A man driving a U-Haul truck in Brooklyn deliberately drove his vehicle into pedestrians, killing one person and wounding seven others. The driver is said to be a homeless man who was sleeping in the truck. He reportedly has a history of emotional difficulties. Authorities say there is no indication of terrorism in his actions.
In other news, four Afghan asylum-seekers in the UK, aged 13 to 16, have been arrested for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl at the school they attend.
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Canada: Half of Insolvency Cases Were Millennials, Says Insolvency Trustee
Canadians born in the millennial demographic filed half of all insolvencies last year, according to an insolvency trustee.
The “Joe Debtor” study from Hoyes and Michalos (HM) released on Monday said half of Ontario clients that cannot pay debts on time were between the ages of 26 and 41.
While co-founder Douglas Hoyes confirmed this number was specific to HM, he believes the findings are consistent with all cases across Canada.
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“Why is the NFL Trying to Divide Us?”: ‘Black National Anthem’ Performed at Super Bowl
The NFL kicked off the Super Bowl with a performance of a song that has been dubbed the ‘black national anthem,’ before featuring the actual U.S. anthem, causing anger among detractors who charged that the decision was divisive.
The song, ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’ performed by Sheryl Lee Ralph, was adopted by the NAACP in 1917, and has since been known as a ‘black national anthem’.
The NFL has been playing the song before games since 2020 after the BLM riots in the wake of the George Floyd incident.
This is the third consecutive time it has been played at the Super Bowl, but the first time it has been performed live.
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16-Year-Old Girl Stabbed Woman to Death in Boston After Fight Over Explicit Photos, Officials Say
BOSTON — A 16-year-old girl is accused of stabbing a woman to death and injuring a teenager in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood on Saturday in a fight over explicit photos, officials allege.
Wilmary Mejia Matos, of Roxbury, was arraigned Monday on charges of murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Under Massachusetts law, arraignments of juveniles ages 14 to 17 who have been charged with homicide will take place in a regular session instead of a juvenile session.
Prosecutors allege Mejia’s boyfriend sent explicit photos to one or both of the victims before she engaged the victims in a fight at 5 Woodside Ave. in Jamaica Plain.
“She brought with her two male friends. There’s evidence that at least one, probably both, of her male friends attempted to dissuade her from carrying out this plan, but she made clear several times that she was there to fight,” Assistant District Attorney Nathan McGregor said.
Before officers arrived at the scene, two people suffering from multiple stab wounds went to the District 13 police station at 3347 Washington St.
Both victims were transported to separate Boston hospitals. One of the victims, a 21-year-old woman, died of her injuries, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. The DA’s office said the second victim, a 17-year-old girl, was seriously wounded in the attack, but Boston police said she is expected to survive her injuries.
Police said officers apprehended Mejia in the area of Glen Road immediately after the incident.
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A Shocking 30% of High School Girls ‘Seriously Considered’ Suicide Last Year
A staggering 30% of high school girls in the United States who were surveyed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they had “seriously considered attempting suicide” in 2021, up from (a still shocking) 19% in 2011.
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After Train Derails in Ohio, Residents Live Plot of Movie They Helped Make
The release of vinyl chloride gas has created phosgene and hydrogen chloride across the Ohio town.
Last year, several Ohio residents acted as extras in the Netflix film ‘White Noise’, a fictional tale about a family trying to resume their life after an “airborne toxic event”. Today, hundreds of people, evacuated from Ohio’s East Palestine after a train derailment, are wondering if it is safe to return home.
On February 3, 50 cars of a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in the Ohio town, igniting a huge blaze. The presence of hazardous materials kept the firefighters away for days. Though no one was injured in the derailment, the incident forced authorities to warn of a possible “major explosion”, reports CNN.
Hundreds of people in East Palestine, which has a population of about 5,000, were evacuated as authorities planned to conduct a controlled burn to prevent a blast. After conducting a “controlled release” of vinyl chloride from five of the rail cars to control the situation, authorities assured residents that it was safe to return, reports The Washington Post.
But the release of vinyl chloride gas has created phosgene and hydrogen chloride across the town, with several people sharing photos and videos on social media of large plumes.
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Breaking: Train Derails in South Carolina
On Monday a train derailed in Enoree, South Carolina.
According to Fox Carolina, CSX Transportation, the company that operates the railroad, and emergency crews are on the scene.
The derailment comes nearly two weeks after a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. The train was carrying various chemicals, which authorities lit on fire to prevent an explosion.
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Breaking: Active Shooter at Michigan State University, Fatalities Reported
Police responded to an active shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing Monday night.
Scanner traffic indicates that there are multiple fatalities and casualties. According to MSU police, victims are currently being transported to Sparrow Hospital.
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White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said during a press briefing on Monday that the US is not flying any balloons or “any other craft” over Chinese airspace. Kirby’s comments came after accusations were made by Beijing that the US had flown over 10 high-altitude balloons over China in the last year.
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COVID Antigen Tests Recalled Due to False Results
Over 56,000 Covid antigen rapid tests have been recalled after the US Food and Drug Administration released a statement on Wednesday saying people should not use the Skippack Medical Lab SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Tests distributed by Universal Meditech Inc as they were likely to provide “false results.”
According to local WPLG news, the kits, manufactured from October 2021 to December 2021, were distributed in January 2022 “without approval by the FDA.”
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DeSantis Announces Legislation to Ban Social Credit Scores, ‘Woke ESG Financial Scam’
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday announced a proposal to eliminate ESG banking and prohibit the financial sector from implementing social credit scores that would otherwise prevent Floridians from obtaining loans, lines of credit and opening bank accounts.
