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CNN, MS NOW, Politico reporters blocked from White House after Trump ban– www.france24.com

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CNN, MS NOW, Politico reporters blocked from White House after Trump ban– www.france24.com
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The White House made good Saturday on President Donald Trump‘s vow to deny CNN, MS NOW and Politico access to the presidential mansion as punishment for reporting what he calls “fake news.”

Read moreTrump bans media outlets CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House

The three news outlets denounced the ban as a violation of the US constitution and vowed to keep reporting on the US government.

They are expected to take the bans to court to regain access to the White House, fighting back as Trump expands his battle against mainstream news outlets that he detests and routinely slams as crooked.

“The White House belongs to the American people and the decisions made inside are funded with our tax dollars,” MS NOW, formerly known as MSNBC, said Saturday on X.

Church of England Pulls Exhibit Celebrating Palestinian Jihadis– gellerreport.com

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Church of England Pulls Exhibit Celebrating Palestinian Jihadis– gellerreport.com
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The Church of England is just leftism at prayer, and so it was hardly surprising that, as The Times put it in its headline on, of all days, September 11, “Church of England promotes tapestry ‘with tribute to jihadists.’” Well, of course. Leftists have their heroes and saints just like everyone else.

The Times explained that “the fabric that will go on display at Leeds Minster appears to show the names of 12 members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad and one member of Hamas.”

Ultimately, this did not happen; saner minds prevailed. The BBC reported Friday that “a church exhibition honouring people who have lost their lives in Gaza has been removed from show after it emerged the display was said to feature names of several Hamas fighters.”

Abashed, the church that was showing the exhibition issued a statement saying that it wanted to “work with all faith groups within the city and acknowledges that by hosting this exhibition we have harmed our relationship with some in the Jewish community for which we apologise and now seek to rebuild trust.”

German state elections: Chancellor Friedrich Merz vows to stay on despite ‘disaster’ in polls– www.bbc.co.uk

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German state elections: Chancellor Friedrich Merz vows to stay on despite ‘disaster’ in polls– www.bbc.co.uk
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Embattled German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has vowed to stay on despite exit polls in two local elections suggesting damaging defeats for his centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party.

In the north-eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the party was initially projected to scrape through with its worst ever election result. But a few hours later, it dipped below the 5% threshold needed to stay in parliament. Merz called it “a disaster” for his party.

Meanwhile the far-right AfD was on track to win the most votes in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, but it is unlikely to govern as other parties refuse to work with it.

In Berlin, the ruling CDU was expected to be beaten by Die Linke (The Left).

Merz is under mounting pressure, with poor approval ratings and rumours he could even be replaced mid-term in a so-called chancellor swap.

Votes took place on Sunday, a fortnight after the CDU saw its vote halved as the Alternative for Germany (AfD) won a major victory in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.

DOJ Charges 16 Noncitizens in Voter Fraud Cases– legalinsurrection.com

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DOJ Charges 16 Noncitizens in Voter Fraud Cases– legalinsurrection.com
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The Justice Department (DOJ) announced charges against 16 people in seven states for alleged illegal voting, illegal voter registration, and related election crimes. Eight of the defendants were charged in Texas.

DOJ says the cases include noncitizens accused of voting in federal elections, false citizenship claims, and naturalization fraud. Investigators also turned up alleged passport fraud, wire fraud, and illegal firearm purchases.

The department was direct about the consequences:

“If you are not allowed to vote in our elections, you shouldn’t. And if you do, that’s a crime.”

It added a broader warning to anyone considering it:

“Let this be a warning to anyone trying to cheat and undermine our elections.”

Traffic In Strait Of Hormuz Passes Key Milestone, CENTCOM Says– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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Traffic In Strait Of Hormuz Passes Key Milestone, CENTCOM Says– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Saturday that American forces have supported the movement of more than one billion barrels of crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz in recent months while enforcing a total naval blockade on Iranian ports.

“CENTCOM forces have supported more than one billion barrels of crude oil leaving the Gulf. That’s one billion barrels of crude oil out through the Strait of Hormuz in the last couple of months,” CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper announced in a video statement.

