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New lawsuit alleges Israel’s gov’t is committing crimes against humanity in vaccination campaign

'It is our intention to present to you and detail how in the State of Israel this year, the Government of Israel with its ministers and its Knesset members, heads of cities, and additional senior factors, violate the Nuremberg Code in an unlawful manner, blatant and extreme'

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, March 19, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — The International Criminal Court (ICC) has accepted a lawsuit filed against the Israeli government and other officials charging them with crimes against humanity and violations of the Nuremberg Code due to their high-pressure and coercive implementation of a national experimental COVID-19 vaccination program.

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of “Anshei Emet” (“People of Truth”), a group of “attorneys, physicians, public and general activists who made the choice to exercise their democratic right not to receive the [Pfizer COVID-19] experimental medical treatment” despite “great pressures, hard and illegal,” from the Israeli government.

Establishing that these biological agents lack final approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and are thus only experimental and authorized for emergency use, the lawsuit also expresses concerns over the lack of long-term testing for this product and its new mRNA technology which has “never until now” been administered in this fashion.

The law firm filing the suit, A. Suchovolsky & Co in Tel Aviv, described the Nuremberg Code as “A medical ethics code issued based on laws under which the Nazi criminals were judged for conducting horrible medical experiments during the Second World War, in the physician’s trial known by the name Nuremberg Trials.”

“It is our intention to present to you and detail how in the State of Israel this year, the Government of Israel with its ministers and its Knesset members, heads of cities, and additional senior factors, violate the Nuremberg Code in an unlawful manner, blatant and extreme. And to our regret, not only in a single aspect but many, too many!” the suit charges.

The Code’s first and most extensive principle provides the strict conditions for establishing voluntary consent, including that the individual may not be exposed to “any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, overreaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion.”

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-lawsuit-alleges-israels-govt-is-committing-crimes-against-humanity-in-vaccination-campaign

President Trump Statement on NY Times Article Defends Election Claims, Slams “Gutless” Supreme Court

Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America

The New York Times did a story today saying that various Republican groups, many of them outstanding, are rallying on false claims that conservative activists are finding that the best way to raise money and keep voters engaged is to make Donald J. Trump’s biggest fabrication, Election Fraud, their top priority. Sadly, the Election was Rigged, and without even going into detail, of which there is much, totally game changing. Democrats could not get Republican Legislatures in Swing States to approve many of the voting changes which took place before the Election, which is mandated under the Constitution of the United States. For that reason alone, we had an Illegitimate Election. The Supreme Court and other Courts were afraid to rule, they were “gutless,” and will go down in history as such. No wonder so much money is being raised on this issue, and law-abiding people have every right to do so!

In Restricting Early Voting, the Right Sees a New ‘Center of Gravity’

Donald Trump is no longer center stage. But many conservative activists are finding that the best way to raise money and keep voters engaged is to make his biggest fabrication their top priority.

For more than a decade, the Susan B. Anthony List and the American Principles Project have pursued cultural and policy priorities from the social conservative playbook, one backing laws to ban abortion once a fetal heartbeat could be detected and the other opposing civil rights protections for L.G.B.T.Q. people. From their shared offices in suburban Virginia, they and their affiliated committees spent more than $20 million on elections last year.

But after Donald J. Trump lost his bid for a second term and convinced millions of Americans that nonexistent fraud was to blame, the two groups found that many of their donors were thinking of throwing in the towel. Why, donors argued, should they give any money if Democrats were going to game the system to their advantage, recalled Frank Cannon, the senior strategist for both groups.

“‘Before I give you any money for anything at all, tell me how this is going to be solved,’” Mr. Cannon said, summarizing his conversations. He and other conservative activists — many with no background in election law — didn’t take long to come up with an answer, which was to make rolling back access to voting the “center of gravity in the party,” as he put it.

Passing new restrictions on voting — in particular, tougher limits on early voting and vote-by-mail — is now at the heart of the right’s strategy to keep donors and voters engaged as Mr. Trump fades from public view and leaves a void in the Republican Party that no other figure or issue has filled. In recent weeks, many of the most prominent and well-organized groups that power the G.O.P.’s vast voter turnout efforts have directed their resources toward a campaign to restrict when and how people can vote, with a focus on the emergency policies that states enacted last year to make casting a ballot during a pandemic easier. The groups believe it could be their best shot at regaining a purchase on power in Washington…

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/president-trump-statement-ny-times-article-defends-election-claims-slams-gutless-supreme-court/

Taliban Warns of ‘Reaction’ If US Stays in Afghanistan Beyond May 1st

A report from NBC said Biden is considering staying until November

The Taliban warned the US on Friday that there would be a “reaction” if President Biden failed to withdraw from Afghanistan by the May 1st deadline set by the US-Taliban peace deal signed in Doha last year. The comments were made from Moscow, where the warring sides met to discuss the peace process.

