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October 22, 2024

Kamala Harris campaign dying

The Kamala Harris campaign is gasping for breath, as a critical-care patient does shortly before dying. Even one of Donald J. Trump’s most vicious detractors among evangelical or “born-again Christians” will no longer deny the signs. At the same time, two other Christian apologists have discovered that tens of millions of self-identifying Christians do not even plan to vote, and are asking them to reconsider.
Kamala Harris campaign and its dying breaths
Recall that your editor has a medical degree. He earned that in part through core clinical clerkships that exposed him to patients breathing their last as he watched. Heart- and lung-disease specialists, and critical-care specialists (at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Anesthesiology Department also manages all Intensive Care Units), speak of agonal respirations. These are the hesitating breaths a patient takes until at last the patient expels all air from his lungs.
So what are the agonal respirations of the Kamala Harris campaign? Erick-Woods Erickson listed them. He’s not talking about the ...

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The Kamala Harris campaign shows every sign of dying, with people already blaming one another for the inevitable loss.

Terry A Hurlbut@Temlakos

October 21, 2024

Kamala Harris campaign dying

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Kamala Harris campaign dying - Conservative News and Views

The Kamala Harris campaign shows every sign of dying, with people already blaming one another for the inevitable loss.

Terry A Hurlbut@Temlakos

October 07, 2023

Extinctionism – older than you think

Elon Musk occasionally likes to highlight a particular person or issue that concerns him, by posting about it on X. With one hundred fifty-nine million followers, he can make that person or issue “go viral” with a single post. Today he left two posts, on a subject that has concerned him for well over a year: extinctionism. Indeed he went so far as to say that extinctionism is the real ideological threat to humanity.

Extinctionism – what is it, and who actively propounds it?

Extinctionism means seeking the extinction of the human race. Even that concept, as extreme as it sounds, encompasses a broad spectrum of ways to achieve that end. Elon Musk highlighted one of them in his two posts:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1710394306572251409

Les U. Knight founded the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, abbreviated VHEMT (pronounced Vehement, “because that’s what we are,” says Knight.) Its method is simple: let all human beings abstain from reproduction. Thus the human race would die off by simple attrition. If everyone adopted that ...

Terry A Hurlbut@Temlakos

January 18, 2025

Indoor inauguration – two reasons

The Second Inauguration of President Donald J. Trump is fast approaching. But already parallels are springing up with a past Presidency – and not the non-contiguous administrations of Grover Cleveland. Instead, the parallel is to Ronald Reagan, who had three parallels with Trump during his administration. One of these is that Ronald Reagan held his second inauguration indoors. Donald Trump will do the same. Though he is citing the weather, many “in the know” cite a second reason: security.

Inauguration planning, beginning Friday

On Tuesday, January 14, former Secret Service Agent Dan Bongino expressed the fears of many:

Will Trump’s inauguration be safe?

https://x.com/dbongino/status/1879123526172750265

On Friday morning (January 17), the Department of Energy sent helicopter patrols over Washington, D.C., scanning for anomalous radiation sources. Both Mayor Muriel Bowser and the FBI insisted they had received no threat warnings. Nevertheless they laid on the tightest security the city had known for awhile. The radiological helicopter scans were part of that posture.

Then President Trump gave the word: he would take his oath of office under the Capitol Dome, not outside. He explained his reasoning in a long-form “Truth” on Truth Social:

January 20th cannot come fast enough! Everybody, even those that initially opposed a Victory by President Donald J. Trump and the Trump Administration, just want it to happen. It is my obligation to protect the People of our Country but, before we even begin, we have to think of the Inauguration itself. The weather forecast for Washington, D.C., with the windchill factor, could take temperatures into severe record lows. There is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country. I don’t want to see people hurt, or injured, in any way. It is dangerous conditions for the tens of thousands of Law Enforcement, First Responders, Police K9s and even horses, and hundreds of thousands of supporters that will be outside for many hours on the 20th (In any event, if you decide to come, dress warmly!).

Therefore, I have ordered the Inauguration Address, in addition to prayers and other speeches, to be delivered in the United States Capitol Rotunda, as was used by Ronald Reagan in 1985, also because of very cold weather. The various Dignitaries and Guests will be brought into the Capitol. This will be a very beautiful experience for all, and especially for the large TV audience!

We will open Capital One Arena on Monday for LIVE viewing of this Historic event, and to host the Presidential Parade. I will join the crowd at Capital One, after my Swearing In.

