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No, don’t be dumb. President Biden is giving an electric one to every American with a new grid powered by coal to charge it with. POOTWH’s 2024 campaign plank removed. 4D chess.
What's taking so long? Faux has been spewing mis/disinformation as a lackey of Putin on the ritz for years. Oh, wait? Rupert is a "citizen?" Oh.
US takes down Iran-linked news sites, alleges disinformation
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — American authorities seized a range of Iran’s state-linked news website domains they accused of spreading “disinformation” on Tuesday, a U.S. official said, a move that appeared to be a far-reaching crackdown on Iranian media amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the case had not yet been officially announced by the American government, said the U.S. had effectively taken down roughly three dozen websites, the majority linked to Iranian disinformation efforts.
Iranian state-run news agency IRNA announced the U.S. government seizures without providing further information.
The takedowns come as world powers scramble to resurrect Tehran’s tattered 2015 nuclear deal and just days after the election victory of Iran’s hard-line judiciary chief, Ebrahim Raisi. On Monday, Raisi, known for his hostility to the West, staked out a hard-line position in his first news conference. He ruled out the possibilities of meeting with President Joe Biden or negotiating over Tehran’s ballistic missile program and support for regional militias — concerns the Biden administration wants addressed in future talks.
Relations between Iran and the U.S. have deteriorated for years following then-President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from Tehran’s nuclear deal and return of devastating sanctions on the country. That decision has seen Iran, over time, gradually abandon every limit on uranium enrichment. The country is now enriching uranium to 60%, its highest level ever, though still short of weapons-grade levels.
Iran provides support to militant groups in the region, such as Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthi rebels, as it seeks to wield its influence far afield and counter its foes.
On Tuesday, visiting the addresses of a handful of sites, including Iran state television’s English-language arm Press TV, Yemeni Houthi-run Al-Masirah satellite news channel and Iranian state TV’s Arabic-language channel, Al-Alam, produced a federal takedown notice. It said the websites were seized “as part of law enforcement action” by the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Export Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The U.S. government also took over the domain name of the news website Palestine Today, which reflects the view points of Gaza-based Islamic militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad, redirecting the site to the same takedown notice.
Press TV, launched in June 2007, is the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting’s English-language service. Its Iran-based website, PressTV.ir, was not affected but PressTV.com.au — an Australia-registered site — was among those apparently seized. It redirected to PressTV.com, which bore the takedown notice.
Most of the domains seized appeared to be ”.net” and “.com” domains, which are generic top-level domains as opposed to country-specific domains. Seizing a country-specific domain such as Iran’s “.ir” would be apt to produce widespread international condemnation as a violation of sovereignty.
It’s not the first time that the U.S. has seized domain names of sites it accuses of spreading disinformation.
Last October, the Department of Justice announced the takedown of nearly a hundred websites linked to Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard. The U.S. said the sites, operating under the guise of genuine news outlets, were waging a “global disinformation campaign” to influence U.S. policy and push Iranian propaganda around the world.
Yemen’s Houthi rebel group announced that its Al-Masirah satellite news channel went offline Tuesday without prior notice. It said the channel would continue in its mission of “confronting the American and Israeli acts of piracy against our nation, by any means.”
Responsibility for providing name service for the domain name presstv.com was apparently switched to Amazon name servers on Tuesday at mid-afternoon European time, said internet infrastructure expert Ron Guilmette. That suggests the domain was indeed wrested from its previous owner.
There are no private television or radio stations in Iran. Satellite dishes, while widespread, also are illegal. That leaves IRIB with a monopoly on domestic airwaves.
Marzieh Hashemi, a prominent Press TV anchorwoman who, in 2019, was arrested as material witness in an unspecified criminal case and has appeared before a grand jury in Washington, told The Associated Press that the channel was struggling to “figure out the reasons” for the seizure.
While airing in Iran, Press TV focuses predominantly on international affairs through the lens of how leaders in the Islamic Republic see the world. Fierce criticism of British and American foreign policy is common. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, IRIB has been in the hands of hard-liners who back Iran’s government.
Press TV has previously run into trouble with Western authorities over its reporting. The Anti-Defamation League has criticized the channel as “one of the world’s leading dispensers of conspiratorial anti-Semitism in English.”
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Associated Press writers Eric Tucker in Washington and Frank Bajak in Boston contributed to this report.
Laura
Ingraham has said she was "outraged" by General Mark Milley's defense
of studying critical race theory and has suggested that Congress should withhold funding for the military until the topic is removed.
The Fox News host described the Joint Chiefs chairman's comments about the academic theory—which examines the ways race and racism intersect with politics, culture and the law—as "ridiculous."
In a Wednesday night segment on her show The Ingraham Angle,
she said: "We are sending out tax dollars to this military in an
attempt to weed out so-called 'extremists,' which just means
conservative evangelicals as far as I can tell.
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"We're
paying for that? Why is Congress not saying: 'We're not going to give
you a penny until all of this is eradicated from the military budget.
Nothing. This is my offer to you. Nothing.'"
