by | Jan 31, 2024 | Aggregate
On Feb. 3, 2022, just before 9 p.m. Eastern, a Norfolk Southern train derailed near East Palestine, Ohio, a small Midwestern town of about 4,800 people near the Ohio border with Pennsylvania.
At least 11 of the train cars that derailed contained hazardous materials. Several cars were carrying vinyl chloride, a cancer-causing substance.
Government officials decided to burn the chemicals rather than let them drain onto the ground. The chemical explosion was enormous. The chemicals formed a gigantic toxic plume over the town.
Toxic chemical explosion in East Palestine, Ohio after 2023 train derailment.
Joe Biden promised to visit at some point and still has yet to show his face there.
Trump visited almost immediately and got a hero’s welcome, prompting a visit from our completely useless transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg, which was nothing more than a lame attempt to save face by the Biden administration.
In this video, Karine Jean-Pierre is repeatedly asked by the press when Biden is going to visit the town and she just keeps putting them off.
316 days ago, Biden promised he would visit East Palestine, Ohio, “at some point.”
He hasn’t — and won’t — because he is a lying coward.pic.twitter.com/7AwUgyBXve
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 13, 2024
Biden simply doesn’t care. How else is anyone supposed to take this?
The people of East Palestine have been abandoned by this feckless administration! So sinister! Heck the whole country has been abandoned by this corrupt regime! https://t.co/UDi6zIbifN
— Kathleen Winchell (@KathleenWinche3) January 13, 2024
Anyone remember this? Democrats are Americans LAST!! Never forget! Please, let’s make this go viral. https://t.co/VDSoVghrpy
— AllyinTucson (@Rockinthe60z) January 13, 2024
Do people realize how many vacation days Biden has taken in the last year? Yet he couldn’t find the time to visit Ohio?
The White House announced on Wednesday that Joe Biden will be visiting East Palestine, Ohio in Februay. A date was not listed.
President Trump visited the disaster site nearly a year ago after the horrific disaster.
The people are not fooled.
East Palestine, OH Business Owner: “… The leader of our country did not show up to the greatest catastrophe of 2023. And now, he’s going to show up because it’s an election year… the polls show President Trump came and supported us when he didn’t have to.”
East Palestine, OH Business Owner: “… The leader of our country did not show up to the greatest catastrophe of 2023. And now, he’s going to show up because it’s an election year… the polls show President Trump came and supported us when he didn’t have to.” pic.twitter.com/TkxTKeSPw0
— MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) January 31, 2024
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by | Jan 31, 2024 | General Warz
Senator Hawley Calls Out Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Over Child Exploitation and Gets Zuck to Stand and Apologize to the Victim Families
@GenWarz 🦅🇺🇸
by | Jan 31, 2024 | Aggregate
Screenshot: CSPAN/Youtube
Senator Josh Hawley, during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on child exploitation occurring on social media, called for the CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, to apologize to the families who were impacted by child sexual exploitation occurring on Meta’s platform.
While questioning Zuckerberg under oath, Senator Hawley asked Zuckerberg if he would like to apologize to the families of the victims in attendance at the hearing.
Zuckerberg took Halwey up on the request and apologized to the families.
The CEO of Meta stated, “I’m sorry for everything you’ve all gone through.”
He continued, “Nobody should have to go through what your families have suffered. This is why we have invested so much and are going to continue industry-leading efforts to make sure that no one has to go through the types of things your families have suffered.”
WATCH:
Hawley just called on Zuckerberg to apologize directly to the the families in the audience of victims who were impacted by child sexual exploitation on Meta platforms.
Zuck then gets up and does it. pic.twitter.com/YJWCcZDAC7
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 31, 2024
Per CNN:
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg stood to apologize to the families present at the Senate hearing, saying he was sorry for “the things that your families have suffered.”
“This is why we’ve invested so much … to make sure that no one has to go through the types of things that your families have gone through,” he added.
