HOW THE LEFT IS OUTSOURCING CENSORSHIP OF THE INTERNET

Powerline
August 18, 2018

Liberals control every newspaper in America, as far as I know, except the Manchester Union Leader. They control CBS, ABC, NBC and every cable network except Fox News. They control what is left of the news magazines, and pretty much every other magazine, too. Only talk radio and the pesky internet lie outside their grasp, so that is where they seek to impose censorship.

But they have a problem: the First Amendment. The government can’t suppress conservative speech on the ground that it is “hate speech,” i.e., something that liberals don’t like. That was recently reaffirmed by a 9-0 decision of the Supreme Court.

So liberals have outsourced censorship of the internet to the tech titans of Silicon Valley.

Unfortunately, most political conversation these days occurs not on the “free” internet, where independent sites like Power Line reside, but rather on social media–Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and so on. Other players include Google (in its search capacity), Apple, Pinterest, Spotify, etc. Happily–if you are a leftist–all of these tech companies are run by liberals. And because they are private companies, they are not constrained by the First Amendment. They can restrict or ban conservative communications on the ground that they are “hate speech,” or on no grounds whatsoever, with impunity.

And that is exactly what they are doing. This is a big topic. I brought it up this morning while hosting the Laura Ingraham radio show, and it blew up, ultimately consuming half of the three-hour show. Many aspects of the left’s outsourcing of censorship to liberal-run corporations need to be explored, but for now, this is an astonishing example: “Silicon Valley Strikes Back: Facebook Censors PragerU After Google Lawsuit.”

Dennis Prager is probably the foremost public intellectual of our time. His Prager University has been wildly successful. It brings a much-needed conservative antidote to the liberal nonsense to which so many Americans, especially young people, are subjected. That has made Prager a key target of the Left.

It started when YouTube downgraded PragerU’s videos. Weird: PragerU’s videos are enormously popular, and YouTube makes money when people watch videos. Moreover, PragerU’s videos are among the most high-quality, intellectually sound productions on YouTube. Nevertheless, YouTube (which is owned by Google) has tried to suppress traffic to PragerU’s products. PragerU has sued Google as a result. So this is the latest:

Facebook has shadow banned PragerU into complete silence to its more than 3 million followers, internal analytics revealed.

“Our last 9 posts have been completely censored reaching 0 of our 3 million followers,” PragerU media personality Will Witt posted on Facebook Friday. “At least two of our videos were deleted last night for ‘hate speech’ including a post of our most recent video with The Conservative Millennial, Make Men Masculine Again.”

“Internal Facebook analytics reveal that as of Thursday, Aug. 16, at 10:00 PM PDT, posts by PragerU on the social media platform have been completely invisible to its more than 3 million followers,” PragerU reported in a news release Friday. “Currently, visitors to PragerU’s Facebook page are unable to see any of its most recent posts.”

“This is a first for us,” PragerU Chief Marketing Officer Craig Strazzeri said in a statement. “While we’ve experienced blatant discrimination from Google/YouTube, which is why we’ve filed legal action against them, this represents a whole new level of censorship by Facebook. at this point, Facebook has provided little clarity saying it will get back to us in another two to three business days, which in the world of social media might as well be an eternity.”

Tech titans stick together. Two weeks ago, Apple, Facebook, YouTube and Spotify simultaneously “de-platformed” Alex Jones and Infowars. Twitter held out briefly, and then, in response to demands from liberals, also banned Jones and Infowars. I have never paid attention to Infowars and have no idea whether its content has merit. But simultaneous bans and suspensions across platforms can hardly be coincidental. The phrase “combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade” comes to mind.

In any event, any claim by the Left that companies aligned with it are merely cleansing themselves of disreputable content would be absurd. First, PragerU is among the most reputable content on the internet. Second, they have taken no action against left-wing extremists like the fascist Antifa, which disseminates its hate speech freely on every social media platform I am aware of.

The Left’s attempt to outsource censorship to its Silicon Valley allies is one of the most important issues of our time. The proper solution may lie in creating competitive platforms, or in legislative, regulatory or judicial action. Perhaps platforms fitting a particular legal definition should be regulated as public utilities. After all, Federal Express doesn’t refuse to deliver packages to the National Review office on the ground that they may contain conservative communications, and telephone companies haven’t tried to cut off connections when two conservatives are talking. Why should Facebook, Twitter and YouTube be permitted to engage in political discrimination?

That is a big topic for another day.

