Barack Obama Cheers MLB’s Decision to Move All-Star Game Out of Georgia Which Will Cost Atlanta Tens of Millions in Revenue

Obama built this.

Barack Obama cheered the MLB’s decision to move its All-Star game out of Georgia based on lies about the state’s new voter integrity laws.

Joe Biden told ESPN on Wednesday he “would strongly support” MLB moving the game, calling the Georgia law “Jim Crow on steroids”.

The woke mob won based on lies about Georgia’s voting integrity law.

Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr. announced Friday the MLB is moving the 2021 All Star Game and Draft from Atlanta in response to the new voting integrity law passed in Georgia last month. The All Star Game was set to be hosted by the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park stadium on July 13. The draft was to be held in Atlanta July 11-13.

The decision to move the All-Star game out of Georgia will cost Atlanta as much as $190 million in revenue, according to estimates.

““Woke” MLB just took away the over $100,000,000 in revenue the All-Star Game and draft bring to predominantly black Atlanta businesses because rich white leftists complained about GA’s voter integrity law.” former Newsmax host John Cardillo tweeted.

Obama cheered this because he’s the one calling the shots behind the scenes.

Fox News host Maria Bartiromo last weekend said she’s heard from her sources: “I know Biden’s on the phone all the time with Obama and I’m hearing he’s running things from behind the scenes.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/barack-obama-cheers-mlbs-decision-move-star-game-georgia-will-cost-atlanta-tens-millions-revenue/

YouTube Deleted 2.5 Million 'Dislikes' From Biden White House Videos, Data Indicates

YouTube has deleted about 2.5 million ‘dislikes’ from videos on the official White House channel of President Joe Biden, according to data collected and posted online by a researcher who wished to remain anonymous. YouTube recently announced that it’s testing a new page design that hides the dislike count.

The Google-owned video platform allows users to give videos either a thumb up (like) or thumb down (dislike). For at least two years, it’s had a policy to remove likes and dislikes it considers spam.

“We have policies and systems in place to ensure that the engagement on YouTube is authentic, and remove any fraudulent metrics,” a YouTube spokesperson told The Epoch Times via email, but when asked, wouldn’t go into details on what criteria it uses to make these calls.

The White House videos have seen these kinds of interventions on an ongoing basis, but it appears it’s only the dislikes that are disappearing.

The channel has posted more than 300 videos that have garnered nearly 3.7 million dislikes of which nearly 2.5 million were removed, according to data posted on the website 81m.org. The author of the website started to track the engagement on January 26 and has published all the data as well as the methodology used to collect it, but wouldn’t comment on his or her identity when asked via email.

YouTube is deleting close to 8,000 dislikes per video on average. Not a single like was removed, the data indicates.

Even after the interventions, the videos have nearly six times more dislikes than likes on average, the data shows. Without intervention the ratio would be over 17 dislikes for every like.

Posts on social media indicate that some supporters of former President Donald Trump make a point of disliking the Biden White House videos. The videos often get thousands of dislikes shortly after popping online, only for a large portion of the dislikes being deleted later.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/youtube-deleted-2-5-million-dislikes-from-biden-white-house-videos-data-indicates_3759997.html

‘Kill the Bill’: Londoners march against proposed law that would give police more powers to crack down on public protests

Many in the UK defied the rules and rallied against controversial legislation that would allow authorities to place additional restrictions on public protests there. London police had urged people not to attend the demonstrations.

The protests were held in 25 cities across England and Wales, including London. People marched from the capital's Hyde Park with placards saying 'Protect our rights' and 'Kill the Bill,' referring to the controversial proposed legislation, known as the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.

WATCH ‘KILL THE BILL’ PROTEST LIVE FROM BRISTOL

https://www.rt.com/uk/520052-london-police-bill-protest/

Netherlands Latest To Halt AstraZeneca Jab As Australia Admits "Likely" Blood-Clot Link

Yesterday, regulators in the UK reluctantly acknowledged - or so it seemed, anyway - 25 new cases of rare blood clots linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine. Several of the individuals had died due to the complications. 5 earlier cases had been deemed not serious, but now it appears people are dying in the country that probably has the most to lose if the AstraZeneca jab were to be found defective.

After all, a massive share of Britons who have been inoculated so far were inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine, which was approved for emergency use in the UK late last year, though regulators in the US are only just now starting the process of assessing its efficacy according to the trial data, and its risks.

