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A Twitter user, however, posted Josh Thompson's video to Libs of Tik Tok on Monday.
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A Twitter user, however, posted Josh Thompson's video to Libs of Tik Tok on Monday.
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A 3D printed Google logo is placed on the Apple Macbook in this illustration taken April 12, 2020.
A 3D printed Google logo is placed on the Apple Macbook in this illustration taken April 12, 2020.
The opposition figure's team confirmed on Friday that the 'Smart Voting' platform had been taken down from both Apple's AppStore and Google Play services after the country's media regulator, Roskomnadzor, called on the American tech firms to implement a government-ordered block. Officials had previously threatened the US firms with hefty fines if they refused to implement the change, in addition to the hundreds of thousands of dollars in financial penalties imposed for previous breaches.
The news comes just one day after the Interim Commission for the Protection of Sovereignty and Prevention of Interference in Internal Affairs on Russia's Federation Council met to discuss the issue. Andrey Klimov, its chairman, said that both Apple and Google were engaged in "illegal" activity during the election period by supporting "the dissemination of information and materials during the campaign." Officials have accused the companies of undermining the bans on the app by hosting it on their networks and hit out at other firms providing VPNs that allow users to circumvent blocks.
Comment: See also:
- Russia orders Apple, Google to remove Navalny app
- 'Banning Navalny's website is unacceptable & officials are abusing power against opposition figures' - Senior Russian Communist
- To be eligible for prisoner swap with US, Washington would have to confirm Navalny works for American intelligence, says Kremlin
- Navalny's organization accused of crafting a 'Western-backed color revolution', branded 'extremist' by Moscow Court, allies now face election ban
- Russian terrorist finance investigators' new watchlist brands Navalny's political operations 'extremist'; to be dissolved
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Questions Linger on New Education Rules A new policy issued back in July governing China's multi-billion dollar tutoring industry was ostensibly meant to reduce pressures on parents and kids. Here's a quick look at some of the questions and concerns about the policy and its impact as glimpsed through the Chinese media.
Questions Linger on New Education Rules A new policy issued back in July governing China's multi-billion dollar tutoring industry was ostensibly meant to reduce pressures on parents and kids. Here's a quick look at some of the questions and concerns about the policy and its impact as glimpsed through the Chinese media.
Parents and experts noted, among other concerns, that the policy would do little to mediate pressures if more was not done to address unequal distribution of state education resources. And the policy, many complained, primarily impacted more financially strained families, those they were ostensibly crafted to assist, while having little effect on wealthy Chinese who could afford other avenues to fast-track their kids for success - including hiring in-home help and sending their children abroad.
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However, the vaxx pushers and their captive propagandists in the media are spinning these findings as proof of vaccine efficacy.
The Jerusalem Post is reporting that the third Pfizer vaccine provides a ten-times boost of the immunity within individuals against individuals who have received only two vaccine shots. These findings, of course, presume that there was any real immunity boost given from the vaccines to begin with.
Thus far, nearly three million Israelis have received the third booster shot. Israel has emerged as the world leader in vaccine compliance, and their COVID-19 case totals keep shattering records as more Israelis line up to comply.
Comment: Diminishing returns or reality check?
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The Border Line...Thousands daily wait for a broken system to accommodate a volume it is incapable handling.
The Border Line...Thousands daily wait for a broken system to accommodate a volume it is incapable handling.
Yet broadcast evening news coverage in August was virtually nil: Just 6 minutes, 28 seconds on the Big Three during the entire month, including weekends. That's four minutes, 12 seconds on the NBC Nightly News; two minutes and 16 seconds on the CBS Evening News, and nothing — zero minutes and zero seconds — on ABC's World News Tonight in August.
This is barely unchanged from July, when those same newscasts spent just four minutes, 20 seconds on the border crisis, despite the worsening numbers.
Compared to March 2021, when even the liberal media were treating the influx of illegal immigrants as a crisis, evening news coverage has dropped 94 percent, while the actual number of border encounters has risen by more than 20 percent.
Comment: Despite the warnings, the complications, the travesties and implications for US residents, the downturned economy and a suffering job outlook, the Biden border crisis continues numbly on, virtually unabated:
See also: Migrant encounters over 200,000 again in August, as border surge continues
Epoch Times reporter Charlotte Cuthbertson shared similar footage on Thursday morning:
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Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer will draft an ordinance that could soon mandate proof of COVID-19 vaccination for entry into most of the city's indoor spaces.
Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer will draft an ordinance that could soon mandate proof of COVID-19 vaccination for entry into most of the city's indoor spaces.
As reported by Fox 11 Los Angeles:
"Los Angeles County is planning on issuing a new health officer order later this week that will require proof of vaccination for indoor bars, wineries, breweries, nightclubs and lounges. The order will also require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test for outdoor mega-events, including Dodgers, Rams and Chargers games, County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer told the Board of Supervisors Wednesday."The order will also mandate that customers and workers at the indoor nightlife businesses have received at least one dose of the vaccine by October 7th, and their second shot by November 4th.
Comment: The LA resident push back against Newsom and the Covid protocols have defined a divide in public tolerance and awareness. Where it will go from here depends (once again) upon those jockeying for complete submission and control. Without consideration and nuance, California, a state in trouble on many counts, will further polarize and disintegrate.
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A building burns on Aug. 24, 2020, during a riot following the police shooting of a black man who resisted arrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
A building burns on Aug. 24, 2020, during a riot following the police shooting of a black man who resisted arrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Amazon this week blocked an advertisement for a new book on Black Lives Matter leaders, claiming content that "revolves around controversial or highly debated social topics is not permitted."
BLM: The Making of a New Marxist Revolution is the latest book by Mike Gonzalez, a former journalist who is a senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation, parent organization of The Daily Signal.
The Heritage Foundation, which attempted to buy the ad for Gonzalez's book, said Wednesday that Amazon, the nation's largest retailer, had blocked the ad from its website.
'Mad Max' as he's becoming known as, is leading the charge when it comes to speaking out against the tyrannical measures that the lockdowns have brought into Canada
Yet, Bernier was not invited to any of the three leaders debates. By contrast, Green Party leader Annamie Paul was invited to the two official debates on September 8 and 9. As a technical matter, given the criteria set by the Leaders Debate Commission, the Greens qualified while the PPC did not. It is worth noting that the Greens sit at 4.2 per cent in the Nanos poll, with Paul polling lowest among all of the major party leaders at 1.7 per cent as preferred prime minister.
Comment: A surprisingly fair and balanced opinion piece on Maxine Bernier and the Peoples Party of Canada. As the only party who is against the mask mandates, lockdowns and vaccine passports, they are being demonized in the media or ignored - as you can see in the picture below - despite currently being tied for 4th in recent polls, ahead of the Green Party and even the Bloq Quebecois (the two candidates to your right) depending on which poll you are going by.
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R)
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R)
"The sheer negligence of the Biden Administration to do their job and secure the border is appalling. I have directed the Department of Public Safety and the Texas National Guard to surge personnel and vehicles to shut down six points of entry along the southern border to stop these caravans from overrunning our state," Abbott said in a statement Thursday.
Abbott's drastic action came after drone footage captured by Fox News showed the number of migrants waiting for processing in Del Rio, Texas, doubled overnight from 4,200 to 8,000 people.
Comment: The Biden administration is so sensitive to this issue it has essentially forbidden reporting on it. Tucker Carlson explains
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From the start, COVID hospitalizations have served as a vital metric for tracking the risks posed by the disease. Last winter, this magazine described it as "the most reliable pandemic number," while Vox quoted the cardiologist Eric Topol as saying that it's "the best indicator of where we are." On the one hand, death counts offer finality, but they're a lagging signal and don't account for people who suffered from significant illness but survived. Case counts, on the other hand, depend on which and how many people happen to get tested. Presumably, hospitalization numbers provide a more stable and reliable gauge of the pandemic's true toll, in terms of severe disease. But a new, nationwide study of hospitalization records, released as a preprint today (and not yet formally peer reviewed), suggests that the meaning of this gauge can easily be misinterpreted — and that it has been shifting over time.
Comment: Daily reports of inflated case numbers have been used to terrorize the public into submission for two years. Unfortunately, it's too little too late to undo the damage that was done in the name of health and safety.
Comment: This ideological framework can be poison to young minds that are still developing, teaching kids to judge all and everything in terms of race. It's no wonder many parents are up in arms over these teachers who are being exposed.
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