National "Public" Radio has a nasty tendency to believe in "free speech for me‚ and not for thee." Every night it airs All Things Considered‚ which fails to consider granting conservative rebuttals to all its left-wing propaganda. So it's natural it's all in favor of vigorous censorship of troublesome social-media speech. Remember its 2020 lecturing that the Hunter Biden laptop wasn't at all a story. They also complain that the 2024 election is too important to allow free speech.  On March 21‚ NPR's On Point aired a program on "How disinformation 'sabotages America'" with MSNBC contributor Barbara McQuade. Host Meghna Chakrabarty went on a surprising tear about how the Biden administration was "cowardly" for discontinuing its "Disinformation Governance Board" and its crusading leftist chief Nina Jankowicz. Meghna is still down with Nina.  MEGHNA CHAKRABARTY:  There are those who recognize our freedoms and our open society and are using those things to exploit us. For example‚ in this country‚ we all revere our First Amendment right to free speech. And that's true whether you're on the left or the right or anywhere in between. And there's a reason for that. Free speech is what allows us to speak out against our government when we see something that we disagree with‚ or we see something that's wrong‚ or we want to advocate for something different and better. So it's a cherished right for everybody. But I think it makes the word censorship a powerful weapon. Because anything that in any way tries to regulate speech can be labeled censorship‚ and everyone immediately backs down from it. The Biden administration had set up a disinformation agency run by Nina Jankiewicz‚ who is a disinformation scholar‚ and immediately the far right started calling it the censorship bureau‚ a censorship board. And so they closed it up. They closed up shop. That was a failure of the Biden administration. I will say just because some critics are saying it's a censorship board. I think the Biden administration‚ cowardly‚ it was a cowardly act for them to shut it down. So do I blame the people for criticizing the administration? No‚ I actually hang the blame right on the Biden administration for that. This overt critique of Team Biden made the MSNBC contributor uncomfortable‚ but she tried to play along: McQUADE: Sure. But they didn't want to take the political hit. Because the word censorship is so loaded that they didn't want to even be accused of engaging in censorship. Right now‚ there is a case argued before the Supreme Court the other day. I don't think the justices are going to have any of it. Based on their questioning‚ a lawsuit filed suggesting that when the Biden administration merely goes to social media companies and flags for them false claims about quack COVID remedies that are life threatening and says‚ "Hey‚ you might want to take that down. That's dangerous to public safety and human life." That is a violation of the First Amendment rights of the people who are making up these false claims about COVID remedies. Don't mention that some "false claims" about COVID‚ like it likely emerged from a Chinese laboratory‚ were heavily censored‚ even though they are now considered legitimate information. Unsurprisingly‚ Meghna said she's spoken with Nina "many times" on NPR‚ so she's mad her radio buddy got the boot‚ and then reached for the reliable "she got death threats" defense: I completely agree with you about the pressure the Biden administration was under regarding its disinformation board. And in fact‚ Nina Jankowicz‚ who was supposed to head that board‚ we have spoken with her on this show many times‚ and one of the times was not long after the administration shut down that disinformation board‚ and she made it clear that one of the reasons was she was‚ speaking of threats that you mentioned earlier‚ Barbara‚ she was receiving direct threats‚ which were definitely a danger to her safety‚ her being and her family. So it wasn't just like people screaming on social media. There was adequate concern that her life could be in danger‚ and I don't want to dismiss that. I want to repeat that. That‚ in and of itself‚ it makes sense that anyone would step back from that. At the same time‚ you're exactly right when we don't necessarily want to blame the Biden administration for all the disinformation in our information ecosystem now. But simultaneously‚ and I respectfully say this‚ no one expects Donald Trump to step back from the disinformation carnival that he's been powering around the United States for the past many years‚ that's just not going to happen. No one expects all the foreign actors who are using disinformation to influence American thought. They're not going to step back from it either. All that's left for us who care deeply about a functioning American democracy is to expect more of the people in power who do want to protect democracy. And I just wanted to offer that to you as the reason why I do look to the Biden administration to try to do more. They have all the power right now in terms of proposing new legislation or cases that they want to bring to court‚ et cetera. So I wanted to hear what you thought about that is it not fair to expect more from people like‚ like you and me‚ like you said‚ like the Biden administration‚ even people at the state level who have a place in our society. To do more‚ to say more about protecting democracy. McQUADE: Yeah‚ I'd like to see some of this come from Congress in terms of initiating legislation. CHAKRABARTI: Congress‚ yes. McQUADE: Where Joe Biden is‚ I think‚ vulnerable is the fact that Donald Trump is also his political rival. And so anything that he offers in an effort to neutralize Donald Trump's disinformation‚ I think it's spun as disinformation‚ as solely a political effort to neutralize his political opponent. And so it makes it very politically fraught for him as a direct opponent of Donald Trump. But sure‚ I think everybody in leadership should be working against this threat. Because it is so great. I think it is something that our justice department should be working on. I think it's people at the federal‚ state‚ and local levels should be working on‚ because it is so corrosive to our society.

