POLL: One-Third of Gen-Zers Back Big-Brother-Like In-Home Surveillance

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POLL: One-Third of Gen-Zers Back Big-Brother-Like In-Home Surveillance

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) A recent survey revealed that one-third of Generation Z (adults under age 30) believed that in-home government surveillance via security cameras and other means was a good idea.

According to the Post Millennial, the CATO survey showed that 75% of Americans overall rejected the idea, while 33% of so-called Zoomers approved of the plan.

The survey asked respondents if they would “favor or oppose the government installing surveillance cameras in every household to reduce domestic violence, abuse, and other illegal activity?”

The vast majority of people age 45 to 64 said they were against the idea; 29% of 18- to 29-year-olds said they were in favor of it.

Overall, three-quarters of the 2,000 surveyed said they were against government interference in private homes; however, 14% voted in favor, and the final 10% said they were unsure.

The figures also showed that minorities and those on the center-left of the political aisle were more open to in-home surveillance cameras.

The pollsters also said younger people may have accepted government surveillance more readily because, as a general rule, they seem more willing to prioritize safety over freedom.

The authors of the study admitted they were not sure “how much of this preference for security over privacy or freedom is something unique to this generation (a cohort effect) or simply the result of youth (age effect),” but they did concede that it may be a generational phenomenon.

Americans over the age of 45, born in or before 1978, believed very different things about in-home government security in their younger years—likely a side effect of the Cold War and Soviet surveillance of their citizens.

Part of that paradigmatic change may also include less emphasis in education on the study of dystopian texts such as George Orwell’s 1984, in which Big Brother—the personification of mass-surveillance culture—is the chief antagonist.

Instead, Zoomers grew up associating “Big Brother” with a reality-television show where contestants voluntarily relinquished their privacy for fame and financial incentives.

Indeed, many youngsters have been conditioned from early on to accept surveillance culture through customs such as the holiday “Elf on a Shelf.”

And the ubiquitous presence of technology and social media have made such surveillance commonplace even if not openly acknowledged. Many young people, for instance, shrug off the threat of Chinese espionage and continue to use TikTok for entertainment value.

Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Xbox both recently were required to pay fines in the tens of millions of dollars for their inappropriate collection and storage of children’s private information.

The survey also asked respondents if they supported a Central Bank Digital Currency—a government backed electronic currency intended to supplant paper money while giving officials the ability to monitor and regulate private financial exchanges.

Although not many supported the CBDC, over half of CBDC supporters also “strongly support[ed]” greater government interference in the home.

Headline USA’s Ben Sellers contributed to this report.

Far-Left Activist Cornel West Launches Third-Party Presidential Run

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Far-Left Activist Cornel West Launches Third-Party Presidential Run

(Robert Jonathan, Headline USA) Leftist activist and philosopher Cornel West is running for president on a third-party ticket in a development that could potentially drain votes from Joe Biden’s reelection bid.

Former Bernie Sanders advisor West, 70, is the candidate of the fledgling People’s Party, which has a steep hill to climb to get enough petition signatures to qualify for the general-election ballot in each state.

Plus, it is highly likely Democrat lawyers will put the legal paperwork under a microscope in an attempt to prevent that from happening.

West, the former Harvard and Princeton professor (he received a PhD from the latter institution) is a familiar voice on cable news channels. He currently teaches at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

In an approximately 2-1/2-minute announcement that has received 18-million-views on Twitter so far, and with a caption that details his basic left-wing populist/socialist platform, Dr. West explained, in part, the following:

“I enter in the quest for truth. I enter in the quest for justice. And the presidency is just one vehicle to pursue that truth and justice, what I’ve been trying to do all of my life.”

He added that “we’re talking about empowering those who have been pushed to the margins because neither political party wants to tell the truth about Wall Street, about Ukraine, about the Pentagon, about Big Tech…do we have what it takes? We shall see…let’s do it together.”

The video also contains a clip from the Bill Maher show in which the Ivy League icon described former President Trump as a “neofacist” and President Biden as a “milquetoast neoliberal.”

In a long Substack interview published on Monday, Dr. West championed an ideological realignment that incudes bringing the MAGA constituency, which he described as “the losers of corporate globalization,” over to his side.

