If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. This week, Sarah Rogers, the US Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, touched down in the UK not to sip tea or admire the Crown Jewels, but to deliver a message as subtle as a boot in the face: stop trying to censor Americans in America. Yes, really. According to Rogers, the UK’s speech regulator, Ofcom, the bureaucratic enforcer behind Britain’s censorship law, the Online Safety Act (OSA), has been getting ideas. Dangerous ones. Like attempting to extend its censorship regime outside the United Kingdom and onto American soil. You know, that country across the ocean where the First Amendment exists and people can still say controversial things without a court summons landing on their doormat. Rogers called this attempt at international thought-policing “a deal-breaker,” “a non-starter,” and “a red line.” In State Department speak, that is basically the equivalent of someone slamming the brakes, looking Britain in the eye, and saying, “You try that again, and there will be consequences.” To understand how Britain got itself into this mess, you have to understand the Online Safety Act. It is a law that reads like it was drafted by a committee of alarmed Victorian schoolteachers who just discovered the internet. The OSA is supposedly designed to “protect children online,” which sounds noble until you realize it means criminalizing large swaths of adult speech, forcing platforms to delete legal content, and requiring identity and age checks that would make a KGB officer blush. It even threatens prosecution over “psychological harm.” And now, apparently, it wants to enforce all of that in other countries too. Rogers was not impressed, saying Ofcom has tried to impose the OSA extraterritorially and attempted to censor Americans in America. That, she made clear, is outrageous. It’s more than a diplomatic spat. Rogers made it painfully clear the US isn’t going to just write a sternly worded letter and move on. There is legislative retaliation on the table. The GRANITE Act, Guaranteeing Rights Against Novel International Tyranny & Extortion, is more than a clever acronym. It is the legislative middle finger Washington can consider if the UK keeps pretending it can veto American free speech from 3,500 miles away. The bill, already circulating in the Wyoming state legislature, would strip foreign governments of their usual protections from lawsuits in the US if they try to censor American citizens or companies. In other words, if Ofcom wants to slap US platforms with foreign censorship rules, they had better be ready to defend themselves in an American courtroom where “freedom of expression” isn’t a slogan, it is a constitutional right. Rogers confirmed that the US legislature will likely consider that and will certainly consider other options if the British government doesn’t back down. Of course, the GRANITE Act didn’t come out of nowhere. Rogers’s warning didn’t either. It is a response to the increasingly unhinged state of free speech in the UK, where adults can be arrested for memes, priests investigated for praying silently, and grandmothers interrogated for criticizing gender ideology. “When you don’t rigorously defend that right, even when it’s inconvenient, even when the speech is offensive,” Rogers said, “you end up in these absurd scenarios where you have comedians arrested for tweets.” This is the modern UK, where “hate speech” has been stretched to include everything from telling jokes to sharing news stories about immigration. And now, under the OSA, that censorious spirit has gone global. Rogers warned, the OSA “imposes on the whole world, not just Britain, and imposes on adults, not just kids.” If the UK’s censorship crusade weren’t already mad enough, Rogers also sounded the alarm over another disturbing development. The possible elimination of jury trials in certain speech cases. That is right. They want to replace twelve citizens with a judge trained to enforce every absurdity in the rulebook. Rogers wasn’t having it. Without juries, “you won’t have access to jury nullification of your absurd censorship laws,” she said. Rogers ended with an appeal to history, to principle, and, in the most ironic twist of all, to British tradition. The US, she said, is preparing to mark its 250th anniversary and plans to do so with celebrations honoring the Magna Carta and the principle of free speech. In a not-so-subtle jab, she urged the UK to “adhere to disciplines like the ones encoded in the First Amendment.” Imagine that. The United States of America, born from rebellion against British tyranny, now reminds Britain that they were the ones who proposed liberty in the first place. So here we are. Britain is trying to boss the world around with a censorship law so absurd it could only have been written in a panic about teenagers on TikTok. The US has responded with a verbal haymaker and a legislative bat named GRANITE. What happens next is up to Downing Street. But one thing is clear. If they think they can export their speech codes across the Atlantic, they’re in for a rude awakening. Because America has a little thing called the First Amendment, and if Britain keeps trying to override it, they’ll find out very quickly that the colonists didn’t throw tea in a harbor just so some unelected regulator in London could tell them what jokes they’re allowed to post online. