople a concise, readable...

A rugby fan, who was brutally tackled by security for invading the pitch in her bra during the Parramatta Eels’ win over the Gold Coast Titans on Saturday, took another L after the streaking stunt. SNIP Johnson reportedly took to social media to share news about the stunt, and posted a screenshot of a text message from her boyfriend: “You’re an idiot and a disgrace. Thank you for an absolute embarrassment. Don’t try contact me.” SNIP “It’s the adrenaline of the crowd… I used to play AFL and rugby and I have three brothers, so getting tackled was not a...

A month ago, as it was evident that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Ukrainian adventure started to unravel, a funny thing happened even though his fanbois were still predicting imminent victory. Sergey Beseda, head of the FSB’s foreign intelligence branch, was rumored to have been arrested (Trouble in Paradise: Putin Arrests Senior FSB Officers Over Ukraine Fiasco). The FSB is the domestic component of the old KGB; most foreign intelligence is the province of the SVR or GRU, the sandbox of the foreign intelligence branch is the independent states that were part of the USSR.The rumor at the time was that...

@julie_kelly2 Without batting an eye, 2 DC juries have unanimously convicted J6 protesters on “obstruction of an official proceeding” felonies, the first time this law has been used in this way. The Left can cheer for now, but criminalizing political activity will have lasting repercussions. @julie_kelly2 They think this legal precedent will only apply to Trump supporters who “stormed” the Capitol. But it won’t. These convictions—if upheld by DC Circuit and SCOTUS—will eventually apply to political protesters in every jurisdiction. Only a matter of time until it backfires on them

In Poland, an entrepreneur instead of selling gave a residential area for refugees from Ukraine Residential buildings for refugees from Ukraine We tell you about another example of Poles helping refugees from Ukraine. As reported Yavp.pl in the village of Tyniec Mały near Wroclaw, a local entrepreneur, instead of selling or renting out a residential area, gave it to the needs of refugees from Ukraine. In addition, the owner furnished the houses at his own expense. So far, only household appliances, dishes and bed linen are missing there. All this will be sought with the help of volunteers and those...

Rep. Thomas Massie: Rule treads on Constitution, congressional powersPresident Biden’s planned crackdown on “ghost guns” received vocal pushback Monday from GOP lawmakers who said it will have little impact on crime and treads on the Second Amendment. “Biden’s gun grab is coming,” the House Judiciary Committee tweeted Monday in a snapshot of GOP messaging on the effort the president will announce at the White House along with his nomination of Steve Dettelbach, a former U.S. attorney, to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The Justice Department will publish a final rule on ghost guns — untraceable weapons...

Patrick Ho hardly seemed the profile of a big-time international fixer. A short, pudgy man, affectionately known to friends as “Fat Ping,” Ho had been a Harvard-trained ophthalmologist and a Hong Kong government minister. Yet in the fall of 2017, after landing at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City, he was arrested by FBI agents and charged in an audacious plot to dole out millions of dollars in bribes to African leaders in exchange for major energy contracts that appeared to advance Chinese government interests. What emerged in his indictment and later trial and conviction in federal court...

A senior German minister has called for a discussion about boycotting the import of Russian natural gas in reaction to the alleged atrocities of Russian soldiers in Ukraine. Morally, an absolutely correct stand. It is easy to imagine the discussion, if it takes place when fellow European politicians will point to their countries’ dependence on the importation of oil and natural gas and even coal, yes, coal to the continent in which the Green Deal is its new flagship. The European Union imported 155 billion cubic meters (BCM) from Russia in 2021. Half of Germany’s imported gas arrives from Russia,...

Holy week can be a troubling time for queer folx. Often Holy Week rituals are designed to emphasize our guilt and sinfulness—it is our sins that put Jesus on the cross (the refrain to “Ah! Holy Jesus” comes to mind, containing the line “I crucified thee”). This is certainly theologically important but can be lost on the queer community whose very lives are often at risk. It is counterproductive to remind someone they are a sinner when that is the primary and exclusive narrative they have heard from the church, that they are sinners simply because they are part of...

Naomi Wolf warned the Tucker Carlson audience on Monday to beware of an unfolding emergency in the weeks ahead to help Joe Biden and Democrats in the upcoming election. Watch for more Fauci lockdowns from the globalist left in the weeks ahead. Naomi Wolf: 2020 was the story. It launched a narrative. The narrative is you can restrain billions of people, lock them in their homes, inject them against their will, mask them against their will, destroy their economies, suppress all their human rights, but if the narrative said COVID, that was the plausible deniability that you weren’t an outright...