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Mark Zuckerberg to Continue Big Spending on Georgia Election Workers

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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s multimillion dollar investment in the 2020 presidential election process may extend into this year or beyond, at least if Fulton County is any measure. Georgia’s largest county, which encompasses the blue-leaning city of Atlanta, received more than $6.3 million in private grants from the Zuckerberg-funded Center for Tech and Civic Life … Read more

Ohio GOP Will Vote To Censure 10 Republican Reps Who Voted To Impeach Trump

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The Ohio Republican Party’s 66-member state central committee has scheduled a Friday vote on a resolution that would censure Rocky River GOP Rep. Anthony Gonzalez and the nine other House of Representatives Republicans who voted to impeach Trump in January after he encouraged a riot at the U.S. Capitol that led to multiple deaths. Republican … Read more

Newsom vetoed a bill that required parental consent for children under 13 to create social media accounts

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 1281 (discussed here) to extend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) “exemptions” for business-to-business (B2B) and employee personal information.  The exemption was headed for a sunset on December 31, 2020 without legislative action, and this extension will continue through the end of 2022.   AB 1281 also has a … Read more

States that voted for Biden lost jobs at more than double the rate of Republican ones during pandemic

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Job losses during the pandemic differed significantly by party affinity Democratic states averaged job losses of 6.2%, versus 2.5% in Republican ones Difference might be due to severity of pandemic restrictions on the economy Republican states are also less likely to have large cities and service economies   More severe job losses might have swayed voters … Read more

Supreme Court Considers Fourth Amendment Exception To Let Cops Seize Guns Without A Warrant

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A U.S. Supreme Court case that could dramatically expand the ability of police to enter homes without warrants, including to seize firearms, had a wide-ranging and freewheeling oral argument on Wednesday. In debating an exception to the Fourth Amendment, the justices managed to invoke Albert Camus, crying babies, dangerous falls by the elderly, Kojak, mask ordinances, plague … Read more

LONG OVERDUE: JUST ONE OF Soros-Backed Prosecutor Faces Disciplinary Hearings, Could Lose Law License, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner

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St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner faced disciplinary proceedings stemming from an ethics complaint filed against her, according to a case list (pdf) posted on a state website. Gardner, who was elected to her post with the help of billionaire liberal activist George Soros, will likely face a panel that will review the allegations against … Read more

California Dems Pressured Tech Companies to Censor “Misinformation” About 2020 Election

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California state officials pressured tech companies to censor social media posts about the 2020 election — informed in part by daily “misinformation” briefings from a consultant tied to the Biden campaign — according to documents from the California secretary of state. Officials from California Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s office complained to major social media … Read more

One-Third of Basecamp Employees Quit After Founders Ask Them To Focus On Work, Not Wokeness, At Work

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  About one-third of employees at software company Basecamp quit days after bosses told them to keep ideology out of the workplace and focus on the company’s actual business. “We make project management, team communication, and email software,” CEO Jason Fried wrote April 26. We don’t have to solve deep social problems, chime in publicly … Read more

Glenn Greenwald: The people who run the Intercept now had nothing to do with its founding — they just leech off those who did…

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This is repulsive. The Intercept was founded during the Snowden story to defend privacy rights & oppose the security state. Now, the liberal DNC hacks who "edit" it are boasting they got personal data from Gab users & are sorting through it, doing FBI's work to find "extremists." pic.twitter.com/GHpJRosvod — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 4, … Read more

China’s Big Brother ‘Social Credit System’ Now Tracks People in North America Too with Video Surveillance

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China is covertly conducting surveillance and even tracking people’s movements in North America using what’s called “a social credit system,” trying to advance its totalitarian authority all over the world even in free nations. The Gatestone Institute, a non-partisan, not-for-profit international policy council, and think tank, reports seven years ago, China’s State Council issued guidelines … Read more