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Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #1408

Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #1407

U.S. Conducts Airstrikes Against Iran-Backed Militias in Syria

United States fighter jets began conducting airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Eastern Syria late Thursday in retaliation for attacks on U.S. troops.

“The U.S. Air Force has reportedly conducted multiple Airstrikes tonight against Iranian-Backed Militias within Eastern Syria in Retaliation for the Significant amount of Attacks recently on U.S. Bases in Syria and Iraq,” noted Open Source Intelligence Monitor.

“The Strikes tonight were against 2 Facilities in Eastern Syria used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran as well as several Iranian-backed militia Groups in the Region,” it continued.

Pentagon spokesman Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder speaks at the Pentagon on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023 in Washington. The U.S. military launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a slew of drone and missile attacks against U.S. bases and personnel in the region that began early last week. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

“The Pentagon states they want to make it clear that the Airstrikes tonight were only conducted to Protect U.S. Troops and have nothing to do with the Israeli-Hamas War, while also urging all Parties and Nations in the Region to not Escalate the Situation into a Broader-Regional conflict.”

The Pentagon confirmed the strikes were in retaliation “for a slew of drone and missile attacks against U.S. bases and personnel in the region that began early last week,” according to the Associated Press.

According to the Pentagon, there have been at least 12 attacks on U.S. bases and personnel in Iraq and four in Syria since Oct. 17. Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said 21 U.S. personnel were injured in two of those assaults that used drones to target al-Asad Airbase in Iraq and al-Tanf Garrison in Syria.

In a statement, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the “precision self-defense strikes are a response to a series of ongoing and mostly unsuccessful attacks against U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria by Iranian-backed militia groups that began on October 17.”

He said President Joe Biden directed the narrowly tailored strikes “to make clear that the United States will not tolerate such attacks and will defend itself, its personnel, and its interests.” And he added that the operation was separate and distinct from Israel’s war against Hamas.

During a press conference at the White House on Thursday, NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby appeared to sidestep questions on whether or not the U.S. would attack Iran proxies in the region in retaliation for the drone strikes.

“I’m not going to telegraph punches here from the podium. We have responded and retaliated in the past — quite aggressively, in fact, back in March. And as the President said: We will not hesitate to protect our troops and our facilities, but we’re going to do it at a time of our choosing in a...

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Last week, the Supreme Court resumed government censorship by putting a stay on a lower court injunction in Missouri v. Biden.

Last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the soon-to-be landmark free speech case Missouri v. Biden but blocked a lower court injunction preventing the Biden Administration and deep state officials from colluding with Big Tech companies to censor American speech. The move effectively resumes dangerous government censorship until the Supreme Court rules on the case.

The injunction, issued by U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty and expanded by the Fifth Circuit Court, stipulated that the Surgeon General, White House, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and eventually the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) cannot communicate with social media companies for the purpose of policing speech. Thanks to the courts, these entities are now apparently allowed to punish supposed wrong think for the benefit of the state.

The case is set to be heard by the Supreme Court sometime before the end of June, but until then, the lower court’s decision to block the injunction means Americans’ First Amendment rights are currently under attack, and the integrity of the 2024 election is in grave danger.

Here are five examples from Missouri v. Biden of topics the federal government heavily controlled or even banned in the digital public square, demonstrating the serious risks posed by the Supreme Court’s decision to put a stay on the injunction.

Hunter Biden Laptop Story

Missouri v. Biden revealed that the FBI played an integral role in the systemic suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story, which polls indicated may have won Joe Biden the 2020 presidential election.

In the lead-up to the 2020 election, the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF) met weekly with Big Tech companies, including Meta, Twitter (now X), Google, and Microsoft. During these meetings, FITF repeatedly warned the tech companies that there could be foreign “hack and dump” operations ahead of the election. Tech companies consequently labeled the Hunter Biden laptop as “Russian disinformation” and mass-censored the story.

Never did the FBI inform the companies that the laptop was verified and real, something the agency had known since December 2019. “Even after Facebook specifically asked whether the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinformation, [the FITF] refused to comment, resulting in the social-media companies’ suppression of the story,” Doughty stated in his 155-page memorandum.

Masks

In July 2021, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy created the “Health Advisory on Misinformation,” which put the federal government in partnership with social media companies to stop supposed health “misinformation.” The move effectively made the government’s opinions on Covid “the truth,” wrote Doughty.

Since the federal government labeled any post that challenged the efficacy of masks “misinformation,” social media companies censored any anti-masking content. For example, YouTube censored four videos from St. Louis County, Missouri, public meetings “because some citizens expressed the view that...