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Cali Bill Would Let Parents Sue for Social Media Addiction
Featured are the app icons for Twitter and Facebook. (Photo credit: DENIS CHARLET/AFP via Getty Images) Update: The office of California Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D) said the president pro tempore was unavailable for comment on the bill, citing prior commitments. A bill that would permit parents to sue social media companies if children become addicted to their products passed the California Assembly Monday.
Bozell: Amazon 'Is Paying to Kill Babies' With Shareholder Money
Brent Bozell participates in an interview. (Photo credit: YouTube/Fox Business) Amazon is "paying to kill babies...using the money of shareholders to do it," Media Research Center Founder and President Brent Bozell told Fox News Digital. The Big Tech giant reportedly told staff that it would cover up to $4,000 in travel expenses if an employee wishes to obtain an abortion, according to Fox News Digital.
Internet Archive 'Excluded' Taylor Lorenz Twitter Profile From Search
A digital library service apparently excluded from its database screenshots of the Twitter account of Washington Post columnist Taylor Lorenz, after Lorenz doxxed the identity and location of an individual who poked fun at leftists on Twitter. When users attempted on Tuesday to view screenshots of Lorenz's Twitter account as it appeared on past days and at past times using the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, the website returned the message "Sorry.
Internet Archive Apparently Excludes Taylor Lorenz, Who Doxxed Account Poking Fun at Leftists, From Its Search
Washington Post columnist Taylor Lorenz participates in an interview. (Photo credit: YouTube/MSNBC) A digital library service apparently excluded from its database screenshots of the Twitter account of Washington Post columnist Taylor Lorenz, after Lorenz doxxed the identity and location of an individual who poked fun at leftists on Twitter.
Levin: 'How Could I Be Lying' About Trump Being Spied on, Like Media Said, 'When I Regurgitated' Their Reports?
Mark Levin speaks at the 2016 Conservative Political Action Conference. (Photo credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) "How could I be lying" about former President Donald Trump being spied on by an entity hired by a lawyer from Hillary Clinton's campaign, said radio host Mark Levin Monday, "when I regurgitated" reports from the mainstream media? Levin was discussing an investigation released by special counsel John Durham, appointed by Trump.
Pence: CRT Is 'Nothing More Than State-Sponsored Racism'
Former Vice President Mike Pence gives a speech. (Photo credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) Critical race theory is "nothing more than state-sponsored racism," former Vice President Mike Pence declared while speaking at Patrick Henry College Thursday. Pence noted that under former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who is also running in the 2021 gubernatorial election, the Virginia Department of Education promoted critical race theory in schools.
Bozell Calls to #StandWithDan Bongino After Host Tells Cumulus It Can Have Him or the Vax Mandate
Pictured is host Dan Bongino as U.S. Open winner Gary Woodland visits "FOX & Friends" at Fox News Channel Studios.
Sales of Mark Levin's 'American Marxism' Hit 1,000,000
Author and Fox News host Mark Levin slams Joe Biden's policies. (Photo credit: YouTube/Fox News) Conservative author Mark Levin has sold one million copies of his July book "American Marxism," which analyzes how the media, Hollywood, corporations, and various other American institutions have become infested with central ingredients of Marxism.
Virginia Standardized Test Scores Plummet During Pandemic
Many classrooms have gone unoccupied during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo credit: James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images) Standardized test pass rates for Virginia elementary and middle school students dropped precipitously between the 2018-2019 and 2020-2021 school years, sometimes by more than 20 percentage points.
Smashing the Grad School Shibboleth
A female graduate wears a cap made of one-dollar banknotes. (Photo credit: Alfred Gescheidt/Getty Images) There is no more robust measurement of a nation’s conceit and deceit than the percentage of its citizens enrolled in higher education, particularly graduate school.
Exclusive: 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Actor Blasts Woke Capitalism
Greg Ellis attends the 2019 Wish Gala on November 20, 2019 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo credit: Tiffany Rose/Getty Images for Make-A-Wish Greater Los Angeles) "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "24" actor Greg Ellis blasted woke capitalism, the left's push for equality of outcome, and a "broken" family court system in an interview with CNSNews.
Media Giant iHeart: 'We Are Looking at Only Diverse Hires at This Time'
Featured is a sign for iHeartRadio music radio, part of the iHeartMedia company, at the company's local headquarters in the South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood of San Francisco, Calif.
Exclusive: Stephen Miller Unveils America First Legal's Multipronged War Against the Left
President Donald Trump's senior advisor for policy Stephen Miller speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 2, 2017. (Photo credit: JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) "Once passed, a president has no authority whatsoever to suspend, rewrite, or nullify duly enacted law," former President Donald Trump's senior advisor, Stephen Miller, told CNSNews during an exclusive interview.
