Month: May 2024

Scotus Reinstates NRA Lawsuit Against NY State

Scotus Reinstates NRA Lawsuit Against NY State

pgnewser May 30, 2024

The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that the lawsuit filed by the NRA against Marie Vullo, the then-head of New York’s Department of Financial Services, can go forward as Vullo’s threat to go after the NRA over gun advocacy was a violation of the NRA’s First Amendment Rights.

Sonya Sotomayor wrote the unanimous decision, saying, of Vullo’s actions “What she could not do, however, was use her power as the head of the Department of Financial Services to ‘threaten enforcement actions’ against entities that the department regulated “to punish or suppress the NRA’s gun-promotion advocacy.”

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Excerpt from scotusblog.com

The Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated a lawsuit by the National Rifle Association, alleging that a New York official violated the group’s First Amendment rights when she urged banks and insurance companies not to do business with it in the wake of the 2018 shooting at a Florida high school.

In a unanimous decision by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the justices agreed that the NRA had made out a case that Maria Vullo, then the head of New York’s Department of Financial Services, had gone too far in her efforts to get companies and banks to cut ties with the NRA, crossing over the line from efforts to persuade the companies and banks – which would be permitted – to attempts to coerce them, which are not.

The Supreme Court also indicated, however, that when the case returned to the court of appeals, the lower court could consider whether Vullo is entitled to qualified immunity – which could prove to be a high bar for the NRA to surmount…

In a 20-page decision issued 10 weeks after the oral argument, the Supreme Court unanimously reinstated the NRA’s claim against Vullo.

 

Puberty Blockers Blocked in UK

Puberty Blockers Blocked in UK

pgnewser May 30, 2024

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Excerpt from amgreatness.com

United Kingdom Enacts ‘Emergency Ban’ on Puberty Blockers for Minors

On Wednesday, the government of the United Kingdom declared a new “emergency ban” on the prescription and distribution of puberty blockers for underaged children, in yet another defeat for the transgenderism movement.

As the Daily Caller reports, the latest announcement follows previous decisions by England and Scotland in March and April, respectively, to halt the use of puberty blockers for minors under the age of 18, as the long-term physical and mental effects of such treatments are still not yet fully understood.

The new regulation will be enacted over a three-month period from June 3rd to September 3rd, during which private prescribers in England, Scotland, and Wales, plus “prescribers registered in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland,” will be forbidden from offering puberty blockers as a treatment for gender dysphoria. The ban will also prevent providers from participating in the “sale or supply” of such treatments.

“During this period no new patients under 18 will be prescribed these medicines for the purposes of puberty suppression in those experiencing gender dysphoria/incongruence under the care of these prescribers,” the government announcement reads. “In addition, the government has also introduced indefinite restrictions to the prescribing of these medicines within [National Health Service] primary care in England, in line with NHS guidelines.”

The drugs affected by this ban include “gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues – medicines that consist of, or contain, buserelin, gonadorelin, goserelin, leuprorelin acetate, nafarelin, or triptorelin.” Patients over the age of 18 will still be allowed to access such drugs. Also, minors who have already been on such medication for 6 months or more prior to June 3rd will be permitted to continue getting prescriptions for puberty blockers.

In recent months, the U.K. has cracked down on the promotion and use of puberty blockers, gender mutilation surgery, and other procedures championed by the transgender movement, which falsely believes that there are more than two genders and that anyone can simply change their gender at any given time.

A major milestone in the fight against transgenderism was the release of the Cass Review, a comprehensive report by pediatric consultant Dr. Hillary Cass, the former president of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health. In her report, Dr. Cass concluded that there was “weak evidence” behind the theory that puberty blockers were a beneficial treatment for minors, and that the research claiming that such treatments are largely harmless was “insufficient” and “inconsistent.”

Trump Co-Defendant Gets Day in Court to Access 2020 Election Ballots

Trump Co-Defendant Gets Day in Court to Access 2020 Election Ballots

pgnewser May 30, 2024

A Trump co-defendant in the Fulton County GA Election Fraud case has won his day in court before Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee.

The judge has granted Harrison Floyd a hearing on his petition to have access to 500,000 ballots to prove his efforts to “expose” 2020 election fraud were based in fact, it was NOT an attempt to overthrow a legitimate election, as he and former President Donald Trump (along with others) has been charged with doing.

ED.NOTE: The article excerpted below is a clear example of DNC-CCP agit prop using the crypto-noramlizing technique when it uses such phrases as “debunked voter fraud theories,” a tactic of importing an opinion as a foregone conclusion fact everyone already agress with.

