09-02-Editors Choice Wires

YouTube Follows CCP Guidance and Blocks “Glory to Hong Kong” Song

YouTube Follows CCP Guidance and Blocks “Glory to Hong Kong” Song

pgnewser May 16, 2024

YouTube has decided to comply to the CCP’s demands to assure a viral video showing Hong Kong Freedom Activists singing a patriotic song “Glory to Hong Kong” is blocked from their platform.

While YouTube complied with the CCP’s demands, it offered a mild protest, stating “We are disappointed by the Court’s decision but are complying with its removal order. We’ll continue to consider our options for an appeal, to promote access to information.”

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Protesters sing Glory to Hong Kong outside of Polytechnic University (PolyU) while police keep it under siege in Hong Kong, China, November 25, 2019. Reuters file

Alphabet’s YouTube on Tuesday said it would comply with a court decision and block access inside Hong Kong to 32 video links deemed prohibited content, in what critics say is a blow to freedoms in the financial hub amid a security clampdown.

The action follows a government application granted by Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal requesting the ban of a protest anthem called “Glory to Hong Kong.” The judges warned that dissidents seeking to incite secession could weaponize the song for use against the state.

Gert Wilders Will Finally Form the Next Netherlands Government– freedomist.com

Gert Wilders Will Finally Form the Next Netherlands Government– freedomist.com

pgnewser May 16, 2024

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After six months, Gert Wilders has finally come to an agreement to form a new right-leaning coalition government for the Netherlands. Wilders has mostly run in opposition to what he claims is the EU and globalist mass migration plan for Europe to denude it of its native populations.

NY Appeals Court Upholds Gag on Trump

NY Appeals Court Upholds Gag on Trump

pgnewser May 15, 2024

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Excerpt from conservativeroof.com

BREAKING: New York Appeals Court Decides to Uphold Judge Juan Merchan’s Gag Order

On Tuesday, a New York Appeals court dismissed President Trump’s appeal to lift Judge Juan Merchan’s gag order.

The appeals court stated that Judge Merchan “properly weighed” Trump’s First Amendment rights.

“We find that Justice Merchan properly weighed petitioner’s First Amendment Rights against the court’s historical commitment to ensuring the fair administration of justice in criminal cases, and the right of persons related or tangentially related to the criminal proceedings from being free from threats, intimidation, harassment, and harm,” as per the order.

The New York appeals court stated that Trump’s public statements threatened the integrity of witness testimony:

“Justice Merchan properly determined that petitioner’s public statements posed a significant threat to the integrity of the testimony of witnesses and potential witnesses in this case as well.”

Biden Imprisons Another Pro-Life Activist, This Time for 10 Years

Biden Imprisons Another Pro-Life Activist, This Time for 10 Years

pgnewser May 15, 2024

The growing list of Pro-Life activists behind bars under the direct action of President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) now includes 30-year-old Lauren Handy, who was arrested after peacefully protesting in front of an unborn child murder center. She is a member of Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising.

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Excerpt from thefederalist.com

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly sentenced a pro-life activist on Tuesday to 57 months in prison and three years supervision for her participation in a peaceful pro-life protest at one the capital city’s most controversial abortion facilities.

Lauren Handy, 30, was one of several members of the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU), a primarily leftist organization with a pro-life streak, who initiated a “rescue and protest” at late-term abortionist Cesare Santangelo’s Washington, D.C., facility in October 2020.

“Some simply kneeled and prayed at Santangelo’s facility, some passed out pro-life literature and counseled abortion-minded women, and others roped and chained themselves together inside the facility,” Handy’s lawyers at the Thomas More Society noted.

Handy, PAAU’s director of Activism and Mutual Aid, decided to protest at Santangelo’s facility in particular after she heard him admit on an undercover video that he “would not help” a baby born alive after a botched abortion.

“My belief that was formed after watching the video was if the fetus survived the abortion attempt, they were left to die,” Handy told the court during witness testimony.

Catalan Independence Suffers at the Polls

Catalan Independence Suffers at the Polls

pgnewser May 15, 2024

Exiled Catalan Independence leader Carles Puigdemont saw his Junts party finish second to Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez’s Socialist Party. Puigdemont is still convinced he can form a coalition government, but the Socialists have the inside track. A Socialist-led government would radically change Catalan’s policy from pursuing independence to embracing Spanish nationalism.

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Excerpt from www.euronews.com

Despite his pro-independence party Junts finishing second in the elections, leader Carles Puigdemont continues to pursue his aim of leading the next Catalan government.

Pedro Sanchez’s Socialist Party won Catalonia’s elections but will still need the votes of leftist Catalan party ERC to form a progressive government. Yet, former president Carles Puigdemont, who came second, is asking the socialists to allow him to return to office. In exchange, he would give his support to Sanchez’ minority government in Madrid.

The Socialist Party is celebrating a decisive victory in the recent Catalan elections. It is widely seen as society’s validation of Pedro Sánchez’s approach towards Catalonia and his proposal to grant amnesty to political leaders involved in the 2017 independence movement, including the exiled former president Carles Puigdemont.

Elon’s China over India Choice Gets Warning from Vivek Wadhwa

Elon’s China over India Choice Gets Warning from Vivek Wadhwa

pgnewser May 14, 2024

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“Warned Elon Musk” Against Picking China Over India: Entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa

Indian-American academic, entrepreneur and author Vivek Wadhwa on Monday said that he had warned the Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk not to pick China as they would “rob him blind” and instead asked him to consider moving manufacturing to India.

Quoting the Director of Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies, Theresa Fallon, in a post on X, who said that US and European automakers are failing in China because “they were looking only for short-term gain and transferring technology, management techniques and know-how to China,” Vivek Wadhwa said that he had “exchanged emails with Musk about the risks in China a few years ago.”

… “Elon is going to be the biggest loser here. I warned him they would rob him blind and urged him to consider moving manufacturing to India instead, where he would have dominated the market by now,” he wrote.

DNC-Funded Business Now Lobbies to Freeze Unions Out of Farming

DNC-Funded Business Now Lobbies to Freeze Unions Out of Farming

pgnewser May 14, 2024

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$6bn California agricultural company founded by Biden and Newsom donors sues state to stop a law meant to help farmworkers unionize

One of California’s most influential agricultural companies filed a lawsuit Monday against the state to stop a contentious law to help farmworkers unionize that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom reluctantly signed two years ago after pressure from the White House.

The action by the Wonderful Co. comes as it battles the United Farm Workers over a newly formed UFW local of 640 workers at one of its businesses. The $6 billion company founded by Stewart and Lynda Resnick, who have donated to President Joe Biden and Newsom, makes a host of products recognizable to most grocery store shoppers, including Halos mandarin oranges, Wonderful Pistachios, POM Wonderful pomegranate juice and Fiji Water brands.

 

Biden Admin Hides Intel from Israel to Force Halt of Rafah Offensive – freedomist.com

Biden Admin Hides Intel from Israel to Force Halt of Rafah Offensive – freedomist.com

pgnewser May 14, 2024

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Excerpt from freedomist.com

Even as this blurb is being written, the Rafah offensive has begun in Gaza, an offensive the Biden administration tried to stop. First, the administration tried to halt the Rafah offensive by withholding ammunition needed by Israel for the offensive, second they withheld intelligence locating Hamas’ top leaders.