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Facebook Has Interfered In U.S. Elections 39 Times Since 2008 – Report.

A study by the Media Research Center (MRC) revealed that Facebook has allegedly interfered in U.S. elections at least 39 times since 2008, while Google has reportedly done so 41 times over the past 16 years. Despite CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s professed commitment to free speech, Facebook’s actions seemingly belie this stance.

“Like Google, Facebook has an extensive history of interfering in U.S. elections. But it’s not completely fair to compare the two companies. I believe some part of Mark Zuckerberg believes in free speech. Google management clearly does not,” Brent Bozell, founder and president of the MRC, said in a recent interview. He continued: “But regardless of what Mr. Zuckerberg believes, his company’s policies and practices have resulted in a great deal of censorship that always seems to target the same side of the political spectrum, and it needs to stop.”

Researchers Dan Schneider and Gabriela Pariseau conducted the MRC’s study, demonstrating what they consider a complex interplay between Zuckerberg’s public support of free speech and the alleged censorship practices within Facebook. Examples offered include censorship of 2024 presidential candidates, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and a reported shutdown of political advertising a week before the 2020 election. The researchers also cite instances wherein conservative perspectives were alleged to be blacklisted or suppressed in the platform’s Trending News section.

Schneider and Pariseau believe that Zuckerberg’s repeated public endorsements of free speech contrast with Facebook’s subsequent actions, particularly after so-called ‘civil rights’ audits, which they suggest led to more stringent censorship practices.

The National Pulse has previously reported on the Zuckerberg-funded Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) and its activities to undermine U.S. elections by using private grants awarded to state election officials. In April of this year, Wisconsin voters barred groups like CTCL from funding election workers.

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A study by the Media Research Center (MRC) revealed that Facebook has allegedly interfered in U.S. elections at least 39 times since 2008, while Google has reportedly done so 41 times over the past 16 years. Despite CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s professed commitment to free speech, Facebook's actions seemingly belie this stance. show more
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Jack Montgomery
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Religion

Happy ‘No, St. George Wasn’t a Turkish, Palestinian Migrant’ Day!

It is St. George’s Day in England, when patriots celebrate their identity and patron saint, and leftists leap to their keyboards to let everyone know that the Christian martyr was not, in fact, an Englishman.This is true, but it is news to almost no one and hardly matters: St. Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, […]

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Jack Montgomery
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UK

WATCH: Tommy Robinson Humiliates Reporter Before Being CLEARED by Judge After Ludicrous Arrest.

Citizen journalist and anti-grooming gangs campaigner Tommy Robinson has been cleared of charges he refused to obey a lawful police dispersal order. A day prior to Tuesday’s decision, he clashed with Victoria Bird, a corporate journalist for Comcast-owned Sky News, who proved ill-informed about the case.

Outside court, Bird had sneered at Robinson, saying, “most journalists don’t have criminal convictions.” Robinson responded that he had never been tried by a jury, and Bird responded that he was “about to be,” forcing him to correct her.

“No, I’m not,” he told her. “If you knew your facts, there’s no jury waiting in there.”

Scrambling to recover, the corporate journalist insisted he was being tried by a judge “due to the severity of the alleged offense.” Robinson asked what his alleged offense was, and it quickly became apparent Bird did not know. She had to look up the case on her phone, reading aloud that he was “charged with refusing to leave an anti-Semitism protest in London… failing to comply a Section 35 direction [sic] excluding a person from an area.”

Robinson, who asked Bird if she would “wait out here to apologize when it gets proven that this was all unlawful,” was cleared on Tuesday. A judge ruled he had “no case to answer.” The police did not have a lawful order to remove him, which they admitted under questioning.

However, Robinson said the judge “threatened” him for “intimidating” Sky News.

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ARRESTED FOR COVERING A PUBLIC PROTEST. 

Robinson was covering the March Against Anti-Semitism in London in November 2023 when Metropolitan Police officers approached him. The officers said his “presence in the area was likely to cause harassment, alarm, and distress to others.” He refused the order to leave, arguing it was contrary to his rights. Officers pepper sprayed and arrested him.

His bail conditions ahead of the current hearing included a near-total ban on being present in London. Police arrested him a second time for breaking these by celebrating his daughter’s birthday with her inside the capital.

Robinson reports it was Campaign Against Antisemitism chief executive Gideon Falter who had the Metropolitan Police remove him. This month, Falter complained bitterly when officers from the force threatened to arrest him for being near a pro-Palestinian protest. He was told his “openly Jewish” appearance could trigger a “reaction.”