President Trump Calls out Social Media Sites For Censorship of 'Republican and Conservative voices

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Mark Matheny
August 18, 2018

President Trump recently tweeted his take on the Social Media Censorship taking place with the recent removal of the "Alex Jones" show/website by Face Book, You Tube and others.

“Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices ...Speaking loudly and clearly for the Trump Administration, we won’t let that happen.”

Although President Trump did not specify how the administration will deal with this issue,  it is clear that he is aware of the agenda by the Left leaning Social media platforms to silence alternative media before the coming midterm elections.

"....Too many voices are being destroyed, some good & some bad, and that cannot be allowed to happen. Who is making the choices, because I can already tell you that too many mistakes are being made. Let everybody participate, good & bad, and we will all just have to figure it out!"

".....Censorship is a very dangerous thing & absolutely impossible to police. If you are weeding out Fake News, there is nothing so Fake as CNN & MSNBC, & yet I do not ask that their sick behavior be removed. I get used to it and watch with a grain of salt, or don’t watch at all.."

"Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices. Speaking loudly and clearly for the Trump Administration, we won’t let that happen. They are closing down the opinions of many people on the RIGHT, while at the same time doing nothing to others......."

It is obvious that the Deep State sees the President as a threat to their globalist agenda, and so they have to attack the alternative media who are exposing them!!

Earlier in the week Twitter decided to suspend Alex Jones' account for 7 days.

News reports show, however that the Infowars App has soared in subscribers since the attacks by the Social media, making Infowars more and more popular among the masses.

Just days after Google, Facebook and Apple purged videos and podcasts from the right-wing conspiracy site Infowars from their sites, the Infowars app has become one of the hottest in the country.

On Wednesday, Infowars was the No. 1 overall “trending” app on the Google Play store, a metric that reflects its sudden momentum. Among news apps, Infowars was No. 3 on Apple and No. 5 on Google, above all mainstream news organizations. And the app stood at No. 66 overall on Google, excluding game apps, while on Apple it reached No. 49, above popular apps like LinkedIn, Google Docs and eBay.

And so the battle continues....

Islamic Terror Threats on the Rise Before Mid Term Elections: Just a coincidence?

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Mark Matheny
August 17, 2018


With the recent firing of FBI Agent Peter Stzrok, we have seen more and more pressure fall upon the Mueller Probe to produce results. Up to now, no evidence that there has been any illegal conduct between the Trump administration and Russia has surfaced.

Liberals, the DNC, and the Deep State have since the election, tried to oust President Trump from his duly elected office as the President of these United States. - and with good reason (in their minds),  that is because Donald J. Trump has come into office as a determined Patriotic Warrior, resolute on "Making America Great Again".

The Elites are furious that decades of social engineering on their part, in order to "fundamentally transform America" (as Barack Obama once put it), is in danger of all but collapsing under the new Nationalist President Donald Trump.

All attempts at destroying him have so far failed.

During the campaign, as Trump gained momentum and became the primary candidate, the Elites were confident that their carefully fed propaganda through their bought and paid for media whores would surely make Donald Trump look like a clown, as well as a racist, misogynist,homophobic and incompetent,etc.

However,  ( and that's a big HOWEVER) the Elites underestimated the one main thing they should have NEVER underestimated - WE THE PEOPLE.

Trump battled like a fierce warrior and won the Election. All of the propaganda of the Left, and the accusations of the Swamp creatures as well as the attempted soft coup by the Deep State could not stop the will of the silent majority.

The other mistake of the Deep State was their underestimation of the power of the alternative media!

No matter how much "fake news" the Deep State "ministry of truth" tried to petal, the alternative news media was there to shine light upon their mischief.

One of those voices was Alex Jones of course and his organization - Infowars.

Although Alex Jones has been doing his radio shows and later video broadcasts for years, he has only now began to really force the New World Order Elites to take drastic action. recently his You Tube channel was shut down. Apple, Spotify and other social media apparatuses who favor the Left decided to also shut down Infowar's ability to broadcast or publish as well.

This only goes to show that Infowars as well as other alternative media are a severe threat to the social engineering plan of the Elites to destroy freedom here in our great country.

So far, President Trump has been able to come into office and do wonders for the economy, handle Rogue dictators like Kim Jung Un, put China on notice that we are not going to be the "stupid nation" that our leaders have in the past been, as well as admonishing all Muslim countries in the Middle East to "wipe Extreme Islamic Terrorism" from the face of the earth - all while being assaulted daily by the Fake News media whores and falsely accused of somehow collaborating with the Russians to influence the 2016 Elections!

