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US elites are starting to admit that the world is rebelling against the US - Washington has nobody to blame but itself


RT
Fri, 26 May 2023 18:23 UTC
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© Camilo Freedman/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesA demonstrator sets fire to a United States flag hanging on a paper statue, symbolizing that, US backed militarism during the massacre of students in 1975, El Salvador, 2021.
A former White House official has acknowledged the reality of growing resistance to the country's imperialism

In an interesting recent speech in Tallinn, Estonia, former White House official Fiona Hill showed that at least someone in Washington has enough self awareness to see what's happening in the world.

Hill acknowledged that the conflict in Ukraine has sparked a global "proxy rebellion," led by Russia, against American hegemony. This is quite true, as many of us could see from the very start of Moscow's military offensive, in the spring of last year. But this kickback has been a long-time coming, and the US has brought it upon itself through its own deeds.
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Only thing shocking about NYC machete attack was a college actually firing a woke professor - UPDATE: Rodríguez released 'on own recognizance'

Jonathan Turley
New York Post
Thu, 25 May 2023 15:22 UTC
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© Robert Miller for the N.Y. PostShellyne Rodriguez was caught on camera holding the blade to the Post reporter’s neck outside her Bronx apartment Tuesday.
Professor Shellyne Rodríguez is out of a job.

Hunter College fired the art professor after she held a machete to the neck of a New York Post reporter and threatened to "chop you up."

The most remarkable aspect of the story may not be a professor brandishing a knife, but a college actually finding a basis to fire an activist academic.

Hunter College, after all, had refused to fire Rodríguez after she trashed a pro-life table run by students.

Comment:

UPDATE 25/05/2023: Shellyne Rodriguez was released by Bronx judge.
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© Kevin C. Downs for Fox News DigitalRodriguez doesn't appear too worried about her charges. The former Hunter College professor, who was caught on video holding a machete to a NY Post reporter's neck
The since-fired Hunter College professor who held a machete to a Post reporter's neck was released by a Bronx judge Thursday night during a court hearing attended by numerous supporters.

Shellyne Rodriguez, 45, made her first court appearance in Bronx Criminal Court, where she was arraigned on charges of menacing and harassment over the frightening confrontation with a veteran Post scribe inside her Bronx apartment building earlier in the week.

About a half-dozen supporters attended the brief hearing and one even clapped after a judge released Rodriguez on her own recognizance.

Rodriguez then walked out of the courthouse with four or five of the pals and hit up a Burger King to order some food.

Earlier Thursday, Rodiguez turned herself in to the 43rd Precinct.


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Clueless! Target CEO days before boycott: DEI is a 'great thing for our brand,' creates 'benefits for our shareholders'

Ben Zeisloft
The Daily Wire
Fri, 26 May 2023 17:40 UTC
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© Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTarget display of trans clothing being marketed to children
Target CEO Brian Cornell said in an interview days before his company experienced massive backlash for "Pride Month" efforts that "woke capitalism" was beneficial to his firm.

Conservatives have launched a boycott against Target after the retail behemoth marketed a female swimsuit as "tuck-friendly" and with "extra crotch coverage," as well as hired an artist who formerly created Satanic items to make various designs for the company. Cornell was asked in a May 16 episode of Fortune's "Leadership Next" podcast about how his firm has responded to "pushback" against "woke capitalism," prompting the executive to tout various corporate diversity efforts at Target.

"I can see the benefits for our shareholders. I know that focus on diversity, inclusion, and equity has fueled much of our growth over the last nine years," he commented. "It's adding value, it's helping us drive sales, it's building greater engagement with both our teams and our guests, and those are just the right things for our business today."

Comment: The parents aren't letting up:







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Wagner chief reveals losses in fight for key Donbas city


RT
Wed, 24 May 2023 11:43 UTC
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© SputnikWagner group assess the rubble • Artyomovsk, Ukraine
The head of Russia's Wagner Group, Evgeny Prigozhin, has revealed that his private military company lost around 20,000 servicemen during the fight for the strategic Donbass city of Artyomovsk, also known as Bakhmut. He further claimed that Kiev had suffered some 50,000 fatalities during what has been described as the biggest battle of the 21st century so far.

In an interview published by Wagner's press service on Tuesday, Prigozhin said he had boosted the company's ranks with 50,000 inmates from Russian prisons during the long-running battle. They were offered a chance to fight instead of completing their sentences. He added that there was even split between prisoners and volunteers among the dead, accounting for about 10,000 losses each.

Around 20% of Wagner's forces had also received injuries that would require at least three months to recover from, Prigozhin stated. However, he insisted that the Ukrainian military had suffered far greater losses in what he previously called "the Bakhmut meat-grinder."
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The parents say no to smartphones

Olivia Reingold
The Free Press
Wed, 24 May 2023 06:31 UTC
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© Spencer Heaps/The Free PressJhett Rogers, 13 (left), only member of his friend group without a smartphone.
'How you help them learn to be present, in a task or with a relationship, is one of the top challenges of our generation. Part of that is going to be saying no.'

Every time one of his classmates gets a smartphone, Jhett Rogers thinks to himself: There goes another one.
"It kind of feels like I've lost a friend. Whenever I'm with them, they're zoned out and always on their phone. It kind of made me feel left out and jealous. But later I don't want one because I know what happens."
Rogers, a middle schooler in Salt Lake City, says he still can't shake the desire to join the club. Six months ago, the only other holdout in his 30-strong group of friends got an iPhone.