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post US Under Secretary Warns Britain That the First Amendment Isn’t Negotiable appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Unless you’ve been following our reports, you may not have noticed that Missouri’s new age verification system quietly went live on November 30, reshaping how residents can access much of the internet. The rule orders websites and mobile apps to confirm users are adults if at least a third of their material might be deemed “harmful” to minors, a legal label covering some adult content that offers no “serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value” for young people. That simple-sounding formula has already proven confusing. Some sites that have nothing to do with explicit entertainment are suddenly demanding proof of age. One Reddit user pointed out that even a lingerie retailer now hides product images behind an ID prompt, writing, “Looks like it’s chilling speech to me.” This is exactly the kind of “mission creep” experts had warned about when the law was first announced. The rule landed the same weekend as Missouri’s legalization of online sports betting, which comes with its own separate age limit of 21. Because the gambling regulation and the new content rule do not overlap, businesses now face a tangle of verification systems that interpret “age-gating” differently. Aylo, the parent company behind Pornhub and numerous other adult sites, has cut off all access from Missouri. The firm said it could not comply without compromising user privacy and data security, an argument that has also led it to pull out of other states with similar rules. Anyone who still wants to view material that could be considered “harmful” now faces an identity check that can involve scanning a government-issued ID, uploading a selfie, or using a digital ID credential. Privacy advocates have warned that these steps create a high-value database of personal information, a gold mine for hackers and data brokers. Searches for VPN services in Missouri have at least doubled since the law’s launch. By encrypting internet connections and masking IP addresses, VPNs allow users to sidestep both regional blocks and data collection systems. Google trends data showing a sharp uptick on searches for “VPN” in Missouri since the new digital ID law came into effect. Unfortunately, shady providers have rushed to exploit the moment, flooding search results with unknown brands. Reliable VPNs exist, but few are truly private or free from logging practices, something Missourians are quickly discovering. Pornhub’s blackout in Missouri brings the number of affected states to 23, creating a near-continuous belt of blocked access stretching diagonally across the United States. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Adult Platforms Block Missouri, VPN Downloads Surge, Following Online Digital ID Law appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Swiss tech firm Proton is expanding its range of privacy-focused tools with a new addition called Proton Sheets, a spreadsheet service designed to compete with Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets. The product joins Proton’s existing lineup of encrypted email, calendar, VPN, password manager, and drive tools, giving users a more complete set of alternatives to Big Tech’s cloud-based office platforms. Businesses use spreadsheets to manage budgets, analyze data, and track confidential information. Proton argues that the most popular options leave users exposed, since platforms like Google Sheets and Excel often connect to online systems that monitor user activity or feed data into machine-learning models. These concerns have grown since Google integrated its Gemini AI assistant into Workspace. The company maintains that Workspace data is not used to train its AI, but the close link between productivity software and artificial intelligence continues to raise questions about what happens behind the scenes. Proton Sheets approaches the problem by encrypting every aspect of a file, including its metadata. That means even Proton cannot read the contents of a document stored on its servers. The company says it has designed the interface to feel familiar to existing spreadsheet users so that switching platforms requires little adjustment. “With the launch of Proton Sheets, we are not just closing the productivity gap – we are reclaiming data sovereignty for businesses and individuals alike,” said Anant Vijay Singh, Head of Product at Proton Drive. “The reality today is that most spreadsheet tools come from Big Tech giants whose entire business models are built on exploiting user data. Now, with AI woven deeply into these platforms, the risks have escalated exponentially.” “Every keystroke, every formula you enter can feed into their AI training pipelines. This is an unacceptable trade-off,” Singh stated. “Users deserve a future free from hidden surveillance and invasive data mining. That’s why we built Proton Sheets: a robust, privacy-first alternative that puts control, security, and trust back where they belong – firmly in users’ hands.” The new tool extends Proton Drive into a broader workspace that allows teams to collaborate in real time while maintaining end-to-end encryption. Users can create charts, use standard spreadsheet formulas, and control who has access to view or edit documents. Access can be revoked at any time, and files in CSV or XLS format can be imported directly into the encrypted environment. