After being disappeared, the social media platform Parler found its way back to the Internet two weeks ago. It was an arduous journey that shows how widespread the left’s desire is to cancel conservative organizations, people, speech, and ideas. In early January, Apple, Google, and Amazon teamed up to kick Parler, a social media company favored by conservatives, off the Internet. There one day and gone the next, Parler was declared unfit by these corporate oligarchs simply because it allowed conservatives to freely communicate. These tech giants disappeared Parler with the stroke of a key. Full stop. Conservatives are rightly furious at these corporate censors. But I have to ask: What are conservative leaders doing about it? Conservatives are also justifiably furious at Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter for banning all manner of conservative speech, including deleting former President Trump’s accounts. But again, what are conservative leaders doing about it? Some right-wing state leaders are threatening to divest state pension funds from these Orwellian businesses. That’s the last thing they should do. When big business teams up with the political left and takes actions that are anathema to conservatives, the right-wing reaction is almost always to call for a boycott. But sit back and ask yourself when that has ever worked. Remember when conservatives were going to boycott Nike after it signed cop-hating Colin Kaepernick to a multimillion-dollar endorsement deal? They didn’t. So when Kaepernick demanded that Nike pull a shoe honoring Betsy Ross and the American flag from store shelves, Nike’s management complied. Conservatives once again threatened to boycott. They didn’t. So now Nike knows that these are hollow threats. I could repeat this example hundreds of times with hundreds of companies. Remember the conservative boycott of Procter & Gamble over its toxic masculinity and transgender promotion ads? Me neither. Remember the conservative ...
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Frontier Airlines denies family was removed from flight because of maskless 1-year-old
close Video DOD, United Airlines say masked passengers 'extremely unlikely' to catch COVID-19 U.S. Department of Defense and United Airlines conduct study and find the risk of exposure to coronavirus on commercial airlines is 'virtually nonexistent'; Fox News correspondent Bryan Llenas reports. Frontier Airlines canceled a flight from Miami to New York on Sunday after "a large group of passengers repeatedly refused to comply" with the FAA’s mask ordinances — but some passengers on the plane are alleging that the "large group" was just a single baby. The incident reportedly concerned a Hasidic family with a 1-year-old child, witnesses have claimed. Videos shared to Twitter , allegedly taken after the family was asked to leave, show two masked adults gathering their belongings and walking toward the exit with the baby. At one point, one of the adults indicates that it was the maskless child , 1, whom Frontier took issue with. Any events prior to the family leaving the plane — including any interaction with Frontier crew members over the federal mask mandate — was not captured in the videos. DELTA PASSENGER WHO ASSAULTED FLIGHT ATTENDANT FACES $27,500 FINE "I’m having it all on tape, this is gonna go all over the news," another passenger can he heard shouting at Frontier staff at the end of one of the clips, which were uploaded to Twitter by the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council. "You’re all going to suffer the consequences of this." "This is Nazi Germany," another shouts. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS In one of the videos, several other passengers are seen comforting the family as they wait in the aisle of the plane. Three eyewitnesses from the canceled flight further alleged that they saw Frontier Airlines’ staff high-five each other after the family had finally departed the aircraft. Frontier Airlines has since shared a public response to the videos, writing on ...
The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Trump teases on 2024 run
Presented by Facebook President Trump Donald Trump Sacha Baron Cohen calls out 'danger of lies, hate and conspiracies' in Golden Globes speech Sorkin uses Abbie Hoffman quote to condemn Capitol violence: Democracy is 'something you do' Ex-Trump aide Pierson planning run for Congress MORE " width="580" height="387" data-delta="1" /> Welcome to The Hill’s Morning Report. Today is Monday, the start of Women’s History Month! Happy March! We get you up to speed on the most important developments in politics and policy, plus trends to watch. Alexis Simendinger and Al Weaver are the co-creators. Readers can find us on Twitter @asimendinger and @alweaver22. Please recommend the Morning Report to friends and let us know what you think. CLICK HERE to subscribe! Total U.S. coronavirus deaths as March 1 begins: 513,091. As of this morning, 15 percent of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 7.5 percent is fully vaccinated, according to the Bloomberg News global vaccine tracker . For better or worse, Donald Trump is back. The former president made his public return on Sunday with a raucous address to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), teasing a potential 2024 presidential bid, panning President Biden Joe Biden Biden offers support to union organizing efforts Senate Democrats nix 'Plan B' on minimum wage hike Kavanaugh dismays conservatives by dodging pro-Trump election lawsuits MORE ’s first month in the White House, preaching unity within the GOP ranks, and shortly thereafter attacking those who voted to impeach or convict him, vowing to defeat them all. Multiple times throughout the 90-minute speech, Trump hinted at a third bid for the presidency, drawing massive cheers from the crowd of conservative activists who convened for the three-day gathering in Orlando, Fla. He also insisted he defeated Biden ...
