New trend shows Gen Z TikTok users APPLAUDING Osama bin Laden and JUSTIFYING 9/11 attacks
TikTok has been home to young people making complete fools of themselves since its inception — but it just got a whole lot worse.
A new trend has emerged on the platform after some of its users discovered a letter written by Osama bin Laden after 9/11 in which he explains why the attacks were carried out.
In the letter, bin Laden claims he attacked us because we attacked them first. He also makes clear how anti-Semitic he is, taking a moment in the letter to bring attention to “the devastating Jewish control of capital.”
In the TikTok videos, users claim their views of America and the attacks on 9/11 have been completely changed.
“I will never look at life the same; I will never look at this country the same,” one TikTok user said.
“I did want to mention in reading the letter I could only think of this tweet that I saw the other day: ‘Under settler colonialism any kind of resistance is branded as terrorist because the only acceptable violence is violence by the occupier,’” another user said.
Sara Gonzales is ready to end it all, and by that she means her show.
“I just want to end it all and walk off set and just shut everything down and go home,” she says, in complete shock after watching the TikTok videos.
“Can you believe that heartfelt message from Osama bin Laden that couldn’t possibly have been propaganda? Right? He couldn’t possibly have been trying to brainwash anyone or manipulate any details or anything; when would a terrorist ever do that?” Gonzales says, mocking the TikTok users.
“Then again, there are these young Americans who are just dumb enough to just eat it right up and be like ‘Wow, maybe we should have been on team Osama bin Laden after all,’” she adds.
In another video, a TikTok user shows herself cheering in reaction to the news in 2011 that Bin Laden had been killed. She then cuts to herself in 2023 sadly “reading his letter and knowing he was right.”
“It’s hard to fathom that this is really what we’re living in in 2023,” Gonzales says.
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By the looks of it, Pelosi's head of security put the Oath Keepers in prison with FALSE TESTIMONY
Investigative journalist and Blaze Media contributor Steve Baker has reviewed thousands of hours of video footage from the Capitol on January 6 — and it’s starting to pay off.
Baker has found that the Capitol Police agent assigned to the protective detail of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appears to have given false testimony regarding his whereabouts during a key encounter with members of the Oath Keepers.
“We have a high-ranking Capitol Police special agent with that designation who was the head of Nancy Pelosi’s security detail, who was brought in specifically to corroborate the testimony of another Capitol Police officer,” Baker tells Sara Gonzales.
That Capitol Police officer had a “shaky testimony himself,” he adds.
“They essentially created a script for him and put him in a place with a tale to tell that never happened, because he was a half a mile away in another part of the building, in the tunnels, when this event that he was supposed to be an eyewitness to took place. And it’s just no more complicated than that,” Baker explains.
Baker had noticed early on in a trial related to January 6 that Judge Mehta and the federal prosecutor, lead assistant U.S. attorney Jeffrey Nestler, had an “interesting dynamic between them.”
“There was an obvious attempt to suppress some evidence, and the evidence that was being suppressed was the potential release of two FBI interviews,” Baker says.
Baker explains that one officer previously claimed his encounter with the Oath Keepers was positive and that they had protected him.
"Except that when they started putting together the case against the Oath Keepers, that had to be changed. So they brought him in for a second interview about four months later. That testimony was not only changed to a contentious encounter with the Oath Keepers, but then they also created another event, in another part of the building, to say that he misremembered and that he was confusing the two,” Baker tells Gonzales.
Baker says that because there was potential for the testimony to leak, they brought in another high-ranking officer with more credibility.
“He came in and basically read from a script, because there’s no way that this guy just of his own accord risked himself by committing perjury in a trial for the benefit of somebody he barely knew,” Baker says.
Baker believes that because of this information, the “trial itself should be declared a mistrial” and “the sentences should be vacated.”
“The overriding aspect that’s happening in these January 6 trials is a chilling of speech. It is an evisceration of the First Amendment, and not only that but due process,” he adds.
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CRINGE: Chris Christie taunts Trump for skipping debate by giving him a new nickname
Former President Donald Trump skipped out of the second GOP debate, and the other Republican candidates were not pleased.
