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Rep. Rashida Tlaib spoke over Memorial Day weekend at a conference endorsed by individuals associated with a U.S.-designated terrorist organization. The Michigan Democrat spoke at the People’s Conference for Palestine on Saturday, where she chided President Joe Biden for not doing enough to stop Israel from conducting a “genocide,” according to a video posted to Instagram by the Palestinian Youth Movement, one of the event’s organizers. Salah Salah, a founding member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, endorsed the conference, and Wisam Rafeedie, another individual who produced literature for the PFLP, spoke to attendees about how “movements achieve transformation.” The State Department designated the PFLP as a terrorist organization in 1997. The organization has conducted “suicide operations,” hijacked planes, and launched rockets at civilians, according to the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The PFLP also reportedly participated in the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks and held Israeli hostages, according to NGO Monitor, an Israeli nonprofit. The terrorist group posted multiple images and videos of their fighters infiltrating Israeli military installations to its Telegram channel on and after Oct. 7, according to NGO Monitor. A message from the Palestinian intellectual and revolutionary Salah Salah in support of the People’s Conference for Palestine, May 24-26 in Detroit, Michigan. We’ll see you soon at the conference — link to register in our bio! ?? pic.twitter.com/y8T3LJTgI1— Palestinian Youth Movement (@palyouthmvmt) May 19, 2024 “I extend to you my thanks and regards for these efforts that are a continuation of your achievements organizing unprecedented protests across North America and other capitals and cities around the world,” Salah said in a May 19 translated video posted by the Palestinian Youth Movement. “This is an initiative of extreme importance, I call on members of the Palestinian and Arab communities and friends and supporters of our cause to participate in this People’s Conference.” Salah compared the actions of “Zionist forces” to Nazis in his endorsement of the conference, according to the translated video. “Participation in this People’s Conference is crucial on a large scale and on the highest level to set a plan that offers further coordination and an agreement on a strategy for unified action that guarantees continuity and consistency to achieve the goals and tasks posed by the conference,” he continued. Rafeedie ran an underground publishing operation for the PFLP in the 1980s and was detained by the Israeli government for involvement with the organization in 1991, according to Amnesty International. He also endorsed the conference before it started, according to a post on X. Yesterday, I saw that PFLP member Wisam Rafeedie, who is set to speak later today (presumably virtually), also endorsed it pic.twitter.com/FQFyx7wEVz— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) May 26, 2024 Rafeedie participated in a panel at the conference that explored how pro-Palestinian activists in America can “utilize this moment of heightened contradictions to advance our struggle for liberation from within the imperial core,” according to the event’s website. “These Zionists lie like they breathe,” Rafeedie said during his appearance, according to the Palestinian Youth Movement. “These Zionists lie like they breathe.” – Wisam Rafeedie pic.twitter.com/PTuRClVtzp— Palestinian Youth Movement (@palyouthmvmt) May 26, 2024 Tlaib called Biden an “enabler” during her speech at the conference, according to video posted by the Palestinian Youth Movement. “The International Court of Justice just ruled that the Israeli government must stop its invasion of Rafah. But President Biden says what’s happening in Gaza is not a genocide,” she said. “Where’s your red line, President Biden?” The United Nations International Court of Justice ruled on May 24 that Israel must end its military operations in Rafah, a city in the southern region of Gaza, due to the impact the continued assault would have on the civilian population. Biden previously vowed to restrict aid to Israel if the Jewish state invaded Rafah, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken later confirming that the United States is holding back some of its aid. Tlaib and the Palestinian Youth Movement did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s requests for comment. Rafeedie and Salah could not be reached for comment. Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation The post Rep. Tlaib Addresses Conference Endorsed by Founding Member of Palestinian Terrorist Group appeared first on The Daily Signal.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. In a new lawsuit, Webseed and Brighteon Media have accused multiple US government agencies and prominent tech companies of orchestrating a vast censorship operation aimed at suppressing dissenting viewpoints, particularly concerning COVID-19. The plaintiffs, Webseed and Brighteon Media, manage websites like NaturalNews.com and Brighteon.com, which have been at the center of controversy for their alternative health information and criticism of government policies. We obtained a copy of the lawsuit for you here. The defendants include the Department of State, the Global Engagement Center (GEC), the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and tech giants such as Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook), Google, and X. Additionally, organizations like NewsGuard Technologies, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), and the Global Disinformation Index (GDI) are implicated for their roles in creating and using tools to label and suppress what they consider misinformation. Allegations of Censorship and Anti-Competitive Practices: The lawsuit claims that these government entities and tech companies conspired to develop and promote censorship tools to suppress the speech of