“They should go,” said Suhail Shaheen, a member of the Taliban’s negotiation team. He warned if the US stayed beyond May 1st, it would be a violation of the Doha agreement. “After that, it will be a kind of violation of the agreement. That violation would not be from our side. . . Their violation will have a reaction,” Shaheen said.

Shaheen also called for “expedited” peace negotiations. “It is important that the negotiations should be expedited because it will help us to achieve a permanent ceasefire and countrywide peace and this is our goal,” He said. “As we talked with Afghan politicians, they also insisted that the process should be expedited.”

Shaheen’s comments come after a report from NBC News said President Biden is considering staying in Afghanistan in November. Sources told NBC that Biden was pushing back against the Pentagon’s efforts to stay in Afghanistan but was convinced to consider extending the withdrawal deadline to November, although no decisions have yet been made.

Any deadline extension would have to be agreed with the Taliban, or the group would again target US troops, something Shaheen’s warning makes clear. February 8th marked the first full year that no US troops died in combat in Afghanistan since the war began.

While the Taliban held up its commitment not to attack the US troops, US airstrikes still occasionally target the group. A US military spokesman announced on Wednesday that the US bombed Taliban targets this week.

Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special envoy for the Afghan peace process, attended Afghanistan talks in Moscow on Thursday. Russia has been hosting Afghanistan summits for years now, but the US is usually not involved. The US, Russia, China, and Pakistan released a joint statement calling for a political settlement.

https://news.antiwar.com/2021/03/19/taliban-warns-of-reaction-if-us-stays-in-afghanistan-beyond-may-1st/

Russian ambassador thanks US citizens for letters with apologies for Washington’s moves

Anatoly Antonov said he was 'deeply touched' by those letters

WASHINGTON, March 20. /TASS/. Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov on Friday thanked US citizens who had sent to the Russian embassy letters expressing support for friendly Russian-US relations and apologizing for Washington’s ill-considered moves towards Moscow.

"I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the citizens of the United States who have sent to the Embassy letters in support of the development of friendly relations between Russia and the United States. Many people expressed their disagreement and apologized for the ill-considered statements about the Russian Federation made recently from Washington," Antonov said in a statement, posted on the embassy’s Facebook page.

"I am deeply touched by the caring and active position of ordinary Americans who understand that dialogue between our countries should be based on mutual respect and equality. This approach of U.S. citizens indicates that a potential for normalizing ties between the peoples of Russia and the United States is still there," he continued.

"I hope that the Administration will heed the voices of the voters and discontinue its course aimed at further devastation of the already excessively confrontational relations," the ambassador added.

Interviewed on the ABC television network on Wednesday US President Joe Biden said that the Russian leadership would have to "pay a price" for Moscow’s alleged intervention in US elections. Moreover, Biden replied in the affirmative, when asked if he regarded Putin as a "killer."

The Russian Embassy in the United States said on Facebook on Wednesday that "on March 20, Ambassador of Russia to the United States Anatoly Antonov is leaving for Moscow for consultations." Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement that Antonov had been invited to Moscow for consultations on ways to mend Russia-US ties.

https://tass.com/politics/1268299

China Regularly Abuses NYU Students. NYU Keeps Taking Chinese Money Anyway.

NYU receives millions from regime

Chinese authorities viciously beat and detained a group of New York University students in Shanghai last week, leading some students to question the university's lucrative dealings with the Chinese regime.

Nine students, including six Americans, allege plainclothes Chinese police officers beat and detained them in two separate incidents. Chinese officers kicked one young man in the head and bruised a young woman as they took her into custody after approaching both at a bar. In a separate event, seven other students were taken to Chinese authorities and tested for drug use after sitting in detention for up to 16 hours.

