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Misinformation is a key global threat, but Democrats and Republicans disagree about how to address the problem. In particular, Democrats and Republicans diverge sharply on removing misinformation from social media.Only three weeks after the Biden administration announced the Disinformation Governance Board in April 2022, the effort to develop best practices for countering disinformation was halted because of Republican concerns about its mission. Why do Democrats and Republicans have such different attitudes about content moderation?My colleagues Jennifer Pan and Margaret E. Roberts and I found in a study published in the journal Science Advances that Democrats and Republicans not only disagree...

[snip] I mention all this because my interview last night with Edward Dowd, formerly a hedge fund manager at BlackRock, now founder of Phinance Technologies and author of Cause Unknown: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 and 2022, presented me with a couple of moments in which what he was telling me was so horrific and so unimaginable that I stumbled a few times, and visibly lost my usual composure. The interview is linked above, at the top of this essay. Here is the report: https://phinancetechnologies.com/HumanityProjects/UK%20Cause%20of%20Death/Report%20V-Damage%20Analysis%20-%20Cardiovascular%2015-44%20-%20V3.pdf [snip] Using standard methodologies, Dowd and his colleagues have found, in a new...

Ex-Sex Pistol John Lydon went by Johnny Rotten during the 1970s golden age of punk and famously gave angry, snarled voice to the era’s anti-monarchist sentiment with the band’s scabrous musical indictment “God Save the Queen.” Times — and Johnny — have changed. Today Lydon released a short and very sweet statement to honor Queen Elizabeth II, who died Thursday. “Rest in Peace Queen Elizabeth II,” Lydon wrote on his website and in a tweet. “Send her victorious.” He accompanied the message with a classic Cecil Beaton portrait of the Queen, sans the safety pin piercing that became an iconic...

The Queen and the Royal family have always held the unwavering attention of Americans unused to the pomp and ceremony of the centuries-old institution. And Her Majesty cemented her place in the hearts of a grieving United States by famously ordering the Star Spangled Banner be played outside Buckingham Palace just two days after 9/11 in a touching tribute to America. ... Ten days after the attacks, the Queen released an emotional messaged to New Yorkers, saying: 'You come together today in St Thomas church in New York united in sorrow by the terrible events of last week. 'Each and...

Former Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones is currently promoting Pistol, the new FX series following the story of his former punk band. However, in two recent interviews, the guitarist has revealed that he doesn’t listen to his old music much these days. He would much sooner find himself listening to Steely Dan than any 1970s punk rock. The topic first came up in an interview with The Telegraph last week. “I never really listen to the Pistols’ music anymore,” Jones admitted. “I’m xxxx tired of it, to be honest with you. I’d rather listen to Steely Dan.” It will come...

It's inevitable that, sooner or later, some pivotal moment in your life – a cultural or political event that changed what you did or thought – will become history. In that moment you realize not just that (a lot of) time has passed, but that your memory of that moment is wholly subjective, and open to interpretation – or misinterpretation. In my young life, that moment was punk rock, and I was naïve enough to believe for years that it was a wholly subcultural event, and hardly likely one day to become a six-part miniseries streamed by Disney. (If I...

Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon, perhaps better known as “Johnny Rotten,” says President Donald Trump has “broken the Washington criminality that has caused problems for all of us.” “I met him once. I know, what an offensive fella. But he went into politics as the complete individual. That’s what we want,” said Lydon in a recent interview with Fox News. “I don’t like politicians really, generally speaking, not many of them at all. I don’t trust of them. He broke that system, that Washington criminality that’s caused the problems for all of us in the first place.” Lydon also defended...

Legendary Punk Rocker John Lydon, who goes by “Johnny Rotten” and fronts the iconic band “The Sex Pistols” has made it clear he’s voting for Trump. Rotten told BBC’s NewsDay he is “definitely” voting for Trump last month. Lydon is born in London but because a U.S. Citizen in 2013. Explaining his reason, the lead singer said “He’s an individual thinker, I’ll give him that for a start. He’s not the most lovable fellow on God’s earth, but I cannot see the opposition as offering me anything by way of a solution.” “Yes, of course I’m voting for Trump,” Lydon...

Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon, aka “Johnny Rotten,” has confirmed that he is “definitely” voting for President Donald Trump in America’s upcoming presidential election, railing against the establishment politicians who’ve been running the country. Lydon, who is English but became an American citizen in 2013, said he doesn’t care about Trump’s personality but rather a continued shake-up of the political system. “He’s an individual thinker, I’ll give him that for a start,” he said in an interview with BBC’s Newsday. “He’s not the most lovable fellow on God’s earth, but I cannot see the opposition as offering me anything by...