The candidates took their hits at Trump and mentioned that he should have been on the debate stage, and Sara Gonzales sort of agrees.
“I personally, selfishly wanted him on the debate stage, throwing jabs, because that’s great content to watch. I also understand that if I were advising Donald Trump, I would have said ‘Don’t go, like, just let them have the JV tryouts. You’re up so far in the polls, why would you go?’” Gonzales says.
Chris Christie had one of the most notable Trump insults, which Gonzales jokes might have “just ended Donald Trump’s campaign right on the spot.”
“I want to look at that camera right now and tell you Donald, I know you’re watching. You can’t help yourself. I know you’re watching, okay? And you’re not here tonight, not because of polls and not because of indictments, you’re not here tonight because you’re afraid of being on the stage and defending your record,” Christie said, pointing at the camera.
“You’re ducking these things,” he continued, “and let me tell you what’s going to happen. You keep doing that, no one up here is going to call you Donald Trump any more — we’re going to call you Donald Duck.”
Christie ended his insult looking extremely pleased with himself.
Gonzales stifles a laugh, asking, “How does Trump survive that?”
“How many times do you think he practiced that in the mirror?” she asks her guests.
“A lot,” Jaco Booyens laughs.
“He’s probably been wanting to say that for years, right, it’s his moment.”
“He should fire whoever told him it was a good idea to say that,” Gonzales says.
Carl Benjamin disagrees with a smile, adding, “I don’t think he can; I bet he came up with it himself.”
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Is AI ACTUALLY going to prevent your kids from getting jobs someday? Here are some things to consider.
Artificial intelligence is all the rage these days. It’s already snaked its way into countless occupations, and it’s projected to be the most profitable industry in the days to come.
Many parents are concerned that when it comes time for their children to get jobs someday, there will be a shortage of opportunities because AI will be dominating the workforce.
While these fears are totally legitimate, Sara Gonzales has some words of comfort.
“There is a lot of work that is immune, particularly jobs that would come through trade schools … mechanics, physical labor-type jobs,” she says.
“Is AI gonna sell you on something? No, you're gonna need a person-to-person interaction; you're gonna need some human conversation,” she assures.
Further, now that colleges have essentially become “indoctrination centers,” kids “might not necessarily need that education to be able to…learn a trade and do good work and make good money,” says Sara.
We also have to remember that “there's going to be a lot of giant holes in AI.” As with any technology, there will be glitches, bugs, and deficiencies in AI that require humans to step in. Certainly there will be a plethora of careers dedicated to this alone.
But that doesn’t mean it’s not frightening to consider what the world will look like as AI continues to advance.
As an artist, Eric July feels the threat of AI deeply, as art is the “industry [AI] is impacting the most,” he says.
“I don't think as it grows there will be an industry that it doesn't at least touch,” he says, “but that's when … people need to get creative about showing how valuable they actually are.”
“Anything where you are creating something or adding value, you'll be fine,” adds contributor John Doyle.
So there you have it. Is AI going to impact the workforce? Absolutely. Does that mean there will be no job opportunities? Highly unlikely.
The truth is technology can be incredibly efficient and convenient, but it will never equate to the value of a human being. And in a world centered around human beings, the need for human touch will always be necessary.
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Standoff between the US gov't and Texas — Gov. Abbott: 'See You in Court!'
The southern border crisis is escalating, and Texas Governor Greg Abbott isn’t backing down despite the DOJ’s confirmation that it intends to pursue legal action against him.
The DOJ’s Environment and Natural Resources division has claimed the construction of a floating barrier in the Rio Grande river is unlawful and violates section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act.
However, Abbott is firm in his stance that this border crisis is President Biden’s fault.
“Texas Has Seized More Than 422 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Since 2021.” Abbott tweeted.
“More than enough to kill all Americans,” he continued, adding, “We have also made 394,200 illegal-immigrant apprehensions and 31,300 criminal arrests. All because Biden is not doing his job.”
In a follow-up tweet, Abbott said he will see Biden in court and that the president must now face the consequences because under Biden’s policies, the U.N. declared the U.S.-Mexico border the deadliest border crossing in the world.
