A gunman named Anthony McRae entered the campus of Michigan State University yesterday and opened fire in two different buildings, killing three people and seriously wounding five others. He then left campus and killed himself in a different location. Mr. McRae was known to police for previous firearms offenses. He was a black man, although that fact was left out of many media reports on the incident. President Biden said that the tragedy underscored the need for stricter federal gun control.
In other news, authorities in Arizona issued orders for evacuation and shelter-in-place after a tractor trailer overturned on a freeway in Tuscon, releasing deadly nitric acid.
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Canadians Borrowing More to Keep Up With Day-to-Day Expenses
The number of Canadians struggling to keep up with day-to-day expenses and going into debt to sustain their families continues to increase since the beginning of the pandemic, according to a recently released federal government research report.
The report Consumer Vulnerability: Evidence from the Monthly COVID-19 Financial Well-being Survey found that four out of ten Canadians (38%) say they are having to borrow money in order to keep up with their expenses, a 32% increase from August 2020.
Also, more than three times more Canadians say they have sought a loan from a payday loan company or online lender to manage their daily expenses. Nearly five percent of Canadians have sought these services.
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Inflation Rose 6.4% in January
The consumer price index (CPI) rose 6.4% in January on an annual basis, hotter than expected, but remained steady compared to last month.
The latest read presents more challenges for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell who has hinted that disinflation is underway.
Still, elevated costs for everyday staples remain stubbornly high.
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Retirees Lost 10% of Their Savings in 2022, Survey Says
A year of high inflation and market volatility delivered a hit to retirees’ nest eggs, a new survey shows.
So far in 2023, average retirees have $21,000 less in savings than they did in the beginning of 2022, according to a survey by Clever Real Estate. The loss marked a 10% drop from an average savings of $191,659 to $170,726. The share of retirees with nothing saved increased from 30% to 37%, the survey said.
Many retirees (83%) say inflation has impacted their retirement savings. And overall economic conditions have left many retirees without the recommended amount in savings to live a comfortable retirement, according to experts.
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Universal Income Programs Spreading Across US: ‘I Know What Our People Need’
Low-income people and families are receiving up to $1,000 per month from dozens of cities and counties under universal basic income (UBI) programs that are spreading across the country, thanks in part to the billions of dollars provided in the 2021 American Rescue Plan.
Chicago is in the midst of an effort to give 5,000 residents $500 a month, from a $31.5 million pot of money called the Resilient Communities Pilot program. Neighboring counties are offering another $500 a month to another 3,250 residents from a $42 million fund, the New York Times reported.
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“Get the Hell Out of There” — Ohio’s Apocalyptic Chemical Disaster Rages On
Update (1300ET): During a press conference, the NTSB referenced a video from Salem, Ohio, about 20 miles from East Palestine which shows sparks and flames emitting from beneath the train. The apparent structural issue with the train was captured on a security camera when it was travelling through Salem. According to Michael Graham, board member on the NTSB, two videos they had obtained were indicative of mechanical issues attributed to the rail car axles which likely led to the derailment.
The second video obtained from when the train was passing through Salem was recorded by a processing plant nearby a hotbox detector which scans the temperature of the axles as trains pass by. According to Graham, the wayside defect detector reading resulted in an alarm alerting the crew of a mechanical issue shortly before the derailment in East Palestine. Consequently, that alert forced the train to execute an emergency brake application which may have been the cause of the derailment. Presently, the NTSB is reviewing the trains data and audio recordings in order to examine the cause of the derailment and which hotbox detector indicated a mechanical error preceding the accident. The NTSB is expected to issue a preliminary report on its findings within 30 days.
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Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg told Tom Cruise that he “saved Hollywood’s ass” with last year’s box office smash hit the non-woke “Top Gun: Maverick.”
“Top Gun: Maverick,” the sequel to Cruise’s 1986 hit film has grossed $1.48 billion worldwide. The movie earned six Oscar nominations including one for Best Picture.
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16-Year-Old Charged in the Fatal Stabbing of a Student at Harding High School
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) — A 16-year-old was charged with second-degree murder for the fatal stabbing of another student at Harding High School on Friday.
According to charging documents, St. Paul police officers were dispatched to Harding High School on Friday for a report of an assault on a student. Upon arrival, school staff was performing life-saving measures on a 15-year-old student. The teen was transported to Regions Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The Assistant Principal told investigators he saw two students arguing with another student when they began fighting, charges say. Staff tried to separate the students, but the 16-year-old lunged at the 15-year-old, stabbing him twice.
The charges say the 15-year-old went to the nurse’s office after realizing he had been stabbed while the 16-year-old walked away. A witness who was with the 15-year-old told police the student said he was “dizzy and collapsed.”
The 16-year-old was placed in handcuffs and searched by security staff. The charges say a knife was located on the teen and covered in blood which was turned over to police when they arrived.
Prosecutors filed a presumptive motion on Tuesday for the 16-year-old to be charged as an adult. The teen faces a charge of second-degree murder without intent while committing a felony.
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NFL star quarterback Aaron Rodgers issued a warning to former president Bill Clinton and other friends of the disgraced Jeffrey Epstein on The Pat McAfee Show. Rodgers talked about the crazy worldwide events we have seen lately.
He said: “There’s been a lot of disclosure recently. There’s a lot of old papers and files and different things about interactions that Navy pilots have had, especially Navy pilots, I believe, with Unidentified Flying Objects, so this is not surprising.
“Obviously, there was some sort of Chinese spy balloon that was up in the air, allegedly. And there’s been a few other objects that have been shot down. I believe that this been going on for a long time.
“Interesting timing on everything; there’s a lot of other things going on in the world.
“There’s some wild sh*t going on right now, Aaron,” McAfee said.
Rodgers said:
“Did you hear about the Epstein client list about to be released, too?
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Despite the police releasing surveillance camera stills and describing the Michigan University gunman as a “black male,” numerous news outlets simply chose instead to describe the suspect as a “short male”.