All other events will remain the same, including the Victory Rally at Capital One Arena, on Sunday at 3 P.M. (Doors open at 1 P.M.—Please arrive early!), and all three Inaugural Balls on Monday evening.

Everyone will be safe, everyone will be happy, and we will, together, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/113844745273237387

White House Reporter Meridith McGraw shared a photo of Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration, also under the Capitol Dome:

A preview of what we might expect on Monday, per photos of Reagan's 1985 Inauguration inside a packed Rotunda:

https://x.com/meridithmcgraw/status/1880313084205776983

Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), the Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee, mocked the announcement on X.

There’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing.

https://x.com/Tim_Walz/status/1880307929263534299

Reaction, to put it mildly, was savage. It included:

Reminders that Walz himself took an oath of office indoors,
Reproductions of county-by-county Election of 2024 results maps (even more embarrassing than the State by State results), and
A reproduction of the wind-chill map of the Washington, D.C. television market in northern Virginia, showing wind-chill values below zero.

See Tim, this is why you democrats lost. Your hatered of Trump has blinded all of you. Do you really want people standing outside for hours in -7° weather where they could freeze and possibly die?

https://x.com/WhiteRabbitJedi/status/1880373505784705535

Kayleigh McEnany, former White House Press Secretary, drew all three Reagan parallels before a Fox news panel:

This has happened twice... What's interesting to me is the Ronald Reagan comparison — because not only is the Inauguration indoors, you have the hostage release right before Trump comes in. You have the assassination attempt, Ronald Reagan as well.

https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1880302353116721314

More security concerns

Tellingly, more than the security of President Trump is at stake. Argentinian President Javier Milei will attend – unusual in itself, because heads-of-state normally merely send their ambassadors. The President of Ecuador will also attend. President Xi Jin-Ping of China will send his Vice-President, and India and Japan will send their foreign ministers.

Initially, the chief of the D.C. Metropolitan Police announced that she expected 4,000 additional officers from across the country to assist with Inauguration security.

But then came word from several Maryland police agencies, refusing to assist. Speculation centered on the D.C. police’ new rules-of-engagement regarding pedestrians and rioters.

This morning came fresh reports suggesting the second inauguration would take place inside the White House. One such report came from a senior correspondent for The Daily Beast:

Per sources, there is discussion of moving inauguration activities to the White House.

https://x.com/juliegraceb/status/1880442593601102288

That would definitely break with tradition; new Presidents have never taken their oaths inside the official residence.

Separately, local news outlets announced road and subway station closures and entrance restrictions:

Five stations will be closed from 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19 through 5 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21:

* McPherson Square (Blue, Orange, Silver lines)

* Federal Triangle (Blue, Orange, Silver lines)

* Smithsonian (Blue, Orange, Silver lines)

* Mt. Vernon Square - Convention Center (Green, Yellow lines)

* Archives-Navy Memorial (Green, Yellow lines)

The Pentagon station will be closed on Monday, Jan. 20.

The following station entrances will be closed from 8 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Tuesday:

* Metro Center: 13th and G St. NW and 12th and F St. NW entrances

* Farragut West: 17th and I St. NW entrance

These station entrances will be closed during select hours because of inaugural events:

* Gallery Place: 7th and F St. NW entrance closes on Sunday until 10 p.m.

* Judiciary Square: F Street/National Building Museum entrance closes on Sunday at 4 p.m. and will reopen Monday at 5 a.m.

* Metro’s Union Station Metrorail station will not be accessible via the Amtrak/Union Station entrance on Monday at 4 p.m. and reopens Tuesday at 5 a.m. The Metrorail station will still be accessible from exterior entrances (1st St NE and on Massachusetts Ave. NE)

Analysis

The cold weather would be reason enough to hold the inauguration indoors. It might not be quite as cold as it was on January 20, 1985, when Reagan took the oath indoors. But it’s cold enough, and President Trump is correct to worry about that.

But everyone knows the real reason for moving the event indoors. An indoor venue is much easier to secure. That goes double when foreign heads-of-state are either attending in person or sending very highly placed officers, not mere ambassadors. More important still, Donald Trump has survived two separate attempts on his life. No one – at least no professional law-enforcement or security officer – wants to see a third attempt.

But that a former candidate for Vice-President would mock the security arrangements – especially after he himself once took an oath of office indoors – bespeaks a most regrettable division in the country. And some observers know it. Some people understand the stakes; some don’t.

Still, this Inauguration will have tighter security than most, which is appropriate and necessary.