“Which you would think would be a great reason to not be encouraging people to make the dangerous journey,” comments Sara Gonzales.
While the Democratic Party likes to pat itself on the back as the “compassionate” one, Gonzales doesn’t find this very “compassionate.”
“I don’t find it to be compassionate to encourage people to make a dangerous journey, to encourage people to traffic their children, to encourage people to give their children to coyotes who can make money off of it. Their children are being raped the whole way,” she says.
BlazeTV contributor Jaco Booyens believes we need “real immigration policy” in order to stop this.
“It cost me $100,000 in 10 years to become a citizen. That’s not right either,” Booyens says.
“I do my fair share here, so we need reform. We’ve never been interested in reforming immigration,” he adds.
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Rekieta Law: Murdaugh Case Had Reasonable Doubt
If you haven’t been living under a rock, then you’ve likely heard of the Murdaugh murder trial. After all, there’s already a Netflix documentary streaming on the topic. The story goes that Alex Murdaugh’s wife and son were found fatally shot on the family’s Islandton property on June 7th, 2021.
Though Murdaugh maintained his innocence, it wasn’t enough to convince the jury.
After a six-week trial, South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was found guilty of the murders. Murdaugh received two life sentences to run consecutively without the possibility of parole.
A juror from the trial wasted no time in telling what happened on "Good Morning America," telling the hosts that it took the jurors a mere 45 minutes to come to a conclusion.
While many have their opinions on the trial, Gonzales admits that a lawyer might be the best voice for a discussion on the matter, rather than those who came to their conclusion via the Netflix documentary.
So, Gonzales invited Nick Rekieta, a Minnesota lawyer, on "The News and Why it Matters" to give his expert take on the verdict.
Rekieta said, “When you look at this case, there really isn’t much evidence at all, and I love that the jurors sat there and said, 'Well, all of the evidence was clear.' It’s like, what evidence?”
He went on to say, “It seems like Alex Murdaugh was convicted based on his personality, his character, and his other crimes, of which there is ample evidence.”
A Snapchat video that Murdaugh’s son posted before the murders became the most damning piece of evidence as it put Murdaugh at the scene of the crime, even though he claimed that he was not there when it happened.
Rekieta told Gonzales, “Now, that lie could be explained in a lot of ways. It could be explained as not a lie — he’s a known opioid abuser, he is potentially under the stress of finding his wife and son murdered when he’s questioned. But when you’ve got a guy going before the jury and having to admit that he lied to investigators on the night of the murder of his wife and son, that’s going to look bad. It’s always going to look bad.”
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Reparations for COVID Hysteria? Probably not
Remember when mentioning the lab-leak theory was met with instant censorship by the technocrats sitting on their Big Tech thrones? Pressing buttons and nuking Twitter accounts that got too close to the truth?
Yeah, so do we.
For the past few years, anyone with a working brain has been redefined as a far-right fringe conspiracy theorist and censored. Those who questioned the origins of COVID were deemed mentally unfit and outcast as crazy — many becoming social pariahs where they once were social butterflies.
But at last, those of us who stood our ground and refused to fall for the lies have been vindicated.
It’s not the first time, and it certainly will not be the last.
On this episode of "The News and Why It Matters," Sara Gonzales sits down with Chad Prather and Alex Stein to discuss our vindication and ask the important questions. Will there be reparations? Probably not. And why was it the Energy Department’s job to finally tell us the truth about the lab-leak theory, and seriously … why did it take three years for them to figure it out?
And why did it take us mortal citizens less than three days?
It’s a mystery that’s certainly harder to figure out than the origin of the virus itself.
Even celebrities like Woody Harrelson are now joining us far-right fringe conspiracy theorists and finally using their platforms to poke fun at the COVID hysteria. But as Sara, Alex, and Chad wonder:
Why didn’t they do it sooner?
He’s a little late to the party, and we could have used his support back when anyone speaking up was demonized and demonetized.
But at least he’s standing up now. And at least we can all sit back and say see, we told you so.
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