US Soccer Accuses Combat Vet, Paralympian of ‘Racist’ Comments’ After Speaking Out Against Anthem Kneeling
Seth Jahn, a Paralympian and military veteran, has refused to back down from his criticism of anthem kneeling despite being thrown off the U.S. Soccer Athlete Council for his opinion. Cancel culture has taken another scalp, this time from inside the U.S. soccer community as Jahn was summarily removed from the council for his opinion that ending the ban on kneeling during the anthem sends the wrong signal. Jahn’s comments were even called “racist” by U.S. Soccer. The council voted on Saturday to repeal its 2017 rule requiring athletes to stand for the national anthem. However, Jahn spoke up against ending the ban ahead of the vote. He was then immediately kicked off the council for voicing his opposition to anthem kneeling. During the Saturday meeting, the council voted 71 percent in favor of ending the requirement to stand during the anthem. The vote – 71% in favor with only a simply majority required – directly followed this sensational seven-minute dissent by Seth Jahn, a US Paralympian who is a current member US Soccer Athlete Council. pic.twitter.com/vH4Pc4vkT4 — Bryan Armen Graham (@BryanAGraham) February 27, 2021 Though, Jahn delivered his comments in favor of maintaining the ban on athlete protests while citing his Native American ancestry and his service in the U.S. military. “I’m sure I’m going to ruffle some feathers with what I’m about to say, especially given the athletes’ council that I’m on, but given the evolution of our quote-unquote, progressive culture where everything offends everybody, those willing to take a knee our for anthem don’t care about defending half of our country and when they do so, then I don’t have too much concern in also exercising my First Amendment right,” Jahn told the council. “We’re here to get a different perspective. I also feel compelled to articulate that I’m of mixed race and representative of undoubtedly the most persecuted people in our country’s history, Native-Americans.” True to his word ...
Jasmine Harrison delights in Atlantic Ocean world record row
(CNN) When your phone goes off in the middle of the night, it isn't usually good news. At best, it signals a call into action, albeit with a foggy head and a scrambled mind. At worst, the incessant ringing or buzzing represents news of a dreadful event, or an impending one. As the British rower Jasmine Harrison discovered, being woken up at 4 a.m. -- when you're all alone in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean -- is a harbinger of all of the above. "Oh my God," Harrison declared on a video recording that she made of the incident, "I'm actually shaking. This is as scary as anything!" Read More She was roughly halfway through a daring solo adventure -- rowing across the Atlantic -- when she realized that she was teetering on the brink of total calamity. Her tiny 550-pound (249 kilograms) rowing boat was on a collision course with a drilling ship, which could easily have swatted her asunder without ever knowing that she was there. Recalling the incident to CNN Sport, the 21-year-old revealed the stream of consciousness that overcame her in that terrifying moment: "I've got to use my radio, I've got to use equipment, maybe flares. Then row, steer! Go do this, go do that. Contact technology. Find out which direction. Bearings! All sorts," she says. "I really needed to engage my brain when I've just been woken at half past four in the morning after a long shift of night rowing. "So that was quite scary," she adds, with something of an understatement. Jasmine Harrison, a 21-year-old from North Yorkshire, set a new world record for the youngest female solo rower to row any ocean after completing the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. Thirst for adventure Harrison is a rare breed of solo adventurers, an ocean rower who'd never even picked up an oar until she decided to go for it at the end of 2019. Since the first attempt to row across the Atlantic in 1896, only around 900 attempts have been made to row any ...