Link to:

The article:

https://cnav.news/2025/01/18/editorial/talk/inauguration-indoors-two-reasons/

Video:

Dan Bongino’s concerns:

https://x.com/dbongino/status/1879123526172750265

Trump’s announcement:

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/113844745273237387

Meridith McGraw’s retrospective:

https://x.com/meridithmcgraw/status/1880313084205776983

Tim Walz’ mockery:

https://x.com/Tim_Walz/status/1880307929263534299

https://x.com/WhiteRabbitJedi/status/1880373505784705535

Reagan parallels:

https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1880302353116721314

Videos: 4000 expected additional officers; local Maryland police refusing to assist:

Moving inside the White House?

https://x.com/juliegraceb/status/1880442593601102288

Declarations of Truth:

https://x.com/DecTruth

Declarations of Truth Locals Community:

https://declarationsoftruth.locals.com/

Conservative News and Views:

https://cnav.news/

Clixnet Media

https://clixnet.com/

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Terry A Hurlbut@Temlakos

January 16, 2025

Ceasefire deal – but will it last?

Yesterday, the State of Israel, and the effective government of Gaza, reached a ceasefire agreement. No one knows yet whether this will end the Fourth Arab-Israeli War. Nor does the world know how many hostages that nominal government will reach. But despite attempts by the Biden administration to claim credit, everyone else acknowledges the Trump Effect in bringing it about. In short, had Trump lost his reelection, the world would not now be having this conversation.

What is in that ceasefire deal?

Negotiations took place between the State of Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Arabic Harakah al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmiyyah, abbreviated HAMAS). The Emirate of Qatar, which has played host to HAMAS leaders for years, played host to the negotiations as well. The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews broke a hint on Monday (January 13). They got their hint from The Times of Israel, who in turn cited (but did not link to) Reuters.

Not everyone in Israel was happy with any deal. Bezelel Smotrich, head of the Religious Zionism Party, said it would be a catastrophe. Nevertheless, the deal seemed to be going through the next day, according to Newsmax.

Yesterday, CNN broke the story of a finished ceasefire agreement. CNN maintained one live-update page, then started another one this morning. Another report came in from Jewish Insider. As Charlotte Hazard reported on Just the News, President-elect Donald Trump announced the deal on Truth Social:

WE HAVE A DEAL FOR THE HOSTAGES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THEY WILL BE RELEASED SHORTLY. THANK YOU!

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113833442957238587

Shortly thereafter, Trump offered greater detail:

This EPIC ceasefire agreement could have only happened as a result of our Historic Victory in November, as it signaled to the entire World that my Administration would seek Peace and negotiate deals to ensure the safety of all Americans, and our Allies. I am thrilled American and Israeli hostages will be returning home to be reunited with their families and loved ones.

With this deal in place, my National Security team, through the efforts of Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, will continue to work closely with Israel and our Allies to make sure Gaza NEVER again becomes a terrorist safe haven. We will continue promoting PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH throughout the region, as we build upon the momentum of this ceasefire to further expand the Historic Abraham Accords. This is only the beginning of great things to come for America, and indeed, the World!

We have achieved so much without even being in the White House. Just imagine all of the wonderful things that will happen when I return to the White House, and my Administration is fully confirmed, so they can secure more Victories for the United States!

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113833531533520804

HAMAS evidently tried to change the agreement at the last minute, concerning deployment of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops in the Philadelphi Corridor. That didn’t last.

Due to the strong insistence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas folded on its last-minute demand to change the deployment of IDF forces in the Philadelphi Corridor. However, several items in the framework have yet to be finalized; we hope that the details will be finalized tonight.

https://x.com/KassyAkiva/status/1879601485626892722

The Jerusalem Post contained the best statement of what the deal provides:

Phase 1:

* 33 hostages released; none confirmed deceased.

* IDF begins staged withdrawal, keeping a Gaza security perimeter.

* Terrorists with life sentences released, excluding October 7 “Nukhba” fighters.

* Lasts 42 days; some IDF presence in the Philadelphi corridor.

Phase 2:

* Talks on more hostage releases and further IDF withdrawals start on day 16.

* Security protocols for Palestinian returnees to northern Gaza.

Phase 3:

* All hostages released; IDF withdraws fully only after their freedom.

The “returnees” are residents of the northern Gaza Strip, who fled south as the IDF invaded.

