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Coach, daughter slam suspension for misgendering trans student

Snejana Farberov
New York Post
Fri, 28 Oct 2022 13:12 UTC
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© Fox NewsBlake Allen (left), a student at Randolph Union Middle School in Vermont, and her dad, soccer coach Travis Allen, said on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” that they have been punished for speaking out against a transgender student.
A Vermont middle school soccer coach and his daughter say they were both suspended for complaining about the presence of a transgender student in the girls' locker room.

"I made a social media post and referred to the male student as a male, and I was punished because I misgendered him," Randolph Union Middle School coach Travis Allen told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Thursday, speaking of the transgender female student.

Allen said he was uncomfortable with the 14-year-old sharing the room with his daughter and her fellow female volleyball players.
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PayPal is still threatening to fine users for "misleading information" as well as "hate" and "intolerance"

Will Jones
Daily Sceptic
Fri, 28 Oct 2022 18:30 UTC
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After facing backlash earlier this month, PayPal removed a line in its policy stating that spreading misinformation in particular would make users liable for a $2,500 fine. But users and politicians continue to demand clarity over which other kinds of speech will trigger the platform's fines. Emily Mason in Forbes has more.
A part of PayPal's user agreement that says any customer in violation of the platform's "acceptable use" policy is subject to a $2,500 fine has been in place since at least 2013, according to the website's archive. The fine had largely gone unnoticed until earlier this month when PayPal updated its acceptable use policy to state that messages which are "fraudulent, promote misinformation or are unlawful" are in violation of the policy and, by extension, subject to the fine. The "acceptable use" policy stated that determinations of which messages violated the policy would be made at "PayPal's sole discretion".

After drawing intense backlash from commentators stating that the policy could infringe upon free speech, the company rescinded the line in the policy citing misinformation and issued a statement saying it was posted in error on Monday, October 10th. "PayPal is not fining people for misinformation and this language was never intended to be inserted in our policy," a spokesperson for the company said. PayPal's former president David Marcus was among dissenters, posting a tweet objecting to the policy update, which was amplified further when Elon Musk responded, "Agreed."

Comment: See also:

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Florida mom speaks out against child sex changes at Florida Board of Medicine


The Post Millennial
Fri, 28 Oct 2022 07:23 UTC
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January Littlejohn, the Florida mother who sued her school district for keeping her daughter's social gender transition a secret from her, spoke out against child sex changes at the Florida Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine Joint Rules/Legislative Committee Rule Workshop on Friday.

Comment: Florida is one of the only states who are standing up against gender ideology and implementing policies to protect children from this:

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Watch: Tulsi Gabbard explains why she left the Democratic Party on the Matt Walsh Show

The Matt Walsh Show
YouTube
Fri, 28 Oct 2022 07:34 UTC
Tulsi Gabbard sits down with Matt Walsh to talk about the future of the country and explains why she left the Democratic Party.


Comment: Kudos to Tulsi Gabbard! In these past few years she has proven herself to be one of the few politicians in Washington with any integrity, showing a willingness to call out the rampant corruption and stand up against elites in light of maintaining the US constitution. It is therefore no wonder why she finally decided to leave the Democratic Party:

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Tens of thousands protest in Prague demanding Czech government resign, decry support for war in Ukraine, soaring inflation


Times of Malta
Fri, 28 Oct 2022 22:30 UTC
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© AFPProtesters demanded the resignation of the government.
Thousands of people gathered in central Prague on Friday to protest against the centre-right government, blaming it for soaring prices and what they see as excessive focus on war-ravaged Ukraine.

The rally was convened by the Czech Republic First movement, which has ties to the far-right, to coincide with the October 28 national holiday commemorating the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918.

Protesters in Prague's iconic Wenceslas Square demanded the resignation of the government and brandished banners calling ministers "dilettantes".

Comment: Europe's protests are growing, and fast, and it's likely that, as living standards worsen further, more and more people will be forced to question whether the West's proxy war on Russia is worth their families starving and freezing for:


Also check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: Dirty Nuke False-Flag? US Military on Stand-by to Fight Russian Troops in Event of 'Atrocity'




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US diesel shortage worsens as ban on imports from Russia begins to bite and prices spike


RT
Wed, 26 Oct 2022 18:46 UTC
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US diesel shortages are spreading along the East Coast amid a ban on imports from Russia, raising fears of further surges in prices for the fuel as consumers brace for the winter heating season.

Mansfield Energy, one of the nation's major fuel distributors, instituted emergency measures on Tuesday and warned its customers that carriers were being forced to visit multiple terminals in some cases to find supplies, delaying deliveries. With shortages spreading from the Northeast to the Southeast, the company advised customers to give 72-hour notice for their orders to avoid having to pay above-market prices.

"In many areas, actual fuel prices are currently 30-80 cents higher than the posted market average because supply is tight," said Mansfield, which delivers over three billion gallons of oil products annually. With the relatively low-cost suppliers running out of diesel, distributors are forced to draw from higher-cost sources, resulting in unusually wide spreads in pricing.