“Today’s announcement builds on my commitment to protect consumers’ investments and their ability to access financial services in the Free State of Florida,” said DeSantis in a statement. “By applying arbitrary ESG financial metrics that serve no one except the companies that created them, elites are circumventing the ballot box to implement a radical ideological agenda. Through this legislation, we will protect the investments of Floridians and the ability of Floridians to participate in the economy.
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Despite Biden’s Threats to Ban Assault Weapons, Americans Make it Clear They’re Keeping Their Guns
During President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address last week, he made a very powerful statement, saying that assault rifles needed to be banned.
“Ban assault weapons now,” the president said during his speech. “Ban them now. Once and for all.”
According to Vice President of the National Rifle Association (NRA) Lt. Col. Willes Lee (US Army ret.), that speech didn’t stop a lot of gun owners from coming out to participate in a gun show in Pennsylvania.
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Elon Musk Reacts After US Shoots Down 3rd Mysterious Flying Object
Twitter boss Elon Musk recently made a tweet and asked his 128 million followers on Twitter to not worry about flying objects. The Tesla CEO was reacting to the United States shooting down a series of unidentified objects.
In his tweet, Musk wrote, “Don’t worry, just some of my Alien friends of mine stopping by …” The billionaire opted for an alien and UFO emoji in the tweet for added effect.
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Face Masks Made ‘Little to No Difference’ In Preventing Spread of COVID, Scientific Review Finds
The stance by the Centers for Disease and Control Prevention (CDC) on face masks has taken many twists and turns throughout the COVID pandemic.
After initially claiming face coverings weren’t necessary, the CDC changed course in April 2020, calling on all Americans — even children as young as 2 years old — to mask up.
That September, then-CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield said during a Senate hearing that “face masks are the most important powerful health tool we have,” even suggesting that they might offer more protection than vaccines.
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House GOP Investigates Wuhan Lab, COVID Origins
House Republican lawmakers on Monday requested that senior officials with the Biden administration provide them with information related to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, along with House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., announced the document requests in a press release.
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Hundreds of people, including several state lawmakers, crammed into Wabash Church in Enumclaw, Washington, Thursday night, to demand answers from state and county officials about a high-level sex offender who has moved into the community without notice after being released from McNeil Island.
Last month it was revealed that Washington state Democrats are releasing Level-3 sex offenders from McNeil Island, called “the worst of the worst” by the federal government. This group of offenders includes convicted pedophiles that are likely to re-offend.
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Microsoft and OpenAI Vow to Implement “Safeguards” to Address “Misinformation”
For decades, Microsoft was unable to “reinvent” the browser, sticking to its obsolete Internet Explorer until it got replaced by Edge, based on Google’s Chromium.
But now, according to the tech dinosaur, it is nothing less than “reinventing” both Bing, its search engine, and Edge, by making them “AI-powered.” It is an undertaking Microsoft is carrying out together with OpenAI.
Microsoft is a major investor (the figure reportedly runs into billions) in OpenAI, an artificial intelligence lab, so it’s no surprise they would be partnering to “innovate.”
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New York City Pedestrians Struck, Dragged by U-Haul Driver; NYPD Bomb Squad on Scene
U-Haul driver in custody after Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, rampage
A man driving a U-Haul “went on a rampage” in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Monday morning, according to a New York City councilman.
The New York City Police Department confirmed that at least four people were injured, but there conditions are still unknown.
A male suspect was taken into custody at Hamilton Ave and Columbia St., police said.
The suspect “was just apprehended in Sunset Park,” Councilman Justin Brannan tweeted. “Several people were hit and badly injured. We have no idea of motives at this time, but this wasn’t an accident.”
NYPD’s bomb squad is at the scene to check the truck for possible explosives.
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Law enforcement sources reportedly told the New York Post the individual in custody is known to authorities stemming from a prior EDP [emotionally disturbed person] incident from 2019.
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The Knight First Amendment Institute and five gun owners’ associations filed an amicus brief at the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in support of a lawsuit challenging a provision in New York’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act that would require applicants to provide the government with a list of their social media accounts.
We obtained a copy of the brief for you here.
The amicus brief argues that the requirement would have a chilling effect on the free speech of applicants for concealed carry permits. The law would require them to provide the state government with a list of social media accounts they have used in the last three years, including pseudonymous accounts.
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No, Not Aliens, Clarifies US as Mystery Over Objects Being Shot Down Grows
The White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday (local time) said that there was no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity after the United States shot down a series of unidentified objects over North American airspace this month.
Speaking in a press briefing, she said, “I just wanted to make sure we address this from the White House: I know there have been questions and concerns about this but there is no again, no indication of aliens or extra-terrestrial activity with these recent takedowns.”
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Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, said Monday that he’s “horrified” by the Norfolk Southern train derailment earlier this month in East Palestine, warning that many questions remain unanswered after a controlled release of toxic chemicals shrouded the town in thick plumes of black smoke.
About 50 cars, including several carrying vinyl chloride, derailed on the evening of Feb. 3 due to a broken axle.
Three days after the derailment, authorities decided to burn off the toxic gases to avoid an explosion, sending hydrogen chloride and phosgene, a toxic chemical used as a weapon in World War I, into the air.
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Ohio Train Traveled 20 Miles With Fiery Axle Before Derailing, Footage Shows
The freight train that derailed earlier this month near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and turned into a smoldering, days-long HAZMAT situation traveled at least 20 miles beforehand with an axle that appeared to be on fire, security camera footage shows.
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Ohio Residents See Dead Fish, Chickens Following Toxic Chemical Spill From Train Derailment
While residents in East Palestine, Ohio have been allowed to return to their homes following a train derailment earlier this month which released toxic chemicals, they have come back to find fish dead in rivers and creeks, and the smell of chemicals lingering in the air. After the spill, officials set the chemicals on fire as a means of disposing of them.