Exclusive: Former Trump AG Hashes America First 'Counterweight' to Biden Admin, SPLC, and ACLU
Former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker announces a 13-count indictment of financial fraud charges against Chinese telecommunications manufacturer Huawei, as well as two affiliated companies and Huawei's Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou.
‘Gaddafi: Existentialist’ Reveals Dictator’s Surprising Thoughts on Natural Law, City vs. Country, and More
Libyan Head of State Colonel Moamer Kadhafi (C) reviews troops 03 December 1985 in Dakar upon his arrival for three-day official visit to Senegal. (Photo credit: JOEL ROBINE/AFP via Getty Images) The natural law of any society is either tradition (custom) or religion. Any other attempt to draft law for any society, outside these two sources, is invalid and illogical. This isn’t a string of words you’d expect to come out of a ruthless socialist dictator’s mouth.
USA Today Tries to Strip Jan. 6 Riot Defendants of Right to an Attorney
While its name is less synonymous with left-wing activism than those of other media titans, USA Today is the most-circulated paper in the United States and is also published internationally. (Photo credit: Francis Dean/Corbis via Getty Images) USA Today has appointed itself arbiter of who does and does not deserve to hire legal representation. And if you disagree, you will be labeled a harasser.
GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Was CEO of Firm That Pledged to Match Donations to SPLC, Which Put Conservative Christian Groups on 'Hate Map'
A man proffers dollar bills.
NY Rep Blasts Three 'Pillars Upholding White Supremacy': Filibuster, Electoral College, Student Loan Debt
CNSNews Reader, The media are hard at work weaving a web of confusion, misinformation, and conspiracy surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. CNSNews covers the stories that the liberal media are afraid to touch. It drives the national debate through real, honest journalism—not by misrepresenting or ignoring the facts. CNSNews has emerged as the conservative media’s lynchpin for original reporting, investigative reporting, and breaking news.
Conservative Leaders Commemorate 'Godfather of Pro-Life Activism' Joe Scheidler
Pro-life activist Joe Scheidler speaks with the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN). (Photo credit: YouTube/EWTN) Pro-life leaders commemorated the Monday passing of Joe Scheidler, founder of Pro-Life Action League (PLAL) with a decades-long legacy in the movement. The “Godfather of Pro-Life Activism," who died of pneumonia at age 93, started fighting abortion in 1973, shortly following Roe v. Wade, according to a statement issued by PLAL.
Twitter Locks Out Michelle Malkin Before Inauguration for Violating 'Civic Integrity' Policy
CNSNews Reader, The media are hard at work weaving a web of confusion, misinformation, and conspiracy surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. CNSNews covers the stories that the liberal media are afraid to touch. It drives the national debate through real, honest journalism—not by misrepresenting or ignoring the facts. CNSNews has emerged as the conservative media’s lynchpin for original reporting, investigative reporting, and breaking news.
Ex-Jeopardy! Champ: Ashli Babbitt's 'Nazi A**' 'Feeding the Worms' Is a 'Good Thing'
CNSNews Reader, The media are hard at work weaving a web of confusion, misinformation, and conspiracy surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. CNSNews covers the stories that the liberal media are afraid to touch. It drives the national debate through real, honest journalism—not by misrepresenting or ignoring the facts. CNSNews has emerged as the conservative media’s lynchpin for original reporting, investigative reporting, and breaking news.
Levin: Election Exposed 'Complete Collapse' of Courts as Check on State Officials
CNSNews Reader, The media are hard at work weaving a web of confusion, misinformation, and conspiracy surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. CNSNews covers the stories that the liberal media are afraid to touch. It drives the national debate through real, honest journalism—not by misrepresenting or ignoring the facts. CNSNews has emerged as the conservative media’s lynchpin for original reporting, investigative reporting, and breaking news.
YouTube Pledges to Delete Videos Questioning Election Results
Youtube CEO Susan Wojcicki speaks during the 'What Matters Next' session during the Cannes Lions Festival 2018. (Photo credit: Francois G. Durand-Getty Images) YouTube announced Wednesday that it would begin deleting new videos questioning the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Tuesday "was the safe harbor deadline for the U.S. Presidential election and enough states have certified their election results to determine a President-elect," the company said in a blog post.
Historian to Levin: Left More Interested in Changing Policy Procedure Than Policy Itself
MRCTV Reader, The media are hard at work weaving a web of confusion, misinformation, and conspiracy surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. This is why MRCTV, a program of the MRC, exists—to broadcast conservative values, culture, politics, expose media bias, and provide entertainment to new and diverse audiences. But we can’t do it alone.
New Committee to AOC: 'We Don't Do Enemies Lists in America!'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during a press conference, to address remarks made by President Donald Trump earlier in the day. (Photo credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) A new committee aiming to represent both Republicans and Democrats is taking a unique approach to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's suggestion that supporters of President Donald Trump be documented, potentially to ruin their livelihood in the future.