Despite finally revealing that 7 Britons have died due to side-effects brought on by the vaccine, Britain's medicines regulator on Saturday announced that the vaccine is "safe" and that it's not clear whether the shots are causing the clots (though researchers in Germany and elsewhere appear to have found evidence of a link). Here's more from the AP:

In total, MHRA said had identified 30 cases of rare blood clot events out of 18.1 million AstraZeneca doses administered up to and including March 24. The risk associated with this type of blood clot is "very small," it added.

"The benefits of COVID-19 vaccine AstraZeneca in preventing COVID-19 infection and its complications continue to outweigh any risks and the public should continue to get their vaccine when invited to do so," said Dr. June Raine, the agency’s chief executive.

Meanwhile, the Netherlands yesterday became the latest developed nation to halt administration of the vaccine. Initially, the Dutch government (where PM Mark Rutte is facing a worsening political crisis) planned to restrict vaccinations to people under the age of 60, like Germany opted to do. But they decided to simply halt vaccinations to avoid potential waste of precious vaccines. According to Reuters, Dutch Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said the temporary halt is "a precautionary measure," echoing language used by virtually every European leader who has restricted access to the AstraZeneca jab, which has long been an object of suspicion following unusual complications that emerged during the trials, and led to brief halts in the UK, US and elsewhere.

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/netherlands-latest-halt-astrazeneca-jab-australia-admits-likely-blood-clot-link

Argentine president tests positive for Covid-19 after Russia’s Sputnik V shot, but researchers say he will recover swiftly

Argentinian leader Alberto Fernandez has most likely been infected with the new coronavirus, he announced. The virus should not affect him severely, however, as he has previously received the Sputnik V vaccine, researchers say.

President Fernandez “performed an antigen test which was positive,” and has been awaiting further confirmation of his state of health having had a PCR test, he wrote on Twitter on Saturday.

Fernandez, who turned 62 just a day before, said he had a “slight headache” and fever, but reassured the Argentinian people that he was “physically well” and “in good spirits.”

Replying to his tweet, Russia’s Gamaleya Institute, which developed the Sputnik V vaccine, said, if the infection was confirmed, the president’s recovery should be quick, and he should not experience any severe symptoms. “Sputnik V is 91.6% effective against infection and 100% effective against severe cases,” they explained, wishing Fernandez a speedy recovery.

Alberto Fernandez was among the first world leaders to have been injected with Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine. Sputnik V is officially approved and registered in Argentina, which signed a deal with Russia to purchase millions of doses of the vaccine.

He has previously said that Sputnik V, the world’s first registered vaccine against the coronavirus, fell victim to a smear campaign as a result of trade wars and politics. “There are political sectors that inform or misinform, and use this vaccine as part of their game,” he said.

Argentina has been hit hard by the deadly virus, with some 2.37 million people having been infected. Over 56,000 Argentinians died of the new coronavirus during the pandemic. This year, nearly 700,000 people, mostly health workers and elder people, have been fully vaccinated.

https://www.rt.com/news/520036-argentina-president-covid-positive/

FBI Promises To Hunt Down Anyone Who Lies About Taking COVID Vax As Vaccine Passports Loom

The FBI wants Americans to know that it is a crime to misrepresent your status as vaccine passports are rolled out.

After it was confirmed that the Biden regime is working with major corporations to develop a country-wide vaccine passport, and after New York began the rollout of its own vaccine passport system, the FBI is warning people against fake vaccine passports or COVID-19 vaccination cards.

“We’ve all seen friends posting their #COVID19 vaccination cards on social media,” wrote the Minneapolis branch of the FBI on social medial. “If you make or buy a fake one to misrepresent your vaccination status, you endanger other people and may also be breaking the law.”

The FBI linked to a press release from the Internet Crime Complaint Center, which reveals that federal law enforcement, including the FBI, is “advising the public to be aware of individuals selling fake COVID-19 vaccination record cards and encouraging others to print fake cards at home” and notes that “Fake vaccination record cards have been advertised on social media websites, as well as e-commerce platforms and blogs.”

“If you did not receive the vaccine, do not buy fake vaccine cards, do not make your own vaccine cards, and do not fill-in blank vaccination record cards with false information,” the press release explains, “By misrepresenting yourself as vaccinated when entering schools, mass transit, workplaces, gyms, or places of worship, you put yourself and others around you at risk of contracting COVID-19.”

