Century-Old Paper Mill to Abruptly Close, Grown Men Seen Crying as 1,100 Set to Lose Jobs...New Bill Would Create 'Thoughtcrime' Database That Could Be Virtual End to Freedom of Speech

 

Web version           Century-Old Paper Mill to Abruptly Close, Grown Men Seen Crying as 1,100 Set to Lose Jobs   President Harry Truman once reportedly quipped, "It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job. It's a depression when you lose yours." If that's true, a depression descended on Canton, North Carolina, on Monday afternoon, when workers at the local paper mill were called to a meeting, according to Smoky... Read more…             Mike Huckabee: The Left's Targeting of Elon Musk Is in Full Swing   Before we get into the story of what the left is trying to do to Elon Musk for daring to expose the truth about Twitter, here’s an update on Jan. 6 and Jacob Chansley. Chansley, alternately dubbed the "QAnon shaman,” was sentenced to four years in prison simply for going... Read more…           Op-Ed: Corporations Are Policing Americans' Speech, But Their Days in the Shadows Are Over   “Stakeholder capitalism” married ESG and, with their baby, cancel culture, jeopardizes Americans’ freedoms, security, standard of living, and opportunity. These ideologies politicizing corporations threaten small businesses, nonprofits and freedom-loving people. At the extremes, they drive energy suicide in the U.S. and Europe, increase costs, decrease reliability and choke investment --... Read more…           Reserved, Eternal Parking Spaces for the Highly Privileged   "Let's allow all applicants to have a handicapped parking permit with no expiration date, forever!" Read more…           JPMorgan Offers Up One of Its Own Past Bankers to Take the Fall for Jeffrey Epstein Liability   Financial giant JPMorgan is claiming it should not be sued over its relationship with sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The government of the Virgin Islands has sued the financial giant. A newly released version of the lawsuit said that “at least 20 individuals paid through JP Morgan accounts were victims of trafficking... Read more…           Second-Largest Bank Failure in US History Underway - Authorities Seize Collapsing Institution   The federal government is stepping in as one of the largest banks in America faces a financial collapse. Silicon Valley Bank was shuttered amid a bank run on Friday, with the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation taking control of the distressed company. The state agency appointed the Federal... Read more…           New Bill Would Create 'Thoughtcrime' Database That Could Be Virtual End to Freedom of Speech   A new bill being proposed in Minnesota that would compile alleged "incidents of bias" even if they don't break any laws is being panned by critics who say that the state is on the road to creating a "thoughtcime" database. The bill would set up a system for authorities in... Read more…           Left-Wing Journalist Pens Apology Letter After Major Jan. 6 Revelation - 'I Am So Sorry'   There are apologies that are not apologies. You can spot a non-apology when it uses words like “mistakes were made,” or “If I offended anyone ...” or “that’s not who I am.” You know language like that is not an apology. Then there’s a real apology. Like the “full-throated apology”... Read more…           Biden Admin Cutting Down Dairy for Women, Infant and Children Program in Favor of Soy   The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service has announced new "science-based revisions" to its monthly allowances for families participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children -- also known as WIC. Among the proposed changes, the USDA will be reducing the maximum monthly allowance... Read more…           Schaftlein Report | Wall Street Avoids Disaster After Government Intervention   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsv_u5NT1jI   1) Federal Reserve, Treasury and FDIC step up and back ALL deposits to avert further bank runs. 1A) Stocks are up after a severe fallout on Monday when bank stocks were routed over concern for their very survival. 2) Inflation rose by 6% in February down slightly from... Read more…

‘Anonymous’ Hacks Tucker Carlson’s Twitter Account...Date: March 15, 2023 Author: Next Gen News Team

 

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‘Anonymous’ Hacks Tucker Carlson’s Twitter Account

Date: March 15, 2023Author: Next Gen News Team1 Comment

Tucker Carlson’s Twitter bio has undergone an unusual alteration and sparked rumours that his account was hacked.The Fox News host’s Twitter bio says he is a person of colour and a climate activist who identifies as non-binary. It also described him as a “visionary tech founder” and an informal adviser to Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky, who he has often criticised on his show.

“Non-binary climate change activist of color. Visionary tech founder. CNBC market analyst. Informal Zelensky advisor,” read the new bio that also has two transgender pride flag emojis on it.The odd update was brought to attention by members of the hacktivist collective and activist group Anonymous. “Tucker Carlson you’ve been #hacked,” they said.

But it turns out Carlson attempted to troll his critics in a repeat of a similar stunt he pulled in May last year when he changed his bio to “fully vaccinated”.

A spokesperson for Fox News told The Daily Beast that the claim his account was hacked was “false, the account has not been hacked”.

Brian Krassenstein, a social media personality and entrepreneur, was also tricked into believing Carlson’s account was hacked.

“BREAKING: Tucker Carlson was just HACKED! The hacker group Anonymous has apparently taken credit for hacking Tucker Carlson’s Twitter account,” his tweet read.“Stop whatever you are doing, and go look at @TuckerCarlson‘s bio before it gets fixed! Whoever hacked him, hit the nail on the head!,” said another Twitter user Brent Hennrich.

But some Twitter users soon pointed out that his account was not hacked.“Tucker Carlson getting a lot of free engagement on his Twitter account tonight, but he wasn’t hacked. This is what his bio was a month ago. Everyone has just taken the bait,” Damin Toell said.

Last year, he changed his Twitter bio to “Fully vaccinated. They/Theirs” and a few months later changed it to the pronouns “She/Her” and adding the Ukrainian flag emoji.More than a million pages of internal Fox messages that were part of a defamation lawsuit against Fox News have revealed high-ranking Fox News personalities had cast doubt on Donald Trump’s election theory even as the network continued to push it on air.