Glenn Greenwald Resigns From Outlet He Founded, Alleging Censorship From 'Biden-Supporting' Editors
Glenn Greenwald speaks during the presentation of his book "No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, The NSA, And The U.S. Surveillance State" on May 26, 2014 in Milan, Italy. (Photo credit: Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images) Journalist Glenn Greenwald announced Wednesday his resignation from an outlet he co-founded, alleging that "Biden-supporting" editors at The Intercept had censored a piece he had authored.
Mark Steyn to Tucker: Pelosi 'Embodies the Gulf' Between Lawmakers and Citizens
MRCTV Reader, The media are hard at work weaving a web of confusion, misinformation, and conspiracy surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. This is why MRCTV, a program of the MRC, exists—to broadcast conservative values, culture, politics, expose media bias, and provide entertainment to new and diverse audiences. But we can’t do it alone.
Exclusive: Parler Rejects 'Hate Speech' Bans, Will Fix 'Awkward' 'Fighting Words' Rule
A woman opens the Parler app on her phone. (Photo credit: OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images) John Matze, CEO of social media company Parler, committed not to ban users for "hate speech," stated that his company would fix an "awkward" "fighting words" clause in its community guidelines, and called the decision by Big Tech companies to censor the America's Frontline Doctors video "ridiculous," in an exclusive interview with CNSNews.com.
Levin: Supreme Court Damaged Rule of Law More Than Rioters This Week
CNSNews Reader, The media are hard at work weaving a web of confusion, misinformation, and conspiracy surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. CNSNews covers the stories that the liberal media are afraid to touch. It drives the national debate through real, honest journalism—not by misrepresenting or ignoring the facts. CNSNews has emerged as the conservative media’s lynchpin for original reporting, investigative reporting, and breaking news.
Twitter Censors Michelle Malkin for Advocating Force to Deal With Violent Criminals
Conservative author Michelle Malkin speaks on Fox News about previous censorship on Facebook. (Photo credit: YouTube/Fox News) Twitter locked the account of Michelle Malkin on Monday, after the conservative author and columnist suggested the use of force on violent criminals.
Apple Axes Music App Features for #BlackoutTuesday Agitprop
Featured is the front of an Apple Store in Washington, D.C. (Photo credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) Americans seeking solace via music following days of Black Lives Matter and Antifa ransacking their country may not want to do so via their iPhones. Users of Apple Music will find that three of the app's five tabs contain a banner stating "in steadfast support of the Black voices that define music, creativity, and culture, we use ours.
Apple Axes Music App Features for #BlackOutTuesday Agitprop
Featured is the front of an Apple Store in Washington, D.C. (Photo credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) Americans seeking solace via music following days of Black Lives Matter and Antifa ransacking their country may not want to do so via their iPhones. Users of Apple Music will find that three of the app's five tabs contain a banner stating "in steadfast support of the Black voices that define music, creativity, and culture, we use ours.
The Faulty Models and Fear-Mongering Behind Global Lockdowns
Faulty scientific models and media fear-mongering perpetrated the economic catastrophe caused by global coronavirus lockdowns, according to a data-intensive analysis put together by tech entrepreneur, veteran, and bioengineer by education Yinon Weiss at RealClearPolitics. COVID-19's infection fatality rate for most individuals under the age of 65 equaled that of driving 13 to 101 miles each day.
Media Shamelessly Distort Eric Trump's Coronavirus Comments
U.S. businessman and son of the U.S. president Eric Trump attends a French-U.S. ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, northwestern France, on June 6, 2019, as part of D-Day commemorations.
Media Shamelessly Distort Eric Trump's Coronavirus Comments
U.S. businessman and son of the U.S. president Eric Trump attends a French-U.S. ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, northwestern France, on June 6, 2019, as part of D-Day commemorations.
Meet the New AP, 'Annoyingly Progressive'
On Friday, the editorial sages over at the Associated Press decreed that writers should no longer use the term "mistress" to describe a woman in a sexual, long-term relationship with and supported economically by a man who is married to a different individual. We now say not to use the archaic and sexist term "mistress" for a woman in a long-term sexual relationship with, and financially supported by, a man who is married to someone else.
Must We Really Call the Feds on Impish Zoom ‘Hackers’?
A woman types on the keyboard in an ASMR video. (Photo credit: YouTube/ALB in whisperland ASMR) No. Of course not. But that’s not what the perennially scandal-starved media might have you believe. With quarantine in full effect for much of the nation, meetups spanning from college classes to Alcoholics Anonymous have migrated into the digital sphere, hosting sessions on audiovisual platform Zoom.