In response, Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley called on Zuckerberg, as a billionaire, to “compensate” the families whose children have been affected by his platforms.
Watch the full interaction:
It can be recalled that New Mexico Democrat Attorney General Raúl Torrez took decisive action against tech giant Meta Platforms, Inc., its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and associated entities, including Instagram, LLC and Facebook Holdings, LLC.
The lawsuit, filed last year, represents a bold effort to curb the exploitation of children on social media platforms.
“Our investigation into Meta’s social media platforms demonstrates that they are not safe spaces for children but rather prime locations for predators to trade child pornography and solicit minors for sex,” Attorney General Torrez said in a statement.
“As a career prosecutor who specialized in internet crimes against children, I am committed to using every available tool to put an end to these horrific practices and I will hold companies — and their executives — accountable whenever they put profits ahead of children’s safety,” he added.
During the past several months, the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office launched an undercover operation posing as minors under 14 on Meta’s platforms. This sting operation led to disturbing findings, where it was discovered that:
Proactively served and directed the underage users a stream of egregious, sexually explicit images — even when the child has expressed no interest in this content
Enabled dozens of adults to find, contact, and press children into providing sexually explicit pictures of themselves or participate in pornographic videos.
Recommended that the children join unmoderated Facebook groups devoted to facilitating commercial sex.
Allowed Facebook and Instagram users to find, share, and sell an enormous volume of child pornography.
Allowed a fictitious mother to offer her 13-year-old daughter for sale to sex traffickers and to create a professional page to allow her daughter to share revenue from advertising.
Recent findings have exposed a network of Instagram accounts purportedly offering illicit means to acquire or exchange Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) and Child Sexual Exploitation Content (CSEC).
Investigations reveal that these accounts provide instructions to move conversations to offline mediums such as WhatsApp or Telegram, platforms that offer end-to-end encryption and are beyond the reach of routine monitoring.
According to the complaint, “A search for ‘All New Kids Links Available’ on Instagram, for example, yielded dozens of options for CSAM. Notably, ‘cheese pizza,’ with its shared initials, is known to be a proxy for child pornography.”
New Mexico Complaints Against Meta and Mark Zuckerberg Reveal Disturbing Development — Shows Sex Predators Used “PIZZA” to Hide Their Criminal Activities on Facebook and Instagram (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)
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by | Jan 31, 2024 | Aggregate
Joe Biden traveled to Palm Beach, Florida on Tuesday to meet with high-dollar Democrat donors.
81-year-old Biden used the shorter staircase as he departed Joint Base Andrews en route to Florida.
WATCH:
Joe Biden once again uses the short stairs to board Air Force One. pic.twitter.com/1K41tMy5uc
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 30, 2024
Biden went to Florida for a pair of fundraisers. Of course, he arrived to no fanfare. No Biden supporters lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the most popular president in US history.
Joe Biden told donors in Jupiter: “I think we can win Florida.”
“I think we can win Florida,” Biden says at a fundraiser in Jupiter, FL.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) January 30, 2024
Biden also trashed Trump to the Florida donors and told them to think back on “the mess” Trump left the US in – this is of course after Democrats forcefully shut down the country under the guise of Covid.
“You’re the reason Donald Trump is a defeated president,” Biden told donors at a Florida fundraiser. “And you’re the reason we’re going to make him a loser again.”
“You’re the reason Donald Trump is a defeated president,” Biden told donors at a Florida fundraiser. “And you’re the reason we’re going to make him a loser again.”
Biden told the audience to think back on “the mess” Trump left US in.
(No photos allowed inside, just exterior.) pic.twitter.com/Z0r4hzZdCt
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) January 30, 2024
President Trump won Florida in 2020 against Joe Biden with 5,668,731 @ 51.2% to Biden’s 5,297,054 votes at 47.9%.