Such abuses are not uncommon in the financial relationship between NYU and China either, as the elite university reaps millions from financial agreements with Beijing. According to publicly available financial disclosures, NYU took more than $47 million in gifts and contracts from China, including more than $2 million directly from the Chinese regime from 2014 to 2019. Some $43 million of the $47 million comes from "anonymous" sources in China, with the vast majority of anonymous money listed as gifts and not contracts.

The university did not specify the donors of such funds nor how the funds affect university decision-making and programming.

Rachelle Peterson, a senior fellow at the National Association of Scholars, said the financial clout China wields in American universities influences everything from college programs to curriculum decisions.

"China has engaged in an aggressive financial campaign on American higher education, purchasing influence with multimillion-dollar gifts and contracts," Peterson said. "Often this money is given behind closed doors with secret strings attached. China sees these gifts as seed money—investments on which China can demand returns later, sometimes years after the fact. This includes wielding influence over curriculum and pushing for the denial of speaking invitations to Chinese dissidents or other personae non grata."

China's influence has real consequences. Students reacted in horror to the treatment they received from plainclothes officers.

"The guy was literally bleeding from his head from getting kicked by the police," one student told the Washington Post. "They had no translator so they had no idea what was going on…. The girl was beat up for running away from two plainclothes cops with no badge. The guy who got kicked in the face was just trying to call NYU Shanghai public safety."

A State Department spokeswoman told the Washington Free Beacon the agency is aware of the events and is prepared to step in as needed. The spokeswoman also mentioned the department has flagged several travel advisories for U.S. citizens traveling in China emphasizing the country’s "opaque" and "arbitrary" enforcement of laws.

https://freebeacon.com/national-security/china-regularly-abuses-nyu-students-nyu-keeps-taking-chinese-money-anyway/

Israeli Jews Petition International Criminal Court, Say Israel’s Mandatory COVID Vaccines Violate Nuremberg Code

The group believes that Jews are being experimented on en masse, in a program similar to the Nazi regime in Germany.

Israel became one of the first nations in the world to mandate COVID-19 vaccines, and to introduce a COVID passport system that would only allow individuals to participate in society – including commerce – after they received the vaccine and were approved to join the system.

Now, a group of Israeli Jews are suing the Netanyahu administration in international court, making the case that Israel is violating the Nuremberg Code by essentially making Israelis subject to a medical experiment using the controversial vaccines.

Reporting for Church Militant, Jules Gomes wrote:

The Anshe Ha-Emet (People of the Truth) fellowship — comprising Israeli doctors, lawyers, campaigners and concerned citizens — complained to the ICC prosecutor at the Hague, accusing the government of conducting a national “medical experiment” without first seeking “informed consent.”

“When the heads of the Ministry of Health as well as the prime minister presented the vaccine in Israel and began the vaccination of Israeli residents, the vaccinated were not advised, that, in practice, they are taking part in a medical experiment and that their consent is required for this under the Nuremberg Code,” the Anshe Ha-Emet suit states.

Tel Aviv-based firm A. Suchovolsky & Co. Law argues that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s agreement with Pfizer and Netanyahu’s own admission make it clear that Israel’s warp-speed vaccination campaign “is indeed a medical experiment and that this was the essence of the agreement.”

The complaint has now been accepted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), and will be considered.

The Nuremberg Code was “written after Nazi doctors were put on trial for performing their medical experiments on concentration camp prisoners, stipulates that it is deeply unethical to force or coerce a person to take part in medical experiments,” according to a Jewish anthropologist. Those behind the lawsuit believe this is especially relevant after Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla called Israel the “world’s lab” due to its ready acceptance of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine.

This comes after an Israeli group decried the country’s green passport system, which allows only those who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine or developed immunity from the virus to engage in commerce and leave their homes, as “demonic” and a “second Holocaust.” National File reported:

https://nationalfile.com/israeli-jews-petition-international-criminal-court-say-israels-mandatory-covid-vaccines-violate-nuremberg-code/

Capitol Police To Remove Fencing, Admitting No “Credible Threat Against Congress”.

Outer fencing surrounding the U.S. Capitol complex will be removed this weekend, with acting House Sergeant-at-Arms Timothy P. Blodgett admitting there is no “credible threat” that “warrants” the perimeter.

“In an email to members and staff, Blodgett said that by Monday, Independence and Constitution avenues will be open for traffic. The inner layer of fencing will remain around the Capitol Square area while the Architect of the Capitol makes security repairs to the Capitol,” Roll Call explains.

