Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) conveyed to MRC Free Speech America Vice President Dan Schneider her plans to protect free speech on the latest episode of MRC Uncensored. Hageman and Schneider discussed the congresswoman’s new bill empowering Americans to hold government officials accountable when their First Amendment rights are infringed upon. “[O]ur government has been weaponized against us. And one of the most obvious examples of that is the attack on the First Amendment‚” she told Schneider. Hageman’s new bill‚ the Censorship Accountability Act‚ would allow citizens to sue federal executive branch employees personally when they take actions that encroach upon American liberties. She outlined how much the First Amendment has been trampled on in recent years‚ explaining: “All of the things that we’re seeing is a government that has determined that our ability to exercise our First Amendment rights – specifically our freedom of speech and the free exercise clause‚ our freedom of religion – is something that the government has been targeting. But there has been no mechanism by which we have a private class of action to hold the people doing this accountable.” Schneider noted that Hageman’s bill is based on U.S. Code 42 Section 1983‚ which allows citizens to take civil action against state and local officials when deprived of their rights. Hageman’s new bill intends to help citizens hold government employees on the federal level personally liable when they censor Americans. The Wyoming lawmaker gave the examples of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas – whose agency set up the Disinformation Governance Board and was found to be funding censorship – and Lois Lerner‚ the former director of the Exempt Organizations Unit for the Internal Revenue Service‚ who was accused of unfairly granting tax-exempt status to various organizations and targeting conservative groups. “Mayorkas is acting fully within the scope of his employment but he is doing something illegal under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution‚” she denounced. “Right now I have no mechanism to hold him accountable for that.” She added that if her bill passes “then I could sue him‚ we‚ the people who were targeted by Lois Lerner‚ they could have sued her individually. They could have sued her personally and not only received damages and an injunction but also attorney’s fees.” Schneider added‚ “We have seen it over and over and over where federal employees have initiated grant programs to silence us‚ created artificial intelligence to silence us‚ calling us domestic terrorists to try and stop us under anti-terrorism statutes.” He then pointed out that Hageman’s bill would not only incentivize good behavior from top officials but also from rank-and-file executive branch employees who are often asked to do the heavy lifting. “This legislation will empower those lower-level‚ mid-level employees to be able to say to their bosses‚ to the cabinet secretaries and others‚ ‘I cannot do this. I cannot do what you are asking me to do. I cannot take this action that will deprive somebody of their constitutional rights because I might get sued.’” Conservatives are under attack. Contact your representatives and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency‚ clarity on hate speech and equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored‚ contact us using CensorTrack’s contact form‚ and help us hold Big Tech accountable.

An exchange between a U.S. Supreme Court justice and a U.S. Deputy Solicitor General unveiled the Biden administration's utter disregard for free speech.  Justice Samuel Alito challenged U.S. Deputy Solicitor General Brian Fletcher‚ who argued the federal government’s case during oral arguments for the free speech case Murthy v. Missouri on Monday. While Fletcher seemed to argue that a person’s access to his First Amendment rights is partially dependent on circumstances‚ the justice had a different view.  Alito accused the federal government of using “constant pestering” to coerce Facebook and other Big Tech platforms to censor content‚ noting that such behavior would be considered unacceptable if targeted at print media. Ultimately‚ Alito argued‚ “the federal government has got Section 230 and antitrust in its pocket‚” so “these big clubs” can help it treat Facebook et al. “like they’re subordinates.” Section 230 allows social media companies to be absolved from liability for what users post on their platforms. It can also be used‚ however‚ as a cudgel by government to pressure tech companies into censoring certain content.  Alito not only highlighted the issue of antitrust and Section 230‚ but also the fact that the federal government seemed to argue that states do not have First Amendment rights. When pressed on the matter‚ Fletcher acknowledged the free speech rights of state officials and claimed that state attorneys general should not litigate on behalf of their own citizens’ free speech rights‚ since in this particular case‚  “[the U.S. government] think[s] that’s an end run around the limit on … standing.” When Alito challenged Fletcher as to whether print media is “on the same team as the federal government‚ partners‚” as social media appeared to be‚ the U.S. Deputy Solicitor General made a disturbing argument. “So potentially in the context of an effort to get Americans vaccinated during a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic‚” he said. “There was a concern that Americans were getting their news about the vaccine from these platforms” and receiving “bad information.”  Fletcher argued that even the social media companies recognized their “responsibility” to provide what the government deemed accurate information‚ and insisted that government-media partnerships are not unusual or problematic‚ despite the Constitutional emphasis on a free press. He did not address the fact that social media is essentially the public town square now and even seemingly argued that government pressure to censor information and violate free speech rights is permissible in a health emergency. “The platforms [were] not being transparent about the scope of the problem‚” Fletcher complained‚ trying to justify the “anger” government officials displayed toward tech executives whom they thought were not censoring enough. Alito suggested that the idea that government officials can “call [media] up and curse them out and say … why don’t we be partners” and hypothetically allow government to edit content beforehand is problematic. Yet that would seem to have been the attitude of the federal government and particularly the Biden administration when dealing with Big Tech companies. The complaint filed for Murthy v. Missouri cited MRC Free Speech America’s unique and exclusive CensorTrack.org research. Conservatives are under attack. Contact your representatives and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency and an equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored‚ contact us at the Media Research Center contact form‚ and help us hold Big Tech accountable.