Initial reports stated that five of the derailed train cars carried vinyl chloride, a colorless gas used to make PVC plastics. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the exposure limit for workers is 1 part per million over an 8-hour shift. The National Cancer Institute states that exposure to vinyl chloride comes with an increased risk of rare liver cancer as well as brain and lung cancers, lymphoma, and leukemia.
New reports have revealed though that three additional chemicals were on the derailed Norfolk Southern train.
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Residents Report Animals Dying After Toxic Chemical Spill in Ohio
After the “controlled” vent and burn of toxic chemicals following a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, residents as far as 15 km away are reporting that animals are falling ill and dying.
“I live just north of this area. It’s bad,” said one anonymous Ohio woman on Twitter. “People are losing chickens and other pets. The streams are full of dead fish and frogs. If it’s in the creeks, it’s certainly in the water table. Many people in this area have wells.”
On Feb 3, a total of 50 train cars derailed and caught fire near the town of 4,800. Twenty of the 141 cars were classified as carrying hazardous materials, and 14 of those were carrying chemical vinyl chloride, a colourless gas used to make PVC plastics.
According to the National Cancer Institute, exposure to vinyl chloride can increase the risk of developing liver, brain and lung cancers, as well as lymphoma and leukemia. Short-term symptoms of vinyl chloride toxicity include headaches, dizziness and unclear vision.
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The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene set up a “Misinformation Response Unit” to monitor what it would determine to be “dangerous misinformation” posted on social media, non-US sites, and non-English media in the US.
This “misinformation” mostly had to do with Covid vaccination — the Department was determined to drive vaccination rates up by spreading its word, and in this gathered over 100 partners whose job was to craft positive messaging around the controversial subject.
Among those the dedicated new unit is working with is Public Good Projects, otherwise known for receiving funding from a lobbying group representing two major Covid vaccine manufacturers, Pfizer and Moderna.
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Truck Plows Into Multiple Pedestrians in NYC: ‘This Wasn’t an Accident’
Multiple people have been struck by a U-Haul truck on the streets of New York City in a seemingly intentional attack, according to reports.
The vehicle allegedly mowed down several people on Monday.
WABC is reporting that the incident happened around 11 a.m. local time at three locations in the Bay Ridge neighborhood in Brooklyn.
The driver reportedly fled the scene.
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U.S. senators on Tuesday will be privy to a classified briefing on the matter of objects getting shot out of the skies above North America.
A Senate aide told reporters about the all-senators classified briefing meeting on Monday, saying the meeting would be held at 10 a.m. the next day.
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Unvaccinated New York Teachers Had Their Fingerprints Sent to the FBI
Employees of the New York City Department of Education who refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 had their fingerprints and files sent to the New York Criminal Justice Services and the FBI, a legal filing alleges.
New York City had a vaccine mandate for employees of the Department of Education that required them to be fully vaccinated by September 2, 2022. By mid-September, about 1,950 employees had been fired for refusing to get the vaccines.
Those who refused to get vaccinated also had a “problem code” added to their personnel file.
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US Military’s First Shot at Unknown Octagonal Object Over Lake Huron Missed, Officials Say
The U.S. military jet that downed an unknown object in the Michigan sky on Sunday missed on its first attempt over Lake Huron, officials told Fox News.
The Air Force F-16 jet was using Sidewinder missiles to attack the target.
“The first Sidewinder heat-seeking missile missed the target,” one official said.
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Voter’s Remorse? Musk Tweets Possible Regret About Voting for Biden
WASHINGTON (TND) — Erratic billionaire Elon Musk drew headlines in November 2022 when he tweeted his support for Republicans in the midterm election. He drew more attention from the world of political Twitter on Monday when he revealed in a tweet that he voted for President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential campaign.
Musk, the owner and for-now CEO of Twitter, made the revelation responding to a tweet by user @VincentCrypt46, an account that appears to mainly post and share right-wing conspiracy theories, which featured a Tiktok video of a woman holding a sign saying, “Just because I voted for Biden doesn’t mean I’m stupid.”
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And there you were thinking things couldn’t get any more insane.
Now America is shooting down UFO’s.
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A Milwaukee man who was released on a $250 bond after allegedly attacking and strangling the mother of his children was sentenced to life in prison after fatally shooting the woman just seven months later.
Dequan McMillon, 28, was found guilty last month of first-degree intentional homicide of 23-year-old Brittany Meyer, Fox 6 Milwaukee reported. He was sentenced last week to life in prison.
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5 Canadian Teens Died Suddenly in Sleep in Past Month
Five Canadian teenagers have tragically died suddenly in their sleep during the past month, according to reports.
The teens were all aged between 17 and 19 years old.
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Campus Watch: White Students Not Invited to UBC “Decolonial Dialogues”
White students were excluded from “Decolonial Dialogues” events at the University of British Columbia (UBC) amid organizers wanting to create a “safe space” for those who are Indigenous, black and persons of colour.
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Canada’s Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre Says No to Digital ID
The leader of the Canadian Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre, said that if he were to be elected Prime Minister, he would not impose digital IDs. He made the comment on a campaign trail in Windsor, Ontario.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government announced its federal Digital Identity Program last August.
“And to answer your question, I will never allow the government to impose a digital ID,” Poilievre said.
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Charges Dropped Against Senior Arrested for Not Wearing a Mask on Westjet Flight
Prosecutors have dropped charges against a 76-year-old senior with respiratory issues who was arrested after WestJet reported him to the police for not wearing a mask while on a flight last year.