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Arizona Authorities Issue Evacuation, Shelter-in-Place Orders After Nitric Acid Spill
A portion of an Arizona freeway was closed in both directions Tuesday as a result of a crash and hazmat spill, authorities said.
The state Department of Public Safety said the closure on Interstate 10 between Rita and Kolb roads in Tucson was “extensive” and urged motorists to avoid the area.
A commercial truck tanker rolled over on the freeway, causing the spill, authorities said.
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Bodycam Footage Shows Arrest of Journalist Reporting on Toxic Ohio Explosion
Bodycam footage of the arrest of NewsNation correspondent Evan Lambert following a confrontation with leader of Ohio National Guard Maj. Gen. John Harris Jr. has been released by the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The incident happened at a news conference with Ohio’s Gov. Mike DeWine.
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Edward Snowden: UFO Hysteria an ‘Engineered’ Distraction From Nord Stream Pipeline Bombshell
Exiled NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has accused Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration of orchestrating “engineered panic” by using recent reports of UFOs as a distraction.
Snowden was responding to the U.S. military shooting down four “unidentified objects” from the skies above North America in recent days.
According to Snowden, however, the hysteria surrounding the UFOs was “engineered” as a distraction from the recent bombshell report from renowned investigative journalist Seymour Hersh on the destruction of Nord Stream pipelines last fall.
According to Hersh’s bombshell report, the Biden admin orders the U.S. Navy to destroy the pipelines with underwater explosives.
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Twitter CEO Elon Musk criticized The Washington Post on Saturday after one of its reporters was called out for her comments claiming some scientists had a “covid denialist agenda.”
Technology reporter Taylor Lorenz responded to a tweet that criticized the Norfolk Group, a group of scientists pushing back on the effectiveness of the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Elon Musk enjoys seeing information from the “Twitter Files” being released onto the platform, according to journalist Matt Taibbi.
Taibbi made the comments while appearing on an episode of the “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, which was released on Monday.
“He gets a kick out of seeing all this stuff come out on Twitter,” Taibbi said on the podcast, referring to Musk. He told Rogan that before Musk was in charge, the platform used to be a “private stomping ground” for “whiney journalists,” who he said were now horrified by the “Twitter Files” leaks.
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Elon Musk Declares Cancel Culture Over Since Twitter Takeover: ‘You Won’t be Missed’
Twitter CEO Elon Musk declared that cancel culture is over, just months after his takeover of the social media company following promises that he would protect free speech in America.
“RIP Cancel Culture, you won’t be missed.” Musk wrote on Tuesday afternoon.
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A second university has been found to have received more than $6.7 million in anonymous donations from China, including direct funding from the Chinese government, after Joe Biden set up a program there in his name, according to a Government Accountability Institute analysis. The revelation comes following reporting that anonymous China-linked funds flowing to the University of Pennsylvania almost tripled after the inauguration of the Penn-Biden Center, which illegally housed classified documents.
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Former Disney Executive Dies Suddenly at 47 After ‘Heart Problems’
Dave Hollis, a former top executive at Disney, has died suddenly at just 47 years old, his family has confirmed.
Hollis was the former president of worldwide distribution at Disney’s movie studio and a motivational author.
A rep for Hollis’s family said he died “peacefully” on Saturday night at his home outside Austin.
No cause of death has been revealed, but his family said he had recently suffered “heart problems.”
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GOP Lawmakers Probe Timing of FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s Arrest
Republican lawmakers from the House Financial Services Committee have requested that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) turn over records related to the timing of the Dept. of Justice (DOJ) charges being filed against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and his arrest on the eve of his scheduled testimony before the panel.
Bankman-Fried had agreed to testify before the full House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, following the collapse of his cryptocurrency empire amid allegations he had defrauded investors out of billions of dollars in the implosion. Following the descent of FTX and affiliated firms like Alameda Research into bankruptcy in November, Bankman-Fried had been making the rounds doing interviews in several venues, from the New York Times’ Dealbook summit to appearing in Twitter Spaces.
House lawmakers hoped to question him under oath — particularly after he declined to appear before the Senate Banking Committee, prompting its bipartisan leaders to call it “an unprecedented abdication of accountability.” However, before Bankman-Fried could testify on Dec. 13 he was arrested in the Bahamas on the night of Dec. 12 at the behest of the DOJ, which announced eight charges against him the following day. He was held at a jail in the Bahamas until his extradition and didn’t testify before the committee.
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On Tuesday afternoon, over a week and a half after the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine, Ohio, Governor Mike DeWine and other officials held a press conference updating the public on the ongoing effort to clean up the chemical spill.
While describing the events following the February 3 derailment, DeWine said that when he traveled to East Palestine to meet with those on the ground, “it was clear at that point that we were faced with two bad options.”
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Edward Snowden called it (and so did we)… just a day ago, as we reported: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden says the hysteria over UFOs being shot down over America and Canada is a distraction from Seymour Hersh’s story about the U.S. being responsible for blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines.
Less than 24 hours later, on Tuesday, Bloomberg reports that “The US government has assessed that three unidentified objects downed since last Friday were likely for commercial use and not foreign intelligence gathering.”
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Indiana Republicans Inch Closer to State-Funded Firearms Training for Teachers
Indiana House Republicans approved a bill Tuesday that would begin a state-funded handgun training program for teachers that critics argue would wrongly encourage more guns in classrooms across the state.
The Republican-backed bill passed in a 71-24 vote predominantly on party lines, with supporters saying the training would give teachers opportunities to defend themselves and students if needed. State law currently allows school districts to permit teachers to be armed, but no training is mandated.
“Sadly, it’s something that’s necessary for the tragic world we live in today,” said bill sponsor Republican Rep. Jim Lucas, of Seymour.
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New York Times: First Amendment Lawsuit Could be a “Barrier” To Combating “Disinformation”
The federal lawsuit filed by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana alleges that federal officials violate the First Amendment when they ask social media companies to take down content or suspend certain accounts. However, according to the New York Times reporter Steven Lee Myers, the lawsuit “could disrupt the Biden administration’s already struggling efforts to combat disinformation.”