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Citizen journalist and anti-grooming gangs campaigner Tommy Robinson has been cleared of charges he refused to obey a lawful police dispersal order. A day prior to Tuesday's decision, he clashed with Victoria Bird, a corporate journalist for Comcast-owned Sky News, who proved ill-informed about the case. show more
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Ed Kozak
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Religion

National Cathedral Features Islamic Hadiths & Quran Readings Today. Here’s Why…

World Central Kitchen, the charity founded by chef José Andrés, is holding a memorial service at Washington’s National Cathedral on Thursday for its seven aid workers who were killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza. In addition to Christian and Jewish readings, the ‘multi-faith’ service will feature readings of an Islamic Hadith and excerpts of the Quran. The National Cathedral is a consecrated Episcopalian church, and traditional Christian teaching is clear that holding services of non-Christian religions — in this case, Islam and Judaism — in a consecrated church is sacrilegious and desecrates the Holy space.  

According to the service’s program, after the anthem in procession and opening hymn, attendees will be seated, and the service will commence with a reading from the Hadith, the sayings of Mohammed, by Imam Dr. Talib M. Shareef. Later in the service, excerpts from the Quran — Fatir 35:10 and Fussilat 41:34-35 — will be read, as well as a Muslim prayer. The sacrilegious service will also feature readings from the Jewish Talmud and Jewish prayers.

In 2015, a ‘multi-faith’ service featuring Islamic readings at St John’s church in Waterloo, London, was condemned by the Anglican Bishop of Southwark, Christopher Chessun. “Whilst it is very important to build good interfaith relations, it is clear that an act of worship from a non-Christian faith tradition is not permitted within a consecrated Church of England building,” Chessun said at the time. The Episcopal Church in America is a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

Shareef, the Muslim cleric featured in the service, is the imam and president of Masjid Muhammed, a historically African-American mosque in Washington, D.C., that was founded by the extremist and racist Nation of Islam as Temple 4.

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World Central Kitchen, the charity founded by chef José Andrés, is holding a memorial service at Washington's National Cathedral on Thursday for its seven aid workers who were killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza. In addition to Christian and Jewish readings, the 'multi-faith' service will feature readings of an Islamic Hadith and excerpts of the Quran. The National Cathedral is a consecrated Episcopalian church, and traditional Christian teaching is clear that holding services of non-Christian religions — in this case, Islam and Judaism — in a consecrated church is sacrilegious and desecrates the Holy space.   show more
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Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Politics

Trump Joins Gaetz, Luna With Realist Position on Mike Johnson: ‘We Have a Majority of One, OK?’

Donald Trump has signaled his support for Speaker Mike Johnson, who has been under fire from some conservatives after untethering military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan from border security in a series of standalone bills. The former President said he believes the Speaker is “trying very hard” in an interview with radio host John Fredericks. He also reminded listeners of the arithmetic Johnson is facing in the House of Representatives.

“Look, we have a majority of one, OK? So, it’s not like he can go and do whatever he wants to do,” Trump said when asked how he squared the “divide between MAGA and Mike Johnson.”

Even nominal control of the House would be jeopardized by this small margin if Johnson were ousted. Democrats would only need the votes of a handful of Republicans-in-name-only to install Democrat minority leader Hakeem Jeffries.

The position echoes the reluctant position of Reps. Gaetz, Luna, and others on this issue. Realistic Members of Congress understand that handing the gavel to Democrats six months before an election would lead to an immediate avalanche of subpoenas for almost everyone on the political right, as well as efforts to stack the Supreme Court, and ban Donald Trump from the ballot before November.

“…it’s a tough situation when you have [a majority of] one,” Trump added. “I think he’s a very good man, I think he’s trying very hard, and, again, we’ve gotta have a big election, we’ve got to elect some people in Congress, much more than we have right now.”

Trump also said it was essential to get rid of certain bad actors among Republican lawmakers. “We have to elect some good senators. Get rid of some of the ones we have now, like [Mitt] Romney — and others,” he said. “We have to have a big day, and we have to win the presidency.”

“If we don’t win the presidency, our country, I’m telling you, I think our country could be finished,” he warned.

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Donald Trump has signaled his support for Speaker Mike Johnson, who has been under fire from some conservatives after untethering military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan from border security in a series of standalone bills. The former President said he believes the Speaker is "trying very hard" in an interview with radio host John Fredericks. He also reminded listeners of the arithmetic Johnson is facing in the House of Representatives. show more
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