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LinkedIn staffers go All-Lives-Matter as internal meeting on racism descends into 'dumpster fire' territory

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The highly professional social network's internal Wednesday town hall on racial injustice looked more like what you'd see in a Facebook comments section.

LinkedIn prides itself on being the highly professional, troll-free antithesis to all other social-media platforms. But on Wednesday, the company's own internal meetings looked more like a "dumpster fire" Facebook comments section than anything on the company's famously civil website.

Earlier this week, the career networking website announced that it would hold a virtual global town hall to address the nationwide social unrest sparked by the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd. The meeting was billed as an event to discuss racial inequality by "reflecting on our own biases, practicing allyship, and intentionally driving equitable actions."

"We'll spend most of our time together in open discussion, so please consider bringing questions or experiences you'd like to share," read the invitation email to staff.

LinkedIn employees followed those instructions precisely. The results were a disaster.

Comment: LinkedIn is caught in the technology trap. That field requires highly-educated, engineering-oriented workers, which currently sorts out to mostly male, and most likely Asian or white, as LinkedIn's own internal report shows. More education initiatives may help some with the diversity issue. But they will put themselves on a slippery slope to corporate failure if merit is not at the top of the list.


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Project Veritas releases 'Expose Antifa Part 3': Left-wing militia group Redneck Revolt aims to 'abolish the system, including police'

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Oh the irony...'fighting fascism' by imitating fascism.
Project Veritas released part 3 of its "Expose Antifa" series on Tuesday.

Veritas went undercover and exposed the militia wing of Antifa.

The militia wing, "Redneck Revolt," believes in a complete abolition of the system, including police.

The Democrats are in line with Antifa as they are currently pushing to defund and disband the police.

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Pornhub shutdown petition for alleged sex trafficking videos receives over one million signatures

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© GETTY IMAGES / Ethan MillerPornhub is among three adult websites being sued by a deaf man who wants them to offer closed captions.
The petition to shut down Pornhub and hold its executives accountable for aiding sex trafficking has already received over one million signatures.

Anti-trafficking expert Laila Mickelwait started the petition to put an end to the adult entertainment platform Pornhub. Mickelwait also wants to hold Pornhub's executives accountable for profiting from mass sex trafficking, rape and exploitation of women and minors.

As of late, the petition has already gathered 1,010,214 signatures and counting. According to Mickelwait, there are numerous sex trafficking and child rape films hosted on Pornhub.

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New York police boss goes off on media: 'Stop treating us like animals and thugs and start treating us with respect'

New York police boss Mike O’Meara
New York police boss Mike O’Meara went off on the media Tuesday.
The Democrat-media complex has put a target on the backs of all police officers.

The media praises violent left-wing rioters, looters and arsonists while vilifying police officers who are putting their lives on the line every day.

Thanks to the media, Antifa terrorists and BLM thugs have become emboldened and are attacking police officers without fear of reprisal.

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Lockdowns and riots have horribly abused small business owners

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© YouTube screenshot from CBS Evening NewsKB Balla
For nearly 20 years, Bridget McGinty and her sister ran Tastebuds, a popular lunch spot in downtown Cleveland.

On May 1, she made the torturous decision to close it forever after keeping it on life support for weeks after being closed due to the COVID-19 lockdowns.

"There were just too many things against us," McGinty told The Washington Post, choking back tears.

McGinty's story is tragically all too common.

America's small businesses, the backbone of its economy, have been ravaged by the COVID-19 lockdowns.

A recent survey by Main Street America found that 7.5 million small businesses in America are at risk of closing their doors for good. A more recent survey showed that even with federal loans, close to half of all small business owners say they'll have to shut down for good.

The toll has already been severe. In New York alone, stay-at-home orders have forced the permanent closure of more than 100,000 small businesses.

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Rewriting history: the problem with toppling our monuments

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On Sunday a statue to the 19th century English merchant Edward Colston was seized from its pedestal and violently hurled into Bristol harbour by a group of protestors demonstrating as part of the Black Lives Matter movement. The incident has become the subject of fierce debate ever since. Edward Colston, like many wealthy Europeans of his time, was a slave trader, and the monument has become, for many, a symbol of racism of the type we must eradicate from our society for good.

