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In 2017, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft sent data back to Earth from the dwarf planet Ceres, located in our solar system’s main asteroid belt, that the body contained deposits of organic compounds. At first, it was hypothesized that these were deposited by comet or asteroid impact, but a new analysis of the data has suggested that, […] The post Tiny Planet Makes Big Splash as Surprise Study Shows it May Be Producing its Own Organic Compounds appeared first on Good News Network.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The Biden-Harris administration on has revealed it was setting up an action group to “monitor and address the effects” of any censorship or intimidation of Americans by China. Signed by President Joe Biden, the memorandum addressed heads of executive departments and agencies, while the task force is to be led by the assistant to the president for National Security Affairs and the director of the National Economic Council. This move comes after the administration spent the past four years doubling and tripling down on policies encouraging unprecedented censorship at home and being sued and investigated for colluding (through pressure via third parties) with social platforms and other tech companies to do its (unconstitutional) bidding. Hypocrisy this may be, but that might be the least of the problems with this sudden spur of activity by an administration that is weeks away from exiting, stage left. If we choose to forget that many of the censorship and surveillance mechanisms that permeated the soon-to-be former administration’s activities were regularly mentioned by critics as “inspired” by those used by China’s authorities, the question remains: why establish an entirely new “task force” and why now? The departments and agencies that will be represented at assistant secretary or above level include the departments of state, defense, treasury, commerce, agriculture, education, the Department of Homeland Security, the CIA, the FBI, the director of National Intelligence, etc. – plus, “other agencies and offices as the President may, from time to time, designate.” Opponents of the Chinese authorities and their notorious brand of censorship welcome the move and believe it should be endorsed by the incoming Trump administration, but also – somehow – expanded to China itself. Declarative statements about the purpose of such “monitoring” outfits are one thing, but recent history shows how far those can veer off course. One cautionary tale is the Department of Homeland Security’s Global Engagement Sector (GEC) which was set up to direct, lead, and coordinate US government efforts countering foreign state propaganda and disinformation. What that turned out to be, however, is a weapon of censorship pointed at Americans, that used third parties to circumvent legal constraints and push biased, partisan narratives at home. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Biden Administration Launches Task Force on Chinese Censorship, Drawing Criticism for Hypocrisy in Domestic Free Speech Policies appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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Democrats are slowly, but surely, building a permission structure for progressive activists to kill those they determine are bad. From the rise of antisemitism to, now, the murder of an insurance CEO, few Democrats seem capable of condemning violence without adding a “but.” To their credit, Gov. Josh Shapiro and Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania have condemned both without buts. Unfortunately, when President Joe Biden condemns antisemitism in the United States, he cannot help himself but muddy the water with equal condemnations of Islamophobia. No one is chasing Muslim students off college campuses. Progressive activists are turning violent, and too few Democratic leaders want to condemn the violence without adding caveats. Luigi Mangione’s alleged murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has also been met with lots of “buts.” Sen. Elizabeth Warren could not help but justify Thompson’s murder on television with MSNBC’s Joy Reid: “Violence is never the answer. This guy gets a trial who’s allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands.” “You can only push people so far,” she reasoned. Warren is a supporter of Obamacare, the present health care system in the United States that people hate. In fact, Americans’ hatred of health care in this country has grown since passage of the legislation Warren supports. God forbid people connect the dots and decide Democrats are the ones who pushed people too far by breaking the health care system. The caveats and excuses and buts complicate the situation. If killing Brian Thompson can be explained away as Thompson and his company pushing people so far, who is next? The oil company executives who the left says are evil for climate change? What about the abortion doctors who kill children or the trans-affirming doctors who do sex change operations? We cannot give ourselves the permission structure or power to make exceptions to the very basic rule that killing another human is wrong. Unfortunately, Democrats do not seem capable of saying that without adding a but or an excuse. In 1970, there were 20 bombings a week in California orchestrated by progressive activists. In 1971, the Weather Underground bombed the United States Capitol. In 1972, the Weather Underground bombed the Pentagon. In 1975, the Weather Underground bombed the State Department. The members plotted the assassination