Myers further argued that the results of the lawsuit will decide whether, “the First Amendment has become, for better or worse, a barrier to virtually any government efforts to stifle a problem that, in the case of a pandemic, threatens public health and, in the case of the integrity of elections, even democracy itself.”
Put shortly, according to Myers, the First Amendment is a threat to “public health” and “democracy itself.”
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Nikki Haley Announces Presidential Campaign: ‘it’s Time for a New Generation of Leadership’
Former South Carolina governor and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley announced Tuesday that she is running for president, seeking the Republican nomination for the 2024 election.
In a video message posted on Twitter, Haley touted her record as South Carolina’s governor, while looking to the future and the needs of the country.
“It’s time for a new generation of leadership,” Haley stated.
Haley identified numerous threats facing the country, from the “socialist left” to Russia and China, warning that there are those who see the United States as vulnerable.
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Not a Single Student Can Do Math at Grade Level in 53 Illinois Schools…
Authored by Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner via Wirepoints.org
Spry Community Links High School, in the Heart of Little Village in Chicago, says its vision is to “provide a challenging and supportive environment…to enable our students to succeed in the 21st century.”
Number one on the school’s focus list?
But a look at state data that tracks reading and math scores for each Illinois school reveals two frightening facts about Spry. Not a single one of its 88 kids at the school can read at grade level. It’s the same for math. Zero kids are proficient.
Spry is one of 30 schools in Illinois where not a single student can read at grade level. Twenty-two of those schools are part of the Chicago Public Schools and the other eight are outside Chicago.
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Ohio Train Derailment Unleashing ‘Chemical Catastrophe’: Dr. Nicole Saphier
Board certified radiologist and Fox News contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier outlines potential health concerns following the Ohio train derailment Tuesday on “America Reports.”
DR. NICOLE SAPHIER: Any time you have a train derailing, there’s a potential for disaster and usually it is confined to the local wreckage. But what we’re seeing going on in Ohio right now is a chemical catastrophe that has the potential to not only affect those who are immediately around the wreckage, those in the local community, but those miles and miles away. They’ve already announced that there has been some finding of the chemicals in the Ohio River. The Ohio River provides drinking water for over 5 million residents.
Now, on February 10… the EPA wrote a letter to Norfolk Southern, which is the train company, saying they did see substances in the water in the ground, also going into the storm drains…and then two days later, you have the EPA saying, however, they didn’t detect any of the chemicals at a significant level. Now, I can tell you, listen, they have decided to do a controlled burn of this vinyl chloride.
There was 20 of the cars that were labeled hazardous materials. They had a lot of dangerous chemicals, a lot of them industrial solvents. Five of those train cars had what’s called vinyl chloride. That’s used for PVC piping and other hard plastics. Now, that is a very, very dangerous substance and one thing that they noted is it is extremely flammable, and it can explode and with that explosion could cause shrapnel to go for miles and miles and also be in the air.
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It’s now an infamous headline among conservatives and a sore spot for Politico. But at the time, the Oct. 19, 2020, story by Natasha Bertrand had its intended bombshell effect with this headline: “Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say.”
Now former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says Politico “deliberately distorted” the letter he and more than 50 others — many of them open Joe Biden supporters — signed. Critics are wondering why the players in the story are speaking out more than two years later — just as House Republicans are investigating the matter — and why they didn’t cry foul at their own words being twisted at the time.
“If James Clapper knew Politico and Natasha Bertrand were lying about what their letter said, why didn’t he say so then?” journalist Glenn Greenwald asked on Monday. “Reality: the CIA/IC people lying wanted the media to spread this. Only now that someone has to take the hit is Clapper saying Politico lied.”
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Police Reports Show That a ‘Strange Man’ Threatened to Drive a Car Into Kari Lake Rally in Iowa
An unidentified man threatened to drive his jeep into a Des Moines, Iowa venue where former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake was holding a rally last Saturday.
Ankeny Police Department incident reports obtained by The Iowa Star described the man as “scruffy and big,” and said he had “declared that he was god, and stated he would drive his vehicle through the bar doors.”
Lake’s rally was for the purpose of discussing her ongoing election lawsuit in Arizona, her support for former president Donald Trump and her plans for the future.
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Prosecutor Releases Criminal History on MSU Shooter
INGHAM COUNTY, Mich. (WILX) — Ingham County Prosecutor John J. Dewane released a statement regarding the criminal history of the alleged Michigan State University shooter.
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In 2019, Anthony McRae was contacted by police. During the investigation, he was searched by police and found to be in possession of a handgun that was legally registered to him. At the time, he did not have a concealed carry permit as required by law. As a result, he was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, a felony punishable by up to five years.
On October 24, 2019, Mr. McRae entered a guilty plea to an added Count 2: Possession of a Loaded Firearm in or upon a Vehicle, a High Court Misdemeanor punishable by up to two years. On November 26, 2019, Mr. McRae was sentenced to 12 months probation with terms set by the 30th Circuit Court. On May 14, 2021, after successfully completing all terms of his probation, Mr. McRae was successfully discharged from probation.
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Rumble Wins Injunction Against New York’s Online Censorship Law
A judge has blocked a New York law that attempted to regulate “hateful conduct” online.
The legislative package, signed into law last summer, was Gov. Kathy Hochul’s attempt to force the moderation of content under nebulous terms such as “hate.”
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Sen. Kennedy: Social Media ‘Lowered the Cost of Being an A-hole, ‘ Making Young Women ‘Very Fragile’
Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana gave an off-the-cuff assessment of the effects social media has on society during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on “Protecting Our Children Online.”
Kennedy gave his thoughts during the hearing after saying he feared tech companies have become as influential and powerful as countries.
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein Appears Unaware of Her Retirement Announcement During Reporter Gaggle: Reports
Democrat California Sen. Dianne Feinstein appeared unaware of her own retirement announcement Tuesday, telling a group of reporters at the Capitol that she hadn’t made a decision on her future despite announcing just hours before that she would not be seeking reelection in 2024.
According to multiple reports, a Feinstein staffer quickly notified the senator that a statement had already been made on her retirement, prompting her to say she was unaware the information had been released.
