Experts say that the Western arms being supplied to Ukraine are no guarantee that Ukraine will be victorious against Russia. However, according to the British Ministry of Defence, Russia will be unable to rebuild its combat readiness with additional manpower alone.
In other news, Donald Trump has reportedly waived extradition, and will be arraigned in a New York court on Tuesday.
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The Lloyd Group, a civil design and construction group, went went into voluntary administration on Friday with about 59 projects still uncompleted across New South Wales and Victoria.
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Core European Inflation Hits Record High, Headline Falls as Energy Costs Collapse
Following yesterday’s mixed messages from various EU nations, the overall Euro area headline CPI for Feb fell 163bp in March to 6.88% YoY — the lowest since Feb 2022 (and well below consensus expectations of 7.1% YoY).
However, and potentially more problematic for any ECB doves, core EU CPI (excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco), rose 4bp to a new record high at 5.65% YoY, in line with expectations.
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FDIC Moves to Force Big Banks to Pay ‘Special Assessment’ After Silicon Valley Bank Collapse
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), staring down nearly $23 billion in outstanding costs following recent bank failures, is deliberating shifting much of that financial burden onto the nation’s largest banks.
Bloomberg reported that the FDIC is expected to propose a “special assessment” in May primarily focused on recuperating some of the $128 billion deposit insurance fund that has taken a significant blow since the collapse of Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank. In shifting much of this financial burden from community lenders onto larger banks such as JPMorgan and Chase & Co. and Bank of America, which already pay billions of dollars into the Deposit Insurance Fund.
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21 States Threaten Banks With Legal Action Over Woke Policies: ‘Stay in Your Lane’
EXCLUSIVE: A coalition of 21 state attorneys general sent a stark warning to dozens of financial institutions and asset managers, warning them against pursuing woke environmental and social initiatives.
In a letter sent Thursday to 53 of the nation’s largest financial institutions, which collectively manage trillions of dollars worth of assets, the attorneys general threatened to take legal action if the firms veer from the best interests of their clients while pushing social priorities. The effort, led by Montana, Utah and Louisiana, comes ahead of proxy season during which most companies hold annual shareholder meetings where they vote on key policy initiatives.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Calls to regulate artificial intelligence are growing on Capitol Hill following a dire warning from tech giants. But many lawmakers also admit they don’t know much more about the technology than the average American.
“I’ve had ChatGPT demonstrated to me by a friend, and its capabilities are kind of intimidating,” Sen. Cynthia Lummis told Fox News. “They’re impressive, but the potential for mischief and misuse are high.”
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Alan Dershowitz ripped Alvin Bragg’s indictment of former President Donald Trump and threatened former to hit Michael Cohen with a defamation lawsuit last night on Fox News.
Alan said the New York prosecutor “deliberately violated the statute of limitations” with his Trump indictments and that relying on Michael Cohen as a star witness will backfire. “They’ve made a foolish, foolish decision which will cause the case to be thrown out, I think, on statute of limitations grounds,” he said.
Then Alan put Cohen on notice: “Let me tell you something about Michael Cohen. He’s not through with his problems. He just tweeted about me—saying because I had attacked his credibility that I was involved with underage girls on Epstein’s island—I’m about to sue him now for defamation.
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Alec Baldwin Codefendant Gets 6 Months Probation on ‘Rust’ Weapons Charge
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A codefendant in the case against actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on a movie set in New Mexico was convicted Friday of unsafe handling of a firearm and sentenced to six months of probation.
Safety coordinator and assistant director David Halls also must pay a $500 fine and complete a gun-safety course after agreeing to plead guilty to the charge related to the death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western movie “Rust.”
Halls appeared briefly by video to waive his right to challenge the negligence charge, as state District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer approved terms of a plea agreement with prosecutors.
Defense attorney Lisa Torraco urged the court to not impose a prison sentence — the maximum possible penalty was 6 months behind bars — noting that Halls was “extremely traumatized and “rattled” with guilt.
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Billionaires Brin, Pritzker, Zuckerman and Ovitz Issued Subpoenas in Epstein Lawsuit
Billionaires Sergey Brin, Thomas Pritzker, Mortimer Zuckerman and Michael Ovitz were issued subpoenas this week by the US Virgin Islands as part of its lawsuit against JPMorgan over the bank’s relationship with now-deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter.
The subpoenas seek any communications or documents related to JPMorgan and Epstein.
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California Man Arrested 10 Times in 31 Days, Faces 33 Charges
Authored by Jason Blair via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
A man in Fresno County, California was arrested 10 times within a span of 31 days, according to the Clovis Police Department.
Keith Chastain’s first arrest was on Feb. 19, and his tenth was on March 21. He was booked by Clovis police six times and other agencies four times.
Chastain, 38, faces 18 felonies and 15 misdemeanors. Charges include six stolen vehicles, vandalism, DUI, possession of a controlled substance, fraud, and more, according to authorities.
“I don’t know what is happening in his life to cause him to steal so many people’s vehicles and property. It’s sad; I hope he gets some help,” Clovis Police Corporal Meredith Alexander told KMPH Fox 26.
On his tenth arrest, police received a tip over the phone and caught Chastain driving a stolen truck in Old Town Clovis. Police said he was on his way to the police station in the stolen vehicle to pick up his personal property.
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In response to members of the Asian community in California’s requests for more information regarding the trial of three gang members involved in the shooting death of 23-month-old Jasper Wu, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price revealed that her office was working to pursue “non-carceral” forms of punishment.
