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Nearly 10,000 people wrote Facebook to weigh in on its decision to ban Trump Posted on The Oversight Board said more than 9,000 people weighed in on the ban. Facebook‘s Oversight Board is delaying its much-anticipated decision regarding former President Donald Trump‘s indefinite ban from the platform. Following the riots at the Capitol in January and posts the former president made about it on Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced it would ban Trump from the platforms indefinitely. Th...

FCC Commissioner Wants to Close the ‘Loophole’ Allowing China-Based Telecom Firms Access to US Networks Posted on Americans have come to understand the national security threat posed by China-based telecom companies but they might be surprised to learn that equipment from these telecom firms continue to be used in U.S. networks, according to Brendan Carr, Federal Communication Commission (FCC) commissioner. TOPICS: Good. After Biden let the Chicoms back into our electrical grid, I was afra...

Orange County will not require a vaccine ‘passport’ following a backlash, officials say Posted on When Orange County announced last week that it would be starting a vaccine “passport” pilot program this month, it caused uproar among some residents who believe it would encroach on their freedom. The announcement came amid a national conversation over potential government-issued vaccine passports, which the state and federal government aren’t requiring. About 200 residents showed up ...

Guatemala’s President Says Biden’s ‘Confusing’ Messages Created Border Crisis Posted on Guatemala’s president is blaming the Biden administration’s “confusing” messages ​for creating the crisis at the US border — the second leader to make that claim after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador made similar remarks in March. “I believe that in the first few weeks of the Biden administration, messages were confusing. They were compassionate messages that were unde...

AZ Senate is renting the Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the state fairgrounds for its audit of Maricopa County’s election results. Posted on The Senate is renting the Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the state fairgrounds for its audit of Maricopa County’s election results. They will store the ballots there and provide security. This is costing more money than originally intended because of the actions of the county’s Board of Supervisors. Because of these additional costs, the Arizona media...

Texas Senate Defies NCAA, Gives Transgender Athlete Ban Initial Approval Posted on The Texas Senate approved legislation limiting transgender athletes to competing only in categories that correspond to their birth gender in contravention to the NCAA’s recent decision to allow transgender people to play in their choice of categories. The Texas bill focuses on “biological sex.” It maintains that athletes born as males will be banned from competing in girls’ sports, although girls would ...

Moderate Republicans float counteroffer on infrastructure Posted on Several moderate Senate Republicans are discussing a potential counteroffer to President Bidens $2 trillion infrastructure proposal, which they consider to be too big and containing too many provisions unrelated to traditional infrastructure projects, such as highways, bridges and trains. But Mr. Biden seems unwilling to lower his ambitions and has argued that the modern definition of infrastructure should include things like...

Final Albums: 41 of Rocks Most Memorable Farewells Rock bands tend to peak early in their life cycles, riding the wave of youthful inspiration. Its hard enough to keep a project going for years. Its almost impossible to make great albums up through the end. In other words, not all "final albums" are created equal. Some long-haul acts slowly fizzle, trickling out average material every few years — mostly as an excuse to rev up the touring engine and play the greatest hits. Others keep the mac...

DAY 208: SET APART BY JESUS - Devotional Posted on The apostle Paul instructs us, “Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually” (1 Corinthians 12:27). Then he says more specifically, “For in fact the body is not one member but many” (12:14). Paul is telling us, “Take a look at your own body. You have hands, feet, eyes, ears. You are not just an isolated brain, unattached to the other members. Well, it’s the same way with Christ. He’s not just the head. He has a body...

UNC ends conservative student-group event based on COVID-19 mask violations (Northern Colorado, not North Carolina) Posted on Student leader claims protocols not observed by protestors By ANNE DELANEY April 15, 2021 An event hosted by a conservative University of Northern Colorado student group was terminated Monday because of violations of the university’s mask policy during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to university officials. A student leader of Turning Point USA at University ...