If there’s one thing we can all collectively agree on‚ it’s that we want this question answered: where is the princess of Wales? Not only that‚ but where has she been these last four months? And what’s she been doing during this alleged hiatus from her royal duties? BlazeTV contributor Jill Savage reviews Kate’s mysterious timeline‚ starting in December when she was last seen. “We’ll go back to Christmas day because that’s where she was last seen at a Christmas service with her family.” “We jump ahead to January 16 [when] Kate Middleton had abdominal surgery. We were notified of that surgery on the 17.” “Two hours after we heard that Kate Middleton had the abdominal surgery‚ we were told that King Charles was going to need to seek treatment for an enlarged prostate.” "On January 29‚ Kate is sent home to recover. We were told that she wouldn’t be seen until after Easter.” Up until this point‚ people were buying into the reports‚ but then things started smelling fishy. “On February 2‚ the palace was forced to deny that Kate was in a coma. A Spanish tabloid said that she was in a coma‚ and the palace said that was total nonsense‚ and they were totally made-up rumors.” “February 27 ... Prince William backed out of his godfather’s memorial 30 minutes before it was to begin‚ citing personal reasons.” This is about the time people started to wonder‚ “Why haven’t we seen Kate Middleton in quite some time?” says Jill. “On March 4‚ we get the first photo of Kate — or what they say is supposed to be Kate — in the car with her mother.” But there was something funny about the photo. “People were wondering‚ ‘Why is Kate's face a little bit enlarged?’ and ‘maybe it was due to the surgeries‚”’ Jill explains‚ noting that at this point in time‚ people were growing in skepticism but “still okay.” But just six days later‚ suddenly things were far from okay. “March 10‚ U.K. Mother's Day‚ Kate Middleton put this photo out on her Instagram.” “The internet is undefeated. It found 16 different reasons why this photo was doctored. ... We quickly found out that this was the face of [Kate] from the Vogue cover shoot‚” says Jill‚ adding that people found other inaccuracies‚ including “Charlotte having different shoes.” This “made the palace a little upset. So‚ Kate Middleton on March 11 ... had to admit to photoshopping and retouching. She said‚ ‘Like many amateur photographers‚ I do occasionally experiment with editing. I want to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused. I hope that everyone celebrating has a happy Mother's Day.”’ Kate’s message‚ however‚ “goes against a longstanding royal tradition of ‘never explain and never complain‚”’ says Jill. “Later that day [March 11]‚ they release another car photo. Kate and William are supposed to be in the car together‚ but again‚ her head is turned away‚” but “as soon as you look at the bricks inside the car and the bricks outside the car‚ you can again tell this is a photoshopped image‚” despite the assertion from the photographer that “nothing has been” edited‚ save cropping and lighting adjustments. “Then we get to March 18 — ‘the video.’ A British tabloid put out a video of what was said to be Kate and William shopping from over the weekend at a farm stand. Kate is seen in yoga pants‚ and days earlier‚ we were told that she was still going to be recovering from surgery and she wouldn't be making any appearances” even though “Kate was supposed to be honored at a St Patrick's Day parade.” “So‚ she could skip [the parade]‚ but she could walk around this farm stand instead?” asks Jill skeptically. “You're telling me that the woman that gave birth and one day later put on a dress and heels and marched the air out onto the front steps can't be seen publicly‚ and when she can be‚ it's finally in yoga pants?” “That just doesn’t add up.” Want more from Blaze News?For news‚ opinion‚ and entertainment for people who love the American way of life‚ subscribe here.

