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Elon Musk Says He Will Reinstate Trump’s Twitter Account
On Tuesday at the Financial Times Future of the Car conference, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and future owner of Twitter, said that he will reinstate former President Donald Trump if his $44 billion deal to purchase Twitter goes through.
Musk stated that the ban was “morally wrong and flat-out stupid” since he believes that the banning of Trump led to the amplification, rather than the silencing, of the former president’s views:
“I do think it was not correct to ban Donald Trump. I think that was a mistake … It alienated a large part of the country and did not ultimately result in Donald Trump not having a voice.”
Additionally, Musk added that Trump’s behavior may have warranted “a temporary suspension…but not a permanent ban.”
Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter after January 6th with Twitter justifying its suspension in a statement saying that keeping Trump on Twitter could lead to “the risk of further incitement of violence”
Trump has said that he does not plan to return to Twitter and instead he has begun to utilize his own platform, Truth Social, to post his thoughts on everyday politics.
However, Trump’s actions, such as his lawsuit to try to reinstate his social media, demonstrate that the former president would like to send his daily tweets again.
Musk has emphasized that he sees Twitter as the modern public square and that the protection of free speech leads to a healthy democracy with him tweeting before the $44 billion deal went public that “Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy.”
Whether Trump decides to return to Twitter or not, Musk’s move to reinstate the 45th President’s account demonstrates Musk’s commitment to being a free speech absolutist, and Twitter may once again serve as an outlet for President Trump to reach his supporters.
Musk stated that the ban was “morally wrong and flat-out stupid” since he believes that the banning of Trump led to the amplification, rather than the silencing, of the former president’s views:
“I do think it was not correct to ban Donald Trump. I think that was a mistake … It alienated a large part of the country and did not ultimately result in Donald Trump not having a voice.”
Additionally, Musk added that Trump’s behavior may have warranted “a temporary suspension…but not a permanent ban.”
Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter after January 6th with Twitter justifying its suspension in a statement saying that keeping Trump on Twitter could lead to “the risk of further incitement of violence”
Trump has said that he does not plan to return to Twitter and instead he has begun to utilize his own platform, Truth Social, to post his thoughts on everyday politics.
However, Trump’s actions, such as his lawsuit to try to reinstate his social media, demonstrate that the former president would like to send his daily tweets again.
Musk has emphasized that he sees Twitter as the modern public square and that the protection of free speech leads to a healthy democracy with him tweeting before the $44 billion deal went public that “Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy.”
Whether Trump decides to return to Twitter or not, Musk’s move to reinstate the 45th President’s account demonstrates Musk’s commitment to being a free speech absolutist, and Twitter may once again serve as an outlet for President Trump to reach his supporters.
Congress to hold 1st hearing on UFOs in over 50 years
Almost a year after a long-awaited U.S. intelligence report on UFOs provided few answers to what military pilots had encountered in more than 140 incidents, top Pentagon officials will face Congress on Tuesday in the first hearing in more than 50 years focused on UFOs.
The intelligence report could only explain one of the military's 144 encounters with Unexplained Aerial Phenomena, the military's new term used to describe UFOs, reported since 2004. That report did not contain the words "alien" or "extraterrestrial" and said that the unexplained UAP incidents would require further study. Still, it did say that most of the phenomena were likely physical objects.
Appearing before a House Intelligence subcommittee on Tuesday will be Ronald Moultrie, the Pentagon’s top intelligence official and Scott Bray, the deputy director of Naval Intelligence, who will be asked by members of Congress if there are any updates.
Committee chairman Rep. Andre Carson, D-N.Y., tweeted last week that "Americans need to know more about these unexplained occurrences."
At the hearing, the defense officials are expected to play videos of some of the encounters that military personnel have had with UAPs to demonstrate how investigators try to determine what is going on in the incidents, according to a U.S. official.
The public's renewed interest in UFOs has been sparked in recent years by the leaks of once classified videos and the Navy's declassification of videos that recorded its pilots' encounters.
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The intelligence report could only explain one of the military's 144 encounters with Unexplained Aerial Phenomena, the military's new term used to describe UFOs, reported since 2004. That report did not contain the words "alien" or "extraterrestrial" and said that the unexplained UAP incidents would require further study. Still, it did say that most of the phenomena were likely physical objects.