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FULL TITLE: Anarchy in the USA: Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten sports a Make America Great Again t-shirt as he puffs on a cigarette before a gig in New Orleans Former Sex Pistols frontman has been causing anarchy in the USA after he was caught sporting a Make America Great Again T-shirt as he puffed on a cigarette. John Lyden, best known for his alter ego Johnny Rotten, was snapped as he leaned out of a window at New Orleans' Civic Theatre where his band Public Image Ltd were due to play. But the punk legend appeared to have left his...

By Kieran Corcoran | 7:45 am, March 27, 2017 Punk legend Johnny Rotten has expressed his support for President Trump and described the chaos surrounding his presidency as a “joy to behold”. The singer and former frontman of The Sex Pistols attacked liberal media outlets in the United States for trying to “smear” Trump by accusing him of racism and said he believes his leadership of the nation will be a force for good. Rotten (real name John Lydon) spoke out during an appearance on the Good Morning Britain talk show on Monday. "One journalist once said to me, is...

[John Lydon—Johnny Rotten, “Sex Pistols”] said the unconventional outsider President Trump was a type of punk rock politician who was being unfairly attacked by the media establishment. He dubbed Mr. Trump “a complicated fellow”, adding: “As one journalist once asked me, is he the political Sex Pistol? In a way.” When host Piers Morgan described Mr. Trump as “the archetypal anti-establishment figure”, Mr. Lydon said: “Dare I say, a possible friend.”

Rotten, who holds American citizenship, agrees Trump shares the Sex Pistol's anti-establishment qualities. "There's many, many problems with him as a human being but he’s not [racist] and there just might be a chance something good will come out of that situation because he terrifies politicians," Rotten shared. "This is joy to behold for me. Dare I say, [he could be] a possible friend." The 61-year-old rocker also voiced his support for Brexit saying, "the working class [has spoken] and I'm one of them and I'm with them."

What a sad indictment on our culture that a twice-divorced Vaishnava, PETA loving vegetarian rock-and-roller who once tried to convince the drug-addicted lead singer of the Sex Pistols to marry her, is now a voice of reason when it comes to the hyper-sexed nature of modern pop music.

Britain's most notorious villain is dead: Exactly 50 years after the Great Train Robbery and just hours before BBC drama tells story of his infamous heist, Ronnie Biggs dies in a London care home Legendary criminal dies at North London home at the age of 84 He had been in poor health since returning to Britain from Brazil in 2001 Found fame as he taunted the authorities during his decades on the run Biggs was part of the gang which targeted a train in 1963 and made off with £2.6million in cash - worth £40million today

  Well-wisher ... John Lydon famously railed against the monarchy in Sex Pistols anthem God Save The Queen By SEAN HAMILTON AS snarling punk idol Johnny Rotten, singer John Lydon famously railed against the monarchy in The Sex Pistols' Seventies anthem God Save The Queen. So you might not expect him to join well-wishers queuing to congratulate Prince William and Kate. Here he tells SEAN HAMILTON why he wishes them well. WHEN I heard William had popped the question to Kate, I had a nice cup of tea for them. Later on, I might even put some bucks fizz...

GORDON SWIRE IS SUPPOSED to be sitting next to Ben in this Cadillac. Gordon's the man who inadvertently changed rock'n'roll history - and a good few other things - by introducing his art school pal Malcolm McLaren to his married sister Vivienne Westwood back in 1966. And Ben? He's the art photographer who's Vivienne's son and thus McLaren's step-son. Ben is driving his American motor in the McLaren funeral cortège - a horse-drawn hearse, a dozen limos and a double decker battle bus - that's heading towards Highgate Cemetery. But Gordon Swire's not in the front passenger seat because...

...His coffin, emblazoned with the slogan "too fast to live, too young to die", was carried on a horse-drawn carriage. Mourners included his former partner, fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood, and Sir Bob Geldof. McLaren, who died earlier this month aged 64, will later be buried at Highgate Cemetery in a private service. ...Beverley Gardener, 47, from Camden, went to Sex Pistols concerts in the late 1970s and said: "I just thought I'd come down to see him off. "It's sad, but he was a beautiful man - the king of punk. That is all I can say about him....

Malcolm McLaren has died in New York, aged 64. The former Sex Pistols manager and impresario had been suffering from cancer and died this morning after complications arising from his illness.