Price’s statements garnered outrage from Wu’s parents and other members of the community, many of whom slammed her for appearing to view those impacted by such cases as less of a victim than the perpetrators.
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Congressional Effort to End Assange Prosecution Underway
REP. RASHIDA TLAIB, D-Mich., is circulating a letter among her House colleagues that calls on the Department of Justice to drop charges against Julian Assange and end its effort to extradite him from his detention in Belmarsh prison in the United Kingdom.
The letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Intercept, is still in the signature-gathering phase and has yet to be sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland.
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Douglass Mackey Found Guilty of Election Interference in 2016 for Anti-Clinton Memes
A digital provocateur has been found guilty of election interference for disseminating materials that encouraged individuals to vote by text.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York confirmed the verdict on Friday.
“Mackey has been found guilty by a jury of his peers of attempting to deprive individuals from exercising their sacred right to vote for the candidate of their choice in the 2016 Presidential Election,” U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said in a press release. “Today’s verdict proves that the defendant’s fraudulent actions crossed a line into criminality and flatly rejects his cynical attempt to use the constitutional right of free speech as a shield for his scheme to subvert the ballot box and suppress the vote.”
Prosecutors had described a scheme in which Mackey, working with other digital actors, encouraged supporters of then-Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton to vote by text.
Mackey posted the meme on his Twitter account, which used the name Ricky Vaughn. Included was a picture of a would-be voter waiting in line and blaring the message “Avoid the Line. Vote from Home. Text ‘Hillary’ to 59925[…] Vote for Hillary and be a part of history.”
The Department of Justice estimated at the time that more than 4,900 unique telephone numbers texted Clinton’s first name to the number, which was real.
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Factory Explosion Survivor, on Fire, Fell Into Chocolate Vat
(AP) — A woman pulled alive from the rubble of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory after an explosion that killed seven co-workers says her arm caught fire as flames engulfed the building — and then she fell through the floor into a vat of liquid chocolate.
The dark liquid extinguished her blazing arm, but Patricia Borges wound up breaking her collarbone and both of her heels. She would spend the next nine hours screaming for help and waiting for rescue as firefighters battled the inferno and choppers thumped overhead at the R.M. Palmer Co. factory.
“When I began to burn, I thought it was the end for me,” Borges, 50, told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview from her hospital bed in West Reading, Pennsylvania, just minutes from the chocolate factory where she worked as a machine operator. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board planned to interview Borges on Friday.
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Farage Brands Trump Indictment ‘Appalling Abuse of Power’
Brexit champion Nigel Farage has branded Donald Trump’s indictment in New York an “appalling abuse of power”.
A close ally of the former president — one of the few senior international figures who stuck his neck out to back the Brexit campaign in 2016 — the former UK Independence Party and Brexit Party/Reform UK leader’s initial statement on the indictment was short and to the point.
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GOP Sen. Graham Suggests Trump Commit Crimes to Avoid NY Indictment
Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham on Friday suggested that former President Donald Trump commit a litany of petty and violent crimes in order to avoid an indictment, seemingly referencing the District Attorney’s propensity for not pursuing cases against such offenders.
Trump is expected to be arraigned on Tuesday after a grand jury voted to indict him this week. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case stems from a 2016 payment to Stormy Daniels that Trump’s then-personal attorney, Michael Cohen, made. Legal experts have called the case baseless while Republicans have uniformly deemed it a political prosecution.
“How can President Trump avoid prosecution in New York?” Graham asked on Twitter. “On the way to the DA’s office on Tuesday, Trump should smash some windows, rob a few shops and punch a cop. He would be released IMMEDIATELY!”
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7 years later and we’re back where we all started.
Orange Man Bad.
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Jonathan Turley Warns Alvin Bragg Judges Will Not Like His “Legally Pathetic” Case Against Trump
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley warned Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg that New York judges, especially at the Appellate level, will not like his case against Trump.
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Kari Lake Announces Maricopa County Won’t Let Her Legal Team Inspect Ballot Signatures
Former Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake announced Friday that Maricopa County is refusing to allow her legal team to inspect ballot signatures.
“BREAKING: Maricopa County Election Officials REFUSE To Allow @KariLake Legal Team To Inspect Ballot Signatures,” Lake wrote on Twitter. “What are they hiding?”
Lake recently had a victory in her election lawsuit when the Arizona Supreme Court sent part of it back to trial court to examine whether or not Maricopa County followed signature verification policies in 2022.
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Libs of TikTok Confronts AOC for Violating Committee Ethics Rules — Her Response is Predictable
Whenever leftists are confronted by facts and evidence, their go-to response is always to accuse their opponents of some kind of “phobia” rather than address the issues at hand. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez does not disappoint in that regard when faced with an ethics violation delivered by Libs Of TikTok founder Chaya Raichik.
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Louisiana AG Shares Startling Findings on Censorship Collusion Between Government and Big Tech
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry gives a sobering breakdown of the insidious nature of government collusion with Big Tech corporations to censor Americans, violating their 1st Amendment rights using algorithms and flagging operations.
Specifically, Landry, notes the problem of lack of consequences for government officials caught using their positions to suppress free speech.
Louisiana along with other red states are currently engaged in a lawsuit against the federal government in an effort to remove the veil obscuring vast operations to silence alternative information in favor of official narratives and propaganda.
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Man Arrested in Seattle After Threatening to Kill Journalist Jonathan Choe With Baseball Bat
A man was arrested on Wednesday after threatening to kill a local journalist with a baseball bat.