In June 2022, Alec Bialski was arrested by Calgary Police upon landing after the flight crew cited him for not complying with mandatory mask requirements.
He was charged under the Canadian Aviation Regulations for not complying with the mandate after he took off his mask to take sleeping pills.
After departing the plane, he was arrested by police and marched through the airport and held in detention despite having recently undergone a double hip replacement.
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Majority Oppose MAID Expansion to Mentally Ill: Poll
A slim majority of Canadians oppose the Trudeau government’s plan to offer assisted dying to patients with incurable mental illness, according to a new poll.
The release comes two weeks after Justice Minister David Lametti announced the Liberal government will delay MAID expansion until 2024.
The Angus Reid poll released on Monday shows 51% of respondents said they oppose the expansion of medical assistance in dying (MAID) to Canadians whose sole condition is mental illness.
Meanwhile, 31% support it and 18% signalled that they don’t know or aren’t sure.
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Vancouver Moves to Axe Single-Use Beverage Cup Fee
Building on Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s pledge to axe the city’s 25 cent single-use cup fee, councillors have brought forward a motion to repeal the bylaw by June 1, 2023.
First introduced in January 2022, the bylaw requires residents pay $0.25 on single-use beverage containers.
In a motion before City Council, Councillor Rebecca Bligh is arguing that the policy hasn’t been effective in accomplishing its objectives, which included changing consumer behaviour and reducing landfill waste.
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EU workers are protesting being moved to a crime-prone neighborhood in Brussels, but one Brussels politician snapped back during a closed-door meeting, saying that EU workers and politicians enjoy doing drugs anyway. Therefore, they should have no objections about being in a neighborhood known for its bustling drug trade.
“A lot of people working for the European institutions take drugs,” said Pascal Smet, who serves as secretary of state for urban planning and European and international relations in the Brussels region. He made the comment on Jan. 23 during a meeting with the European Commission’s Office for Infrastructure and Logistics in Brussels (OIB), which oversees housing for EU staff.
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Belgium: Extinction Rebellion Blocks Brussels Airport Private Jet Terminal
About 40 activists from Extinction Rebellion blocked the private jet terminal at Brussels Airport on Monday morning, Belga News Agency reports.
The activists plastered messages on the terminal’s windows and chained themselves to the entrance. Their action is part of the international “Make them pay” campaign, which aims to enforce substantial taxes on the most frequent users of air travel and to ban private flights.
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Belgium: Activists Deface Engie Headquarters in Brussels
The facade of French energy supplier Engie’s headquarters on Boulevard Simon Bolivar in Brussels was vandalised on Monday evening by environmental activists, RTBF reports. Activists threw paint at the building and wrote “profiteer of misery” in response to rising energy prices.
The act has been claimed by activists from a group called “Étoile Noire” (Black Star), which claims to campaign in favour of collective management of national resources and opposes privatisation. The group has focused its efforts on energy provider Engie, which it accuses of making indecent profits against the backdrop of the current energy crisis.
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Bill Gates Pushes Disturbing Plan to Fight ‘Digital Misinformation’
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is pushing a disturbing dystopian plan to fight so-called “digital misinformation” and “political polarization” online.
Speaking during a new podcast interview with German news media outlet Handelsblatt, Gates argues that artificial intelligence (AI) should be used to police the speech of humans on the Internet.
When asked about “political polarization” and “misinformation,” Gates gave the Jan. 6 as an example, which he referred to as an “attack” against the Capitol.
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EU Handing $3.5 Million to George Soros’ Open Society Foundation
The European Union has confirmed that it is handing over $3.5 million to George Soros’ Open Society Foundation.
Vera Jourova, the vice president of the European Commission, has confirmed that it is providing over $3.5 million in funding to the Open Society Foundation in order to aid its campaign efforts.
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EU Parliament is One of the ‘World’s Corrupt Organizations, ‘ Says Hungarian Foreign Minister
The European Parliament is a corrupt organization lacking in credibility following its recent corruption scandals, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjartó has claimed.
In an interview with the Kossuth radio station on Sunday, the Hungarian government minister said, “Very few of the decisions, statements, and resolutions of the European Parliament have in fact helped Europe.
“The credibility of the European Parliament is practically zero, the latest corruption issues have clearly shown that we are speaking about one of the world’s most corrupt organizations.”
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EU to Dispatch ‘Disinformation Experts’ All Over the World
Brussels is gearing up for a global propaganda war. The bluster with which the EU introduced the new name for its censorship bodes ill. It’s no longer about truth or lies, but rather about the intentions that are assumed of those who report facts.
In future, it will no longer be enough for the EU to censor and silence undesirable alternative media only in its own area of responsibility. In the future, the EU also wants to fight unwelcome opinions and competing media in the rest of the world.
To this end, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has announced that he intends to use alleged “disinformation experts” in EU offices around the world. Their task would be fighting Russian and Chinese spreaders of alleged “fake news”.
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Germany: Left-Wing Activists Protest Against Construction of New Mosque in Wuppertal
Left-wing activists held a demonstration on Wednesday against the local government’s plans to construct a new mosque in the German city of Wuppertal.
A group of around 50 supporters from the far-left Autonomous Center opposed the plans in a protest outside a closed-door meeting of the Elberfeld District Council.
The proposal would see the demolition of a municipal building which has been occupied by the Autonomous Center for almost three decades, in order to build a €30 million mosque in a run-down area of the western German city.
In addition to the Islamic prayer center, the city administration wants to build a daycare center for children, a senior citizens’ center and a student accommodation. The council project is in collaboration with the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB), a controversial Islamist organization with links to the Turkish government, and protesters believe the move would see DITIB gain too much influence in the local community.
