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  • Free Speech is Under Full Assault

    06/19/2020 6:44:24 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 3 replies
    American Thinker.com ^ | June 19, 2020 | J. G. Carter
    Increasingly, we see people holding unpopular views being attacked and refused a forum in which to speak. Through the threat of force and censorship to control people's speech, free speech is under full assault. History is replete with others using similar tactics. As in the times before the Nazi rise to power, the Soviet gulag era, and Mao's revolution, similar trends are prevalent today. Freedom of speech is engaging in unrestricted speaking of one's mind without fear of retaliation or censorship. It is the freedom to use one's natural rights to engage in complex thought and speech. This is not...
  • Surgeon General says wearing masks will give Americans ‘more freedom’

    06/14/2020 8:50:57 PM PDT · by conservative98 · 77 replies
    NY Post ^ | June 14, 2020 | Mark Moore
    Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Sunday encouraged people to wear a mask to stop the spread of the coronavirus — saying the face coverings don’t infringe on Americans’ “freedom” and will help to get the economy up and running. “Some feel face coverings infringe on their freedom of choice- but if more wear them, we’ll have MORE freedom to go out. Face coverings [leads to] less asymptomatic viral spread [leads to] more places open, and sooner!” Adams wrote on Twitter. “Exercise and promote your freedom by choosing to wear a face covering!” The surgeon general had originally said in February...
  • Here’s a detailed summary of Obama’s IRS scandal, explaining how his administration illegally used the IRS to harass conservative organizations.

    06/14/2020 12:10:34 PM PDT · by grundle · 38 replies
    Wordpress ^ | June 14, 2020 | Dan from Squirrel Hill
    Here’s a detailed summary of Obama’s IRS scandal, explaining how his administration illegally used the IRS to harass conservative organizations. In May 2013, the Washington Post reported that the IRS had illegally targeted conservative groups for additional reviews. Organizations with the words “tea party” or “patriot” were singled out for harassment, such as requiring them to provide a list of donors, details about their internet postings on social networking websites, and information about their family members.When this was first reported by the media in May 2013, Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS division that had conducted these illegal activities, claimed that...
  • Oregon Supreme Court rules against Baker County judge, upholds governor’s orders

    06/12/2020 1:49:47 PM PDT · by An Appeal to Heaven · 45 replies
    ktvz.com, Channel News 21 ^ | June 12, 2020 | By KTVZ news sources
    (Update: Adding Kevin Mannix comment) High court rules against churches challenging COVID-19 restrictions, says executive orders did not violate 28-day time limit SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Baker County judge erred in ruling that Gov. Kate Brown’s executive orders relating to the coronavirus pandemic violated a 28-day statutory time limit and had therefore expired. Friday's decision directs Circuit Judge Matthew Shirtcliff to vacate the preliminary injunction he'd issued while the Baker County case – seeking a declaratory judgment and permanent injunction – was pending (which the Supreme Court had previously stayed). The governor’s...
  • Cops bust White Wolf's Black Lives Matter rally

    06/12/2020 4:52:36 AM PDT · by Tai_Chung · 8 replies
    Taiwan News ^ | 2020/06/12 17:07 | Keoni Everington
    TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A protest rally led by a former Taiwanese gang leader and pro-China figure on Friday (June 12) to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement was cut short by police, as they said he did not have the proper permits. Chinese Unity Promotion Party (CUPP, 統促黨) head Chang An-le (張安樂), aka the "White Wolf," on his Facebook page on Monday (June 8) wrote: "In order to protest against the serious violation of human rights and provoking of ethnic antagonism by the U.S. government, the Chinese Unity Promotion Party will issue a solemn statement. We sincerely...
  • Washington State: Residents Who Refuse COVID Test to Be Placed Under House Arrest [Gates backyard]

    06/11/2020 11:30:49 AM PDT · by UMCRevMom@aol.com · 16 replies
    https://21stcenturywire.com ^ | May 20, 2020 | 21wire
    As many US states struggle to roll-back their highly damaging lockdown policies, various complex technocratic ‘gating’ systems are now being devised by public health officials – all of them presumable designed to prevent a theoretical “second wave” of coronavirus infections and deaths. One such precondition is the call for “mass testing and contact tracing” for COVID-19. This is being proposed as a requirement for the lifting of lockdown restrictions, supposedly until a vaccine or effective treatments arrive which are meant to rescue the public from the alleged unprecedented global pandemic. Most Americans have yet to question what this system of...
  • Loretta Lynch to advise New York attorney general in probe of NYPD clashes with protesters