According to the Seattle Police Department, at approximately 11:40 am Seattle Police officers were flagged down near the intersection of 3rd Avenue and James Street by Jonathan Choe, 44, Senior Fellow and journalist for the Discovery Institute who stated a man threatened to kill him with a baseball bat.
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Manhattan Assistant DA Nukes Twitter Account After Anti-Trump Bias Exposed
Less than 24 hours after the Gateway Pundit exposed Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Meg Reiss’ public hatred of Donald Trump on Twitter, Reiss — who’s been accused of masterminding the case against the former president, locked and then deleted her account.
As TGP documented Thursday morning, Reiss ‘liked’ several anti-Trump tweets, exposing her absolute bias against the man her office is about to indict over hush money paid to former adult actress Stormy Daniels (real name Stephanie Clifford).
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McConnell Silent on Trump’s Indictment as House GOP Leaders Slam ‘Weaponized’ Justice System
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has said nothing about former President Donald Trump’s indictment this week, even as several House Republicans have condemned the charges as politically motivated.
Since Trump’s indictment was reported Thursday, McConnell has issued no public statements on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s criminal case against the former president and leading Republican 2024 candidate. Neither has Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., the No. 2 Republican in the Senate.
McConnell’s office told Fox News Digital that it did not have a comment as of Friday. Thune’s office did not respond to a request for comment.
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National Archives Admits Over 1,100 Biden Records Pages at Penn Office, Lacks Custody of Others
The National Archives has admitted that approximately 1,170 pages of records from President Joe Biden’s time as vice president were found at the Penn Biden Center in November 2022, and the agency said it does not have custody of any records discovered at Biden’s homes in Delaware.
The America First Legal Foundation highlighted the revelation Thursday by publishing a letter that the National Archives sent to the conservative legal group in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.
The Archives told the legal group it “must deny your request in full for approximately 1,170 pages” found at the Penn Biden Center in the president’s former office because they are the “subject of an ongoing law enforcement investigation.”
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Nearly 80 Percent of Americans Would Boycott Chinese-Made Products to Counter CCP Aggression: Poll
A new poll conducted by the Convention of States Action in partnership with the Trafalgar Group surveyed Americans on the measures they’d be willing to take as citizens to counter the aggressive behavior of the Chinese Communist Party and limit reliance on products made in the nation.
Results showed that the vast majority of respondents supported boycotting Chinese-made products if it would help support the US fight against the actions of the CCP.
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Seattle University Hires Security Guards Amid Crime Spike After Defunding Campus Police
In response to spiking crime on campus and in the surrounding area, the University of Washington is hiring additional unarmed overnight security. This follows a move made by the university last year reversing its decision to end armed police patrols of student housing which was made in the wake of the George Floyd riots.
According to a statement from the Seattle-based university, “In the past few months, students, faculty, and staff have reported concerns about personal safety on the Seattle campus at night. These issues center heavily on the Central Plaza Garage (CPG), but also include other parking areas and buildings.”
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The daughter of the former US National Intelligence Director has been sentenced to 35 years in prison after ‘rage drove’ her to stab her ‘best friend’ to death in a Maryland Airbnb.
Sophia Negroponte, 29, was convicted of second-degree murder in January for killing Yousuf Rasmussen, 24, in February 2020.
She stabbed him multiple times and delivered a fatal blow to his neck when he returned to get his cell phone following an argument between the pair.
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Soros Distances Himself From Manhattan DA Bragg After Trump Indictment
Liberal billionaire George Soros has distanced himself from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg after former President Donald Trump’s indictment, saying he’s never met Bragg and didn’t donate to his campaign.
“As for Alvin Bragg, as a matter of fact I did not contribute to his campaign and I don’t know him,” Soros told Semafor. “I think some on the right would rather focus on far-fetched conspiracy theories than on the serious charges against the former president.”
Soros’ comments came after President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called Bragg “Soros-backed,” which has been echoed by many other Republicans. Soros has supported dozens of district attorney candidates across the country in recent years. Last summer, he penned a Wall Street Journal op-ed explaining why he puts his money behind “reform-minded” prosecutors.
While Soros did not donate directly to Bragg’s campaign, in May 2021, he gave $1 million to the Color of Change PAC, which, shortly after receiving the donation, spent hundreds of thousands of dollars backing Bragg’s candidacy.
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Stefanik Rips Pelosi as a ‘Radical Authoritarian’ For Saying Trump Needs to ‘Prove His Innocence’
House GOP Caucus Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., slammed Rep. Nancy Pelosi as a “radical authoritarian” for suggesting former President Trump will need to “prove his innocence” following his indictment.
A grand jury indicted the former president Thursday following Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s investigation into alleged hush money payments made leading up to the 2016 presidential election.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised the grand jury in a statement Thursday, saying, “No one is above the law, and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence. Hopefully, the former president will peacefully respect the system, which grants him that right.”
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Teachers Admit to Using ChatGPT to Prepare Lesson Work, Do Research for Class
A large number of teachers admit to using the popular artificial intelligence (AI) tool ChatGPT to do their work for them.
The news is surprising considering the threat that AI poses to countless human-led industries, including teaching.
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Trump Defuses Extradition Controversy by Agreeing to be Arraigned Without Handcuffs
Former President Trump is expected to surrender to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office Tuesday to be arraigned in New York City court after an unprecedented grand jury indictment, defusing a potential controversy over any request by prosecutors to extradite Trump from his Florida home.
Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury Thursday after a years-long investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, making Trump the first former president in history to be indicted.
He is expected to be arraigned before the judge presiding over the case in a New York City courtroom Tuesday afternoon.