Webseed and Brighteon Media, among others. “The Government was the primary source of misinformation during the pandemic, and the Government censored dissidents and critics to hide that fact,” states Stanford University Professor J. Bhattacharya in support of the plaintiffs’ claims. The plaintiffs argue that the government’s efforts were part of a broader strategy to silence voices that did not align with official narratives on COVID-19 and other issues. They assert that these actions were driven by an “anti-competitive animus” aimed at eliminating alternative viewpoints from the digital public square. According to the complaint, the plaintiffs have suffered substantial economic harm, estimating losses between $25 million and $50 million due to reduced visibility and ad revenue from their platforms. They also claim significant reputational damage as a result of being labeled as purveyors of misinformation. The complaint details how the GEC and other agencies allegedly funded and promoted tools developed by NewsGuard, ISD, and GDI to blacklist and demonetize websites like NaturalNews.com. These tools, which include blacklists and so-called “nutrition labels,” were then utilized by tech companies to censor content on their platforms. The plaintiffs argue that this collaboration between government agencies and private tech companies constitutes an unconstitutional suppression of free speech. A Broader Pattern of Censorship: The lawsuit references other high-profile cases, such as Missouri v. Biden, to illustrate a pattern of government overreach into the digital information space. It highlights how these efforts have extended beyond foreign disinformation to target domestic voices that challenge prevailing government narratives. Webseed and Brighteon Media are seeking both monetary damages and injunctive relief to prevent further censorship. They contend that the government’s actions violate the First Amendment and call for an end to the use of these censorship tools. As the case progresses, it promises to shine a light on the complex interplay between government agencies, tech companies, and the tools used to control the flow of information in the digital age. The outcome could have significant implications for the future of free speech and the regulation of online content. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Alternative Media Giants Sue The Censorship Industrial Complex appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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An aerospace engineer and YouTuber has captured footage of several unidentified objects whizzing past the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.Destin Sandlin, like many others, traveled to the path of totality in order to attempt to video and photograph the eclipse. When he looked at the footage, he noticed a few odd objects appearing to zip by the Sun and Moon. "When I started looking at this footage, I wanted to see C2 [when the eclipse begins] and C3 [when the eclipse ends], Baily's beads, around the edges of the mountains of the moon, right?" Sandlin said in a video on his YouTube channel SmarterEveryDay. "So I started looking at it, and then I realized there is something flying across the sky, like right at C3. It could be a bug, it could be a plane, or it could be a satellite."Watching more of the footage, he found a second object that crossed the face of the Moon.          Sandlin believes the objects to be satellites, which is a plausible hypothesis, though a few astronomers have raised questions about whether this is possible. He first showed the footage to astronomer Jonathan McDowell, whose initial reaction was that the objects appeared to be moving too fast to be a satellite. He guessed that the objects were likely not far and fast, but close and reasonably nippy. In short, he thought they were bugs.However, McDowell then explained that using the Sun as a reference, we can calculate how fast it was going (assuming it was roughly at the height of low-orbit satellites). Assuming it was traveling at around 500 kilometers (310 miles) away, its speed would be around that of a satellite, meaning the satellite theory might not be one to rule out.Sandlin then reached out to others in the area, to see if they had seen it too. A YouTuber around 30 meters (100 feet) away had captured what looks like the same first object when the footage was resized and laid over the top of Sandlin's video. So that rules out bugs, right? Maybe. The objects in both videos are not perfectly lined up. Though they match in apparent speed and direction, one appears further to the right. Assuming they are both the same object, this allows you to calculate a (very approximate, given that the exact distance between the two YouTubers is unknown) distance. There is another problem with the satellite idea. One of those big circles behind the object is the Sun, so how did they get lit up like that?"I have strong doubts these are satellites," Dr Marco Langbroek, lecturer in Optical Space Situational Awareness at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, wrote on X. "At the eclipsed sun position, the phase angle of satellites is 180 degrees - i.e. you are looking at their "dark sides": they are (like the moon in front of the sun!) not illuminated and hence should not be visible."There are suggestions that the satellites could be lit up by the reflected light from the Earth, but this has problems too. Langbroek adds that the objects in the video appear too bright for Earthshine.     IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites.Others have suggested the objects could be meteors, or space junk closer to the Earth. Similar objects were seen during the 2017 eclipse.It remains unclear what the objects are, but Sandlin has asked his viewers to try and figure out what satellites could have been passing overhead, as a challenge. Hopefully soon, somebody will be able to figure out whether we're looking at satellites, space junk, meteors, or some bugs close to the camera.