He says kids in the hallways now bump into each other, with everyone staring down at their phones. Teachers have started giving up on his school's no-phone policy, knowing students hide their devices up their hoodie sleeves and pull them out as soon as no one's looking. At lunch hour, he says, everyone eats alone, scrolling TikTok while they chew.

At 13, Jhett is part of a small, but growing, minority group of holdouts. By age 12, seven out of ten American kids own a smartphone. They also spend about eight hours online a day, inhaling TikTok trends, toggling between texts, and turning their daily lives into Snapchat and Instagram content. Most will have seen pornography by age 12, with three in four teenage boys saying they watch adult content at least once a week.
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At least 1,000 Amazon workers to walk off job over return-to-office mandate, layoffs

Shannon Thaler
New York Post
Tue, 23 May 2023 13:01 UTC
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© Getty ImagesAt least 1,000 Seattle-based Amazon workers will walk off the job as of lunchtime May 31 in an act of protest over layoffs and return-to-office mandates.
Seattle-based Amazon workers have plans to walk off the job on May 31 in an act of retaliation over layoffs and return-to-office mandates.

At least 1,000 employees at Amazon's Seattle headquarters will participate in the walkout, which was announced over Slack and email messages that were reviewed by the Washington Post.

"We're really walking out to show leadership is taking us in the wrong direction and employees need a say in the decisions that affect our lives," one of Amazon's Seattle-based software engineers anonymously told the Seattle Times.

Comment: See also:

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Climate scientists flee Twitter as hostility surges

Roland Lloyd Parry
Yahoo! News
Wed, 24 May 2023 03:29 UTC
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Scientists rely on social media to communicate about climate and other areas.
Scientists suffering insults and mass-spam are abandoning Twitter for alternative social networks as hostile climate-change denialism surges on the platform following Elon Musk's takeover.

Researchers have documented an explosion of hate and misinformation on Twitter since the Tesla billionaire took over in October 2022 -- and now experts say communicating about climate science on the social network on which many of them rely is getting harder.

Policies aimed at curbing the deadly effects of climate change are accelerating, prompting a rise in what experts identify as organised resistance by opponents of climate reform.

Comment: First off, the old "everyone who disagrees with me is a bot" excuse doesn't fly. Secondly, the fact that climate agenda tweets are getting less engagement could very well be because they are no longer being artificially amplified as they were under the previous Twitter regime. Third, the fact that 'trolls' are engaging more is likely due to the fact that people who have "the wrong opinions" are no longer being artificially silenced. Welcome to life outside of the echo-chamber, agenda-pushers!

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UK sees surge in pupils from poorest areas absent from school

Nick Martin
Sky News
Fri, 19 May 2023 14:35 UTC
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If the government can't get a grip on school absences, the implications for deprived areas which are already struggling - and the country as a whole - are serious and long-lasting.
The sheer number of children missing big chunks of school is a crisis with many parts.

Firstly, the working-class kids: three times as many children receiving free school meals are severely absent from school than those pupils who aren't eligible.

And many come from homes where rates of unemployment are high, where the risk of being evicted is greatest and where it's more likely that they are living in some of the country's poorest areas.

Secondly, it's about money: Schools in these areas say they simply no longer have the money or resources to check up on children who aren't turning up.

Comment: See also: 'Powder keg waiting to blow': UK plans to build 1,000 portacabins to deal with prison overcrowding

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'Subway killer' Daniel Penny's actions expose a gap in US law enforcement

Ian Miles Cheong
RT
Thu, 25 May 2023 21:01 UTC
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© TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFPUS Marine veteran Daniel Penny (C) is walked out of the New York Police Department 5th Precinct in Lower Manhattan, May 12, 2023 on his way to a arraignment after he surrendered to authorities after being charged with 2nd Degree Manslaughter in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely.
In the pulsing underbelly of New York City, amidst the rhythmic thunder of subway cars, a drama as complex and multifaceted as the city itself has unfolded.

The protagonist, a man named Daniel Penny, has become the subject of a tumultuous national conversation. A former Marine, Penny now faces second-degree manslaughter charges following a subway altercation with Jordan Neely, a homeless man plagued by a disconcerting rap sheet.

This case transcends the boundaries of a Manhattan courtroom to delve into the tumultuous realm of public opinion, becoming a cipher for a country grappling with its very interpretation of justice.

The image of Daniel Penny, an unassuming ex-Marine with an (until recently) unblemished record, now adorns headlines nationwide. His life took an abrupt turn after a fateful encounter with Neely, whose long-standing criminal history includes violent assault and a chilling attempt at kidnapping a seven-year-old child. On that train, according to witness reports, Neely was acting in a hostile and erratic manner, telling riders that he was ready to hurt (even kill, according to some) someone, and willing to "take a bullet" or go to jail. Penny acted to subdue Neely, seeking to de-escalate a potentially volatile situation. The ex-Marine took Neely into a chokehold, which ultimately resulted in the latter's death.
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Almost two thirds of Americans view media as "truly the enemy of the people" - poll

Steve Watson
Summit News
Thu, 25 May 2023 00:00 UTC
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© Tero Vesalainen / Getty Images
"A mind-blowing damnation of the regime press"

A new Rasmussen poll has found that almost two thirds of Americans believe the media is "truly the enemy of the people".

The survey found that a total of 59 percent of likely voters either strongly or somewhat agree with the statement.

Among Republicans, the belief is even more prevalent at 77 percent. Only a slim majority of Democrats disagree.
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