Cooper said U.S. forces reached the figure while assisting more than 2,000 commercial ship transits. “We’ve reached this significant milestone while assisting over 2,000 commercial ship transits through the Strait by providing coordinated protection. Clearly, momentum is building. Primary transit lanes in the Strait are clear of mines,” he added.

Cooper continued, “Thousands of ships have passed through the Strait. Over one billion barrels of crude have been shipped from Gulf partners through the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran has exported zero barrels thanks to our ironclad blockade.”

The commander went on to state that volumes have increased in recent weeks and days. “The effort is paying off. The volume of crude oil, cargo, and liquid natural gas these past two weeks is higher than at any point in the past six months.” He further noted that CENTCOM was working with U.S. government agencies, the six Gulf Cooperation Council states, insurers, and shipping companies to raise traffic through the waterway.

German chancellor Merz vows to stay in office amid ‘disaster’ after double election blow with far-left AND far-right win– www.thesun.co.uk

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German chancellor Merz vows to stay in office amid ‘disaster’ after double election blow with far-left AND far-right win– www.thesun.co.uk
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GERMANY’s chancellor has vowed to stay in office – despite describing the elections as as a “disaster” for his party.

Friedrich Merz, leader of Christian Democratic Union (CDU), responded to the projected losses in two state elections to both far-left and far-right parties.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the recent results a “disaster” Credit: Getty
The AfD have grown significantly in popularity across Germany Credit: Getty

Merz said: “Trust in our country’s institutions is waning and is being actively undermined by radical parties on both the left and the right.”

In the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, preliminary results indicated that the CDU would just about creep over the 5 per cent threshold to enter the state’s parliament.

Iran-US war latest: Tehran holds huge pro-regime march in defiance of Trump’s ‘annihilation’ threat– www.independent.co.uk

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Iran-US war latest: Tehran holds huge pro-regime march in defiance of Trump’s ‘annihilation’ threat– www.independent.co.uk
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Hundreds of thousands of Iranians took to the streets of Tehran on Friday in the largest state-organised demonstration since the war began in February.

Marching in combat uniforms, participants pledged readiness to take up arms under “Janfaday-e Iran” (“Those who sacrifice their lives for Iran”) – a government campaign to train citizens with assault rifles to reinforce the Revolutionary Guard and Basij militia.

Officials claim over 600,000 volunteers have registered, aiming to train over 1 million.

The rally featured military hardware displays – including anti-aircraft batteries and drones – as leaders sought to project national unity amid a crippling US naval blockade.

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NPR Criticizes GOP Rhetoric on Radical Islam in Election Campaigns– www.newsbusters.org

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NPR Criticizes GOP Rhetoric on Radical Islam in Election Campaigns– www.newsbusters.org
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It was jarring on Thursday to hear NPR Morning Edition anchor A Martinez open an hour of the “newscast” warning about anti-Muslim “lies” from Republicans.

Muslim co-anchor Leila Fadel began their story:

FADEL: Over the last few months, anti-Muslim rhetoric has found a solid foothold in GOP messaging. Muslims, who make up about 1% of the population, are being made into a bogeyman in many of these political ads.

UNIDENTIFIED NARRATOR #1: Radical Islam is taking root in Texas.

UNIDENTIFIED NARRATOR #2: Radical Islam is incompatible with the West.

UNIDENTIFIED NARRATOR #3: They don’t think we deserve the right to exist as Americans or as Christians.

UNIDENTIFIED NARRATOR #4: Hate our way of life. They want Sharia law.

UNIDENTIFIED NARRATOR #5: Oklahoma is next.

FADEL: And this bigotry has been met with virtually no condemnation from Republicans.

AI Actress Malfunctions on Air With Piers Morgan and Starts Speaking Chinese– www.louderwithcrowder.com

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AI Actress Malfunctions on Air With Piers Morgan and Starts Speaking Chinese– www.louderwithcrowder.com
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It would appear that we have quite some time before AI takes over Hollywood.

Tilly Norwood, a so-called “AI actress,” was being interviewed by Piers Morgan but, unfortunately, had some sort of technical glitch and started speaking Chinese.