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Proton Launches Encrypted Spreadsheet Service “Proton Sheets” to Rival Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

Nearly 70% of dogs experience digestive issues at some point in their lives, making proper nutrition more important than ever. We at DogingtonPost know that selecting the right dog food for digestive care can feel overwhelming with countless options on store shelves. The good news is that understanding a few key principles will help you make informed decisions that support your dog’s gut health and overall wellbeing. Understanding Digestive Issues in Dogs Dogs display digestive distress through specific symptoms that pet owners often dismiss as minor issues. Vomiting more than twice per month, loose stools that persist beyond 48 hours, and excessive gas that clears rooms indicate digestive problems that need attention. Unexplained weight loss in dogs can signal health problems and should be checked by a vet, especially when accompanied by symptoms like vomiting or diarrhea. Other warning signs include appetite loss that lasts more than 24 hours, visible bloat after meals, and changes in stool color or consistency. Common Food Triggers That Cause Problems Food allergies affect 1–2% of dogs receiving veterinary care, with chicken, beef, and dairy products being common triggers for food-related digestive reactions. Sudden diet changes cause digestive upset in many dogs because their gut bacteria need 7-10 days to adapt to new proteins and carbohydrates. Artificial additives, preservatives, and low-quality fillers often irritate sensitive digestive systems more than natural ingredients do. Breed-Specific Vulnerabilities German Shepherds and Great Danes face higher risks due to their genetic predisposition to inflammatory bowel disease and gastric dilatation-volvulus. Large breed dogs develop digestive sensitivities at higher rates than smaller breeds because their deeper chest cavities create mechanical stress on the stomach. Brachycephalic breeds like Bulldogs and Pugs swallow more air while eating, which leads to increased gas and bloat. Stress Factors That Impact Digestion Stress significantly impacts canine digestion, with cortisol levels that spike during household changes, travel, or boarding situations. Dogs in multi-pet households show more digestive issues than single-pet homes due to competition stress during meal times. Environmental changes like moving homes or new family members trigger digestive upset in many dogs within the first two weeks. When Veterinary Intervention Becomes Essential Contact your veterinarian immediately if your dog vomits blood, shows signs of dehydration like dry gums, or refuses water for more than 12 hours. Persistent symptoms that last beyond five days require professional evaluation to rule out serious conditions like pancreatitis or intestinal blockages. Dogs that lose more than 10% of their body weight or show lethargy alongside digestive symptoms need emergency care within 24 hours. Once you identify these warning signs and understand their causes, you can focus on selecting ingredients that actively support your dog’s digestive health. Key Ingredients for Digestive Health Protein sources that support sensitive stomachs focus on single proteins that dogs digest with ease. Turkey, lamb, and fish like salmon deliver complete amino acid profiles while they trigger fewer allergic reactions than chicken or beef. Novel proteins such as rabbit, venison, or duck work best for dogs with established food sensitivities because their immune systems haven’t developed reactions to these less common sources. Hydrolyzed proteins (where molecules break down into smaller fragments) may contain proteins that stimulate helper T-lymphocytes and may not be effective for treating all dogs with food hypersensitivity. Fiber Sources That Heal the Gut Soluble fiber from sources like pumpkin, sweet potato, and beet pulp creates short-chain fatty acids that feed beneficial gut bacteria and reduce inflammation. Insoluble fiber from brown rice helps waste move through the digestive system efficiently without it causes irritation. Prebiotics include chicory root, Jerusalem artichoke, and fructooligosaccharides that feed probiotics already present in your dog’s intestines. Studies have shown that fiber intake is beneficial for digestion and overall gut health, with fiber-rich diets improving gastrointestinal function. Probiotics That Restore Balance Live probiotic cultures that include Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium animalis support digestive recovery within two to four weeks of consistent feed. Foods that contain at least 100 million colony-form units per serve provide therapeutic benefits for most dogs with digestive sensitivities. Bacillus coagulans survives stomach acid better than other probiotic strains, which makes it particularly effective for dogs with severe digestive issues. Multiple probiotic strains produce better results than single-strain supplements because different bacteria support various digestive functions throughout the intestinal tract. Fat Content and Digestibility Low to moderate fat levels (8-12%) work best for dogs with sensitive stomachs because high-fat foods can trigger pancreatitis episodes. Omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil reduce intestinal inflammation and support the gut lining repair process. Medium-chain triglycerides from coconut oil digest more easily than long-chain fats and provide quick energy without digestive stress. These ingredient considerations form the foundation for evaluating specific dog food products and their labels. Evaluating Dog Food Options The AAFCO nutritional adequacy statement on dog food labels tells you whether the food meets minimum standards for your dog’s life stage, but this baseline doesn’t address digestive sensitivities. Look for foods that list a single, identifiable protein source as the first ingredient rather than generic terms like meat meal or poultry byproduct meal. The guaranteed analysis section shows minimum protein and fat percentages, but dogs with sensitive stomachs need fat levels between 8-12% and easily digestible proteins that appear in the top three ingredients. Foods labeled as complete and balanced through feeding trials rather than nutrient profiles provide better real-world digestibility data. Limited Ingredient Diets Outperform Complex Formulas Limited ingredient diets that contain 3-5 main components help you identify problem ingredients faster than traditional formulas with 20+ ingredients. Hill’s Prescription Diet i/d contains hydrolyzed protein and prebiotics specifically designed for digestive issues, while Royal Canin Digestive Care uses highly digestible proteins and balanced fiber levels. Wellness CORE Digestive Health includes probiotics and digestive enzymes that support gut bacteria restoration within four weeks of consistent feeding. Traditional multi-protein formulas increase the likelihood of triggering sensitivities because they expose your dog to multiple potential allergens simultaneously. Harmful Ingredients That Damage Digestive Health Artificial colors like Red 40 and Yellow 6 provide no nutritional value and can irritate sensitive intestinal linings in susceptible dogs. Corn, wheat, and soy act as common allergens and cheap fillers that many dogs struggle to digest properly. Foods that contain high fat levels can trigger digestive issues in dogs with sensitivities, making low fat formulas better choices for these animals. Byproduct meals from unspecified animals create inconsistent protein quality that can cause digestive upset when formulations change between batches. Quality Indicators on Food Labels Premium brands display feeding trial statements rather than just nutrient profile compliance, which demonstrates real-world testing with actual dogs. Manufacturers that employ veterinary nutritionists on their teams typically produce more scientifically formulated products for digestive health. The ingredient list reveals quality through specific protein sources (like deboned chicken) versus vague terms (like poultry meal). Foods with shorter ingredient lists often indicate higher quality components and fewer potential irritants for sensitive stomachs. Final Thoughts You need patience and systematic evaluation to select the right dog food for digestive care that meets your dog’s specific needs. Start with limited ingredient formulas that contain single protein sources and monitor your dog’s response over four to six weeks. Track stool consistency, energy levels, and appetite changes in a food journal to identify patterns and improvements. Successful dietary transitions happen gradually over 7-10 days when you mix increased amounts of new food with decreased portions of the old formula. Dogs with sensitive stomachs show positive changes within two weeks when you feed them appropriate foods, which include firmer stools, reduced gas, and improved coat quality. Long-term digestive health prevents costly veterinary visits and improves your dog’s quality of life significantly. Dogs on proper digestive diets maintain healthier weights, show increased activity levels, and experience fewer inflammatory episodes throughout their lives (the investment in quality nutrition pays dividends through reduced medical expenses and enhanced wellbeing). We at DogingtonPost provide comprehensive guides and expert advice to help you make informed decisions about canine nutrition. Visit DogingtonPost for more practical tips on canine nutrition and health management that support your dog’s digestive wellness journey.