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US Census Bureau Considers Asking Black Americans if Their Ancestors Were Enslaved
The US government is now deliberating over whether to prompt black Americans on if their ancestors were enslaved. This question would also appear on the census. The fundamental purpose of this action is to identify those black people who may be eligible for reparations, should the federal government decide to pursue that course.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the Biden administration intends to find a way to distinguish black people whose families have been in the US for a long time and those who have recently moved to the country from sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, or some other country.
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USA Deals Humiliating Blow to CNN and MSNBC, Gives Fox News 98 of Top 100 Shows in the First Quarter
Fox News was darn near perfect in the first quarter and delivered a humiliating blow to CNN and MSNBC with the help of the American public. Fox News dominated the competition landing 98 of the top 100 telecasts.
Fox News beat CNN and MSNBC combined with total day and primetime viewers and the A25-54 demo for the seventh consecutive quarter. Fox News won every single weekday hour over with double and triple-digit percent advantages.
While the competition was losing viewers, Fox News’ audience share increased to over 52% across all key categories as more Democrats and Independents watch Fox than any other network.
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Canada Advances Plan to Euthanize Children Without Parental Consent
The liberal Canadian government is advancing plans to update the country’s “assisted suicide” laws to allow authorities to euthanize children without the need for parental consent.
Assisted suicide and euthanasia have become rapidly accepted in Canada.
The government has continued to lift restrictions on its Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) program.
Initially, it was introduced to give people who were terminally ill an option to prevent then from dying a slow painful death.
Over time, however, the laws have become more relaxed.
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Chinese Canadians More Likely to Think Election Interference is True Than False: Poll
Chinese Canadians are more likely to believe that the Communist Chinese regime actively interfered in Canada’s elections than to doubt the allegations, according to a new poll.
In the Leger poll released on Thursday, 34% of Chinese Canadians said they believe Chinese state representatives pressured their community into promoting Chinese government objectives, whereas 27% doubted the allegations.
Belief was tied to the amount of time respondents spent living outside China, the report noted.
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COVID Vaccine Caused Stroke in 23-Year-Old, Says Manitoba Family’s Lawsuit
A Manitoba family launched a lawsuit against public health authorities, a previous employer and a pharmaceutical company, claiming a Covid-19 vaccine caused their 23-year-old son to suffer a stroke and brain bleeding days after vaccination.
Jackson Reimer, Marina Reimer and Perry Reimer this month launched legal action claiming Jackson suffered a stroke and loss of vision, and required skull surgery to stop bleeding in his brain because of either an AstraZeneca vaccine or COVISHIELD.
The lawsuit claims Jackson received an AstraZeneca or COVISHIELD vaccine on Mar. 17, 2021 following recommendation from his employer, Vail Resorts, and experienced loss of vision, dizziness and severe headaches six days later.
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Toronto Demands Decriminalization of Fentanyl and Meth for Kids
The City of Toronto has released its sweeping plan to decriminalize all hard drugs, including fentanyl and crack cocaine for any age.
Toronto’s request is even more lenient than the decriminalization order granted to the entire province of British Columbia by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier this year.
The City is asking that the federal government grant a Health Canada exemption for all drugs extending even to children.
In British Columbia’s case, the granted exemption only applies to adults. The report claims that decriminalization should be offered for “all people in Toronto, including youth.”
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Trudeau Government Sponsors ‘Junior Drag Camp’, Targeting Children 7-11 Years Old
The Carousel Theatre for Young People in Vancouver is causing controversy by hosting a “Junior Drag Camp” for children aged 7 to 11 and a “Teen Drag Camp” for ages 12 to 17.
The camps, which are taxpayer-funded by provincial, federal, and local governments, aim to groom children into becoming drag performers. The event website claims that “drag is for everyone” and encourages parents to consider how they dress at home versus work. All children will be given a “drag makeup starter kit.”
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Academics Announce BLM-Inspired Study of ‘Rural Racism’ In British Countryside
Woke academics have been tasked by a charity to study the supposed “rural racism” in the British countryside in response to the Marxist Black Lives Matter movement.
This week the Leverhulme Trust, a charity which can trace its origins back to 19th-century soap-producing plantations in the Congo, has announced that it will be funding the Rural Racism Project to “explore the lived realities of those encountering racism within the English countryside whose experiences are routinely overlooked, minimised and unchallenged”.
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Poland’s grain markets are being destabilized by cheap Ukrainian grain, putting farmers’ livelihoods at risk, and they are growing increasingly furious. In fact, just a few days ago, Polish Agriculture Minister Henryk Kowalczyk had eggs thrown at him at the European Farmers Forum in Jasionka, southern Poland.
The problem is that since the beginning of June 2022, Ukrainian farmers have been free to export grain into the EU without any limits as part of the so-called “solidarity corridors.” That grain was meant to simply pass through Poland on the way to other countries, mainly in the developing world, but this plan has gone awry.
Instead, the majority of the imported grain has remained in Poland, leading to serious problems for Polish producers who are unable to sell their grain as a result.
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Andrew Tate and His Brother Released From Romanian Jail After Three Months Behind Bars
Andrew Tate and his brother have been released from jail in Romania to be placed under house arrest instead, his communication director has said.
The former professional kickboxer and his brother, Tristan are being investigated over allegations of sexual assault and exploitation.
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A Belgian man, who was in his thirties, reportedly found comfort in talking to the AI chatbot named ‘Eliza’ about his worries. He had spent two years speaking with the bot.
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Britons Set Road Blocks on Fire in Revolt Against Eco-Nuisance Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
Britons across the country have been setting road blocks on fire in a demonstration against the introduction of low traffic neighbourhoods.
