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from Breitbart
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED, American conservative news and opinion website
Parents’ ‘Sex Ed Sit Out’ Protesting Forced Gender Ideology in Schools Spreads Across Country
Parents across the nation will pull their children out of school on April 23 to protest sex education programs that have become steeped in gender ideology due to an agenda forced by pro-abortion and LGBT rights organizations. Dubbed “Sex Ed Sit Out,” the protest has been organized by parents who want to know why their children are learning graphic details about oral and anal sex and how to masturbate. The protest is taking off from Charlotte, North Carolina, to nearly a dozen other cities, reports the Washington Times, including Austin and San Antonio, Texas; Spokane, Washington; Sacramento, California; Bloomington, Indiana; and Martinsburg, West Virginia.
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Parents’ ‘Sex Ed Sit Out’ Protesting Forced Gender Ideology in Schools Spreads Across Country
Parents across the nation will pull their children out of school on April 23 to protest sex education programs that have become steeped in gender ideology due to an agenda forced by pro-abortion and LGBT rights organizations. Dubbed “Sex Ed Sit Out,” the protest has been organized by parents who want to know why their children are learning graphic details about oral and anal sex and how to masturbate. The protest is taking off from Charlotte, North Carolina, to nearly a dozen other cities, reports the Washington Times, including Austin and San Antonio, Texas; Spokane, Washington; Sacramento, California; Bloomington, Indiana; and Martinsburg, West Virginia.
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from Conciliar Post
"The earth will flame out, as said earlier, but not because humans win in their rebellion. Rather, their rebellion presses out the essence of the God’s grandeur in the world, gathering it to greatness which reaches its apex in the re-creation of nature, God’s perfecting it in its re-birth."
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from HumanProgress.org
Education Website
Poor countries can adopt ideas and technologies that took rich countries millennia to develop and leapfrog into abundance.
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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)
Media/News Company in Washington, D. C.Trump Brings ‘Righteous Power Against Barbarism and Brutality’
President announces coordinated assault on Syrian chemical weapons resources in response to attacks linked to Assad regime
Professor Talks of Heckling — at Free Speech Lecture
Josh Blackman recounts stories of students preparing to become lawyers who were afraid to express conservative views in class
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from Miami Herald
Our topic for the day: “Excuses for Donald Trump.” Spoiler alert: There aren’t any. Unfortunately, that hasn’t stopped people from trying.
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from Orthodox Christianity
Organization in Moscow, Russia
His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East has released a short statement in response to recent tweets from President Donald Trump about the possibility of war in Syria. The statement, which condemns the president’s threats of intervention in Syria, has been posted on the Antiochian Patriarchate’s official Facebook page. “We deplore any possible American aggression on our people,” the spiritual head of Antioch states.
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from SPIEGEL International (Der Spiegel)
Donald Trump's War Games: Why Intervening in Syria Is the Wrong Move
U.S. President Donald Trump this week issued a Twitter threat to Russia and hinted that America would soon attack Syria. But even if Assad does deserve punishment for again using chemical weapons, the urge to intervene should be resisted.
'Get Ready Russia': Donald Trump Is Stuck In The Syrian Quagmire
Following last weekend's suspected chemical weapons attack, the Syrian conflict could escalate once again. U.S. President Donald Trump's Twitter threat and Russian response show just how dangerous the situation has become.
from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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AC-130J GhostriderFinances Threaten to Blot Out US Gunship’s Laser Cannon
The US Air Force (USAF) wants to put a 60-kilowatt laser gun on its AC-130J “Ghostrider” gunships by 2022, but without more money from Congress the program could fall into the research and development “valley of death.”
Trump, May Agree on 'Vital' Need to Deter Future 'Chemical Attacks' After Call
After speaking by phone, the US and UK government leaders said the countries would cooperate closely on an "international response" to the alleged use of chemical warfare in Syria's Douma, the UK government said Thursday.
Syria Tensions: 'Some Limited-Scale Engagement Cannot Be Ruled Out' - Analyst
Dr. Mohammed Nuruzzaman, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Gulf University for Science and Technology in Kuwait, commented in an interview with Sputnik on Moscow-Washington relations and the situation in Syria.
'US Will Not Be Withdrawing From Syria, No Matter What Trump Says' - Analyst
US President Donald Trump's pledge to fire "smart" missiles at Syria apparently indicates that a ghost of last year's missile strike on the Arab country is already in the air. Dr. Jon Kofas is a retired history professor at Indiana University at Kokomo; in an interview with Sputnik, he commented on the recent escalation.
US Senators Move to Regulate Facebook in Wake of Zuckerberg Testimony
New legislation will bolster government regulation of social media in light of Facebook’s failure to adequately protect user information, Senators John Kennedy and Amy Klobuchar said in a press release. On Wednesday, during a congressional hearing on protecting consumer data, Kennedy warned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that Congress may be forced to regulate the social media giant. "The data breach at Facebook showed the world that the digital promised land is not all milk and honey. We’ve discovered some impurities in the punch bowl," Kennedy said in the release on Thursday. "I don’t want to regulate Facebook half to death, but there are things that need to be changed. Our bill will help protect Americans’ online data fingerprint."