    06/10/2020 1:12:53 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 19 replies
    NBC "News" / Comcast ^ | June 10, 2020 | By Allan Smith
    New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Wednesday that former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch will advise her office's fast-moving probe of the New York Police Department and its clashes with protesters at demonstrations sparked by the fatal arrest of George Floyd. James announced that Lynch and Barry Friedman, a New York University professor who serves as faculty director of the NYU Law Policing Project, will join the investigation as special advisers. "The right to peacefully protest is one of our most basic civil rights, and we are working without rest to ensure that right is protected and guarded," James...
  • Marathon County (WI) proposes ankle bracelets for “virus violators”

    06/09/2020 9:52:22 AM PDT · by Diana in Wisconsin · 15 replies
    Empower Wisconsin ^ | June 9, 2020 | M.D. Kittle
    MADISON — Marathon County’s government is proposing a new ordinance to deal with COVID-19, including the use of ankle monitors to keep track of virus “violators.” The Marathon County Board of Supervisor’s Health and Human Services committee last week passed the new COVID-19 “reactive” rules, and the executive committee is scheduled to take it up Thursday. Marathon County Corporation Counsel Scott Corbett and Health Officer Joan Theurer, R.N., MSN, recently told supervisors that the proposed ordinance is not intended to be a “Safer at Home Order,” a reference to Gov. Tony Evers’ lockdown edict struck down by the Wisconsin Supreme...
  • Pelosi and Schumer Take a Knee for George Floyd and Others

    06/08/2020 9:55:53 AM PDT · by SkyPilot · 57 replies
    CNS News ^ | 8 Jun 20 | Susan Jones
    Rep. Pelosi and Sen. Schumer lead Democrats in 8 minutes, 46 seconds of silence. Showing their solidarity with Americans protesting the police killing of George Floyd and other black men, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and many of their fellow Democrats knelt in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds at the U.S. Capitol on Monday. That's how long a Minneapolis policeman kept his knee on George Floyd's neck, until he lost consciousness and died. The horrifying moments, as Floyd lay handcuffed on the ground, happened as three other officers stood by and did...
  • Washington prepares for major protest as U.S. officials move to rein in police

    06/06/2020 5:37:56 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 39 replies
    Reuters ^ | June 6, 2020 | by Lisa Lambert, Alexandra Alper
    WASHINGTON - Protesters are expected to gather in Washington for a huge demonstration on Saturday, its police chief said, as U.S. street marches over the killing of a black man in custody enter a 12th day and authorities move to rein in policing tactics. Some activists on social media have called for a million people to attend a protest in the capital. “We have a lot of public, open source information to suggest that the event on this upcoming Saturday may be one of the largest we’ve ever had in the city,” Washington DC Police Chief Peter Newsham told local...
  • Obama's national civilian security

    Looks like Obama's promise of a civilian security force just as strong and just as well funded is taking action across the nation in major cities.
  • In China, U.S. protests a hot topic on state, social media

    06/01/2020 5:17:30 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 11 replies
    Reuters ^ | June 1, 2020 | by Huizhong Wu
    BEIJING - Chinese state media is giving extensive coverage to violent protests roiling cities across the United States, while the unrest has also featured widely in Chinese social media. China’s state-run CCTV aired parts of an interview that his brother, Philonise Floyd, gave to U.S. news channel MSNBC in its noon broadcast on Monday, where he said U.S. President Donald Trump did not give him the opportunity to speak during a phone call and where he cried at the mention of his brother. While the unrest in U.S. cities has been widely reported by international media, China’s interest comes at...
  • Madison Refuses To Arrest Rioters, But Sends Watchers To Enforce Church Services Ban

    05/31/2020 9:37:21 PM PDT · by Helicondelta · 18 replies
    theblaze.com ^ | MAY 31, 2020
    There have been violent riots in Wisconsin's capital of Madison, where a group of about 150 demonstrators threw rocks at police officers on Saturday night, according to WITI-TV. At least 75 stores were damaged or looted overnight. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel politics and statehouse reporter Patrick Marley tweeted, "Police chief says they aren't arresting people tonight." Interim Madison Police Chief Vic Wahl said his officers stood back during the protests. While Madison didn't do much to prevent the barrage of looting in the city, officials want citizens to know that church services of more than 50 people will absolutely not be...
  • Tyranny Under Color of Law