“Additionally, the unauthorized use of an official government agency’s seal (such as HHS or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)) is a crime, and may be punishable under Title 18 United States Code, Section 1017, and other applicable laws.”

As National File reported, the Biden administration is working with major corporations to develop a vaccine passport system that would require Americans to take one of the controversial vaccines and receive a vaccine passport to engage in commerce. According to establishment newspaper The Washington Post, Biden’s plan is for the vaccine passport to be pushed entirely through large corporations – essentially barring those who refuse the vaccine from engaging in commerce – without any direct federal involvement.

Yesterday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed an executive order banning vaccine passports in the state, and revealed that he is working with the Florida legislature to permanently ban them within the state.

https://nationalfile.com/fbi-promises-to-hunt-down-anyone-who-lies-about-taking-covid-vax-as-vaccine-passports-loom/

Former MLB All-Star Mark Grudzielanek under investigation for child abuse

Former MLB All-Star Mark Grudzielanek is under police investigation for child abuse, according to a report.

An unidentified 12-year-old boy was listed as the victim following an alleged late-night incident involving the 50-year-old Grudzielanek on March 26 in Scottsdale, Ariz., TMZ reported, citing police documents.

While details of the alleged incident were not immediately clear, sources told TMZ it was a physical altercation.

Grudzielanek played 15 MLB seasons with the Expos, Dodgers, Royals, Cubs, Indians and Cardinals.

He was an All-Star in 1996 and won a Gold Glove at second base in 2006 before retiring in 2010.

Grudzielanek began a minor-league managing career with the Diamondbacks in 2016 and most recently was the Triple-A manager within the White Sox organization from 2017-19.

He is a father to two boys born in 2003 and 2007 with former UCLA softball player Danielle Martin, according to various reports.

The older son, Bryce, is part of UCLA baseball’s 2021 recruiting class.

https://nypost.com/2021/04/03/ex-mlber-mark-grudzielanek-under-investigation-for-child-abuse/

Driver plows through group of people and into a ​Taco Bell, injuring three

Police said the incident occurred during an argument over an order

A disturbing video has gone viral showing a car being driven into a group of individuals standing outside a Taco Bell and into the restaurant lobby, leaving three people injured.

The footage began circulating earlier this week, and shows a handful of people gathered out front of the fast food joint in an apparent confrontation with whomever was in the vehicle. Yelling is heard, and the car is seen revving toward the group before someone shouts, "Blow that b**** up." The vehicle then plows into the people and through the front of the restaurant.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/watch-driver-plows-through-group-of-people-and-into-a-taco-bell-injuring-three

https://www.theblaze.com/news/watch-driver-plows-through-group-of-people-and-into-a-taco-bell-injuring-three

Energy billionaires became $51 billion richer from 2021 oil rally

The world’s oil billionaires became even richer in the first quarter of 2021, adding a combined net worth of $51 billion to their fortunes as oil prices rallied and investor confidence in excessively punished oil stocks returned.

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world’s richest people, US oil tycoon Harold Hamm saw his net worth jump by $3.3 billion year to date to stand at $8.4 billion as of April 2.

Shares in Continental Resources that Hamm has founded have jumped by 59% year to date.

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani with interests in ports, commodities, and power generation saw his net worth surge by $23.3 billion to $57.1 billion in the first quarter. This was the largest increase in a billionaire’s wealth so far this year anywhere in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

In total, the energy billionaires globally saw their combined net worth jump by around 10% in the first quarter, the highest growth in wealth of any group of billionaires in the index compiled by Bloomberg.

Investors have warmed up in recent months to the energy sector, which bore the brunt of last year’s shock of crashing oil prices and oil demand. The energy sector has been the top performer in the S&P 500 index year to date. Some exchange-traded funds (EFTs) tracking oil prices have surged since the start of 2021 as investors turned their attention to industries expected to benefit the most from the economic recovery. Energy is one of those, and analysts still see upsides for energy stocks and ETFs.

Some banks, including JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs, said in February that they expected a new supercycle in oil, with economies rebounding from last year’s pandemic shock.

