This article is syndicated with licensed permission from elamerican.com Although social media platforms have been censoring conservative content since before the 2016 election, the stark reality about the threat Silicon Valley poses to free speech only fully materialized in January this year, when Twitter, Facebook, and other major platforms took the extraordinary decision to ban a sitting president from their platforms. After Donald Trump was banned, it appeared inevitable that Parler, a free-speech-focused platform already used by millions of conservatives, would become the main competitor to Twitter. This writer even penned a column following Trump’s ban from Twitter arguing that the former president should…
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America is tired of Silicon Valley. Be it Apple’s anti-competitive behavior, Amazon’s destruction of small and independent businesses, and the relentless censorship from the likes of Google, Facebook, and Twitter, millions of Americans are now looking for any kind of alternative to our Big Tech overlords. For years, conservatives and libertarians have been working on projects aimed at providing these alternatives, ranging from social media networks all the way through to blockchain technologies aimed at replacing fiat currency. Here we will take a look at some of the most prominent of these developments. Social media platforms There are an array of…
The work of two Hispanic conservative journalists undoubtedly played a pivotal role in the homicide trial of 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted on Friday of all charges related to the death of two people in Kenosha last year. Footage captured by reporters Julio Rosas and Drew Hernandez on the night of the Black Lives Matter riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was repeatedly examined by both the defense and prosecution. The work of both individuals may well have determined the eventual verdict. Rittenhouse was charged by prosecutors over the death of 36-year-old Joseph Rosenbaum, of Kenosha, and 26-year-old Anthony Huber, of…
From mid-2009 to the present, more than 60,000 Christians have been killed or disappeared by Islamic fundamentalist insurgents in Nigeria. I estimate that about 20,000 Christian churches and schools have been burned since that year. The initial insurgency of the terrorist organization Boko Haram has been joined in recent years by that of Muslim Fulani herdsmen radicalized by jihadist ideology. In its August 4 report, Nigerian NGO International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, also known as Intersociety, explained that: “The total number of Christian deaths (…)from July 2009 to July 2021 (…) is not fewer than 43,000…
Columbia University employees should be careful about the pronouns they use, as intentionally employing incorrect pronouns is considered a violation of the study house’s non-discrimination policy, according to a video posted on the college’s official YouTube channel. The video, titled “Why Pronouns Matter,” which lasts nearly two minutes, says that “research shows that using someone’s correct pronouns has a big impact on their mental health and well-being.” “While many use she/her and he/him pronouns a growing number are using other pronouns like they/them xe/xem ze/hir per/pers and ey/em,” says one of the voiceovers at the beginning of the video. “You…
A majority of Florida voters believe their state is headed in the right direction and that Gov. Ron DeSantis deserves re-election, a poll released Friday by the state Chamber of Commerce indicated. The survey data indicates that 48% of respondents believe Florida is “headed in the right direction,” compared to 42% who believe the opposite is true. In addition, the margin of difference is much greater among Hispanic voters. The poll results indicated that 57% of Hispanics believe Florida is going in the right direction, versus 31% who believe it is going in the “wrong direction,” a margin of 26 points.…
Joe Biden’s approval rating is 10 points lower than that of Barack Obama. The current president’s data was compared to Obama’s numbers during the same time in office. According to approval rating averages calculated by RealClearPolitics (RCP) and Fox News, Obama’s approval rating on October 11 during his first year in office was 53 % with a disapproval rating of 40 %. Currently, Biden faces an average approval rating of 43 % with a disapproval rating of 52.3 %. Since September there has been a rapid drop in President Joe Biden’s approval rating and popularity. The Democrat’s strategy to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan was one…
The U.S. job recovery—led by President Biden—slowed down again in September with barely 194,000 jobs created, an excellent number in normal times, but not in the midst of the post-pandemic economic revival. In short, 41,000 fewer jobs were created during September than in August when new job creation began to slow sharply after robust growth over the summer. The unemployment rate fell by 0.4% to 4.8%, which would equate to about 7.7 million unemployed Americans. Although unemployment is down considerably from a year ago, it remains far from its pre-pandemic levels, when it was around 3.5%. The recovery of jobs in the United…
69% of Hispanic Americans disapprove of Joe Biden’s handling of the border crisis that has broken the all-time record for illegal immigrants in the last 20 years. A Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday, October 6 revealed that only 23 % approve of Biden’s handling of the immigration issue; while 41% of Hispanics surveyed say he is “not aggressive enough” in dealing with the crisis. The study separates two migration issues; one is how Biden is dealing with “immigration problems” and the other is how he is “handling the border situation.” Regarding the first, a majority (69%) of Hispanics disapprove and only 23%…
This Monday, the Taiwanese government reported that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) sent 56 warplanes to Taiwan’s air defense area, the largest ever number of military aircraft Beijing has sent to the island in a single day. According to Reuters, Beijing has sent a total of almost 150 military planes to Taiwan’s defense zone since Friday, a major escalation in a place rife with geopolitical tensions. According to the Taiwanese Defense Ministry, 52 of these military airplanes were sent together on Monday, with the PLA sending an additional 4 planes later that day. The Taiwanese government said that within the group…