Science writer and prominent skeptic of official coronavirus policies Alex Berenson has settled his lawsuit with Twitter, which he brought against the tech company after it blacklisted him in 2021. As Breitbart News reported at the time, Berenson, a former science writer for the New York Times, was blacklisted after he questioned the efficacy of vaccines against coronavirus. Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during a SpaceX press conference on February 10, 2022, in Texas. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) Via Breitbart News : Prior to his ban, Berenson had tweeted about vaccines’ failure to stop the infection and transmission of the virus, a tweet that Twitter labeled “misleading.” “It doesn’t stop infection. Or transmission,” tweeted Berenson. “Don’t think of it as a vaccine. Think of it — at best — as a therapeutic with a limited window of efficacy and terrible side effect profile that must be dosed IN ADVANCE OF ILLNESS.” “And we want to mandate it? Insanity.” … [Read more...] about Journalist Alex Berenson Settles Lawsuit With Twitter
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R Kelly’s prison sentence is the least men like him deserve
On Wednesday 29 June, the rapper R Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison , after being found guilty for sex trafficking and racketeering last year. Breon Peace, US attorney for the eastern district of New York, said Kelly showed a “callous disregard for the devastation his crimes had on his victims and has shown no remorse for his conduct”, despite facing seven of his victims in court and hearing of the impact his actions had on them. Some of them were just children when the abuse began. One victim, Jovante Cunningham – who first met Kelly at age 14 and worked as a backing dancer for him – said his abuse had spanned 30 years and “30 years is what he got”. “When you are taught to be quiet and to keep silent about things that should be spoken about openly, you find yourself reclused and that often affords people the ability to manipulate you,” she said outside Brooklyn Federal Court in New York. Another, identified only as Angela, called the singer a “Pied … [Read more...] about R Kelly’s prison sentence is the least men like him deserve
Texas thrusts itself into the center of battles over personal freedom
In the wake of the Supreme Court's historic reversal of Roe v. Wade, Texas appears poised to cement its place in the center of the battle over personal freedoms guaranteed by law for decades. Leaders in the Republican-dominated state have already enacted one of the most restrictive abortion policies in the nation and been in the forefront of measures that would criminalize parents' efforts to seek medical treatment for their transgender children. Now, the state's conservative attorney general, Ken Paxton, has signaled that he is willing to revisit the state's anti-sodomy law, which was struck down by the Supreme Court in 2003 to protect intimacy between same-sex partners. "People are still reeling from Roe, and we're in an incredibly toxic political environment right now," said Oni Blair, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas. "But we need to recognize that nothing is off the table at this moment. All of our rights and liberties - from LGBTQ … [Read more...] about Texas thrusts itself into the center of battles over personal freedom