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  • The Spies Who Hate Us

    12/26/2024 4:42:42 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 32 replies
    Brownstone Institute ^ | 25 Dec, 2024 | Jeffrey A. Tucker
    Brownstone Institute has been tracking a little-known federal agency for years. It is part of the Department of Homeland Security created after 9-11. It is called the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency or CISA. It was created in 2018 out of a 2017 executive order that seemed to make sense. It was a mandate to secure American digital infrastructure against foreign attack and infiltration. And yet during the Covid year, it assumed three huge jobs. It was the agency responsible for dividing the workforce between essential and nonessential. It led the way on censorship efforts. And it handled election security...
  • Petitions Ask Trump To Pardon The Pro-Lifers He Promised To Get Out Of The Biden ‘Gulags’

    01/17/2025 7:05:18 AM PST · by Twotone · 4 replies
    The Federalist ^ | January 16, 2025 | Jordan Boyd
    The pro-life activists who suffered partisan prosecution over the last four years by President Joe Biden’s weaponized Department of Justice could have a chance at clemency if incoming President Donald Trump honors their request for “full and unconditional pardons.” The Thomas More Society, which has represented several of the peaceful protestors targeted by the Biden administration for their opposition to baby-killing, submitted nearly two dozen petitions asking Trump to give those who were “unjustly imprisoned” and “unjustly convicted” for advocating to protect life in the womb presidential reprieve. “These individuals participated in mere peaceable civil disobedience, in the heralded tradition...
  • Taibbi: WH-Directed Suppression Of Speech On Facebook Was Worse Than On Twitter

    01/17/2025 6:10:48 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 16 replies
    RealClear Politics ^ | 16 Jan, 2025 | Tim Hains
    Journalist Matt Taibbi spoke to Brian Kilmeade about Mark Zuckerberg coming out against government censorship of social media and revealing the pressure he faced from the Biden administration to censor content on Facebook and Instagram. "On the whole, it is a net positive," Taibbi said. "Zuckerberg coming out and saying all this confirms a lot of what I reported and a lot of the information that came out from Jim Jordan's committee investigation into the Facebook Files. Even if it is not 100% sincere, it confirms some things and suggests that maybe these tech companies are afraid to continue doing...
  • Elon Musk ‘saved humanity,’ says starry-eyed UK Tory

    01/08/2025 9:11:28 PM PST · by MinorityRepublican · 15 replies
    Politico ^ | January 8, 2025 | Noah Keate
    LONDON — Elon Musk “may have saved humanity” by purchasing X, a senior Conservative spokesperson declared — as the U.K.’s main opposition party continued to try and catch the tech billionaire’s eye. “The Elon Musk purchase of X may have saved humanity,” Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith posted on the platform Musk owns Tuesday evening. “With X becoming a true freedom of speech platform, the common ground of public opinion is no longer determined by a left-leaning elite,” he went on. “Recent political earthquakes in the U.S., the U.K. and now Canada are a release of pent up democratic will...
  • Christian Teacher Gets 6-Figure Last Laugh After School Forced Her Out for Refusing to Use Trans Pronouns

    01/06/2025 7:25:06 AM PST · by Bon of Babble · 20 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | 01/05/2025 | Ben Zeisloft
    Jackson Local School District settled with the teacher, Vivian Geraghty, Dec. 18 for $450,000 in damages and attorney fees.
  • New Liberal 'online harms' bill to make online hate punishable up to life in prison (CANADA)

    12/13/2024 8:05:04 PM PST · by ransomnote · 23 replies
    nationalpost.co ^ | Feb 26, 2024 | Catherine Lévesque
    SNIP It also amends the Criminal Code to create a new standalone hate crime offence that would allow penalties up to life imprisonment to deter hateful conduct, as well as raise the maximum punishments for hate propaganda offences from five years to life imprisonment for advocating genocide.SNIPHarmful content is defined in the legislation as content that incites violence, that foments hatred, that incites violent extremism or terrorism, is used to bully a child, that sexually victimizes a child, that induces a child to harm themselves, or intimate content communicated without consent.The bill also creates a new Digital Safety Commission, which...
  • Joshua Schulte, suspected CIA leaker, claims he's being tortured awaiting trial

    10/31/2018 10:18:49 AM PDT · by jazusamo · 41 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | October 31, 2018 | Andrew Blake
    Joshua Schulte, a former CIA computer engineer suspected of leaking classified hacking tools to WikiLeaks, said he is being subjected to “torture” while awaiting trial for espionage. Mr. Schulte, 30, said he is being inexplicably held in solitary confinement and denied access to his medication, writing materials, legal documents and lawyer, according to a letter addressed to U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty filed in Manhattan federal court Monday. “My fellow slaves constantly scream, pound and claw at their cages attempting to get attention for basic needs to be fulfilled. I count myself lucky to be able to eat,” he wrote...
  • Time Is Running Out To Speak Freely About Free Speech In America