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by | Jan 31, 2024 | Aggregate
Photo: U.S. Army photo by Sarah Patterson
Guest post by J.M. Phelps
Over 200 men and women currently serving in the U.S. military took part in an independent survey conducted by the author. Through part of the anonymous questionnaire, service members were able to anonymously express their views about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training in the military.
Nearly 86 percent of the survey’s 229 participants, representing all branches of the military, said they have been required to participate in DEI training. One of the survey’s participants, Lt. Col. Randy Davis (a pseudonym), has served in the Marine Corps for over 15 years.
He shared his views with The Gateway Pundit using a pseudonym because of concern about reprisals. The Marine Corps officer also emphasized that his views don’t reflect those of the Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, or U.S. Marine Corps.
Although he was not required to participate in training specifically identified as DEI training, Lt. Col. Davis admitted, “I was clearly exposed to the sharing of material that was undoubtedly part of the DEI movement without having the label.”
For example, he cited flyers handed out at career fairs and Pride Month billboards that have “gone out of their way” to promote diversity.
A Military Forced to Confront Transgenderism
The acceptance of a person’s gender identity, which may not be their biological gender, is integral part of the DEI movement.
In the U.S. military, transgender personnel who can meet the standards for service are now serving openly alongside other service members.
Nearly 42 percent of the survey’s participants have served with someone who identifies himself or herself as transgender.
Of the 229 participants, 212 of them acknowledged having a moral or religious objection to transgenderism.
Only 12 percent of the survey’s participants have been forced to use pronouns to identify themselves or others.
While it’s not required in the Marine Corps, Lt. Col. Davis said, “I have coworkers that use [pronouns] on their email signature blocks.” If the use of pronouns was ever mandatory, he said he would not comply and would leave the service.
Lt. Col. Davis has not knowingly worked alongside a transgender service member, but he was aware of “a whole host of planning meetings to figure out how to incorporate a female recruit—who identified as a male—into male recruit training without treating her differently than other recruits.”
For him, “when Tommy is supposed to be a male, but has female parts,” it’s difficult to handle the issue in the unique environment of recruit training without creating an incident.
Over 93 percent of the survey’s participants also revealed that they feel “forced to believe” in transgenderism. Lt. Col. Davis agreed with the majority of the participants. Nevertheless, he said he would not have a particular problem serving beside a transgender service member.
He admitted, “It would be awkward, [but] it’s more about the fact that the military makes such a strong effort to shove it in your face, forcing us to confront it on so many levels, and that’s what’s getting uncomfortable.”
“They’ve created this general fear that if you miscategorize someone’s gender, you could be held up on charges like it’s a hate crime when it could be an honest mistake,” the Marine Corps officer said.
He explained that “if they’re addressed in a way that doesn’t match up with their ‘identity,’ then it’s automatically considered harassment and you’re going to get punished.”
Skin Color Over Merit
Being qualified to perform one’s duty in the U.S. military is not always a reason someone gets the job.
Over 53 percent of the survey’s participants said “[they] know someone who has been the subject of reverse discrimination and denied an opportunity for someone less qualified to meet DEI goals.”
Lt. Col. Davis said he witnessed reverse discrimination in the selection of a Brigadier General. “When the unofficial selection went up to a former Secretary of Defense, it was pushed back down because too many white males were selected,” he said.
“There was not enough diversity on the selection list of generals, apparently.”
After reevaluating those eligible for promotion, a new selection list released with more diversity including “people of color,” another officer was selected, despite the first leader being more qualified.
“I don’t have a problem with a diversity mission, per se, but leaders must be selected for being the most qualified based off of merit and potential,” he explained.
Interestingly, Lt. Col. Davis is also aware of black officers who question their own abilities, some wondering if they were promoted based on the color of their skin or their merit.
Whether it’s a push for transgenderism or favoring the less qualified, nearly 91 percent of the survey’s participants believe DEI training has impacted combat readiness negatively. And according to the survey’s participants, this should be a grave concern to the people of America.
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