He also continued to level criticism at the two presumptive major party 2024 presidential candidates.

“Trump is mendacious. Everybody knows that he’s a criminal. Everybody knows that he’s a gangster,” West claimed.

“Yet at the same time, the best that the Democratic Party can put forward is mendacity and hypocrisy. The Democratic Party has an arrogance against working and poor people of all colors. We’re a laughing stock. Is Trump versus Biden the best the country can do?”

Back in 2013, West characterized Barack Obama as a “war criminal” for authorizing drone strikes in the Middle East.

In the meantime, some Democrat operatives are reportedly becoming concerned about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s challenge to Joe Biden for the Democrat nomination.

To date, the Democratic National Committee has ruled out any debates between Biden and any announced or future rivals within the party.

According to The Hill, however, RFK Jr.’s “relatively decent poll numbers, as well as his media-ready image as an heir to the famous political dynasty, have caused some to worry he could gain steam and potentially distract from the task of reelecting Biden in 2024.”

The news outlet also noted that “Discontent over Biden and Trump is also reflected in some polls showing high voter appetite for a potential third-party candidate.”

Trump Invites Children’s Choir Banned by Capitol Police to Sing at Rally

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Trump Invites Children’s Choir Banned by Capitol Police to Sing at Rally

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) After the Capitol Police booted a children’s choir from the U.S. Capitol for singing the national anthem, former President Donald Trump invited the group to sing at his next South Carolina rally, the Charleston Post and Courier reported.

On Friday, while singing the “Star-Spangled Banner,” the Rushingbrook Children’s Choir from Greenville, South Carolina, was silenced by “certain Capitol police,” who “said it might offend someone/cause issues,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., observed on Twitter.

In response to the Capitol Police’s disciplinary actions, Trump posted a video inviting the Rushingbrook Children’s Choir to join him at his next rally in their home state.

“It’s a really, it’s a serious thing to have an event like that—such a beautiful time in your lives and such an important time in your lives—to be interrupted in such a way,” Trump said, noting that they will be able to perform for a massive audience.

“But we are going to have you in South Carolina, and you’re going to sing in a rally for us in front of tens of thousands of people,” he continued. “And we’re all going to have a great time together.”

In contrast to Biden Democrats, who consistently in their words and actions have put America last, Trump emphasized that “we love our country,” and that “we’re going to pay respect to those people that love it. And nobody loves it more than you.”

After hinting at an upcoming South Carolina rally, the former president officially invited the group to sing at the event.

“You’re going to be there,” he said, thanking the children “for loving America.”

David Rasbach, director of the choir, said that Trump’s invitation was “quite an honor” for both him and the children of the choir.

“I wouldn’t even think of turning him down,” he added.

Univ. of Pittsburgh Bills Conservative Orgs. $18K over Riot Leftist Faculty Helped Incite

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Univ. of Pittsburgh Bills Conservative Orgs. $18K over Riot Leftist Faculty Helped Incite

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) The University of Pittsburgh hefted $18,000 in security and damage fees on conservative students after they hosted an event featuring Daily Wire personality Michael Knowles, which drove leftist students into a riotous frenzy.

According to the Daily Caller, faculty and staff members even went as far as to encourage the violent protest—and students with the College Republican chapter and Intercollegiate Studies Institute were forced to pay the price.

Knowles arrived at the UPitt campus for a debate with BASED Politics co-founder Brad Polumbo. The speakers discussed the legal boundaries that should be drawn around the issue of transgenderism.

Meanwhile, protestors set off smoke bombs and fireworks outside. They also burned images and effigies of Knowles.

Prior to the event, staff referred to Knowles’s work as “repugnant” and hate-filled. The university released a statement calling the event “toxic and hurtful for many people in our University community.”

Nicholas Demjan, an undergraduate teaching assistant in the history department, began a petition to force the school to cancel the event. That effort was openly endorsed by faculty, including the entire theatre arts department, which accused the speakers of “spreading of hate speech and inciting violence against trans people.”

After the event, witnesses insisted that the protest remained peaceful, despite the burning effigy and the need for emergency medical services on campus.

