Climate Activists Deflate Tires of More than 100 SUVs in Denmark’s Capital

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Climate Activists Deflate Tires of More than 100 SUVs in Denmark’s Capital

(Headline USA) A group of climate activists claimed responsibility on Wednesday for deflating the tires of sport-utility vehicles in Denmark’s capital. More than 100 vehicles were vandalized, police said.

The Tyre Extinguishers said on its website that “we are defending ourselves against climate change, air pollution and unsafe drivers.” The group has been active in other countries.

Copenhagen police appealed for witnesses to come forward, saying “we are investigating the vandalism and would like to hear from citizens who have seen something” late Tuesday or early Wednesday.

Police spokesman Martin Kajberg told the Ekstra Bladet newspaper that it was difficult to say exactly how many vehicles had been affected until everyone had reported their tires being flat.

A note had been placed on the affected cars, he added. It wasn’t immediately known what it said.

The affected vehicles were both gasoline-powered and electric SUVs, local Copenhagen television news channel Kosmopol reported.

Tyre Extinguishers’ Twitter bio says “We will make it impossible to own an SUV in the world’s urban areas.”

The group claims it has carried out similar actions before by deflating SUV tires in the United States and Europe.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

CNN’s Far-Left Staff Revolts, S**tcans Only Hope of Becoming a Normal News Network

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(Headline USA) CNN fired chief executive Chris Licht after a tumultuous year leading the struggling news network that culminated in a damning magazine profile and the growing realization that he’d lost the confidence of the network’s journalists.

The change was announced at CNN’s editorial meeting Wednesday morning and came just two days after Licht said he would “fight like hell” to earn the trust of those around him.

David Zaslav, CEO of CNN parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, said in a memo to CNN staff members that the job “was never going to be easy, especially at a time of great disruption and transformation.

“Chris poured his heart and soul into it,” he said. “He has a deep love for journalism and this business and that has been evident throughout his tenure. Unfortunately, things did not work out the way we had hoped—and ultimately that’s on me.”

Licht faced the near-impossible goal of trying to rehab the propagandist network’s image after it tarnished itself under the stewardship of former CEO Jeff Zucker, who maintanined a personal vendetta against then-President Donald Trump that many of his staff were happy to embrace.

Following Zucker’s ouster due to a sex scandal, Licht came aboard and made bold moves, including the firing of marquee show hosts Brian Stelter and Don Lemon, in a quixotic bid to reverse the trajectory and improve the flagging post-Trump ratings.

However, the culture that thrived under Zucker remained largely intact, including the leftist hive-mind, which quickly began gunning for the more moderating influence after Licht dared to give a platform to Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee, in a town-hall forum, causing a primal shriek from his staff and much of the leftist media ecosystem.

Efforts to build a new prime-time lineup moved slowly, with Kaitlan Collins only recently appointed to fill at 9 p.m. hour without a permanent host since Chris Cuomo was fired in December 2021.

Licht oversaw layoffs last year following Zaslav’s decision to shutter the CNN+ streaming service only weeks after it had started.

A lengthy profile of Licht in Atlantic magazine that came out on Friday, titled “Inside the Meltdown at CNN,” proved embarrassing and likely sealed his fate.

Some journalists were angered because of Licht’s criticism of some of CNN’s COVID coverage before he had arrived.

Some of CNN’s chief anchors—Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper and Erin Burnett—had privately expressed their reservations about Licht’s leadership, according to a Wall Street Journal article that was posted Tuesday evening.

Meanwhile, viewers were disappearing. CNN’s prime-time viewership of 494,000 in May was down 16% from April and was less than half of its closest news rival, MSNBC.

Zaslav appointed four current CNN executives—Amy Entelis, Virginia Moseley, Eric Sherling and David Leavy— to run the network while a search for a replacement is conducted.

“We are in good hands, allowing us to take the time we need to run a thoughtful and thorough search for a new leader,” Zaslav said in the memo.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Movement to Make Rural Oregon Counties Part of Idaho Down to 8 Votes

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Movement to Make Rural Oregon Counties Part of Idaho Down to 8 Votes

(Corine Gatti, Headline USA) Residents of rural Oregon are getting closer to joining Idaho after growing fed up with the leftist radicalism dominating urban pockets such as crime-infested Portland.

The Gateway Pundit reported that the three-year-old Greater Idaho movement has gained momentum, with conservative counties taking measures to secede from the blue state, and it has come down to a mere eight votes. 