Appearing before a House Intelligence subcommittee on Tuesday will be Ronald Moultrie, the Pentagon’s top intelligence official and Scott Bray, the deputy director of Naval Intelligence, who will be asked by members of Congress if there are any updates.
Committee chairman Rep. Andre Carson, D-N.Y., tweeted last week that "Americans need to know more about these unexplained occurrences."
At the hearing, the defense officials are expected to play videos of some of the encounters that military personnel have had with UAPs to demonstrate how investigators try to determine what is going on in the incidents, according to a U.S. official.
The public's renewed interest in UFOs has been sparked in recent years by the leaks of once classified videos and the Navy's declassification of videos that recorded its pilots' encounters.
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Captive Russian troops claim commanders kill their own wounded soldiers
Captured Russian soldiers have accused their commanders of killing their own wounded troops rather than recovering them from the battlefield and sending them for treatment.
In a harrowing account to Ukrainian journalist Volodymyr Zolkin, the young intelligence soldiers described how one lieutenant colonel asked a wounded comrade if he could walk, the Mirror reported.
When the badly injured soldier replied that he could not, the high-ranking officer reportedly shot him – as well as several others — dead.
Another soldier told Zolkin, who has reported about Russian prisoners for Open Media Ukraine, that officers have “finished off their wounded.”
When the journalist asked him to elaborate, the soldier answered: “Just like that … a wounded soldier is lying on the ground, and a battalion commander shoots him dead from a gun,” according to the outlet.
“It was a young man, he was wounded,” he added. “He was on the ground. He was asked if he could walk, so he was shot dead with a gun.”
Another captive said the lieutenant colonel “shot four or five like this.”
A third told Zolkin that their wounded comrades “could have been rescued, given help, taken out of there. He simply shot them dead.”
It was unclear from the video where the alleged atrocity took place, where the soldiers being interviewed had been captured and what unit they belonged to.
Dmitry Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, reportedly told Ostorozhno Media that the Kremlin has “no information” about the dead and wounded troops in Ukraine.
He was also asked about reports on social media by loved ones who can’t get the bodies of the dead soldiers in Ukraine.
“The captives are in trouble too … What will we do with our dead and will we exchange captives?” the Kremlin mouthpiece was asked.
“We do not have this information. It is with the Ministry of Defense,” Peskov replied, the news outlet said.
The allegations about Russian commanders killing their own soldiers follows a report that some demoralized troops have taken their own lives on the front line to avoid the conflict.
Andrey Ushakov, 20, claimed he knew two soldiers had committed suicide because they could no longer cope with the bungled invasion, which Russia launched on Feb. 24.
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In a harrowing account to Ukrainian journalist Volodymyr Zolkin, the young intelligence soldiers described how one lieutenant colonel asked a wounded comrade if he could walk, the Mirror reported.
When the badly injured soldier replied that he could not, the high-ranking officer reportedly shot him – as well as several others — dead.
Another soldier told Zolkin, who has reported about Russian prisoners for Open Media Ukraine, that officers have “finished off their wounded.”
When the journalist asked him to elaborate, the soldier answered: “Just like that … a wounded soldier is lying on the ground, and a battalion commander shoots him dead from a gun,” according to the outlet.
“It was a young man, he was wounded,” he added. “He was on the ground. He was asked if he could walk, so he was shot dead with a gun.”
Another captive said the lieutenant colonel “shot four or five like this.”
A third told Zolkin that their wounded comrades “could have been rescued, given help, taken out of there. He simply shot them dead.”
It was unclear from the video where the alleged atrocity took place, where the soldiers being interviewed had been captured and what unit they belonged to.
Dmitry Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, reportedly told Ostorozhno Media that the Kremlin has “no information” about the dead and wounded troops in Ukraine.
He was also asked about reports on social media by loved ones who can’t get the bodies of the dead soldiers in Ukraine.
“The captives are in trouble too … What will we do with our dead and will we exchange captives?” the Kremlin mouthpiece was asked.
“We do not have this information. It is with the Ministry of Defense,” Peskov replied, the news outlet said.
The allegations about Russian commanders killing their own soldiers follows a report that some demoralized troops have taken their own lives on the front line to avoid the conflict.
