If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Minnesota has positioned itself at the forefront of a deeply contentious regulatory frontier by enacting the nation’s first law requiring social media platforms to display mental health trigger warning labels to all users. Tied to the 2025 Special Session Health and Human Services bill and awaiting the governor’s signature, the law takes effect July 1, 2026, and imposes unprecedented obligations on digital platforms to act as public health messengers. We obtained a copy of the bill for you here. Drafted by State Representative Zack Stephenson (DFL-District 35A), the measure compels platforms to display prominent mental health warnings on login, highlighting alleged risks associated with usage, particularly among youth, and directing users to crisis services like the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. These alerts must be acknowledged before access is granted, cannot be hidden in terms of service, and must not be dismissible without interaction. Content for the mandated warnings will be controlled by the Minnesota Commissioner of Health, alongside the Commissioner of Commerce. While supporters herald the measure as a long-overdue intervention in the battle against youth mental health decline, its coercive structure raises fundamental questions about government overreach and the role of the state in dictating private speech. At its core, the law introduces compelled speech; a practice with serious First Amendment implications. By forcing private companies to deliver government-approved messages every time a user accesses a platform, Minnesota is treading into dangerous constitutional territory. The First Amendment’s protection against compelled speech is not a technicality; it is a foundational principle. Courts have repeatedly ruled that governments cannot force individuals or businesses to broadcast messages they do not agree with, unless under narrowly defined exceptions. Forcing tech companies to become conduits for state-determined messaging opens the door to broader mandates in the future; political, ideological, or otherwise. In some ways, the plan is similar to New York’s recent attempt to regulate so-called “hateful conduct” online. Lawmakers sought to impose sweeping mandates on how private platforms must present, frame, or moderate content. The New York plans also said that platforms must have a “clear and concise policy readily available and accessible on their website and application which includes how such social media network[s] will respond and address the reports of incidents of hateful conduct on their platform[s].” While Minnesota frames its measure as a public health safeguard, and New York claims to be targeting online hate, the mechanism of enforcement, compelled speech, raises the same fundamental First Amendment issues. In both instances, the state imposes editorial burdens on digital platforms, demanding they disseminate and promote government-defined messaging. This approach directly intrudes upon the platforms’ constitutional rights to determine what speech they host and how they choose to present it. The New York law, struck down by a federal judge, was a clear case of the state mandating not just policies but ideological compliance. It required platforms to maintain reporting mechanisms and publish a “clear and concise policy” about how they would handle broadly defined “hateful conduct.” The court rejected this law as unconstitutional, emphasizing that requiring platforms to make a public statement about such conduct amounts to government-compelled speech. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Minnesota To Mandate Mental Health Warnings on Social Media; First Amendment Questions Loom appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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The Democratic Party is lost at sea. Locked into an increasingly radical ideology, it barrels toward the abyss like Captain Ahab — mad, obsessive, and unwilling to turn back. In this voyage, changing course would mean betrayal. And the loudest voices aboard are still cheering the captain on.That leaves Democrats with one strategy: Provoke confrontation and bait Republicans into overreaction. They want the fight — and they plan to weaponize it.Democrats can’t lift themselves up, so they need to drag the other side down.You can see it every single week. In the streets of Los Angeles. In Capitol Hill hearings. At detention centers in New Jersey. And in the press rooms of California.Democrat California Sen. Alex Padilla’s meltdown and detainment at a Kristi Noem press event on Thursday was just the latest in intentional provocations where consequences are the goal.This wasn’t some Jim Acosta act or some heckler’s fun. And in any event, why would the senior senator from the Golden State need to heckle when he’s one of the most powerful people in the country? He didn’t. He needed to get arrested on camera, preferably roughed up a bit.The same is true of LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.), the grown woman and member of the U.S. House of Representatives who allegedly rushed a Department of Homeland Security detainment center for dangerous deportees and got into a shoving match with cops. The goal wasn’t to yell at the working men and women in badges. She needed to get arrested on camera, preferably roughed up a bit.Even Stacey Plaskett, the adult congresswoman from the U.S. Virgin Islands, got in on the fun, posting: “This t**t, c**t, pum pum [sic] whatever you want to call it represents an organ that gives LIFE and is resilienr [sic] so thanks for the compliment. I can take one interruption but [Treasury Secretary Scott] Bessent was out of control. And.... I know I look good for my age but baby I'm post menopausal [sic] and it still works,” followed by cherry emojis.She sent that, presumably sober, in the middle of the afternoon in response to an anonymous X user with a few hundred followers who had rudely suggested that the women of Congress were experiencing the emotional symptoms associated with menstrual cycles. What could she possibly have been doing but attempting to provoke an offensive reaction from online Republicans?Or the city of Los Angeles, where wealthy Democratic businessmen and nonprofits worked to equip and back fiery and violent rioting by party activists and Mexican-flag-waving illegal migrants. Their goal wasn’t to protect the communities they ravaged — it was to trigger an overuse of force from the police or National Guard that could be caught on camera and played on repeat.Now they are doxxing the names and addresses of ICE agents and officials, in the hopes of sparking violent reprisals against law enforcement. Do they think they’ll win against the federal government? Of course not — they need an overreaction to scream about fascism and dictatorships and whatnot.It’s a common strategy in the age of mass media, employed by losing and outnumbered sides in political battles and in wars the world over. Martyrdom, both real and symbolic, is attractive; it gains sympathy. The trick for the side in power is not to fall for the trap.Remember the Tea Party days? Those rallies drew hundreds of thousands of people who moved about more peacefully and respectfully than any major protest movement in modern D.C. history. They even picked up their own trash. It was so safe that the late Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) led a group of his colleagues from the Congressional Black Caucus through the midst of one large protest.They were hoping to be attacked or insulted, and Democratic Party staffers had their cameras at the ready. No one attacked them, so Lewis claimed they’d been called the “N-word.” The late conservative provocateur and publisher Andrew Breitbart offered $10,000 to anyone who could produce video evidence of this occurring. He kept his money. That didn’t stop the claim from being repeated by news outlets all over the world, of course. It was just like Lewis’ Bloody Sunday march in Selma, Alabama!Today, the corporate media’s power to spin up Jussie Smollett-style hoaxes is the lowest it’s been in modern history. More, the discipline and restraint of frontline officers and President Donald Trump’s administration have been admirable.Padilla, who didn’t identify himself as a U.S. senator until he was already being confronted by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s security, was initially blocked, turned away, then only temporarily detained when he turned aggressively back toward to the secretary. Even a security expert CNN featured agreed this was well within protocol, to the host’s chagrin. After the incident, Noem met with him.Officers showed similar restraint in dealing with LaMonica McIver’s alleged physical attack. She was later charged by the Department of Justice after the proper procedures were followed.Stacey Plaskett’s foul-mouthed and extremely graphic online meltdown was met with awkward silence.While National Guard and Marines were deployed to defend federal agents and buildings in Los Angeles, they were not deputized by a president who was well within his rights to declare an insurrection.So far, no one has taken the bait, but Democrats will keep on trying. They need this confrontation. If the Democrats remain unwilling to change course on a politically unpopular stance, they need to make the other side’s actually popular stance less popular. They need to change the opinions of a kindhearted public, and they need violent overreactions to do so. They can’t lift themselves up, so they need to drag the other side down.They’re literally playing with fire this time. When they commit assault and back the burning of neighborhoods or target federal officers for street retaliation, they’re engaging in a far more dangerous game than making up a racial slur in Washington.Remember: Ahab eventually found the whale he was looking for.Blaze News: Florida sheriff makes clear to radicals that riots won't go their way: 'We will kill you'Blaze News: Soros-tied No Kings protesters plot to sabotage US Army's 250th anniversary paradeBlaze News: Appeals court ends Newsom's gloating, returns control of National Guard to Trump only hours after first rulingBlaze News: Manhunt under way after illegal aliens riot, escape from Newark ICE facility where Democrat allegedly assaulted federal agentBlaze News: Anti-ICE protester exposed as serial left-wing activist since 1980sSign up for Bedford’s newsletterSign up to get Blaze Media senior politics editor Christopher Bedford’s newsletter.