LOL.

According to Deadline:

Norwood, a generative AI creation from British company Particle6, switched language from English to Cantonese midway through the exchange, much to Morgan’s bemusement.

Fellow guest Tom Conti, the Oscar-nominated Oppenheimer star, was asking Norwood about her upcoming feature film Misaligned. “Are the other actors on the screen with you real actors? Or are they computer-generated images?” Conti ventured.

Norwood nodded, paused, and responded: “They’re all digital twins, just like me. It’s a hybrid production, which means….” Norwood then stopped and switched to Cantonese.

Democrats Aim To Win Rural Voters By Lying About ‘Moderation’– thefederalist.com

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Democrats Aim To Win Rural Voters By Lying About ‘Moderation’– thefederalist.com
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Texas Senate Democrat candidate James Talarico’s spiritual leader, the lesbian preacher Babs Miller, was recently caught on hidden camera admitting he’s lying to voters about his positions: “I can guarantee you that once he’s elected he’ll change his tune” on transgender politics, she told an undercover reporter.

Deceiving voters is Democrats’ strategy because their political extremism is unpopular. Democrats especially know they cannot win fair elections without making inroads in rural and small-town America, like the Texas areas Talarico needs to win a Senate seat. In fact, Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s campaigning in rural areas may have given him the edge in his primary against Haley Stevens.

Democrats in general, and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in particular, are paying a lot more attention to rural America these days. That’s because rural America “is the wall the American Left keeps hitting,” according to longtime DSA activist Bhaskar Sunkara.

Democrats know that their brand is toxic in rural America. So, how to get elected while bearing a toxic brand? Sunkara advocates for a strong message of “progressive populism” delivered with “rhetorical discipline.” In a word: propaganda.

For Democrats, disciplined propaganda is critical to striking a delicate balance between keeping their base motivated and appealing to small-town and rural America. For example, with allies in the corporate media, they’ve concocted the narrative of a “Farmageddon” revolt in which farmers are angry with President Trump and the GOP.

‘Supermountains’ Buried Under Antarctica Fueled Explosion of Life, Scientists Discover– www.404media.co

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‘Supermountains’ Buried Under Antarctica Fueled Explosion of Life, Scientists Discover– www.404media.co
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Welcome back to the Abstract! These are the studies this week that ate well, moved mountains, grew brains, and saved medieval texts.

First, scientists set out to understand why Venus doesn’t have a moon and discover even more unnerving stuff about this delightfully nightmarish planet. Then: a hidden range of primordial supermountains, a literal brain-space, and evidence of Tudor-era subterfuge.

As always, for more of my work, check out my book First Contact: The Story of Our Obsession with Aliens, or subscribe to my personal newsletter the BeX Files.

Venus is a bizarro world with a year that is shorter than its day, a surface shaped by diabolical heat and pressure, and skies soaked in sulfuric acid. Frankly, this planet is metal enough as it is, but scientists have now suggested that Venus is also a moon-eater.

For years, researchers have pondered why Venus lacks a moon, in contrast to all other planets except Mercury. One possibility is that Venus was once orbited by a primordial satellite that it ultimately tore apart and swallowed, according to a new study. And honestly, that sounds like something Venus would do. It’s in character.

Deep State Cited Wikipedia To Try To Launch Trump Investigation– thefederalist.com

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Deep State Cited Wikipedia To Try To Launch Trump Investigation– thefederalist.com
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Walter Giardina — an FBI agent whistleblowers claim “openly stated his desire to investigate Trump, even if it meant false predication” — cited a Wikipedia article in support of launching yet another investigation of Donald Trump. That detail is but one of the crazier revelations buried in the latest cache of documents Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, made public last week in conjunction with FBI Director Kash Patel’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

As The Federalist previously reported, last week Patel testified before “the Senate Judiciary Committee on a wide-range of topics.” He dropped in the middle of the four-hour-plus hearing news related to the ongoing investigation of the weaponization of the FBI: The FBI had “made up” the Round River “classification,” Patel told Grassley on Tuesday.