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Germany: Left Wing Support Collapses After Berlin Re-Runs Election Over ‘Errors’
Support for left-wing parties has collapsed in Berlin after elections were re-run in the city on Sunday over “errors” in the previous ballot.
An election re-run in the German capital of Berlin has seen support for the political right surge, with the centrist Christian Democratic Union (CDU) seeing a seismic ten-point rise over the previous ballot.
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Google Launches ‘Prebunking’ Campaign in Germany to Fight ‘Misinformation’
Google is preparing to launch a new “prebunking campaign” in Germany, claiming its purpose is to educate people about the damaging effects of online “misinformation.”
AP News reports that tech giant Google has announced plans to release a collection of “prebunking” videos to teach Germans how to recognize false information before they come across it. The videos will be promoted on websites like Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok. A similar campaign is also in the works in India.
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Honor-Related Child Abductions on the Rise in Sweden
At least 916 children have been abducted and taken out of Sweden in the last five years, the majority of which are understood to be honor-related abductions by family members traveling back to Islamic countries, research conducted by broadcaster SVT has revealed.
The country’s foreign ministry has only been producing statistics on how many people are abducted or unlawfully detained in another country since 2018, and since then, 1,151 cases have been recorded, 916 of which have been children.
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Hungary Has One of Central Europe’s Most Potent Armies, New Study Shows
Prior to the successive conservative governments of Viktor Orban starting in 2010, the Hungarian army was lagging behind most of its regional peers. Now, the country has made huge strides in developing its military, the latest study has shown.
According to the Global Firepower (GFP) 2023 index, which is widely cited in international forums, Hungary now has the 20th most capable army in Europe. Only Romania (16th) and the Czech Republic (17th) have a greater military capacity in the Central European region.
Globally, there has also been a positive trend. In 2017, Hungary’s military was ranked 63rd out of the 100 countries surveyed; last year it was 56th; and this year it is 54th. Serbia, Slovakia, Croatia, Austria, Slovenia, and Bulgaria are now among the countries ranking behind Hungary.
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Meloni’s Precarious Balancing Act Between the Will of Her People and That of Brussels
It seems that Brussels and Berlin are trying to put everyone they can through the wringer, and now it’s Giorgia Meloni’s turn. The new Italian prime minister was in Berlin last week to meet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and what was said after the talks was, to put it mildly, a nuanced take on Meloni’s previous message during her election campaign.
Meloni suggested that immigration quotas should be set up as part of the fight against illegal migration. This was glaringly similar to the EU statement later in the week, which called for greater protection of the EU’s external borders and yet still insisted on migrant distribution quotas among member states.
Where is the tough election rhetoric that got Meloni into power in September’s election, when she called for much stronger and more decisive action on illegal migration? She is now being accused of “muddying the waters,” and while she has not yet completely U-turned on illegal migration, a half-turn has already been made.
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Poland and Slovakia Partner to Build Border Sections of Via Carpatia Highway
Polish and Slovakian national road agencies signed an agreement on the construction of two sections of Expressway S19 on both sides of the border, as part of the Via Carpatia route.
The Via Carpatia project envisions the construction of a highway that runs through Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Greece. The project gained special importance following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, as it became clear that such a route would be extremely helpful in transporting Ukrainian grain to European and global markets.
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Portugal: Thousands of Children Abused by Catholic Clergy
Members of the Portuguese Catholic Church sexually abused at least 4,815 children over the past 70 years, a commission investigating the issue said in its final report on Monday.
The Portuguese inquiry, commissioned by the church in the staunchly Catholic country, published the results of its investigation after hearing from more than 500 victims.
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Right-Wing Coalition Storms to Victory in Key Italian Regional Elections
Italy’s right-wing government received a resounding endorsement from the electorate on Monday as conservative coalition parties secured victory in the key Lazio and Lombardy regional elections.
In the first electoral test for Giorgia Meloni’s administration since coming to power in September last year, her coalition of right-wing parties secured more than half of the vote share in the two most important regions of the country.
Initial reporting suggests the right has comfortably retained control of the Lombardy regional government, home to the country’s financial capital of Milan. However, Meloni’s governing coalition also seized control of Lazio from the center-left, which covers the capital of Rome. The two regions account for more than a quarter of Italy’s population and generate a third of the country’s economic output.
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UK PM Sunak: Fighters on Standby to Shoot Down Chinese Ballons Intruding on British Airspace
The UK Defence Ministry is launching a security review into the possibility of Chinese spy balloons over the United Kingdom, meanwhile, the Prime Minister reassures the public that the nation’s rapid reaction force is on standby 24 hours a day to deal with aerial threats.
Balloon panic has reached the United Kingdom after a string of remarkable shoot-downs of ‘UFOs’ over North America in the past week, with high-altitude balloons generally credited as Chinese spycraft destroyed over U.S. and Canadian territory. Now questions are being asked in London over whether the UK has ever been the target of a Chinese spy balloon — a redundant effort, perhaps, given the advanced state of Chinese influence in the country already — with top government figures moving to reassure the public they are safe from balloons.
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Ben Wallace is said to have asked the Treasury for a major budget boost to meet the country’s spiralling military commitments.
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The heartbroken family of transgender girl Brianna Ghey, who was stabbed to death in a Warrington park, said today the tragedy had left ‘a massive hole’ in their lives.
A tribute from her grieving relatives said she had been ‘strong, fearless and one of a kind’.
Officers have arrested a local boy and girl, both 15, on suspicion of murder. They are currently in custody assisting police with their investigation.
Police say they do not believe it is ‘hate crime’ or related to the fact Brianna was transgender.
Brianna’s family said: ‘Brianna was a much-loved daughter, granddaughter, and baby sister.
