Organizational psychologist Karlyn Borysenko, an activist against so-called critical race theory indoctrination, said on Friday that she obtained copies of the training materials from a whistleblower at Coca-Cola who received an email from management announcing the course. The class is administered online, through the Linkedin Learning platform, and is entitled …
Read More »Democracy must prevail over autocracy, Biden tells the world – even as he’s accused of autocratic tendencies back home
“We must demonstrate that democracies can still deliver for our people,” Biden said Friday via video link at the the conference. The Rev. Steven Kinyk, a Baptist minister, agreed, saying, “Biden is bringing America back to world dependency instead of making America strong again.” Biden’s democracy-over-autocracy message also might be …
Read More »‘My family freezing, my senator is in Cancun’: Twitter explodes as Ted Cruz accused of traveling out of storm-hit Texas
Several photos that have been circulating on social media since Wednesday appear to show Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and his family arriving at the airport and then boarding a flight – allegedly heading to Cancun, Mexico. The images have been widely shared, with people massively lashing out at the senator …
Read More »Indian climate activist arrested & accused of circulating farmers protest ‘toolkit’ shared by Greta Thunberg
Disha Ravi, a young activist from Bangalore, was taken into custody over the weekend and charged with sedition and criminal conspiracy on grounds that she was a “key conspirator” in creating and disseminating the toolkit, which police say advocated “disaffection with the Indian state” and “economic, social, cultural and regional …
Read More »Too few black faces, too many white women: As a top BAME exec leaves the BBC, it stands accused of becoming ‘Karenised’
Given the revolving door of back-slapping, overpaid executive media gigs in Britain, which generally consist of haranguing a small army of grunts via iPhone while swanning from one lunch meeting to another (lockdown notwithstanding), ordinarily a sacked hack’s hard luck story wouldn’t rustle one’s notebook. However, having held down jobs …
Read More »‘You in kindergarten, mate?’ Tennis bore Kyrgios accused of bullying Novak Djokovic after contradicting himself with more insults
Jocular Kyrgios entered the Margaret Court Arena by imitating Djokovic’s “heart-throwing” gesture to the stands alongside partner Thanasi Kokkinakis, attempting to imbue some light-heartedness among the sad sight of the empty stands. The world number 47 was unable to conceal his thinly-veiled contempt for the Serb superstar, though, as he made a sarcastic …
Read More »Fresh off banning Project Veritas, Twitter accused of giving anti-Trump Lincoln Project a pass for publishing ex-member’s PMs
Formed before last year’s election to oust Donald Trump from the White House and return the Republican Party to its pre-Trump incarnation, the Lincoln Project has fallen on hard times since Joe Biden’s victory. Founding member John Weaver was outed as a sex pest who allegedly bothered boys as young …
Read More »‘Oath Keeper’ accused of leading Capitol rioters is a former FBI section chief who had top-secret security clearance, lawyer says
“He has been vetted and found numerous times as a person worthy of trust and confidence of the United States government, as indicated by granting him top-secret clearance,” lawyer Thomas Plofchan said Monday in a court filing. The 66-year-old Caldwell worked as an FBI section chief from 2009 to 2010, …
Read More »‘Oath Keeper’ accused of leading Capitol rioters is a former FBI section chief who had top-secret security clearance, lawyer says
“He has been vetted and found numerous times as a person worthy of trust and confidence of the United States government, as indicated by granting him top-secret clearance,” lawyer Thomas Plofchan said Monday in a court filing. The 66-year-old Caldwell worked as an FBI section chief from 2009 to 2010, …
Read More »Greta Thunberg shares ‘India protest toolkit,’ gets accused of ‘rent-a-cause activism’ & aiding ‘international conspiracy’
Thunberg took to Twitter on Wednesday with a lengthy document – apparently created by activists but whose origin is unclear – outlining ways to contribute to the pro-farmer protests, including stock messages and hashtags to disseminate on social media, as well as advice on organizing rallies. Within hours, the “toolkit” …
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