    03/20/2023 8:26:35 AM PDT · by george76 · 26 replies
    The Federalist ^ | MARCH 20, 2023 | Margot Cleveland
    Americans need to have an important discussion about free speech now — before the Censorship Complex makes it impossible to do so. The Censorship Complex — whereby Big Tech censorship is induced by the government, media, and media-rating businesses — threatens the future of free speech in this country. To understand how and why, Americans need to talk about speech — and the government’s motive to deceive the public. To frame this discussion, consider these hypotheticals: Two American soldiers training Ukraine soldiers in Poland cross into the war zone, ambushing and killing five Russian soldiers. Unbeknownst to the American soldiers,...
  • Obama to join Alliance of Civilizations, undermine freedom of speech and religion

    05/13/2010 8:26:52 PM PDT · by Fight4Freedom1 · 16 replies · 834+ views
    This is truly one of the most troubling news stories I have come across since President Obama took office, and that says a lot from my point of view. I have tried to warn people in general, but Christian in particular about the evil fruit that Liberalism cannot but produce. We may be about to witness this on a global scale as President Obama will have the United States join the United Nations backed Alliance of Civilizations. From the Associated Press: “The Obama administration is preparing to join an international advisory group that the U.S. has largely shunned due to...
  • Antonin Scalia’s Opinion of the New York Times Co. v. Sullivan Decision

    11/30/2024 5:53:37 PM PST · by conservatism_IS_compassion · 11 replies
    youTube ^ | 2014 | Scalia, Ginsberg, & Kalb
    Relevant section starts at 21:40 into the youtube video.The 1964 New York Times Co. vs. Sullivan was handed down as a unanimous decision of the (to conservatives, notorious) Warren Court. It was not only unanimous, but included enthusiastic concurrences by justices who wanted to go even further.In is the Sullivan decision which severely inhibits the filing of libel suits by “public figures” - emphatically including politicians. The theory of the decision basically was that politicians are big boys who can handle themselves in propaganda contests because they have political parties behind them. Scalia’s rebuttal is that “the” freedom of speech,...
  • Ezra Levant - was arrested two hours ago, handcuffed, searched and jailed for “causing a disturbance”.

    11/24/2024 5:56:00 PM PST · by george76 · 53 replies
    X ^ | Nov 24, 2024 | Ezra Levant
    Ezra Levant .. I was arrested two hours ago, handcuffed, searched and jailed for “causing a disturbance”. I was just released moments ago. I wasn’t causing a disturbance — I was standing by myself on a public sidewalk, silently filming a grotesque pro-Hamas mannequin in a Jewish neighbourhood — a reenactment of Hamas leader Yayha Sinwar. It would be like someone reenacting Hitler — and police were stopping me from filming it. I was pushed away from it by one officer. And another officer, named Macduff, said if I didn’t go to a special “free speech zone” they’d set up...
  • Pat King found guilty of mischief for role in 'Freedom Convoy' (Canadian Truckers Protest)

    11/22/2024 12:16:29 PM PST · by yesthatjallen · 27 replies
    Ottawa Citizen ^ | 11 22 2024 | David Baxter
    Pat King, one of the most prominent figures of the 2022 Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, has been found guilty on five counts including mischief and disobeying a court order. A judge in an Ottawa courtroom Friday said the Crown proved beyond a reasonable doubt that King was guilty on one count each of mischief, counselling others to commit mischief and counselling others to obstruct police. He was also found guilty of two counts of disobeying a court order. The Alberta resident was found not guilty on three counts of intimidation and one count of obstructing police himself. King could be...
  • Rep. Chip Roy Calls on GOP to Repeal Law Used to Throw Pro-Lifers in Prison

    11/22/2024 12:01:52 AM PST · by CFW · 9 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 11/21/24 | Katherine Hamilton
    Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) is calling on Republicans to repeal a federal law that the pro-abortion Biden administration has used to put pro-life activists behind bars. Roy and Sen. Mike Lee introduced a bill in September of 2023 to repeal the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, contending at the time that “Biden’s Department of Justice has brazenly weaponized the FACE Act against normal everyday Americans across the political spectrum, simply because they are pro-life.” Roy further said he thinks the law is “an unconstitutional federal takeover of state police powers.” “Obviously, we need to move the bill...
  • MPs want to haul Elon Musk before Parliament after brazen UK riot posts stoke tensions