‘She was a larger-than-life character who would leave a lasting impression on all that met her. Brianna was beautiful, witty and hilarious. Brianna was strong, fearless and one of a kind.
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Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange staged a “night carnival” Saturday evening in London to demand his release from prison.
Around 2,000 supporters from the Don’t Extradite Assange Campaign met at Lincoln’s Inn Fields near Holborn and marched past Parliament Square. Campaigners were seen carrying lanterns and posters displaying messages in support of Assange, while a carnival drum group marched behind them.
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Days After PM Steps Down, Moldova Accuses Russia of Plotting to Topple Government
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s President outlined Monday what she described as a plot by Moscow to use external saboteurs to overthrow her country’s government, put the nation “at the disposal of Russia” and derail its aspirations to one day join the European Union.
President Maia Sandu’s briefing comes a week after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country had intercepted plans by Russian secret services to destroy Moldova, claims that were later confirmed by Moldovan intelligence officials.
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Elon Musk on Sunday lashed out at a former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly over restrictions Starlink recently made in Ukraine over worries their service could contribute to the war’s escalation.
SpaceX said in recent weeks that Ukraine can’t use its Starlink internet service for military drones, such as to pilot drones, and has taken steps to prevent this, per Reuters.
Kelly tagged Musk in a tweet on Saturday, asking him to “restore the full functionality” of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites in Ukraine. Although SpaceX has limited Ukraine’s ability to use Starlink for some military purposes, such as the drones Ukraine is believed to have used against Russian bases, the service appears to still be used for many military purposes as well as for commercial use.
“Defense from a genocidal invasion is not an offensive capability. It’s survival. Innocent lives will be lost. You can help,” Kelly, a Democratic senator from Arizona, tweeted.
Musk told Kelly he was smart enough to “not swallow media & other propaganda bs.” He called Starlink the “communication backbone” of Ukraine, “especially at the frontlines.”
“But we will not enable escalation of conflict that may lead to WW3,” Musk added.
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NATO Chief: Ukraine Using Ammunition Faster Than West Can Make it
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned Monday that Ukraine is using up ammunition far faster than its allies can provide it and putting pressure on Western defense industries, just as Russia ramps up its military offensive.
“The war in Ukraine is consuming an enormous amount of munitions and depleting allied stockpiles,” Stoltenberg said. “The current rate of Ukraine’s ammunition expenditure is many times higher than our current rate of production. This puts our defense industries under strain.”
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Russian Forces Bombard Ukraine’s Bakhmut in Apparent Start of Major Offensive
KYIV, Feb 13 (Reuters) — The eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut endured heavy artillery fire on Monday in what the NATO chief said appeared to be the start of a major new Russian offensive days before the first anniversary of Moscow’s invasion.
Ukrainian defenders, who have already held out for months, were braced for new ground attacks, Ukrainian military officials said.
Positions in Bakhmut have been fortified and only people with a military role were being allowed in, a deputy battalion commander said. Any civilians who still wanted to leave the city would have to brave the incoming fire, he said.
Bakhmut is a prime objective for Russian President Vladimir Putin and its capture would give Russia a new foothold in the Donetsk region and a rare victory after several months of setbacks. Donetsk and Luhansk regions make up the Donbas, Ukraine’s industrial heartland, now partially occupied by Russia which wants full control.
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Ukraine: Berlusconi Throws a Curveball
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has sharply criticized Ukrainian President Zelensky. Zelensky is responsible for the war and the “devastation” in Ukraine. That’s why he judges “this gentleman very, very negatively”.
Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (86) blamed Ukraine for the war with Russia. If Ukrainian President Zelenskyy (45) had stopped the attacks on the two “autonomous people’s republics in Donbass”, there would not have been a war.
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WWIII Has Already Begun, Says French Historian Emmanuel Todd
World War III has already begun, according to one of France’s leading intellectuals, Emmanuel Todd, who argues that the proxy war taking place in Ukraine is existential for both the United States and Russia.
Tood, an anthropologist, sociologist, and historian who currently works in France’s National Institute of Demographic Studies, spoke to Le Figaro, one of the most influential newspapers in the country, saying: “Biden must hurry now. America is fragile, and the resistance of the Russian economy is pushing the U.S. imperial system toward the abyss.”
“It is evident that the conflict, initially a limited territorial war, has evolved into a global economic confrontation between the whole West on one side, and Russia, backed by China, on the other. It has become a world war,” Todd said.
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Breaking: China Claims US Sent More Than 10 Spy Balloons Into Country’s Airspace
On Monday, a Chinese official stated that more than 10 high-altitude balloons from the US have flown into China’s airspace over the last year without the country’s permission. The US has denied these allegations.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said in a Monday briefing that “It is also common for US balloons to illegally enter the airspace of other countries. Since last year, US high-altitude balloons have illegally flown over China’s airspace more than 10 times without the approval of Chinese authorities.”
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‘The Only Solution’: Yale Prof Suggests Mass Suicide for Elderly in Japan
Yale University professor Yusuke Narita is suggesting mass suicide for elderly people in Japan, according to a report by the New York Times. The professor is now backtracking, claiming that his in-depth discussion of mass suicide is “an abstract metaphor.”
“I feel like the only solution is pretty clear,” Narita, an assistant professor of economics at Yale. “In the end, isn’t it mass suicide and mass ‘seppuku’ of the elderly?”
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A secret underground bunker filled with high-powered rifles and a shooting range has been uncovered by police after a tip-off led them to the weapons stronghold in Perth.
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Qld mum has conceded she caused the death of her two young daughters by leaving them inside a hot car for hours, after murder charges against her were downgraded.
