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  • Beyond a Banana Republic

    06/17/2023 4:07:46 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 11 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 17 Jun, 2023 | William Sullivan
    As radio personality Jesse Kelly remarks on Twitter, there are two ways to view what is happening with Donald Trump right now: Either you see what's happening to Trump as being about Trump or you see it being about a weaponized government planning to make any opposition a crime. Only one of those views is correct. You don't have to be a Trump fan to see it's the latter. For most Americans who've paid the slightest bit of attention these past years, that's an obvious statement. But as George Orwell said of his own time, we've "sunk to a depth...
  • Canada: 'Pride' vs. Freedom

    06/17/2023 4:31:16 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 5 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 17 Jun, 2023 | Brian Camenker
    Canada has been even more militant than the U.S. against citizens who push back against the gay agenda. In times like these -- especially during “Pride Month” -- it’s uplifting to encounter someone like Bill Whatcott, who has won against a tyrannical government pushing LGBT madness. Canada has been even more militant than the U.S. against citizens who push back against that ruthless agenda. Canada has no First Amendment. And its “Charter Rights” that should guarantee free speech are easily ignored. On July 3, 2016 the annual Toronto Gay Pride Parade took place. It was one of the foulest imaginable....
  • Democrats have used the ‘Espionage Act’ to silence opponents for over 100 years.

    06/16/2023 6:52:18 AM PDT · by SJackson · 9 replies
    Frontpagemagazine ^ | June 16, 2023 | Daniel Greenfield
    A year after the start of WWI, President Woodrow Wilson addressed his message to Congress and warned that the “gravest threats against our national peace and safety” did not come from “other governments”, but from “within our own borders”. “Citizens of the United States,” Wilson continued, “born under other flags but welcomed under our generous naturalization laws to the full freedom and opportunity of America, who have poured the poison of disloyalty into the very arteries of our national life.” Wilson, a notorious racist and a supporter of the KKK who had contempt for a wide variety of other peoples,...
  • America First Legal Prevails in Lawsuit to Protect the South Carolina Freedom Caucus’ Right to Free Speech

    06/14/2023 9:47:39 AM PDT · by CFW · 4 replies
    America First Legal ^ | 6/13/23 | staff
    Today, America First Legal (AFL) and co-counsel Christopher Mills won our lawsuit to stop establishment politicians from silencing the South Carolina Freedom Caucus. In a forty-page opinion, United States District Court Judge Cameron Currie permanently blocked the enforcement of state statutes that sought to limit the expressive and associational activities of the Freedom Caucus and other “legislative special interest caucuses,” finding them to be “a ban on speech.” The court held that these laws, written to favor the House Democratic Caucus, House Republican Caucus, the Black Caucus, and the Women’s Caucus, violated the Freedom Caucus’s First Amendment and Equal Protection...
  • Jocelyn Chia: US comedian calls Malaysia's reaction to MH370 joke 'ridiculous'

    06/14/2023 7:38:02 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 8 replies
    Malaysian police said they would ask Interpol to locate Ms Chia, as they investigate her for incitement and offensive online content. Ms Chia - who grew up in Singapore - called involving Interpol "ridiculous". Interpol has not responded to questions from the BBC on whether it would act on the request for assistance from Malaysian police. Ms Chia had joked in a viral video that Malaysian jets "cannot fly", referring to the Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared in 2014 - a sensitive topic in the country. Ms Chia mentioned MH370 in the context of the long-running rivalry between Singapore and...
  • Pro-LGBT Toronto Blue Jays Cut Pitcher Who Endorsed Boycott of Target, Bud Light

    06/13/2023 6:16:17 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 18 replies
    LifeSite News ^ | 6/12/23 | Stephen Kokx
    Anthony Bass, a 12-year veteran of Major League Baseball, had apologized to the 'pride community,' but it wasn't enough to save his job.(LifeSiteNews) — An apology to the “pride community” wasn’t enough to save Anthony Bass’ job with the Toronto Blue Jays. To the joy of liberal commentators, the 12-year veteran relief pitcher was cut last Friday despite expressing forgiveness for and even deleting a video he re-shared on Instagram that supported boycotting Bud Light and Target. The post (which can be watched here) had called the two pro-LGBT companies “evil” and “demonic” for promoting gender ideology. The Blue Jays’...
  • ‘Trans’ Censorship: YouTube SILENCES Jordan Peterson, Candace Owens, Michael Knowles

    06/13/2023 2:09:17 PM PDT · by DFG · 8 replies
    Newsbusters ^ | 06/12/2023 | Luis Cornelio
    YouTube has declared war on anyone who dares to push back against the left’s radicalized gender ideology on its platform. The Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing slammed YouTube’s assault against his news network’s popular lineup of podcast hosts in a fired-up Twitter thread on Sunday. Boreing accused YouTube of censorship over the allegation that his outfit’s content, spanning through the accounts of Hosts Candance Owens, Michael Knowles and Jordan B. Peterson, violated the anti-free speech platform’s “Hateful and Derogatory” content policies over their content related to "transgender" . Boreing wrote that “@realDailyWire has received ~200 violations from @YouTube,” resulting in...
  • Burlington community calls for action after middle school students disrupt Pride event - Burlington middle school students reportedly tore down Pride banners, chanted "U.S.A. are my pronouns," and glared down students and teachers supporting Pride.