In a recent opinion column‚ Univision anchor and Senior Editorial Advisor to the CEO Jorge Ramos complained‚ yet again‚ about the use of the word “illegal” to describe people who are in the country illegally. This is a new version of a column written several times before‚ but that begins to acknowledge the realities of the immigration debate in 2024. Another twist is that Ramos seemingly absolves President Joe Biden from using the term during his State of the Union address. In his column‚ titled “No human being is illegal”‚ Ramos writes: What is really important is not that the president of the United States referred to an undocumented migrant as an “illegal.” What does worry is that this comment normalizes the language‚ attitudes and policies of the most anti-immigration groups in the country. It is true that Biden sent Congress‚ on his first day as president‚ a proposal to legalize millions. But when the principal promoter of an immigration reform starts to use the words of his enemies‚ it signals that things are not going well. Biden used the word “illegal” during his recent State of the Union address‚ when he referred to the Venezuelan immigrant accused of killing Georgia student Laken Riley. The next day he said the man was “technically not supposed to be here.” And he told NBC later that he “should not have used the word. It’s undocumented.” The correction is welcome.  Ramos has long sought to be the language police when it comes to immigration‚ and how illegal immigrants are addressed. What is interesting from this column is the shift away from Biden. Ramos is supposed to be the one to stand opposed to power- that’s been his whole gimmick since Donald Trump came down the gilded escalator. Had Trump said it‚ the tone of the column would be different. I know‚ because he wrote a version of this column in 2018‚ titled “People are not illegal”: With Trump in the White House‚ the anti-immigrant cli­mate in the U.S. has changed for the worse. There are frequent verbal attacks on foreigners‚ coupled with the perception that any undocumented person can be deported at any time‚ regardless of past compliance. Further‚ several local police forces‚ operating with the explicit support of their respective mayors‚ have begun to act like ICE agents. The sense of fear is palpable. Different president‚ different tone. Here‚ it's more adversarial towards Trump. Biden‚ in turn‚ almost gets a pass for saying “illegal” and quickly apologizing. Ramos also concedes that the open-borders side of the ongoing immigration argument has lost the debate‚ and that is a first. Ramos wrote an identical column in 2012‚ titled: “Nobody is illegal”. Here‚ again‚ the language policing: I have no doubt that this path will eventually be created for the millions of workers who contribute so much to the American economy and the nation’s well-being. The country was wonderfully generous to me when I arrived; I hope that it will be equally generous to those who came after me‚ regardless of their status. But to move forward we must win this war of words. We must not allow the national conversation on immigration to be dominated by those who would label an entire group of people as criminals and who say that establishing a future for millions of immigrants is “amnesty.” Changing reality starts with changing our language. The first step is accepting that no one is illegal. The same self-righteousness‚ the same references to Elie Weisel‚ this column seems to write itself every six years. But Ramos knows that the tide has shifted‚ and that the public has soured on lax immigration enforcement policies as a result of the ongoing border disaster.  Hopefully‚ the immigration issue is resolved by the time the next column rolls around.  