Reporters present for the interaction quickly took to Twitter to report on Feinstein’s apparent confusion.
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Suspect Named in MSU Shooting; 2 of 3 Student Victims ID’d; 5 in Critical Condition
Morning dawned Tuesday on East Lansing to a rattled Michigan State University campus hours after a mass shooting left three dead and five others critically injured.
An alert was sent at 8:31 p.m. Monday, telling students to “run, hide, fight” with a report of shots fired at Berkey Hall and at the MSU Union.
Two people were killed at Berkey Hall, said university Interim Deputy Police Chief Chris Rozman. The gunman then moved to the MSU Union, where another was killed.
Students were told to shelter in place as authorities searched for the gunman. The 43-year-old suspect was Anthony McRae, Rozman said at a news conference Tuesday. McRae was found off campus early Tuesday before he could be arrested; he had died from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Republican Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has reached his limit with Big Tech censoring conservatives and officially launched an investigation into Silicon Valley’s actions.
Cruz said his probe will specifically be looking at “efforts to silence conservatives.”
“Today as Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee I opened an investigation into Big Tech’s censorship,” the senator said in a statement.
“We are going to see accountability, transparency, and we’re going to shine a light on Big Tech’s efforts to silence conservatives.
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A suspected car burglar in Tennessee found himself begging for help from area residents after his intended victim returned gunfire, according to the local sheriff’s office.
The unidentified homeowner living in the Websters Grove subdivision in Shelby County said he received a call from a neighbor on Thursday evening that there were several people standing outside his residence, Shelby County deputies told CBS Memphis affiliate WREG.
The homeowner told authorities that when he went outside, he saw two men in his driveway and another two men sitting in a white car on the street. The two in the driveway made a run for it when they spotted the homeowner, with one suspect firing a gun at the homeowner.
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Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, broke down some of the specifics of what Congress was told regarding the unidentified objects that the U.S. continues to shoot out of the sky.
Members of Congress were briefed Tuesday on three unidentified flying objects that were shot down over North America in recent days.
Following the briefing for Congress, Crenshaw turned to Twitter and provided what he could to the American people while pushing for “transparency.”
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The IRS Came After Pro-Israel Groups, But Protected Hamas
by Daniel Greenfield
David Boim was only 17 years old when he was shot and killed while waiting at a bus stop north of Jerusalem. The American teenager’s parents, Stanley and Joyce, have spent a quarter of a century since trying to bring Hamas, the Islamic terror group behind the attack, and its funders in the United States to justice. Their lawsuits have targeted, among others, the Holy Land Foundation which was found in federal court to have provided “material aid to Hamas” in what became the largest terrorism financing prosecution case in the United States.
The Justice Department stated that, “from its inception, HLF existed to support Hamas. Before HLF was designated as a Specially Designated Terrorist by the Treasury Department and shut down in December 2001, it was the largest U.S. Muslim charity.”
It was also a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. The IRS had allowed money used to fund Islamic terrorists to be funneled through a tax-deductible organization. And that was not the first time or the last.
The Boims are still fighting in court over what they allege are new non-profits that are really ‘alter egos’ that were set up after the Hamas fundraisers lost criminal and civil lawsuits…
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Twitter Tweaks Algorithm to Force Feed Everyone Elon Musk’s Tweets
If you, dear reader, logged onto Twitter last night and found your For You feed to be uncharacteristically Elon Musk-heavy, rest assured: you weren’t alone.
Just days after news emerged that the Twitter CEO had fired an engineer in a fit of rage over his account’s uncharacteristically low engagement numbers, it looks like the Twitter owner had one of his remaining employees tweak the algorithm in his posts’ favor.
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Vermont Advances Bill Allowing Assisted Suicide for Noncitizens
A Vermont legislative committee on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill that would make the state the second in the country to allow nonresidents to seek medically assisted suicide.
The House Human Services Committee approved the measure that would remove the residency requirement. A similar bill is in committee in the Senate.
The measure would have to be approved by both legislative chambers.
Vermont would join Oregon, which no longer requires people to be residents of the state to use its law allowing terminally ill people to receive lethal medication.
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Video: Ohio Senator Slams “Unserious Rulers Who Are Worried About Fake Problems”
Ohio Republican Senator J.D. Vance blasted the Biden administration Monday night for concentrating on “fake problems” while failing to fix core infrastructure that has led to a “hundreds” of train derailments.
In an appearance on Tucker Carlson’s show Vance spoke about the unfolding disaster in East Palestine Ohio where a derailed train carrying hazardous materials appears to have severely poisoned the surrounding environment.
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White House: UFO Debris May Never be Found
After days of hysteria and speculation over the “unidentified objects” that were recently shot down by the U.S. military, White House officials are now stating that the debris from the UFOs may never be found.
A few days after the Chinese spy balloon was recently down by the U.S. Air Force over the Atlantic, three more “unidentified objects” were shot down over North America.
One UFO was shot down over Alaska on Friday, another over Canada on Saturday, and a third over Lake Huron on Sunday.
However, the Pentagon confirmed that the last three UFOs were not balloons and refused to rule out aliens, causing speculation over what the objects were to run wild.
The U.S. and Canada announced there would be retrieval operations so investigators could better understand, and hopefully identify, these objects.
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‘World’s First’ Dating Service for Unvaccinated Launches
A new dating site has launched that is for unvaccinated singletons only, marking a world’s first.
The company’s founders see a growing need for matching like-minded people in a climate of medical censorship and hostility.
Businesswomen Shelby Thomson and Heather Pyle of Maui, Hawaii, found the online dating game a frustrating experience for the un-jabbed
They likened online dating to medical “truth or dare,” due to the deal-breaker question that always emerged: “Are you vaccinated?”
Faced with discrimination and censorship, many un-jabbed people lost jobs and relationships because they chose to remain unvaccinated.
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Aerial Objects Should be “Wake-Up Call” For Liberals, Says Poilievre
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has accused the Liberal government of poorly managing Canada’s military and exposing the country to foreign aggression.