The acting House Sergeant-at-Arms emphasized, “there does not exist a known, credible threat against Congress or the Capitol Complex that warrants the temporary security fencing.”

Concerning the National Guard, troops “will continue to maintain a presence to support our increased security posture although their presence has been modified to support a reduced perimeter.”

https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/capitol-fence-removal-in-face-of-no-threat/

24 More Charged in Voter-Fraud Probe, Prosecutors Say

Federal prosecutors in North Carolina said Friday that 24 additional people have been charged in an ongoing probe into voter fraud, including two who are accused of illegally voting in the 2016 presidential election.

Gabriela Guzman-Miguel, 26, and Jose Abraham Navarro, 42, both of Mexico, are accused to have voted despite lacking the legal status to do so, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina said in a list of defendants obtained by The Epoch Times. The list described both as aliens or immigrants.

A slew of other defendants were charged with falsely claiming U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote. Some also engaged in naturalization fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents relating to voter registration, officials said.

Defendants hailed from 15 countries, including Honduras, Iraq, and Canada. The charges date back to the fall of 2019, though the cases were just unsealed.

Those charged face jail time and fines of up to $350,000 if convicted.

Each defendant was charged separately and there are no charges of conspiracy, the prosecutor’s office said.

Robert Higdon, who headed the office until recently, had aggressively pursued illegal voting cases, subpoenaing records from the state board of elections, and 44 county boards in 2018.

The state board called the subpoena “overly broad, unreasonable, vague.” It advised North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, a Democrat, to quash the subpoenas.

Stein eventually directed the board to acquire records associated with approximately 789 people who had registered to vote—far less than Higdon, a Trump appointee, had sought.

Higdon in 2018 announced charges against 19 foreign nationals for voting in the 2016 election and last year another U.S. attorney in the state unveiled voter fraud charges against 19 others.

“The right to vote is a precious privilege available only to citizens of the United States. When a non-citizen votes in a federal election it serves to dilute and devalue the vote of American citizens and places the decision making authority of the American electorate in the hands of those who have no right to make those choices,” Higdon said in a previous statement.

An audit by the state board of elections after the 2016 election found 41 individuals had acknowledged voting despite not being U.S. citizens. Sixty-one others who may have voted illegally did not respond while another 34, identified in the audit, provided proof of citizenship.

https://www.ntd.com/24-more-charged-in-voter-fraud-probe-prosecutors-say_584716.html

Psaki: There's 'No Question' Trump's 'Wuhan Virus' Rhetoric Sparked Threats Against Asian Americans

The myth of President Donald Trump inspiring harassment against Asian Americans just simply won’t die. Joe Biden attacked him for it during the 2020 election and his administration keeps repeating it after the horrific mass shooting in Atlanta this past week. Vice President Kamala Harris repeated this accusation in remarks on Friday and White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki made the claim explicitly on Wednesday.

“I think there’s no question that some of the damaging rhetoric that we saw during the prior administration, blaming, calling COVID ‘the Wuhan virus’ or other things led to perceptions of the Asian American community that are inaccurate, unfair, have raised threatening… has elevated threats against Asian Americans, and we’re seeing that around the country,” Psaki said.

Tragically, it does seem that some Americans have targeted Asian Americans for harassment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because Americans of other races often cannot tell between Japanese Americans, Korean Americans, and Chinese Americans — all of whom have distinct and proud heritages — this harassment has been rather indiscriminate. Even if only Chinese Americans had faced this harassment, it would still be absurd to blame Americans of Chinese ancestry (some of whose ancestors have lived here for 200 years or more) for a pandemic that started in Wuhan, China, in 2019.

It is similarly absurd to accuse Trump of fomenting that harassment because the president referred to COVID-19 as “the Wuhan virus.” Trump made it clear that he stands with Asian Americans.

So why call it “the Wuhan virus” or “the China virus?” Trump wanted to expose the Chinese Communist Party. The virus originated originated in Wuhan, China, and spread thanks in part to the CPP’s lies and malfeasance.

From late February 2020 onward, Chinese sources began to share a conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was developed by the U.S. military and somehow planted in Wuhan. Chinese officials fueled this conspiracy theory in March. Trump responded by referring to the coronavirus as the “Chinese virus.” He was pushing back against Chinese Communist Party propaganda.

