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Reports of police moving in on Antifa hotel occupation near Seattle

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Police are onsite at the Travelodge in Fife Washington near Tacoma where Antifa activists have been illegally squatting since Christmas Day.
Fife police are onsite at the Travelodge in Fife, Washington near Tacoma, where Antifa activists have been illegally squatting since Christmas Day.


Comment: What kind of action was this on the part of Antifa? How were these actions "anti-fascist"? From these seats, it looks a whole lot like freeloading.

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Bad Guys

The Great Reset: The final assault on the living planet

Part three. This is the final segment of a three-part investigative series. [Part 1] [Part 2]

Artificial intelligence, Automation - & Cyberwarfare

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Announced at the Global Inclusive Growth Summit on October 21, 2019, the Imperative 21 RESET campaign was launched to the public on September 13, 2020. A front campaign of The Business Roundtable, the six founding coalition partners are The B Team, JUST Capital, B Lab, Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP), Inclusive Capitalism and Conscious Capitalism. [Further reading: The Business Roundtable/CURT a Systematic Destruction of Labor]
"It's an unprecedented coalition of business networks that have come together to raise our ambition. Not just to help our individual CEOs succeed, we'll do that for sure. But to actually bring their voices together to help shift culture. So that the pushback on the BRT [Business Roundtable] from different business publications or other people within the business community lessens. So there's less of a headwind culturally for this type of leadership."

โ€” Jay Coen Gilbert, co-founder of B Lab and B Corporations [Source]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is described as, "systems that combine sophisticated hardware and software with elaborate databases and knowledge-based processing models to demonstrate characteristics of effective human decision making." [Source] The World Economic Forum recognizes AI as "the engine of the Fourth Industrial Revolution". [Source] AI as applied/ utilized by social media platforms is trained with an objective and exploitative function: target users with ads for maximum ad revenue, by highlighting the newsfeed ensuring users remain on the platform for as many hours, minutes and seconds as possible. This function is highlighted by The Social Dilemma, while, ultimately, the sole function of every corporation, that of increasing revenues and maximizing profits - ad infinitum, is kept opaque.

Heart - Black

Journalists' behavior over Congressman-elect Luke Letlow's passing is abhorrent - and telling

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In no other health circumstance would such brutality toward the afflicted be tolerated

On Tuesday evening, Congressman-elect Luke Letlow's (R., La.) family announced that he passed away at the age of 41 due to complications from COVID-19. He left behind a young family, including two small children, as well as a vast network of friends in Louisiana and Washington, D.C., all devastated by his passing.

Some progressive Twitter activists and left-wing reporters couldn't wait to begin their grave-dancing. Letlow deserved to die, they mused, because he didn't take COVID seriously enough. They scoured his online presence to find any proof that he engaged in so-called "denialism."
Some, such as Vox's Aaron Rupar, pointed to an October video where the then-candidate had the audacity to advocate for reopening the economy while maintaining state and federal precautions on coronavirus. Molly Jong-Fast of The Daily Beast also shared the video. Hundreds of their followers joined in, blaming Letlow for his own death and expressing that he was unworthy of pity because of his politics. For them, his death was further proof that those who dare propose policy prescriptions that differ from their own, no matter how rational or mainstream they may be, just have it coming to them.


Heart - Black

Despairing America: The astonishing psychological cost of lockdown

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Recently, a series of special health alerts and reports have come out warning of growing numbers of people and a country at the breaking point. Sadly, little of that information has reached the public.

American people are crying out for help and dying โˆ’ not from a virus with an "infection fatality rate" of 0.15-0.2% across all age groups, and 0.03 to 0.04% in those under 70 years old. (This means, 99.96% of nearly everyone who gets the virus lives.) No, the desperation and distress are in response to the government's unprecedented mandates and lockdowns.

Masking, isolation, business closures, shuttered churches, ended normal school classes, seniors confined secluded in nursing homes, people left to die alone in hospitals, sporting events ended, music silenced, jobs and livelihoods destroyed. American life has been cancelled - from Easter to Memorial Day, 4th of July to Thanksgiving, Christmas, and now New Year's..

Many people have lost everything and now face losing their country. The level of despair is palpable. Growing numbers have lost the ability to cope.

What would happen as a result of these unprecedented government mandates was well known. They cannot say they didn't know or that it wasn't anticipated.

Comment: The stark ignorance "informing" the mandates, the lockdowns, and all the rest - amounts to criminal negligence.

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Pirates

Seattle Antifa group demands government pay for rooms in motel takeover

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An Antifa group in Seattle explains how they are helping a local motel owner by not paying rent. The group is occupying 15 of the Travelodge's rooms after checking in and paying only the first night's rent.

A spokesperson for a Seattle-area Antifa group known as Tacoma Housing Now said they are trying to help the owner of a Fife, Washington, Travelodge by occupying rooms that could otherwise be booked to someone else, according to a video tweeted by KING5 reporter Sebastian Robertson.


"We paid for the first night and now we're demanding that the city and county pay for the other nights we've been here," spokesperson Rebecca Parson told the reporter.

