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In a heartwarming story that could melt even the coldest hearts‚ a young boy named Otto and a crow named Russell have formed an unlikely friendship that’s captivated many. It’s a gentle reminder that magic can be found in the ordinary moments of daily life. As Otto makes his way home from school‚ Russell is... The post Crow waits for little boy to get home from school every day so they can hang out appeared first on Animal Channel.

In a heartwarming story that could melt even the coldest hearts‚ a young boy named Otto and a crow named Russell have formed an unlikely friendship that’s captivated many. It’s a gentle reminder that magic can be found in the ordinary moments of daily life. As Otto makes his way home from school‚ Russell is... The post Crow waits for little boy to get home from school every day and it’s the most adorable thing ever appeared first on Animal Channel.

The story of Kanoon‚ an elephant who spent years in agony chained beside a garbage dump‚ shows just how resilient the spirit can be. Kanoon’s life‚ marred by the scars of trauma from his time in the logging industry‚ takes a turn toward hope thanks to the efforts of compassionate individuals. The initiative to free... The post Elephant in chains for years can’t contain joy after being set free appeared first on Animal Channel.

Deep in the heart of China’s Yunnan Province‚ a story unfolded that captured the hearts of many. In a secluded part of the forest‚ four majestic elephants found themselves in a perilous situation‚ having fallen into a deep pond. The ground around the pond was slippery and treacherous‚ likely due to recent rainfall‚ suggesting that... The post Wild elephant trapped in pond starts sinking so locals pull out hammer to save it appeared first on Animal Channel.

The story of Kanoon‚ an elephant who spent years in agony chained beside a garbage dump‚ shows just how resilient the spirit can be. Kanoon’s life‚ marred by the scars of trauma from his time in the logging industry‚ takes a turn toward hope thanks to the efforts of compassionate individuals. The initiative to free... The post Elephant in chains for years has priceless reaction to new freedom appeared first on Animal Channel.

On Thursday evening‚ Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota Peggy Flanagan (D) posted images of her selections for March Madness. This year‚ however‚ Flanagan made her picks in one of the sickest ways possible.  If you didn’t know‚ March Madness is an annual tournament that takes place in March where NCAA fans pick and essentially bet on who they think will win the basketball championships. This year‚ Flanagan picked her choices for the NCAA mens and women’s teams based on which colleges are in states/areas that promote abortion. “I filled out my brackets based on whether those schools are located in a state that protects access to abortion care‚” Flanagan wrote in a tweet on X. “By this measurement‚ it’s only fair that Minnesota didn’t make the tournament because they’d have been a favorite for the title.” I filled out my brackets based on whether those schools are located in a state that protects access to abortion care. By this measurement‚ it’s only fair that Minnesota didn’t make the tournament because they’d have been a favorite for the title. pic.twitter.com/nFQ5FKwFHG — Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan (@LtGovFlanagan) March 21‚ 2024 For the ladies teams‚ Flanagan‚ who was named one of USA Today's Women of the Year‚ selected Stanford to go against Southern California with Southern California being her winning pick. In California‚ very few abortion restrictions exist. As a matter of fact‚ California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) was recently on NBC News’ "Meet the Press" where he defended unrestricted abortion‚ meaning abortion through all nine-months of pregnancy. As for the mens teams‚ Flanagan set the final two as Connecticut’s UConn team and and Washington State’s Gonzaga University. Connecticut ranks rather high on the Guttmacher Institute’s scale of who does and doesn’t “protect” abortion. The small northeastern state helps pay for abortions‚ allows them do be done by just “healthcare professionals” instead of actual abortion doctors‚ and in certain cases‚ allows abortions to take place through all nine-months of pregnancy. On the other side of the nation where Gonzaga University lies‚ similar laws are in place. But ultimately‚ Flanagan thinks Connecticut is more pro-abort‚ hence her top pick being UConn. In the same thread where Flanagan shared her picks for March Madness‚ she explained how she used Planned Parenthood’s abortion access tool to pick who she wanted to win the championship. “In situations where both teams were from states that guarantee abortion access with little to no restrictions‚ I picked the higher seed as a tie-breaker. I did the same if there was a matchup of teams from states that have banned abortion‚” she wrote adding‚ “In the end‚ I picked a Final Four of teams from states that guarantee abortion access‚ with UConn winning the men’s title and USC winning the women’s. I look forward to the day when there’s universal abortion access and this method is obsolete. Let’s go.” If I had it my way‚ there would never be “universal abortion access.” Establishing a “right” to kill an innocent child should never be a goal. Others online agreed with me and roasted Flanagan for her post.  “Democrats love killing babies‚” one user wrote about Flanagan’s brackets. Others replied directly on Flanagan’s post saying things like‚ “You pathetic person. Celebrating death as a joke‚” “You are an embarrassment to God fearing and loving Minnesotans.” More posts critical of Flanagan said things like‚ “This is about as pathetic a virtual-signaling play can possibly be‚” "'Abortion care' is one of the most evil euphemisms I’ve heard in a while‚” and “Absolutely shameless‚ aren’t you? Celebrating murder and trivializing it. Just awful.” They’re right. This move by Flanagan not only shows how adamantly pro-abort she is‚ but how little class she has too.  She should be ashamed of herself.

MRC President Brent Bozell reiterated the dire threat posed by Google’s years-long interference in U.S. elections — as revealed by an MRC Free Speech America Special Report that compiled 41 times the tech giant meddled in elections in the past 16 years. Speaking to WICS ABC 20 on Thursday‚ Bozell delivered a straightforward and unequivocal fact on Google: “Their algorithms are being tinkered with so that they can advance the left in America. … Google has the power to define what is and what isn’t truth.” Bozell’s remarks came during a significant segment with ABC 20‚ an Illinois-based television station affiliated with ABC and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group‚ one of the largest broadcasting companies in the U.S. with 185 television stations in 86 markets affiliated with all the major broadcast networks. Kayla Gaskins‚ a Capitol Hill-based national correspondent for Sinclair‚ succinctly explained the crux of the MRC findings: “The latest allegations of election interference don’t point fingers at Russia or China but at American-owned Google. … The conservative watchdog group‚ Media Research Center‚ publishing a Special Report accusing the tech company of meddling with major U.S. elections 41 times over the past 16 years‚ tipping the scales in favor of the candidates they prefer.” Read the Special Report here! 41 Times Google Has Interfered in US Elections Since 2008 Speaking to Gaskins‚ Bozell described the implications of such actions‚ saying‚ “When 92 percent of all searches worldwide go through Google‚ Google has the power to define what is and what isn’t truth.” Gaskins echoed the findings unveiled in a 16-page bombshell report compiling Google’s election meddling since the rise to power of former President Barack Obama. Fast forward a few years‚ and Google appears to be helping the scandal-laden re-election of President Joe Biden.  The tactics involved hiding the campaign websites of Republican candidates‚ allowing Google “bombs” to go unchecked and censoring positive information about the relatively less leftist candidate. The latter was the case in the 2008 election when Google reportedly censored support for then-Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton‚ who at the time was deemed less radical than Obama‚ her opponent and eventual victor. You May Also Like: MRC President Brent Bozell Challenges Google to Disprove Election Interference Activity Bozell further explained burying the campaign sites of Republican candidates off of the first page of search results: “Less than one percent of the public ever goes to page two. That was done deliberately. So‚ people looking at Google‚ looking for information‚ never saw the Republican.” 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.

After showing no interest on Thursday’s CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News‚ Friday’s CBS Mornings and NBC’s Today chose to cover the disturbing‚ viral video from our friend Jennie Taer at the New York Post showing a mob of illegal immigrants storming and tearing down a fence just over the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso‚ Texas. Having had time to marinate on this story‚ the networks all got their ducks in a row with CBS in particular bemoaning Taer’s video as “likely to add fuel to the political showdown over immigration and border security” and illustrative of how illegal immigrants are driven by “a tragic combination of a broken system and desperation” to pour into the U.S.     “A chaotic scene in El Paso as migrants storm a fence at the border briefly overwhelming the National Guard‚” announced co-host Nate Burleson in the show’s “Eye Opener”‚ which was followed by a soundbite of Taer telling El Paso’s ABC affiliate KVIA she heard “yelling” and “banging” and she “didn’t know what was happening to those guardsmen.” All three networks included a graphic crediting the Post‚ but co-host Tony Dokoupil was the only journalist on any of the networks to credit them out loud‚ saying it was “taken by a New York Post journalist shows a group of migrants pulling razor wire fencing aside and then pushing past members of the Texas National Guard.” Dokoupil‚ however‚ lamented that the “dramatic video from the southern border” was “likely to add fuel to the political showdown over immigration and border security.” Far-left CBS News immigration reporter Camilio Montoya-Galvez first griped the “images clearly illustrate the humanitarian crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border that‚ by every measure‚ is unprecedented in nature” before giving a brief description of the video. Montoya-Galvez clearly wanted to convey to viewers this wasn’t a time to be angry or horrified about this mob scene‚ but feel sadness for illegal immigrants showing “desperation” and that they were deprived of their rights to be “process[ed] and vet[ted]” by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (i.e. that they can be released into the U.S. and disappear): [T]he Texas National Guard is setting up razor wire and barriers to not only deter migrants from crossing the Rio Grande illegally but to block them from accessing federal border patrol agents‚ which are legally required to process and vet migrants who are physically on American soil and also to refer them to asylum judges and immigration — asylum officers when there is an arrival of a migrant on U.S. soil and the international boundary in Texas is actually in the middle of the Rio Grande‚ so these migrants were already on American soil. They had to be processed‚ Tony‚ under federal law. Bottom line‚ Tony‚ is that these images clearly show that there’s a tragic combination of a broken system and desperation at the border. ABC’s Good Morning America also had a tease and full report. Co-host and former Clinton official George Stephanopoulos had the former: “Caught on camera. Migrants storm across the southern border‚ overwhelming Texas guards. What do we know and the reaction this morning.” Co-host Michael Strahan tossed to correspondent Mireya Villarreal by describing the story as “dramatic video showing a group of migrants breaching a barbed wire fence‚ overwhelming Texas National Guard troops.” Villarreal first provided a description of the “dramatic” and “tense” scene that unfolded after actually “several hours of...back and forth” and seemed to suggest Taer’s work was misleading: But the incident shown from another angle tells a different story‚ appearing to show National Guard troops apprehending a handful of migrants. Sources tell ABC News U.S. Border Patrol agents took them into custody for processing. U.S. Customs and Border Protection issuing a statement after the incident‚ assuring ABC News that “all migrants from this group have been moved from the site. Additional personnel have been deployed to the scene”[.] In the first comments on one of NBC’s flagship newscasts‚ Today co-host Craig Melvin teased a segment on the “[c]lash at the border” with “[d]ramatic new video of a tense struggle in Texas‚ dozens of migrants pushing through a security barrier” that’s become “the newest flashpoint in the battle over immigration.” Correspondent Priscilla Thompson had the full report on the “dramatic” and “chaotic scene”‚ but also rehashed the court fight over Texas bill SB4 and touted Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro (D) bragging about not sending Pennsylvania National Guard members to Texas because it’d only contribute to a “political squabble.” To see the relevant transcripts from March 22‚ click here (for ABC)‚ here (for CBS)‚ and here (for NBC).