Backed by nearly 200 groups with billions of dollars in collective resources, the No Kings protests on June 14 aimed to reignite defeated Democrats by mobilizing them against President Donald Trump. Yet, the rallies fell flat, with over 98% of Americans staying home, revealing a discouraged progressive base struggling to find footing.No Kings' organizers touted the nationwide rallies as a triumph, celebrating a turnout of about five million, according to the unconfirmed best estimates of the American Civil Liberties Union.'Today's protests are a resounding message that people across the nation will not be intimidated by President Trump's fear tactics.'However, against the backdrop of such immense investments, the attendance revealed the left's widespread protest fatigue and lack of direction, with most Americans paying little attention to the gatherings.No Kings aims to mobilize 3.5% of the U.S. population. However, its well-funded and meticulously organized Saturday protests reached just under 1.5% by its own estimates.RELATED: Soros-tied No Kings protesters plot to sabotage US Army's 250th anniversary parade Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images"We're inspired by the 3.5% principle: It only takes 3.5% of the population engaging in sustained, strategic protest against authoritarianism to achieve significant political change. Everything we do from here on out is grounded in three core commitments: staying in the fight, taking concrete action today, and investing in the long-term," the No Kings website reads.The ACLU, one of the No Kings' many sponsors, hailed the rallies as a success, noting that it was the "largest mass mobilization since President Trump's return to office," with 2,100 rallies held across the nation.ACLU Chief Political & Advocacy Officer Deirdre Schifeling stated, "Today's protests are a resounding message that people across the nation will not be intimidated by President Trump's fear tactics."RELATED: Leftist No Kings event in Arizona draws older crowd with patriotic symbols Photo by Jay L Clendenin/Getty ImagesAhead of the scheduled protests on Saturday, Blaze News senior politics editor Christopher Bedford highlighted the No Kings' broader effort to once again inspire and mobilize the rudderless Democratic Party."Everything you're seeing now — from the senator from California lunging through agents at the Secretary of Homeland Security, the rioting in Los Angeles, or the congresswoman allegedly assaulting a police officer in New Jersey — all of these things are intentional provocations in the hopes of setting something off and triggering an overreaction because they can't get their own grassroots motivated," Bedford stated.No Kings plans to host a virtual meeting Monday evening to discuss the next steps for "building a movement" as it seeks to create sustained, nationwide momentum.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

2K and Gearbox have finally opened up Borderlands 4 pre-orders, and the looter shooter isn’t launching as an $80 game. Instead, you can purchase the standard edition for $70, with multiple upgrade options offering the base game and DLC for up to $130 total. With major triple-A releases like Xbox’s The Outer Worlds 2 taking the leap to $80 price tags, there was an expectation that B4 could do the same. After checking the Xbox, PlayStation, and Steam storefronts, however, it doesn’t look like that’s happening. Continue reading Borderlands 4 pre-orders confirm it isn't an $80 game after all MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best FPS games, Best RPG games, Best multiplayer games

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