A letter from the Alliance Defending Freedom, who offered to represent the ISI chapter, reported that UPitt billed ISI despite mountains of evidence that officials incited students to riot.

ADF also pointed out that UPitt signed a contract claiming responsibility for “all… security personnel deemed necessary by the university.”

ADF Senior Counsel Philip A Sechler noted that the university violated studen free-speech rights in its attempt to censor conservatives with threats of prohibitive fees.

“This is exactly the type of suppression the First Amendment forbids,” Sechler said. “Implementing such security fees as part of an attempt to shut down a legitimate campus event is what’s known as a ‘heckler’s veto,’ an action which unconstitutionally allows those who oppose certain speech to censor it simply by protesting it.”

Microsoft to Pay $20M for Spying on Kids via Xbox

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Microsoft to Pay $20M for Spying on Kids via Xbox

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Microsoft has been forced to pay $20 million for spying on children using their Xbox video game consuls, the Associated Press reported.

The ruling was handed down by the Federal Trade Commission, which determined that Microsoft gathered data without notifying parents or obtaining their consent, and then illegally held the data thereafter.

Such behavior, according to the FTC, is a violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.

Dave McCarthy, the corporate vice president for Xbox, released a statement recommitting the spying platform to safety.

“At Xbox, we have the fundamental commitment to provide all players with a safe and secure experience on our platform—and this is especially true for our youngest players,” McCarthy wrote, calling the illegal data mining a “glitch found in our system.”

He later described the glitch as a “technical glitch where our systems did not delete account creation data for child accounts,” and he promised that “the data was never used, shared, or monetized.”

Regardless, McCarthy said that the glitch was a good thing, because it would allow Xbox to take another look at its safety systems.

“We see an opportunity to further advance safe digital experiences that are accessible, simple to use, and benefit all players,” he noted.

Several other Big Tech companies have been caught stealing data in recent weeks, including Amazon, which was recently fined $30 million by the FTC for using its Alexa and Ring products to spy on children and adults alike.

Regulators accused Amazon of storing children’s voice recordings indefinitely while using their data to train its algorithm to interact with and understand children.

They also claimed that Amazon failed to delete children’s data, even after parents requested its deletion.

Samuel Levine, the director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, issued a statement regarding the suit.

“Amazon’s history of misleading parents, keeping children’s recordings indefinitely, and flouting parents’ deletion requests violated [the privacy rights of children],” he said, adding that Amazon had “sacrificed” kids’ “privacy for profits.”

Meanwhile, lawmakers have floated the possibility of banning all social media for children under a certain age due to its toxic effects on mental health, the risks of online predators and even national-security concerns from Chinese espionage.

Concerns are likely to grow following recent reports that Instagram, the photo-sharing platform owned by Facebook parent-company Meta, has allowed a vast network promoting the sexual abuse of children to flourish according to a recent investigation.

Microsoft’s FEC fine comes just weeks after its founder and longtime CEO, Bill Gates, was reported to have been blackmailed by billionaire pedophile pimp Jeffrey Epstein, who allegedly had compromising information about an affair between Gates and an underage Russian bridge player, Mila Antonova

Matt Walsh Uncovers Hidden Fox News Page Celebrating ‘Pride’ Month, DEI

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Matt Walsh Uncovers Hidden Fox News Page Celebrating ‘Pride’ Month, DEI

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Investigative journalist Matt Walsh on Tuesday disclosed what appeared to be a hidden-away Fox News page expressing the increasingly-woke network’s commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, along with a recognition of LGBT “Pride” month, the Western Journal reported.

Walsh posted a screenshot of the corporate media company’s latest virtue-signaling disappointment on Twitter:

“FOX News Media celebrates the contributions to America by the LGBTQ+ community,” the company wrote underneath a banner depicting people of various races and creeds.

The link posted by Walsh takes the viewer to Fox’s “LGBTQ+ Pride Month” page, wherein the company has a series of videos listed, each of which tells a story of an LGBT person.

One of the videos even features a young Southern Californian girl who “transitioned” at age 5 by telling her parents that she was a boy before she could even speak.

The videos also feature former Major League Baseball player Billy Beane, who blamed prejudice against gays like him for his failure to live up to expectations during his professional baseball career.

