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  • Neil Young to Open European Tour With Free Concert in Ukraine

    03/04/2025 11:26:17 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 80 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/04/2025 | Breitbart News
    Folk rock legend Neil Young and his band Chrome Hearts will open an upcoming European tour with a free concert in Ukraine, according to a post on his website. The 79-year-old Toronto-born musician, who was part of the supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, said it would be “a free concert for all.” Details are still being worked out, including the show’s date and location: “We are currently in talks,” Young said. “Keep on Rockin’ in the free world,” he ended the statement, a reference to his 1991 hit song, alongside an image of the Ukrainian flag against a blue...
  • Maher: Vance Made a Good Point About Europe’s Free Speech Problems

    03/01/2025 7:34:39 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 14 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/01/2025 | Ian hatchett
    On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that he believed Vice President JD Vance was correct in his criticisms of European speech laws during a recent speech. Maher said, “JD Vance…the other week, made a speech, in Munich. A lot of people were shocked by it. I thought half of it was pretty shocking because it was about this election that they just had in Germany where there is a party on the ballot that is very Nazi-friendly.” He continued, “But the first part of the speech was about free speech, that I didn’t think he...
  • JD Vance tangles with British PM Starmer over ‘infringements on free speech’ in contentious Oval Office meeting

    02/28/2025 2:32:18 AM PST · by Libloather · 26 replies
    NY Post ^ | 2/27/25 | Ryan King
    The “special relationship” between the US and the UK got awkward Thursday, when Vice President JD Vance confronted British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the Oval Office over the longtime American ally’s weakening of freedom of speech. Earlier this month, at the Munich Security Conference, Vance had riled European opinion by decrying what he called “the threat from within, the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values—values shared with the United States of America.” Vance stood by his comments Thursday when pressed by a reporter, saying: “I said what I said, which is that we do have,...
  • Embattled ex-special counsel Jack Smith discloses $140K ‘gift’ of free legal services

    02/16/2025 1:49:06 AM PST · by Libloather · 23 replies
    NY Post ^ | 2/15/25 | Rich Calder
    The former special counsel who brought two criminal cases against President Donald Trump received $140,000 in free legal services from a prominent Washington law firm last month. Covington & Burling provided Jack Smith with the gift of pro-bono legal assistance, Politico first reported citing a disclosure he filed last month in connection with him leaving the Justice Department. It’s unclear why Smith sought outside lawyers, but Trump had repeatedly ripped Smith and his team, vowing to fire them and strongly suggesting they should be criminally prosecuted. “They ought to throw Deranged Jack Smith and his Thug Prosecutors in jail,” Trump...
  • 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...
  • Steve Soboroff Agrees to Work for Free, After $500,000 Salary Exposed

    02/09/2025 6:19:19 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 32 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/09/2025 | Joel B Pollack
    Los Angeles “Chief Recovery Officer” Steve Soboroff said Saturday night that he would work for free, after coming under fire for earning $500,000 for three months of work, even though his salary was to have been paid privately. Earlier in the day, as Breitbart News reported, Ambassador Ric Grenell, who is representing President Donald Trump in overseeing the recovery effort from last month’s devastating fires, criticized Soboroff harshly for his salary.
  • Bill Burr unloads on insurance companies, praises Luigi Mangione in LA fire rant: ‘Free Luigi!’

    01/16/2025 6:24:04 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 34 replies
    NY Post ^ | 01/16/2025 | Sean Mandell
    Bill Burr is fired up. The comedian and actor, 56, blasted insurance companies and praised accused UnitedHealthcare CEO-shooter Luigi Mangione while speaking about the LA fires during his Tuesday appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Burr revealed that, like many people in Los Angeles, he had to evacuate after flames threatened his home. “I got lucky,” he said. “You know, the winds moved. “And I think everybody did a great job. Unlike the internet,” he added, alluding to the rapacious criticism of state and local officials’ response to the fires. Burr went on to mock online critics who liken themselves to...
  • With Trudeau on his Way Out, Can Canadians Get Their Free Speech Back?