But now that all of these attempts have failed miserably, and the President's popularity rate is climbing steadily 50% over all, and 36% among Black Americans, the Elites must turn back to Islamic Terrorism in order to make the President look ineffective at keeping us safe.

In my opinion, I believe the Deep State will and is falling back to "terrorism" in order to create chaos before the midterm elections. The Democrats have overplayed their hand and the American people are seeing them for the Socialist that they are! They will somehow blame the President for his "hateful and bigoted rhetoric" which has inflamed the vengeance of  of the "Islamic freedom fighters" who are only trying to free their people from the oppression of our Capitalistic Bigoted and racist Isolationist nation under our Fascist Dictator Trump.

In the news over the Past day or so we have the following headlines...

Iran General 'Ready for Jihad'; Posts White House Explosion... :

On July 28, 2018, Soleimani posted a graphic of himself using a walkie-talkie in front of the White House as it explodes. Text on the photo reads: “We will crush the USA under our feet.” Soleimani’s caption on the photo reiterates: “We will crush America under our feet” and asks readers to follow the account’s Telegram channel.

According to the same article Gen. Qassem Soleimani

 who since 1998 has commanded Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) extra-territorial special forces unit, the Qods Force, [...] In a July 26, 2018 speech,[...] responded to a tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump directed at Iranian President Hassan Rohani, stating that President Trump has the rhetoric of man in a casino or a bar, compared him to a gambler, and warned the U.S. not to threaten Iran. Soleimani declared: “Know that we are near you, in places that don’t come to your mind. We are near you in places that you can’t even imagine. We are a nation of martyrdom… You know that a war would mean the loss of all your capabilities. You may start the war, but we will be the ones to determine its end.”

Clearly, Iran is not too happy with the new President who recently tweeted in retaliation to threats made by Iran: 

 “NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE.”

Also in the news today, is the report that "Iranian Sleeper Cells" are ready here in the United States to carry out a  "a large-scale attack on the American homeland, according to testimony before lawmakers."

According to the article, Iranian agents who are tied to Hezbollah have already been discovered here in the U.S. attempting to carry out terrorist attacks.

The article goes on to show that Iran is "a direct threat to the Homeland" and supports Hezbollah which is active here in the U.S. as well as other countries:

There is mounting evidence that Iran poses "a direct threat to the homeland," according to Rep. Peter King (R., N.Y.), a member of the House Homeland Security Committee and chair of its subcommittee on counterterrorism and intelligence.A chief concern is "Iranian support for Hezbollah, which is active in the Middle East, Latin America, and here in the U.S., where Hezbollah operatives have been arrested for activities conducted in our own country," King said, referring the recent arrest of two individuals plotting terror attacks in New York City and Michigan."Both individuals received significant weapons training from Hezbollah," King said. "It is clear Hezbollah has the will and capability."

Apparently the Iranians are furious at Trump for abandoning the Deal Barack HUSSEIN Obama made with them, and the fact that Trump has  reinstated sanctions upon them for their continued nuclear ambitions.

We also just had a taste of what is to come if the onslaught of illegal immigration and the never ending refugee agenda of the Left is kept in play. Just in the news was the New Mexico compound that was raided where five Islamic extremists were teaching children to fire weapons in order to carry out school shootings:

Police have arrested five adults and taken 11 children into protective custody following the discovery of a buried child’s body in the aftermath of an Aug. 4 SWAT raid on the rural property just a stone’s throw from the Colorado border. The 11 kids were in various states of dehydration and emaciation, authorities said.Police said they intervened after intercepting a message from one of the people in the compound begging for help.All of the adults face child-abuse charges, and one of the men is also being detained on a December kidnapping warrant from Georgia. He’s accused of spiriting his chronically sick son, Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj, across state lines without access to adequate health care. The boy’s body was discovered on the property during a raid by SWAT officers last week. The cause of death has not yet been released.

According to Fox News, it was a New York City Imam who was linked to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing that tipped them off about the compound where "where his son was allegedly training school shooters, he told reporters Thursday."

According to prosecutors for the case  the group was training children to use firearms for an anti-government mission and should remain in jail pending trial.

And although it seems that the prosecutors presented clear reasons for not releasing these dangerous extremists (one of the men had murdered his own child shortly after kidnapping him), Judge Sarah Backus released them on bail.

With all for this being presented, my contention is that in the words of Rahm Immanuel:

"Never let a crisis go to waste, and what I mean by that is  you can do things you wouldn't ordinarily be able to do."