The scheme was designed to encourage people to cycle and walk instead of driving in typically residential streets.
They were introduced by the Government in 2020 through £225million in emergency funding.
The neighbourhoods have much wider pavements, cycle lanes and road blocks to stop cars coming through.
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COVID App to Close Down in Weeks as Britons Ditch Track and Trace System
The NHS has announced that its COVID-19 app will be closing down soon as a result of a low number of people using the app.
Mobile users who have the app downloaded onto their phone received a notification today that said: “The app is closing down soon. The NHS COVID-19 app will close down on 27 April 2023.”
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The French people’s confidence in the leadership of President Emmanuel Macron has fallen to the lowest level since the Yellow Vest protests in 2018, as Marine Le Pen’s populists and far-leftists rise, amid the national crisis surrounding the government’s push to ram through pension reforms without a vote earlier this month.
According to a Kantar Public-Epoka poll conducted on behalf of the Le Figaro newspaper President Macron has seen his confidence rating among the public fall to just 26 per cent, dropping four points in just the last two months. This represents the lowest rating for the globalist leader since he was re-elected last year and the lowest since the Yellow Vest protests of 2018.
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Italy Bans OpenAI’s ChatGPT Over Privacy Concerns
Italy’s data protection authority has temporarily banned OpenAI’s ChatGPT over alleged privacy violations. The ban will remain in effect until OpenAI complies with the European Union’s privacy laws.
In a statement, the Italian National Authority for Personal Data Protection said ChatGPT violated the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in multiple ways, including unlawfully processing people’s data and failing to prevent minors from accessing the AI chatbot.
The Italian privacy regulator warned OpenAI it has 20 days to respond to the order or face fines.
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‘Morally and Financially Exhausted’ — Slovakia Doesn’t Have Any More Capacity to Aid Ukraine
Support for Ukraine in Slovakia is “morally and financially exhausted,” Slovak President Zuzana Caputova said at a foreign policy conference in Bratislava. She stated that Slovakia’s potential is not unlimited and argued for an increase in defense spending.
Caputova said that the population of the country remains willing to accept Ukrainian refugees. However, a recent Eurostat survey showed that the majority of people believe that their own living standards have decreased with the arrival of refugees, “despite the data clearly pointing to the successful integration of refugees into the labor market.”
The head of state also said that “disinformation and misinterpretation” were being used by some to reduce public support for “the steps taken by the country.”
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Poland: Middle Class Becoming Wealthier, Pool of Poorest Taxpayers Shrinks
Poles did not become poorer during the pandemic, according to the latest tax return data from the Ministry of Finance for the years 2018 to 2021.
Additionally, the number of taxpayers with annual incomes over 1 million zloty (€215,000) has increased, while the number declaring earnings below 20,000 zloty (€4,250) has decreased.
The data indicates that the number of the poorest taxpayers is falling, and the pandemic did not ultimately affect incomes despite the business turbulence. The number of such taxpayers decreased from almost 8.5 million in 2018 to about 5.3 million in 2021.
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Slawomir Mentzen, one of the leaders of the right-wing Confederation party, has said that he is in no hurry to govern and feels that his party’s time is yet to come
Mentzen was interviewed by portal Interia.pl. The interview is one of many he has given as of late as interest in the Confederation party is growing as a result of its rise in the polls.
The young politician admitted that he wanted the other liberal and left parties to unite on one opposition slate, as such a coalition would mean that anyone who did not want to vote for the ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) or the liberals would have to vote for Confederation. However, he was adamant that Confederation did not want to ally with either the conservatives or the liberals.
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Scotland: JK Rowling Vows SNP’s Humza Yousaf Will ‘Disappear Through the Ice’ Like Nicola Sturgeon
JK Rowling has said the new Scottish National Party leader, Humza Yousaf, “will disappear through the ice” like Nicola Sturgeon.
The Harry Potter author remarks were made in relation to Yousaf’s support for the Gender Recognition Reform Bill passed in Scotland, which makes it easier for biological males to self-identify as women, and therefore access female-only spaces.
Responding to a tweet about Yousaf’s support for the controversial gender legislation, Rowling wrote: “Humza Yousaf is the kid who just saw the skater in front of him disappear through the ice, but yells ‘watch me, everybody!’ while wobbling straight for the hole.”
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Senior British ‘Conservative’ Politician Dumps on ‘Lawbreaker’ Trump Supporters After Indictment
A senior member of Britain’s governing Conservative Party has dumped on Donald Trump supporters in the wake of his indictment, calling their “blind love” of the former president “frustrating”.
Alicia Kearns MP, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Select Committee of the House of Commons, appeared on TalkTV, a creature of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp which counts Piers Morgan as its major star, to discuss the then-breaking news of Donald Trump’s indictment, using the opportunity to trash not just the former president but also his supporters.
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Small European Countries “Morally & Financially Exhausted” By Ukraine War Effort
Ukraine’s Western backers have of late expressed more and more skepticism over the future success of the war effort against Russia. This doubt grew louder and more public starting two weeks ago, when Czech President Petr Pavel said in an interview with Polish media that the window is closing on a major new Ukrainian counteroffensive. He then acknowledged that his country may not be able to maintain current levels of assistance to Kiev.
“The window of opportunity is open this year. After next winter, it will be extremely difficult to maintain the current level of assistance,” Pavel was quoted as saying. “War fatigue is not only the exhaustion of human resources and equipment, the destruction of infrastructure in Ukraine, but also fatigue in the countries that provide aid.”
