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"The Co-opting of Activism by the State" by Dustin Broadbery

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It is  well documented  that  members of the  police and intelligence communities  have been infiltrating activist groups since the sixties. With covert spymasters rising in the ranks to hold influential leadership positions, guiding policy and strategy, and in some cases, radicalising those movements from within, in order to damage their reputation and weaken public support. A judge-led  public enquiry  in the UK revealed at least 144 undercover police operations had infiltrated and spied on more than 1,000 political groups in long term deployments since 1968. These days, rather than using coercion to suppress sedition, there is a body of evidence to suggest the state has devised more nefarious methods for countering subversion. Involving the  co-opting of grassroots movements , in its bid to transform the unbridled ideals of activism into genuflections of corporate and political interest. The denaturing of our social movements has ...

"Male Wins 'Female Leadership' Position in New York Democratic Council" by MK Fain

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The gender parity rule was put in place by feminists 100 years ago to increase women's role in politics 24 JUN 2020 W ith over 90% of votes counted as of Wednesday evening, Emilia Decaudin, a man, has won the Female District Leader position for New York City's 37A district, which resides in Queens. Last year, Decaudin  successfully petitioned  to eliminate the sex parity rule in New York Democratic Leadership Council roles—a rule which was put in place by feminists to ensure women's fair and equal participation in the democratic process. Decaudin, who identifies as transgender and non-binary,  defeated  Deirdre Feerick, a woman, for the female position by a margin of about 5.5 points. Feerick was an experienced politician who enjoyed the endorsement of the Queens Democratic Party. Decaudin appears to have only recently moved to the district after residing in Westchester County. In October, City Democrats  insisted  that changing the rules "wou...

"Consequences and the Criminals Who Inflict Harm" by Pam Popper (video)

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Source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ec9jdA0ziQ Pam is a public policy expert, and continually works toward changing laws that interfere with patients’ right to choose their health provider and method of care.  She has testified in front of legislative committees on numerous occasions, and has testified twice in front of the USDA’s Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Pam is a straight-talking professional who is not afraid to criticize national health organizations, government agencies, medical professionals, pharmaceutical companies, agricultural organizations and manufacturing companies, many of whom have agendas and priorities that interfere with distributing truthful information and promoting public health. Everyone who is interested in health should hear her speak.  For some, their lives may depend on what she has to say! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Digger’s Purpose and Standards This site does not have a particular political position....

"Why doesn’t porn ever get cancelled?" by Sarah Ditum

The industry has been remarkably adept at positioning itself as beyond questions of morality Whenever I agree to write about porn, it’s followed by an immediate plummeting of my soul: oh God, I’m going to have to look at PornHub now. PornHub is the second biggest website in the world for adult content by traffic, but in terms of public profile, it’s far and away the leader. And PornHub is horrible. For example, I just checked in on the homepage and was greeted by multiple clips promising mini-versions of  Flowers in the Attic . Ugh. Why am I here? Oh yes, to find out if PornHub will let me search for racist porn. Not that I really have to search. In the homepage thumbnails, everyone is white, unless their race can be sold as a kink. Japanese wife. Chocolate. In the sidebar, I can click on the category “interracial”, because this is 2020 and apparently two people of different skin tones getting down is still as niche an interest as “babysitter” or “smoking”. “Female orgasm...

"The Reactionary Outlook" by Matt McManus

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You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the efforts of men who are better than you. If this be arrogance, as some of your critics observed, it still is the truth that had to be said in this age of the Welfare State.—Ludwig Von Mises,  Letter to Ayn Rand  (1958) One of the central principles of liberalism is the moral equality of all people. This has been expressed in a variety of fashions across the world: from the Jeffersonian declaration that “all men are created equal” to Kant’s insistence that we treat all people with dignity as “ends in themselves.” Of course, liberal societies have never consistently applied this principle—something that was noted from their very beginning. In 1791, Benjamin Banneker wrote a passionate  letter  to Jefferson, praising the American revolutionary’s accomplishments, but condemning the hypocrisy...