For several years, Grassley has led an investigation into the weaponization of the FBI, including the launch of the Round River investigation, which whistleblowers told the Iowa senator sought to “improperly discredit negative Hunter Biden information as disinformation and caused investigative activity to cease.” While Patel’s confirmation that the Round River “classification” was fraudulent and that his team was investigating “the individuals who launched and codified this false and fake [classification],” represented the biggest news of the day, the documents Grassley released in connection with the hearing revealed many more troubling details about the weaponization of the FBI.

With United Russia’s Election Victory All But Certain, Some Russians Are Still Pushing Back– www.themoscowtimes.com

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With United Russia’s Election Victory All But Certain, Some Russians Are Still Pushing Back– www.themoscowtimes.com
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Across Russia, the outcome of this weekend’s State Duma elections seems like a foregone conclusion: a sweep for the ruling United Russia party and its allies. Even so, in St. Petersburg, one woman plans to head to her local polling station as an election observer from the liberal Yabloko party.

“What’s the motivation? A sense of responsibility, I guess — the feeling that this is one part of changing Russia that’s actually within my power,” the woman told The Moscow Times on condition of anonymity due to the risk of political reprisal.

“I can’t overthrow anyone, but I can show up and observe,” she said.

In what experts say is Russia’s most restricted parliamentary elections to date, voters have few options to make a difference at the ballot box. Instead, many are finding other ways to push back against United Russia and show their distrust in the process, from subtle acts of protest to organized voting strategies and poll watching.

The Kremlin has sidelined nearly all real opponents, making it almost impossible to vote for candidates who truly challenge the status quo. With United Russia facing some of its lowest approval ratings since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin is framing the election as a referendum on the war effort, now in its fifth year.

For authorities, showing strong public backing is critical. A crackdown on anti-war candidates ahead of the vote peaked in August when Russia’s Supreme Court barred Yabloko, the only party campaigning on a pro-peace platform, from the party-list ballot.

Parents in England and Wales could be fined or jailed for child’s crimes, minister says | Youth justice– www.theguardian.com

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Parents in England and Wales could be fined or jailed for child’s crimes, minister says | Youth justice– www.theguardian.com
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Parents whose children commit crimes could lose their benefits, face fines and even be jailed, a minister has said.

Jake Richards said the youth justice system “should hold parents to account in a proportionate way for ensuring that they play their role in keeping communities safe”.

His comments come after the government set out plans to strengthen and expand parenting orders, which can force parents or guardians to address their child’s behaviour by attending counselling sessions, which can even include residential courses, or face a fine of up to £1,000.

Richards, the youth justice minster, said parents would only face jail “in the most extreme cases” and sentences would be up to judges’ discretion. He described the proposed changes in England and Wales as part of a “carrot-and-stick” approach.

“Parenting orders are going to make sure that parents are more involved in the process by which we try to turn around young offenders,” Richards told the Times.

“Yes, that will have some stick. It could be custodial, or docking benefits – ultimately it will be up to a judge. But we want them to be more involved and that comes with responsibilities as well.”

Virtual cells built from 4D AI models and 'digital twins' could speed up drug discovery– phys.org

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Virtual cells built from 4D AI models and ‘digital twins’ could speed up drug discovery– phys.org
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Mitochondria—tiny structures that convert nutrients into energy—are often depicted as discrete kidney bean-shaped objects. But in reality, they form a dynamic, interconnected network throughout the entire cell, rapidly splitting and fusing as they’re transported to where energy is needed most.

On Fox, Tom Homan Calls Out Anti-ICE Lies by Liberal Media– www.newsbusters.org

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On Fox, Tom Homan Calls Out Anti-ICE Lies by Liberal Media– www.newsbusters.org
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Appearing as a guest on Wednesday’s The Ingraham Angle on Fox News Channel, border czar Tom Homan called out some of the liberal media’s misinformation attacking ICE activities.

Host Laura Ingraham raised the issue by showing a clip of MS NOW’s Joe Scarborough from Tuesday’s Morning Joe trying to intimidate ICE by warning that they will punished after President Donald Trump leaves office:

LAURA INGRAHAM: Joe Scarborough was essentially warning ICE agents that are currently working for the Trump administration to beware when Democrats take power. Watch.