This week another small central European country has echoed the same. Slovak President Zuzana Caputova said at a foreign policy event that Slovakia is “morally and financially exhausted” after more than a year of support given to Ukraine, and as war refugees pour in.
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Sweden Did Exceptionally Well During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authored by Peter Gøtzsche via The Brownstone Institute
No wonder the news media are totally silent about the data that show that Sweden’s open society policy was what the rest of the world should have done, too.
Numerous studies have shown Sweden’s excess death rate to be among the lowest in Europe during the pandemic and in several analyses, Sweden was at the bottom…
This is remarkable considering that Sweden has admitted that it did too little to protect people living in nursing homes.
Unlike the rest of the world, Sweden largely avoided implementing mandatory lockdowns, instead relying on voluntary curbs on social gatherings, and keeping most schools, restaurants, bars and businesses open. Face masks were not mandated and it was very rare to see any Swede dressed as a bank robber.
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UK: Grooming Gangs Survivor Secures ‘Landmark’ £425,000 Legal Win Against Rapist
The High Court has awarded a survivor from the national grooming gangs abuse scandal £425,000 in a “landmark” legal win against her rapist.
Liz, not her real name, started civil proceedings against her rapist Asghar Bostan in 2020 after she felt that the justice system had failed to sufficiently punish him.
In 2018, Bostan was jailed for 9 years at Sheffield Crown Court for raping Liz in a flat in Rotherham, where she was kept and abused for 10 weeks.
Liz was just 14 at the time. In a statement to the court, she has said that her childhood and teenage years were “destroyed” by Bostan and that her dreams of a normal adult life were wrecked by the damage he had done to her.
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Jimmy Prout, 45, was subjected to a campaign of horrific violence at the hands of killers Zahid Zaman and Ann Corbett, before they eventually murdered him in 2016.
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Caroline Glick: A New Phase in US-Israel Relations
Israel was rocked by the news on Thursday that the U.S. State Department had ordered NASA scientist Dr. Amber Straughn to cancel her participation in the Israel Physical Society’s annual meeting. The news came following Straughn’s posting on Twitter that her “travel authorization was revoked” on Wednesday.
The State Department’s move, which gives the appearance of an official boycott, would be stunning under any circumstance. But it is all the more alarming coming on the heels of U.S. President Joe Biden’s shocking remarks in relation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government’s efforts to place minimal limits on the Supreme Court’s currently limitless powers.
In apparently off-the-cuff remarks to reporters on Tuesday, Biden said curtly: “Like many strong supporters of Israel I am very concerned, and I’m concerned that they get this [judicial reform] straight. They cannot continue down this road. Hopefully, the prime minister will act in a way that he’s going to try to work out some genuine compromise. But that remains to be seen.”
Then, after interfering in Israel’s domestic affairs, Biden added: “We’re not interfering. They know my position. They know America’s position. They know the American Jewish position.”
When in a follow-up a reporter asked Biden if he would invite Netanyahu to the White House, the president’s response was immediate and unhesitating.
“No, not in the near term.”
Even before the State Department ordered Straughn to cancel her trip, it was abundantly clear that Biden’s statement wasn’t a fluke. And it wasn’t about Netanyahu. Despite the occasional compliments that Biden and his advisers showered on Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett, the administration’s policies were not more pro-Israel when they were in power. Notwithstanding the failure of the administration’s nuclear diplomacy with Iran last year, the Biden administration remained committed to its policy of appeasing Iran and facilitating its nuclear advancement, despite the previous government’s expressed opposition…
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Hungary is Pragmatic About Russian Sanctions, Says Russian Ambassador
Although Hungary is on Russia’s list of unfriendly nations, the Hungarian government is taking a pragmatic approach to bilateral economic relations, the Russian ambassador to Budapest, Yevgeny Stanislavov, said in an interview with Russian news agency RIA Novosty.
“Hungary was added to Russia’s list of unfriendly countries because of its accession to the anti-Russian sanctions, but the channels for dialogue remain open,” said Stanislavov.
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Russia Lacks ‘Munitions and Military Equipment’ To Rebuild Combat Power: UK
Russia cannot rebuild its “combat power” with fresh personnel alone, according to British intelligence, due to a lack of ammunition and military materiel.
In a Ministry of Defence (MoD) intelligence update focused primarily on the Kremlim’s reported efforts to recruit 400,000 volunteers, the British suggested that manpower alone would not be sufficient to rebuild Russian “combat power”, with the sprawling nation requiring “more munitions and military equipment supplies than it currently has available” to complement any increase in personnel.
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The Russian despot signed off the new foreign policy which cements the deep Cold War-style rupture between Moscow and the West over the invasion of Ukraine.
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Western Arms Supplies ‘No Guarantee’ of a Decisive Victory for Ukraine
Ukraine has been preparing to launch a spring counteroffensive to recapture territory seized by Russians and is hoping to repeat the success of its counterattacks last September. Despite the supply of Western arms, including battle tanks, Ukrainian forces will have to change their tactics if they hope to achieve a breakthrough, according to historian and retired army officer Michel Goya.
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India: Fanatic Muslims Attacked Ram Navami Processions in West Bengal and Many Other States
Ram Navami processions attacked in Howrah by fanatic Muslims, vehicles burnt, riot police deployed, WB CM assures strict action, BJP blames her for ‘disregarding Hindu sentiments’.
Udita Bhattacharya | HENB | Delhi | March 30, 2023:: Several vehicles were set on fire after two groups clashed in West Bengal’s Howrah amid Ram Navami celebrations on Thursday. It is reported that fanatic Muslims attacked Ram Navami Processions in Howrah’s Shibpur There was a clash between processionists and the police in Sankrail as reports also came in.