Naturally, the CCP accused him of “racism,” and left-leaning media outlets and Democrats were all too glad to take up the call. By the way, the very same left-leaning journalists who rushed to condemn Trump as racist had referred to COVID-19 as the “Wuhan coronavirus” or the “Chinese coronavirus” weeks earlier.

Back in March 2020 — months before Biden first accused Trump of inciting racist harassment — Trump made it absolutely clear that the spread of COVID-19 is not the fault of Asian Americans.

“It is very important that we totally protect our Asian American community in the United States, and all around the world,” he tweeted. “They are amazing people, and the spreading of the Virus is NOT their fault in any way, shape, or form. They are working closely with us to get rid of it. WE WILL PREVAIL TOGETHER!”

Trump did not just tweet his support for Asian Americans — he also pledged to protect them in a press conference. He acknowledged that “great American citizens that happen to be of Asian heritage” have faced harassment. “I’m not going to let that happen.”

Any American who chose to harass his or her Asian American neighbors was not listening to Donald Trump. Yet it seems the Biden administration wants to milk this narrative for political advantage, demonizing Biden’s predecessor and straining to link a heinous mass murder — which the FBI director said does not appear racially motivated — to a politically convenient narrative.

Americans should not be fooled.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2021/03/20/psaki-theres-no-question-trumps-wuhan-virus-rhetoric-sparked-threats-against-asian-americans-n1433905

Biden Administration Flying Migrants to Northern Border for Processing

No one should worry. The Biden administration says there’s absolutely, positively, cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die no crisis in any way, shape, or form at the border. Claims to the contrary are just right-wing propaganda and misinformation.

So why will ICE be flying hundreds of migrants a day to border facilities hundreds of miles away near the Canadian border?

Perhaps Biden wants us to pretend the border surge is mostly Canadians fleeing the oppressive Ottawa regime. Or perhaps it’s a surge in Eskimo and Aleut peoples fleeing climate change.

I’m sure the president would dearly love either scenario to be true, but alas, they are not. And his refusal to acknowledge the crisis has become almost comical.

Washington Examiner:

Michigan Rep. Lisa McClain, a Republican, called the plan “deeply troubling” and urged the Biden administration not to move forward because of the risks it poses to U.S. communities amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“We already know these illegal aliens are not being tested for the coronavirus before being released into Texas communities. We cannot let this happen in Michigan,” McClain said.

Rep. McClain’s complaint is being echoed by other congressmen from border states who are wondering why the Biden administration sort of forgot to mention the move.

Fox News:

Republican Montana Rep. Matt Rosendale demanded Friday night that the Biden administration clarify a report that officials could fly migrants to states near the Canadian border amid a record surge that has overwhelmed facilities at the southern border.

In a letter addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Troy Miller, Rosendale said he was “extremely troubled” by the plan. CBP officials made the request as agents at the southern border struggled to process a wave of about 2,000 migrants who crossed into southern Texas over the last few days, the Washington Post reported.

It should be noted that the Trump administration also used ICE planes to process migrants elsewhere. But that was a crisis. Trump said it was a crisis. He declared a “national emergency” to deal with the crisis.

But the Republican lawmakers needn’t worry because there’s no crisis at the border. We can be sure because Nancy Pelosi says so.

Fox News:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., expressed confidence in President Biden‘s handling of the surge of migrants at the Southern border, saying he’s got it “under control.”

Pelosi said Biden is approaching the migrants, especially unaccompanied minors, in a more “humane” way than former President Donald Trump, and the transition will take some time.

“The Biden administration has this under control,” Pelosi said Friday during her weekly news conference at the Capitol. “It is change and it will take some time, but it is values-based, humanitarian … [and] pragmatic with a plan to get things done.”

“All is well. Remain calm!”

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/03/20/biden-administration-flying-migrants-to-northern-border-for-processing-n1433897

Arizona State Senate Orders Hand Recount of 2.1 Million Ballots from 2020 Presidential Election

Arizona legislators have ordered a recount of 2.1 million ballots for the 2020 presidential election, this time to be done by hand, to verify if President Joe Biden’s victory was legitimate.

The Arizona Senate, which is controlled by Republicans, released a statement confirming their intent to do another audit of the ballots from Maricopa County, the state’s most populous county.

The Arizona State Senate statement released on Thursday says that they will conduct a “broad and detailed” audit, adding that they will test voting machines, scan ballots, look for IT breaches, and perform a hand count.