Conservative group compared to Hitler, labeled a 'direct threat' to democracy
Fiona Moriarty-McLaughlin California Senior Campus Correspondent @factswithfiona Today at 1:42 PM EDT SBCC students and student senators condemned Turning Point USA at its recent meeting. One student even compared the conservative group to Hitler. Students at Santa Barbara City College protested the conservative student group Turning Point USA being recognized as a campus club. Multiple students stood up to protest the approval of the club.
How One Investment Veteran Is Supporting Christian Films
A large cross stands erect in the amphitheatre of the Colosseum in Rome. (Photo credit: Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images) With the Oscars doling out movie awards on Sunday, a four-decade investment veteran who steers investors away from film companies promoting anti-Christian values gave CNSNews.com some insight into the tools his company uses to combat cultural decadence in the film industry.
Report: Taxpayers Forking Over Up to $6,500 per Illegal Alien
A dollar sign is featured. (Photo credit: YouTube/Javier Velasco Barrero) Much of the media attention garnered by the border crisis typically revolves around states that border Mexico like Arizona and Texas. Yet a February report reveals the devastating economic consequences of illegal aliens on taxpayers as far north as Montana.
NO MEN ALLOWED in UVA Weight Room for 'Ladies Night'
Pictured is the Rotunda at the University of Virginia. (Photo credit: Sergio Anelli / Electa / Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images) No men will be allowed in a weight room at the publicly-funded University of Virginia (UVA) for an hour-and-a-half Thursday night. UVA's Aquatic & Fitness Center will host a "Ladies Night" event from 6:30-8:00pm on Thursday, according to a Facebook event page.
Over $2 Million In College Scholarships Awarded To Vets' Children
CNSNews Reader, The liberal media are terrified of the truth, especially when it leads to uncomfortable questions about their own leftist worldview. CNSNews covers the stories that the liberal media are afraid to touch. It drives the national debate through real, honest journalism — not by misrepresenting or ignoring the facts.
Cali University Offers Exclusive Faculty Mentoring...For Illegal Alien Students
Today, we’re going to be investigating the University of California, Santa Barbara’s Dream Scholar Faculty Mentoring Program. The top of the program’s website demonstrates just how oppressed illegal aliens are in the age of Trump. They’re so afraid, they’re apparently willing to be photographed publicly with name tags. It sure would be tragic if ICE stumbles across that.
(WATCH) Paul Joseph Watson: Los Angeles is a Sh*thole
: If Los Angeles is so bad, why don’t the poor people who are homeless or struggling there not move? There are cheaper places to live.
BC Court: Teen girl can stay on male hormone shots without Dad's consent
There's perhaps no case before the courts right now that will have a more deleterious effect on Canadians’ rights than one being heard right now in British Columbia. Be it parental rights or free speech rights, the case of AB (a gender-transitioning child ) vs. CD (the father who opposes the transition) has made it clear that activists and social workers seem to get the final say on a child's future in Canada.
Pamela Geller event in NYC targeted by Islamic group, Eventbrite cancels ticket sales
The Council on American-Islamic Relations was able to pressure ticket-seller EventBrite to blacklist a New York event featuring free speech crusader Pamela Geller. But the show must go on, and it did go on, as the organizers starting selling tickets on their own site. And despite the interference of the censorious thugs who comprise CAIR, Geller still got to speak to a packed house.
Pamela Geller: The left is NEVER “fair” with censorship
Free speech under attack - even in the land of the free and the home of the First Amendment. Free speech activist Pamela Geller recently dropped by the National Women’s Republican Club in New York City. She was a guest of the New York Young Republicans, and her speech focused on the ongoing fight against free speech in America, from college campuses to the Silicon Valley tech titans that control social media. Indeed, not everyone loves the First Amendment.
EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE: Jessica Yaniv ASSAULTS Rebel reporter with CANE!
Are you familiar with Jonathan, a.k.a., Jessica Yaniv? He’s the dude who has filed more than a dozen complaints with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal. SUPPORT THE REBEL We've been covering Yaniv for weeks. Last week, we published the smash hit exposé Who Is Jessica Yaniv? And tonight, we have another type of smash hit to show you.
Enviro Canada report: Zero evidence recent floods caused by “climate change”
Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna wants you to believe that hundred-year floods are on the rise. But new evidence shows that not even her own Ministry really believes that. Thanks to the work of Blacklocks Reporter, we know that internal documents produced by the Environment Ministry directly contradict McKenna's warnings about the rising tide of man-made flooding disasters. Perhaps if McKenna yells loud enough, she'll be able to get her propaganda across all the same.
Liberals block Bernier from debate stage with Trudeau
A Liberal-appointed commissioner has blocked Maxime Bernier from participating in the federal leadership debates. Maxime Bernier is the leader and sole MP for the People's Party of Canada. With the next federal election scheduled for October 21, the governing Liberals prepared by creating something called the Federal Leaders' Debate Commissioner. Inclusion in the debates is now under the control of former Governor General David Johnston.
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