The International Energy Agency (IEA), however, does not see a supercycle in oil on the horizon amid plentiful supply and a large global spare capacity.

https://www.rt.com/business/520045-energy-billionaires-earn-oil-rally/

Amazon Describes Georgia Voter Law as Effort to ‘Disenfranchise Black People’

Amazon has joined the chorus of corporate leaders attacking Georgia’s election law by calling on states to “follow Virginia’s leadership,” instead. According to Amazon spokesperson and former Obama Press Secretary Jay Carney, “efforts to disenfranchise black people and other minorities continue to this day.”

“It has been fifty-six years since the Voting Rights Act became law, yet efforts to disenfranchise black people and other minorities continue to this day,” said Amazon spokesperson and former Obama White House press secretary Jay Carney in a statement on Thursday.

“The ability to vote is one of the most prized fundamental rights in American democracy, and Amazon supports policies that protect and expand those rights,” Carney added.

The Amazon spokesperson went on to praise “the Commonwealth of Virginia” for its Voting Rights Act of Virginia, which was approved by Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D) on Wednesday.

“I am happy that the home state of our second headquarters, the Commonwealth of Virginia, is taking monumental and historic action to enhance voter protection,” Carney wrote. “This truly is a model that other states and Congress should follow to ensure all Americans can participate in free, fair, and secure elections.”

“Amazon already has 27,000 employees in the Commonwealth, and we are looking forward to hiring 25,000 more as we grow our HQ2,” he added. “Innovative and thoughtful policies like this are one of the many reasons we are proud of our current and expanding footprint in Virginia.”

Carney then called out “other states,” who he alleges are trying to restrict voting rights, and urged them to “follow Virginia’s leadership.”

“We oppose efforts in other states aimed at restricting the ability of Americans to vote, and we call on those states to follow Virginia’s leadership by expanding voter protection instead,” Carney said.

Last week, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) signed a bill aimed at improving state election integrity. The bill seeks to strengthen voting rules in the Peach State by limiting the number of ballot drop boxes and establishing photo ID requirements for absentee voters, among other things.

The move has sparked outrage among left-wing activists, who consider the legislation an attack on minorities, suggesting that members of the black community cannot figure out how to acquire a photo ID, among other bizarre assumptions.

On Wednesday, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian called Georgia’s new voting law “unacceptable” in a memo to employees. That same day, Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey echoed those sentiments, calling the recently-passed law “unacceptable,” “wrong,” and “a step backward.”

Meanwhile, Major League Baseball (MLB) has reacted to Georgia’s voting reform law by announcing it will move its All-Star Game from Atlanta. Apple CEO Tim Cook has also reacted, telling Axios that voting should be “easier than ever,” in the modern age.

President Joe Biden has also chimed in, calling the legislation “un-American” and “sick,” making “Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle.”

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/04/03/amazon-describes-georgia-voter-law-as-effort-to-disenfranchise-black-people/

YouTube Forces Political Videos It Doesn’t Like into ‘Private’ Mode

Google-owned YouTube is now forcing politically dissident videos into “private” mode only, limiting viewership only to the video’s uploader and preventing them from being seen by a public audience.

The Google-owned video hosting platform recently censored a video from Republican candidate Laura Loomer in this manner.

YouTube informed Loomer of the act of censorship in a message to the candidate, who ran for Congress in Donald Trump’s home district of FL-21 in 2020, and who plans to do so again in 2022.

The censored video was titled “Why Does The Left Blame White People for Everything?” and had been available on Loomer’s channel without incident for three years.

“The video they cited is three years old!,” said Loomer in a post on Gab. “More political censorship and discrimination from Big Tech!”

“Content locked as private won’t appear on your channel or in search results, and it won’t be visible to other users,” YouTube informed Loomer.

The Google-owned platform alleged that Loomer violated its “violent or graphic content policy” with the video, telling the candidate that she would need to make changes to the video before it could be made public again.

Aside from perhaps Donald Trump himself, Loomer is one of the most censored mainstream Republican candidates in the U.S. She has been banned from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, PayPal, Venmo, Uber, and Lyft. Most recently, she was banned from Stripe, an online payment processor that competes with PayPal.

Censorship of Republicans by Big Tech platforms is escalating. In January, while still President, Donald Trump was removed from most major platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. The censorship of a world leader drew international outcry against Silicon Valley.

Public trust in Big Tech companies continues to decline, recently reaching an all-time low for American consumers.

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/04/02/youtube-forces-political-videos-it-doesnt-like-into-private-mode/

MLB’s Chinese Media Partner Has Targeted An NBA Exec For Supporting Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Protesters

Major League Baseball renewed a licensing contract earlier this week with a Chinese media company that has targeted an NBA executive over his support human rights and democracy activists in Hong Kong.