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Afghan Boat Migrants Placed in English School Arrested for Raping Girl
Four Afghans, supposedly minors, who arrived in Britain by boat have been arrested after a girl was raped at the school they were placed in.
The Afghans arrived in the United Kingdom last year and are believed to have attended the same school as the 15-year-old victim in Dover, a port city on the front line of the Channel migrant crisis, The Times reports
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Americans Increasingly Concerned About Amount of Immigrants Entering Nation: Poll
Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they’re dissatisfied with the current levels of immigration into the nation, a new national poll indicates.
Sixty-three percent of respondents said they were somewhat dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with the level of immigration into the country, according to numbers released by Gallup on Monday.
The survey indicates that 28% say they’re satisfied with immigration levels, a drop of six percentage points from last year and the lowest level in a decade.
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An elderly Arizona rancher charged with murder and held on $1 million bond in connection to the shooting of a man believed to be a Mexican national on his border property, allegedly fired “warning shots” after an armed group “pointed an AK-47 right at him,” his defense attorney says.
George Alan Kelly, 73, who is charged with first-degree, premeditated murder in the Jan. 30 shooting of a man whom authorities believe to be 48-year-old Gabriel Cuen-Butimea, based on the Mexican voter registration card he carried, had completed chores on his ranch near Kino Springs earlier that day and came to his house to have lunch with his wife when he heard a single gunshot as they ate, Kelly’s court-appointed attorney, Brenna Larkin, wrote in a recent court filing obtained by Fox News Digital.
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Clare Moseley fell for Tunisian Mohamed Bajjar, 27, but the migrant reportedly poured petrol around Care4Calais’ HQ after their relationship ended
A MARRIED charity boss who had a secret fling with a migrant toyboy lover while working at the Calais Jungle has stepped back from her role due to ill-health after the refugee reportedly tried to burn down her organisation’s HQ.
Clare Moseley fell for Tunisian Mohamed Bajjar, 27, after meeting him at the migrant camp in her role as founder of Care4Calais.
We revealed earlier this year that Clare, 46, set up a secret love nest with the conman.
She had boasted publicly of her charity’s zero-tolerance policy on sex with migrants, while shacking up with Bajjar — who had been posing as a Syrian to sneak into Britain.
But now reports have emerged that earlier this month Bajjar broke into the Care4Calais warehouse in northern France and poured petrol around the building in an apparent act of revenge after their relationship ended.
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Four teenagers who arrived in the UK on small boats as asylum seekers have been arrested in connection with an alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl in Dover.
The attack took place at a school in Kent and involved Afghan boys who arrived unaccompanied last year.
Kent police confirmed they were investigating the incident and said that the four boys had been released on bail while inquiries continued.
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Four Teenage Asylum Seekers Arrested for Alleged Rape of Fellow Pupil at English School
Four teenage asylum seekers have been arrested in connection with the rape of a 15-year-old girl at an unnamed school in Kent, England.
The alleged attack occurred on Monday, Feb. 6, at a school in Dover where the four suspects reportedly attended school with the victim.
It is understood that one of the suspects raped the girl while the other three boys pinned her down and kept a “lookout,” a source close to the case told The Times newspaper.
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France: Homeowners Find Dead Man on Their Balcony After Fight Between Migrant Gangs
Homeowners discovered the body of a man who apparently sought shelter on their balcony after being stabbed during a nearby confrontation last week in France, according to reports.
The horrifying incident unfolded on the afternoon of February 5 in Besançon, capital of the Doubs department in Eastern France.
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Germany to Issue Visas to Hundreds of Thousands of Turkish and Syrian Earthquake Survivors
The German government has announced it will immediately issue entry visas to all those affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria who have relatives in Germany.
“It is a matter of helping those in need. We want to make it possible for Turkish or Syrian families in Germany to bring their close relatives from the disaster region unbureaucratically so that they can find shelter with us and receive medical treatment,” Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) told the BILD newspaper. The costs are apparently to be borne by the taxpayer.
“With regular visas that are issued quickly and are valid for three months. We will make this possible together with the Foreign Office,” the SPD politician stressed.
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Residents of Chicago’s South Side, home to the city’s poorest neighborhoods, are outraged as Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot spends millions housing newly arrived border crossers in an abandoned school.
Earlier this month, Lightfoot’s administration began housing border crossers in Wadsworth Elementary School — an abandoned school that sits in the city’s Woodlawn neighborhood. The school was closed a decade ago after the community tried to save it.
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‘The Asylum System Has Failed’ — Austrian Chancellor Slams EU’s Migrant and Border Security Policy
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has threatened to block the joint final asylum declaration of the heads of government at this week’s EU summit over what he says is the bloc’s inability to protect Europe’s external borders.
Nehammer told German newspaper Die Welt that if a “clear and unequivocal commitment to strengthen external border protection and to deploy corresponding financial resources from the EU budget” is not achieved, Austria will not be able to support the final declaration of the European Council.
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Fifteen people have been arrested following violent scenes outside an English hotel housing migrants that left three people, including a police officer, with minor injuries.
The incident occurred on Friday evening outside the Suites Hotel in Knowsley, near Liverpool. An initial protest by concerned residents over the behavior of one of the hotel’s occupants was reportedly hijacked by individuals who authorities say only wanted to cause trouble.
Projectiles including fireworks were launched at police equipped with riot gear, and a police vehicle was set on fire. A counter-demonstration by the pro-refugee activist group Care 4 Calais further inflamed tensions.
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A trans-identified male in Montana has been sentenced to five years’ probation after being convicted of the abuse of a physically and mentally disabled girlfriend, reports Reduxx.