In Wallowa County, those eight votes separated supporters of the Greater Idaho movement from those who oppose it. The election in Wallowa County this year was 1% more favorable than in the same county in 2020, despite the movement having been outspent by far-left opponents, according to the group Move Oregon’s Border for a Greater Idaho.

The Greater Idaho movement has highlighted the stark contrast between rural and urban communities in Oregon, with some residents feeling that their livelihoods are treated like “playground[s]” by coastal urbanites.

Wallowa resident Garrett Mahon told NBC News that when Multnomah County (home to Portland) “votes one way, it vetoes the rest of the state.” 

If the initiative were to be successful, it could pave the way for similar movements across the country, causing alarm for those on the Left who view it as a potential threat.

The Oregon State Elections Division was already investigating the “potential violation” of state voter laws by members of Citizens for Greater Idaho.

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said if the movement were successful it would stifle Oregonians financially as they would pay a sales tax in Idaho for the first time in their lives, on “top of working in a state with much lower hourly wages on average than Oregon has.”

However, former Oregon Republican House Speaker Mark Simmons expressed his support for the movement in a February op-ed in the Idaho Statesman, arguing that a successful Greater Idaho would liberate rural conservative communities from the constraints of progressive blue-state laws.

The Greater Idaho movement won elections in 2020, 2021 and 2022 in 11 counties of eastern Oregon, and the Idaho House of Representatives passed a bill in favor of the movement in February 2023.

Even if the movement scored another win, moving the state border would require agreements from the Democrat-controlled Oregon legislature, Idaho’s legislature and approval from U.S. Congress.

Super Bowl Champion and Conservative Catholic Trolls Joe Biden

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Super Bowl Champion and Conservative Catholic Trolls Joe Biden

(Ezekiel Loseke, Headline USA) Harrison Butker, the conservative Catholic who kicks for the Kansas City Chiefs, trolled Joe Biden over abortion during his Championship White House visit.

Photographs on Twitter showed that Butker donned a tie with the Latin phrase “Vulnerari Praesidio,” stitched into it.

The Latin phrase either translates to “Protect the most vulnerable,” according to Fox News or “Protect the vulnerable,” according to the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America.

The pro-life group, Live Action, designed the tie specifically for Butker’s visit to the Biden White House, according to The Daily Signal.

Butker also wore a gold pin of baby’s feet that represented the size of a 10-week-old baby.

“I want to give the most vulnerable, the unborn, a voice at a place where every effort has been made to allow and normalize the tragic termination of their lives,” Butker said, explaining his decision to wear the tie.

“As a father who has experienced three miscarriages, my wife and I understand the hardships that come with losing a child. Every life is precious and should be valued whether outside or inside the womb.”

Live Action founder and president Lila Rose also produced a statement about her organization designing Butker’s tie.

“President Biden is a professing Catholic who, as the most powerful man in the world, is responsible for leading the most pro-abortion administration in our history that has overseen a horrific death toll of 2,548 children every day lost to abortion,” she said, explaining the need to produce visible opposition to Biden’s abortion policies.

Butker’s explanation of his outfit was enriched by a speech he gave at the Georgia Institute of Technology, according to Life News.

“Sadly, we are encouraged to live our lives for ourselves to move from one thing to another with no long-term commitment,” he said, critiquing contemporary American culture. “To have loyalty for nothing but ourselves and sacrifice only when it suits our own interests. This loneliness is rooted in the lies being sold about self-dependence and prioritizing our career over important relationships.”

Fox News Muzzling Judge Jeanine: Report

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Fox News Muzzling Judge Jeanine: Report

(Robert Jonathan, Headline USA) Fox News is reportedly placing limitations on the comings and goings of Judge Jeanine Pirro’s book tour. 

The Trump-supporting co-host of The Five is currently promoting her new tome called Crimes Against America: The Left’s Takedown of Our Republic.

According to the leftist news startup Semafor, however, the network is keeping Pirro “on a tight leash.”

Two insiders supposedly told Semafor, which was co-founded by Ben Smith, that FNC “has severely limited Pirro’s promotional appearances by strongly discouraging her from appearing at multiple conservative religious and political events.”

As chief editor of BuzzFeed News, Smith made the decision to publish the infamous and subsequently discredited Steele Dossier.

A statement by her publisher, Winning Team Publishing, which is self-described as the nation’s premier conservative publishing house, claimed that Pirro was “prohibited from speaking at Turning Point USA, church services, and various other events.”

The company added that “We are extremely disappointed that Fox News would censor one of their biggest stars.”

