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Is it AI | Elon Musk and Donald Trump Danceathon | Video: 36 Seconds
Haters will say this is AI 🕺🕺 pic.twitter.com/vqWVxiYXeD
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 14, 2024
The Undeniable Hate Of The Left | Elon Musk | X | Video: 59 Seconds
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 30, 2024
White and non-black people are told NOT to share Oprah memes because it is ‘digital blackface’
The Slow Factory Foundation recently raised awareness for digital blackface following Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah Winfrey.
China in Focus (March 12): Chinese Film Market Drives Hollywood Censorship
China steps up as the world’s biggest feature film market. It’s giving Hollywood even more incentive to comply with Beijing’s censorship. A New Yorker recounts being put under lockdown in Shanghai. Living in isolation for two months once drove him to a dangerous point. A top U.S. military commander fears China is speeding up plans […]
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NYC woman killed by a stray bullet in wild gang shootout
A 37-year-old Queens woman suffered a fatal gunshot wound to her head after being caught in the crossfire of two feuding gangs, law enforcement sources told The Post. Gudelia Vallinas lost her life in the Woodside Houses Friday evening, at the intersection of Broadway and 48th Street. Police got a 911 call from a resident…
Japan Rejects Chinese Vaccine for Olympics
As Japan prepares to host the Olympics, the country says it won’t provide Chinese-made vaccines to participants of the games. The International Olympic Committee already accepted an offer to buy vaccines from China the day before.
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Every adult in Britain could get their first Covid jab ‘by early June’ after surge in vaccine supply
In yet another boost to the UK’s rapidly advancing vaccine roll-out, the Government is reportedly set to take stock of a ‘bumper supply’ of vaccines in the coming days.
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Facts Matter (March 12): US Marshal Sting Operation: 31 Missing Children Located, Rescued in Texas
In Dallas, after a month-long rescue operation, 31 missing children were located, recovered, or rescued. In Manhattan, a school has released new language guidelines, which encourage the students to stop using words like mom, dad, and parents in order to make the campus a more “welcoming and inclusive” space. Facts Matter is an Epoch Times […]
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‘Gonna be sore:’ Louisiana troopers boasted of beating black man
Louisiana State Police troopers joked in a group text about beating a Black man after a high-speed chase last year, saying the “whoopin” would give the man “nightmares for a long time,” according to new court filings. “He gonna be sore tomorrow for sure,” Trooper Jacob Brown, who was charged in the case and resigned…
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Rochester mayor lied to public about Daniel Prude case, report finds
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren kept critical details of Daniel Prude’s in-custody suffocation death secret for months, and lied to the public about the case, a new investigation has found. A report commissioned by city lawmakers and released Friday found Warren knew on the day of Prude’s deadly March 23, 2020, arrest that officers had covered…
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Cliff House Restaurant Auctions its Inventory, Memorabilia After Closing
SAN FRANCISCO—The Cliff House, a historic San Francisco landmark restaurant overlooking the Pacific Ocean, has auctioned its contents after closing for good last year. For 157 years it served Californian cuisine to locals and tourists. At the end of 2020, it closed permanently after the restaurant’s lease with the government was up, and its contents went through a three-day online auction. Restaurant and kitchen inventory were auctioned starting March 11, to be followed by memorabilia and gift shop merchandise on the second day and 200-plus vintage autographed movie star photos on the third day. The movie star photos are from the 1930s and 1940s, according to Laura Reid, marketing director at the auction company, Rabin Worldwide Inc. “So Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Betty Davis, Judy Garland, people like that. And most of them say ‘To the Cliff House’ or ‘Best regard to the Cliff House,’ so they’re very unique, signed, …
Pakistan Blocks Social Media App TikTok Over Indecency Complaint
ISLAMABAD—Pakistan on Thursday blocked the popular social media app TikTok after a court order over a complaint that it ran indecent content, a spokesman for the country’s telecoms regulator said. “The court has asked PTA to block access to TikTok,” Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) spokesman Khurram Mehran told Reuters, adding that the authority would comply with the order. A high court in the northwestern city of Peshawar said it ordered the ban after a private complainant said the social media app was spreading indecent content, said Jehanzeb Mehsud, a lawyer who represented the PTA. The service providers have been directed to immediately block access to TikTok, the regulator said in a statement. The app stopped working within an hour of the direction. A TikTok representative in Pakistan said strong safeguards were in place to keep inappropriate content off the platform. “In Pakistan, we have grown our local-language moderation team, and …
4 People in Michigan Won January $1.05 Billion Mega Millions Prize
DETROIT—A four-member suburban Detroit lottery club won a $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot and will receive $557 million after taxes, officials said Friday. The winners claimed their prize weeks after the Jan. 22 drawing and chose the immediate lump sum option. After taxes, the $776 million payment was reduced to about $557 million, the Michigan […]
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One year later: AP minidoc marks COVID-19 anniversary
The Associated Press has released a minidocumentary marking the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic.,br />Read More
Former African slave hub transformed with giant art piece
Giant hands appear at two locations in West Africa’s Benin. Using a spray gun and biodegradable paint, French artist Saype created one hand that appears to be slipping into the ocean while another hand is pulling it back. The moving artwork is located on a beach that was one of Africa’s main slave trade hubs….