of a California State Senator in 1978. According to a report prepared by the Department of Energy in 2001, “Leftist extremists were responsible for three-fourths of the officially designated acts of terrorism in America in the 1980s.” The same report noted left-wing extremists tend to be younger and better educated than right-wing extremists and they tend to live in urban areas, thereby making high population centers more target-rich. While there are instances of right-wing extremists in the United States engaging in violence, such as killing an abortion clinic doctor, Democrat politicians and Republican politicians uniformly condemn the violence without caveats, exceptions or buts. For that matter, pro-life activists are the loudest voices to condemn abortion doctor murders -- noting that it is antithetical to their core mission and beliefs. But gun down an insurance executive or firebomb a synagogue and, should it be a progressive, few Democrats can resist adding a but to the end of their statement against violence. Over time, these caveats, carve outs and exceptions form the permission structure for more violence. “Violence is not the answer, but people can only be pushed so far” turns to “violence is not the answer, but something has to change,” which morphs into “violence is not the answer, but it’s understandable.” That then moves to violence. The left has called Donald Trump the second coming of Hitler and a threat to democracy. That provoked multiple assassination attempts, with one nearly successful. They now are bemoaning a CEO’s murder while justifying the killing. Wanted posters have gone up in New York City with the pictures of other insurance CEOs’ faces. One might suspect the people putting them up are the same who tore down the posters of kidnapped Israelis. What comes next? If oil companies are destroying the planet and the murder of an insurance CEO can be justified, surely someone will rid us of those other turbulent executives.

CNN may have been duped, according to a report from Verify-Sy. Last week, the news network aired an emotional rescue video of an alleged Syrian prisoner who claimed he was held captive for months.The video of the alleged rescue went viral, but now CNN says it is investigating the man's identity.'He may have given a false identity.'In the video, chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward entered a former Syrian prison where she stumbled upon one cell that was still locked. CNN's investigative team was instructed to briefly turn its cameras off while a Syrian rebel guard shot the lock off of the door.The team found a man hiding underneath a blanket inside the otherwise empty cell.The individual identified himself as Adel Gharbal from Homs and claimed to be a Syrian prisoner who had been held captive for three months and had not eaten or drunk any water in four days.Verify-Sy questioned whether CNN fabricated the story, pointing out inconsistencies in the man's appearance and behavior when compared to individuals who have endured long-term confinement and torture."The man, hidden under a blanket despite the gunshots used to break his cell lock, claimed he had not seen sunlight for three months. However, his reaction to the light did not match such a claim — he did not flinch or blink even when gazing up at the sky, seemingly overjoyed at his newfound 'freedom,'" Verify-Sy wrote."Despite the purported harsh treatment of detainees in secret prisons, Gharbal appeared clean, well-groomed, and physically healthy, with no visible injuries or signs of torture — an incongruous portrayal of someone allegedly held in solitary confinement in the dark for 90 days," the outlet added.CNN's report did not appear to question any of the inconsistencies. Ward wrote in a post on X, "In nearly twenty years as a journalist, this was one of the most extraordinary moments I have witnessed."Verify-Sy claimed that the man's real name is Salama Mohammad Salama, who is known as Abu Hamza, a first lieutenant in Syrian Air Force Intelligence under Bashar al-Assad.Homs residents told the news outlet that Hamza was "frequently stationed at a checkpoint in the area's western entrance, infamous for its abuses." Hamza was allegedly "involved in theft, extortion, and coercing residents into becoming informants."The sources further claimed that Hamza was incarcerated "due to a dispute over profit-sharing from extorted funds with a higher-ranking officer."Verify-Sy stated that Hamza was responsible for the torture, detention, and slaughter of civilians. Residents told the outlet that he is attempting to gather sympathy by claiming he was "forced" into committing the crimes.Ward stated that CNN had not been in contact with the man since he departed the scene with the Red Crescent. Additionally, she noted that he declined the opportunity to phone his family members immediately following the alleged rescue.A spokesperson for CNN told TheWrap, "We have subsequently been investigating his background and are aware that he may have given a false identity.""No one other than the CNN team was aware of our plans to visit the prison building featured in our report that day. The events transpired as they appear in our film," CNN continued. "The decision to release the prisoner featured in our report was taken by the guard — a Syrian rebel."