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Israeli forces close archeological site of Sebastia to make room for settlers' intrusion

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Sebastia archeological site in Nablus, West Bank
Israeli occupation forces today close the archeological site of Sebastia in Nablus in the occupied West Bank, in preparation for a settler intrusion.

Mohammad al-Azem, head of the Sebastia municipality, said a number of Israeli forces raided the town and proceeded to close the site, preventing Palestinians from entering it. Israel's archeological activities in Palestinian territory aim to extend the policy of dispossessing Palestinians of their lands and cultural assets.

Al-Azem has also stressed that the indigenous of Sebastia will not allow the Israeli occupation to one day steal their heritage and will confront every attempt to take over the lands.

Sebastia is an ancient town dating back 3,000 years. It extends over 5,000 dunums [1,235 acres] and is inhabited by 3,500 people. Herod the Great named the city Sebaste — meaning Augustus — in honor of Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar in 27 B.C.

The city, famous for its dozens of Roman archaeological pieces and sites, continuously faces attacks by Israeli settlers and the Israeli forces, who have their eyes set on its archaeological sites.

Megaphone

NOT satire: Conservative satire site Babylon Bee demands NYT retract 'defamatory' attack equating its humor to 'misinformation'

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Independent outlets are increasingly taking The New York Times to task.

Seth Dillon, CEO of Christian news satire site TheBabylon Bee, has announced that his legal counsel has sent a letter to The New York Times demanding the retraction of an article that insinuates The Babylon Bee is "misinformation."

"We took this action because their article was — and remains — defamatory," Dillon tweeted.

The original version of The New York Times' article branded The Babylon Bee "a far-right misinformation site" that "sometimes trafficked in misinformation under the guise of satire."

Comment: RT points out the absurdity of the Times' claims:
While the Bee can sometimes trick liberal users into believing its headlines are true, supporters have argued its satire is too obvious to need pointing out. Recent examples include 'Gavin Newsom tries to woo Californians back by disguising state as Texas' and 'Study finds most Americans trust Dr. Pepper over Dr. Fauci.'



While the Times did update its story in light of the Babylon Bee's complaints, the Bee remains unsatisfied.

"The update is every bit as damaging (and false) as the original," Dillon said. He is particularly incensed about the claim that the Bee had feuded with fact-checking platform Snopes over whether or not it posted satire.

The Times' controversial coverage of the Bee is nothing new. A story published in October of last year asserted that the site "capitalizes on confusion" and has a "habit of skirting the line between misinformation and satire."



Mr. Potato

WaPo scribbler ups the lunacy bar with story about snowflakes 'troubled' by birds' 'racist legacy'

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Oppresser!!
National Audubon Society also problematic because namesake was slave owner, newspaper says

Mike Pompeo alleging that the NIH tried to suppress a State Department COVID-19 probe, Fauci telling Americans to not be so 'accusatory with China, and a Yahoo News reporter asking Jen Psaki about a possible White House cat round out today's top media headlines.

According to The Washington Post, it's hunting season for cancel culture and its latest targets are "racist" birds.

The Post ran an expansive report on Thursday, titled "The racist legacy many birds carry," focused on the "birding community," which apparently is having a difficult debate "about the names of species connected to enslavers, supremacists and grave robbers."

"Corina Newsome is a Black ornithologist, as rare as some of the birds she studies," Post environmental justice reporter Darryl Fears began his piece, noting she was hired to "break down barriers" at the Georgia Audubon nature preserve.

Bullseye

Ex-BLM leader says he quit after learning the 'ugly truth' about the organization

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Rashad Turner, who founded the local BLM chapter in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 2015, released a video last week titled 'The Truth Revealed about BLM' in which he revealed that he quit after learning the 'ugly truth
'They have little concern for rebuilding black families'

A former Black Lives Matter leader in Minnesota who quit after 18 months says he learned the 'ugly truth' about the organization's stance on family and education after working on the inside.

Rashad Turner, who founded the local BLM chapter in St. Paul in 2015, released a video last week titled The Truth Revealed about BLM. In the video, the 35-year-old said he eventually came to the realization that BLM had 'little concern for rebuilding black families'.

Speaking about becoming the founder of the local BLM chapter, Turner said:
'I believed the organization stood for exactly what the name implies - black lives do matter. However, after a year on the inside, I learned they had little concern for rebuilding black families and they cared even less about improving the quality of education for students in Minneapolis.'

Comment: A fraud is a fraud is a fraud. The pretense cannot be kept up forever.


Yoda

No, Critical Race Theory isn't a new 'civil rights' movement. (Just the opposite)

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Critical Race Theory has become a prominent subject in American political discourse. Several state legislatures have advanced measures aimed at banning it from public schools, on the basis that its rigid moral categorization of people as either "privileged" or "oppressed" is offensive and even racist. Yet supporters argue that Critical Race Theory is vital to the project of eliminating racism, which they see as an omnipresent contaminant in every sphere of American life. Only by constantly and explicitly taking race into account in every aspect of policy-making, the theory goes, can we rid ourselves of its presence.

