Link: https://patriotrising.com/orwellian-youtube-censors-all-videos-from-an-academic-conference-on-the-dangers-of-censorship/

An academic conference on media censorship and the dangers of free speech infringements online has, ironically, been censored by YouTube. The Google-owned video platform decided to pull all videos from the Critical Media Literacy Conference of the Americas 2020 for violating its “community standards,” which include never saying anything bad about censorship.

Link: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/05/thanks-to-democrats-china-monopolized-the-rare-earth-metals-market-now-they-may-restrict-sales-to-us/

Thanks to Democrats, in 2013 the United States was tied for last, with Papua New Guinea, in the time it takes to get a permit for a new rare metal or mineral mine.

Link: https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-02-17-harvard-extensive-financial-ties-chinese-communist-party.html

The indoctrination center would never openly admit to such, but Ivy League icon Harvard University has deep financial ties to communist China. Its Shorenstein Center, which published a report recently claiming that Dr. Li-Meng Yan’s Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) studies are bunk, has longstanding ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), working on its behalf to spread propaganda and lies against those who criticize the regime.

Link: https://www.breitbart.com/environment/2021/02/17/joe-biden-publicly-ignores-texas-winter-tragedy/

Millions of Americans are freezing, with no power in Texas for the fourth day in a row and at least 21 people dead, but President Joe Biden is publicly ignoring the crisis.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/515914-french-village-starlink-satellite/

Residents of Saint-Senier-de-Beuvron are at odds with Elon Musk’s SpaceX after the tech giant announced plans to erect a massive satellite array there. The ambitious idea has prompted health concerns among locals.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/uk/202102181082117204-civil-servant-sues-uk-govt-after-finding-out-black-female-colleague-rakes-in-72k-higher-wage/

The current lawsuit is believed to be the first of its kind and might potentially set a precedent for future sex and race discrimination cases in the United Kingdom.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/515946-china-avoided-economic-catastrophe-covid/

“I think Americans particularly have got to understand that the Chinese economy is a powerhouse. They handled this Covid way better than the United States. They have avoided the economic catastrophe that we have here; accompanying that, they are moving quickly, they already were a growing power, they’ve grown faster than the United States for the last 25 years,” he added.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/military/202102181082118092-study-claims-sarin-and-pesticides-not-depleted-uranium-most-likely-causes-of-gulf-war-syndrome/

About a quarter of a million of the 697,000 US troops who took part in the 1991 Gulf War have reported suffering from Gulf War Syndrome – a chronic disorder with a broad range of symptoms including headaches, fatigue, diarrhoea, muscle and joint pain, respiratory problems, neurological problems, and excess risk of cancer.

Link: https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/chicago-mulls-statue-removal/

Chicago is reviewing the fate of 41 statues, plaques, and works of art, including four honoring former U.S. presidents Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and William McKinley. The news follows the launch of the Chicago Monuments Project’s advisory committee, tasked with conducting “a comprehensive review of more than 500 Chicago statues and monuments, with an eye toward identifying those that were offensive, problematic or not representative of city’s values of equity and justice.”

Link: https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/2020_the_year_the_tree_of_liberty_was_torched

“The people are unaware. They’re not educated to realize that they have power. The system is so geared that everyone believes the government will fix everything. We are the government.”—John Lennon. No doubt about it: 2020—a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year for freedom—was the culmination of a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad decade for freedom. Government corruption, tyranny, and abuse coupled with a Big Brother-knows-best mindset and the COVID-19 pandemic propelled us at warp speed towards a full-blown police state in which nationwide lockdowns, egregious surveillance, roadside strip searches, police shootings of unarmed citizens, censorship, retaliatory arrests, the criminalization of lawful activities, warmongering, indefinite detentions, SWAT team raids, asset forfeiture, police brutality, profit-driven prisons, and pay-to-play politicians were accepted as the norm.

Link: https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/texas-energy-crisis-hits-sixth-day-spreads-mexico

First, PowerOutage.US shows only 350k customers are without power, a far cry from the millions just one day ago.

Link: https://www.rt.com/op-ed/515928-reparations-african-americans-us/

A new hearing on giving reparations to African Americans in the US has reignited discussion. But all reparations really are, are a distraction from other issues that could be solved to help black communities.

Link: https://rense.com/general96/eos-are-only-legal-if.php

"Basis in the United States Constitution... The U.S. Supreme Court has held that all Executive Orders from the United States president must be SUPPORTED BY THE CONSTITUTION, whether from a clause granting specific power or by Congress delegating such to the executive branch." I am interpreting the above statement as depending on the specific Executive Order's CONTENT as it compares to the confines of Constitutional law.

Link: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/trump-biden-either-lying-or-mentally-gone

Breaking a one month silence Wednesday, President Trump appeared on a number of cable news channels, hinting at a 2024 run, a potential launch of his own social media platform, and slamming Joe Biden for lying about the coronavirus vaccine rollout.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/515820-germany-bans-sunglasses-hats/

Saxony became the first region in Germany to ban hats and sunglasses on masked drivers. “Wearing a hat and sunglasses in addition to a mask that covers the face and mouth makes [the driver] unrecognizable. So that’s not allowed,” Saxony’s Interior Minister Roland Woller said.

Link: https://anti-empire.com/new-york-businesses-now-fleeing-to-florida/

New York businesses are now following New Yorkers, moving to Florida in droves amid New York’s continued coronavirus lockdowns and a declining state economy., Dozens of New York City restaurants have suddenly opened Palm Beach outposts, “escaping” the icy weather and severe COVID-19 restrictions,

Link: http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2021/02/texas-perfect-storm-how-third-of-lone.html

Freezing temperatures knocked a third of the state's generating capacity offline, greatest forced blackout in U.S. history. Texas the only contiguous state with its own power grid, not linked to other states so cannot borrow power from them, a system the state implemented to avoid federal regulation. The unique system, avoids regulation in favor of market incentives, facing backlash for allowing power generators to shirk preparations for a once-in-a-decade winter storm.

Link: http://www.hideoutnow.com/2021/02/facebook-has-attacked-sovereign-nation.html

Prime Minister Morrison said: 'Facebook's actions to unfriend Australia today, cutting off essential information services on health and emergency services, were as arrogant as they were disappointing,.'stopped some government messages being shared, including emergency services, providing essential information on Covid, fires, and help for victims of domestic violence. Charities, foodbanks and at least one missing persons page were also in the ban.

Link: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/02/breaking-democrat-leaders-ny-state-senate-move-strip-governor-cuomo-emergency-powers/

New York Senate Democrats moved on Wednesday to strip Governor Andrew Cuomo of his Emergency pandemic powers after news broke the FBI and US Attorney in Brooklyn are reportedly investigating Governor Cuomo’s handling of nursing homes amid the Covid pandemic..

Link: http://www.stationgossip.com/2021/02/exclusive-government-slams-facebook-for.html

Facebook has been blasted by the Australian Government for making it easier for paedophiles to get away with sharing child abuse material on the platform - on the same day as the company's 'disgraceful' decision to block Australian news.