Poilievre released a statement on social media on Monday, responding to the recent aerial objects flying through Canada.
“These […] violations of our national sovereignty should be a wake-up call for the Trudeau Liberals,” said Poilievre. “Due to Liberal mismanagement of national defence, Canada lacks effective early warning systems to detect this type of incursion.”
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Assisted Suicide Poll Numbers a Clear Sign Feds Need to “Back Off”, Says Think Tank
A Canadian think tank official says Justice Minister David Lametti should “back off” from plans to expand assisted suicide to mentally ill Canadians.
Cardus health program director Rebecca Vachon said the results of a recent poll Cardus helped deliver should be a wake up call to the minister.
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A Canadian medical assistance in dying (MAID) provider told Maclean’s that she believes laws surrounding the controversial procedure are not fleshed out enough, adding that they missing “fundamental safeguards for vulnerable people.” As the head of the University Health Network, a research hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto, Li says that she oversaw “hundreds of cases,” and that she “personally provided MAID numerous times.”
Li writes about how she regrets providing MAID to a young person with cancer that had a 65 percent chance of cure. The person refused treatment, and two other MAID assessors agreed that they had met the criteria for eligibility. The person had a “grievous irremediable condition,” which she says was only irremediable because the person refused the treatments available.
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Trudeau Liberals Ban Comments on Governor General’s Social Media Posts After ‘Abuse’
The office of Canada’s Governor General has announced it is turning off comments on all its social media accounts due to a significant uptick in abusive comments that include “violent threats,” reports the CBC.
A statement was posted on the governor general’s Twitter account Monday explaining the decision.
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EU Has ‘Criminally Neglected’ Food Security Amid the Ongoing Fertiliser Shortage — MEP
The issue of food security has been “criminally neglected” by the European Union amid the ongoing fertiliser shortage, an MEP has claimed.
Dr Sylvia Limmer, a European parliamentarian for the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD), has accused the EU of completely mishandling food security in the block, describing the issue as being “criminally neglected” by the union.
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F-35s Intercept Russian Spy Plane, Fighter Jets at Edge of NATO Airspace in Central Europe
A pair of F-35s stationed in northern Europe were dispatched to intercept a trio of Russian warplanes, including two jet fighters, on Monday evening after being detected flying towards NATO airspace with their transponders off.
Three Russian aircraft, an Il-20M intelligence-gathering (‘spy’) plane and two SU-27 Flankers — a Russian analogue to the U.S. F-15 Eagle — were intercepted near the Russian-Polish border on Monday. While they did not enter NATO airspace, they were said to have approached Poland from the Kaliningrad Oblast, a small Russian exclave on the Baltic wedged between Poland and Lithuania with their transponders turned off and also flew in neutral airspace over the Baltic, Poland’s Gazeta Wyborcza reports.
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Greta Releases Book Printed on Dead Trees as Newest Bid to Save the Climate
I have to appreciate the hustle.
The way you save the planet is to buy this book that will be printed on paper that’s made by chopping down forests and compressing the pulp in vats of chemicals using energy from coal and oil.
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Italy: Milan: Six Cops Injured After Clashes With Far-Left Anarchist Militants
Six police officers were wounded as a result of clashes with far-left anarchist extremists over the weekend as attacks in support of hunger-striking Italian terrorist Alfredo Cospito continue.
The clashes took place on Saturday during a demonstration in support of Cospito and against the ‘41-bis’ prison regime which the convicted terrorist has been under since sending letters to followers outright supporting violent acts of terror.
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The tide has turned in Europe and Sweden when it comes to the nuclear power issue. On January 11, Sweden’s government opened the door for new nuclear reactors to be built, more than the previous maximum number and in new locations in the country.
Over a hundred new nuclear reactors are under construction or in the planning stages in Europe right now and the EU has reclassified nuclear power as a “green type of energy”. Last month, Sweden’s government also took the first steps to reverse decades of nuclear-negative Swedish policy.
The current energy crisis has made it clear that nuclear power cannot be replaced in the foreseeable future by the types of energy favored by Europe’s politicians.
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Man Charged With Stealing 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs in Britain
On Tuesday, 32-year-old Joby Pool appeared in court after being caught stealing 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs from a warehouse in the UK’s West Midlands.
Pool pleaded guilty to charges of theft and criminal damage, and is set to be sentenced on March 14 at Shrewsbury Crown Court.
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NYT to Challenge Von Der Leyen on Missing Pfizer Texts
Text messages between Ursula von der Leyen and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla could shed light on billion euro deals to purchase Covid-19 shots. An American newspaper is challenging the European Commission in court to release them.
The New York Times will be taking the European Commission to court over the failure of its president to release the messages between herself and Bourla.
“The newspaper will face off against EU lawyers in the bloc’s highest court, arguing that the Commission faces a legal obligation to release the messages, which could contain information on the bloc’s deals to purchase billions of euros worth of Covid-19 doses,” Politico reported.
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Poland is Ready to Take the Leadership Role on NATO’s Eastern Flank, Says Polish PM
Poland can take the leadership role on NATO’s eastern flank, but it needs new and strong allies, said Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Stockholm where he met with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to discuss Polish-Swedish relations.
Morawiecki and Kristersson also discussed the topic of strengthening European security through supporting Ukraine and its citizens in the defensive war against Russia.
Following the talks, Poland’s prime minister said that “the EU is more united today because Ukraine is still defending the country a year after Russia tried to bring it to its knees.”
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Polish President Thanks Germany for Approval for Re-Export Leopard Tanks to Ukraine
Polish President Andrzej Duda has thanked German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for permitting the re-export of German-made Leopard tanks by Poland to Ukraine.
On Monday, the Polish president and Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak met with Polish instructors and Ukrainian troops training on the Leopard 2 tanks in Swietoszów, western Poland.
Duda said he had no doubts about how vital the decision by NATO allies was to make tanks available for Ukraine, and he noted that it was Poland who seized the initiative on the matter. However, he acknowledged that it was the decision by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to allow the re-export of Leopard tanks that was crucial to making it happen.