Details, and disputes over credit claims

Those 33 hostages are all women, children, men over 50, and younger men considered “humanitarian cases.” In exchange, HAMAS gets back 2000 “convicted terrorists,” including 250 serving life sentences, and 1000 prisoners-of-war. But Israel will not release anyone who took part in the atrocities of October 7, 2023. The Post estimates that HAMAS now holds 98 hostages – or as many as still live.

President Biden tried to claim credit:

At long last, I can announce that a ceasefire and a hostage deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas.

https://x.com/POTUS/status/1879635997673009302

The road to this deal has not been easy.

I have worked in foreign policy for decades – this has been one of the toughest negotiations I have ever experienced.

And we have reached this point because of the pressure that Israel built on Hamas backed by the United States.

https://x.com/POTUS/status/1879643481078895059

The elements of the ceasefire and hostage deal is what I laid out in detail this past May – which was embraced by countries around the world.

I’m deeply satisfied this day has finally come, for the sake of the people of Israel and the sake of the families of hostages waiting in agony. And for the sake of innocent people in Gaza who have suffered unimaginable devastation.

https://x.com/POTUS/status/1879640359841763425

A reporter asked President Biden who deserved credit for the ceasefire agreement – him, or Trump. Biden snapped, “Is that a joke?”

https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1879609312332624276

Later, the State Department admitted that Trump and his team were “absolutely critical” to arranging it.

https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1879623095696199987

Mohammed Al-Khulaifi, Minister of State in Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also gave Trump full credit. In fact, according to The Western Journal, another Arab official said Trump and his team

did more for a hostage deal in a single meeting than the Biden administration did in a year.

Analysis

The key man turned out to be Steve Witkoff, nominated as Special Envoy to the Middle East. Even Mr. Witkoff’s boss hasn’t taken office yet – and already his team can claim a diplomatic triumph.

Geraldo Rivera said Trump “closed the deal” by “scaring the h@ll out of everybody.”

Having said that, this deal will definitely not please everyone. Of the 98 hostages still unaccounted for, perhaps 60 remain alive. The 33 set for earliest release apparently include those holding American citizenship. Maybe the world can hope these are still alive.

Any released hostage, many will count as a gain. As for HAMAS convicts and prisoners, Israel might regard them as weeds. Pull one up, and another takes his place.

But already at least one patriotic Israeli is upset with Trump over this deal. Avi Abelow, writing in Arutz-7, wonders what Trump is thinking. He says Israel gave up far too much – unless Trump had in mind preventing a worse action by Biden in his final days in office. That could indeed be the problem, because President Biden has been taking many actions Trump will have to reverse. Was Biden planning to bad-mouth Israel at the United Nations? The world will likely never know.

On the other hand, shrill voices on the left aren’t happy, either – as long as Israel still exists.

You pontificate about a free press! I am asking questions after being told by Matt Miller that he will not answer my questions! Criminal! Why aren’t you in The Hague! Why aren’t you in The Hague! Why aren’t you in The Hague!

https://x.com/willy_lowry/status/1879930156644811084

300 reported in Gaza on the receiving end of your bombs! Why did you keep the bombs flowing when we had a deal in May? We all knew we had a deal! Everyone in this room knew we had a deal, Tony and you kept the bombs flowing!

Why did you sacrifice the rules-based order on the mantle of your commitment to Zionism? Why did you allow my friends to be massacred? Why did you allow my friends homes in Gaza to be destroyed when we had a deal in May! You helped destroy our religion, Judaism by associating it with Fascism! You waved the white flag before Netanyahu! You waved the white flag before Israeli fascism!

Your father-in-law was an Israel lobbyist! And your grandfather was an Israel lobbyist! Are you compromised by Israel? Why did you allow the Holocaust of our time to happen? How does it feel to have your legacy be genocide? How does it feel for your legacy to be genocide?

You, too, Matt [Miller]! You smirked through the whole thing! Every day, you smirked through the genocide!

Max Blumenthal

https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1879926469633487204

Surely the victims of October 7, 2023 would most emphatically disagree with both those men.

