Month: April 2021

Project Veritas Founder James O’Keefe Sues Twitter for Defamation After Permanent Ban

Project Veritas Founder James O’Keefe filed a lawsuit on April 19 alleging that Twitter had defamed him by claiming that he operated fake accounts on the platform. The lawsuit, filed in the Supreme Court of New York in Westchester County, claims that Twitter knowingly defamed O’Keefe in a statement the company issued explaining his permanent…


Video: Facts Matter (April 19): Trump Endorses 4 Candidates, Says GOP Will Take Back Congress in 2022

Former President Donald Trump has been fairly active recently—issuing four political endorsements, as well as giving his opinion on the future of Congress and the White House. Facts Matter is an Epoch Times show available on YouTube. Follow Roman on Instagram: @epoch.times.roman Parler Gab  Telegram


DC National Guard Approves Deployment of 250 Troops Ahead of Verdict in Chauvin Trial

The D.C. National Guard on Monday approved the deployment of 250 troops requested by the city ahead of the verdict in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who faces second-degree murder and other charges in the May 2020 death of George Floyd. City officials initially, however, had requested as many as 1,000 troops…


Withdrawal From Afghanistan Timed to Humiliate US

Commentary As if there were any doubts about the animosity directed by the Left against the United States of America, President Joe Biden’s announcement that all American troops will be withdrawn from George W. Bush’s ill-conceived and thoroughly wasteful war in Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021 finally ought to dispel them. Think they picked that…


Pelosi Says Waters Shouldn’t Apologize for Comments on Chauvin Trial

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says that Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) doesn’t have to apologize for comments calling on protesters to “get more confrontational” over the weekend if a former Minneapolis police officer is acquitted in the death of George Floyd and sought to defend her colleague. “No, she doesn’t,” Pelosi said on April 19, in response…


Pelosi Says Waters Shouldn’t Apologize for Comments on George Floyd Trial

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Monday that Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) doesn’t have to apologize for comments calling on protesters to “get more confrontational” over the weekend and sought to defend her colleague. “No, she doesn’t,” Pelosi said in response to a reporter’s question on whether Waters should apologize for making the remarks. “Maxine talked…


Australian State Needs 11,000 More Public School Teachers Within the Next Decade

New South Wales (NSW) will need to recruit thousands of new teachers in the next 10 years to meet the demand from record-high student enrolment numbers. A new report (pdf) by economist Adam Rorris commissioned by the NSW Teachers Federation Union projects that public schools need to hire at least 11,000 additional teachers by 2031…


Brisbane’s Gabba Stadium Proposed as 2032 Olympic Venue Hub

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk envisions the entire Brisbane city area becoming an Olympic venue with hundreds of thousands able to enjoy the atmosphere even outside of stadiums if the city hosts the 2032 Olympic Games. The premier’s comments come as she announced the Gabba as the proposed main stadium for the Games after the International…


Postcards From the Catastrophe

Let’s play “one of these things not like the other.” On April 11, a young Black man named Daunte Wright was accidentally shot and killed while resisting arrest in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. At first, rumors flew around that Wright had been pulled over because he had an air-freshener dangling from his rearview mirror. In fact,…


Yale, Columbia to Mandate CCP Virus Vaccinations for Students

Yale University and Columbia University are joining a growing list of institutions that will require students to be vaccinated for the fall semester. The two universities posted notices on Monday stipulating that all students who plan to be on campus at the start of the fall 2021 semester must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the disease caused…