The deal, which MLB signed with Tencent on Wednesday, has taken on new significance after the league’s decision Friday to pull its All Star game out of Atlanta over a Georgia state voting law opposed by Democrats.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said the move was being made because the league “fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box.”

Defenders of the Georgia law, which was signed last week, have denied allegations that it will restrict voting access. The New York Times reported Saturday that the law is “unlikely” to affect turnout or hurt Democrats. It may “plausibly even increase turnout,” according to the newspaper.

But MLB has ignored the anti-democratic bent of its media partner, Tencent.

In October 2019, Tencent temporarily stopped airing all NBA games after Daryl Morey, the then-general manager of the Houston Rockets, expressed support for Hong Kong protesters who opposed a law backed by Beijing that they feared would lead to a crackdown on dissidents.

Tencent resumed airing most NBA league games, but has continued boycotting Rockets’ games, and those of Morey’s new team, the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Guardian reported on Dec. 30, 2020, that Tencent refuses to air the two teams’ games.

Tencent’s crackdown on Morey and its apparent opposition to Hong Kong’s activists has not deterred Major League Baseball.

https://dailycaller.com/2021/04/03/mlb-all-star-tencent-china-daryl-morley/

YouTube’s Plan to Stop Users Expressing Disapproval of Elites

Google-owned YouTube’s plan to remove the “dislike” button from videos, the easiest and bluntest way for users to express their disapproval with the content of a video, should not be viewed in isolation. It’s part of a long-running trend of elites seeking to prohibit ordinary people from speaking back to them.

YouTube dislikes are disliked (haha, get it?) by elites for the same reason that audience scores on movie reviewing sites and comments sections on media websites are disliked by them. It gives ordinary people the opportunity to call their supposed betters out on their bullshit.

Those elites, by the way, include YouTube itself. The most-disliked video of all time is still YouTube’s official “2018 rewind” video, a compilation of highlights from the previous year that was widely panned by YouTube users for favoring mainstream celebrities over YouYube personalities like PewDiePie. YouTube’s 2019 “rewind” video also broke into the top 10 most disliked videos, and a third — 2017’s — made it into the top 50.

Other historically disliked videos include Gillette’s boycott-sparking “toxic masculinity” ad, and a Microsoft commercial featuring alleged artist Marina Abramović, whose alleged art is praised by elites but disliked by wide swathes of the public.

And then there’s Joe Biden. By any objective standard, the White House’s videos on YouTube are not popular. Their viewcounts are a fraction of what President Trump enjoyed, and the like-to-dislike ratio looks atrociously bad for Biden’s videos.

But YouTube dislike button isn’t the only conduit of popular disapproval that has come under attack in recent years. As I explained in 2018, when Twitter was mulling the idea of removing “likes,” this is a trend that began all the way back in the pre-Trump era:

Look at the constant controversies over the movie reviewing site Rotten Tomatoes, which aggregates reviews from critics to give films a “critics rating” and from regular moviegoers to give it an “audience” rating. As Hollywood tried to shove progressive narratives down the throat of increasingly unwilling moviegoers, the gap between critics scores and audience scores on the website has widened. Movies like the Ghostbusters reboot (2016), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) and the new Star Trek series, all of which were widely criticized for overdosing on progressivism, were subject to plummeting audience scores. The Last Jedi, for example, has a withering 45 percent rating from the public — the lowest for a Star Wars film.

In response, progressive film critics quickly adopted the narrative that the dismal audience scores were due to “trolls” from the “alt-right.” Other claimed the review scores were “rigged,” or questioned the entire purpose of giving the general public a tool to express its opinion. Eventually, with the release of Black Panther (2018), the progressives got their way, as Rotten Tomatoes promised to intervene against “hate speech” surrounding the movie.

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It didn’t even begin with Donald Trump or Brexit. In the early 2010s, progressive journalists were already whining about the comments sections underneath their articles, which allowed ordinary people to actually criticize them in real-time. They got their way of course, and the comments sections slowly began to disappear. In a foreshadowing of a modern-day progressive narrative about free speech online, Ars Technica warned that comments sections could “make you mistrust real experts.”

The progressives decided long ago that it’s dangerous to allow ordinary people to freely signal their preferences online. Whether it’s review scores, comments sections, or an entire platform like Gab, every tool of popular expression has come under siege as elites fight back against the masses.