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Excerpt from www.kake.com

 A Fulton County judge will allow a co-defendant of Donald Trump in the Georgia election subversion case to continue his effort to access thousands of 2020 ballots to argue debunked voter fraud theories.

Harrison Floyd, who led the organization Black Voices for Trump in 2020, argued during a hearing Tuesday that he should not have been charged in the racketeering case because his concerns about voter fraud and questions about the election results were legitimate.

Trump lost to President Joe Biden in Georgia by more than 12,000 votes.

Floyd’s attorneys are pushing to access more than 500,000 ballots from Fulton County, claiming they intend to produce “evidence” that thousands of votes were improperly excluded from the final vote tally.

Netherlands Welcomes New Right-Leaning Government

Netherlands Welcomes New Right-Leaning Government

pgnewser May 30, 2024

The Dutch right-wing coalition finally mustered enough votes to form a coalition government, one that will replace a far-left one. The coalition will select former security chief Dick Schoof to be the replacement for current left-wing PM Mark Rutte.

The coalition government followed last year’s November elections in which Geert Wilders’ party was able to secure a plurality of votes. Wilders as the PM choice of the coalition, however, was not going to work, so he stepped aside in deference to the coalition.

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Excerpt from www.euractiv.com

Dutch right-wing coalition parties on Tuesday (28 May) nominated former security chief Dick Schoof as their preferred candidate to become the Netherlands’ next prime minister.

Schoof, 67, is currently the top official at the justice ministry and a former head of the Dutch secret and immigration services. He will succeed outgoing Premier Mark Rutte.

“On the recommendation of, and with the support of the parliamentary coalition leaders… I have found Mr Dick Schoof willing to be available as the intended prime minister,” said Richard van Zwol, the official tasked with leading talks to form a new Dutch government.

Despite a stunning election victory in November, far-right leader Geert Wilders reluctantly gave up his ambition to lead the European Union’s fifth-largest economy amid widespread unease over his anti-Islam, anti-European views.

Instead, Wilders and other coalition leaders asked Schoof, who originally came from the left-wing Labour party but is seen as a no-nonsense securocrat able to tackle threats from both inside the Netherlands and abroad, to take the role.

Schoof will now be tasked to form a government together with Van Zwol and the four right-wing coalition partners who have 88 seats in the 150-member lower house of parliament.

This includes Wilders’ Freedom Party (PVV), outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s Liberal Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), newcomers to the New Social Contract (NSC) party and the agriculture-friendly Citizen-Farmer Movement.

The coalition has decided that the cabinet will be split in half between politicians and outside experts to implement the Netherlands’ “toughest” immigration policy ever.

ConocoPhillips and Marathon Merger Follows Hess-Chevron Merger

ConocoPhillips and Marathon Merger Follows Hess-Chevron Merger

pgnewser May 30, 2024

ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil announced a merger worth $22.5 billion. “This acquisition of Marathon Oil further deepens our portfolio and fits within our financial framework, adding high-quality, low cost of supply inventory adjacent to our leading US unconventional position,” ConocoPhillips chairman and chief executive Ryan Lance said.

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Excerpt from www.leighjournal.co.uk

The deal is valued at 22.5 billion dollars (£17.6 billion) when including 5.4 billion dollars (£4.2 billion) in debt.

Crude prices have jumped more than 12% this year and the cost for a barrel rose above 80 dollars this week.

Peltz Dumps Disney

Peltz Dumps Disney

pgnewser May 30, 2024

After failing to make an impact on Disney during the recent shareholders’ meeting, activist investor Nelson Peltz is washing his hands of the mouse. Peltz was seeking to get a seat on the board but lost his bid to current CEO Bob Iger’s handpicked board members.

Peltz sold his stake at $120 a share for a total of $1 billion. The move by Peltz is a possible signal to many that he has little to no faith that Disney will turn things around, which would first require the company to reject its woke ideological activism.

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Excerpt from www.hollywoodreporter.com

Billionaire activist investor Nelson Peltz has sold his stake in The Walt Disney Co., nearly two months after losing a bruising and expensive proxy battle with the entertainment giant.

CNBC reported Wednesday that Peltz, the founding partner of hedge fund Trian Partners, had disposed of his entire stake in Disney for $120 a share, worth $1 billion.

In January, Peltz, who through Trian and various other partners, such as former Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter, controlled $3.5 billion of Disney stock, officially launched a proxy fight with Disney to win a seat on the company’s board. The investor was sharply critical of the management of the company, particularly the high costs associated with the streaming business, as well as the direction Disney was taking under CEO Bob Iger.

Peltz ultimately failed in his attempts to be selected for the company’s slate of board nominees in April. Peltz’s exit will therefore be seen as a victory for Iger after the proxy fight became a battle for the soul of the company and cost both Disney and Trian tens of millions.

