Month: January 2019

IT’S JUST THAT THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT SOME STUDENTS, AND THESE WEREN’T THE ONES

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Professor blasts university for playing down violent threat against conservative students’ event. Investigates nonthreatening speech with no hesitance, however John Banzhaf has spent years denouncing his employer, George Washington University, for investigating its students for their free speech. But it was the private university’s refusal to condemn posters that threatened physical violence against a conservative … Read more

Well, if a Democrat’s campaign doesn’t like what you write, of course you take it down.

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JOURNALISM: After getting pushback from Sen. Kamala Harris’s (D-CA) campaign, CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski on Tuesday evening deleted an accurate tweet about how Harris backtracked on her call to “eliminate” private health insurance and provide Medicare for all. Well, if a Democrat’s campaign doesn’t like what you write, of course you take it down. After all,   … Read more

The REAL Resistance: Sheriffs in Washington State REFUSE to Enforce Unconstitutional Gun Laws

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by Daisy Luther Washington state recently introduced bills for some of the strictest gun laws in the country but they have some very important opponents: the sheriffs. Long thought to be the last line of defense between authoritarianism and freedom, sheriffs are in a unique position. As elected officials, basically nobody has authority over them … Read more

PG&E Says To Maintain Equipment As Court Ordered They Will Raise Rates 5 Fold

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by Natura Naturans ‘Clean energy leader’ PG&E Filing Bankruptcy – rejects investor bailout – massive rate hike looms Anthony Watts / 1 hour ago January 29, 2019 If only they’d spent more money on keeping their infrastructure maintained instead of chasing green dreams. PG&E is also answering to federal judge William Alsup, who is overseeing its … Read more

SHE’S DONE! Top Dems Plot To END Ocasio-Cortez – Here is How They Will Do it

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Scott Wong for the Hill reports, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has infuriated colleagues by aligning with a progressive outside group that’s threatening to primary entrenched Democrats. Now some of those lawmakers are turning the tables on her and are discussing recruiting a primary challenger to run against the social media sensation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG8W1lFwh6k Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/42… … Read more

Facebook has been paying teens $20 a month for total access to their phone activity

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https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/29/18202880/facebook-research-enterprise-root-certificate-onavo-techcrunch Facebook has run a program to collect intimate user data from paid volunteers for the past three years, according to a new report. TechCrunch reported that the company has been paying people ages 13 to 25 as much as $20 month in exchange for installing an app called Facebook Research on iOS or Android, … Read more

Flash-Balls, Pitchforks And A Backstop

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by Raúl Ilargi Meijer   Jan van Eyck Madonna and Child at the Fountain 1439 (height: 7.4“, 19 cm)  It’s educational and even somewhat entertaining to observe the role of the western press in the ongoing erosion and demise of democracy in Europe. But while it’s entertaining, it also means their readers and viewers don’t get informed on … Read more