Weekly News-June-14-2024
Here are our top 5 stories of the week.
#1 – A Court Victory over Vaccine Mandates
By Leslie Manookian | Brownstone Institute
Health Freedom Defense Fund (HFDF), California Educators for Medical Freedom, and individual plaintiffs have won their appeal in the Ninth Circuit on LAUSD’s Employee Covid Vaccination Mandate.
Health Freedom Defense Fund et. al, led by the exceptional legal team of John Howard and Scott Street at JW Howard Attorneys, has won a significant victory in the Ninth Circuit, which reversed the dismissal of their lawsuit challenging the Los Angeles Unified School District’s (“LAUSD”) mandatory vaccination policy for all employees. Read full article >
#2 – Attorney General Garland Targets “Conspiracy Theories” After Launching “Election Threats Task Force” with FBI, Sparking Censorship Concerns
By Didi Rankovich | Reclaim The Net
Some might see US Attorney General Merrick Garland getting quite involved in campaigning ahead of the November election – albeit indirectly so, as a public servant whose primary concern is supposedly how to keep Department of Justice (DoJ) staff “safe.”
And, in the process, he brings up “conspiracy theorists” branding them as undermining the judicial process in the US – because they dare question the validity of a particular judicial process that aimed at former President Trump. Read full article >
#3 – Pentagon Seeks to Feed Troops ‘Experimental’ Lab-Grown Meat to Reduce CO2 Footprint
By Patrick Webb | The Leading Report
The Pentagon has partnered with a company to explore feeding America’s soldiers lab-grown meat in an effort to reduce the carbon footprint at Defense Department outposts. BioMADE, a public-private company with over $500 million in funding from the Defense Department, announced earlier this month that it is seeking proposals for “innovations in food production that reduce the CO2 footprint of food production at … DoD operational environments,” according to an online announcement. Read full article >
#4 – DARPA wants to shine near-infrared light into people’s brains to activate, deactivate drugs in their bodies
By Tim Hinchliffe | The Sociable
DARPA is putting together a research program to shine near-infrared light into people’s brains that if successful, would be able to activate and deactivate drugs in their bodies on demand.
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) put out a special notice for its Alert WARfighter Enablement (AWARE) program, which aims to help increase alertness following sleep loss in humans. Read full article >
#5 – Gaza Horror: UN Finds Israeli Forces Guilty of Sexual Abuse and Torture
By Robert Inlakesh | Mintpress News
A UN-mandated Independent International Commission of Inquiry has uncovered evidence of egregious sexual violence committed against Palestinian men and women in the Gaza Strip. This adds to a mounting series of reports indicating the issue is widespread and systematic.
The United Nations report, released on June 12 under a Human Rights Council resolution, revealed that Israeli forces “systematically targeted and subjected Palestinians to SGBV [Sexual and Gender-Based Violence] online and in person since October 7, including through forced public nudity, forced public stripping, sexualized torture and abuse, and sexual humiliation and harassment.”Read full article >
Here are our top 5 most underreported or most bizarre stories of the week.
#1 – Russia Flotilla Off The Coast Of Florida Prompted Naval Deployment
By Mac Slavo | SHTF Plan
In response to a Russian flotilla that showed up off the coast of Florida, the United States deployed its Navy and some warplanes yesterday. The Russian ships allegedly got within 30 miles of the Florida coast.
The Navy was said to be only “keeping tabs” on what Russia was doing with its ships that had conducted missile exercises. “In accordance with standard procedure, we’ve been actively monitoring the Russian ships as they transit the Atlantic Ocean within international waters,” a defense official, who spoke on the condition his name not be used, told Military.com in an emailed statement Wednesday. Read full article >
#2 – San Francisco declares itself ‘sanctuary city’ for ‘transgender’ and ‘two-spirit people’
By Matt Lamb | LifeSite News
San Francisco is now a “sanctuary” for individuals with homosexual and transgender inclinations.
The resolution, titled “Declaring the City and County of San Francisco a Sanctuary City for Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming, Non-Binary, and Two-Spirit People,” passed unanimously at Tuesday’s meeting. Read full article >
#3 – The “Immigration Crisis” Has Been Used To Turn The Border Into A Police State
By | The Future of Freedom Foundation
Libertarian advocates of immigration controls always focus solely on the issue of immigration controls and never on the police state that comes with them. That’s because the police-state aspects of an immigration-control system make them extremely uncomfortable given the fact that a police state is the opposite of a libertarian society.
I believe that it’s important to constantly remind people that one of the prices that we pay for the abandonment of the libertarian principle of open borders is a police state — that is, a society in which the government wields and exercises immigration powers that destroy the principles of a libertarian society. Read full article >
#4 – Meta covertly training AI with user data without providing Instagram and Facebook users easy opt-out options
By Zoey Sky | Natural News
Facebook parent company Meta has begun training its generative artificial intelligence features on user data in a manner that makes it difficult for users to opt-out.
Someone with basic knowledge of how user interface/experience (UX) and user behavior works often believe that it’s best to use default settings. It’s also worth noting that the ability to “opt-out,” or for people to remove themselves from a feature that is included by default, is usually a deliberate choice to deceive users.
But when companies make it much harder for users to opt-out, things get a little more suspicious. Read full article >
#5 – Arbitration Court: “Trans Woman” Swimmer Thomas Can’t Swim in Olympics or Other World Events
By by R. Cort Kirkwood | The New American
Common sense prevailed this week when an arbitration court drowned man-lady swimmer “Lia” Thomas’ attempt to compete in the Summer Olympics and any other elite women’s events.
Thus, real women are safe from mediocre men swimmers like Thomas who would cheat them out of their victories.
But for how long, no one can say. Read full article >