In the past months, since agreeing to a $768 million legal settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, the news outlet has undergone a major rebranding that included canceling its most popular show ever, Tucker Carlson Tonight, and firing the show’s host, Tucker Carlson.

It also has parted ways with other truth-telling conservatives, such as weekend hosts Dan Bongino and Steve Hilton, in favor of decidedly milquetoast alternatives like Trey Gowdy and Brian Kilmeade.

Since Carlson’s shocking dismissal in April, the flailing media company has been forced to slash numerous staffers while experiencing rapidly declining viewership.

Soon thereafter, Fox announced that it would commit itself to DEI programs.

According to Fox’s stated DEI commitments, the company celebrates “the exchange of different ideas and viewpoints drives innovation and inspires powerful storytelling that resonates with audiences everywhere.”

They also emphasized the diversity of Fox viewers, each of whom needs to be “celebrated” on the basis of race, sexual orientation and gender.

“Through targeted initiatives on screen and off, we ensure that our broad base of viewers, communities and employees feel heard, represented and celebrated.”

The move echoes that of formerly conservative, Christian-rooted fast-food restaurant Chick-fil-A, which likewise caved to the pressure recently by releasing a statement affirming its commitment to DEI principles.

That drew considerable backlash and rampant speculation among loyal conservatives, already embattled by a barrage of corporate “Pride” month assaults.

Fox News host Harris Faulkner made explicit the connection between Chick-fil-A and her network, hinting that both companies may be facing intense pressure either from the federal government, the financial sector or both.

Like many of the woke corporations that have capitulated to the leftist agenda, Fox News was subject in January to a massive stock buyup from the multi-trillion-dollar asset-management firm BlackRock.

Its CEO, Larry Fink, has openly boasted about using financial pressure to coerce companies—and indivuduals—into modifying their behavior.

“Well, behaviors are going to have to change, and this is one thing we’re asking companies,” Fink said during the 2017 New York Times DealBook conference.

“You have to force behaviors,” he continued. “And at BlackRock, we are forcing behaviors.”

Headline USA’s Ben Sellers contributed to this report.

Disturbing: Christian Man Aggressively Arrested, Shackled for Reading Bible Verse at Pride Event

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Disturbing: Christian Man Aggressively Arrested, Shackled for Reading Bible Verse at Pride Event

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A Christian man was arrested and thrown into a wall by three police officers after peacefully protesting a Pride event by reciting a Bible verse to members of the LGBT community in Reading, Pennsylvania. A disturbing video showed the incident, which has since gone viral.

The video captured David Atkins defending his right to demonstrate on a public street. However, before he could finish his bible verse, a seemingly frustrated police officer abruptly shouted, “That’s it. You’re done.” A bystander, who recorded the video, expressed shock at the arrest, exclaiming, “I cannot believe I’m watching this.”

Atkins, who intended to recite 1 Corinthians 14:33, pleaded with the officer before the arrest, “This is public property,” to which the officer callously responded, “I don’t care.” Undeterred by the officer’s aggressive tone, Atkins replied, “God cares.” The officer, attempting to kick the Christian man out, dismissively stated, “Let them have their day,” referring to a crowd of LGBT activists who were recelebrating the month-long gay pride.

As the fed-up police officers handcuffed him, a shocked Atkins made a final attempt to recite the Bible verse, saying, “For God is not the author […],” but he was forcefully pushed against a nearby wall and escorted away as the LGBT crowd broke into chants and shouts.

According to an affidavit filed by Officer Bradley T. McClure, Atkins was arrested over alleged “disorderly conduct.”

During an interview with Dan Andros, a managing editor for the Christian Broadcasting Network, Atkins recounted that he had just shown up to the event when he was confronted by the aggressive officer. Atkins shared, “[The officer] comes right up to me and he says—it’s almost like I felt it was the enemy telling me, ‘You’re going to be quiet.’”

Atkins said he recalled he had a constitutional right to be there. “I thought of the First Amendment, it popped in my head, like, ‘No, sir. This is public property. I’m not being rude, I’m just here to spread the gospel to Good News, ‘Jesus Christ saved me and He can everyone, including the officer,” he continued.