Carlson, who downplayed the Jan 6 riots, told his staff about Mr Trump, “I hate him passionately”, according to a court filing by Dominion Voting Systems that has slapped the lawsuit against the news network.

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Abortion pill challenge goes before judge in Texas Associated Press SEAN MURPHY AND MATTHEW PERRONE March 15, 2023, 1:09 AM

 

Abortion pill challenge goes before judge in Texas

SEAN MURPHY AND MATTHEW PERRONE

March 15, 2023, 1:09 AM

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FILE - Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. A federal judge will hear arguments Wednesday, March 15, 2023, in a high-stakes court case that could threaten access to abortion medication and blunt the authority of U.S. drug regulators. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

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AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — A federal judge will hear arguments Wednesday in a high-stakes court case that could threaten access to medication abortion and blunt the authority of U.S. drug regulators.

Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of Texas is weighing a lawsuit from Christian conservatives aimed at overturning the Food and Drug Administration’s more than 2-decade-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The drug, when used with a second pill, has become the most common method of abortion in the U.S.

There is essentially no precedent for a lone judge overruling the scientific decisions of the FDA. And legal experts have warned of far-reaching consequences if judges begin second-guessing FDA decisions on drug safety and effectiveness.

Wednesday's hearing is the first in the case, which is being intensely tracked by groups on both sides of the abortion issue after last year's reversal of Roe v. Wade. However, there was little advance notice of the high-profile session, which only appeared on the public online docket late Monday after news reports raised concerns about a lack of transparency in the proceedings.

Kacsmaryk told attorneys in the case Friday that he would delay the filing to minimize threats and possible protests, a development first reported by The Washington Post. He also asked the lawyers not to disclose the date of the hearing, according to a transcript of the meeting released Tuesday.

Such actions by a judge are highly unusual because court proceedings are almost always open to the public and transparency is an underlying assumption of the American judicial system.

Kacsmaryk, appointed by President Donald Trump, formerly worked as an attorney for a Christian legal group and has written critically of laws allowing abortion. Supporters of abortion rights say conservatives are steering cases to his courtroom because they believe he will rule in their favor.

On Wednesday, Kacsmaryk will hear arguments in Amarillo from the Alliance for Defending Freedom — which filed its lawsuit on behalf of several anti-abortion groups and physicians — as well as federal attorneys representing the FDA. The drug's manufacturer, Danco Laboratories, is also a party in the case and set to argue for keeping its pill available.

The Alliance is seeking an injunction that would force the FDA to revoke its approval of mifepristone. But it's unclear how quickly that could happen or what the process would entail. The FDA has its own procedures for revoking drug approvals that involve public hearings and scientific deliberations, which can take months or years.

If Kacsmaryk rules against the FDA, federal attorneys are expected to swiftly appeal the decision and seek an emergency stay to stop it from taking effect while the case proceeds.

Mifepristone is part of a two-drug regimen that has been the standard for medication abortion in the U.S since 2000. If mifepristone is sidelined, clinics and doctors that prescribe the combination say they plan to switch to using only the second drug, misoprostol. That single-drug approach is slightly less effective at ending pregnancies, although it is widely used in countries where mifepristone is illegal or unavailable.

The Texas lawsuit alleges that the FDA's approval of mifepristone in 2000 was flawed for several reasons, including an inadequate review of the pill's safety risks. The suit also challenges several later FDA decisions that loosened restrictions on the pill, including eliminating a requirement that women pick it up in person.

Lawyers for the FDA have pointed out that serious side effects with mifepristone are rare and the agency has repeatedly affirmed the drug's safety by reviewing subsequent studies and data. Pulling the drug more than 20 years after approval would be “extraordinary and unprecedented,” the government stated in its legal response.

Typically, the FDA’s authority to regulate prescription drugs has gone unchallenged. But more than a dozen states now have laws restricting abortion broadly — and the pills specifically — following last year’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

Lawsuits challenging state restrictions, including those in North Carolina and West Virginia, are progressing separately and are expected to continue for years.

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Perrone reported from Washington.

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South Carolina GOP lawmakers propose death penalty for women who have abortions The Hill STEPHEN NEUKAM March 13, 2023, 5:18 PM

 

South Carolina GOP lawmakers propose death penalty for women who have abortions

STEPHEN NEUKAM

March 13, 2023, 5:18 PM

Republican lawmakers in South Carolina are considering a change to the state’s criminal code that would make a person who gets an abortion eligible for the death penalty.

The bill being considered in South Carolina, dubbed the South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act of 2023, would redefine “person” under state law to include a fertilized egg, giving it at the point of conception equal protection under the state’s homicide laws, including the death penalty.

The bill provides an exception for a pregnant person who underwent an abortion “because she was compelled to do so by the threat of imminent death or great bodily injury.” It also provides an exception if the procedure is needed to avert the death of a mother “when all reasonable alternatives to save the life of the unborn child were attempted or none were available.”

The bill does not provide an exception for rape or incest, a point that Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) took aim at on the House floor last week. Mace has blasted her party for its restrictive abortion policies.

“To see this debate go to the dark places, the dark edges, where it has gone on both sides of the aisle, has been deeply disturbing to me as a woman, as a female legislator, as a mom, and as a victim of rape,” Mace said.

The bill in South Carolina continues a trend of laws in Republican-led states to limit access to abortions and punish it under law after the fall of Roe v. Wade. At least 18 states have imposed near or total abortion bans, according to a New York Times tracker. Eight states have had such bans blocked by courts.

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that a ban on abortions after six weeks was unconstitutional.

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