As implied by Semafor, Fox News is supposedly leery, in particular, of Jeanine Pirro appearing at an Ohio church event under the auspices of controversial Christian conservative Pastor Gene Bailey, who hosts a show called Flashpoint.

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is also one of the scheduled speakers at the event.

The website for the gathering explains that “At a FlashPoint LIVE event, you can expect a dynamic, rally-style atmosphere in the crowd; night sessions that are full of news and insights, hard truths and humor; and daytime Flash Talks that will equip you with the practical tools and information to create positive change right where you live.”

As of this writing, Pirro is still listed as a speaker and book-signer for a Friday morning session.

On Tuesday, Bailey told the Western Journal that “We’re surprised after all promotion that she’s pulling out, especially after having been on the program last week.”

He added that “We’ve been announcing her appearance, and the promotion’s been out there for a while. Suddenly this morning, they informed us she would not be able to attend, and I’m awaiting Fox News for comment.”

Intimations have emerged in the corporate media that Judge Jeanine could be on thin ice with Fox as a result of Dominion Voting Systems claims that she supposedly spread false allegations about the company.

In April, Fox reached an $787 million out-of-court settlement with Dominion to resolve the latter’s then-pending defamation lawsuit.

In the aftermath of Fox and Tucker Carlson parting ways, which may or may not be connected to the settlement, allegations have surfaced that the conservative cable network, at least to some degree, is going woke.

Anne Frank-Impersonating Drag Queen Arrested for Killing Father

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(Headline USA) A well-known dentist in Virginia Beach was reportedly stabbed to death in his home by his adult son, who identifies as transgender, according to police.

The Virginia Beach Police Department said officers were called to Dr. Abbey Horwitz’s home just before 9 a.m. on Sunday, where they found Horwitz, 68, with multiple stab wounds. He was declared dead at the scene.

Police arrested Horwitz’s son, Michael “Norah” Horwitz, a 34-year-old man who identifies as a woman. He has been charged with second-degree murder and stabbing in the commission of a felony.

Michael Horwitz reportedly performed as a drag queen in Portland, Oregon, under the name “Menorah Horwitz.” He also used this stage name in a book he wrote about cosplaying as Anne Frank. In The Diary of Menorah Horwitz, Michael Horwitz describes his combination of “Judaism and a love of drag in all the wrong ways when he becomes Menorah, Portland’s premiere Anne Frank impersonator,” according to a synopsis of the book.

Abbey Horwitz’s murder was likely the result of a family dispute, according to police, though an exact motive is not yet clear. 

Michael Horwitz is being held in the men’s section of the Virginia Beach Jail and is on suicide watch. He was arraigned via Zoom on Monday.

The Virginia Beach community mourned Abbey Horwitz’s death, calling him a “wonderful man.”

“He’s been my dentist since I was eight years old. He was also instrumental in helping us start here, you know. He jumped right on board and gave us advice and came to our grand opening without us even having to ask him,” said Michele Nielsen, a neighboring business owner.

Another local business owner, Michael Maugeri, said Abbey Horwitz was an example of “how to be a good boss, a good person.”

A patient described the dentist as a “super funny guy,” but “always professional. He made you feel at ease no matter the procedure being done.”

Abbey Horwitz’s neighbors recalled how close-knit his family appeared to be, saying he used to hold cookouts for four generations of his family.

“What I will always remember is he was always having his whole family together, kind of like ‘The Waltons,’” a neighbor said, referring to the 1970s TV drama. “He seemed like the consummate family guy.”

NYC Unveils Crack-Pipe Vending Machines, Empty in 24 Hrs

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NYC Unveils Crack-Pipe Vending Machines, Empty in 24 Hrs

(Abdul–Rahman Oladimeji Bello, Headline USA) In less than 24 hours after the unveiling of New York’s crack pipe vending machine, residents of the woke city emptied it.

A Daily Mail report noted that the authorities, eager to maintain the supply chain of the drug apparatus, had quickly refilled the machine with even more drugs on Tuesday. This vending machine reportedly dispersed free crack pipes, condoms and Narcan, an overdose-reversing drug.

“It seems the mayor of New York has decided that his ideal resident is Hunter Biden,” cracked Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. “He’s rolled out a plan to recruit people who are hooked on drugs.”

Intent on the mission to continue with this supply, the Opioid Overdose Program Director at Services for the Underserved, Elan Quashie declared, “We are going to restock every day. Probably multiple times a day.”

Quashie also noted that the speed at which people emptied the machine did not come as a surprise. “I kind of knew that they would go,” he said.