The disturbing video concluded with the bystander telling Atkins, “God bless you, brother.” This incident does not appear to be an isolated event.

In April, for example, a Christian man was arrested and thrown to the ground by a gang of officers for preaching at a pro-abortion rally in Orlando, Florida. A pastor in Clearwater, Florida was also detained on a separate protest outside an abortion clinic.

Watch Atkins described the full account of the disturbing arrest below: 

Freedom Caucus Mutiny to ‘End the Era of Imperial Speakership’ Torches McCarthy

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Freedom Caucus Mutiny to ‘End the Era of Imperial Speakership’ Torches McCarthy

(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) Combining a flex of political muscle with a spirit of robust rebellion, conservative members of the House Freedom Caucus staged a coup Tuesday that reportedly left embattled Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., reeling in embittered confusion, stunned surprise and facing possible ouster, instead of basking in kudos for helping orchestrate passage of the Democrat-endorsed debt ceiling deal.

The conservative revolt was set up by Freedom Caucus stalwarts blocking what is typically a routine rules vote, essentially seizing control of the House Floor in a political move that hadn’t been deployed in nearly a quarter-century, when a procedural rules vote failed in 2002. 

Tuesday’s vote on several measures, including one to block the federal government from banning gas stoves, saw Republicans who overwhelmingly favored the measures join Democrats to defeat them in a 206-220 vote. If that unlikely combination holds moving forward, it could endanger McCarthy’s already razor-thin majority needed to pass bills.

The dramatic and public rebuke of McCarthy had little to do with gas stoves — a measure that can be revisited — and was orchestrated in response to the speaker’s brokering a disastrous debt deal with President Joe Biden and Democrats, while attempting to strong-arm caucus members into compliance. The retaliation played out to the surprise of McCarthy, according to comments reportedly made by Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., a leadership voice of the Freedom Caucus who voted against the measure.

Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Texas, one of 12 GOP lawmakers who opposed the rules vote Tuesday, said the move was designed to “make it clear” that McCarthy and his RINO allies “cannot continue to side with Democrats over their own party and extort party members for support.”

The extortion jab was likely in reference to what many conservative lawmakers said was influential in their decision to join the Gas Stove Mutiny. It erupted when McCarthy reportedly tried to strong-arm Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., into supporting the debt-ceiling deal under threat of killing Clyde’s pistol brace bill.

“We were not going to tolerate that,” Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said during an interview with Steve Bannon’s War Room.

“They don’t get to dole out punishment to us and then expect that we’re going to continue their failure theater. I’m done with their failure theater,” Gaetz said.

Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo.,, said McCarthy sabotaged his own fate when he failed to keep his promise of keeping federal spending in check.

When asked Tuesday what it would take to get McCarthy’s legislative agenda and speakership back on track, Buck replied, “He has to abide by the agreements he made at the beginning of the Congress.” Buck reiterated that sentiment in a tweet blasting McCarthy.

“He broke that commitment with the Biden-backed debt ceiling ‘deal,’” Buck tweeted Tuesday. “How can he govern if House Republicans can’t trust him to honor his word? How are we supposed to stay unified?”

It was a question answered with ominous overtures of ouster, which boded ill for McCarthy’s chances of regaining faith and instead facing a possible motion to vacate from colleagues who claimed they, and their constituents, were betrayed.

“We took down the rule because we’re frustrated at the way this place is operating. We took a stand in January to end the era of imperial speakership,” Gaetz told reporters Tuesday.

“We’re concerned that the fundamental commitments that allowed Kevin McCarthy to assume the speakership have been violated as a consequence of the debt-limit deal.”

The spending scheme, debt deal that McCarthy brokered with Biden passed the House and Senate with overwhelming support from Democrats for good reason. The agreement raised the debt ceiling by at least $4 trillion, retained the bulk of new IRS compliance agents sought by Democrats and capitulated to leftists on advancing the Biden agenda.

“We’re unsure if Mr. McCarthy, the speaker, is going to continue that coalition with the Democrats,” Biggs said Tuesday, “or if he’s going to try to rebuild the unity that we had seen so much in the Republican Party over the last few months.”