Bible College Fires Teacher for Proclaiming Homosexuality is a Sin

Bible College Fires Teacher for Proclaiming Homosexuality is a Sin

pgnewser May 30, 2024

Cliff College, a Methodist learning institution in Derbyshire, UK, has fired 39-year-old Dr. Aaron Edwards after he proclaimed on social media that homosexuality is a sin. Apparently, three female students claimed they were fundamentally “shaken” by the tweet.

Edwards said of the firing, “My views on homosexuality have not been unknown, they have been discussed openly. In seven years of teaching at Cliff, I have never had a student who took one of my units raise concerns about feeling unsafe in the classroom, and no student has ever left feedback showing concerns about the expression of my views on homosexuality. The College had more than enough opportunity to be familiar with my views and with my academic research for there to be less apparent shock and public disappointment from them in responding as they did on Twitter without any prior consultation with me.”

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Excerpt from www.telegraph.co.uk

A Christian lecturer was sacked from Bible college after his tweet on homosexuality triggered complaints from lesbian students, a tribunal has heard.

Dr Aaron Edwards lost his job at Cliff College, a Methodist learning institution in Derbyshire, following a social media post in February last year which read: “Homosexuality is invading the Church. Evangelicals no longer see the severity of this because they’re busy apologising for their apparently barbaric homophobia, whether or not it’s true.”

The 39-year-old evangelical Christian and father-of-six was dismissed the following month after he was accused of homophobia and allegedly bringing the college “into disrepute”. College bosses suspended him and fired him after an investigation.

However, on the second day of his tribunal, sitting in Sheffield, South Yorkshire on Wednesday, he told the court that the tweet was consistent with views he had expressed in blogs, podcasts and sermons he gave as a preacher. He added that the college, where he had worked for seven years, was aware of these views, too.

US appeals court sets accelerated schedule to hear TikTok’s challenge to divest-or-ban law in September– www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

US appeals court sets accelerated schedule to hear TikTok’s challenge to divest-or-ban law in September– www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

pgnewser May 30, 2024

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In an order issued on Tuesday (May 28), the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said it will hear oral arguments in the case in September.

Under the law signed by President Joe Biden in late April, ByteDance has until January 19, 2025 to sell TikTok, or at least convince the president that the process of selling TikTok is credibly underway, or effectively face a ban on the app. App stores like the Apple Store and Google Play would be forbidden from offering TikTok, and web hosting services would be forbidden from working with the app.

TikTok said the expedited pace of hearings means it may not have to file for an injunction to prevent the law from being enforced, according to a report from Reuters.

Argentina seeks Bitcoin adoption lessons from El Salvador – finbold.com

Argentina seeks Bitcoin adoption lessons from El Salvador – finbold.com

pgnewser May 30, 2024

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Argentina’s National Securities Commission (CNV) recently met with El Salvador’s National Commission of Digital Assets (CNAD) to gain insights into Bitcoin (BTC) adoption and crypto regulation, according to an official report

This collaboration comes as Argentina’s political and regulatory landscape grows increasingly Bitcoin-friendly under the leadership of President Javier Milei.

On May 23, CNV president Roberto Silva, CNV vice president Patricia Boedo, and CNAD president Juan Carlos Reyes discussed El Salvador’s pioneering role as the first country to adopt Bitcoin as a legal tender in September 2021. Silva emphasized El Salvador’s leadership in crypto assets, stating:

 “El Salvador has emerged as one of the leading countries, not only in the use of Bitcoin, but has also stood out in the world of crypto assets.”

Pro-Hamas Anarchists in Mexico Torch Israeli Embassy | The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com | Hana Levi Julian | 22 Iyyar 5784 – Wednesday, May 29, 2024– www.jewishpress.com

Pro-Hamas Anarchists in Mexico Torch Israeli Embassy | The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com | Hana Levi Julian | 22 Iyyar 5784 – Wednesday, May 29, 2024– www.jewishpress.com

pgnewser May 30, 2024

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Excerpt from www.jewishpress.com

Pro-Hamas terror supporters in Mexico torched the Israeli Embassy in Mexico City during an “Urgent Action for Rafah” event in the capital that quickly became an all-out riot.

The “peaceful” Free Palestine movement has set on fire the Israeli embassy in Mexico City.

With “peaceful actions” like these, who needs war? pic.twitter.com/L3O6rvYQRf

— Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) May 29, 2024

One day earlier, on Tuesday (May 28), Mexico filed a declaration of intervention in South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel accusing the Jewish State of committing genocide in Gaza.