JOE SCARBOROUGH (from MS NOW’s Morning Joe): I warned on this show in real time that justice will find them, that they’re being told right now, “We’ll pay you X amount of money, put on this mask, you can go out, you can do whatever you want to do, and Donald Trump will protect you.” Donald Trump won’t be in the White House forever. (editing jump) Justice will find them.

So, it’s law enforcement turned upside down. Let’s put the law enforcers in prison. The Fox News host posed:

Tom, I don’t know what exactly he’s getting at here — there, but I think he’s saying you’re going to jail, you’re going to be prosecuted, you’re going to be bankrupted by the Democrat machine that’s going to grind you into the dirt for having done this job.

Scientists may have solved a 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls mystery– www.sciencedaily.com

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Scientists may have solved a 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls mystery– www.sciencedaily.com
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A longstanding mystery surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls may have a new explanation. Researchers have debated for decades whether the Qumran sect actually followed its unusual 364-day calendar or whether the system existed mainly as a religious and theoretical ideal.

A study from Tel Aviv University argues that both possibilities may be partly correct. According to the proposed reconstruction, the sect likely used the calendar during its early history, when disagreements over religious dates contributed to its separation from the Jerusalem establishment. Later, however, the system may have been abandoned because of a fundamental astronomical problem and changing political relations with the Hasmonean leadership under Alexander Jannaeus.

The research was conducted by Prof. Eshbal Ratzon of the Department of Jewish Philosophy and the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at the Entin Faculty of Humanities. The findings were published in the Tarbiz Quarterly for Jewish Studies.

SURPRISE: Margaret Brennan Imploded the 1A Argument Against the WH Press Ban– www.newsbusters.org

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SURPRISE: Margaret Brennan Imploded the 1A Argument Against the WH Press Ban– www.newsbusters.org
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CBS promoted Margaret Brennan’s interview with U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar as a followup to her video on immigration that dominated the news cycle. What CBS got instead was a complete undermining of the Elite Media’s First Amendment argument against the White House bans against CNN, MS NOW and Politico.

Watch as Brennan tries to engage Salazar on the media bans, collegially gets told to pound sand, before proceeding to blow the First Amendment argument into a million pieces:

MARGARET BRENNAN: I want to talk to you about a number of issues but let me just start up front. Because you are a former journalist, I’m sure you saw yesterday journalists from CNN, Politico, and MS NOW were blocked from entering The White House after the president objected to the content of their organization’s reporting. Do you agree with the president’s order to do that?

MARIA ELVIRA SALAZAR: Well, I think that the president has a different type of style, but at the same time, I think that he is the most accessible president in the later years that has been- that has been talking to the media. You know, he talks to everybody. So, he may not be allowing for some journalists to go into one place, but I’m sure that he’s going- he’s going be talking to everybody at some point. That’s his style and he is been–

BRENNAN: Yeah.

SALAZAR: –very accessible, not like Biden.

BRENNAN: No, I- I understand that point, but when it comes to saying you can’t attend press briefings because I don’t like what you said, doesn’t that premise violate the spirit of the First Amendment?

SALAZAR: Well, I think that he has his own style, and that he will determine who he wants to talk to. But with social media, and with all the different outlets out there for people to receive information, I am sure that those journalists are going to be able to cover the president the way that you- free speech, the way you determine. Because you know, you- the media–

Bombshell Confession: Gaza’s ‘Journalists’ Hid Hamas Atrocities and Silenced Its Victims– gellerreport.com

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Bombshell Confession: Gaza’s ‘Journalists’ Hid Hamas Atrocities and Silenced Its Victims– gellerreport.com
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No media coverage from the sharia-compliant Nazi-fetishist media.

In a stunning admission in this blockbuster interview, celebrated Gazan “photojournalist” Motaz Azaiza has admitted that journalists in Hamas-run Gaza routinely lowered their cameras and suppressed footage whenever Palestinians blamed Hamas for unleashing the war—confirming that much of the world’s Gaza coverage was a carefully censored propaganda narrative designed to indict Israel while erasing Hamas’s crimes and silencing Palestinian dissent.