UKs 'For the Children' Innerwebs Control Grab Runs Into US Heart of Stone

Epstein fever appears to have mercifully broken at Politico. Yes, although as recently as this past summer when Politico went full frenzy by publishing SIX Jeffrey Epstein stories in a 24 hour period in the apparent belief  that the  Epstein files would provide salvation from the Trumpocalypse, brutal reality appears to have set in. It isn't that they are any less hostile to Trump but even Trump-hating analyst Ankush Khardori recently admitted the sad truth that the release of those files is unlikely to unlikely  to harm Trump. As a result, Politico has been forced to do something very unusual when it comes to covering Epstein. They actually  wrote a story about the Epstein files and documents that pretty much stuck to the facts and avoided such absurdities as happened a couple of weeks ago when Politico Framed Possible Ukraine War Peace Deal as Distraction from Epstein Files. The person tasked with the strange assignment of writing a Trump-free straight story about the Epstein case was the Politico Congressional reporter, Hailey Fuchs. The refreshing change of pace appeared on Wednesday in "Epstein island photos, videos released by House Oversight Committee." It was unusual but pleasing to see Politico cover the topic of Epstein without a single mention of You-Know-Who. But this was still a story about what Democrats wanted to put out there.  The House Oversight Committee has received new materials from major financial institutions as part of its investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as well as photos and videos of Epstein’s private compound from authorities in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The files from JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank have not yet been publicly released, though Democrats on the panel say they expect to release them in the coming days after a review.... Democrats publicly posted videos and photos Wednesday that were provided by the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands, where Epstein owned his infamous private retreat.... Meanwhile, a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers asked Wednesday for a meeting with Justice Department personnel to ascertain what information is in its possession and is subject to release. Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) told Attorney General Pam Bondi in a letter that that they are “particularly focused on understanding the contents of any new evidence, information or procedural hurdles that could interfere with the Department’s ability meet this statutory deadline.” See, once you drop a certain worn agenda it really isn't hard to simply stick to the facts. And hopefully there will be no (or at least few) relapses on the part of Politico.

We are shocked! The normally august Audie Cornish didn't go full Scarborough—someone known to drop f-bombs. Still, it was surprising to hear Cornish, the mannerly host of CNN This Morning, utter something out of character today. Mike Dubke, who served as White House Communications Director for three months during the first Trump term, suggested that one thing protecting Pete Hegseth from being fired is the difficulty that would be involved in the confirmation process for a replacement.  Responded Cornish:  "So, this is not a military term, but you're saying they're SOL. Basically, there's no other options out there." Dubke responded that Hegseth's "death by 1,000 cuts" could eventually lead to his firing, but that "right now they're not there." Cornish didn't seem to ponder that no one in Biden's Department of Defense resigned over their disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan and their subsequent drone attack on innocent civilians. Cornish's "SOL" wasn't her only unusual utterance today. My working assumption has been that the liberal media considers Laura Loomer persona non grata--unfit for mention on its air. Yet Cornish took the initiative to raise her in the same segment today: "I think it's interesting. You have people like Laura Loomer who are online saying like, hey, this Venezuela, like, what's going on here? And it has put the administration at odds with that faction of MAGA, which is always changing a little bit of people who are like, are we going to war? Because we said we're not doing foreign conflicts." Perhaps Audie's fellow members of the liberal media will excuse her mention of She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, since Cornish did so for purposes of stirring the pot in MAGA/Trump land.  Here's the transcript. CNN This Morning 112/4/25 6:44 am ET AUDIE CORNISH: I think it's interesting, also you have people like Laura Loomer who are online saying like, hey, this Venezuela, like, what's going on here?  And it has put the administration at odds with that faction of MAGA, which is always changing a little bit, of people who are like, are we going to war? Because we said we're not doing foreign conflicts.  MIKE DUBKE: Well, we're not nation-building is what was really -- CORNISH: You think that's the distinction? I thought it was just even doing stuff about it.  DUBKE: I actually think, well, maybe for Laura Loomer. But I think for MAGA et al., and for the Trump administration, it's nation-building. They see themselves as a differentiator from the neo-cons in that sense.  But going back to what Betsy was saying about being bombastic, I do think that that is part of the reason that Hegseth has the support of the administration right now.  I also think it's the dirty little secret of Senate confirmations. If you want to push through X, Y, and Z through the Senate, you do not have time for another round of Senate confirmation hearings for the Secretary of Defense, or Secretary of War, or whatever we're calling Hegseth at the moment.  That is a real distraction. And so this is what the administration's balance is.  CORNISH: I see. So this is not a military term, but you're saying they're SOL. Like, basically, there's no other options out there.  DUBKE: There are no better options at the moment. And depending on how all of these death by 1,000 cuts of Secretary Hegseth are going to mount up, at some point they may make that decision. Right now they're not there. 