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DHS to Hold Mass COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic for Border Patrol Agents in Texas: Gov. Abbott
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will hold a mass vaccination clinic next week in the Rio Grande Valley to vaccinate Border Patrol agents in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott and National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) Brandon Judd said in a joint statement on Friday. Abbott and Judd said that agents had been left vulnerable and exposed to COVID-19, the disease the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus causes. “We are glad to hear that the Biden Administration is finally stepping up and holding a mass vaccination clinic next week for Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley who had been left vulnerable and exposed to COVID,” they wrote in the statement. They added that they had to publicly request the federal government provide vaccines for Border Patrol agents. “It is unfortunate that, after months of inaction, we had to publicly call on the federal government to protect these brave men and …
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At Least 100 More Expected to Be Charged in Capitol Breach Investigation: DOJ
The Department of Justice said in a court filing Friday that it expects to charge at least 100 more people in connection to the Capitol breach on Jan. 6.
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Texas AG Sues Austin Mayor for Defying Governor’s Lift of Mask Mandates
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Thursday that his office is suing officials in the City of Austin and Travis County for failing to comply with a governor order that lifts a mask mandate across the state. “I told Travis County & The City of Austin to comply with state mask law. They blew me off. So, once again, I’m dragging them to court,” Paxton said in a statement on Twitter while responding to an article about the lawsuit. “[Austin Mayor Steve] Adler will never do the right thing on his own. His obstruction won’t stop me from keeping TX free & open!” Paxton’s announcement comes a day after he sent a letter warning Adler and Travis County judge Andy Brown of legal consequences if they continue refusing to comply with Gov. Greg Abbott’s order. Austin is located within Travis County. Abbott lifted a statewide mask mandate that was enforced in …
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House Judiciary GOP Leaders Demand Amazon Answers to Allegations of Censorship Against Conservative Viewpoints
Two Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are asking Amazon to answer to allegations of Censorship against conservative viewpoints.
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European Countries Suspend Use of AstraZeneca Shots Over Worries About Blood Clots
Millions of people have received the vaccine without safety problems, and there is no evidence of any causal link between the vaccine and blood clots.,br />Read More
Denmark, Norway, Iceland Suspend AstraZeneca COVID Shots After Blood Clot Reports
COPENHAGEN—Health authorities in Denmark, Norway, and Iceland on Thursday suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine shots following reports of the formation of blood clots in some people who had been vaccinated. Austria earlier stopped using a batch of AstraZeneca shots while investigating a death from coagulation disorders and an illness from a pulmonary embolism. […]
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Updates on CCP Virus: Bulgaria Halts AstraZeneca Vaccine Rollout, Citing Safety Concerns
Bulgaria has temporarily suspended inoculations with the AstraZeneca CCP virus vaccine and demanded safety guarantees from the European Union. Prime Minister Boyko Borissov told a cabinet meeting that the immunization with this vaccine will be suspended until the European Medicines Agency issues a written statement that it is safe. Bulgaria becomes the tenth European country to suspend vaccination using the AstraZeneca-Oxford jab following reports of blood clots in some people following the jab. Hong Kong Reports 60 New Infections, Majority Linked to Gym Cluster Hong Kong on Friday reported 60 new infections of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes the disease COVID-19, the highest number of infections in the city since late January, prompting fears of a fifth wave of the virus. Of the new infections, 47 were linked to an outbreak at a gym in the Sai Ying Pun neighborhood that is popular among expatriates. Health authorities have …
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