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Twitter reinstates anti-abortion movie account after sparking outrage with unexplained suspension


RT
Mon, 01 Apr 2019 14:29 UTC
Pro-life activists
© Reuters / Micah Walter
Pro-life activists at the 32nd Annual March For Life in Washington DC.
An anti-abortion box office movie has had its Twitter account restored after a temporary and unexplained suspension, which sparked outrage and fresh cries of 'censorship' online.

The movie titled 'Unplanned' follows the true story of a Planned Parenthood clinic director turned pro-life activist, and was produced by Christian production company Pure Flix. It bills itself as "exposing the truth" about the family-planning organization, which it claims is only interested in money.

Twitter suspended the movie's account seemingly without explanation last week, one day after its official premiere, but the backlash on the social media platform was swift, with pro-life and conservative commentators publicizing the suspension and demanding answers on the blackout. After the outcry, Twitter lifted the suspension, having decided that "after further review," the account did not actually violate any rules.

It appears the suspension could have been the result of pro-choice users repeatedly "maliciously and falsely" reporting Unplanned's account to Twitter - but the entire thing seems to have backfired, as the movie's follower count shot up dramatically to over 100,000 soon after its account was restored.
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Dear America, you cannot be pro-freedom and pro-forced vaccinations at the same time

Bretigne Shaffer
thefreethoughtproject.com
Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:17 UTC
forced vaccinations
No, you don't have a "right" to demand that others are vaccinated.

It's hard to think of a more fundamental right than the right to determine what happens to one's own body. Forcing someone to undergo medical treatment against their will violates this most basic of rights-the right to be free from physical assault. Yet even some libertarians have jumped on the mandatory vaccination bandwagon, arguing that one person not taking every possible precaution against contracting a disease constitutes an assault against another. But this line of thinking requires some very tortured logic.
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There are still delusional Democrats hoping and praying that Mueller will save the day: Stop it

Caitlin Johnston
caitlinjohnstone.com
Sat, 30 Mar 2019 17:24 UTC
mueller report
© Caitlin Johnstone
Well it certainly hasn't taken long for the establishment narrative control machine to pace Russiagaters into a new arsenal of talking points. Now if you try to speak online about how Attorney General William Barr's letter says that the Mueller report contains the explicit phrase "[T]he investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities," or mainstream media reports that there are no sealed indictments and that no new indictments have been recommended, you'll be inundated with comments telling you "We don't know what's in the report! You don't know! No one knows!"

"Mueller reported Trump did not collude with Russia to influence our elections," Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard stated on Twitter yesterday. "Now we must put aside partisan interests, move forward, and work to unite our country to deal with the serious challenges we face."

Peruse the comments on Gabbard's post and you'll see some 20 thousand furious responses all more or less saying the same thing: we don't know what Mueller reported. It's a complete and total mystery. There could be anything in there. For all we know Barr lied about the whole thing.
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Stock Up

World's top oil producer, Saudi Aramco, was 2018's most profitable company


RT
Mon, 01 Apr 2019 17:09 UTC
Saudi Aramco
© Reuters
Saudi Aramco's khurais mega project
The world's top oil producer, Saudi Aramco, became world's top company in terms of profits in 2018, comfortably eclipsing the earnings of Apple and other US firms, according to newly published figures by Moody's and Fitch.

The Saudi state-run oil giant has been keeping its revenues quiet for many years, but their financial secrets were revealed on Monday as the rating agencies published reports on the company's performance ahead of its debut on the international bond market.

According to Fitch Ratings, Aramco generated a whopping $224 billion last year, before interest, tax, and depreciation. Meanwhile Moody's said the company's net income totals $111.1 billion, while its revenue stood at $355.9 billion. Both agencies rated Aramco quite high, giving A+ and A1 respectively.
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Eye 1

Former Deputy Asst. Attorney General: Kim Foxx faces up to 20 years in jail if convicted of corruption

Joshua Caplan
Breitbart
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 16:42 UTC
Kim Foxx
© Jemal Countess/Getty Images
Appearing Thursday evening on the Fox News Channel, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo told host Laura Ingraham that Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx could serve up to 20 years in prison if convicted of corruption for her handling of the Jussie Smollett case.

Kim Foxx is under fire after all charges were dropped against the Empire star in connection to allegedly staging a hate crime against himself to boost his career. This week, Foxx's office backpedaled on claims that the top prosecutor formally rescued herself from the case after Tina Tchen, the former chief of staff of former first lady Michelle Obama, pressured her to have the Smollett investigation transferred from the Chicago Police Department to the FBI.
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'Your resignation would do perfectly': Social media backlash to PM May's knife crime proposals


RT
Mon, 01 Apr 2019 16:41 UTC
british cops
© REUTERS/Neil Hall
Theresa May's attempt to regain the confidence of the British public following a surge in knife crimes, has been met with a barrage of derision on social media with many suggesting the crisis is due to her severe cuts to police.