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly considering privatizing the United States Postal Service to stop taxpayers from subsidizing its billions of dollars in losses.Three sources who spoke to the Washington Post under the condition of anonymity reported that during a meeting at Mar-a-Lago with Howard Lutnick, the secretary of commerce nominee, Trump voiced his interest in an overhaul of the Postal Service.'Throwing your money away.'One source informed the Post that Trump discussed the privatization of the USPS with a group of his presidential transition officials earlier this month.Trump reportedly pointed to the Postal Service’s massive financial losses, arguing that taxpayers should not have to subsidize the agency.The president-elect’s Department of Government Efficiency has also reportedly discussed changes to the mail agency.Economist Casey Mulligan told the Post, “The government is slow, slow, slow — decades slow on adopting new ways of doing things, and there’s a lot of [other] carrier services that became legal in the ’70s that are doing things so much better with increased volumes and reduced costs.”“We didn’t finish the job in the first term, but we should finish it now,” Mulligan declared.In fiscal year 2024, the Postal Service lost $9.5 billion, a $3 billion increase from the previous year’s losses. Financial records indicate that the mail agency has nearly $80 billion in liabilities. Just two years ago, Congress provided a bailout to the USPS amounting to $107 billion.Last week, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) slammed the Postal Service for spending $10 billion for an electric fleet of delivery trucks.“The defense contractor was supposed to build 80 a day but has only made 93 in almost two year[s],” Greene wrote in a post on X. “This is a Democrat Green New Deal scam that’s throwing your money away. It has to stop!”Ahead of the November presidential election, a group of state and local election officials nationwide sent a joint letter to the U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy expressing concerns that the mail agency had failed to improve its “pervasive” delivery issues.Election officials in all 50 states “have raised serious questions about processing facility operations, lost or delayed election mail, and front-line training deficiencies impacting USPS’s ability to deliver election mail in a timely and accurate manner,” the letter read.The Postal Service has invested in a 10-year modernization plan that it claims has allowed it to reduce 45 million work hours over the past few years and reduce transportation spending by $2 billion.A spokesperson told the Post, “The United States Postal Service is already engaged in an initiative to ensure that we can provide our customers with a high level of service to every delivery address in the nation at least 6-days-a-week in an efficient and financially sustainable fashion as required by law.”Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Harmeet Dhillon to serve in the role of assistant attorney general for civil rights. “This is one of President Trump's very best picks,” says Liz Wheeler. “I don't know if there's anyone who has been more of a fighter both with passion and effectiveness than Harmeet Dhillon.” In his announcement on X, Trump said the following about Dhillon. “Throughout her career, Harmeet has stood up consistently to protect our cherished Civil Liberties, including taking on Big Tech for censoring our Free speech, representing Christians who were prevented from praying together during COVID, and suing corporations who use woke policies to discriminate against their workers. Harmeet is one of the top Election lawyers in the country, fighting to ensure that all, and ONLY, legal votes are counted.” Liz echoes Trump’s words. “There's probably not a single prominent person in the conservative movement, whether this is a politician or a media person like myself, who Harmeet has not helped at some point behind the scenes.” “She is so giving, so smart,” and “for how busy she is, she is willing to sit down and listen and talk and help anybody who needs it,” she adds. If you need any more evidence that Harmeet is a pick of the highest quality, Liz says you need only to look at how “self-styled Democrat super lawyer … behind all the electioneering and the rigging before the 2020 election” Marc Elias responded. “Marc Elias is scared. You love to see it,” laughs Liz. To hear more of Liz’s commentary, watch the clip above. Want more from Liz Wheeler?To enjoy more of Liz’s based commentary, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

A shooting at a private Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin, claimed the lives of four people and injured at least seven others, according to initial reports. The alleged shooter was also found dead. Early reports indicate the shooter was a student at the Abundant Life Christian School.“Officers located a juvenile who they believe was responsible for [the] deceased in the building,” said Capt. Shon Barnes of the Madison Police Department to reporters. 'We have to do a little bit better.'Police said the shooting broke out at about 11 a.m. at the school, which serves grades K-12. "We're still going through, collecting evidence, collecting information, making sure that our community is safe from what is a sad day for our community and for our country," said Barnes. "And we have to do a little bit better," he added. A White House spokesperson said that President Joe Biden has been updated about the incident. “The President has been briefed on the school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin. Senior White House officials are in touch with local counterparts in Madison to provide support as needed,” said senior deputy press secretary Emilie Simons. This is a developing story and will be updated with additional information. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!