Link to:

The article:

https://cnav.news/2025/01/16/editorial/talk/ceasefire-deal-last/

Video:

Truths and posts:

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113833442957238587

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113833531533520804

https://x.com/KassyAkiva/status/1879601485626892722

https://x.com/POTUS/status/1879635997673009302

https://x.com/POTUS/status/1879643481078895059

https://x.com/POTUS/status/1879640359841763425

https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1879609312332624276

https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1879623095696199987

Live-update pages:

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-hamas-gaza-ceasefire-hostages-01-15-24/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-hamas-gaza-ceasefire-hostages-01-16-24

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/2025-01-13/live-updates-837303?page=2

Video: Geraldo Rivera’s remarks:

Avi Abelow’s commentary:

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402378

Two far-left voices:

https://x.com/willy_lowry/status/1879930156644811084

https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1879926469633487204

Declarations of Truth:

https://x.com/DecTruth

Declarations of Truth Locals Community:

https://declarationsoftruth.locals.com/

Conservative News and Views:

https://cnav.news/

Clixnet Media

https://clixnet.com/

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Terry A Hurlbut@Temlakos

January 14, 2025

Is Zuckerberg sincere?

The first full week of January saw some extraordinary activity in the social-media space. Naturally the TikTok Ban Case provided an end-of-the-week distraction. But even earlier, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Meta (formerly Facebook), announced a significant retreat from wholesale user censorship. Lately he has been “ratting out” the leftist establishment and especially the Biden administration, saying they “made him do it.” Is he sincere? How far can or should users trust him? And why didn’t he, who had many more resources than other social media CNAV could name, fight that establishment as hard as they have done and have been doing?

What Mark Zuckerberg recently declared

Mary Holland, CEO of Children’s Health Defense, carefully chronicles the steps Zuckerberg took last week. He made two major changes:

Appointing Dana White, head of Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC), to Meta’s Board of Directors, and
Discontinuing third-party fact-checking on Meta’s platforms, planning to implement X-style Community Notes instead.

He also announced another change that could be cosmetic only: moving Meta’s headquarters from California to Texas.

This actually is his long-delayed follow-up to his confession, in August 2024, that Meta had engaged in censorship of Americans. He made this confession in writing to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

Mark Zuckerberg just admitted three things:

1. Biden-Harris Admin "pressured" Facebook to censor Americans.

2. Facebook censored Americans.

3. Facebook throttled the Hunter Biden laptop story.

Big win for free speech.

https://x.com/JudiciaryGOP/status/1828201780544504064

Zuckerberg pleaded that the Biden administration had coerced his company. That plea rang hollow then. Zuckerberg has been involved in leftist politics for years, and Facebook always supported it. Furthermore, he cannot claim Biden administration coercion for the “Zuckerbucks” affair, that put Joe Biden into the White House.

Conservative activists, like education activist Rebecca Friedrichs, said, “Prove it!” She had a point. In addition to the activities Facebook championed, and the harm they did to children, Ms. Friedrichs lost her personal Facebook account the very day after Zuckerberg’s written confession became public. Other skeptics heaped similar scorn on the Meta head, and everyone frankly forgot about his “confession” in a few weeks.

Now here we are again, with changes that could be more than cosmetic. One thing above all has changed since the last go-round of confessions: the reelection of Donald J. Trump.

Ample grounds for skepticism

Mary Holland detailed her own problems with Meta in her essay. Children’s Health Defense is still suing Meta, a lawsuit they filed in 2020 in San Francisco. The San Francisco District Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals have both dismissed CHD’s claim. CHD has now filed a petition for review, docketed only yesterday. Children’s Health Defense v. Meta Platforms, Inc., Docket No. 24-732.

On January 9, Zuckerberg appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience, explaining his often tempestuous relationships with the Biden administration.

The Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft and Cullen Linebarger have details. The Meta CEO began with some of the same things he said in his letter to Chairman Jordan last year. Then he talked specifically about censorship in regards to the coronavirus, and its immunization preparations. Zuckerberg protested that “people in the Biden administration” pressured Meta to take down true statements about “vaccine” side effects. Indeed, administration officials were screaming and cursing over the telephone to make sure Meta understood what the administration wanted.

HOLY SHLIT. Mark Zuckerberg says the Biden admin called his employees and “screamed and cursed” at them to take down Covid/vaccine content. They wanted Meta to censor memes too. When he pushed back, the Biden regime started investigating his companies. “It was brutal.”

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1877785122314875330

Rogan listened patiently – until Zuckerberg suggested that coronavirus immunization was a good thing. Rogan did not agree.

Zuckerberg: I think…they (the Biden regime) were doing something. Their goal to get everyone vaccinated was actually a good goal…

Rogan: Yeah, it was a good goal if it worked…if it really did prevent people from getting COVID, from infecting others. But it didn’t, so it wasn’t a good deal.

The Vigilant Fox dropped a thirteen-post thread offering further detailed transcripts of the interview, beginning with this post:

Joe Rogan Shuts Down Mark Zuckerberg’s Bogus Claim About COVID

Mark Zuckerberg’s attempt to rebrand himself as a free speech absolutist seemed to be working—until he made this fatal error at the end.