In just a day after the vending machine’s unveiling, Quashie restocked it with five trays of Naloxone and two trays of fentanyl-testing kits. Each tray on the vending machine holds 13 to 18 products, all free to the interested public. He also promised to refill the machine with other products. 

As he refilled the trays of the vending machines, Quashie stood on the words “poor choices,” which some displeased resident had scribbled on the sidewalk. 

Quashie said, “We got a lot of positive feedback from people, and they were happy to see that it was free. So, we had an idea that some of the selections were going so quickly.”

An unsatisfied resident who had a clear view of this machine from her window complained that such a machine should be in the lobby of a resource building, not on the street. She said, “Being a Brooklyn resident and someone who goes out, there are places that are definitely better suited to this.”

She added that it could be very dangerous to kids passing by the roads as they could confuse it for candy. She noted, “It’s lit up at night. Yes it is. Last night it looked like a candy machine.”

Headline USA’s Mark Pellin contributed to this report

Report: FBI Worked for Ukraine to Censor Twitter Accounts

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Report: FBI Worked for Ukraine to Censor Twitter Accounts

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The FBI worked at Ukraine’s behest to censor Twitter users and obtain their personal information, according to leaked emails obtained by journalist Aaron Maté.

Reporting on the contents of the emails, Maté said Wednesday that an FBI agent wrote to Twitter in March 2022 on behalf of the Security Service of Ukraine, the SBU—the country’s main intelligence agency.

The FBI agent reportedly flagged 163 accounts “suspected by the SBU in spreading fear and disinformation.” In an attached memo, the SBU reportedly asked Twitter to remove the accounts and hand over their user data.

The FBI’s request prompted a response from former Twitter executive Yoel Roth, who has frequently been in the news over his decisions to censor Hunter Biden laptop stories and other content.

This time, Roth expressed concern that the FBI was requesting Twitter to censor legitimate journalists such as Maté, according to the emails.

Roth reportedly told the FBI that “a few accounts of American and Canadian journalists (e.g. Aaron Maté).”

“Our reviews are going to focus first and foremost on identifying any potential inauthenticity,” Roth said in an email to the FBI. “In general, though, authentic news outlets and reporters who cover the conflict with a pro-Russian stance are unlikely to be found in violation of our rules absent of other context that might establish some kind of covert/deceptive association between them and a government.”

Ultimately, Twitter ended up suspending 34 of the 163 accounts flagged by the FBI and Ukraine, according to Maté, who added that 20 accounts no longer exist.

According to Maté, the users on the list would not only have been banned from Twitter but had their phone number, date of birth and email address disclosed to both the FBI and Ukraine’s government.

“Those marked for censorship by Ukraine but remain online include Russian politicians Gennady Zyuganov, a longtime member of Russia’s Communist Party and parliamentarian who lost to Boris Yeltsin in Russia’s 1996 president election; Dmitry Rogozin, Russia’s former Deputy Prime Minister; and Sergey Mironov, a Russian politician and parliamentarian,” Maté said.

“The list also includes Russian journalists Vladimir Solovyov, a television news host; and Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Russian state-controlled network RT. Several Russian government agencies and media outlets were also listed.”

Maté added that the Ukrainian nationals targeted by the SBU’s suppression request include Anatoly Shariy, a video blogger and politician who fled Ukraine in 2012 and subsequently received European Union asylum; and Andriy Portnov, a Ukrainian lawyer and politician who served as a senior official under Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych until the latter’s ouster in the February 2014 Maidan coup.

Both Shariy and Portnov’s Twitter accounts remain active, he said.

Maté’s article is the latest report detailing Ukraine and the FBI’s push to censor political dissent on social media platforms.

Independent journalist Lee Fang published a story in April about the Ukrainian government partnering with the FBI to pressure social media platforms to censor content doesn’t comport with the country’s war propaganda efforts—even when such content is truthful.

“Once we have a trace or evidence of disinformation campaigns via Facebook or other resources that are from the U.S., we pass this information to the FBI, along with writing directly to Facebook,”  llia Vitiuk, the head of the Department of Cyber Information Security in the Security Service of Ukraine,  reportedly told Fang.

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

Fla. Video Shows Migrants Raving about California, Signing Waivers

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Fla. Video Shows Migrants Raving about California, Signing Waivers

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Recent footage released by the Florida Division of Emergency Management showed illegal immigrants signing release forms agreeing to fly to the state of California.

