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‘Approximately 30 minutes ago, Gab learned that Thomas Crooks, the deranged Joe Biden supporter who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump, may have had an account on our platform,’ Gab owner Andrew Torba posted on X Wednesday afternoon.

(LifeSiteNews) — Andrew Torba, the owner of alternative social media platform Gab.com, has announced that Donald Trump’s now-deceased attempted assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, may have had an account on his platform in which he posted a number of times seemingly in support of “President Biden’s COVID lockdowns, border policies and executive orders.” Torba says he was only made aware of the alleged account after receiving an “emergency disclosure request from a law enforcement agency.”

“Approximately 30 minutes ago, Gab learned that Thomas Crooks, the deranged Joe Biden supporter who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump, may have had an account on our platform,” Torba posted on X Wednesday afternoon. “We are unable to confirm that the account in question actually belonged to him.”

“The account was last active on the site in 2021. As far as we are aware, the account did not use the site to send any direct messages. He posted on the site nine (9) times total,” Torba added.

Describing the content of the posts, Torba stated, “While the account made very few posts on the site, the majority of them were in support of President Biden. A number of posts in particular expressed support for President Biden’s COVID lockdowns, border policies and executive orders.”

“We have saved the account data pending receipt of a search warrant,” he stated.

In a separate post, Torba posted screenshots of the posts allegedly made by Crooks, which, as Torba stated, seem to express at least tacit approval of the Democratic Party’s approach to illegal immigration, COVID lockdowns and President Joe Biden’s executive orders.

News of the Gab account potentially linked to Crooks follows shortly after another bombshell report from earlier this week found that devices that “regularly visited” the would-be assassin’s home and place of work also visited a location near Secret Service headquarters as well as FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Despite the high-profile nature of the July 13 shooting of the former president, little is known of Crooks, who was killed on scene by law enforcement.

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Are Democrats playing a long collusion game? Or is this just one of the Hail Mary passes ahead of the November vote?

Five Democrat senators have penned a letter to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, as a form of not-so-subtle pressure to commit “to making its next foundation model available to US Government agencies for pre-deployment testing, review, analysis, and assessment.”

But, “pre-deployment testing by government agencies”? Are these guys sure this is how any democratic (no pun) government should be speaking to a private company?

What Altman is really being asked, critics say, is to commit to even broader Big Tech-Big Government collusion.

The accusations of stepping out of bounds of what’s constitutionally allowed ahead and after the previous election, now range from involvement in censoring posts on social media, cutting revenue streams for individuals and businesses by teaming up with gargantuan advertising groups – to now seemingly tampering with future AI.

It’s not like the senators have nothing to work with here: OpenAI very recently has former NSA Director Paul M. Nakasone as a member of its board.

And OpenAI has a recently established Safety and Security Committee, of which Nakasone is a member. Plus, Altman is quoted as saying things like his company developing “levels to help us and stakeholders categorize and track AI progress.”

But Democrat senators are not the only ones who get to ask questions. One could be – who exactly are your “stakeholders,” Altman? And could Nakasone’s switch from the government to tech (an extraordinary example of the “revolving door phenomenon) be considered as a way to implement “prior restraint”?

That too is illegal in the US, as is the government censoring speech – and prior restraint, or prior censorship, is exactly what it says on the tin. These days a popular form of this would be, “prebunking.” And some form of AI is a necessary ingredient.

The senators deciding to publicly lean on Altman at this particular time allegedly happened because of a Washington Post report citing employees concerned that safety testing is being “rushed through.”

So “safety” of AI, and the industry leader-apparent, OpenAI’s stance, is how the letter’s point is presented.

But then question number 9 – out of 12 – sneaked in. The same one quoted at the top of this article, asking – “Will OpenAI commit to making its next foundation model available to US Government agencies for pre-deployment testing, review, analysis, and assessment?”

There’s also the question – what if the next US government is not controlled by Democrats?

i.e., are Democrats playing a long collusion game? Or is this just one of the Hail Mary passes ahead of the November vote?

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Hallett’s recommendation is – centralization. As the report put it, “the creation of a single, independent statutory body responsible for overseeing national emergency preparedness.”

Of all the things UK authorities may have learned from the (authoritarian) way they handled the Covid pandemic – it’s disheartening to see that making things even worse, should another similar phenomenon occur, is the “lesson learned.”

A Covid Inquiry report appears to serve the purpose of advocating for more efficient and therefore widespread mass digital and data surveillance.