    08/06/2024 7:08:03 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 32 replies
    Daily Mirror ^ | 6 Aug 2024 | Sophie Huskisson
    Elon Musk has been branded “deeply irresponsible” for stoking tensions in the UK on his social media site X/ Twitter. The multi–billionaire, who bought the tech firm in 2022, clashed with Prime Minister Keir Starmer in a war of words over riots across our country. Mr Musk published a stream of posts on the crisis, sharing videos from right-wing influencers and memes about the UK to his 193 million followers. He branded the PM “two-tier Keir” in reference to accusations of “two-tier policing” in Britain, which the PM has rejected. Last night MPs said Mr Musk could be summoned to...
  • MPs to summon Elon Musk to testify about X’s role in UK summer riots

    11/20/2024 6:15:48 PM PST · by MinorityRepublican · 64 replies
    The Guardian ^ | Wed 20 Nov 2024 | Robert Booth and Jessica Elgot
    MPs are to summon Elon Musk to testify about X’s role in spreading disinformation, in a parliamentary inquiry into the UK riots and the rise of false and harmful AI content, the Guardian has learned. Senior executives from Meta, which runs Facebook and Instagram, and TikTok are also expected to be called for questioning as part of a Commons science and technology select committee social media inquiry. The first hearings will take place in the new year, amid rising concern that UK online safety laws risk being outpaced by rapidly advancing technology and the politicisation of platforms such as X....
  • Foreign collusion? FCC moves with 'unprecedented' speed to approve Soros' capture of 200+ radio stations with foreign cash just before election

    09/24/2024 6:24:28 PM PDT · by Mr. Mojo · 32 replies
    Blaze Media ^ | SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 | JOSEPH MACKINNON
    Leftist billionaire and Democratic mega-donor George Soros has been leaning on the Democrat-controlled Federal Communications Commission for months in hopes of fast-tracking his group's acquisition of over 200 radio stations in over 40 markets — including stations that run shows from Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, Erick Erickson, Sean Hannity, and Dana Loesch. On Wednesday, the FCC reportedly adopted an order to approve the purchase, meaning that in a matter of days, Soros will likely take control of communications to over 165 million Americans with the help of unvetted foreign investors whom Democrats have spared from the FCC's customary national security...
  • FBI used ‘software tools’ to search social media for election-related talk: analyst

    11/14/2024 10:01:09 AM PST · by Libloather · 30 replies
    NY Post ^ | 11/12/24 | Steven Nelson
    WASHINGTON — House Republicans are demanding more information from the FBI about its use of “software tools” to seek out election-related speech on social media after a bureau analyst mentioned their use during a recent deposition — before being barred from saying any more by FBI lawyers. House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) told FBI Director Christopher Wray Tuesday to hand over the information as President-elect Donald Trump’s looming return to office creates uncertainty for Wray’s future employment. “In a transcribed interview… on October 23, 2024, an FBI Criminal Investigative Division Analyst previously assigned to the [Foreign Influence Task...
  • GWU president 'personally offended' by art slamming China's human rights record, has it removed from campus

    02/07/2022 7:38:23 PM PST · by Right Wing Vegan · 39 replies
    Fox News ^ | Emma Colton
    The newly minted president of George Washington University said he was "personally offended" by art posted around the college's campus condemning China's human rights abuses. "Please know that I am personally offended by the posters. I treasure the opportunity to work with talented people from all over the world, including China," George Washington University President Mark Wrighton wrote in an email. "I, too, am saddened by this terrible event and we will undertake an effort to determine who is responsible." A screenshot of the email was posted to Twitter by the artist behind the posters, known only as Badiucao. He...
  • Liberal Billionaires Soros & Hoffman Back Leftist So-Called Anti-‘Disinformation’ Scheme

    10/27/2021 9:37:06 AM PDT · by JV3MRC · 7 replies
    NewsBusters ^ | 10/27/2021 | Joseph Vazquez
    The leftist activist behind the liberal news operation Courier Newsroom is at it again with a new scheme that is being backed by some of America’s most notorious liberal billionaires. Tara McGowan — founder of the “dark money” group Acronym behind Courier Newsroom — is getting help from left-wing mega-donors George Soros and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman for a new media project she’s leading dubbed “Good Information Inc.” Liberal outlet Axios reported the “Good Information Inc.” effort as a “public benefit corporation” designed to “fund new media companies and efforts that tackle disinformation.” But McGowan reportedly had the audacity to...
  • A Stalin-Era Story, Roiling Russia

    04/01/2024 10:25:36 AM PDT · by sphinx · 31 replies
    National Review ^ | April 1, 2024 | Jay Nordlinger
    The movie came out on January 25, 2024. There had been very little of the usual promotion. Lockshin’s name was omitted from posters. His name was absent from all marketing materials, such as they were. In any event, the movie was a sensation. The public went to see it, quickly making it the top-grossing Russian movie of all time, in the over-18 category.Furious, the state and its propagandists got to work. As Lockshin says, “a whole campaign” was launched against him and the movie. Propagandists called him a “criminal” and a “terrorist,” and demanded that the movie be pulled from...