    01/08/2025 4:27:22 PM PST · by george76 · 16 replies
    Jonathan Turley ^ | January 8, 2025 | Jonathan Turley
    Below is my column in the Hill on the resignation of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his anti-free speech legacy. The collapse of free speech in Canada is a cautionary tale for Americans. It shows how Trudeau and the Liberal Party used faux rhetoric of tolerance and inclusion to justify intolerance and exclusion. Here is the column: With Justin Trudeau’s announcement that he will step down as prime minister, Canada is now looking for a new leader after a decade under his policies. The question is whether anyone will look for the remnants of Canadian free speech in the...
  • Farage aims to 'mend fences' with Elon Musk in US

    01/07/2025 3:51:27 PM PST · by MinorityRepublican · 20 replies
    BBC News ^ | 7 January 2025 | Jennifer McKiernan
    Nigel Farage says he wants to "mend fences" with Elon Musk, after the billionaire Trump adviser called for him to be replaced as Reform UK party leader. Just before Christmas, Farage told journalists his party was in "negotiations" with Mr Musk, the world's richest man, about a potential donation. But come the new year, the relationship had soured, with Tesla boss Mr Musk saying Farage "did not have what it takes" to lead the party. Farage suggested the snub was over a disagreement about Mr Musk's support for the jailed far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Speaking on LBC, Farage said he...
  • Howard Dean: When Trump Attacks Free Speech, America ‘Is Pretty Much Done For’

    12/19/2024 6:16:01 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 52 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 12/19/2024 | Pam Key
    Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean claimed Thursday on MSNBC’s “All In” that once in office, President Donald Trump will attack free speech, causing the country to be “done for as we know it.” Host Ari Melber said, “I am curious what you see here in the political side of this. These are political efforts to change how people act or change coverage or have some impact. ABC, going to make its own decisions but it was widely covered that the case was not an obvious loss by any means and their statement, I am referring to what ABC...
  • How to use Grok: X/Twitter's 'edgy' AI chatbot is now free for everyone

    12/18/2024 7:14:30 AM PST · by Red Badger · 37 replies
    www.standard.co.uk ^ | December 18, 2001 | Saqib Shah
    The bot could even start showing up alongside your tweets with more info on what you’re posting With X facing fierce competition from rival platforms Bluesky and Threads, Elon Musk has decided to give away a feature that was previously locked behind a paywall. Now, everyone can use X’s edgy AI chatbot, known as Grok, to help with their writing, whip up images and fetch the latest news. What separates Grok from its peers is its “rebellious streak” and witty retorts, according to Mr Musk, who has previously slammed OpenAI and Google’s AI tools as being too “woke”. One thing’s...
  • Colorado Democrats Launch Program to Give Free Healthcare to Illegal Aliens

    12/10/2024 5:26:23 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 60 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 12/09/2024 | Warner Todd Huston
    Colorado Democrats are celebrating a new law that will go into effect on January 1 that will extend free Medicaid coverage to illegal migrants who are pregnant as well as migrant children. Dubbed “Cover All Coloradans,” the program opens up state Medicaid funding for prenatal and postpartum care, physical, dental, vision, and mental health care for children, with an initial price tag of up to $51 million in costs to the Colorado taxpayer, according to CBS News. Democrat Gov. Jared Polis’ administration is working with a list of immigrant activist groups to alert migrants that they are eligible for the...
  • News Summary-Intelligence Report Monday 11/18/2024*Baltic Sea Communications Cables Damaged*Russia Vetoes UN Security Council Resolution On Sudan Civil War*Denmark Climate Policy Cuts Agriculture*Suspect In Netanyahu Media Leak Case On Suicide Watch*

    11/18/2024 8:00:46 PM PST · by Nextrush · 4 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 11/18/2024 | Nextrush/Self
    US politics the Pennsylvania Supreme Court with a 4-3 ruling directing local election... The President of the Russian region of Abkhazia carved out of Georgia in 2009 is resigning... Two communications cable in the Baltic Sea have failed...Investigations underway to determine if the damage was deliberate... A Lebanese official says Hezbollah has agreed to a US ceasefire proposal... Two killed another critically wounded in knife attacks in New York City... Russia has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution... immediate ceasefire in Sudan's Civil War... Tonight an Israeli air attack in Beirut near government buildings and foreign embassies with at least...
  • Sweden Crushes Free Speech: Politician Rasmus Paludan Jailed for Daring to Criticize Islam in a Landmark Assault on Political Dissent

    11/11/2024 6:55:18 AM PST · by Jan_Sobieski · 15 replies
    Rair Foundation ^ | 11/10/2024 | Amy Mek
    Rasmus Paludan’s prosecution lays bare Sweden’s dangerous abandonment of free speech, where courts silence dissent and protect Islam from critique—even as they condemn a politician already hunted, violently attacked, and forced to live in constant fear for his life simply for defending Western values.In a decision that has ignited fierce debate over the limits of free speech and judicial interpretation, Danish-Swedish politician and lawyer Rasmus Paludan was sentenced to four months in prison by the Malmö District Court. The case, rooted in Paludan’s 2022 Quran-burning protests and speeches on Islam, questions the extent of free expression protections in Sweden, the...
  • Ford Hopes to Boost Electric Car Sales by Giving Away Free Charging Stations