“A bombshell report from the Government Accountability Office confirms what Republicans have been saying all along” about Obamacare, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) reported Thursday. “Unaffordable Care Act subsidies are riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse. They benefit insurance companies and cost the American taxpayers BILLIONS,” Scalise wrote in a social media post, highlighting results of the newly-released GAO report: The investigation found: ▪️ 100% of fake applicants were approved by Obamacare’s marketplace as recently as late 2024, and 90% continue receiving coverage in 2025. ▪️ Marketplaces approved coverage with no documents or fake documents. ▪️ 58,000 Social Security numbers belonging to dead people received subsidies. ▪️ $94 million in subsidies were sent to insurers for deceased individuals. The report discusses the preliminary results of GAO’s work on fraud risk management in the advance premium tax credit (APTC), a subsidy that the government pays to insurance companies to make premiums more affordable for eligible Americans under the Affordable Care Act. The covert testing by the GAO found that the overwhelming majority of fake applications it submitted were approved: “Preliminary results from GAO's ongoing covert testing suggest fraud risks in the advance premium tax credit (APTC) persist. The federal Marketplace approved coverage for nearly all of GAO's fictitious applicants in plan years 2024 and 2025, generally consistent with similar GAO testing in plan years 2014 through 2016.  “Plan year 2025. Of 20 fictitious applicants, 18 remain actively covered as of September 2025. APTC for these 18 enrollees totals over $10,000 per month. GAO continues to monitor the enrollments as part of its ongoing work.” The GAO investigation was requested by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).  “Rather than simply rubber stamp more bad spending and failed policies, we must take action to prevent further harm,” Chairman Smith said, commenting on the report’s findings.

New Orleans City Council’s Thursday meeting was brought to a standstill by spitting-mad activists protesting the Trump administration’s recent immigration crackdown in the city.'We’ll be back.'The Department of Homeland Security confirmed this week the launch of Operation Catahoula Crunch in the Louisiana city, targeting criminal illegal aliens. The immigration enforcement efforts sparked backlash from some in the local community.During a Thursday New Orleans City Council meeting, residents lined up to demand that council members designate all city-owned properties as “ICE-free zones” and pass an ordinance that prevents cooperation with immigration officials.Several demonstrators held signs that read, “No collaboration with ICE/DHS.”The council repeatedly muted the microphone after informing the protesters that their remarks were “not germane” to the agenda items. Despite this, the activists continued to approach the microphone during public comments to repeat their demands. A couple of protesters refused to sit down and continued to shout and disrupt the meeting.RELATED: This Southern sanctuary city is next on the list for federal immigration law enforcement Photo by Adam GRAY / AFP via Getty ImagesCouncil members responded by suspending public comment on the agenda item and calling a recess.The crowd of protesters then erupted, shouting and screaming at both the council members and the police officers present in the chamber.Videos captured by FreedomNews.tv showed police officers slowly escorting the protesting crowd out of the building, with many individuals refusing to leave. Several officers were forced to carry out one unruly activist.After several minutes of scuffling, shouting, cursing, and some protesters defiantly raising middle fingers at officers, the crowd was finally locked out of the premises. “We’ll be back,” they shouted at the police from the other side of the fence. RELATED: Man flings Molotov cocktails at federal building while yelling 'anti-ICE' comments, feds say Photo by Adam GRAY / AFP via Getty ImagesAccording to NOLA.com, 30 protesters were ejected from the council’s chambers.Toni Jones, an organizer for the event and a member of the New Orleans Alliance against Racial and Political Repression, told Verite News, “We haven’t seen City Council take a stand, and we demand that they declare they will not cooperate with [ICE] in any way.”On Thursday, DHS highlighted the arrest of a kidnapper and sex offender as a result of Operation Catahoula Crunch. According to the department, he was previously sentenced to 40 years in prison and later released on parole.“These are SICK people who have lived among us for far too long. THEY WILL GO BACK,” DHS stated. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