Andrey Ushakov, 20, claimed he knew two soldiers had committed suicide because they could no longer cope with the bungled invasion, which Russia launched on Feb. 24.
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The meat paradox
Scientists have been studying this conflict, between caring for animals and killing them to eat them. This phenomenon has been labelled ‘the meat paradox’ by University of Kent and Université Libre de Bruxelles researchers Steve Loughnan, Boyka Bratanova, and Elisa Puvia.
And we generally do care for animals. That’s why countries have laws protecting animals, why societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals (SPCAs) and other animal protection groups exist, why there was such national outrage when tigress Avni was killed, why the global horror when Cecil the lion and later his son Xanda were killed by trophy hunters in Zimbabwe, and it is likely why you are reading this book. In fact, many of us find what has to happen to animals to produce meat wrong, at least in principle, what little we may know about it, even if we eat meat.
A prank that was set up at a supermarket in Brazil, in which a man pretending to be a butcher offered samples of free fresh pork sausages to the store’s customers, proves this point. Shoppers would visit the counter, eat and admire the pork. Then, the butcher would offer to make more, but to do so he would bring out a live piglet and put the animal in a machine that appeared to instantly grind her up and turn her into fresh meat. In reality, another prankster was sitting in the machine safely collecting each baby pig. Although customers had just readily eaten pork, they were aghast when they thought a live pig was about to be killed. One woman spat out pork from her mouth, others pleaded with the butcher not to kill the young pig and even tried to physically stop him from doing so. None of them picked up another piece of the free fresh pork that they had eagerly eaten before seeing the live pig. If you were one of the customers, what would you have done?
And we generally do care for animals. That’s why countries have laws protecting animals, why societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals (SPCAs) and other animal protection groups exist, why there was such national outrage when tigress Avni was killed, why the global horror when Cecil the lion and later his son Xanda were killed by trophy hunters in Zimbabwe, and it is likely why you are reading this book. In fact, many of us find what has to happen to animals to produce meat wrong, at least in principle, what little we may know about it, even if we eat meat.
A prank that was set up at a supermarket in Brazil, in which a man pretending to be a butcher offered samples of free fresh pork sausages to the store’s customers, proves this point. Shoppers would visit the counter, eat and admire the pork. Then, the butcher would offer to make more, but to do so he would bring out a live piglet and put the animal in a machine that appeared to instantly grind her up and turn her into fresh meat. In reality, another prankster was sitting in the machine safely collecting each baby pig. Although customers had just readily eaten pork, they were aghast when they thought a live pig was about to be killed. One woman spat out pork from her mouth, others pleaded with the butcher not to kill the young pig and even tried to physically stop him from doing so. None of them picked up another piece of the free fresh pork that they had eagerly eaten before seeing the live pig. If you were one of the customers, what would you have done?
Polish girl.... tourist's death in Egypt..
The mysterious death of Magdalena Zuk...
Magdalena Zuk, a 27-year-old Polish beautician, jumped to her death while on vacation in the Egyptian beach resort town of Marsa Alam on April 29, 2017. She was only three days into her week-long holiday.
The original holiday plans included her boyfriend, Markus, but due to issues with his passport, he was unable to join her. She Magdalena only informed her boyfriend 7 hours before the flight as it was meant to be a surprise. The trip was already paid for and they were unable to get a refund or sell the tickets, so Magdalena ended up going alone. It should have been a relaxing holiday, but from day one a series of strange events would occur that would eventually end in her death.
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Magdalena flew to Egypt on the 25th of April 2017 and arrived on the 26th. She was booked to stay at the 4-star ‘Three Corners Equinox Beach Resort,’ which was located on the Red Sea...
Reports from residents at the hotel stated that Magdalena was acting strange from the start. She would be sitting and drinking quietly by herself, then all of a sudden be chatting and dancing with everyone, then go quiet again. Other guests stated that she had asked where her boyfriend was as if he was there with her.
From day one her family started receiving unusual text messages from Magdalena. She would text her family as if they were there with her on vacation with her, asking if they would come to her room now. She also stated that she was hearing voices in her room.