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/04/03/bokhari-youtubes-plan-to-stop-users-expressing-disapproval-of-elites/

Paris Deploys 6,600 Police to Enforce New Coronavirus Rules

PARIS – French hospitals brought in extra staff for the Easter holiday weekend to cope with more coronavirus patients.

With a new virus variant spreading fast and French intensive care units as full as they were last April, the government closed all schools and imposed new rules taking effect nationwide on Sunday.

In Paris, police say they´re deploying 6,600 officers to enforce the new restrictions, which include a ban on traveling more than 10 kilometers (6 miles), a ban on outdoor gatherings of six people or more and a continued nationwide 7 p.m. curfew. On the Mediterranean shores of Marseille, police patrolled amid sunbathers and fined people drinking in public or not wearing masks.

Crowds filled Paris-area train stations on Friday night to head to the countryside. The SNCF national rail authority says its expecting 600,000 people to travel over the weekend.

France has registered 4.8 million coronavirus cases, the most in Europe and fourth globally. It´s confirmed more than 96,000 deaths, eighth highest in the world.

The U.S. leads with 30.6 million cases and more than 554,000 confirmed deaths.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/04/03/paris-deploys-6600-police-to-enforce-new-coronavirus-rules/

=Italy to Deploy 70,000 Officers to Enforce Restrictions over Easter

The Italian government is expected to deploy up to 70,000 police and carabinieri over Easter weekend to prevent large gatherings and enforce lockdown restrictions.

From April 3rd to the 5th, beaches, vaccination centres, nightlife areas, public parks, and other spaces will see a heightened presence of law enforcement across Italy.

Several local politicians had begun to implement new restrictions ahead of the Easter weekend, such as the President of the Province of Grosseto in Tuscany, Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna, who closed beaches in the commune of Capalbio, Il Giornale reports.

According to the newspaper, the Italian Interior Ministry has also recommended that travel be monitored by authorities, particularly public transportation.

Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s government introduced the new lockdown measures last month. The rules restrict travel to other regions unless the traveller is going to a second home and limits family get-togethers for the Easter holidays.

Last month, 11 Italian regions went into “red zone” lockdown measures that saw millions of Italians under travel restrictions and many non-essential businesses closed to stop the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/04/03/italy-to-deploy-70k-law-enforcement-officials-enforce-restrictions-easter/

CBS News drops pretense of objectivity with headline: '3 ways companies can help fight Georgia's restrictive new voting law'

It's not an op-ed or a commentary piece. It's not even packaged as "analysis," the favorite term far-left "news" company CNN uses for opinion pieces. It's a straight up news piece on CBSnews.com, and the headline openly takes sides, offering suggestions to companies on "3 ways [they] can help fight Georgia's restrictive new voting law."

The body of the piece, predictably, begins from the premise that the law is bad and should be opposed by all companies. The piece notes that "Critics charge that such changes amount to the 2021 version of Jim Crow rules and other historical efforts to suppress the vote to gain a political advantage." Nary a word of the piece offers any suggestion that anyone thinks differently. No suggestion was offered whatsoever in defense of the bill, which makes Georgia's voting law less restrictive than many other states and did not put into place a single restriction that is not already the law in numerous other states. None of the law's features that made it easier to vote in Georgia, such as expanded early voting and permanent ballot drop box locations, were mentioned. Nay, only the contention that "Critics charge that such changes amount to the 2021 version of Jim Crow rules," which was left to stand unchallenged, even though such a contention is transparent hyperbole at best and willfully false at worst.

Having thus begged the question, the article proceeds to helpfully offer all responsible corporations some advice on how to fight Georgia's law, leaning heavily on the "activists" who have actively mischaracterized the law for help.

Suggestion one: "Do not donate." Acting as a megaphone for these activists, CBS encourages companies in the article not to donate to two specific politicians, "Barry Fleming and Michael Dugan, the Georgia Republicans who co-sponsored the voting changes." The article then shames corporations like Delta Airlines, Coca-Cola, and UPS who have done so in the past. Suggestion two calls upon corporations to "spread awareness" so that similar bills are not passed in states like Texas and Arizona. Suggestion three asks corporations to "fight for federal law," in which the article expressly takes sides in favor of the infamous H.R. 1, which critics charge will be used to cement a lifetime Democratic majority.