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is not going to trial after all.In 2015‚ a grand jury indicted Paxton on three felony criminal charges: two counts of securities fraud and one count of failing to register with state securities regulators. Prosecutors claimed that Paxton solicited two acquaintances to buy hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stock in a technology startup‚ but failed to disclose that he would be compensated for the deal. Years of procedural and pretrial maneuvering had delayed the case‚ but trial was finally scheduled to begin on April 15.Then the case came to an abrupt end last Tuesday when prosecutors agreed to drop the charges in a deferred prosecution agreement. Whereas Paxton had been facing potentially decades in prison if convicted — 99 years‚ in fact‚ according to the Austin American-Statesman — he will now serve 100 hours of community service‚ pay restitution‚ and take continuing legal education classes.The deal raises a glaring question: Why is there an extreme difference between the potential outcome of the case and the actual outcome?Looking back‚ this outcome was predictable.In 2016‚ the Security and Exchange Commission filed a civil lawsuit against Paxton related to the same case. But a federal judge twice dismissed the SEC's complaint. "Paxton had no plausible legal duty to disclose his compensation arrangement with investors‚" ruled U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant in 2017.That ruling was a harbinger for things to come‚ a sign the criminal case against Paxton was weak — at best."If you follow that legal principle‚ the same facts could not possibility support a criminal prosecution‚" Mitch Little‚ one of Paxton's defense attorneys‚ told Blaze News."If you're a prosecutor‚ and you've read from a federal judge‚ you've just had your legs cut out from under you‚" Little explained. "If you're a prosecutor and you see that order‚ you should be saying‚ "Well‚ we're done.'"Seven years later‚ special prosecutors Brian Wice and Jed Silverman were preparing for trial. Initially‚ they planned to focus their case around the third-degree felony charge of failing to register with state securities regulators‚ the Houston Chronicle reported.But they ran into a massive problem.On March 2‚ the prosecutors re-interviewed a key witness‚ Frederick Mowery‚ a former friend and business associate of Paxton's. In that interview‚ they learned that Mowery planned to take the blame for not having registered Paxton as a securities adviser. Even worse‚ Mowery had already testified as much to the Texas State Securities Board a decade earlier‚ and Paxton paid a $1‚000 civil fine for the violation in 2014.Silverman‚ according to the Houston Chronicle‚ said the interview with Mowery extracted a "level of detail that would make it considerably harder for a jury to believe" that Paxton broke the law. It was yet another sign of a losing case. But after the eye-opening interview‚ prosectors shifted the focus of their case. Now they planned to anchor the case around the allegations of security fraud.But they ran into another problem: one of the alleged victims has died and the other was not committed to testify against Paxton. Plus‚ the victims simply wanted to be made financially whole‚ prosecutors now say.Moreover‚ as the prosectors re-interviewed other witnesses‚ they realized that most of them were hostile to their case‚ meaning they would have testified in a way that helped Paxton's defense.The law was also in Paxton's corner. Kent Schaffer‚ a special prosecutor who withdrew from the case last month‚ told the Houston Chronicle that Texas law isn't "crystal clear" about what a person soliciting investments should disclose to potential investors. And‚ at any rate‚ he said that Paxton was never accused of lying outright. Rather‚ he was accused of lying by omission.Realizing they did not have a winnable case‚ prosecutors finally decided to strike a deal.Publicly‚ the prosecutors who worked the case framed the pretrial diversion agreement as a victory. Schaffer‚ in fact‚ said it implied that Paxton is guilty."It sends a signal to anybody who is paying attention that this guy obviously did what he's accused of doing or he wouldn't be entering into that agreement‚" he said‚ the Houston Chronicle reported.But Little told Blaze News that conclusion is "abject nonsense.""[That comment] suggests how much public political pressure Kent and Brian are under for having agreed to the pretrial diversion‚ which‚ ultimately‚ they needed to agree to because they didn't have what they needed to try this case‚" Little said."