The Elite will cease upon these crisis in order to further restrict gun rights, and also to possibly disrupt the coming elections somehow blaming it on the need for extreme security measures of some sort, or by blaming Trump and the Republicans for their failure to stop such attacks. Maybe they will accuse Trump of inciting these attacks by his hateful violent rhetoric.

Just be sure.... The Elites have something up their sleeves...

"In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way." - Franklin D Roosevelt

301 ‘Predator Priests’ Named In Pa. Grand Jury Sex Abuse Report: ‘They Were Raping Little Boys & Girls’

CBS Pittsburgh
August 14, 2018

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The long-awaited state grand jury report into sexual abuse in six Pennsylvania dioceses, including Pittsburgh and Greensburg, has finally been released.

The 884-page document, two years in the making, shines a light into the dark corners of these dioceses going back seven decades, exposing the predators and the efforts of their bishops to protect them.

“Today, the most comprehensive report on child sexual abuse within the church ever produced in our country was released,” Attorney General Josh Shapiro said. “Pennsylvanians can finally learn the extent of sexual abuse in these dioceses. For the first time, we can all begin to understand the systematic cover up by church leaders that followed. The abuse scarred every diocese. The cover up was sophisticated. The church protected the institution at all costs.”

(Photo Credit: KDKA)

The report begins with the following statement:

“We, the members of this grand jury, need you to hear this. We know some of you have head some of it before. There have been other reports about child sex abuse within the Catholic Church. But never on this scale. For many of us, those earlier stories happened someplace else, someplace away. Now we know the truth: it happened everywhere.”  

[...]

The report cites 301 priests, clergy and lay teachers with credible allegations against them. There are 99 in the Diocese of Pittsburgh alone.

Of those 99, a group of four groomed and violently sexually assaulted young boys, said Shapiro.

“One boy was forced to stand on a bed in a rectory, strip naked and pose as Christ on the cross for the priests. They took photos of their victim, adding them to a collection of child pornography which they produced and shared on church grounds,” Shapiro said.

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Globalist Attack on Infowars Continues

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Mark Matheny
August 14, 2018

The onslaught of attacks continue against the Alternative News Agency known as Infowars.

Only a few hours ago, The Infowars main site was attacked and temporarily shut down.
According to Newswars, one of the accomanying sites of the Infowars organization, the Infowars site came under a suspected DDOS cyber style attack "targeting critical infowars infrastucture".

The site is now running on emergency status, with links to their other websites and Infowars Store.

There is no doubt that this attack and previous bans by Apple,You Tube, Spotify and others, is coordinated to shut down critical information from being shared before the midterm elections.



Alex Jones and the Infowars team have been vital to the fight against the Deep State that has been seeking to oust President Trump from office since he was first elected.

Infowars was also a key factor in the election of  Donald Trump as well, and the elites are furious about it.

It is now important more than ever that all patriotic Websites and You tubers etc. support Infowars by posting their articles, posting their videos and reports on you tube, as well as live streaming for them if possible.

The attempt by the Democrats and the Deep State to silence free speech must be stopped!!!

Bans don’t seem to be lessening reach of Alex Jones, InfoWars

MyStatesman
August 12, 2018

Some of the nation’s largest technology and social media companies have tried to stop Alex Jones and his conspiracy theories. But in a digital world, their attempts seem to have barely slowed him down.

After YouTube, Facebook and others this week removed content by Jones and his website, the InfoWars leader, talk show host and Austin resident fired back, accusing the companies of censorship and urging his audience to fight back against what he called an “unprecedented attack.”

Meanwhile, Jones’ website and other online platforms have remained popular destinations.

InfoWars continues to see more than 1 million page visits per day and has trended upward this month, according to Amazon’s Alexa website traffic report, which also said InfoWars averages more than 25 million page views per month.

Consumers still can access InfoWars through the same tech companies that just banned it. Google still offers the Infowars app for Android users, and Apple customers can download it through the App Store.

As of Friday, the show’s phone app remained near the top of the charts in both the Apple App and Google Play stores. Infowars Official, an app that lets viewers stream Jones’ shows and read news of the day, was ranked fourth among trending apps in the Google Play store Friday. In the news category on Apple’s App Store, Infowars earned the fourth slot under the top free apps, behind Twitter and News Break, a local and breaking news service, revealing a sudden boost of user downloads.

Apple told The Washington Post in a written statement: “We put great effort into curating the App Store to provide the very best experience for everyone. We strongly support all points of view being represented on the App Store, as long as the apps are respectful to users with differing opinions, and follow our clear guidelines, ensuring the App Store is a safe marketplace for all.”

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