A great rule of thumb for the universe is accepting that everything is a lot more complicated than you expect. Take, for example, asteroid Dinkinesh, the first target of the NASA mission Lucy. As the spacecraft approached, the team were surprised to see an unexpected moon appear around the small asteroid. And they weren’t ready for what that moon was actually like – because they got a two-for-one.The moon, now called Selam, is a contact binary object. It is made of two lobes of roughly the same size and is not dramatically smaller than its parent body. Dinkinesh is 720 meters (2,360 feet) across. The lobes of Selam are 210 and 230 meters (670 and 755 feet) across. Salem is just 3.1 kilometers (almost 2 miles) from Dinkinesh and it completes an orbit every 52.7 hours.“There’s a lot more complexity in these small bodies than we originally thought,” co-author professor Jessica Sunshine, from the University of Maryland, said in a statement. “With the additional observations taken by the spacecraft, we were able to better analyze features such as Dinkinesh’s rotation speed and Selam’s orbit pattern. We also have a better understanding of what materials they’re possibly made of, bringing us a step closer to learning just how terrestrial bodies are created.”The detailed analysis provided by Lucy revealed a prominent trough and ridge on the equator of Dinkinesh. One possibility is that Dinkinesh might have lost material, due to its rotations and maybe sunlight not reaching the soil evenly. The two lobes of Selam might have formed that way, and eventually, they collided at such a slow speed that they survived the celestial welding process.The team is not sure if this is a certain scenario for the formation of Selam, but this work opens the door to comparing this small system to other binary systems. An important example is Didymos, which is among the 15 percent of all Near-Earth asteroids to possess a moon.“I’m personally very excited to compare the Didymos binary system with this one, especially as they appear to share many similarities such as size, general shape and possibly composition despite being in totally different parts of the Solar System,” explained Sunshine.Sunshine was involved with DART, the NASA mission that shot a projectile on Didymos’ moon Dimorphos. The test showed that humanity is capable of changing the trajectory of an asteroid using a kinetic impactor.The fact that moons might be a common feature among asteroids in very different environments provides important insights into how asteroids evolve.“The Didymos binary system is located in a near-Earth environment while the Dinkinesh system is located much farther away from Earth in the main asteroid belt,” Sunshine added. “They have very different features but we think they may have undergone similar processes to become what we know of them today.”Lucy is named after the Australopithecus fossils of the same name because it is studying 11 different asteroids in the Solar System. Just like a fossil, these are remains of what the Solar System was like billions of years ago. They are the pieces from which planets formed so understanding them is understanding the past.Dinkinesh is the Ethiopian name of the Lucy fossil – it means You are wonderful. Selam is the name of another Australopithecus fossil and it means peace. Dinkinesh and Selam are the first two of the 11 asteroids Lucy will study.The spacecraft is actually currently coming back to Earth, reaching us in December. It will use our planet's gravity to get more speed and fly back into the main asteroid belt to study asteroid Donaldjohanson in April 2025. It will then go beyond the main belt to reach the Trojan asteroids in the orbit of Jupiter in 2027.“One of the things that’s critical to understanding how planets like Earth got here is understanding how objects behave when they hit each other, and to understand that we need to understand their strength,” said lead scientist Hal Levison of Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado, principal investigator for the Lucy mission. “Basically, the planets formed when [smaller objects like asteroids] orbiting the Sun ran into each other. Whether objects break apart when they hit or stick together has a lot to do with their strength and internal structure.A paper describing the results is published in the journal Nature.

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