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  • JD Vance says biggest danger in Europe is censorship during Munich address — not Russia or China: ‘Threat from within’

    02/14/2025 8:53:12 AM PST · by McGruff · 21 replies
    NY Post ^ | Feb 14, 2025 | Diana Glebova
    Vice President JD Vance urged European leaders on Friday to fight back against censorship, declaring that their contempt for and even criminalization of free speech was posing the biggest threat on the continent — more even than Russian aggression. “The threat that I worry the most about vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor,” Vance said in an address at the Munich Security Conference. “What I worry about is the threat from within, the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values, values shared with the United States of America.” Vance...
  • Munich Security Conference Live: Vance says NATO must do more 'burden-sharing' in Europe

    02/14/2025 1:46:31 AM PST · by RandFan · 7 replies
    Reuters ^ | Feb 14 | Reuters
    Today's key sessions Christina Anagnostopoulos 14:00-14:30 p.m. (13:00-13:30) Main Stage I: "The EU in the World" This will be a conversation with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. 14:30-15:15 p.m. Main Stage I: "The U.S. in the World" U.S. Vice President will speak. 15:00-15:30 p.m. Main Stage I: "China in the World" China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi will speak. 15:30-16:00 p.m. Main Stage II: "Stabilizing a Restless Region: Prospects for Peace in the Middle East" A conversation with Israel's foreign minister Gideon Moshe Sa‘ar. 15:30-16:15 p.m. Townhall: "Strategic Investment: The Future of U.S. - Ukraine Security Cooperation" The conversation...
  • ‘NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN’ Trump’s No2 Vance blasts Britain over free speech crackdowns & attacks Europe on immigration after Munich attack

    02/14/2025 7:51:36 AM PST · by MinorityRepublican · 44 replies
    The Sun ^ | 14 Feb 2025 | Georgie English
    US Vice President JD Vance has ripped into Britain over its crackdown on free speech and attacked Europe on immigration policies. Donald Trump's number two blasted the continent at the Munich Security Conference just a day after a horror car attack left 36 people injured - including children - in the same city. Suspect Farhad N is being investigated by terror cops after he allegedly rammed a Mini Cooper into a group of demonstrators in the Bavarian capital on Thursday. Cops initially said he is a 24-year-old Afghan who arrived in Germany as an asylum-seeker in 2016 before later rectifying...
  • Biggest Threat to Europe’s Security Comes from Within, not from Russia — US Vice President

    02/14/2025 7:46:57 AM PST · by marshmallow · 21 replies
    TASS ^ | 2/14/25
    According to JD Vance, the Trump administration is very concerned about the state of European securityMUNICH, February 14. /TASS/. The United States believes that the biggest threat to Europe’s security is coming neither from Russia nor from China, but is inside Europe, US Vice President JD Vance said at the Munich Security Conference. "The Trump administration is very concerned about the state of European security, and we hope that we can reach a rational agreement between Russia and Ukraine," he said, adding that Europe should dramatically increase its defense spending in the coming years. "The threat that worries me the...
  • JD Vance just went scorched earth at the Munich Security Conference, blasting European leaders for free-speech violations 🔥

    02/14/2025 7:24:25 AM PST · by Red Badger · 18 replies
    Not The Bee ^ | February 14, 2025 | Staff
    Good morning from JD Vance! Nothing like waking up on a Friday to see your vice president delivering a smackdown to the holier-than-thou Eurotrash who are working overtime to turn their continent into a totalitarian state. 👇 JUST IN: Vice President JD Vance rips European leaders to their faces at the Munich security conference, calls them out for criminalizing free speech.🔥🔥Vance specifically called out the United Kingdom for being the worst of them all.“I wish I could say that this was a… pic.twitter.com/1bj9TKxP4q— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 14, 2025I look at Brussels, where EU commissars warn citizens that they intend...
  • Revolver was right: NewsGuard just got exposed and now Microsoft is running for cover…

    02/13/2025 10:15:06 AM PST · by george76 · 13 replies
    Revolver News ^ | February 13, 2025 (
    Well, well, well—looks like Revolver was right again. While other conservative outlets turned a blind eye to NewsGuard or, some even played along with their “media literacy” scam, we were out in front, boldly calling them out for exactly what they were—a tool of the regime, designed to blacklist and silence conservative media under the phony guise of fact-checking. .. So, how were we right? Well, as we speak, Microsoft, one of their biggest backers, is now scrambling to distance itself, from the fake fact-checking group. Also, this probably won’t come as a shock, but the infamous USAID was also...
  • Ayanna Pressley says Democrats are willing to work with anyone who is serious about censoring the American people

    02/12/2025 7:38:24 AM PST · by lowbridge · 23 replies
    Twitter/X ^ | February 12, 2025
    Ayanna Pressley says Democrats are willing to work with anyone who is serious about censoring the American people. These people are truly insane. Do they even hear themselves?
  • State Urges Investigation Into Opponents of Hochul Home Care Plan Following New York Focus Reporting