Her family even received calls about her behaviour from her travel agent, Mahmoud Khairy, who also spoke Polish. As Magdalena started behaving more strangely, Mahmoud became more involved in her care. Her family started receiving a lot of strange photos of their daughter from him of Magdalena lying in bed in her robe covering her face or lying curled up in the hall.
Magdalena Zuk, a 27-year-old Polish beautician, jumped to her death while on vacation in the Egyptian beach resort town of Marsa Alam on April 29, 2017. She was only three days into her week-long holiday.
The original holiday plans included her boyfriend, Markus, but due to issues with his passport, he was unable to join her. She Magdalena only informed her boyfriend 7 hours before the flight as it was meant to be a surprise. The trip was already paid for and they were unable to get a refund or sell the tickets, so Magdalena ended up going alone. It should have been a relaxing holiday, but from day one a series of strange events would occur that would eventually end in her death.
Wednesday
Magdalena flew to Egypt on the 25th of April 2017 and arrived on the 26th. She was booked to stay at the 4-star ‘Three Corners Equinox Beach Resort,’ which was located on the Red Sea...
Reports from residents at the hotel stated that Magdalena was acting strange from the start. She would be sitting and drinking quietly by herself, then all of a sudden be chatting and dancing with everyone, then go quiet again. Other guests stated that she had asked where her boyfriend was as if he was there with her.
From day one her family started receiving unusual text messages from Magdalena. She would text her family as if they were there with her on vacation with her, asking if they would come to her room now. She also stated that she was hearing voices in her room.
Her family even received calls about her behaviour from her travel agent, Mahmoud Khairy, who also spoke Polish. As Magdalena started behaving more strangely, Mahmoud became more involved in her care. Her family started receiving a lot of strange photos of their daughter from him of Magdalena lying in bed in her robe covering her face or lying curled up in the hall.
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427,000 children in Foster Care thanks to Melania Trump, a most beautiful First Lady
Finally the former First Lady Melania Trump, first interview after the White House.
A very interesting revelations of what she is doing and her hope to be back at the White House.
She specially mentioned about her progress on the Foster Children's Program and how it is doing great.
A very interesting revelations of what she is doing and her hope to be back at the White House.
She specially mentioned about her progress on the Foster Children's Program and how it is doing great.
online today!
Botched Tattoos...
I followed a link from one site that linked to another site, then to another. It was about people who have excessive tattoos and have regretted getting them.
The funniest was a woman who wanted a tattoo like the first example:
(note: this image has been faked by Photoshop as the same woman's arm appears on many other tattoo samples)
The actual tattoo appears here:
Posted on TikTok, one viewer wrote "This looks like it was done in prison."
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The funniest was a woman who wanted a tattoo like the first example:
(note: this image has been faked by Photoshop as the same woman's arm appears on many other tattoo samples)
The actual tattoo appears here:
Posted on TikTok, one viewer wrote "This looks like it was done in prison."
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GOP rep says illegal migrants sent ‘pallets’ of hard-to-find baby formula
Illegals getting formula while Americans have to wait.
Pallets of baby formula are being sent to holding facilities at the border amid a shortage that has seen many parents unable to find it at their local stores, according to a GOP representative.
"They are sending pallets, pallets of baby formula to the border," Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., said in a video posted to Facebook Wednesday. "Meanwhile, in our own district at home, we cannot find baby formula."
Cammack posted pictures to social media of empty formula shelves in Florida next to the pallets of food being sent to the border, saying in the video that a concerned border patrol agent sent her the image.
She said the picture comes from "Ursula processing facility" in Texas, where thousands are being housed and processed and then released." The Florida lawmaker said the concerned agent told her that she "'would not believe the shipment I just brought in.’"
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Pallets of baby formula are being sent to holding facilities at the border amid a shortage that has seen many parents unable to find it at their local stores, according to a GOP representative.
"They are sending pallets, pallets of baby formula to the border," Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., said in a video posted to Facebook Wednesday. "Meanwhile, in our own district at home, we cannot find baby formula."
Cammack posted pictures to social media of empty formula shelves in Florida next to the pallets of food being sent to the border, saying in the video that a concerned border patrol agent sent her the image.
She said the picture comes from "Ursula processing facility" in Texas, where thousands are being housed and processed and then released." The Florida lawmaker said the concerned agent told her that she "'would not believe the shipment I just brought in.’"
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