🧵 THREAD

https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/1877857704384807055

Steve Bannon, who recently got out of prison after serving a contempt sentence, directly accused Zuckerberg of insincerity.

Zuckerberg, you’re one of the worst people in this country. We are not going to turn this country back over to you nerds.

https://rumble.com/embed/v65si0y/?pub=4teej

In addition to obvious vindication, Bannon seeks a criminal investigation of the Election of 2020.

Other changes, and reaction from the left

Zuckerberg will clearly have to come totally clean if he expects to keep his fortune – or even his liberty. He has made three other changes at Meta that have enraged the left:

Removing feminine hygiene products from men’s restrooms at Meta office buildings (sorry, Alphabet Soupers),
Discontinuing all Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives in hiring, and
Firing Sir Nicholas Clegg, Knight Bachelor, as President for Global Affairs, and replacing him with Republican Joel Kaplan. Kaplan once served as Deputy White House Chief of Staff in the Bush Younger administration.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex expressed “concern,” i.e., outrage, according to The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Wire. He and his wife the Duchess – the former Meghan Markle – protested Zuckerberg’s moves in a lengthy statement that began thus:

It doesn’t matter whether your views are left, right or somewhere in between—the latest news from Meta about changes to their policies directly undermines free speech.

This should deeply concern us all.

Contrary to the company’s talking points, allowing more abuse and normalizing hate speech serves to silence speech and expression, not foster it.

False, on two levels. First, what constitutes “abuse” or “hate speech”? The Duke doesn’t say. But most important, as the world heard during oral argument in TikTok v. Garland, the best remedy for bad speech is counter-speech. When cry-bullies can scream to the moderators to get a take-down of anything with which they disagree, free speech suffers.

Worse than that screed is Joe Biden’s incredible reaction to Zuckerberg’s repudiation of him:

BREAKING: Biden rips Mark Zuckerberg's decision to get rid of biased fact checkers on Meta for a "Community Notes" model, goes on a pro-censorship tirade.

"It's really shameful."

"I find it to be just contrary to American justice. Telling the truth matters! [...] "You think it doesn't matter? They let millions of people read things that are simply not true? It's completely contrary to what America is all about."

"The idea that a billionaire can buy something and say, from this point on, we're not gonna fact check anything..."

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1877858351121346992

Behold Mr. President Divider. He, who once gave a poor imitation of Cicero against Catiline, now issues a pathetic whine that no one will respect his authority anymore.

What about Zuckerberg?

Mark Zuckerberg likely has one motive: the Trump Effect. Donald Trump first had an effect on him by surviving an attempt on his life and making a defiant gesture. But Trump’s election decided the issue. Zuckerberg has much for which to answer, and to compensate. Mary Holland is right: it will take far more than moving staff to Texas, and every other step he has taken, to give an adequate answer and make an adequate recompense.

Add to it that James O’Keefe has clear evidence that Meta/Facebook were willing participants in the censorship regime. This was happening even during the First Trump Administration. Mr. O’Keefe released a link to that evidence this morning.

NEW ZUCKERBERG TAPES: LEAKED AUDIO of Rockefeller Foundation Staff Reveals Facebook’s $500K Ad Credit Scheme to Boost Biden-Aligned COVID Health Narratives.

“More to come, just trying to get all the freebies from tech!”

“We negotiated $100,000 ad credits per pilot city… We also got ad credits for Governor Cuomo.”

“Keep a running tab of the number of free ads you've unlocked… That'd be a fun stat!”

https://x.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1879020072305336593

True, even the steps Zuckerberg has taken, have incurred the out-of-control rage of many on the left. President Biden’s reaction lends some credence to the Meta CEO’s account of administration staff screaming and cursing over the telephone. But it could merely represent resentment that Meta has broken ranks.

Did Zuckerberg take these steps of last week because he somehow knew what James O’Keefe would reveal today? Even without that, he couldn’t deny his history, which actually goes back to the Obama administration.

Besides, look at what Elon Musk did. Or Andrew Torba, who actually built his own server farm. All this is reason enough not to trust Mr. Zuckerberg, and to decamp from Facebook and repair instead to X, Gab, Rumble, BitChute, Brighteon, and similarly motivated platforms.

Link to:

The article:

https://cnav.news/2025/01/14/editorial/talk/zuckerberg-sincere/

Video: