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It was a brutal week for American democracy and a brutal night for Michal Oleksiejczuk. These two things, rather improbably, intersected at UFC 302 on Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. UFC fighter Kevin Holland, returning to the octagon's middleweight division for the first time since 2021,...

Donald Trump joined TikTok despite many Republicans wanting to ban it. He also wanted to ban it previously and hasn’t said why he changed his mind. His numbers are soaring with thousands every minute. TikTok is the fifth most popular app in the world with 1.5 billion active users. At 6:30 am ET, Donald Trump […] The post Trump Joins TikTok, Hits 1M Followers in Hours appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

In a new “Sunday Special” interview, Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro spoke to Fox News host Pete Hegseth about wokeness in the military. Shapiro noted that Hegseth has a new book coming out on Tuesday, “The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free,” which examines how the military allowed itself to go woke. The book has also become a Fox Nation series with Hegseth and his panel of veterans. During their hour-long discussion, Hegseth, an Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan discussed how the military allowed woke ideology into its ranks as well as the Left’s accusations of white supremacy within the military. “The everyday soldier on the line is as amazing as he ever was or she ever was, but when it comes to the brass, that has obviously changed,” Shapiro began, noting that those who notice “wokeness” in the military are often criticized. “Correct, you can’t blame me for pointing out what you’re doing to an institution that’s beloved to me and my fellow warrior class,” Hegseth responded. “This is an institution more focused than any other in our government, in our society, on meritocracy, on lethality, on readiness,” Hegseth continued, adding that the military underwent a “fundamental transformation” under Obama. “Especially under Obama, the focus became, ‘No, no, no, no, what about these gender issues? What about these trans issues? What about these women in combat issues? What about climate change?’ And certainly under Biden, it’s been, ‘What about extremism?'” WATCH THE FULL ‘SUNDAY SPECIAL’ EPISODE WITH PETE HEGSETH Hegseth explained that new, young soldiers who join the U.S. Armed Forces are bombarded with “woke ideology” during training. “You mentioned the warriors are just as good as they’ve always been. I agree, kind of. The challenge is because it’s a top-down organization, you start pushing things like DEI, now your young lieutenants and your young privates going through basic or going through ROTC or going through West Point are getting that woke ideology as part of their training.” Shapiro also asked Hegseth about the Biden administration’s accusations that the military is a breeding ground for white supremacist sentiment. “Where is that coming from?” Shapiro asked. Hegseth said that after George Floyd’s death in 2020, Defense Department leadership took the opportunity to address a supposed “systemic problem” of racism in the military. “The Left knows that by pushing DEI, now they’ve got black soldiers looking at white soldiers and white soldiers looking at black soldiers wondering who really deserved what or why they’re in a position, which is really toxic for an organization primed on unity,” Hegseth said.

I always thought that Hole was a very underrated band. The group was formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1989 by singer and guitarist Courtney Love and lead guitarist Eric Erlandson. The band has released four studio albums: Pretty on the Inside (1991), Live Through This (1994), Celebrity Skin (1998), and Nobody’s Daughter (2010). Known for their raw sound and intense live performances, Hole has seen multiple lineup changes over the years. The band’s most commercially successful album, Live Through This, received critical acclaim and achieved multi-platinum status. Hole disbanded in 2002 but reformed in 2009 with a new lineup. The post Complete List Of Hole Band Members appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Frances Haugen is “thinking of the children” – but also, of end-to-end encryption. Some other whistleblowers whose actions benefited societies across the world have ended up in prison or exile. Meanwhile, censorship-supporting Haugen, known as the Facebook “whistleblower,” is out there publishing memoirs, investing in cryptocurrency – and most recently, presenting proposals to none other than Meta’s shareholders. Related: The 2024 Digital ID and Online Age Verification Agenda Together with anti-encryption group Heat Initiative and Proxy Impact (specializing in shareholder proxy vote campaign consulting for left-leaning organizations), and several other groups, Haugen addressed the Meta annual shareholder’s meeting. They want Meta’s Board to accept a proposal for the company to produce a child safety report each year, which would demonstrate whether Meta is “adequately reducing harm to children on its platforms.” The proposal’s most notable feature is an attack on end-to-end encryption, with Haugen naming specifically this (and only this) technology in relation to child abuse threats. To drive her point home, Haugen cited the EU launching an investigation into Meta for its suspected failure to “reduce physical and mental health risks to young users.” The proposal (“Proposal #11) refers to more transparency regarding the disclosure of Meta’s business metrics that she said do not cover children’s own reporting about how they “experience safety” on Meta’s platforms. The addition of such reporting would add to Meta gaining new and keeping existing users, and be well received by advertisers, legislators, etc., Haugen told the shareholders, playing on their interest in anything that might affect the company’s bottom line. But the only specific harm Haugen names is encryption, and backed up that claim by citing law enforcement – notoriously interested in simplifying and expediting mass surveillance by undermining security, i.e., encryption on the internet – as well as “child safety experts.” And they, Haugen said, agree that “Meta’s expanding end-to-end encryption without new safety features will hide millions of incidents of child sexual abuse.” It is an unfortunate fact of politics and politicking that “child safety” is a term too often used to cover up the urge to introduce even more online censorship. Haugen’s reference to “new safety features” that should be added to encryption (in itself, the best bet that anyone at this time has on safety on the internet), can be taken as a call to introduce backdoors that would weaken this crucial technology. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Child Safety or Censorship? Frances Haugen’s Anti-Encryption Agenda appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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