[Schaffer] is just trying to shape a public narrative that's just simply not supported by the evidentiary record‚" he explained.Importantly‚ Little said prosecutors have always there wasn't sufficient evidence against Paxton to charge him‚ let alone to win at trial.And despite prosecutors' attempts to frame why the case ended the way it did — Wice‚ for example‚ called it the "perfect storm of everything that could have derailed and delayed the prosecution" — "none of this is a surprise‚" Little explained.If this has been true from the beginning‚ that begs the question: Why was the case drawn out?The answer to that question‚ Little told Blaze News‚ is because "this prosecution had political value while it was pending" — for Paxton's Democratic and Republican opponents."The value of the case is that it was pending‚" he explained. "The pain has always been the point."Ultimately‚ Little told Blaze News this case is a prime example of lawfare in a new age of hyper-partisanship‚ saying it serves as a warning to others."This was a trial run. If we could get in a time machine and go back to 2015: Did we really understand what lawfare was in 2015?" Little said. "There's precedent for political prosecutions ... but the depths to which people are [now] willing to go seems to be deeper and deeper."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Police want to question a Kansas City Chiefs player in connection to a car crash on Saturday that involved six vehicles in Dallas‚ Texas. Dashcam video shows the automobile accident was caused by a Lamborghini and a Corvette racing on a Texas expressway. The drivers of the sportscars fled the crime scene‚ according to police. Officials with the Dallas Police Department told the Dallas Morning News that they are looking for Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice in connection with an alleged hit-and-run accident. A spokesperson for the Dallas Police Department told People magazine‚ “The drivers lost control and the Lamborghini traveled onto the shoulder and hit the center median wall‚ causing a chain reaction collision involving four other vehicles. The occupants of the Lamborghini and the Corvette all ran from the scene without stopping to determine if anyone needed medical help or providing their information."Police did not specify Rice's involvement in the multi-vehicle crash. The Chevrolet Corvette is believed to be registered to the 23-year-old NFL wideout. The accident allegedly occurred around 6:20 p.m. on Saturday in the 6600 block of the North Central Expressway.Dashcam video shows a Lamborghini SUV and a Corvette speeding down the left lane and shoulder of the expressway. The vehicles lose control after being forced to brake for traffic traveling at a much slower speed. The black Corvette was seen disabled on the right shoulder of the road. The black Lamborghini SUV got completely spun around and faced the wrong way in a middle lane. The occupants of the Lamborghini are seen exiting the vehicle and walking down the expressway. Two drivers were reportedly treated at the crash site for minor injuries. Two other people involved in the crash were transported to a hospital with minor injuries.The Dallas Police Department is still working to identify all the suspects in the crash. Kayla Quinn‚ an alleged victim of the car crash involving her 4-year-old son‚ told the Dallas Morning News that "no one stopped."Quinn said‚ "We had children‚ like‚ we had kids‚ you know what I’m saying? It’s the fact that there was no sympathy shown to where y’all can even have the decency to stop and check to make sure someone’s OK‚ someone’s alive‚ you know?”Quinn added‚ "I'm just trying to keep my faith and just — you know‚ what is done in the dark comes to light‚ it’s all going to come face forward. You made it worse for yourself. You thought you got away‚ but y’all didn’t get away. I'm just blessed that I was able to walk out of there because it could have been so much worse."The Kansas City Chiefs did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the situation. Rice was a second-round draft pick for the Chiefs last year after playing college football at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. In his rookie NFL season‚ Rice notched 79 catches for 938 yards and a team-leading seven touchdowns. He set an NFL rookie record with 26 postseason receptions during the Chiefs' Super Bowl run.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up! Rashee Rice: Dashcam footage shows multi-vehicle crash allegedly involving NFL receiver‚ SMU alum www.youtube.com