In a Facebook post titled: 'We need a new way to treat the sickness of knife violence,' the prime minister and Home Secretary Sajid Javid state that the current knife crime epidemic which primarily affects young people, "cannot be allowed to continue." The PM published the same thoughts on Twitter.

The post goes on to claim that both May and Javid will be bringing together experts for talks on the issue of serious youth crime, later this week at Downing Street, to find positive solutions.

The PM's announcement on social media has been met with anger from those arguing that prevention is down to fully resourced services such as youth centres, social care and the police which the Tory government has cut drastically as part of it's austerity programme.
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Dominoes

'We don't want chlorinated chicken': What Brits think of possibly 'crashing into US' post-Brexit


RT
Mon, 01 Apr 2019 16:24 UTC
chicken
© Reuters / Siphiwe Sibeko
Chlorine-washed chicken, higher-cost medicines for the NHS, and importing more US goods than exporting, these are just some of the concerns Brits have when it comes to the possibility of a US-UK trade deal after Brexit.

As Parliament continues its impasse over the future relationship with the EU, and the growing possibility of crashing out of the bloc without a deal secured by the extended April 12 deadline, talk has turned to what future deals could brighten this gloomy forecast.

One such possibility for a quick trade deal lies with the US. But many Londoners who spoke to RT expressed concern that greater market access for US pharmaceutical companies and food producers would see Washington "get more from the deal." Food safety is one of the major concerns, despite Downing Street claiming that any future trade deals would not harm Brits.
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Arrow Down

Catholic priests publicly burn Harry Potter books, Hindu symbols and other 'sacrilegious' items in Poland

Aidan Lonergan
The Irish Post
Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00 UTC
Book burning
A Catholic group in Poland has incinerated dozens of "sacrilegious" items in a bizarre public burning ritual led by local priests.

The 'SMS From Heaven Foundation' (Fundacja SMS z Nieba) in the northern Polish city of Koszalin took to social media at the weekend to share images of clergymen and altar servants throwing books and other objects onto a fire pit.

The burning - which saw everything from Harry Potter books to symbols from other religions destroyed - took place in a public area of the city in full view of local residents, according to local news outlet WP.

Fundacja SMS z Nieba is a Catholic evangelical foundation set up to spread Christian messages via mobile phone text messages and is led by Fr Rafał Jarosiewicz, who is known to travel around Poland with a mobile confessional.

"We obey the Word," priests wrote on Facebook as they shared photos from the burning and quoted Biblical passages from the Book of Deuteronomy in the Old Testament - which includes the passage "You must burn their idols in fire" in relation to God's enemies.
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Sherlock

Inside the suspicious rise of gay hate crimes in Portland

Andy Ngo
NY Post
Sat, 30 Mar 2019 18:12 UTC
Proud Boys
© Chelly Bouferrache
Proud Boys are ready for battle against antifa last year at a "Freedom and Courage" rally in Portland, Ore., a city where the right-wing group has been accused of violence against the LGBT community
Last month, Sophia Gabrielle Stanford was at the center of a fundraising campaign. The GoFundMe page described the trans activist as a victim of a "brutal and aggressively blatant hate crime" in which assailants had beaten her unconscious with a bat in southeast Portland.

The campaign and shocking story went viral. However, the police reports raise questions about what happened that night.

In the early hours of Sunday, Feb. 10, emergency services received a call about a woman, identified as Stanford, found on a sidewalk with scrapes on her face and knuckles, claiming that she may have been assaulted. The responding officer, Edgar Mitchell, noted that Stanford smelled of alcohol.

"I asked [Officer Zachary Roe] what happened," the report states. "Roe said the individual admitted to being intoxicated, and Roe believed the person fell and hit her head."
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Incredible Louvre art installation left in shreds by visitors hours after completion


RT
Mon, 01 Apr 2019 13:26 UTC
Louvre art museum
© Reuters / Charles Platiau
An enormous and impressive paper installation outside the Louvre art museum in Paris that took days to put in place was destroyed by visitors in mere hours, sparking anger on social media.

The courtyard collage was created by French artist JR to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the art gallery's iconic pyramid. Using 2,000 sheets of paper, and with the help of 400 volunteers over four days, he created an optical illusion that made it appear that the pyramid outside the gallery was rising out of a large quarry of white rock.

The 17,000 sq meter (183,000 sq ft) Anamorphosis installation was completed on Friday, but within hours, members of the public had trampled over the paper and taken strips of it as souvenirs. People weren't able to properly see the optical illusion because of the damage, and took to Twitter to express their disappointment, with one person describing it as being like looking at a "garbage dump in a hurricane."

By Sunday, the artwork was completely destroyed by visitors.
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