Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) on Monday suggested that the Pentagon find a way to examine the social media habits of incoming and existing service members who show tendencies toward extremist views.
"It's not a new thing, but I will tell you that I have seen over the last probably two decades this growing radicalization of a portion within the military. And I think part of it too comes with social media consumption," Duckworth, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, said at The Hill's Future of Defense Summit. [The Hill]
'Thank you,' says MyPillow's Mike Lindell as he's finally sued by Dominion after months of begging
Dominion Voting Systems has filed a lawsuit against MyPillow CEO and vocal Donald Trump supporter Mike Lindell over his election fraud claims, saying "the lie sells pillows."
Lindell is only the latest person to be legally targeted by Dominion over election fraud conspiracy theories. The company filed suit last month against Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, accusing him of pushing election conspiracies to "financially enrich himself."
Dominion is now suing Lindell for defamation, seeking $1.3 billion in damages.
"MyPillow's defamatory marketing campaign - with promo codes like 'FightforTrump', '45', 'Proof', and 'QAnon' - has increased MyPillow sales by 30-40 percent and continues duping people into redirecting their election-lie outrage into pillow purchases," the lawsuit claims.
Lindell fired back at the lawsuit and said "it's been cancel culture for MyPillow" as his outspokenness has led to 22 retailers dropping his popular products from their stores.
Lindell has alleged the election was rigged in Joe Biden's favor through Dominion and other voting software systems through not only interviews, but also a two-hour documentary titled Absolute Proof, which aired earlier this month. He was previously booted from Twitter for his refusal to back down on his election fraud beliefs.
"I'm very happy that they finally got that suit filed," Lindell told CNBC of Dominion's lawsuit. He previously invited one from the company multiple times and even to sue them earlier this month "for the American people" as a way to keep the discussion about alleged election fraud going.
"My message to Dominion is thank you for finally getting this done, because it'll be back in the limelight now," Lindell said.
"We are not supporting doing any vaccine passports in the state of Florida. It's completely unacceptable for either the government or the private sector to impose upon you the requirement that you show proof of vaccine to just simply be able to participate in normal society."
"You want the fox to guard the henhouse? I mean, give me a break.
"I think this is something that has huge privacy implications. It is not necessary to do. You know, we're going to have hit 3.5 million seniors that have gotten shots sometime this week. Likely 75% of seniors. It's important to be able to do it. But at the same time, we are not going to have you provide proof of this just to be able to live your life normally. And I am going to be taking some action, in the executive function, emergency function here, very shortly."
Comment: Even if the official was possibly facilitating criminal activities, avoiding a heavy lockdown was probably better for the local population in the long run.The northern part of Italy suffered much more under heavy restrictions.