    10/01/2024 11:52:27 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 98 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 10/01/2024 | John Binder
    Ford Motor Company is hoping to boost sales of its electric vehicles (EVs) by giving away free at-home charging stations, executives announced this week. “Auto shoppers say they’re more likely to buy an electric vehicle if they could fill up at home. So we’re going to make it easy for our customers,” Ford CEO Jim Farley wrote on X: If you buy or lease a new [Ford] electric vehicle, we’ll include a complimentary home charger. This is part of something we’re calling the Ford Power Promise, which is about giving our electric vehicle customers convenience, peace of mind and expert...
  • Nasa makes discovery ‘as important as gravity’ about Earth

    08/29/2024 12:42:58 PM PDT · by RomanSoldier19 · 129 replies
    the telegram via msn ^ | 8/29/24 | Sarah Knapton
    new planet-wide electric field that is as fundamental to Earth as gravity has been discovered in a major scientific breakthrough. The ambipolar electric field, which begins 150 miles above the planet, has been described as a “great invisible force” that lifts up the sky and is responsible for the polar winds. The polar winds interact with the jet streams to help drive the majority of weather patterns across the globe. Until now, the field had only been theorised, but a Nasa team, which includes scientists from the University of Leicester, has now sent a rocket into the field and measured...
  • Famous L.A. deli may close due to safety, homeless concerns(Langers)

    08/29/2024 10:47:17 AM PDT · by Vendome · 49 replies
    KTLA News ^ | 08/26/2024 | Cameron Kiszla
    The famed Langer’s Deli in downtown Los Angeles could close, its owner tells the Los Angeles Times.Norm Langer, 79, has spent almost his entire life growing up around and running the 77-year-old delicatessen.But with the persistent public safety and homelessness issues plaguing nearby MacArthur Park and the surrounding area, Langer is “considering closing,” he told Times columnist Steve Lopez, who called the possibility a “hole-in-your-soul development.”Langer added that he hopes city officials provide “improved lighting, increased police patrols, social services outreach and targeted clean-up efforts,” and Lopez noted that “the more I talked to Langer, the more I got the...
  • Hostage held by Hamas in Gaza rescued by Israeli forces, IDF says

    08/27/2024 9:36:05 AM PDT · by Dacula · 6 replies
    NBC ^ | 8-27-24 | Chantal Da Silva and Paul Goldman
    ABedouin man who was held hostage in Gaza for more than 10 months was rescued by Israeli forces on Tuesday, Israeli officials announced. Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, was rescued from an underground tunnel in a "complex mission" by Israeli commandos acting on intelligence, Israel Defense Forces spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a news briefing Tuesday. "He is alive and back home in Israel," Hagari said. Alkadi, a father of 11 from south of Rahat, an Arab Bedouin city in the Southern District of Israel, was taken hostage during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks while working in security at a...
  • Free at-home COVID-19 tests will be available again, HHS officials say

    08/26/2024 9:46:30 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 47 replies
    abc7chicago ^ | 08/26/2024 | Mary Kekatos
    WASHINGTON -- The federal government will restart its free at-home COVID tests program in September as officials prepare the country for the upcoming respiratory virus season. Dawn O'Connell, assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the Department of Health and Human Services, said Friday that this is the seventh time the Biden-Harris administration has allowed Americans to order over-the-counter tests at no charge. It's not clear when the website, COVID.gov/tests, will come back online. The website stopped accepting orders in early March. "As families start to move indoors this fall and begin spending time with their loved ones, both very...
  • Jonathan Turley Slams ‘Global Censors,’ Says Americans Should Be Afraid After Telegram Founder’s Arrest

    08/26/2024 7:48:53 AM PDT · by george76 · 29 replies
    Daily Caller News Foundation ^ | August 26, 2024 | Julianna Frieman
    George Washington University (GWU) law professor Jonathan Turley slammed “global censors” Monday morning on “Fox and Friends” following the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov. French authorities arrested Durov, the billionaire creator and messaging app CEO ... concerns many in the European Union have for potential chilling of free speech. ... People need to realize what’s really going on here. We haven’t seen anything akin to a charging sheet, but it appears that he’s being arrested under these European laws that are designed to force social media companies to engage in censorship,” Turley said. ... the “most infamous” European law...