    05/31/2020 5:48:36 PM PDT · by Kenny · 11 replies
    Canada Free Press ^ | May 31, 2020 | Peggy Ryan
    It’s chilling to see American citizens forced to wear masks.  Too reminiscent of Nazi Germany when over a half million people had to wear a badge to identify as a Jew.    “Jews over the age of six in Germany are required to wear a yellow, six-pointed star with the word “Jude” (German for “Jew”) across the front in black, sewn to their outer clothing at all times.”    If we can be ‘ordered’ to wear a mask why not a badge, a wristband, a chip.  But these these governors are just trying to protect their citizens. They’re not dictators....
  • Gov Irate at Citizens' Insubordination [semi-satire]

    05/31/2020 12:03:49 PM PDT · by John Semmens · 1 replies
    Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 31 May 2020 | John Semmens
    As the mass hysteria that allowed so many governors to frighten citizens into mindless obedience to inane and oppressive edicts has waned, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee (D) is irate. "I am the ruler of this state," he declared. "It is everyone's obligation—citizen and non-citizen, alike—to do what I tell them to do." A major irritant has been the increasingly widespread refusal of sheriffs and local police to cite, arrest, shutdown, or otherwise harass individuals attempting to enjoy the life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness our representative democracy is meant to secure. "I consequently have ordered the Department of Labor...
  • U.S. police failing to respect right to peaceful protest: Amnesty International

    05/31/2020 3:41:02 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 29 replies
    NBC "News" / Comcast ^ | May 31, 2020 | by Yuliya Talmazan
    U.S. police across the country are failing their obligations under international law to respect and facilitate the right to peaceful protest, rights group Amnesty International warned Saturday, adding that this was exacerbating a tense situation and endangering the lives of protesters. “In city after city, we are witnessing actions that could be considered unnecessary or excessive force," said Rachel Ward, national director of research at Amnesty International USA. "We call for an immediate end to any excessive use of force and for law enforcement to ensure and protect the legal right to protest.” She added that the use of heavy-duty...
  • New Ohio coronavirus order extends mass-gathering ban until July 1

    05/30/2020 10:24:17 AM PDT · by CheshireTheCat · 23 replies
    Cleveland.com ^ | May 29, 2020 | Jeremy Pelzer
    Two new orders were issued Friday by state health director Dr. Amy Acton: one continuing a ban on most mass gatherings through July 1, and the other lifting restrictions on liquor sales to non-Ohio residents in six counties near the Pennsylvania border...The ban contains numerous exceptions, including religious services, free-speech demonstrations, funerals, and weddings (as well as wedding receptions of up to 300 people starting June 1).
  • Chicago Mayor Defends Enforcement Priorities [semi-satire]

    05/30/2020 10:28:25 AM PDT · by John Semmens · 1 replies
    Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 31 May 2020 | John Semmens
    Mayor Lori Lightfoot's decision to shift police resources to conducting raids on churches that hold services in defiance of her edict that this not be permitted has led to questions regarding her priorities. As is well-known, there are dozens of shootings in the City every week and a lengthy list of unsolved murders. This past Sunday, though, five police cars loaded with officers descended on Chicago Cornerstone Baptist Church to break-up Pastor Courtney Lewis' sermon and disperse the parishioners. Lightfoot justified the raid saying that "the City's residents have learned to live with the constant murders, but COVID-19 is a...
  • ‘You’re playing with fire,’ Murphy says to N.J. salons, gyms vowing to reopen in defiance of coronavirus rules

    05/28/2020 3:49:36 PM PDT · by Libloather · 43 replies
    NJ ^ | 5/28/20 | Matt Arco
    Gov. Phil Murphy warned Thursday that it’s still too early for indoor businesses like gyms and salons to reopen as the coronavirus outbreak continues to slow in New Jersey. Murphy was asked to respond to social media groups attempting to organize businesses for a coordinated defiance of the coronavirus closures on Monday, June 1. “I would just say to folks: You’re playing with fire,” he said at his daily coronavirus briefing in Trenton. “It has to be done the right way and at the right time,” Murphy added. “And I think we’re going to, if you bear with us over...
  • San Francisco stay-at-home order extended 'indefinitely' mayor says

    05/28/2020 3:12:37 PM PDT · by BackRoads775 · 108 replies
    https://www.ktvu.com ^ | 29 May 2020 | Unknown
    SAN FRANCISCO (KTVU) - San Francisco is chartering its on course on how to reopen, differentiating itself from the five Bay Area counties it once stood aligned with on how to move forward in the COVID-19 fight. Mayor London Breed announced at a news conference on Thursday that the city's current stay-at-home order, which was set to expire on Sunday, would be extended "indefinitely."