A California pastor was arrested for allegedly paying two contract killers $40k to shoot a man who was making advances on his daughter‚ police said. The victim said he was driving his car in Riverside on Oct. 21 when someone pulled up next to him at about 7 p.m. and fired a gun at him. Despite being shot several times‚ he was able to drive himself to a hospital‚ where he received life-saving treatment. A police investigation led to the arrest of 47-year-old Samuel Davalos Pasillas‚ the pastor of a Spanish-speaking church in Victorville. Police believe he didn't approve of the man his daughter was dating. Riverside Police Officer Ryan Railsback told KABC-TV that they were able to uncover evidence proving Pasillas met with the two men in order to plan the attempt on the man's life. "There is nothing to suggest that this victim did anything or had anything in their background that would elicit his girlfriend's father to even think of doing something like that‚" said Railsback. "For all we know‚ and everything we've uncovered about the victim‚ he is just genuinely a nice guy that you would probably want dating your daughter." According to KTLA‚ police are investigating whether the pastor's religion or ideology might have provided a motive for the shooting. Police said Pasillas paid the men almost $40k and gave them information about the victim's whereabouts. The men performed surveillance on the victim‚ police said. Following search warrants being served on March 13 at homes in Victorville‚ Long Beach‚ and Lynwood‚ the two men were arrested. Pasillas was charged with solicitation for murder‚ conspiracy to commit murder‚ attempted murder‚ and assault with a deadly weapon. One of the two alleged hitmen was identified as 55-year-old Juan Manuel Cebreros of Long Beach‚ and he was charged with the same crimes. Police are trying to locate a third man named Jesus Abel Felix Garcia‚ who they believe participated in the attempted murder. Both men pleaded not guilty and are being held on a $1 million bond at the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside.Pasillas had been the pastor at Centro Internacional de Oracion. Victorville is a city of about 134k residents located in the Mojave desert 75 miles away from Los Angeles. Here's more about the incident: Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Democratic Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan — the ranking member and chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs‚ respectively — plan to conduct a probe into the national security risks pertaining to "high-risk biological research and technology in the U.S. and abroad‚" according to a press release‚ which indicates that the oversight effort will involve investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic."Paul and Peters plan to hold hearings and conduct government-wide oversight on areas including high-risk life science research‚ biodefense‚ synthetic biology‚ biosafety and biosecurity lapses‚ early warning capabilities for emerging outbreaks or possible attacks‚ and potential origins of the COVID-19 pandemic‚" the press release notes. "This bipartisan oversight effort will assess and identify measures to mitigate longstanding and emerging risks and threats that may result in serious biological incidents – whether deliberate‚ accidental‚ or natural. The investigation will also seek to increase transparency and strengthen oversight of taxpayer-funded life sciences research‚ laboratories in the U.S. and abroad‚ and detection of biological threats‚" the release adds.Paul‚ who has served in the Senate since early 2011‚ has experience working as an ophthalmologist."It is well past time for the Senate to conduct a bipartisan inquiry into the origins of COVID-19‚ and‚ as part of this investigation‚ we finally will be holding Committee hearings to do just that‚" Paul said‚ according to the press release. "In order to prevent a more catastrophic pandemic from occurring‚ we must understand the nature of US-funded biotechnology and hold accountable those who engage in risky gain-of-function research.""I've been banging on the doors of federal agencies for the past three years‚ relentlessly seeking information on COVID-19‚ but it’s been nothing short of a wild goose chase. To prevent repeating past mistakes‚ it's crucial we fully comprehend the dangers of engaging in potentially hazardous bioresearch. This involves shining a spotlight on the gaping holes in oversight throughout the federal research processes and procedures‚" Paul noted.Blaze Media's Steve Baker expressed support for the planned probe‚ writing in a post on X‚ "Sic 'em‚ @SenRandPaul !!" — (@) Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The burial site includes the remains of a man alongside a chariot and two cattle positioned in such a way that the cattle appear to be pulling the cart. The post Macabre Burial Of A Man‚ A Chariot‚ And Two Cattle Unearthed At A Neolithic Complex In Germany appeared first on All That's Interesting.

Upon seeing Anne of Cleves' Portrait in 1539‚ King Henry VIII of England reportedly became enchanted. Now‚ the recent restoration shows what that portrait looked like when the king first laid his eyes on it nearly 500 years ago. The post The Louvre Just Completed A Restoration Of The Portrait That Convinced Henry VIII To Marry Anne Of Cleves appeared first on All That's Interesting.

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