    02/12/2025 8:44:27 AM PST · by AbolishCSEU · 8 replies
    nysfocus.com ^ | 2/11/25 | Chris Bragg
    he health commissioner has asked the state’s Attorney General and lobbyist watchdog to launch a ‘formal inquiry.’ Prompted by a New York Focus article last week, Governor Kathy Hochul’s administration is seeking investigations into the mysterious funding behind a $10 million campaign targeting the governor’s plan to remake New York’s home care industry. As first reported by Gothamist, State Health Commissioner James McDonald sent a letter on Friday to Attorney General Letitia James and Sanford Berland, executive director of the state Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government, urging a formal inquiry into “what appears to be a concerted effort...
  • Former Nashville fireman awarded nearly $1.8 million in civil rights case following demotion from social media posts

    02/11/2025 10:14:28 AM PST · by george76 · 6 replies
    WSMV4 ^ | Feb. 7, 2025 | Caleb Wethington
    In March 2024, the Metro Council voted to refuse a proposed settlement of $105K with Turner for what he posted on social media in 2020.. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The attorney for former Nashville firefighter Tracy Turner has announced a victory in his civil rights case against the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. Turner, who was demoted following posts made on his personal Facebook page, was awarded nearly $1.8 million by a federal jury on Friday. His attorney says that the $1,775,513 in damages comes from the retaliation against Turner based on his exercise of free speech. “He...
  • Geert Wilders for Breitbart: Unlike Trump’s America, EU Bigwigs Censor to ‘Protect Democracy’ From Voters

    02/08/2025 11:14:57 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 5 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 18 Jan, 2025 | Geert Wilders
    Next Tuesday, the European Parliament will discuss with the European Commission the “need to enforce the Digital Services Act to protect democracy on social media platforms, including against foreign interference and biased algorithms.” The Digital Services Act (DSA) is the central European Union legislation regulating social media. The EU bigwigs in Brussels are up in arms because Elon Musk had a chat on X with Alice Weidel, leader of the Alternative for Germany. The AfD is an increasingly popular right-wing party which the EU establishment wants to isolate in a cordon sanitaire. According to the European Commission, Ms. Weidel’s chat...
  • Will the Global Elites’ War on Free Speech Succeed?

    02/05/2025 5:08:58 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 13 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 5 Feb, 2025 | Susan Lawson
    The World Economic Forum has big plans to stifle the world’s freedom. But America stands in the way. The World Economic Forum (WEF), the self-anointed vanguard of the global elite, reconvened late in January in Davos, Switzerland. The agenda this year looked at the increasingly thorny question of free speech. The rhetoric soared to new heights after German chancellor Olaf Scholz said during a panel discussion, “Freedom of expression has its limits, especially when it’s right-wing.” Scholz took a jab at the role of X (previously Twitter) in amplifying some controversial voices. His remark was a direct shot at Elon...
  • How Microsoft Helped Build The Censorship Industry

    02/05/2025 6:42:11 AM PST · by Openurmind · 4 replies
    Foundation For Freedom Online ^ | January 27, 2025 | by Allum Bokhari
    Microsoft aims to smoothly transition from one presidential administration to the next. The company recently secured a major win in DC, receiving the official blessing of the President in a $500 billion AI investment partnership between SoftBank, Oracle, and Microsoft’s OpenAI. But as official policy turns against online censorship, the tech giant may have to confront its track record of deep involvement in the suppression of Americans’ online speech. Newly uncovered evidence now shows that Microsoft served as the tip of the spear in the private sector in censorship-industrial complex – the coordinated effort between corporations, government agencies, NGOs and...
  • How Obama, Biden crackdowns spurred ‘debanking’ fiasco

    01/31/2025 6:49:13 AM PST · by thegagline · 7 replies
    The New York Post ^ | 01/31/2025 | Charles Gasparino
    Don’t blame us!” *** A couple of globalist bankers, Jamie Dimon, who runs JPMorgan, and his counterpart, Brian Moynihan of Bank of America, are “debanking” — or denying bank services — to conservatives, crypto enthusiasts and other industries deemed politically sensitive.Or as The Donald put it: “And I don’t know if the regulators mandated that because of Biden or what,” Trump said, calling into the World Economic Forum confab and addressing a gobsmacked Moynihan who was in attendance, “but you and Jamie and everybody – I hope you’re going to open your banks to conservatives, because what you’re doing is...
  • Trump DOJ Drops Case Against Texas Doctor Who Exposed Transgender Procedures For Minors