German climate alarmists claimed in a study published last year in the journal Nature that even if carbon dioxide emissions were radically cut down, so-called climate change would still drive the world economy toward a global GDP reduction of 19%. The alarmists at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research suggested further that not only would global annual climate-change damages hit $38 trillion by 2049, but that under a high-emissions scenario, global GDP would be lowered around 60% relative to the baseline in 75 years — an impact reportedly three times larger than previous estimates.'Most people for the last decade have thought that a 20% reduction in 2100 was an insanely large number. So the fact that this paper is coming out saying 60% is off the chart.'According to the U.K.-based Carbon Brief, this was one of the most-cited climate papers by the media, including the Associated Press, CNN, Deutsche Welle, and Reuters.Just the News highlighted that numerous activists and institutions also cited it, including Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.) and the World Bank.The problem for the climate alarmists and those who believed them was that the study's conclusions were bogus.A team of American economists pointed out in a commentary published by Nature in August that "data anomalies arising from one country in [the German researchers'] underlying GDP dataset, Uzbekistan, substantially bias their predicted impacts of climate change." The economists revealed that if the questionable data pertaining to Uzbekistan were excluded, projected global losses in 2100 would be 23% as opposed to 60%, which is more in line with previous estimates.RELATED: Al Gore wrong again: Study delivers good news for Arctic ice trends, bad news for climate hucksters Photo by ALEX KENT/AFP via Getty ImagesThe economists noted further that the Germans underestimated "statistical uncertainty in their future projections of climate impacts.""Most people for the last decade have thought that a 20% reduction in 2100 was an insanely large number," Solomon Hsiang, a Stanford University professor who co-authored the August commentary, told the New York Times. "So the fact that this paper is coming out saying 60% is off the chart."'We have to cut down our emissions drastically and immediately — if not, economic losses will become even bigger.'The paper, which was originally published on April 17, 2024, was retracted on Wednesday. The retraction notice indicates that "the results were found to be sensitive to the removal of one country, Uzbekistan, where inaccuracies were noted in the underlying economic data for the period 1995-1999."While the German alarmists attempted to correct the data for Uzbekistan and make other adjustments, they found that "these changes led to discrepancies in the estimates for climate damages by mid-century, with an increased uncertainty range (from 11-29% to 6-31%) and a lower probability of damages diverging across emission scenarios by 2050 (from 99% to 90%)."In other words, the original conclusions hyped by the liberal media were worthless.When the now-retracted paper was first published in April 2024, the German researchers made no secret of the point of the exercise: justifying societal and industrial upheaval coded as "adaptation.""Our analysis shows that climate change will cause massive economic damages within the next 25 years in almost all countries around the world, also in highly developed ones such as Germany, France, and the United States," Leonie Wenz, lead scientist on the study, said in a release. "These near-term damages are a result of our past emissions. We will need more adaptation efforts if we want to avoid at least some of them," Wenz continued. "And we have to cut down our emissions drastically and immediately — if not, economic losses will become even bigger in the second half of the century, amounting to up to 60% on global average by 2100."Wenz and her team are hardly the first climate alarmists to have their conclusions proven to be as incorrect as they are outlandish.Failed presidential candidate Al Gore, for instance, concern-mongered in 2009 that in addition to the significant rise in the global sea level that was supposed to happen "in the near future" but never did, the entire polar ice cap was likely going to be seasonally ice-free, perhaps by as early as 2014.Gore told the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference that then-new research indicated there was "a 75% chance that the entire north polar ice cap during some of the summer months could be completely ice-free within the next five to seven years."In September, a paper published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Geophysical Research Letters revealed that Gore was dead wrong — that over the past 20 years, "Arctic sea ice loss has slowed considerably, with no statistically significant decline in September sea ice area since 2005."Rather than wait to be proven horribly wrong, Bill Gates — who has spent years fear-mongering about the calamities that would supposedly visit humanity unless governments neutralized certain industries and regulated into extinction certain behaviors — admitted in October that climate change "will not lead to humanity's demise."Like Blaze News? 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