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John Kerry May as Well Have Told Laid-Off Keystone XL Pipeline Workers to Learn Chinese

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PJ Media: John Kerry is asked what his message would be to oil and gas workers who “see an end to their livelihoods”: “What President Biden wants to do is make sure that those folks have better choices… That they can be the people to go to work to make the solar panels.”

“Make better choices,” he said dismissively of people who have spent years if not decades in one skill, only to be told that the stroke of a pen by a man who has never held a real job has put them out of work.

“[T]hey can be the people to go to work to make the solar panels,” he said, without the first clue regarding the fact that the skills necessary to build pipelines are not analogous to the skills necessary to build solar panels. They’re entirely different trades. They require different training and certifications.  Read More

Fla.’s DeSantis Moves to Limit Big Tech in Censorship, ‘Political Manipulation’

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Newsmax: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday proposed a law that would combat big tech’s “censorship” of right-wing political candidates and blasted the “monopoly of communications platforms” that “monitor and control” Floridians.

The legislation will target Facebook, Twitter, Google, Amazon, and Apple, according to Florida House Speaker Chris Sprowls.

“What began as a group of upstart technology companies from the west coast, has since transformed into an industry of monopoly communications platforms that monitor, influence, and control the flow of information in our country and among our citizens,” DeSantis said during a press conference at the State Capitol in Tallahassee.

“These platforms have played an increasingly decisive role in elections and have negatively impacted Americans who descend from orthodoxies favored by the big tech cartel,” he added.

Citing former President Donald Trump’s removal from Twitter in his final days in office and restrictions on social media app Parler, DeSantis said Big Tech has been allowed to “manipulate” news content and design algorithms that favor their candidates of choice.

“That’s why in Florida we’re gonna take aim at those companies and pull back the veil and make sure those guys don’t continue to find loopholes and grey areas to live above the law,” DeSantis said. Read More

PA Plants Trees To Honor 35,000 “Martyrs” – Including All Suicide Bombers

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Palestinian Media Watch:

  • The PA reaffirms its commitment to its mass murderers

  • PA tree planting initiative teaches youth that terrorist murderers are ‎‎“sanctified” and “eternally remain in our hearts”

  • Abbas’ Advisor: “The initiative… honors the Martyrs, who are the most ‎precious thing we have in our history”‎

  • “Every day we will grow a tree, every day we will grow a Martyr” – Father of ‎terrorist “Martyr”

  • PMW has notified the Israeli authorities of the possible violation of Israel’s ‎laws 

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US Mint Warns It Can’t Meet “Surging Demand” For Silver & Gold

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Zero  Hedge: With The Fed printing money ‘out the wazoo’, monetizing COVID relief package debt as fast as Congress can pass the bills, demand for bullion was already surging. However, the last week or so, on the heels of the Reddit-Raiders taking aim at Silver, demand for silver (and gold coins) has exploded…

Sales of U.S. gold bullion coins rose 258% in 2020 while silver coin demand was up 28%, the U.S. Mint said Tuesday.

Which has led to bullion dealers running dry of stock and physical premium to paper silver prices soaring to record highs.

“There are massive shortages. We’ll be completely out of stock if it carries on like this – the first time since our company opened in Singapore seven years ago,” said David Mitchell, managing director at Indigo Precious Metals.

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Maryland School District Announces Policy to Push ‘Anti-Racist Thinking’ In Preschool

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Daily Wire: The Montgomery County Public School district in Maryland spent more than $450,000 on an “anti-racist audit” for the 2020-21 school year, which resulted in the district tentatively adopting policies that push “anti-racist thinking” in preschool.

According to a copy of the school district’s “tentative action policy” obtained by The Daily Wire, the district will now provide a “culturally responsive Prekindergarten to Grade 12 curriculum that promotes equity, respect, anti-racist thinking, and civility.”

The curriculum will also teach students that “the impact of racism on mental health has been deemed a public health crisis.”

The school district, which is one of the largest in the nation, announced in November that it would partner with the Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium for $454,680 to conduct an “anti-racist audit.” The audit was designed to “examine [the district’s] systems, practices, and policies that do not create access, opportunities, and equitable outcomes for every student’s academic and social emotional well-being.” According to Bethesda Magazine, the contract was awarded despite anticipated budget cuts of up to $155 million.

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In a review of the Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium’s financial filings, the Washington Free Beacon discovered that the group had raked in $17 million in taxpayer dollars between mid-2018 to mid-2019. The group has not reported a private donation in four years and has received its government financial backing through a partnership with the Department of Education.

The audit is ongoing, but its reach is already being seen in curriculum changes, policy changes, school board meetings, and parent-teacher association (PTA) meetings. In a powerpoint presentation delivered by the district in a PTA meeting, the district stated its newfound goal “is to be an anti-racist school system.” Read More

Dow jumps 470 points, posts best day since November as the GameStop trading mania unwinds

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mped on Tuesday, building on a strong rally in the previous session as concerns about a speculative retail trading frenzy continued to ease.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed about 475.57 points, or 1.6%, to 30,687.48 for its best daily performance since November. The S&P 500 gained 1.4% to 3,826.31, pushing its two-day rally to 3%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite popped 1.6% to 13,612.78, bringing its week-to-date gains to more than 4%.

The back-to-back advance in the broader market coincided with a sharp reversal in GameStop, the video game stock that captivated Wall Street with its massive short squeeze coordinated by a band of retail investors on social media. Read More

Scottish Churches Ask Court to Overturn Order Criminalizing In-person Services

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The New American: A group of Scottish church leaders is taking their government to court over recent coronavirus regulations that outlawed holding or attending an in-person worship service.

On January 8, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon “made it a criminal offense in the highest tiers for churches to hold services in-person,” according to a press release from the London-based Christian Legal Center, which is supporting the churches’ request for judicial review of the order. Sturgeon also forbade individuals to leave home to attend worship services.

While the order bans in-person services, it permits churches to be open for funerals, very small weddings, and “essential voluntary services or urgent public support services” such as providing food banks or serving as blood-donation or vaccination centers.

On January 15, 27 church leaders from a variety of denominations sent a pre-action letter to the Scottish ministers, urging them to reopen churches. Their pleas fell on deaf ears, so they are now asking the courts to intervene. Read More

Mahmoud Abbas is threatening to kill anyone who might oppose him

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Jihad Watch: The Palestinian attempt to appease the Biden administration by holding Palestinian elections threatens to reveal the flabbiness and collapse of Fatah, which lies at the heart of the Palestinian Authority.

Recently, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas threatened Fatah members who opted to run outside the Fatah list with death. This apparently occurred last week during a Fatah Revolutionary Council meeting in Ramallah.

Abbas had barred members of the Fatah Central Committee, Revolutionary Council, and Consultative Council from running in the upcoming legislative elections. This ban also included current ministers, ambassadors, governors, security officials, and former members of the Legislative Council.

Abdel Fattah Hamayel, a senior member of Fatah and former governor of Bethlehem, posted a message on Facebook in which he indicated that Abbas would be responsible if he were killed.  “This [post] is an official complaint to all legal departments and human rights institutions,” he added. Read More

Report: Iranian attack against Israeli embassy in African state foiled

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Israel Hayom: An Iranian terror attack targeting an Israeli embassy in one of Africa’s eastern countries was thwarted in January, Kan 11 News reported on Monday.

Citing Western intelligence sources, the report said that Tehran sent agents to the unnamed country for the purpose of gathering information about the Israeli, American, and Emirati embassies in order to carry out an attack against one of them.

Kan 11 News did not stipulate which agencies foiled the terrorist operation but mentioned that some of the Iranian agents were arrested in the African state and some in other locations.

Several agents were of European nationality, besides their Iranian citizenship, the report noted.

The sources cited by Kan further said that the operation was conducted in part as an attempt to avenge the killing of top Iranian commander Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and nuclear project chief Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad on Jan. 3, 2020. Fakhrizadeh was assassinated on Nov. 27, 2020 in the outskirts of Tehran. Read More