    06/13/2023 5:01:35 AM PDT · by Jim Noble · 54 replies
    Boston Globe ^ | June 12, 2023 | Susannah Sudborough
    The Burlington community is calling on town leaders to take action in the wake of a recent middle school incident during which students disrupted a Pride event... According to a letter to parents from Marshall Simonds Middle School Principal Cari Purchase, the incident took place during a school-approved spirit day celebrating Pride month on Friday, June 2. The spirit day was requested and sponsored by Spectrum Club — a student group for LGBTQ+ students and allies... As part of the event, the letter said, Spectrum Club decorated the school with handmade “Happy Pride Month” signs and educational posters with messages...
  • NEWS ‘Hate Speech Police Are Coming For You’ – Lawyer Speaks Out About Impending House Legislation (Michigan)

    06/12/2023 6:02:38 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 31 replies
    Michigan News Source ^ | 5 Jun, 2023 | KATIE HEID
    A Michigan House committee plans to hold a hearing on Tuesday regarding two bills that would amend the penal code and make vaguely defined “hate” speech a felony subject to severe penalties. House Bills 4474 and 4475 state, “A person is guilty of a hate crime if that person intimidates or harasses another individual; causes bodily injury or severe mental anguish to another individual; uses force or violence on another individual; damages, destroys, or defaces any real, personal, digital, or online property of another individual; or threatens, by word or act, to do any of the above described actions, if...
  • So much for the First Amendment! Christian preacher is ARRESTED for quoting Bible verses at crowd gathered for Pennsylvania Pride event - only for DA to drop case after agreeing cops violated Constitution

    06/10/2023 11:23:52 PM PDT · by knighthawk · 62 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | June 11 2023 | STEPHEN M. LEPORE
    A Christian street preacher was arrested for protesting an LGBTQ pride event - only for the charges to be thrown out when the local DA agreed that detaining him violated his First Amendment rights. Damon Atkins, 41, was seen on camera holding a sign at the Pride event on June 3 in the city of Reading that read 'Jesus said go and sin no more' and was quoting Bible verses at the marchers. Police came over and confronted Atkins, who pointed out that he was on public property.
  • CNN’s Kirsten Powers Says If Big Tech Platforms Are Banning What Republicans Say, Maybe They Shouldn’t Say It

    06/10/2023 5:56:20 PM PDT · by lowbridge · 26 replies
    reclaimthenet.org ^ | June 4, 2023 | Christina Maas
    While discussing YouTube’s decision to abandon the policy to ban election “misinformation,” CNN analyst Kirsten Powers, who claims to be a free speech supporter, suggested that if Big Tech platforms are banning what Republicans say, maybe they just shouldn’t say it. “If there is some sort of huge riot, then the first platform that’s going to move, which is YouTube, is the one that we’re going to look at and say, ‘What did we do here?’” CNN analyst Sara Fischer asked during the discussion. “Yes. But they can’t put the genie back in the bottle,” Powers replied. “Once it’s out,...
  • ‘Hate Speech Police Are Coming For You’ – Lawyer Speaks Out About Impending House Legislation

    06/10/2023 11:36:34 AM PDT · by WmShirerAdmirer · 50 replies
    (Michigan News Source) ^ | JUNE 5, 2023 | BY KATIE HEID
    LANSING, Mich. A Michigan House committee plans to hold a hearing on Tuesday regarding two bills that would amend the penal code and make vaguely defined “hate” speech a felony subject to severe penalties. House Bills 4474 and 4475 state, “A person is guilty of a hate crime if that person intimidates or harasses another individual; causes bodily injury or severe mental anguish to another individual; uses force or violence on another individual; damages, destroys, or defaces any real, personal, digital, or online property of another individual; or threatens, by word or act, to do any of the above described...
  • YouTube Takes Action Against Candace Owens

    06/09/2023 5:30:21 PM PDT · by Robwin · 18 replies
    The Street ^ | 06/09/2023 | Danni Button
    Each social media platform has developed its own method for filtering out hateful and abusive content. It's a process that can involve human moderators sifting through gruesome material, AI filters using certain trigger words, and systems which let users report problematic posts and videos Violating rules regarding hate speech can also get a creator demonetized, according to a recent move made by Alphabet's (GOOG) - Get Free Report video platform YouTube. The creator-led content platform has been stripping monetization of some problematic videos.Demonetization has been applied to several of Candace Owens' videos that specifically target gender-affirming care for transgender children....
  • MLB Pitcher Abruptly Cut After Brutally Honest Comments on Target and Bud Light