The violence broke out soon after a Ram Navami procession crossed the area. Visuals showed several vehicles engulfed in flames and heavy police deployment — including riot control force — in the area. A police van and a car with their glasses smashed were also seen in the videos from the spot.
According to a police officer, the incident occurred when the procession was passing through the Shibpur Kazipara locality. Several shops and autorickshaws were ransacked during the violence while several cars including a few police vehicles were set on fire, PTI reported. Four fire tenders were pressed into service to extinguish the blaze.
The police used force to disperse the mob. A large contingent of police was deployed in the locality where the situation is stated to be under control…
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Chinese Communist Party Preparing ‘Kill Lists’ for Taiwan
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is compiling kill lists of Taiwanese citizens ahead of a likely looming invasion, according to reports.
When Communist forces invade the island, these lists will identify those individuals in Taiwan who will be hunted down and executed.
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Rosemarie Campbell, 62, went in for gastric bypass surgery at The Wesley Hospital, in Brisbane, on February 24, 2022, performed by Annastacia Palaszczuk’s boyfriend, DR Reza Adib.
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The average cost of buying a home in Australia increased by 0.13 per cent in March with the median value currently $732,000.
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The One Nation NSW leader appeared unapologetic about the vile post he had made about the openly-gay independent MP Alex Greenwich on Thursday.
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Toll increases on major NSW roads coming into effect from Saturday will hit millions of drivers after an agreement that was made by the former NSW government.
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EU Accused of ‘Tackling’ Illegal Migration by Simply Making it Legal: MEP
The European Parliament has voted in favour of importing “millions of migrants” by approving a rework of the EU asylum system, an MEP has claimed.
A number of MEPs serving within the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) committee have denounced planned reforms of the EU’s asylum process, with one representative arguing that it amounts to parliamentarians deciding to “import millions of migrants” into the bloc.
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A Rwandan national has been sentenced to four years for setting a large fire in the cathedral of Nantes in 2020, and now awaits trial for murdering a Catholic priest the following year.
Rwandan national Emmanuel Abayisenga was sentenced to four years in prison Wednesday by a French judicial court for the fire he set at Nantes Cathedral in July of 2020, which caused as much as 40 million euros worth of damage, including the destruction of the cathedral’s great organ.
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UK: Grave Warning Issued Over ‘Very Dangerous’ Plan to House Asylum Seekers at Ex-RAF Site
Plans to house asylum seekers at ex-RAF sites could lead to fatalities, a local campaigner has warned.
Sites in Lincolnshire, Essex and East Sussex have been earmarked as potential destinations for “several thousand” asylum seekers, Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick announced.
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Newquay residents have shared their frustration at the Government’s decision to house migrants in the town’s Beresford Hotel.
Protesters demonstrated for a second time outside the hotel last week, with two people being arrested on suspicion of assault.
One homeless man told GB News’ Jeff Moody: “I’ve been on the streets 20 years and at the end of the day.
“They’ve been here 10 minutes or however long it took for them to get over here and then get on the register to be put into accommodation straight away with benefits and a phone and three meals a day.
“What about the people? What about the the servicemen that are out there that fought for our country? What about people that haven’t got enough money to survive anymore?”
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A scathing report has revealed that the Government drove up the cost of housing migrants in hotels as a result of different schemes within the Home Office competing against each other for the same contract.
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact made the revelation in its UK aid funding for refugees in the UK review.
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Canadians Roast Military Over Trans Flag Tweet
Canadians took to Twitter on Friday to express their disapproval of the Canadian military after an official account posted a transgender flag and dove into a woke lecture on the importance of inclusivity.
The tweet was part of the “International Transgender Day of Visibility” observed annually by some since 2014.
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CBS News Reportedly Barring Staff From Using Term ‘Transgender’ To Reference Nashville Shooter
CBS News is reportedly ordering staff not to use the term “transgender” to describe the shooter responsible for Monday’s horrific shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, that left six dead, including three 9-year-old children.
Police identified the shooter as a 28-year-old transgender and did not rule out that gender identity may have been a factor in a manifesto that was left behind, but network executives issued a memo to employees urging them to stay away from such coverage, according to The New York Post.
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English Schools Not Telling Parents if Kids Switch Gender, Require Other Kids to Accept Gender Swaps
Research suggests a majority of English schools are not reliably informing parents when children change gender, and are requiring other pupils to go along with supposedly trans classmates’ gender swaps.
Citing previous research that “found that one in four young people (18-20) identify as LGBT”, a report by Policy Exchange said it was likely that “many school leavers [were] exploring their identity at school” — and raised questions about “the appropriateness of current RSHE” — Religious and Sexual Health Education — “and the impact of this teaching on children’s beliefs about their own sex and gender.”
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Ahead of April Fools Day on Saturday, a billboard has popped up along I-35 south of Forth Worth featuring an advertisement for a fake airline company “Stopwoke Airlines,” mocking woke companies like Southwest Airlines.
The billboard, featuring the tag phrase “Bringing San Francisco’s baggage to Texas non-stop,” features satirical depictions of Southwest Airlines CEO Robert Jordan, and Board of Directors members David Biegler, Nancy Loefler, Gary Kelly, and Veronica Biggins dressed in flashy drag attire.
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Florida House Passes Bill to Limit Use of Preferred Pronouns in Schools
The Florida state House on Friday passed legislation to prevent schools employees from asking for students’ preferred pronouns or sharing their own.