    01/26/2025 10:38:12 AM PST · by Signalman · 20 replies
    Trending Politics ^ | 1/25/2025 | Cullen McCue
    The Trump-led Department of Justice has dropped the Biden DOJ’s case against Eithan Haim, a Texas-based doctor who blew the whistle on gender-reassignment procedures that were being performed on minors despite state directives banning the practice. “The United States has finally agreed to drop the case against Dr. Haim, and the Court just granted dismissal,” Marcella Burke, attorney for Eithan Haim, told Fox News. “The case has been dismissed with prejudice so that the federal government can never again come after him for blowing the whistle on the secret pediatric transgender program at Texas Children’s Hospital.” “We took on the...
  • 🚨The following story was told by Michael Shane Daughtry, a J6 survivor.🚨

    01/26/2025 7:42:50 AM PST · by Enterprise · 88 replies
    My name is Michael Shane Daughtry and this is my January 6th Story.I was a Police Officer with SWAT and Sniper Certifications, 20+ years Police experience and over a thousand hours of training. I'm also a Master Gunsmith with a Federal Firearms License and a Gunsmithing Business with over 10 years experience.On January 6th 2021, I traveled to Washington DC with my wife Tammie to watch the Trump Rally. As the rally was completing, the President of the United States told the crowd to go to the West Lawn and "peacefully" protest, which we did. As we arrived at the...
  • Inside State-Run 'Bias-Response Hotlines,' Where Fellow Citizens Can Report Your 'Offensive Joke'

    01/24/2025 1:04:19 PM PST · by karpov · 25 replies
    Washington Free Beacon ^ | January 22, 2025 | Aaron Sibarium
    In January 2020, the top law enforcement agency in the state of Oregon launched a "Bias Response Hotline" for residents to report "offensive ‘jokes.’" Staffed by "trauma-informed operators" and overseen by the Oregon Department of Justice, the hotline, which receives thousands of calls a year, doesn’t just solicit reports of hate crimes and hiring discrimination. It also asks for reports of "bias incidents"—cases of "non-criminal" expression that are motivated, "in part," by prejudice or hate. Oregonians are encouraged to report their fellow citizens for things like "creating racist images," "mocking someone with a disability," and "sharing offensive ‘jokes’ about someone’s...
  • President Donald Trump Signs Pardons for 23 Pro-Life Americans

    01/23/2025 3:28:03 PM PST · by Morgana · 45 replies
    Life News ^ | January 23, 2025 | Steven Ertelt
    President Donald Trump has signed an executive order pardoning the 23 pro-life Americans Joe Biden imprisoned for protesting abortion. “This is a great honor to sign this,” Trump said, condemning Biden’s lawfare, especially targeted at “elderly people.” Trump granted pardons for 23 pro-life advocates who faced weaponized prosecutions brought against them by the Biden Department of Justice under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. Earlier this month, Thomas More Society attorneys submitted to the Trump administration formal requests for presidential pardons on behalf of 21 of those pro-life advocates who have been unjustly prosecuted, convicted, and in...
  • Chip Roy Files Bill to Repeal FACE Law Biden Used to Put Pro-Life Americans in Prison

    01/21/2025 10:43:27 PM PST · by Morgana · 10 replies
    Life News ^ | January 21, 2025 | Steven Ertelt
    As pro-life activists await pardons from President Donald Trump, a key Republican member of Congress is introducing legislation targeting the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy introduced a bill Tuesday to repeal the FACE Act, which “prohibits threats of force, obstruction and property damage intended to interfere with reproductive health care services.” “Now that we have a Republican trifecta in the House, Senate, and White House, Congress should move quickly to repeal this law and ensure that no future president can weaponize it against pro-lifers ever again,” Roy said in a statement. “Free...
  • Trump Strips Security Clearance from NewsGuard Adviser Michael Hayden

    01/21/2025 11:14:10 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 27 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 01/21/2025 | Sean Moran
    President Donald Trump on the first day of his administration stripped the security clearances of a number of anti-Trump former officials, including retired Gen. Michael Hayden, an adviser to Newsguard, the establishment pro-censorship group operating a news blacklist against conservatives. Trump’s removed 50 security clearances, including former CIA and National Security Agency (NSA) Director and retired Air Force General Michael Hayden. Hayden is a controversial public figure, even for those in the Never Trump camp.
  • Must stop’: AG nominee rips targeting of parents as ‘domestic terrorists’

    01/17/2025 4:06:22 PM PST · by george76 · 9 replies
    College Fix ^ | January 15, 2025 | Matt Lamb
    Pam Bondi’s predecessor, Merrick Garland, oversaw the targeting of parents who objected to sexualized and racialized curriculum The targeting of parents, pro-lifers, and Latin Mass attendees “will stop” and “must stop” according to attorney general nominee Pam Bondi. The former Florida attorney general is testifying today in the first of two hearings on her nomination to lead the Department of Justice. Under Attorney General Merrick Garland, law enforcement targeted concerned parents and citizens who objected to sexual and racial identity politics in the classroom. The FBI office in Richmond, Va. also labeled Catholics who prefer the older Latin Mass as...