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July 9, 2021 | 8:18pm | Updated July 9, 2021 | 8:18pm Cancel culture and wokeism have turned social media into truly perverse tools: They now aggressively censor key points of view (at least from those on the right) while, in the case of Facebook, letting sex-trafficking flourish — and sometimes even allowing child nudity. These “services” fly smack in the face of traditional American values.  Banning former President Donald Trump, a world leader, from such widely used platforms was unprecedented for an advanced, free, democratic republic like ours and wholly out of line with the nation’s longstanding love of free speech. The good news: Trump is fighting back with a comprehensive lawsuit to assert the constitutional rights of all Americans. Not long ago, the nation celebrated our shared values and common interests while respecting dissenting opinions. But this cherished mindset is now almost obsolete in mainstream media and on college campuses. And it’s Silicon Valley that’s now spearheading the drive to restrict views, by filtering opinions through biased algorithms under each company’s sole control.  » Read More

Late last month, Facebook notched what could be its most notable achievement yet: Its market value hit $1 trillion. Just five U.S.-listed companies have reached the $1 trillion mark—or 0.08% of the total number of stocks currently traded on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. That’s roughly the odds of a high school basketball player making the National Basketball Association. It’s an elite club. Now that Facebook (ticker: FB) has earned access—its market cap was down slightly by the end of the week, to $980 billion—we might be waiting a while for the next entrant. That’s partly because the federal government wants to rein in big business, but also because the current trillion-dollar members have a natural incentive to keep the club small. There’s a big drop-off to the next candidate for membership—call it the Trillion-Dollar Cliff. Among U.S.-listed companies, Tesla (TSLA) is next up, with a market value of $629 billion, followed by Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Alibaba Group Holding (BABA), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM),  » Read More

As the Homestead multi-housing development continues to be constructed off Pitt School Road, another new element could be coming to one of its “villages”: a 4,666-square foot clubhouse. A design review will go before the Dixon Planning Commission at its Tuesday meeting. The Homestead project is a multi-phase development project in southwest Dixon south of West A Street by Pitt School Road. The development would include 1,365 single and multi-family units, a 32-acre commercial space and a 41-acre employment center. The development is part of the Southwest Dixon Specific Plan, which was approved by the City Council in 2004. The newest planning application, submitted by Anton Garcia of project developer Taylor Builders, is for a clubhouse that also includes a 1,220-square foot restroom and pool equipment building, and would be located in Village 6 while serving the the active adult gated community within villages 6, 7, 9 and 10. The property would be surrounded by future streets known as Barn Owl Lane, Lark Way, Farmhouse Lane and Prairie Way. Associate Planner Scott Greeley wrote that the clubhouse’s goal is “to serve as a private community improvement for the benefit of those residents within the active adult,  » Read More

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Celebrities have traditionally played an important role in Iran’s political sphere, calling on their supporters to vote for their favored candidates. But things are changing. In the latest presidential elections on June 18, celebrities went quiet. This influential group of athletes, actors, singers and other artists began to play a central role in politics in the controversial 2009 elections, when many artists and social groups came out in support of candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi to prevent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from being reelected. They also played an active role during the post-election protests, urging people to continue protesting against the government, sparking anger among the Iranian security apparatus. Some pro-government political groups have tried to attract artists' support ever since. Although the 2009 elections were disappointing for the celebrities who campaigned against Ahmadinejad, they did not pull back from the political public sphere. Four years later in the 2013 presidential vote, the artists, who were not at all happy with increasing government censorship and security crackdowns during Ahmadinejad’s second term, came out in support of moderate Hassan Rouhani.  » Read More

Ohio State and Penn State have done battle on the football field for years, and now it has gone to Twitter. Our friends at Nittany Lions Wire uncovered some barbs flying back and for between a 2022 Penn State commit and two OSU commits from the same class. It all unfolded in front of our eyes on social media. Ken Talley, a four-star defensive end and Penn State commit from Philadelphia, decided to poke the big, bad Ohio State bear, currently, the only Big Ten team ranked ahead of the Nittany Lions in 247Sports Team Composite Rankings for the 2022 cycle. After the commitment decision of Reading, PA running back Nicholas Singleton to James Franklin and Penn State, Talley started pecking away on Twitter, saying that no team is currently recruiting like the Nittany Lions. For some reason, he decided to take launch a trolling grenade across the bow of Ohio State in the process. No other school recruiting like us , Ohio state commits just committed there for fun not to actually have a chance to get playing time 🤣 — KEN “🃏” TALLEY (@KenTalley22) July 6, 2021 And we not done so sit back in ya seat and get ya…

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July 9, 2021 | 1:24pm | Updated July 9, 2021 | 1:48pm Enlarge Image Donald Trump said Big Tech is "manipulating and controlling the political debate itself." AP Former President Donald Trump is defending his recently filed lawsuit against Big Tech companies, slamming platforms for being quick to moderate speech emanating from the US while excusing Chinese propaganda and threats to America from Iran’s supreme leader. In an op-ed published Thursday in the Wall Street Journal, the 45th president began by explaining, “The internet is the new public square. In recent years, however, Big Tech platforms have become increasingly brazen and shameless in censoring and discriminating against ideas, information and people on social media — banning users, deplatforming organizations, and aggressively blocking the free flow of information on which our democracy depends.” “No longer are Big Tech giants simply removing specific threats of violence,” the president continued. “They are manipulating and controlling the political debate itself.” Trump then listed a series of examples, including how social media responded in the wake of The Post’s reporting on Hunter Biden in the weeks leading up to the 2020 presidential election, as well as the censorship of any content questioning the origin of…

Donald Allen Hayes, 31 of Lusby UPDATE: On July 6, 2021, Donald Allen Hayes, 31, of Lusby, pleaded guilty to Sexual Abuse of a Minor, Fourth Degree Sexual Offense, Display of Obscene Item to a Minor, and Solicitation of Child Pornography. He will be sentenced October 1, 2021. In December 2020, the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a sexual assault involving a 13 year old victim. A forensic interview of the child revealed that she spent a weekend in August at Hayes’ residence for a sleepover with his daughter. At that time, Hayes sexually assaulted the minor victim and then asked her not to tell anyone. He also gave her Vape products. After the sexual assault, Hayes initiated further contact with the victim via Snapchat and purchased her Vape cartridges and food items. Hayes would leave these items in the driveway of her family home. The victim told a friend initially, but did not disclose this to authorities until December of 2020. During the investigation, another minor victim, age 16, was identified. This victim was contacted by Hayes via Snapchat. The victim did not previously know him. During their conversations, Hayes built a connection with the child…