The slave trade, which saw at least 12 million Africans shipped to North America over a period of 400 years, was a brutal, debased industry founded on the principle of putting profit before human rights. The money amassed from it went towards developing many of our renowned universities and institutions and the construction of towns and cities across the UK. But it was not only the Atlantic slave trade that contributed to our nation's wealth. You cannot walk the streets of Britain today without noticing the hallmarks of our imperialist past. The British Empire exploited people from India to Barbados and the evidence of it is laid bare in the bricks and mortar of our urban architecture and street names. Our country is literally a museum to its imperialist past.

So, what are we to do, start tearing down our town halls, art galleries, and university buildings? How far are we to take the destruction of our material world in order to meet our contemporary standards? We have seen the attempt to rewrite history in recent years in Ukraine, for example, where Lenin statues have been toppled in a bid to wipe the Soviet leader and his Communist dogma, from the pages of history. Or in the Baltic states, where several monuments to the Red Army have been removed as a way of denouncing Soviet rule, despite their purpose being to celebrate victory over Nazism. The past, whether we like it or not, happened. It cannot be erased. There will always be statues that were on the wrong side of history; there will always be some who do not agree with the glorification of a particular figure.

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Thousands in Tel Aviv protest against annexation of West Bank - But is it enough?

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© TwitterA demonstrator holds up a sign during an anti-annexation protest in Tel Aviv on June 6th, 2020.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government are facing pushback over plans to annex large swaths of the occupied West Bank as early as next month, with Israeli and Palestinian protestors taking to the streets to voice their opposition to the plans over the weekend.

Thousands of protesters gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday for a demonstration organized by left-wing activists and NGOs in Israel, under the banner "No to annexation, no to occupation, yes to peace and democracy".

Some protesters waved Palestinian flags, while others held signs reading "Palestinian Lives Matter" and "Stop Apartheid." Demonstrators wore masks and maintained distances between one another in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Towards the end of the protest, Israeli media reported that police clashed with a small group of protesters, violently arresting at least five people, and assaulting a Haaretz photographer.

US Senator Bernie Sanders addressed the protesters in a video address, saying "it has never been more important to stand up for justice, and to fight for the future we all deserve."

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Renouncing radicalized liberalism, a tool of the elite

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Americans are deeply troubled by the sadistic killing of George Floyd, but they're also worried about the nationwide protests. According to a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey, 80 percent of those who were polled think the country is spiraling out of control. This is an unsustainable situation. People want justice for Mr Floyd, but they also want an end to the turmoil. How will this will play out politically? No one knows for sure, but it's clear that the progressive push to "defund the police" is only throwing more gas on the fire.

"Defunding the police" is not an issue the Democratic Party supports, in fact, they'd like to sweep the whole thing under the rug pronto. But grassroots activists are not that easily placated. They're not interested in the Democrat's half-loaf reforms, they want a whole new system that eliminates traditional policing altogether. They want to revolutionize the way that communities deal with public safety issues even if it puts citizens at greater risk. Check out this brief exchange between the president of Minneapolis's City Council, Lisa Bender, and CNN's Chris Cuomo on Monday:
Cuomo- "When you say you see someday being police-free that sounds aspirational, a utopian concept where nobody's committing any crime, because as long as these communities are being preyed upon, both from within and without, there's gonna have to be good men and women willing to step up to keep people safe."

Lisa Bender- "I think the idea of having a police-free future is very aspirational, and I am willing to stand with community members who are asking us to think of that as the goal. We recognize that we don't have all the answers about what a police-free future looks like, but our community does. We're committed to engaging with every willing community member in the city of Minneapolis over the next year to identify what safety looks like for you." (CNN)

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Apple and Google have trained their virtual assistants to rebut 'All lives matter'

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Apple and Google have trained their AI voice assistants to respond to questions on the Black Lives Matter movement, and to rebut the sentiment behind 'all lives matter.'

On Sunday, sports blogger David Gardner tweeted a video of himself asking his Google Home smart speaker: "Do Black lives matter?"

Google's Assistant, which runs on Google Home, responded: "Black Lives Matter. Black people deserve the same freedoms afforded to everyone in this country, and recognizing the injustice they face is the first step towards fixing it."

Comment: Same script different smart device. This is another example of Big Tech companies virtue signaling to boost sales, while they simultaneously "treat staff like animals" and exploit third world countries.
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The cult of diversity & the corruption of science: #ShutDownSTEM

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The cult is growing and strength and number. Most of our leaders cannot stand against it, being either cowards, true converts, or in on the would-be color revolution.

It is spreading to all areas of life, across most of Western culture. Few countries are escaping or avoiding it. No subject is immune. Not even the glory of popular imagination, Science™.