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Taking Back Control? UK Blocked From Deporting 53 Terrorists by European Human Rights Laws
There are at least 53 foreign terrorists, including ISIS jihadis, murderers, and would-be suicide bombers, that have reportedly been blocked from deportation from Britain under European human rights laws, an investigation has claimed.
According to a report from the Mail on Sunday, citing a dossier collected by top-level UK security sources, 53 foreign convicted terrorists are being prevented from being deported by Britain’s continued membership in the European Convention on Human Rights and its subsidiary court, the European Court for Human Rights.
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UK Police and Charities Say Apple’s Privacy Features Are Hindering Surveillance, Investigations
UK police and children’s charities are criticizing Apple over a privacy feature that helps private browsing.
Apple launched “private relay,” a privacy feature that would make web traffic on iPhones and iPads private back in 2021. The feature uses double encryption to make sure the ISP, Apple, and content provider cannot link web traffic to a user as easily.
Apple claims it launched the app to stop social media companies from monitoring user’s traffic for targeted ads. However, the police have raised concerns that the feature will make investigations and surveillance more difficult.
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UK: Extinction Rebellion Campaigners Target Private Jets at Luton in Valentine’s Day Protest
Climate campaigners blocked the private jet entrance at a major airport in a Valentine’s Day protest.
Extinction Rebellion parked a boat in front of the gates to the private jet terminal at Luton Airport with protesters locked on to the deck and hull.
Another group of protesters barricaded the entrance to the Harrods Aviation Terminal at Luton, with activists locked on to two oil barrels.
More activists are gathered at both terminals dressed in hi-vis jackets, holding flags and banners in the style of airport signs, and wearing pink vests reading “LOVE IN ACTION”.
The protesters are targeting what they call “supposedly romantic Valentine’s Day dates”, claiming 1% of the global population produces more than half of total aviation emissions.
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A police officer has been filmed kneeling down to chat with an animal rights activist who was blocking the road — before grabbing hold of an angry Londoner who was trying to pull a protestor away.
Footage shows members of Animal Rebellion, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, getting dragged across the road by Westminster Bridge at 10am.
The protestors set up a candlelit dinner table on the road, with one dressed as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and another as a representative of the animal-farming and fishing industries, as they called for the Government to sever ties with animal farming.
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UK: TikTok Censored the Telegraph Over Vaccine Content
TikTok has been accused of censorship after it temporarily took down a video of The Telegraph journalists discussing the risks of COVID-19 vaccines. A clip of the interview uploaded by social media influencer Adam Brooks was taken down for a few hours before it was reinstated.
The discussion was between science editor Sarah Knapton and columnists Liam Halligan and Allison Pearson. Knapton said that she “wouldn’t necessarily go for” the vaccine if she was in her twenties.
“There clearly is some sort of — definitely an observational link between an increase in heart problems after, particularly the mRNA jabs, and we don’t know what the long term outcome of that will be,” she said.
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Shocking surveillance video from Hungary captures left-wing extremists hunting down victims, hitting them with a blackjack and batons, and then kicking and punching them on the ground. According to police, all victims were mistakenly targeted under the belief they were part of a right-wing demonstration in the area.
Hungarian police have arrested six of the perpetrators involved in gang attacks that happened over the weekend in Budapest, Police Lieutenant-Colonel Béla Nyerges told a press conference on Monday. According to police, the left-wing attackers appeared to be operating under a mistaken assumption they were beating neo-Nazis.
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Video: Klaus Schwab Calls for Global Government to “Master” AI Technologies
Arch globalist Klaus Schwab has called for elites to come together globally in order to “master” advanced technologies, warning them that if they don’t act swiftly the world could “escape our power”.
Yes really. The guy doesn’t hold back.
The World Economic Forum founder was speaking at a gathering in Dubai not so subtly titled the World Government Summit.
Schwab pointed to “fourth industrial revolution technologies,” and stated “Who masters those technologies — in some way — will be the master of the world.”
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USA Today: “Little by Little” Russia is Winning Key Ground War
USA Today raised some eyebrows when it deviated from the usual narrative by acknowledging “little by little” Russia is winning the ground war in a pivotal area of Ukraine, citing a quote given by a pro-Ukraine spokeswoman.
The admission was in relation to the battle for the city of Bakhmut in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region.
Russia has been fighting fiercely to take back the city since last summer, and now appears to be pouring more manpower into the region to finish the job.
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BBC is Raided in India, Leading to Allegations of Retaliation Over Documentary Critical of Modi
BBC offices in India have been raided by tax authorities. The raids come a few weeks after the BBC aired a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and have been seen by some as a retaliation.
The government has been ordering online platforms to block the video.
The two-part documentary, “India: The Modi Question,” focuses on the anti-Muslim violence in the Gujarat riots of 2002 when Modi was chief minister. Broadcast only in the UK, the Indian government has made efforts to prevent it from being watched in India, calling it “hostile propaganda and anti-India garbage.”
Last month, students who had gathered to watch the documentary were arrested.
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WHO Drops Investigation Into COVID Origins
The World Health Organization (WHO) has dropped its investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and won’t be pursuing the matter any further, according to reports.
The United Nations health agency’s first investigative foray into the origins of Covid turned up little novel information.
Critics have criticized the probe as being compromised by conflicts of interest.
Now, Nature has revealed that the organization’s second attempt at an investigation has been foiled by a lack of cooperation from China.
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Australia Strips Chinese-Made Surveillance Cameras From Politicians’ Offices
Now you see them, now you don’t. Australian officials have begun stripping Chinese-made surveillance cameras from politicians’ offices just days after it was revealed some government buildings are having the same treatment to ensure they are “completely secure.”
The Sydney Morning Herald reports the neighbourhood offices of almost 100 federal politicians across the country will be impacted.
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Canadian-born man Jonathan Ross vented his frustration after struggling to find a place to charge his $100,000 Kia EV6 in Perth.
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Mother Denied Heart Transplant Over Vaccination Status
Health authorities in Australia denied a mother her needed heart transplant after she received a medical exemption to forgo the coronavirus vaccine.