Trump Lobs Hilarious Fat-Shaming Bomb on Chris Christie POTUS Bid

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Trump Lobs Hilarious Fat-Shaming Bomb on Chris Christie POTUS Bid

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Donald Trump and his super PAC, MAGA Inc., have both issued hilarious reactions to former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s announcement of his candidacy for the GOP primary in the 2024 presidential race.

On Tuesday, the former president shared his thoughts on Christie’s announcement in a Truth Social post, stating, “How many times did Chris Christie use the word SMALL? Does he have a psychological problem with SIZE? Actually, his speech was SMALL, and not very good.”

Christie made his bid official at a New Hampshire rally and on Twitter, claiming to be the only candidate who can stand up to Trump and “tell the truth.” He criticized his opponents for allegedly tip-toeing around Trump, boldly stating, “I don’t tiptoe.”

Reacting to Christie’s rally, Trump described it as hard to watch and “boring.” He further commented, “[T]hat’s what you get from a failed Governor (New Jersey) who left office with a 7% approval rating and then got run out of New Hampshire,” referring to Christie’s failed 2016 bid.

According to the New York Post, Christie left his governorship embroiled in scandal after the 2013 “Bridgegate” incident, where his officials ordered the closure of parts of the George Washington Bridge as political retribution against an official who didn’t endorse Christie’s re-election.

Christie now enters a crowded field of GOP hopefuls, all aiming to challenge Trump, who currently leads the polls with a substantial margin.

During an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Friday, Trump expressed his lack of understanding regarding the motivations of the other candidates running in the GOP primary. “I don’t think it matters,” he remarked. “I don’t know why people are doing it. They’re at one percent, some are at zero.”

Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for Trump’s MAGA Inc. super PAC, echoed Trump’s sentiment by saying, “Chris Christie will waste no time eating DeSantis’s lunch.” She added, “Ron DeSantis’s campaign is spiraling, and President Trump’s dominance over the Republican primary field has opened a mad rush to seize the mantle for runner-up.”

Adding a touch of humor to the conversation, popular podcast host and former editor for The Daily Wire, Ben Shapiro, responded to Leavitt’s statement on Twitter, quipping, “Also just applicable to lunch in general.”

Gov’t Ready to Kill 200K Cows to Appease Climate Cult

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Gov’t Ready to Kill 200K Cows to Appease Climate Cult

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) With Dutch farmers first being oppressed by climate change-obsessed globalists, it is now the turn of Ireland to cull around 200,000 cows to meet its climate change goals.

According to the commentary by Jamie Blackett at The Telegraph, the sacrifice of cows on the altar of Saint Greta of the Blessed Boat will be somewhat voluntary, since farmers will be offered “financial inducements” to sacrifice their cows.

However, British beef and dairy farmers have balked at taking the bait over concerns that it is part and parcel of well-documented “eco-modernist agenda” to completely get rid of conventional meat. Blackett noted the problem isn’t that this kind of agenda exists but rather that world’s politicians are on board with the idea, instead of just the “Extinction Rebellion mob.”

Blackett said that he and other British farmers were very fortunate that their country is not a part of the European Union and, therefore, not controlled by Brussels. He also added that farmers in Britain could only hope that Rishi Sunak, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, would be on their side and not push the climate change agenda down their throats.

“Spending vast sums of taxpayer’s money on destroying productive animals would be a perfect summation of the net zero madness infecting the West,” Blackett wrote.

Dutch and Irish leftist politicians can’t comprehend that cows can actually help the environment by sequestering carbon in the soil, Blackett informed. Ecometric, a British company, has recently developed a technology that would help to measure soil carbon accurately.

“Some British livestock farmers are now being paid for the net carbon sequestered into the soils after the methane from their burping cows has been accounted for,” Blackett wrote.

“It would mean changing the way we farm to embrace holistic methods; mainly replacing cereal-based cattle diets with grass, but it can be done.”

Additionally, the recent technology allows tallow from British cattle to be turned into biodiesel, the methane in their manure into usable electricity and heat and the manure itself into a “more nutritious digestate that can substantially reduce the need for harmful artificial fertilizer.”

“My own dairy farm is investing in these new green technologies and we hope to be carbon neutral and net exporters of energy in just a few years.”

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