Comment: Also check out this article from May 2022: NATO sanctions and the coming global diesel fuel disaster

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Western interference has nothing to do with women's rights in Iran

Vanessa Beeley
beeley.substack.com
Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:00 UTC
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© FacebookSetareh Sadeqi
I speak to Setareh Sadeqi in Esfahan, Iran - a PhD in American studies at Tehran University, researcher, political analyst and translator. What Setareh speaks about will probably surprise many who are buying the US/UK Israeli and Saudi narratives about the "women's rights" issue in Iran after the sad death of Masha Amini last month.

Setareh is also against the "morality police" and there are many things she would like to see change in Iran for women but she argues that the West calls for regime change have a very negative impact on any progress she and other women are working towards. The main stumbling block to any positive development in her country are Western barbaric sanctions

While the Iranian women in diaspora, funded by the West, cry for further sanctions - Setareh asks people to demand the lifting of sanctions so her country can develop in a healthy way without Western proxy terrorist infiltration or violence.

She is an important voice for real freedom from the neocolonialist cabal. An end to Western intervention will liberate women in Iran from fighting to survive economically to campaign for the changes they are seeking in their own society without any foreign meddling. Iranian women are a powerful force inside Iran and they do not need the help of the West except to campaign to lift sanctions. Please take note.

If anyone prefers podcast, the Soundcloud link is here.


Comment: See also:
Iran's anti-morality police protests: a different view from the ground

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U.S. resolution proposing rapid force for Haiti imperiled: 'No one is stepping up

Michael Wilner, Jaqueline CHarles
Miami Herald
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 10:58 UTC
© Odelyn Joseph/APHaiti gang leader Jimmy Cherizier "Barbecue", leader of the "G9 and Family" gang
A proposal by the United States encouraging the rapid deployment of an international military force to Haiti is on the verge of failure after no country volunteered to contribute troops, multiple sources tell McClatchy and the Miami Herald.

Biden administration officials are debating whether to scrap the U.S. resolution, circulated among U.N. Security Council members, unless a foreign partner steps up and offers troops in the next few days.

The potential reversal is a diplomatic setback for the White House, which had been hoping to corral an armed, foreign force that would be backed with equipment, training and logistical support from the United States.

But the United States never volunteered its own forces, raising frustration among its partners. Several countries on the Security Council demanded a concrete plan in writing be prepared before a vote on the resolution took place. Russia and China have also openly expressed concerns on the Security Council about the deployment of foreign forces to Haiti.
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"The gates of hell opened': A media panic ensues as Musk takes over Twitter and fires chief censors

Jonathan Turley
jonathanturley.org
Fri, 28 Oct 2022 00:00 UTC
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© Leon Neal/Dimitrios Kambouris/Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesElon Musk
Last night I wrote a column on the challenges faced by Elon Musk in taking over Twitter and suggested steps to "hit the ground running." One of those obvious steps discussed in earlier columns was to fire CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal and head of legal policy, trust, and safety Vijaya Gadde, the primary figures responsible for creating one of the largest censorship systems in history. He did so within minutes of taking over and their removal constitutes as singular advances in the cause of free speech around the world. As expected, this morning media figures are in full panic at the thought that one social media platform may restore free speech protections after years of biased and aggressive censorship. The controversial Washington Post columnist Taylor Lorenz lamented, "It's like the gates of hell opened on this site tonight." That's right, the prospect of others having access to Twitter to express their own views is a hellish prospect for many in the media.

Agrawal and Gadde personified the censorship culture at Twitter, figures who were unabashedly opposed to traditional views of free speech and viewpoint diversity.
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The great bot purge has begun: Twitter users report losing followers after Elon Musk takeover

Jonathan Chadwick
Daily Mail
Fri, 28 Oct 2022 18:02 UTC
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© afp/GettyElon Musk, the world's richest person with a net worth of more than $210 billion (£180 billion), completed the takeover of Twitter this week
Billionaire Elon Musk has only owned Twitter for a day but already he's already having a volatile effect on the platform.

Multiple Twitter users have posted that they've been losing followers since the $44 billion (£38 billion) takeover was completed on Thursday.

It's possible people are losing Twitter followers - described as 'The Great Purge' by one user - because users are deactivating their accounts in protest at Musk's purchase. Another possibility is that Musk has already got to work at reducing the number of bots on the platform, said to make up five per cent of all user accounts.

MailOnline has contacted Twitter for further information on why users' follower numbers are dropping.

Comment: Trump, the cause of much of the bruhaha (along with the Babylon Bee) congratulated Musk on the aquisition.
Former President Donald Trump on Friday welcomed Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, even as he defended his own troubled social media startup and said its bigger rival needed to root out bots and fake accounts.

Billionaire Musk sealed the deal on Thursday evening, and immediately triggered speculation that Trump would soon return to Twitter by firing executives responsible for his ban.

Trump said he was delighted the deal had gone through.

'I am very happy that Twitter is now in sane hands, and will no longer be run by radical left lunatics and maniacs that truly hate our country,' he said in a post on Truth Social.

'Twitter must now work hard to rid itself of all of the bots and fake accounts that have hurt it so badly.

'It will be much smaller, but better.'


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