Zero words in the story were offered to suggest that any of these measures might be unwarranted or unwise, or that huge, vast majorities of Americans have consistently supported laws that would require voters to display a photo ID before voting, which is the most contentious portion of the bill.

http://www.tathasta.com/2021/04/cbs-news-drops-pretense-of-objectivity.html

European or world war could break out in FOUR WEEKS Russian military analyst warns as tensions continue to rise in Ukraine after Moscow moved 4,000 troops to border

A European or even World War could be triggered in four in Ukraine after Russia dispatched 4,000 to the disputed border with its neighbour, warns an independent Russian military analyst.

It comes as social media footage footage shows suspected large scale Russian military movements in regions close to rebel-held eastern Ukraine and annexed Crimea.

With tension sharply rising, analyst Pavel Felgenhauer, 69, said it now requires a 'psychoanalyst' to determine Russia's intentions in Ukraine but warned events could see 'war in a month'.

The West has expressed alarm about Moscow's movement of troops and forces, and Felgenhauer says they are right to be concerned as unverified new footage appears to show military movements in Russia's Voronezh, Rostov and Krasnodar regions, along with key railway routes.

'The crisis has the potential to escalate into a pan-European war, if not even a world one,' Felgenhauer warned starkly in an interview with Rosbalt news outlet in Russia.

'But for now, potential. Will it happen or not? Let's wait and see. In the West, they don't know what to do about it.'

http://www.hideoutnow.com/2021/04/european-or-world-war-could-break-out.html

Vile public school teachers now compiling “lists” to “expose” parents who reject far-left curriculum

“Critical race theory” (CRT) activists in Loudoun County, Va., the wealthiest county in the United States, are attempting to destroy the lives of parents throughout the district who oppose children being brainwashed into the doctrines of anti-white racism while at public school.

And angry mob of far-left extremists living in the Washington, D.C.-area district is reportedly trying to “infiltrate” various anti-CRT groups organized by their opponents in order to “expose” the members of these groups – using “hackers” if necessary.

A 624-member private Facebook group called “Anti-Racist Parents of Loudoun County” is said to be behind this hate campaign. Its members include local public school board members, Loudoun County’s George Soros-funded prosecutor, public school staff, and other allied leftist extremists.

“In recent years, Loudoun’s school system has flooded its curricula and policies with racial rhetoric,” says Luke Rosiak of The Daily Wire about the situation.

The district has also “required all staff to undergo ‘Equity in the Center’ training that promoted a sense of injustice and urgency,” even as it proposed, then withdrew, “a policy that would ban teachers from disagreeing with the schools’ racial philosophies, even when not on school district property.”

Last year, the local school district held an “Equity in the Center-like training to parents” that was a total disaster, resulting in a collapse “into acrimony.” A criminal review was launched and one school board member was stripped of her duties.

In a nutshell, local parents were outraged that their children were being told to “focus too much on race,” which had the effect of “diminish[ing] tolerance and harmony, rather than improv[ing] it.” These same parents then formed their own “Parents Against Critical Theory” group which hosted a webinar on March 7 called, “What is CRT and its impact on Loudoun County Schools.”

“Secret communications reviewed by the Daily Wire do not offer any evidence of racism by the group’s targets, or even attempt to,” Rosiak adds.

“Their opponents were apparently those who objected to, sought to debate, or were even simply ‘neutral’ about ‘critical race theory,’ (CRT) a radical philosophy opposed by many liberals and conservatives but increasingly embraced by governments.”

https://patriotrising.com/vile-public-school-teachers-now-compiling-lists-to-expose-parents-who-reject-far-left-curriculum/

Johnson & Johnson begins testing its COVID-19 vaccine in children as young as 12 in the UK and Spain with U.S. trials to launch soon

Johnson & Johnson is now testing its COVID-19 vaccine in children and teenagers between ages 12 and 17.

U.S. regulators have authorized the firm's one-dose shot for adults 18 and older.

The trial expansion will first test J&J's shot in teens aged 16 to 17. If the vaccine appears to be safe and prompt an immune response in this age group, the trial will be 'stepped down' to kids ages 12 to 15.

Moderna and Pfizer - the makers of the other two Covid vaccines authorized in the U.S. - have each already begun their trials in adolescents.

Vaccine trials for children are not unprecedented, but some critics claim that because coronavirus rarely infects children, and they almost never die of COVID-19, vaccinating kids would not be for their benefit, but for the benefit of at-risk adults.

