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‘Goosebumps’ Books Changed 100X For Kids ‘Mental Health,’ Author Unaware

March 10, 2023 by

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By Tierin-Rose Mandelburg ~ Woke censorship just reached a new low. The publisher of Roald Dahl’s classics may have backed down some, but the author R.L. Stine reports that his Goosebumps has been on the culture chopping block — nobody consulted him about it. ​​​​​​​ As reported by Daily Mail, Stine’s Goosebumps books have received over 100 edits. Initially The Times reported […]

Elon Musk’s Excellent Week

April 25, 2022 by

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Douglas Andrews  ~ The iconoclastic tech titan has made another move on Twitter — but this time, he’s serious. ~   As weeks go, Elon Musk had a pretty good one. And it’s not over yet. First came the news on Wednesday that his car company, Tesla, exceeded expectations for its first-quarter 2022 earnings — and […]

A Democrat Calls Out His Own

April 9, 2021 by

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Douglas Andrews  ~ A Liberal Calls Out His Own  ~ Thomas Frank has for years written about his side’s abandonment of its blue-collar roots. Now it’s abandoning free speech. Critiques of the Left are always welcome here, but they’re especially welcome when they come from the Left. These are eyewitness accounts, so to speak, and […]

De-Platforming Free Speech

May 6, 2019 by

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Facebook has banned several prominent voices under its convenient “hate speech” rubric. ~ Nate Jackson  ~    Facebook is at it again, de-platforming several people the social-media thought police have dubbed “dangerous individuals and organizations.” And the Leftmedia is at it again, too, conflating bigotry, racism, and conspiracy theories with the Right. First, the main […]

Hateful Hyatt: Hotel Chain Bows to SPLC Mob, Bans Conservative Groups

October 6, 2018 by

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By Gabriel Hays  ~   On Thursday, Brigitte Gabriel’s organization ACT for America took to social media to reveal that Hyatt Hotels had barred the group from usage of its facilities for a conference at the behest of lefty groups such as the Southern Poverty Law Center. In a letter posted to Twitter, ACT’s grassroots director Thomas Hern slammed the Hotel chain […]

Freedom Of Speech Australia – Writers Festival Boss Is A Censor

August 14, 2018 by

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By Andrew Bolt ~ Marieke Hardy, artistic director of the Melbourne Writers Festival, is only a step from being a book-burner. She approves of attempts to stop the sale of books she doesn’t like. Yesterday she made clear on ABC radio that she is opposed to having debate in her festival as well – or […]

Australian Printer Bans Book Against Gay Marriage

September 23, 2016 by

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By Andrew Bolt ~ First we saw two commercial TV stations ban an ad backing traditional marriage. So did SBS. Then we saw a Catholic Archbishop taken to the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commission for defending traditional marriage. Next, we saw a meeting of Christian opponents of same-sex marriage bombarded with abuse and threats, forcing its cancellation. […]

Don’t Censor My Commute

June 3, 2015 by

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By Betsy McCaughey, PhD ~ Subway platforms and bus shelters have become the newest targets of political correctness. The mass transit agencies in Washington, New York and Philadelphia have all moved to ban political advertising, in response to the American Freedom Defense Initiative, a group known for criticizing Islam. In Philadelphia, a federal judge in […]

For Free Speech

September 13, 2014 by

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By Andrew Bolt ~ Reader Wozzup says this: A few days ago you were saying that there needs to be some better arguments in favour of free speech. I agree. All of these following statements utter a very powerful truth, that restriction on free speech is the beginning of the end of democracy and the […]

White House nixes Fox News?

August 19, 2014 by

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White House nixes Fox News? Years ago I heard this from one of our Blog contributors. When he was in Iraq he was told they couldn’t listen to Fox News. At the time we thought it was the base DJ, but now I wonder. Early  White House  Obama censorship? –Al   A Mississippi woman says […]

Censorship By Fear

September 7, 2013 by

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By Edward Cline ~ Joseph Conrad, the writer, was astonished to learn early in the 20th century that Britain, his adopted country, had a “Censor of Plays.” In a 1907 essay* he wrote about the character of an individual who would assume the power and harbor the hubris as the supreme arbiter of what appeared […]

Breaking! Google to CENSOR Climate SKEPTICS?

May 20, 2011 by

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A Must Read  -Al Climate cleansing: Google to censor climate skeptics By Steve Milloy JunkScience.com Will Google start censoring climate skeptics? Can anyone say Googlegate? See the full story with links at JunkScience.com. http://junkscience.com/2011/05/20/climate-cleansing-google-to-censor-skeptics/

You Can’t Say That!

April 19, 2011 by

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By Nancy Morgan It’s now official: The truth shall no longer set you free. In our new era of political correctness, the truth is more liable to get you penalized, demonized or fired. Last week, a female juror in a high-profile American mafia murder trial found this out the hard way. When asked on a […]

The Truth Hurts – RCP Censorship Is Alive and Well!

November 20, 2008 by

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RCP Leftists, Obamaniac Censorship Is Alive and Well! Come and see the article that has RCP’s Leftards so AFRAID that they censored it 3 TIMES!!! CENSORSHIP is beginning Now!  How will it be under Obama’s Totalitarian Regime? The TRUTH Hurts and they are afraid to allow any factual article the shows BHO in a bad […]

Obama Campaign ‘Punishes’ Television Station for Hard-Hitting Interview

October 29, 2008 by

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Pam Meister A particularly pointed interview of Joe Biden by Barbara West of Orlando’s WFTV-Channel 9 last Thursday resulted in the Obama campaign canceling an interview of Biden’s wife Jill. Why? The reason given by the campaign was “an unprofessional interview [of Joe Biden]…both combative and woefully uninformed about simple facts.” West touched upon a […]