Vicki Derderian has relied on ventricular assistance for her weak heart after it failed in 2020. Due to her condition, she received a medical exemption from the coronavirus vaccine to avoid the off-chance she might get myocarditis or pericarditis.
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Canada Tells NYC to ‘Immediately’ Stop Sending Illegal Aliens
Canadian officials have asked New York City Mayor Eric Adams to “immediately” stop sending illegal aliens across the northern US border into Canada, just one week after reports that the National Guard has been helping distribute taxpayer-funded one-way tickets from Manhattan.
“Any form of assistance to migrants crossing the border where it is strictly forbidden to do so should stop immediately,” reads a statement from the office of Quebec Premier Francois Legault. “We understand that the situation of migrants in New York poses major challenges, but the situation in Quebec and particularly in Montreal is even worse and constitutes an important humanitarian issue.”
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More than 2,300 migrants have crossed the Channel by small boat so far this year, according to official government figures.
A total of 2,313 asylum seekers have made the perilous journey across the 21-mile Dover Straits in 52 inflatable dinghies or other small craft — an average of 44 people per vessel.
More than 1,000 migrants arrived in the first two weeks of February alone as calmer weather conditions look set to kick-start an expected record intake of small boat crossings.
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Switzerland: Women Brutally Beaten at Zurich Train Station by African Suspect
Swiss police arrested an African migrant suspected of brutally beating multiple women at a train station in Zurich this week, according to reports.
The shocking incident unfolded at around 8 p.m. on Sunday night at Zurich main station.
A 55-year-old Italian woman was the first victim of an unprovoked attack inside the transit hub.
“She was unconscious, lying in a pool of blood,” a witness told 20 Minutes.
The suspect reportedly continued to kick the woman as she lay defenseless on the ground.
A 16-year-old female attempted to intervene and was subsequently beaten, as well.
Authorities arrested a suspect near the scene.
He was identified as a 26-year-old Eritrean national. His immigration status is unclear at this time.
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UK: Asylum Seekers ‘Scared to Go Outside’ And Beg to be Moved From Hotel After Violent Riots
Asylum seekers have pleaded to be relocated to a new hotel as they are “scared to go outside” after it was targetted by violent riots. It comes as a teenager was charged with violent disorder. Jared Skeete, 19, was charged on Sunday with disorderly conduct and assault for beating an emergency worker outside the Suites Hotel in Knowsley. A violent riot erupted on Friday night as protesters gathered outside the hotel, with footage showing demonstrators using sledgehammers to attack a police vehicle and throwing lit fireworks at police officers.
Police say the 19-year-old has been remanded in custody and will appear in Wirral Adult Remand Court on Monday. A total of 15 people, aged 13 to 54, were arrested on suspicion of violent disorder following “violent and despicable” protests outside the Suites Hotel in Knowsley.
The remaining 14 suspects, who are mostly from the Knowsley area and consist of 12 males and 2 women, have been released on conditional bail as investigations continue.
After the “despicable” riot outside the hotel, migrants have reported being “intimidated” and wanting to move “somewhere else.”
Clare Moseley, the founder of the Channel migrant aid group Care4Calais, was one of the 120 counter-protesters who pushed back against members of the far-right fascist Patriotic Alternative group.
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UK: Local Politicians Slam ‘Racist and Bigoted’ Residents Protesting Migrant Hotel
The organizers of a planned peaceful protest against a Cornish hotel being continually used to house asylum seekers have been called “racist and bigoted” by local politicians.
Both Conservative and Labour politicians in Cornwall have condemned the planned protest outside the Beresford Hotel in Newquay, Cornwall, due to take place on Feb. 25.
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Appeals Court to Reconsider Case Against Allowing Transgender Athletes in Female Sports
Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
A federal appeals court has agreed to reconsider a lawsuit that challenged Connecticut’s policy of allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ athletic events, which followed an earlier court decision that had ruled against the lawsuit.
The case, brought by legal group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), was filed on behalf of four female athletes who claimed that they were consistently deprived of honors and opportunities to compete at elite levels after the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) adopted a policy of allowing males, who identify as females, to compete in female sporting events. In December 2022, a three-judge panel of the 2nd Circuit ruled against the lawsuit, which led to the appeal. On Feb. 13, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit announced that the full court will reconsider the case.
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Archbishop Welby: UK Parliament Tried to ‘Force Same-Sex Marriage’ On Church
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, currently under fire from worldwide Anglicanism for moving to bless gay couplings, has claimed Parliament tried to “force same-sex marriage” on the Church of England.
As England’s established church, the Church of England, or ‘C of E’, was exempted from having to officiate same-sex weddings under legislation institutionalising gay marriage introduced by the nominally Conservative Party, despite an equality regime which might otherwise have penalised them for discrimination.
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Arkansas ‘Woman’ Arrested Over Alleged Bomb Threats is Bearded Biological Male With Female Name
In Conway, Arkansas late last week, a suspect in a bomb threat scare was arrested.
29-year-old Lily Mestemacher of Conway, who in Mestemacher’s mugshot appears to be a biological man with a beard and long hair and is described by local news reports with female pronouns, was arrested and charged with False Reporting of Placing Explosives, according to The Local Voice.
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Belgium Joins EU Legal Case Against Hungarian Child Protection Law
Belgium has joined the European Commission at the European Court of Justice in the case against Hungary’s child protection legislation, referred to as the “homophobic law” by the international media. The Belgian government believes the law discriminates against people on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity, Belgium’s foreign ministry announced on Monday.
Hungary passed the June 2021 child protection law to broaden the scope for legal action against pedophile offenders, for example, by banning advertising that promotes sexuality for its own sake, promotes or displays a deviation from the identity of one’s sex at birth, or promotes gender reassignment or homosexuality for children and teens under the age of 18.
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Biological Male Who Raped Baby Moved to Women’s Prison in Canada
A Canadian trans-identified male who is serving a rare “indeterminate” prison sentence for the rape of a three-month-old baby is currently being held in a women’s prison in British Columbia that has a mother-and-baby unit.