The trial has begun enrolling adolescents in the UK and Spain.

It will soon start enrolling kids and teens between 12 and 17 in the U.S., Canada and Netherlands.

Next, the trial will be expanded to include adolescents in Brazil and Argentina.

Teens will be enrolled in an expansion of an existing trial for adults between 18 and 55 as well as seniors aged 65 and older.

The ongoing trial is testing a series of potential doses and dosing regimens.

Currently, only the one-dose regimen of J&J's shot is authorized in the U.S.

The vaccine was about 66 percent effective at preventing symptomatic infection in the late-stage trial that became the basis for the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) authorization for the shot.

J&J is continuing trials of the one-dose regimen and comparing them to a two-dose regimen, with shots given one, two or three months apart.

Safety and efficacy for each of these regimens - single dose, and two doses given with the various gaps - will now be tested in adolescents, too, beginning with 16- to 17-year-olds, with younger children to follow.

Similar trials for Moderna's and Pfizer's shot in teens and children are already underway. Each has already expanded enrollment to include even six-month-old babies.

http://www.cuzzblue.com/2021/04/johnson-johnson-begins-testing-its.html

CDC says fully vaccinated people can travel internationally safely, don't need to get tested before leaving or quarantine when they arrive back in the US

Americans who are fully vaccinated can safely travel both domestically and internationally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday.

Fully vaccinated people of any nationality arriving to the U.S. from other countries no longer have to quarantine upon arrival, and Americans can leave the U.S. without testing negative before boarding an international fight.

A negative test result will still be required for people of all nationalities flying to the U.S. from international locations, including Americans returning to the U.S. from abroad. People arriving to the U.S. should still get a test within three to five days of arrival, the CDC said.

People traveling internationally from the U.S. to other countries may still need to test or quarantine, depending on the destination country's guidelines.

However, the Trump administration rule barring travelers from China, Iran, the UK, Ireland, Brazil, South Africa and parts of Europe from entering the U.S. is still in place, with exceptions for some essential business travel.

And while the CDC can make national recommendations for what it deems scientifically safe, the agency has no power of enforcement.

Each U.S. state establishes its own requirements for COVID-19 testing, quarantining and other precautions. Most states have dropped formal travel restrictions for travelers - regardless of vaccination status - although there are exceptions, such as Hawaii and Massachusetts.

Fully vaccinated people can now travel internationally:

Without testing negative for COVID-19 before boarding a flight to another country, unless the destination country requires proof of a negative test

Without self-quarantining after returning, unless their state or jurisdiction requires it

However, fully vaccinated people of any nationality should still:

Test negative before boarding a flight to the U.S.

Get tested for COVID-19 three to five days after returning to the U.S. from another country

Wear a mask and socially distance during travel

However, the CDC is still discouraging travel generally, Dr Walensky said during a Friday briefing.

http://www.stationgossip.com/2021/04/cdc-says-fully-vaccinated-people-can.html

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Leaked Texts From Israeli Consulate Employee Show More Details In Gaetz-Levinson Funding Scheme

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 09: Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) during a House Armed Services Subcommittee hearing with members of the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee on Capitol Hill on December 9, 2020 in Washington, DC. The U.S. Army has fired or suspended 14 leaders at Fort Hood following an investigation into the death of Specialist Vanessa Guillén and numerous other deaths and reports of sexual abuse on the military base. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Three screenshots of texts between Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, and Jake Novak, media director of the Israeli consulate in New York City were shared with TAC. The messages were authenticated by one of the parties to them.

In the first screenshot, Novak messaged Adams last Saturday to tell him about the investigation into Gaetz. The New York Times story on the Gaetz investigation was not published until Tuesday.In the second, Novak appears to represent himself as deeply involved in the efforts to free Bob Levinson from Iran, telling Adams “this is screwing up my efforts to free Bob Levinson.”

“Gaetz’s dad was secretly finding [sic] us,” he continues. “So I’m very much wanting this to be untrue. I’ve got a commando team leader friend of mine nervously waiting for the wire transfers to clear.”

In the third screenshot, Novak casts doubt on Gaetz’s claims that he is being extorted. “The real documents do not extort,” he writes, “And we only asked for $25 million as an estimate at first. We came way down.”

http://www.tathasta.com/2021/04/leaked-texts-from-israeli-consulate.html