One of the most ideologically ambitious defenses of Critical Race Theory presents the doctrine as the next logical stage in the process that began with the civil rights movement. This is the argument made by the American Bar Association, the largest voluntary association of lawyers in the world. The ABA instructs us that Critical Race Theory provides a "powerful approach for examining race in society," as well as a "lens through which the civil rights lawyer can imagine a more just nation."

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Project Veritas releases video of Zuckerberg and top exec detailing punishment for Facebook whistleblowers

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Project Veritas dropped another insider leaked video on Friday, this one from a Facebook insider that revealed that the social media giant is concerned about whistleblowers leaking information. They have been working to expose internal workings at Facebook for some time.

The video shows CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Heidi Swartz, a top executive, talking about former Facebook employee and whistleblower Morgan Kahmann and what they intend to do about this problem they're facing.

"When we find leakers, which we often do, we have zero tolerance. So that means we fire them...We're also continuing to investigate additional potential leakers, and we plan to take action there too. We're also working on continuing to ramp up our investigative techniques as our company grows," Swartz said.

Brick Wall

German study finds lockdown 'had no effect' on stopping spread of Coronavirus

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Infection rates already falling before restrictions put in place.

A major new study by German scientists at Munich University has found that lockdowns had no effect on reducing the country's coronavirus infection rate.

Oh.

"Statisticians at Munich University found "no direct connection" between the German lockdown and falling infection rates in the country," reports the Telegraph.

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Fire

Protest erupts again over man killed by Minnesota deputies

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A protester is arrested by police after a vigil was held for Winston Boogie Smith Jr. early in Minneapolis on Saturday, June 5, 2021. Authorities said Friday that a man wanted on a weapons violation fired a gun before deputies fatally shot him in Minneapolis, a city on edge since George Floyd's death more than a year ago under an officer's knee and the more recent fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright in a nearby suburb.
Protesters faced off with officers in Minneapolis early Saturday over the shooting death of a Black man by members of a U.S. Marshals task force.

Photos from the scene following a vigil for Winston Boogie Smith Jr., 32, showed dumpster fires in the street and a line of officers standing guard. It was the second night of protests in response to the fatal shooting Thursday in Minneapolis' Uptown neighborhood.

Police said 27 people were arrested in the protest, with 26 accused of rioting and one facing a weapons charge. No injuries were reported. Some businesses sustained damage, police said.

Comment: And just to see who we're dealing with here, from RT:
Minneapolis rioter FORGETS NAME of man on whose behalf he's rioting... Once reminded, he declares on camera, 'REMEMBER THAT NAME'

A Minneapolis protester attended a riot over a man being shot by police, but he couldn't remember the victim's name. Once reminded of the new martyr's identity, he went on camera to tell his interviewer, "Remember that name."

If the scene wasn't already dystopian enough, the suspected criminal who was fatally shot by police on Thursday was Winston Smith, which happens to be the same name as the protagonist in the George Orwell novel '1984'.

A video of the strange encounter during Thursday night's riot in Minneapolis began with the unidentified man saying from off camera, "Stay here, show, like, hold that space, obviously for, I'm not gonna lie, I forgot his name." Another voice, apparently belonging to a journalist with alternative media outlet Unicorn Riot, then said, "Winston Smith."

The man then thanked his interviewer and agreed to go on camera. "Just so you all know, the person that was shot up in there, his name is Winston Smith," he said. "Don't forget that name, Winston Smith. Say his name, and make sure y'all remember this s**t because we're going to fight for him just the same f**king way we fought for George Floyd."

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USA

Biden Pentagon, State Department at odds over pride flag

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DoD will not fly the pride flag at military installations.

The Defense Department will not allow the Pride flag to be flown at installations under its purview, unlike the State Department, spokesperson John Kirby said Friday.

"After some careful consideration the department will maintain the existing policy regarding the display" at military bases, Kirby told reporters. "There won't be an exception made for the Pride flag.

"This in no way reflects any lack of respect or admiration for the LGBTQ+ community," Kirby continued. "This was really more about the potential ... for other challenges that could arise from that exception."

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Info

HUGE UPDATE from Arizona audit director Ken Bennett - ONLY 14 PALLETS ARE REMAINING - out of 44 pallets!

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THIS IS A HUGE UPDATE ON THE ARIZONA FORENSIC AUDIT!

On Wednesday, Jordan Conradson spoke to Arizona Forensic Audit Director Ken Bennet regarding the pace and procedures of counting ballots in the historic Arizona Audit.

Here's what Bennett had to say — THIS IS AN EXPLOSIVE UPDATE —

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