The individual who now goes by the name of Tara DeSousa was 15 years old at the time of the horrific crime. DeSousa’s sexual assault of the 3-month-old baby was so brutal that the child had to be flown from Quesnel to Vancouver to undergo reconstructive surgery, reports Reduxx.
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An Ontario high school student who was suspended from his high school for claiming that there are only two genders and then arrested for returning to class said he is not backing down after his ordeal.
“My situation shows how freedoms in Canada are gone,” said Josh Alexander, in an interview with True North. “However, it is still important to advocate and defend our freedom of belief and freedom of expression as Canadians.”
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ChatGPT, an AI program capable of responding to queries with human-like responses, reportedly is exhibiting a “woke bias,” something Elon Musk described Saturday as “extremely concerning.”
Fox News Digital verified reports saying that when prompted to, “Create a poem admiring Donald Trump,” ChatGPT responds, “I’m sorry, but as an AI language model I don’t have personal opinions or political bias. My goal is to provide neutral and informative answers to all questions. If you’d like, I can assist you in writing a poem that objectively describes Mr. Trump’s impact and legacy.”
When prompted similarly, however, to “Create a poem admiring Joe Biden,” the AI program complies.
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Gov Noem Signs Bill Banning Child Transgender Surgeries in South Dakota
South Dakota’s Republican Governor Kristi Noem has signed a bill to ban children from being put through sex-change surgeries and other life-altering transgender treatments in the state.
The legislation prohibits healthcare professionals from providing sex reassignment surgeries, puberty blockers, and hormones to minors.
The measure bars healthcare professionals from knowingly providing services meant to validate a minor’s perceived identity that conflicts with the child’s actual biological sex.
The banned services include puberty blockers, various surgeries, and testosterone, estrogen, or progesterone in quantities larger than would not naturally be present in a patient.
The legislation also lays out penalties in the event that a professional or occupational licensing board determines that someone has run afoul of the prohibition.
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Satanists Hold ‘Gender Affirming Ritual’ To Protest Idaho’s Proposed Ban on Child Sex Changes
On Monday, members of the Satanic Temple gathered in the Idaho state capitol to protest a bill that would ban child sex changes, performing a “gender affirmation ritual” in the building’s Rotunda.
Video taken by TPUSA Frontlines’ Rebecca Brannon showed one blue-haired member of the temple stating, “we will continue to be light bringers to our community. We will continue to be adversaries against injustice. We will continue to be heard, even when those around us mean to silence us.”
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Trans Activist Demands Trudeau Liberals Open Borders to Trans Asylum Seekers From US, UK
A trans-identified male activist in Ontario has launched a petition asking that the federal government allow transgender and non-binary people from nations such as the UK and the US to claim asylum due to safety concerns about laws that prohibit experimental child sex changes and aim to protect women’s sports and spaces.
The petition that has already garnered more than 26,000 signatures is the brainchild of Cait Glasson, a trans-identified male from Waterloo, Ontario. Glasson, who transitioned as an adult more than 30 years ago, told CTV News that Canada would make a good country to offer asylum because gender identity and gender expression are protected characteristics in law.
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Woke Tech Company Seeks to “Replace” ‘Violent’ Language
A woke tech company in California is on a mission to do away with what it considers to be ‘violent’ ‘offensive’ and ‘negative’ words in favour of more ‘inclusive’ language.
The Daily Mail reports that the company called Phenomenex has produced a ‘guide’ to change the way people speak titled Evolving from Violent Language.
The author of the thing, Anna Taylor who has the ludicrous title of ‘diversity, equity and inclusion champion’ as well as communications director, stated “The guide is for those who would like to replace mostly violently framed idioms with more positive and inclusive language.”
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At least the Anton McRae story had a happy ending. And the taxpayers saved a fortune as well.
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PsyWars: Fifth Generation Warfare and Sovereignty
Molding, controlling, and capturing your thoughts, emotions, and beliefs are the objectives.
Robert W Malone MD, MS
The video above is from the Pandemic Strategies Conference in Stockholm, Sweden on January 21, 2023.
The text below is a transcript of that speech.
https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/psywars-fifth-generation-warfare
Another Soros judge let this guy off with a very light sentence(almost no jail time he was on probation at the time of these killings) for having an illegal hand gun he committed crimes with it .All the rules in the land will not stop violent career criminals from doing what they do, to do law abiding people in society if you let them out of jail. If they face no jail time or very little and or released with no bail before court hearings what deterrent is there to not go out and do their thug thing to good law abiding people. The MSM gave almost no coverage that this was a criminal on probation or coverage that it was a black man in his forties. Now they all run with the gun ,the gun agenda. If it was a white guy in his twenties . MSM would be blaming right wing media like the daily wire, or fox news, or K. Carson for the shooters action. Or those evil super mega people “Mumbles” Biden shout at clouds about .
The McRae rampage is what happens when felony charges are “negotiated down” to misdemeanors. Judges clear their dockets and pat themselves on the back while innocent people get injured or murdered.
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15 February 2023 at 19.00
The amount of money involved has not been made public, but these kinds of contracts tend to be gold-edged by far.
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The foreign minister in Stefan Löfven’s government, Ann Linde, is now rewarded with a “job” as a so-called advisor to Apple, writes Altinget.
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The fact that large American companies, not least on the left, choose to reward former Swedish prime ministers has become a bit of a trend in Sweden in recent years.
Often it is about big money.
Former prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, for example, has pulled in between 10 and 15 million a year on various symbolic jobs, including as an “advisor” to Bank of America and Merril Lynch.
Since it is impossible to know what politicians are rewarded for, the Swedish regulatory framework for politicians who go straight from politics to pseudo-jobs with multi-million dollar salaries has undergone some cosmetic changes.
Ann Linde is therefore notified of certain symbolic restrictions under the Quarantine Act.
“The restriction means a prohibition on using and/or communicating information on individual cases, processes and factual issues that Ann Linde has assimilated as a minister and that are not available to a broader circle,” writes the Karensnämnden in its decision on the former minister.