CBS senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams positively beaming on Friday when she shared the news that the Biden administration would be putting forward a resolution in the United Nations Security Council calling for a ceasefire in the Israel/Hamas War. Of course‚ Williams was less concerned about the Israeli and American hostages being held in Hamas captivity than she was about getting Israel to stop killing terrorists. In leading into the segment co-host Tony Dokoupil tried to ensure that the hostages remained a central part of the equation but Williams seemingly wasn’t interested; keeping her focus on getting Israel to stop their campaign to eradicate Hamas. Williams admitted she didn’t know if Biden’s resolution would amount to anything substantive‚ but she was hyped that it seemed like he was starting to abandon Israel: DOKOUPIL: We're hearing that there is optimism about a potential ceasefire and hostage release. How quickly could it happen? WILLIAMS: Well‚ I don't know the answer to that. But what we are seeing is a kind of change in the U.S.'s approach and language. So‚ we've seen the U.S. previously veto three separate U.N. Security Council resolutions calling for a ceasefire. Now‚ the U.S. has drafted its own cease-fire resolution that's expected to be voted on later on today. And it used much stronger language than we've seen previously from the U.S.: “an immediate and sustained ceasefire.” “That said‚ we have every reason to be skeptical‚” she tempered her excitement.     Dokoupil responded by pointing out that the terrorists have “been rejecting deals” the entire time while Israel had only rejected the most recent one Hamas had countered with. “What about this resolution would potentially move either party closer to yes?” he wondered. Williams still didn’t have an answer‚ but she found comfort in the U.S. beginning to turn on Israel: Well‚ I guess one of the questions is like -- why has the U.S. position changed? Right? And how much influence will that have? I guess when it comes to the why‚ maybe it's the kind of horrific images that we're seeing coming out of Gaza on an almost daily basis now. The World Health Organization says that up to 60 percent of children under the age of five in Gaza are now malnourished. “Now‚ no matter who you ultimately blame for that‚ and people have different positions‚ it's deeply distressing. And it ups the pressure on the U.S. to do something‚” she proclaimed‚ trying to distance Hamas from the responsibility for starting the war. Williams also seemed to be shocked or possibly disheartened by Israeli resolve to eradicate Hamas: I don't think that many people in the U.S. government thought back in October that we would still be here in March‚ that the war would still be ongoing‚ and that Blinken would be in the Middle East for the sixth time since the war began. She also called for rewarding Hamas for October 7 by giving Palestinians their own country and pushed Hamas propaganda about a pre-war “occupation” in Gaza (Israel had left Gaza in the early 2000s and in response‚ Palestinians elected Hamas to rule them): …there needs to be a two-state solution. That the Palestinians need their own state in Gaza and the West Bank because it gives them‚ you know‚ hope for a better future. And the argument is that when Palestinians suffer the daily humiliations of occupation‚ it helps kind of push them into arms of Hamas. What she didn’t care to admit was that international law was a fallacy and a U.N. resolution calling for a ceasefire didn’t really mean anything. For a ceasefire to take effect both sides needed to agree‚ and in this case‚ both sides seemed to be playing for keeps this time. The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: CBS Mornings March 22‚ 2024 8:02:15 a.m. Eastern TONY DOKOUPIL: We’re going to begin with new U.S. pressure on Israel to pause its war in Gaza. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel today pushing for alternatives to a ground offensive in the city of Rafah. And he says they're getting closer to a potential temporary ceasefire deal which could include the release of Israeli hostages. At the same time‚ the U.S. is sponsoring a resolution at the U.N. calling for an immediate and sustained ceasefire after vetoing previous ceasefire resolutions. Our senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams has been covering this conflict since it began in October and is here in studio with us. Holly‚ so great to have you here. You've been reporting on this for months now. We're hearing that there is optimism about a potential ceasefire and hostage release. How quickly could it happen? HOLLY WILLIAMS: Well‚ I don't know the answer to that. But what we are seeing is a kind of change in the U.S.'s approach and language. So‚ we've seen the U.S. previously veto three separate U.N. Security Council resolutions calling for a ceasefire. Now‚ the U.S. has drafted its own cease-fire resolution that's expected to be voted on later on today. And it used much stronger language than we've seen previously from the U.S.: “an immediate and sustained ceasefire.” That said‚ we have every reason to be skeptical. DOKOUPIL: Well‚ because you got Hamas which has apparently been rejecting deals‚ you got Israel which is apparently unwilling to accept the deal as it currently stands. What about this resolution would potentially move either party closer to yes? WILLIAMS: Well‚ I guess one of the questions is like -- why has the U.S. position changed? Right? And how much influence will that have? I guess when it comes to the why‚ maybe it's the kind of horrific images that we're seeing coming out of Gaza on an almost daily basis now. The World Health Organization says that up to 60 percent of children under the age of five in Gaza are now malnourished. Now‚ no matter who you ultimately blame for that‚ and people have different positions‚ it's deeply distressing. And it ups the pressure on the U.S. to do something. NATE BURLESON: Okay. Speaking of that pressure‚ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‚ he promised a major ground incursion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah. President Biden says that would be a mistake. How would that impact the relationship between Israel and the U.S.? WILLIAMS: Look‚ it's a really tricky one‚ isn't it? I mean‚ the U.S. is not just Israel's most important ally. It's the most powerful country in the world. So‚ you assume that there's a lot of leverage there. That said‚ I don't think that many people in the U.S. government thought back in October that we would still be here in March‚ that the war would still be ongoing‚ and that Blinken would be in the Middle East for the sixth time since the war began. So‚ there are limits to U.S. leverage. MICHELLE MILLER: You know‚ Holly‚ you've spoken to both sides‚ Israelis‚ Palestinians. What are they saying about this in the midst of it all going on? WILLIAMS: So‚ look‚ this current war was sparked by the horrors perpetrated on October 7th. But these two sides have been locked in a cycle of violence for decades. And many people on both sides when they've experienced violence‚ when they've lost loved ones‚ they're pushed to more extreme positions and more extreme behavior. So‚ how do you get out of that cycle of violence‚ right? Now‚ the U.S. position -- and this is shared by a lot of countries‚ a lot of people -- is there needs to be a two-state solution. That the Palestinians need their own state in Gaza and the West Bank because it gives them‚ you know‚ hope for a better future. And the argument is that when Palestinians suffer the daily humiliations of occupation‚ it helps kind of push them into arms of Hamas. But when you look at recent polls‚ it is a minority of people on both sides who actually want a two-state solution. You know‚ and those numbers are way down from ten years ago. DOKOUPIL: Wow. WILLIAMS: So‚ it seems as if what people on both sides actually agree on is that they're kind of resigned to violence. DOKOUPIL: Wow. BURLESON: Good to see you here at the table. Your coverage has been incredibly eye-opening. Thank you.