“As thousands of our voters continue to call for a thorough audit of the 2020 election in Maricopa County, I am pleased to report we have narrowed it down to a preferred forensic audit team,” reads a March 18 statement from state Sen. Karen Fann (R-Ariz.).

“We are negotiating final details on the execution of the audit and hope to have an announcement soon.”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Update on the full, detailed audit of the 2020 election in Maricopa County#AZSenate #Audit pic.twitter.com/0HHfPuGKex

— AZSenateRepublicans (@AZSenateGOP) March 18, 2021

“Our goal is to make this a bipartisan effort with full transparency and in joint cooperation with Maricopa County officials. We’ve been reaching out to experts on election processes in Arizona and around the nation and hope to have the best and brightest involved in the audit,” Fann wrote.

“When all the work is done, there will be a full report for the Senate and County to review. Our voters expect this audit, and it can be a big step in returning trust and confidence in our election process,” it concludes.

Last month, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Timothy Thomason ruled that subpoenas issued by Arizona’s state Senate are valid and should be enforced, and he disputed arguments from Maricopa County officials saying the subpoenas are unlawful.

The county previously stated that multiple audits have been sufficient and said ballots should be sealed.

“The Court finds that the subpoenas are legal and enforceable,” Thomason wrote (pdf) in his ruling. “There is no question that the Senators have the power to issue legislative subpoenas. The subpoenas comply with the statutory requirements for legislative subpoenas. The Senate also has broad constitutional power to oversee elections.”

He argued that the “Arizona legislature clearly has the power to investigate and examine election reform matters,” adding that senators can “subpoena material as part of an inquiry into election reform measures.”

The move was hailed by Republican legislators in Arizona.

Fann told news outlets after the judge’s ruling that their move was “never about overturning the election, it was about the integrity of the Arizona election system.”

https://www.theepochtimes.com/arizona-state-senate-ordering-hand-recount-of-2-1-million-ballots-for-2020-presidential-election_3742329.html

“A Threat to American Democracy” – Federal Judge Warns About Dangers of Democrat Media Complex

A prominent Washington D.C. Circuit Court Judge, Laurence Silberman, warned in his dissent in a case, that the media has become very close to one party (Democrat) control.

Judge Laurence Silberman is no ordinary judge. According to Wikipedia:

Laurence Hirsch Silberman (born October 12, 1935) is an American lawyer, jurist, and government official who serves as a circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He was appointed in October 1985 by Ronald Reagan and took senior status on November 1, 2000. On June 11, 2008, George W. Bush awarded Silberman the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Judge Silberman released a dissent in a case where he took on Big Media’s bias. Silberman wrote in his dissent:

“Although the bias against the Republican Party—not just controversial individuals—is rather shocking today, this is not new; it is a long-term, secular trend going back at least to the ’70s,” Silberman wrote. “Two of the three most influential papers (at least historically), The New York Times and The Washington Post, are virtually Democratic Party broadsheets. And the news section of The Wall Street Journal leans in the same direction. The orientation of these three papers is followed by The Associated Press and most large papers across the country (such as the Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, and Boston Globe). Nearly all television—network and cable—is a Democratic Party trumpet. Even the government-supported National Public Radio follows along.”

Silberman then took on Big Tech:

He accused Silicon Valley of filtering news “in ways favorable to the Democratic Party” and fueling censorship, citing the suppression of the New York Post’s bombshell reporting on Hunter Biden in the final weeks of the 2020 presidential election.

“It is well-accepted that viewpoint discrimination ‘raises the specter that the Government may effectively drive certain ideas or viewpoints from the marketplace,'” Silberman said. “But ideological homogeneity in the media—or in the channels of information distribution—risks repressing certain ideas from the public consciousness just as surely as if access were restricted by the government.”

Finally, Silberman took on the current one-party control of the press and media:

“It should be borne in mind that the first step taken by any potential authoritarian or dictatorial regime is to gain control of communications, particularly the delivery of news. It is fair to conclude, therefore, that one-party control of the press and media is a threat to a viable democracy,” the judge continued. “It may even give rise to countervailing extremism.

“The First Amendment guarantees a free press to foster a vibrant trade in ideas. But a biased press can distort the marketplace. And when the media has proven its willingness—if not eagerness—to so distort, it is a profound mistake to stand by unjustified legal rules that serve only to enhance the press’ power.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/threat-american-democracy-federal-judge-warns-democrat-media-complex/