Russia Does Not Engage in Regime Changes Unlike US – Embassy
Russia does not have a record of meddling in other nation’s home affairs, unlike the United States, which has routinely mounted influence operations to change "undesired regimes," the Embassy in Washington said. This comes after Mike Pompeo, the US president’s pick for the secretary of state, accused Russia at his confirmation hearing in the Senate of tampering in the 2016 presidential election.
NY Times Caught Manipulating Public Opinion on Syria Attack — Ex-UN Official
The New York Times has overlooked vital details about the narrative that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad used chemical weapons to kill his own people, a former high-level United Nations official told Radio Sputnik Thursday, an oversight that amounts to “manipulation of public opinion” in favor of more death and destruction in war-torn Syria.
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from Sputnik
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, Broadcasting & Media Production Company out of Moscow, Russia
The US Air Force (USAF) wants to put a 60-kilowatt laser gun on its AC-130J “Ghostrider” gunships by 2022, but without more money from Congress the program could fall into the research and development “valley of death.”
After speaking by phone, the US and UK government leaders said the countries would cooperate closely on an "international response" to the alleged use of chemical warfare in Syria's Douma, the UK government said Thursday.
Syria Tensions: 'Some Limited-Scale Engagement Cannot Be Ruled Out' - Analyst
Dr. Mohammed Nuruzzaman, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Gulf University for Science and Technology in Kuwait, commented in an interview with Sputnik on Moscow-Washington relations and the situation in Syria.
'US Will Not Be Withdrawing From Syria, No Matter What Trump Says' - Analyst
US President Donald Trump's pledge to fire "smart" missiles at Syria apparently indicates that a ghost of last year's missile strike on the Arab country is already in the air. Dr. Jon Kofas is a retired history professor at Indiana University at Kokomo; in an interview with Sputnik, he commented on the recent escalation.
US Senators Move to Regulate Facebook in Wake of Zuckerberg Testimony
New legislation will bolster government regulation of social media in light of Facebook’s failure to adequately protect user information, Senators John Kennedy and Amy Klobuchar said in a press release. On Wednesday, during a congressional hearing on protecting consumer data, Kennedy warned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that Congress may be forced to regulate the social media giant. "The data breach at Facebook showed the world that the digital promised land is not all milk and honey. We’ve discovered some impurities in the punch bowl," Kennedy said in the release on Thursday. "I don’t want to regulate Facebook half to death, but there are things that need to be changed. Our bill will help protect Americans’ online data fingerprint."
Russia Does Not Engage in Regime Changes Unlike US – Embassy
Russia does not have a record of meddling in other nation’s home affairs, unlike the United States, which has routinely mounted influence operations to change "undesired regimes," the Embassy in Washington said. This comes after Mike Pompeo, the US president’s pick for the secretary of state, accused Russia at his confirmation hearing in the Senate of tampering in the 2016 presidential election.
NY Times Caught Manipulating Public Opinion on Syria Attack — Ex-UN Official
The New York Times has overlooked vital details about the narrative that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad used chemical weapons to kill his own people, a former high-level United Nations official told Radio Sputnik Thursday, an oversight that amounts to “manipulation of public opinion” in favor of more death and destruction in war-torn Syria.
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from TASS (Russian News Agency)
Putin, Macron discuss situation in Syria — Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have held a telephone call on Friday, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. When asked if the two leaders had discussed the situation in Syria, he said: "yes, the conversation touched upon that." The Russian presidential spokesman said that the conversation’s details would be provided later. Putin and Macron ordered the countries’ defense and foreign ministers to maintain a close contact to deescalate tensions in Syria, the Kremlin press service said.
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Putin, Macron discuss situation in Syria — Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have held a telephone call on Friday, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. When asked if the two leaders had discussed the situation in Syria, he said: "yes, the conversation touched upon that." The Russian presidential spokesman said that the conversation’s details would be provided later. Putin and Macron ordered the countries’ defense and foreign ministers to maintain a close contact to deescalate tensions in Syria, the Kremlin press service said.
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from Tribal Tribune
Media/News Company in Nespelem, Washington
Tribal elder helps Tribune recover dozens of copies
Tribal elder Simon Edwards answered the call for the Tribune this year. His wife Rose invited us to come to Olympia to retrieve Tribal Tribune copies dating back to the 1960s. We quickly went to work to find which newspapers we didn’t have and ended up with more than 40 issues we had not previously had copies of due to a fire and poor storage.
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Media/News Company in Nespelem, Washington
Tribal elder helps Tribune recover dozens of copies
Tribal elder Simon Edwards answered the call for the Tribune this year. His wife Rose invited us to come to Olympia to retrieve Tribal Tribune copies dating back to the 1960s. We quickly went to work to find which newspapers we didn’t have and ended up with more than 40 issues we had not previously had copies of due to a fire and poor storage.
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