LSU women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey went on a rampage after a Los Angeles Times column referred to some of the program's players as "villains" and "dirty debutantes‚" according to Fox News Digital.Mulkey entered the spotlight after it was discovered that the Washington Post was prepared to release a profile about the coach. The piece was released on Saturday‚ entitled: "The Kim Mulkey Way."She blasted the LA Times column as "sexist" and "awful‚" adding that "[y]ou can criticize coaches all you want.""That's our business. You can come at us and say you're the worst coach in America. I hate you‚ I hate everything about you. We expect that. It comes with the territory."But the one thing I'm not going to let you do‚ I'm not going to let you attack young people‚ and there were some things in this commentary that you should be offended by as women. It was so sexist. It was good versus evil in that game today. Evil? Called us dirty debutantes? Are you kidding me?"I'm not going to let you talk about 18- to 21-year-old kids in that tone."LSU's female basketball star‚ Angel Reese‚ was one of the players who came to Mulkey's defense over the LA Times piece. She noted that her team are "good villains" who are doing a lot to push women's basketball in the right direction."That’s what we’re worried about‚" Reese said. "Just being able to have teammates that have my back‚ have teammates‚ have coaches just have each other’s back this whole time. I don’t care what the outside thinks. I know what’s going on in that locker room."Despite Mulkey claiming to be on the right side of things‚ the LA Times column said the following: There’s little debate as to which side of the ledger Tigers coach Kim Mulkey falls on. Long after she reportedly failed to support Brittney Griner‚ in essence telling her gay star to keep her sexual orientation to herself‚ Mulkey has stumbled again in the wake of an imminent Washington Post profile on the veteran coach.Last week‚ Mulkey threatened to sue the newspaper without knowing the contents of the story‚ labeling it a “hit piece.” Without naming the reporter‚ she described the Post’s Kent Babb as “sleazy.” She slammed the paper for giving her a deadline to respond to questions while also disclosing that she had refused requests going back two years to sit for an interview.Mulkey insisted that she "can't sit up here as a mother and a grandmother and a leader of young people and allow somebody to say that. Because guys‚ that's wrong. I know sexism when I see it and I read it. That was awful."The LA Times has since edited the piece and removed phrases such as "dirty debutantes‚" insisting that the piece did not meet its editorial standards.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up!

Matthew Underwood — one of the stars of Nickelodeon's Zoey 101 — has recently revealed that he was sexually molested as a child actor. He went on to defend his silence amid a slew of allegations against Nickelodeon's Dan Schneider‚ according to the Daily Mail.Underwood‚ 33‚ said he received a bunch of hateful messages for not speaking out after abuse claims surfaced in the Discovery docuseries "Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV." The actor played Logan Reese on Zoey 101 for four seasons.Former child stars Drake Bell and Alexa Nikolas described in detail how they were preyed upon by staffers and accused Schneider of bullying‚ racism‚ and sexism throughout their acting careers. Despite them coming out with these revelations‚ Underwood said he had sufficient reason not to join them in explaining what he had experienced while on set. Underwood said he was forced out of the acting industry by the sexual abuse he endured. He explained some of the details about his experience through an Instagram post‚ writing: "When I was 12 years old I was groomed and molested by my best friends' stepfather." See on Instagram "When I was 19‚ I was sexually harassed and then assaulted by my agent at the time‚ who had spent a decent amount of time building trust with me as a friend and mentor.""Again‚ my trust was betrayed and my self image was crushed.""I reported him to the agency and he has since been fired — although he is still active in the industry. This experience provoked my move away from LA and ending my pursuit of acting."Amid the release of the 2023 rom-com Zoey 102‚ Underwood