She added: "That's what I would say. I am totally outraged by him and his ridiculous response today."
Earlier in the segment, Ingraham said: "Somehow I don't
think General Milley would ever speak in this dismissive tone that he
took today to his Chinese counterparts."
She later added: "I have a
question for the general: why would anyone risk his or her life for a
country that's systemically racist? One that brutalizes minorities.
"Why
would any country respect us or follow our lead if that's who we are?
Those are some of the questions he should probably think about before he
touts the value of teaching far-left, Marxist, racist ideology to our
troops."
Ingraham's explosive comments came hours after Gen. Milley, the highest-ranking officer in the U.S. military, addressed a House Armed Services Committee hearing.
Responding to Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who had earlier pressed Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on critical race theory, Gen. Miller said he believed military personnel should "be widely read."
He
added: "I want to understand white rage and I'm white, and I want to
understand it. So what is it that caused thousands of people to assault
this building and try to overturn the constitution of the United States
of America? What caused that? I want to find that out."
Gen.
Miller later said: "I've read Mao Tse-tung. I've read Karl Marx. I've
read Lenin. That doesn't make me a communist. So what is wrong with
understanding,—having some situational understanding about the country
for which we are here to defend?
"And I personally find it
offensive that we are accusing the United States military, our general
officers, our commissioned, non-commissioned officers of being 'woke' or
something else because we're studying some theories out there."
As Gen. Milley spoke, C-SPAN cameras captured Rep. Gaetz shaking his head.
"We
are focused on extremist behaviors and not ideology—not people's
thoughts, not people's political orientation. Behaviors is what we're
focused on."
Although critical race theory originated in the
mid-1970s, it has recently become a hot-button issue in the nation's
culture wars, with some critics claiming it promotes divisions between
ethnic groups.
Newsweek has contacted Fox News, Rep. Gaetz and the Department of Defense for comment.
Fox News host Laura Ingraham speaks at the
Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland,
on February 28, 2019. She accused General Mark Milley of touting "the
value of teaching far-left, Marxist, racist ideology."
Alex Wong/Getty Images
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Is Tucker Carlson the most important person in America, today?
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what I find really irritating is this new thing where the competing networks, fox news and CNN, are constantly going at each other. Tucker is usually mocking Brian Stetler, and he and Brianna Keilar often use there segments to do nothing but bash fox news and tucker. how about just reporting the news? pretty sure CNN viewers don't need to be convinced tucker is a liar. i'm sure tucker viewers like it when he goes after cnn.
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Damn Canada internment camps for C19 positive result travelers man he’s such a dick 🤣🤣
"When this happens in other countries, we call them internment camps, but when it happens in Canada, we call it..... the Courtyard Marriott?"
Can always count on this guy counting on shady outfits like project veritas as proof the media is somehow working against him.
How do we get through to people like this? I don't think we can....
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The qtRUmplican conspiracy theorists can't be swayed
Another yawner.
You consume news from Project Veritas. You need to really reconsider that choice.
But I'm not sure these out of context clips even prove that. They're just opinions of some low level guy. Everyone has opinions.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
LOL.
Off to parler he goes!
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US takes down Iran-linked news sites, alleges disinformation
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — American authorities seized a range of Iran’s state-linked news website domains they accused of spreading “disinformation” on Tuesday, a U.S. official said, a move that appeared to be a far-reaching crackdown on Iranian media amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the case had not yet been officially announced by the American government, said the U.S. had effectively taken down roughly three dozen websites, the majority linked to Iranian disinformation efforts.
Iranian state-run news agency IRNA announced the U.S. government seizures without providing further information.
The takedowns come as world powers scramble to resurrect Tehran’s tattered 2015 nuclear deal and just days after the election victory of Iran’s hard-line judiciary chief, Ebrahim Raisi. On Monday, Raisi, known for his hostility to the West, staked out a hard-line position in his first news conference. He ruled out the possibilities of meeting with President Joe Biden or negotiating over Tehran’s ballistic missile program and support for regional militias — concerns the Biden administration wants addressed in future talks.
Relations between Iran and the U.S. have deteriorated for years following then-President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from Tehran’s nuclear deal and return of devastating sanctions on the country. That decision has seen Iran, over time, gradually abandon every limit on uranium enrichment. The country is now enriching uranium to 60%, its highest level ever, though still short of weapons-grade levels.
Iran provides support to militant groups in the region, such as Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthi rebels, as it seeks to wield its influence far afield and counter its foes.
On Tuesday, visiting the addresses of a handful of sites, including Iran state television’s English-language arm Press TV, Yemeni Houthi-run Al-Masirah satellite news channel and Iranian state TV’s Arabic-language channel, Al-Alam, produced a federal takedown notice. It said the websites were seized “as part of law enforcement action” by the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Export Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The U.S. government also took over the domain name of the news website Palestine Today, which reflects the view points of Gaza-based Islamic militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad, redirecting the site to the same takedown notice.
Press TV, launched in June 2007, is the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting’s English-language service. Its Iran-based website, PressTV.ir, was not affected but PressTV.com.au — an Australia-registered site — was among those apparently seized. It redirected to PressTV.com, which bore the takedown notice.
Most of the domains seized appeared to be ”.net” and “.com” domains, which are generic top-level domains as opposed to country-specific domains. Seizing a country-specific domain such as Iran’s “.ir” would be apt to produce widespread international condemnation as a violation of sovereignty.
It’s not the first time that the U.S. has seized domain names of sites it accuses of spreading disinformation.
Last October, the Department of Justice announced the takedown of nearly a hundred websites linked to Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard. The U.S. said the sites, operating under the guise of genuine news outlets, were waging a “global disinformation campaign” to influence U.S. policy and push Iranian propaganda around the world.
Yemen’s Houthi rebel group announced that its Al-Masirah satellite news channel went offline Tuesday without prior notice. It said the channel would continue in its mission of “confronting the American and Israeli acts of piracy against our nation, by any means.”
Responsibility for providing name service for the domain name presstv.com was apparently switched to Amazon name servers on Tuesday at mid-afternoon European time, said internet infrastructure expert Ron Guilmette. That suggests the domain was indeed wrested from its previous owner.
There are no private television or radio stations in Iran. Satellite dishes, while widespread, also are illegal. That leaves IRIB with a monopoly on domestic airwaves.
Marzieh Hashemi, a prominent Press TV anchorwoman who, in 2019, was arrested as material witness in an unspecified criminal case and has appeared before a grand jury in Washington, told The Associated Press that the channel was struggling to “figure out the reasons” for the seizure.
While airing in Iran, Press TV focuses predominantly on international affairs through the lens of how leaders in the Islamic Republic see the world. Fierce criticism of British and American foreign policy is common. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, IRIB has been in the hands of hard-liners who back Iran’s government.
Press TV has previously run into trouble with Western authorities over its reporting. The Anti-Defamation League has criticized the channel as “one of the world’s leading dispensers of conspiratorial anti-Semitism in English.”
___
Associated Press writers Eric Tucker in Washington and Frank Bajak in Boston contributed to this report.
https://apnews.com/article/iran-middle-east-03e651ff86918c871d9e1baaa5e30e37
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Laura Ingraham Wants Military Defunded Over General Milley's Critical Race Theory Defense
Laura Ingraham has said she was "outraged" by General Mark Milley's defense of studying critical race theory and has suggested that Congress should withhold funding for the military until the topic is removed.
The Fox News host described the Joint Chiefs chairman's comments about the academic theory—which examines the ways race and racism intersect with politics, culture and the law—as "ridiculous."
In a Wednesday night segment on her show The Ingraham Angle, she said: "We are sending out tax dollars to this military in an attempt to weed out so-called 'extremists,' which just means conservative evangelicals as far as I can tell.
"We're paying for that? Why is Congress not saying: 'We're not going to give you a penny until all of this is eradicated from the military budget. Nothing. This is my offer to you. Nothing.'"
She added: "That's what I would say. I am totally outraged by him and his ridiculous response today."
Earlier in the segment, Ingraham said: "Somehow I don't think General Milley would ever speak in this dismissive tone that he took today to his Chinese counterparts."
She later added: "I have a question for the general: why would anyone risk his or her life for a country that's systemically racist? One that brutalizes minorities.
"Why would any country respect us or follow our lead if that's who we are? Those are some of the questions he should probably think about before he touts the value of teaching far-left, Marxist, racist ideology to our troops."
Ingraham's explosive comments came hours after Gen. Milley, the highest-ranking officer in the U.S. military, addressed a House Armed Services Committee hearing.
Responding to Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who had earlier pressed Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on critical race theory, Gen. Miller said he believed military personnel should "be widely read."
He added: "I want to understand white rage and I'm white, and I want to understand it. So what is it that caused thousands of people to assault this building and try to overturn the constitution of the United States of America? What caused that? I want to find that out."
Gen. Miller later said: "I've read Mao Tse-tung. I've read Karl Marx. I've read Lenin. That doesn't make me a communist. So what is wrong with understanding,—having some situational understanding about the country for which we are here to defend?
"And I personally find it offensive that we are accusing the United States military, our general officers, our commissioned, non-commissioned officers of being 'woke' or something else because we're studying some theories out there."
As Gen. Milley spoke, C-SPAN cameras captured Rep. Gaetz shaking his head.
Austin had earlier dismissed similar concerns raised by the Florida Republican, saying: "We do not teach critical race theory. We don't embrace critical race theory, and I think that's a spurious conversation.
"We are focused on extremist behaviors and not ideology—not people's thoughts, not people's political orientation. Behaviors is what we're focused on."
Although critical race theory originated in the mid-1970s, it has recently become a hot-button issue in the nation's culture wars, with some critics claiming it promotes divisions between ethnic groups.
Newsweek has contacted Fox News, Rep. Gaetz and the Department of Defense for comment.
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He and Laura should not be given another second of airtime. It’s crazy. Not cause I disagree, it’s because they just lie and incite.
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