The report, resulting from a public inquiry, suggests that future events of the scale Covid – health, or otherwise – will, in the UK, require some sort of public debate – but more importantly, they will require “large scale (surveillance) digital platforms to be established.”

The purpose of mentioning a “public debate” here would be to rubber-stamp such future activity ahead of time, the results of Baroness Heather Hallett’s inquiry suggest.

So at least one lesson has actually been learned – don’t try to impose draconian, radical measures on an entire population without even the pretense of consent. It might come back to haunt you.

But, UK’s chief medical officer Chris Whitty’s statements feature prominently in the report – this apparently medical professional comes across as a data expert who says data is “absolutely essential.”

“Any future strategy for whole-system civil emergencies, including for pandemics, will need to be based upon the establishment of large-scale digital platforms,” the report said.

What exactly the UK’s authorities are preparing for is anybody’s guess, but pandemics and their likes are singled out.

And they will definitely need those large-scale digital platforms, the inquiry found.

Yet whatever “whole-system civil emergency” may be, the report wants that public debate underway, and it, of course, resulting in consent – ASAP.

The report is aware that now before such emergencies occur, there are some safeguards regarding how the authorities can use mass-scale data they hanker for – but the point here is to put the building blocks in place for when the government decides the emergency is happening.

And this is what the government will need: “A reliable feed of live data for decision-makers from the very earliest moments of a crisis, (as) this will enable those decision-makers to have a firmer grip as events unfold.”

Never forget, that George Orwell didn’t appear out of thin air. He may not have been born in the UK, but was certainly raised there.

Speaking of,  and in terms of how the Covid restrictive measures adventure went there, the report notes that “(…) despite England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland being at risk of the same health emergency, the data and health systems were so different that they were a barrier to effective preparedness.”

Hallett’s recommendation is – centralization. As the report put it, “the creation of a single, independent statutory body responsible for overseeing national emergency preparedness.”

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Keean Bexte of the Counter Signal, who has a history of being arrested or strong-armed by security while trying to ask Trudeau questions, managed to grill the prime minister for 10 minutes on a beach in British Columbia.

(LifeSiteNews) –– An independent Canadian journalist tracked down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during his summer vacation and grilled him for 10 minutes straight on a variety of topics relating to how his government has led Canada for the past few years. The reporter, Keean Bexte of the Counter Signal, was able to get Trudeau to reveal that he would “absolutely not,” despite bad polling numbers, look for a replacement for himself before the next election.  

On Tuesday, Bexte posted a photo on X of himself and Trudeau walking on a beach in Tofino, British Columbia, which is one of the leader’s favorite annual vacation spots. 

In the post, Bexte made it a point to note that in the past “Trudeau has had me arrested for the crime of attending a press conference, his officers have pushed me into traffic, and I’ve had to sue to gain access to election scrums.” 

“This time, he couldn’t get away. For 10 minutes I grilled him on the beach,” he wrote on X.  

Bexte had planned the exclusive Counter Signal interview carefully as multiple times in the past he has been arrested, or pushed away by security for just getting close to Trudeau to try and ask him questions 

This time, however, perhaps not realizing who he was, Trudeau told his security to back down and then proceeded to walk with Bexte on the beach, after first going to talk with his young son, in what overall can only be described as a sometimes-tense, awkward interview. 

At the start of the interview, which is posted online behind a paywall, Trudeau put his hands on Bexte to which the reporter replied, “Please don’t put your hands on me.” 

Bexte then proceeded to ask Trudeau a question about why his health minister, Mark Holland, recently claimed that families taking car road trips will make “the planet burn,” and how he could reconcile this with the fact his own family vacation involved using a jet to get to Tofino.  

Trudeau refused to give him a straight answer and only asked Bexte how his vacation was, but then claimed that as prime minister he must follow the “rules” and take an air force “jet” to get to his vacation. 

He then asked Bexte, “Do you think a Prime Minister should be able to have a family life?” to which Bexte replied, “Absolutely.” 

Trudeau then rejected the idea flouted by many that Trudeau is “hiding” from his caucus by going on vacation. Following a shock by-election loss in a Liberal stronghold in Toronto in June, Liberals and the media sounded the alarm over Trudeau’s unpopularity. The prime minister, however, said that a caucus meeting to address the problem was not possible.

In response to a question from Bexte about the Trudeau government’s proposed Online Harms Act, which many experts have warned is designed to radically alter internet use in Canada by stifling certain speech, Trudeau claimed that the bill will do “no” such thing. 