said that many people had been "blowing up my email‚" adding that he had been labeled a "pedophile defender" by some critics for remaining silent about his experience."I imagine many of my friends in the business are being equally harassed if they aren't joining in the chorus‚" he said on Instagram."So I'm sharing this with hope that some of you can recognize that just because a person doesn't shout from the rooftops that pedophiles are bad or that people can suck — that does not mean they don't have their own reasons for staying silent‚ good reasons‚ personal reasons."Underwood did not come forward with the name of the agent who he accused of abusing him. He also noted that he would not join in on the criticism against Schneider‚ per E!"I never had a bad experience working on set of a Nickelodeon show and I never had a bad experience with Dan [Schneider]‚" he said. "I like to believe he is fully capable of being a creator and coworker everyone can enjoy working with."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Three girls are accused of viciously beating a disabled man and leaving him for dead in an alley in Washington‚ D.C. last year. The trio allegedly walked away from the "horrific" beatdown in a "celebratory mood." A 12-year-old girl and two 13-year-olds were arrested last week in connection with a deadly attack on a handicapped man on Oct. 17‚ 2023.Prosecutors say there is graphic video of the young girls brutally attacking 64-year-old Reggie Brown.The assault was initiated by an unknown man in his 20s‚ according to Detective Harry Singleton. The man reportedly grabbed Brown by the collar and threw him against a brick wall. According to the New York Post‚ the girls were walking by at the time and one of them asked the man‚ "Can I fight him?” The man replied‚ "Yes."The girls allegedly chased Brown down an alley. Brown tried to escape by climbing up a chain link fence‚ but the girls purportedly ripped him down and threw him to the ground. The girls repeatedly kicked and stomped Brown in the head on the concrete‚ according to authorities. The girls reportedly pulled down Brown's pants‚ took off his belt‚ and then beat him with his own belt. As Brown was bleeding profusely from his head‚ a girl allegedly yelled‚ "He's leaking!" WRC-TV reported that the girls "appeared to be in a celebratory mood as they walked away."A detective who watched the video called the attack "horrific." Brown was found dead on the street around 1 a.m. Law enforcement said Brown did not know his assailants. Brown was allegedly a disabled man with a metal plate in his head and only two fingers on each hand. He also suffered from mental health issues. Brown's family said he "never bothered anyone." A family member told WJLA-TV:Reggie was a person who stayed to himself. Never bothered anyone and was well known in the community as he grew up in the Brightwood neighborhood for 64 years. He was well respected in the Emery Recreation Center everyone knew him and that he was absolutely harmless.Brown's niece said‚ "My uncle really didn’t deserve this. He was known in this community for years so for this to happen where he lived for 64 [years] is insane. They have to be held accountable!”The Metropolitan Police Department announced a 13-year-old girl was arrested on Thursday and charged with second-degree murder. A 12-year-old and a 13-year-old were arrested on Friday‚ and they were both charged with second-degree murder. Shortly before 4 a.m. on Friday‚ the 12-year-old was reportedly shot in her apartment – roughly a half-mile away from the deadly beating. The girl sustained a gunshot wound in the leg and was transported to the hospital. Her injuries are said to be non-life-threatening. Police have not revealed if the gunfire came from inside or outside the apartment. A spokesperson for the D.C. Attorney General stated‚ "Per D.C. law‚ children under 15 years of age cannot be charged as adults. The maximum sentence for juveniles who are not charged as adults is commitment to the Department of Youth Rehabilitative Services (DYRS) until 21 years of age."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up! Mother says her 12-year-old daughter who faces charges in the death of a DC man was shot in the leg www.youtube.com

LUNATIC Left! James Woods Tears 'Hypocrite-Biden' a NEW ONE As Only He Can for Honoring Trans Over Easter

LUNATIC Left! James Woods Tears 'Hypocrite-Biden' a NEW ONE As Only He Can for Honoring Trans Over Easter

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