Attention

Locked out: DC hotel where Proud Boys often stayed will close Jan. 4 to 6 during Trump rally

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© Erin Scott/ReutersPolice officers stand in formation to separate members of the Proud Boys and counter protesters in downtown Washington on Dec. 12, 2020.
Hotel Harrington in Washington, D.C., where the Proud Boys often stayed in the past few months, announced it would be closed during the pro-Trump demonstration planned for next week for the safety of visitors and employees.

The hotel said in a statement posted on Facebook on Monday that the venue will be closed from Jan. 4-6 to all visitors except long-term dwellers. Management said the hotel would organize refunds for all visitors who have made pre-paid reservations.

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Heroes of scholarship: Top 10 ACADEMIC targets of cancel culture in 2020

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© WikipediaWashington Square Park, with its gateway arch, is surrounded largely by NYU buildings and plays an integral role in the University's campus life.
This year, attempts to defenestrate people for voicing their opinions reached new heights of absurdity. And academia was no exception. This list comprises the top 10 academic targets of cancel culture, as selected by yours truly.

Academics are supposed to be engaged in the disinterested pursuit of truth. And universities are meant to be places where you attack the argument, not the man. But in recent years, many scholars in the English-speaking world have found themselves embroiled in controversies just for expressing an unorthodox opinion or - in one case - pronouncing a Chinese word correctly. The individuals below were all targeted for cancellation in 2020. Some were investigated by their employers, others lost book contracts, speaking engagements and even university positions.

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Manhattan appeals court blocks Cuomo's limits on religious gatherings

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© Reuters/Andrew KellyNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo
The federal appeals court in Manhattan on Monday struck down New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's pandemic-related executive order setting capacity limits at houses of worship -because it "discriminates against religion on its face."

The three-judge panel on the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously sided with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, the Orthodox Jewish group Agudath Israel of America and two synagogues who had sued Cuomo over the Oct. 6. attendance caps.

"The restrictions challenged here specially and disproportionately burden religious exercise," and violate the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, Circuit Judge Michael Park wrote in the ruling. "We conclude that [Cuomo's] Order discriminates against religion on its face."

The governor had limited religious gatherings to fewer than 10 people or 25 percent capacity in "red" zones, where the risk of COVID-19 was highest, and to 25 people or 33 percent capacity in slightly less risky "orange" zones. The plaintiffs argued that the restrictions trampled on their religious rights, causing them "irreparable harm," and unfairly targeted them while businesses deemed essential were allowed to operate.

The court agreed, with Park, a President Trump appointee, noting that: "No public interest is served by maintaining an unconstitutional policy when constitutional alternatives are available to achieve the same goal."

Comment: The things 'we have protection from' and the things 'we need protection from' have collided. It is always choice that defines us, unless that option has been hijacked by petty tyrants such as Cuomo.


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Top federal prosecutor resigns after Pennsylvania election fraud investigation

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© The SentinelUS Attorney David Freed
The U.S. attorney who was widely criticized for the September announcement of an investigation into discarded Pennsylvania ballots announced his resignation from the Justice Department Tuesday.
"For the past three years, I have had the great fortune to work with the highly skilled attorneys and staff in the Middle District of Pennsylvania. It is an office blessed with experienced and dedicated leaders, and colleagues who truly understand the importance of working together for the benefit of their fellow citizens."
Freed previously made headlines in September when he took the highly unusual step of announcing that his office was investigating the discarding of mail-in ballots in Luzerne County. The full Justice Department press release about an ongoing investigation was highlighted as an atypical move, as was Freed's announcement that seven of the ballots were reportedly cast for President Trump.


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Freed's departure comes after three years in the district, which consists of 33 counties in Central and Northeastern PA with offices in Harrisburg, Scranton, and Williamsport.

Freed was nominated as United States Attorney by Sen. Pat Toomey (R) and Sen. Bob Casey (D), appointed by President Donald Trump in September 2017, and confirmed by the United States Senate in November 2017. His resignation will be effective midnight January 1, 2021.



Magic Wand

Double Standard: CNN reporters admit they will go easy on the Biden-Harris administration

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© AP/Evan VucciCNN reporter Jim Acosta
It is no secret CNN reporters Jim Acosta and Daniel Dale are biased journalists, but a silver lining with an incoming Biden-Harris administration is that they have to at least admit to being media hacks.

In an interview with The Atlantic about how reporters will approach covering a different administration, Acosta, who made a name for himself being an aggressive questioner and getting into verbal spats with Trump and his press team, said he will not be using the same tactic:
"The drama has made him famous, but Acosta said he doesn't expect to bring the same crusading style to his coverage of the next administration. 'I don't think the press should be trying to whip up the Biden presidency and turn it into must-see TV in a contrived way.'

"If that sounds like a double standard, Acosta told me it's not partisan โ€” it's a matter of professional solidarity. In his view, Trump's campaign to discredit the press has constituted a 'nonstop national emergency,' one that required a defiant response. 'If being at the White House is not an experience that might merit hazard pay, then perhaps it is going to be approached differently.'"

Comment: Recriminations, sarcasm and bias treatment towards Trump were the standard encounters from two worthless individuals pretending to be news reporters.