Azaiza revealed that he filmed Israeli hostages being beaten on October 7 but deliberately withheld the footage to protect their attackers—exposing the monstrous fraud behind the media-manufactured hero.

Hamas runs a WhatsApp group with all of Gaza’s journalists, where Hamas “managed the discourse and the narrative.”

These outlets have “journalists” in Gaza:

Reuters, AP, NYT, CNN, Wapo, PBS, NPR, BBC, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, and Drop Site News. They are not covering this story.

Dana Bash Appeal to Mike Waltz’ Service over WH Press Ban Is SHUT DOWN– www.newsbusters.org

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Dana Bash Appeal to Mike Waltz’ Service over WH Press Ban Is SHUT DOWN– www.newsbusters.org
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As is often the case, the Elitist Media find a way to make the Elitist Media the centerpiece of whatever they do. CNN’s Dana Bash attempted to do the same with the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, and got promptly schooled.

Watch as Bash’s appeal to Waltz’ military service is promptly balled up and thrown right back at her:

DANA BASH: On Friday, President Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the white house. The president, as I mentioned, is about to host the Chinese leader. Historically, it was the United States pushing countries like China for greater press freedoms. Now, President Trump is the one backsliding on these rights. Are you comfortable with this?

MIKE WALTZ: The president is absolutely within his rights to limit, uh, journalists to government facilities. Particularly when, in his opinion, they’re not behaving as good faith journalists. And that’s just not his opinion. That’s the Supreme Court’s opinion. There are multiple cases, Zemel versus Rusk off the top of my head. And I’m not a lawyer. That said, look, you can have the ability to speak. You can have the ability to publish as an open and free press, but you don’t have an inherent right to any government facility that you want, whether it’s Langley or The White House. And so I’ll leave it to the lawyers, but I think the president is absolutely spot on here.

BASH: Mr. Ambassador, you are a decorated veteran. You served in an elite unit, the Green Berets, for 27 years defending freedoms like the First Amendment, and the president you work for just banned three news organizations. And he said it- it’s because he doesn’t like some of the things that are being reported.

WALTZ: Dana, the prior administration limited all kinds of journalistic outfits and journalists themselves that they deemed as right wing. Those have now been allowed onto the onto the facility. And the president doesn’t believe others are acting in good faith. Heck, I just saw one yesterday use anonymous sources referencing someone who’s dead. And so, you know, I think I would hope that the media would take a good introspective look at itself and its practices because it throws things out there and then puts a little baby correction that nobody pays attention to, and it sticks to people like napalm. And so it is- it is incredibly frustrating, I can tell you, as someone who’s serving in the public space, but meanwhile, again, the Supreme Court has been very clear in multiple cases going back to the 60s, there was a different your right to speak- different, your right to publish than having access to any government facility that you want.

Politicians Forgot Backup Power When They Pushed Clean Power in 13 States: Now Electric Bills Are Skyrocketing– www.westernjournal.com

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Politicians Forgot Backup Power When They Pushed Clean Power in 13 States: Now Electric Bills Are Skyrocketing– www.westernjournal.com
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Thirteen states from Vermont to Hawaii have written a hard deadline into law: 100 percent carbon-free (CO2-free) or “clean” electricity, most by 2040 or 2045. Lawmakers sold these mandates as a bargain: cheaper power alongside cleaner air. Voters in those states are struggling with ever-increasing electricity bills increasing faster than non-mandate states.

The metric politicians lean on to make that case is the “levelized cost of energy” (LCOE), which ranks wind and solar as the cheapest sources of generation on the grid.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration itself cautions that the ranking is misleading because LCOE reflects the cost to build and run a single generator.

It says nothing about whether that generator can deliver power at 6 p.m. on a windless February evening, exactly when a grid needs it most.

Energy analysts, Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling, answer the question EIA’s own number dodges. Their “Always On Levelized Cost of Energy” (AOLOC) model adds back everything a bare LCOE figure leaves out: backup generation, transmission, overbuilt capacity and the power curtailed to keep intermittent resources reliable.