Trudeau also claimed to Bexte that he “works more days a week than the vast majority of Canadians,” saying his summer vacation is the “only” ten days a year he gets time to spend with his kids on the beach. 

Trudeau vows to stay on as leader  

Bexte asked Trudeau directly if he saw “similarities between yourself and Joe Biden’s current political situation,” to which he replied “No.” 

Trudeau then asked Bexte if he thought “good people should be stepping up in politics for all different parties,” to which he replied yes. 

The prime minister then said to Bexte that “good people are looking at the costs of being in politics, being in public life costs on family” to ask whether it’s “worth it.” 

Bexte then asked Trudeau if he was calling himself a “good person” to which Trudeau replied, “I am saying, that my job right now is to try and encourage people to step up into politics,” adding “that’s part of what I’m doing.” 

Trudeau told Bexte that a lot of people will look at the “aggressiveness of tracking someone down and challenging them on vacation while they’re on the beach trying to spend some time with their 10-year-old son, I’m going to have to go try and explain that to.” 

“A lot of people will say, ‘Wow, I don’t know that they want to sign up for this,’ and one of the challenges we have in a democracy is we need to make sure that good people from all different parties step up and not get their private time turned into public time.” 

Bexte then asked Trudeau directly if he was looking for a “replacement” for himself, to which Trudeau replied, “no,” saying he will be “running in the next election.” 

Bexte’s interview with Trudeau comes after the reporter has many times before faced arrest for asking non-conservative politicians, including Trudeau, questions. 

In fact, when it comes to the independent press in Canada, the Trudeau government has long made it a point to exclude them from attending press conferences, and has even had reporters arrested, such as David Menzies of Rebel News, for simply going near members of the Liberal cabinet. 

Trudeau’s vow to Bexte to stay on as Liberal leader and run again in the next election comes despite a recent poll showing that 70 percent of Canadians believe the country is “broken” as Trudeau focuses on unimportant issues. In January of this year, most Canadians reported that they’re worse off financially since Trudeau took office.  

The most recent polls show that if an election were held today, Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party would mop the floor of the House of Commons.

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Reason Magazine sums this, and many similar incidents, as “a flurry of cases across the country involving government officials attempting to misuse the legal system and regulatory power to punish political opponents.”

We all know that there are places in the world where simply using “bad language” can get you in trouble with the law. But it’s a pretty good bet most Americans don’t think theirs is one of those countries.

However, the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) has found out about this. Last December, a video clip showing Maine Governor Janet Mills making gun comments elicited this three-word reaction from the group, which they posted on X: “F**k you. No.”

That was their response to Mills saying there was a possibility “assault weapons” would be banned in the wake of the Lewiston shooting. And the reaction from the governor’s office to the FPC post was to “refer” FPC to the police officer responsible for Mills’s security.

The implication is clear – the insult was taken as a threat. Unfortunately, there is no logic to this “logic,” resulting in Mills attracting more criticism that can be taken as an insult, though not as pointed – one report is now calling the governor “thin-skinned.”

The right to bear arms is a constitutional right in the US (thanks to the Second Amendment, and explicitly legally cemented through the Supreme Court ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller). Yet this has not stopped the issue from remaining one of the many hot-button ones to the point where elected officials attempt to involve the police just to stop criticism.

And, according to the Maine Wire, which found out about the governor’s office reaction and behavior through FOIA request documents – not only FPC, but this news outlet as well were “flagged” in the “referral” to the police.

The Maine Wire is conservative-leaning media, while Mills is a Democrat. And so the outlet’s editor-in-chief Steve Robinson writes that past emails from Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’s deputy attempted to get the website investigated for what he says was “a cartoon graphic of an election ballot posted to social media.”

Last week, FPC President Brandon Combs sent a letter to Mills and Bellows, invoking the First Amendment as well, to say:

“You must surely be aware that our X post responding to Governor Mills’s discussion of an immoral ban on protected arms is clearly protected speech as there is absolutely no uncertainty about the law regarding this form of speech. If not, some education is in order. Naked authoritarianism, such as efforts to chill free speech, is not acceptable to FPC and our members. We strongly encourage you to learn more about protected speech and arms.”

Reason Magazine sums this, and many similar incidents, as “a flurry of cases across the country involving government officials attempting to misuse the legal system and regulatory power to punish political opponents.”

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Jones rebukes caller’s claims.

On the Wednesday show Alex Jones spoke with a caller who claimed that Donald Trump staged his own near-fatal shooting.

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