According to the Daily Caller, the state of Florida allowed several illegals to volunteer to fly to Sacramento as part of the “Unauthorized Alien Transport Program.”

“Through verbal and written consent, these volunteers indicated they wanted to go to California. A contractor was present and ensured they made it safely to a 3rd-party NGO,” the Florida DOEM said. “The specific NGO, Catholic Charities, is used and funded by the federal government.”

California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom responded by accusing Florida officials of kidnapping, spurring an investigation from District Attorney General Rob Bontana’s office.

The video footage showed the illegals signing the release forms and saying “Thank God!” when they touched down in California. They also said that Florida officials treated them “super well.”

“From left-leaning mayors in El Paso, Texas, and Denver, Colorado, the relocation of those illegally crossing the United States border is not new,” Florida DOEM said. “But suddenly, when Florida sends illegal aliens to a sanctuary city, it’s false imprisonment and kidnapping.”

Newsom previously touted his state’s sanctuary status when the Trump administration announced a planned immigration sweep through California’s northern region—a fact that many Twitter users resurfaced.

 

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis created the Alien Transport Program in February, and announced that he planned to “spend every penny” of the program’s $10 million budget to transport illegal aliens out of his state.

“And that way they’re able to go and these sanctuary cities can put their money where their mouth is,” DeSantis explained. “They can provide resources. They can do all of that.”

DeSantis pulled a similar stunt in September of last year, sending a group of 50 migrants to Martha’s Vineyard—home of many far-left political figures, actors and global elites.

Activists also attempted to sue the Florida governor then, calling the feat a “fraudulent and discriminatory scheme.”

Wall Street Journal Exposes Instagram Pedophile Network

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Wall Street Journal Exposes Instagram Pedophile Network

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Wall Street Journal published a 2,700-word article Wednesday that exposes a vast pedophile network operating on Instagram.

Partnering with researchers from Stanford University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the shocking WSJ report found that Instagram’s algorithms allegedly promote child pornography and connect pedophiles with each other.

“Though out of sight for most on the platform, the sexualized accounts on Instagram are brazen about their interest. The researchers found that Instagram enabled people to search explicit hashtags such as #pedowhore and #preteensex and connected them to accounts that used the terms to advertise child-sex material for sale,” the report said.

“Such accounts often claim to be run by the children themselves and use overtly sexual handles incorporating words such as ‘little slut for you.’”

The article also noted that some 5 million child pornography reports from Instagram were made in 2022—suggesting that the problem is out of control.

In response to the report, a spokesperson for Instagram parent company Meta said the company “plans to address such inappropriate recommendations as part of its newly formed child safety task force.”

“A Meta spokesman acknowledged that Meta had received the reports and failed to act on them. A review of how the company handled reports of child sex abuse found that a software glitch was preventing a substantial portion of user reports from being processed, and that the company’s moderation staff wasn’t properly enforcing the platform’s rules, the spokesman said,” WSJ reported.

“The company said it has since fixed the bug in its reporting system and is providing new training to its content moderators.”

Instagram also reportedly removed the option for users to view search results for terms likely to produce illegal images. The company declined to say why it had offered the option, according to the WSJ report.

Instagram further said that it blocked thousands of hashtags that sexualize children, restricted its systems from recommending users search for terms known to be associated with sex abuse and took down 490,000 accounts for violating its child safety policies in January alone.

But the WSJ report said the problem persisted even after notifying the company.

“Following the company’s initial sweep of accounts brought to its attention by Stanford and the Journal, UMass’s Levine checked in on some of the remaining underage seller accounts on Instagram,” the article said.

“As before, viewing even one of them led Instagram to recommend new ones. Instagram’s suggestions were helping to rebuild the network that the platform’s own safety staff was in the middle of trying to dismantle.”

Why Instagram can’t disable the pedophile network isn’t clear. As the report noted, the platform was quick to purge all accounts questioning the 2020 presidential election.

“In theory, this same tightness of the pedophile community on Instagram should make it easier for Instagram to map out the network and take steps to combat it,” WSJ said.

“Documents previously reviewed by the Journal show that Meta has done this sort of work in the past to suppress account networks it deems harmful, such as with accounts promoting election delegitimization in the U.S. after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.”

Given Instagram’s inability or unwillingness to quash the problem, the WSJ report ended by quoting a researcher who suggested that the entire platform should be shut down.

“Pull the emergency brake,” said Brian Levine, director of the UMass Rescue Lab, which researches online child victimization and builds forensic tools to combat it.

“Are the economic benefits worth the harms to these children?”

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

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