Serenity Alana Mann, 34, was sentenced in a Montana court last week in relation to domestic violence charges after repeatedly strangling a former partner, a woman who was said to be particularly vulnerable due to an existing disability and a previous traumatic brain injury. Mann had threatened to harm her if she went to police about the abuse she was enduring.
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Canada: Durham School Trustee Censured for Supposed Transphobia
The Durham District School Board (DDSB) recently censured and barred trustee Linda Stone from all committee assignments after several tweets the trustee posted that questioned gender identity and the potential risk of puberty blockers.
Several DDSB trustees complained that trustee Stone was raising issues that are unacceptable, like criticizing the introduction of Critical Race Theory in schools and the DDSB’s broad acceptance of gender ideology.
The board initially launched an investigation of Stone in February of 2022, but the investigation was cancelled after Stone resigned her seat in May 2022. However, the investigation was relaunched after Stone was re-elected in Durham’s October 2022 municipal elections.
Of the many comments and posts of Stone’s that the DDSB censured, one included re-tweeting Jordan Peterson and the account “Libs of TikTok” that questioned the meaning of the term “cisnormativity.”
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He Gets Us Responds to AOC’s Attack on Christian Super Bowl Ads
The group behind two commercials promoting the Christian faith that aired during the Super Bowl responded Monday to a series of attacks from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and others who took issue with advertisements promoting Jesus as a role model.
“Our research shows that many people’s only exposure to Jesus is through Christians who reflect him imperfectly, and too often in ways that create a distorted or incomplete picture of his radical compassion and love for others,” He Gets Us spokesperson Jason Vanderground told Fox News Digital when asked to respond to ongoing attacks. “We believe it’s more important now than ever for the real, authentic Jesus to be represented in the public marketplace as he is in the Bible.”
He Gets Us, a campaign touting itself as a “movement to reintroduce people to the Jesus of the Bible and his confounding love and forgiveness,” aired two advertisement spots during Sunday night’s Super Bowl.
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Johns Hopkins Backs Maryland Bill to Fund Child Sex Changes, Face and Tracheal Surgeries
In a recent email sent to staff, Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine stated their support of a Maryland bill that would expand the types of “medically necessary gender-affirming treatments” covered by the state’s Medicaid program, including puberty blockers for children.
“Last year, Johns Hopkins Medicine provided written and oral testimony in support of a similar bill introduced last year but did not pass in the Maryland House,” the email states. “JHM will be submitting written testimony in support of the proposed legislation.”
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National Archives Apologizes After Telling Visitors to Cover Pro-Life Clothes to See Bill of Rights
Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
The National Archives on Friday apologized for telling visitors that they must cover up or remove their pro-life attire while being in the chamber where the original copy of the Bill Of Rights is on display.
“As the home to the original Constitution and Bill of Rights, which enshrine the rights of free speech and religion, we sincerely apologize for this occurrence,” said the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), which maintains the National Archives Museum in Washington.
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Spanish Populists Call for More Pro-Family Policy, Less Promoting Abortion
A member of the Spanish populist party VOX in the region of Andalusia has called for more pro-family policies and for the government to promote abortion less.
Mercedes Rodriguez Tamayo, who serves as a deputy in the Andalusia regional parliament, slammed the government for trivializing abortion and the approval of a law she said eliminates the ability of a woman to reflect on whether or not she wants to proceed with an abortion.
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by Daniel Greenfield
In 2020, the Air Force conducted a classified war game which showed Communist China launching a biological attack and then invading Taiwan.
And we lost.
“At that point the trend in our war games was not just that we were losing, but we were losing faster,” Air Force Lt. Gen. S. Clinton Hinote stated.
With abysmal readiness rates that have an average of only 7 out of 10 planes operational, and down to 50% for the F-22 stealth fighter, 50% for the CV-22 Osprey and 40% for the B-1 Lancer, the Air Force isn’t even trying to win a possible war, but it’s fighting one for pronouns.
Gina Ortiz Jones, a two-time losing congressional candidate who wasted millions before being appointed by Biden as Air Force Undersecretary, declared that adding pronouns to the emails of air force personnel will make them “a more inclusive force”.
“An inclusive force is a mission-ready force,” she contended, all evidence to the contrary.
This proposal was cheered by Lt. Col. Bree (Bryan) Fram, LIT Transgender Policy Team co-lead. He describes himself as a “Rocket Scientist, Author, Advocate, Nerd”. Warrior does not make the list. But he was in attendance when Biden signed the Disrespect for Marriage Act, abolishing religious freedom and marriage.
“The use of correct pronouns is an easy way to show care and respect,” Mr. Fram insisted.
It’s a short hop from pronouns being voluntary to becoming mandatory…
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Wales: State-Subsidised Transgenderism: Free Tampons in Men’s Bathroom
The Welsh parliament has begun distributing free tampons in the men’s bathrooms, a report on Saturday has claimed.
Women’s sanitary products, including tampons, are now being offered free of charge in the men’s bathrooms of the Welsh Parliament, The Telegraph has reported.
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Sold fake covid certificates – now he is a doctor in Åland
12 February 2023
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Doctor Farshid Sistani, 36, sold fake covid certificates in Sweden, was convicted and lost his medical license. But now he is making a successful career in Finland, under the name Joseph Sistani.
For some reason, he has obtained a medical license in Finland and is employed by the Åland Health Service.
However, it is now being investigated whether he should be fired, Åland Radio reports.
It was an alert patient who reported the doctor after recognising him from images on Google.
– I found extremely serious information about a doctor who looked like my doctor in the photo, with the same surname, born in the same year and from the same area in Sweden. Prison sentence among other things.
Then I understood that this is not good, says the patient to Ålands radio.