The measure comes as part of a broader expansion of the Parental Rights in Education Act, which restricts discussion of certain sexual topics in schools. At present, the law restricts discussion of those materials from kindergarten third grade, but the state measure would expand that restriction to include pre-kindergarten through grade eight.
The bill further asserts that “a person’s sex is an immutable biological trait and that it is false to ascribe to a person a pronoun that does not correspond to such person’s sex,” according to The Hill. The lower chamber passed the legislation by a 77-35 vote margin, with two Republicans voting against it.
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The parents are instead allowing their children to decide whether or not they are a boy or a girl regardless of their physical anatomy.
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President Joe Biden on Friday commemorated Transgender Day of Visibility, calling transgender people “made in the image of God and deserving of dignity, respect, and support.”
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Report: Kindergarteners Forced to Read Trans Book for Biden Endorsed ‘Transgender Day of Visibility’
Children as young as five are to be forced to read a book about transgender children as part of a ‘Transgender Day of Visibility’ that has been endorsed by the Biden administration.
The Daily Wire reports that children at Burton Valley Elementary, about 20 miles east of San Francisco, will be reading a book titled “It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity.”
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Tennessee Capitol Protesters Appear to Mourn Nashville School Shooter’s Death: ‘Seven Lives’
Dozens of protesters swarmed into the Tennessee State Capitol on Thursday, demanding that lawmakers take action on gun violence as they appeared to mourn the loss of the transgender former student who shot and killed six people at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, earlier this week.
While several people held up six fingers, video from the demonstration showed multiple protesters holding up seven fingers at one point in an apparent display of how many lives were lost in the shooting that took place Monday.
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During a Students for Life of America (SFLA) event on Wednesday at Virginia Commonwealth University, pro-life organizers were forced by campus police to shut down their event after Antifa members got violent, assaulting pro-life attendees. Two people were arrested.
The event featured SFLA President Kristin Hawkins and Student Ambassador Isabel Brown who were set to talk about “lies pro-choicers believe,” according to an SFLA blog post.
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WHO Now Says COVID Vaccines Not Recommended for Healthy Kids & Teens
Yet another leading health institution has unveiled a significant Covid policy reversal this week… this time it’s none other than the World Health Organization (WHO) saying something that might have gotten an individual suspended from social media or publicly “canceled” a mere one or two years ago:
WHO now recommends healthy, young people NOT get the Covid Vaccines.
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by Daniel Greenfield
“We have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents,” MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry argued. “Educators love their students and know better than anyone what they need to learn and to thrive,” the NEA asserted. “Parents claim they have the right to shape their kids’ school curriculum. They don’t,” a Washington Post op-ed bluntly asserted.
A Minnesota bill now proposes to take children away from parents who don’t agree to have them sexually mutilated. Similar bills are working their way through other states.
Behind all the identity politics, the graphic sexual materials in classrooms, the covert gender swaps by public school administrators, critical race theory, drag shows and so much else is a showdown between the family and the state. It’s not a new confrontation, but teenage puberty blockers, suicides, sex and racism manuals have made the stakes painfully clear.
At the heart of sexual identity politics is an obsession with dismantling the family. The embrace of transgenderism by the state is no accident of politics. The family, like race and religion, is the chief rival to the state. The state set out to neuter its rivals through identity politics, using race, religion and finally sexuality to define new identities and use them to make the state supreme…
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GENDER POLITICS as you say has the effect of turning children away from their parents. Bit like the Chinese cultural revolution. Families no longer on the same team working for the good of the group. Break them up so they hate each other and can no longer talk to each other. Like people from different planets.
It’s the natural evolution of the destruction of the “nations” – for nations used to be a sort of “extended family” – but we can’t have that in the Brave New World!
Sexuality might be one of the strongest bonds between two persons so – let’s make little girls into prostitutes with 300+ sexual partners by the time they are 30. Let’s give a pass to all the “slut makers”, but let’s destroy the men who make an effort to support a woman – let’s destroy the husbands at the family court.
And then wonder “where have all the good men and women gone?”
Prostitute is not really an accurate description of what most young western females have become. Prostitutes at least have the sense to get payment for the usage of what’s between their thighs. “Strong Independent Women” just give it away for nothing while thinking they are exercising their independence over the patriarchy.
As destructive as their behavior is, The Wall will have the last laugh, as they will spend the majority of their miserable lives childless, unloved, and invisible to all except their swarms of cats and sellers of boxed wine.
Honestly, I feel sorry for the post wall feminists who let the train run away and they end up bitter old – can’t even call them “grandmas” can we? …Cat ladies – that’s the term.
It’s the ancient question: “Do women have agency?” “Can women be held responsible for their actions?”
As I am getting older, I found out how easy it is for us, older, wiser, richer men to manipulate those poor souls. I could make millions in Marketing or confidence swindler, or marriage swindler – if I wanted to.
But then – the real question is – if it is so easy to fool women (given you have the right skills and resources) – was it not better when the women were 100% subject to their fathers, brothers, and husbands? For men are not so easily swindled. Real men know the name of the game… That one never gets something for nothing, etc.
But – that implies that women don’t have agency, and are not able to navigate this world full of dangerous frauds without proper guidance.
And – the devil sure as hell has abused this female naivity to the fullest.
(I am sure there are women who do have agency – but none of the 15-30 year olds I am afraid, and even after that, majority of the females who build their life around make up and fashion are completely lost, IMHO)
So – as always – it’s the man’s fault – that the men let the women go astray. Maybe the feminazis are right about that after all. 🙂