    06/09/2023 6:19:00 PM PDT · by lowbridge · 45 replies
    thefederalistpapers.org ^ | June 9, 2023 | Johnathan Jones
    The Toronto Blue Jays have cut pitcher Anthony Bass a week after he shared a video that encouraged Christians to boycott companies such as Target and Bud Light over their LGBT advocacy. Bass, 35, initially apologized for sharing the video on May 31. He shared a clip from a person named Ryan Miller, who is behind an Instagram account “dudewithgoodnews.” The video quoted Bible verses and called the LGBT ideology “evil” and “demonic.” Bass quickly expressed remorse following a backlash, but his critics did not feel his apology was genuine. He was booed a day after sharing the video by...
  • Activision Pulls Faze Clan Streamer Nickmercs' Skin From Call of Duty Following Anti-LGBTQ+ Tweet

    06/09/2023 5:28:12 AM PDT · by MrRelevant · 23 replies
    IGN.com ^ | 6/9/2023 | RYAN DINSDALE
    "Nickmercs, a Faze Clan member who has 6.7 million followers on Twitch and two million on Twitter, replied to a tweet from eSports broadcaster Chris Puckett that showed a clash between anti and pro LGBTQ+ demonstrators outside a school voting to recognise June as Pride Month. "They should leave little children alone. That's the real issue," Nickmercs tweeted in response. The replies erupted in backlash from several users including Puckett himself. "Who is this 'they' and what terrible act is everyone afraid of?" he asked. "I think/hope the goal of most of 'them' is to reduce child suicides. This is...
  • ‘It’s Not Whether We’ll Have Blasphemy Laws but Which Ones’

    06/09/2023 7:14:38 AM PDT · by Heartlander · 5 replies
    Intellectual Takeout ^ | June 8, 2023 | Kurt Mahlburg
    ‘It’s Not Whether We’ll Have Blasphemy Laws but Which Ones’Pride Month is here—time for Western nations to once again roll out the rainbow flags and treat any associated criticism as blasphemy.For anyone who thinks I’m being witty and metaphorical with the term blasphemy, I invite them to read the latest headlines.This just in from NBC News:“LGBTQ flag burned at California elementary school before Pride event” The incident occurred the weekend that preceded May 22 at Saticoy Elementary School in North Hollywood, the school district said. An LGBTQ flag was burned at an elementary school in Southern California this month ahead...
  • The FDA Pledges To "Stop The Spread" Of Misinformation

    06/08/2023 8:54:26 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 16 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | 06/08/2023 | Jeffrey Tucker
    It is a tight contest over which U.S. regulatory agency is most captured by industry. But leading the pack is surely the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Many of us in the past believed the main problem with the agency was the costs it imposed on industry. The situation turns out to be more complicated. Whatever its past, it’s become an industry-dominated vending machine for drug approvals enacted with a very expensive rubber stamp.The ordeal of the COVID vaccine proved it. So long as the check cleared, the FDA was ready with committee-based approvals for which no one in particular...
  • Germany Fines Woman For Saying Russia Isn't 'Aggressor' And Invasion Of Ukraine Was 'Necessary'

    06/08/2023 6:32:21 PM PDT · by Its All Over Except ... · 32 replies
    International Business Times ^ | 6/8/23 | Binitha Jacob
    A Ukrainian national living in the western German city of Cologne has been ordered to pay a fine of around $964 (€900) for making comments in support of Russia's brazen invasion of Ukraine. Elena Kolbasnikova — a prominent face among people who support Russian President Vladimir Putin in Germany — "posed a threat to public peace" by delivering a speech at a pro-Russian protest, a court in Cologne said Tuesday while issuing the verdict. During a protest held last year, Kolbasnikova reportedly said the invasion of Ukraine was "necessary" and also told a television channel that "Russia is not an...
  • The Revelations Of Government Censorship Keep Coming In Missouri v. Biden

    06/07/2023 4:31:07 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 11 replies
    Manhattan Contrarian ^ | 4 Jun, 2023 | Francis Menton
    A little over a year ago, on May 5, 2022, two states (Missouri and Louisiana) and several individual plaintiffs filed suit against the federal government for illegally and improperly suppressing free speech on social media platforms, in violation of the First Amendment. The case goes by the name Missouri v. Biden. The individual plaintiffs include, for example, Drs. Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford and Dr. Martin Kulldorff of Harvard, prominent medical researchers and epidemiologists who dissented from the government’s Covid response orthodoxy and saw their speech ruthlessly suppressed as a consequence. This case is probably the most important civil rights case...
  • Reading Man Arrested for Quoting Bible in Public

    06/06/2023 2:42:34 PM PDT · by artichokegrower · 94 replies
    Lancaster Patriot ^ | 6-5-23 | The Lancaster Patriot Staff
    It took less than sixty seconds of standing on a sidewalk for Damon Atkins to be placed in handcuffs and arrested for quoting a portion of a Bible verse. On Saturday morning dozens of people were gathered outside the Reading City Hall on Washington Street to participate in the city’s first ever “Pride March and Rally” endorsed by Mayor Eddie Moran. At approximately 10:05 a.m. Atkins arrived at a public sidewalk across the street from City Hall. In less than a minute he found himself in handcuffs.