Tag: cancel culture

FBI Allegedly Trying to Fire Agents Who Attended Jan. 6 Rally: Whistleblowers

House GOP lawmakers said that whistleblowers have come forward and alleged that the FBI is trying to terminate employees of the bureau who partook in a rally on Jan. 6, 2021. “The employees did not enter the United States Capitol and have not been charged with any crime” but are allegedly still being fired, said…


FBI Trying to Fire Agents Who Attended Jan. 6 Rally: Whistleblowers

House GOP lawmakers said that whistleblowers have come forward and alleged that the FBI is trying to terminate employees of the bureau who partook in a rally on Jan. 6, 2021. “The employees did not enter the United States Capitol and have not been charged with any crime” but are allegedly still being fired, said…


Elon Musk’s Mother Criticizes NYT Article on Son’s ‘White Privilege’ Growing Up in South Africa

Maye Musk, the mother of Elon Musk, criticized a recent New York Times article targeting her son after it claimed that Musk grew up detached from apartheid-era atrocities in South Africa. Published Thursday, the NY Times alleged that Musk had “white privilege,” grew up in South Africa’s white communities, and was sheltered from the segregation…


Groups Funded by George Soros, Unions, European Governments Irked by Twitter Takeover

Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, has become the target of left-wing organizations following his announcement of plans to buy out Twitter in order to foster free speech on the platform. Tesla CEO on May 3 called for an investigation into the groups that have urged businesses in a letter to boycott Twitter if Musk…


2 GOP-Led States Sue Biden Administration for ‘Pressuring and Colluding’ With Big Tech to Censor Free Speech

Two Republican-led states have filed a lawsuit against President Biden, White House press secretary Jen Psaki, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and other top administration officials for allegedly pressuring and colluding with social media giants with the aim of censoring and suppressing free speech. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry filed the…


MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Rejoins Twitter, Suspended Again Hours Later

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell announced that he rejoined Twitter Sunday after his account was banned last year, but he was quickly reported and banned from the platform. “Hello, everyone at Twitter. This is Mike Lindell,” Lindell said in a Twitter video published on Sunday. “I’m here to tell you about my new account here, @MikeJLindell. That’s…


Proposal to Prohibit Teaching Critical Race Theory in Texas School District Wins Majority Approval in Public Comment

TEXAS—The majority vote in public comment chose to favor proposed policies that will put guardrails on social-emotional learning (SEL) programs and prohibit critical race theory (CRT) teachings for the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District (GCISD), following a board meeting on April 25. Board members Casey Ford and Shannon Braun proposed the policy (pdf) based on what Ford…


US Cancel Culture is Quietly Infiltrating French Society

What started as a left-leaning movement in the United States that targets public figures through shaming tactics, has caught fire via social media through hashtags like #MeToo, giving rise to a pervasive sub-society known as  “cancel culture.” However, it has moved well beyond U.S. borders and is becoming what some French consider a blight upon…


Johnny Depp Versus Amber Heard: A Real-Life Movie

A high-profile defamation trial is underway in Virginia between actors Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard, after her op-ed in the Washington Post implied that Depp had physically abused Heard, costing him career opportunities. While our legal standards are high for proving defamation, this trial also tells us some bigger things about the media…


Elon Musk Says Twitter Must Be ‘Neutral,’ Says Leftists Are ‘Primarily’ Attacking Him

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said that Twitter must remain “politically neutral” after it was announced this week that he came to a deal to purchase the social media platform. “For Twitter to deserve public trust it must be politically neutral, which effectively means upsetting the far right and the far left equally,” Musk wrote on…