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Protesters in Hong Kong Sing Hallelujah to the Lord

A simple hymn sung in Hong Kong’s churches has become the anthem of the protesters across the city. The protests are about new extradition laws that China want to impose on Hong Kong.

At first the Christian protestors hoped the hymn would release tensions with the police. For Christians the protests are not only political but also religious. They can see the new laws being used to limit religious freedoms they enjoy, but are not shared by the church in mainland China. Many Christians in Hong Kong have smuggled Bibles to the mainland, and the new laws could see them arrested and sent their to face trial. Hong Kong is also a safe haven for Chinese believers who have fled the persecution of the mainland.

However, the hymn has quickly been taken up by all the protestors, not only those of faith. The Hong Kong authorities have said have suspended the bill, however protestors say they will continue until the bill is scrapped entirely.

Read More: BBC

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Alaskan Regional Government Meeting Opens with “Hail Satan” Prayer

In Soldotna, Alaska a member of the Satanic Temple was given permission to open the regional government meeting with an invocation.  She closed her invocation with the declaration, “hail satan”.  This prompted dozens of attendees to walk out.

There were also protests outside the local government building. With people holding up banners saying, “reject Satan and his works” and “know Jesus and his love.”

Read More: Washington Post

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Big Techs Economic Goals: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.

In her new book Shoshana Zuboff, Professor at Harvard Business School, outlines the goals of the tech giants like Google and Facebook. Zuboff argues that their “goal is to automate us” by trading in our personal experiences as their raw material. She says we are now in an age of surveillance capitalism.

In an interview with Democracy Now Zuboff explains what this means:

Read More: The Guardian 

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Obama Environmental Rules Close to Being Rolled Back Under Trump

It is expected that the Trump administration will take its final steps this week in replacing Obama-era environmental legislation. Obama’s Clean Air Act was implemented to move the country away from coal and towards natural gas as well as renewal sources of energy.

However, critics of the act said it gave the Environmental Protection Agency too much power, that over stepped it’s remit. The Trump Administration are seeking to give power to the individual States to manage their energy policies in a way which will best suit that State’s individual needs.

Read More: Fox News

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Mixed Reaction to Sen. Hawley’s Bill to Crack Down on Big Tech Giants

Sen Hawley has proposed a bill that would force tech companies like Facebook and Twitter to prove they are politically neutral. Conservatives have been seeking ways to stop these tech giants controlling the political narrative and promoting their own agenda.

“Social media companies that have routinely deplatformed conservatives and censored conservative speech should no longer enjoy the protections granted to politically neutral platforms,” Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center, said in a statement Wednesday, referring to Section 230. “These tech companies claim they have no ideological bias — it is time they prove it.”

However, some conservatives think Sen. Hawley’s bill could have the opposite affect. They fear that the legislation would cause tech companies to remove political content that they fear would spark controversy, and thus further shut down the conservative voice.

“If social media firms are worried about being liable for user-generated content, they’re likely to be more aggressive in taking down any vaguely political content, out of fear that it could put them in legal jeopardy,” Philip Klein, a writer at the Washington Examiner.

Read More: The Daily Caller

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Trump’s Spiritual Advisor: “Demonic Networks” have Aligned Themselves Against the President

President Trump’s Spiritual Advisor, Paula White, has said that “demonic Networks” have aligned themselves against the President.

In a prayer before the official start of the President’s re-election campaign she prayed: “Let every demonic network that has aligned itself against the purpose, against the calling of President Trump, let it be broken, let it be torn down in the name of Jesus,”

Read More: The Hill

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Sen Hawley Introduces Legislation to Protect University Research Being Stolen

Missouri’s Sen. Hawley has introduced legislation to protect university research being stolen by nations like China, Russia, and Iran. He has said that Universities have been long targeted by these nations in a bid to steal intellectual property and spy on research that has national security implications.

The legislation would require students to undergo screening before being allowed to participate in sensitive research.

Read More: The Daily Caller

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Mastercard No Longer Requires Legal Name in Support of Trans Customers

Mastercard have announced that it will allow customers to use a name other than their legal name. The move is to enable trans or binary people to use their “true name” and not their “dead name”.

MasterCard failed to respond to questions about whether this could be used by people to fraudulently change their name for illegal purposes.

The Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking for Washington DC’s government, which implements anti-fraud programs, said, “Whether this effort leads to increased fraud will, likely, depend on how it is implemented.” 

Read More: The Daily Caller

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US Blames Iran for Recent Attacks on Oil Tankers in Gulf of Oman

Thursday saw two oil tankers- one Norwegian, the other Japanese- attacked in the Gulf of Oman. Crew members rescued from the Japanese vessel said, “that the ship was attacked by a flying object”. These fresh attacks come after four vessels were targeted a month ago.

The US have blamed Iran for the attacks, claims the Iranians deny. It is thought the Iranians are seeking to disrupt international shipping in one of the world’s busiest shipping routes. US-Iranain relations have deteriorated recently. The US have sent an aircraft carrier in response to the heightened threat from Iran in the region.

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Tennessee Detective Gives Sermon Calling for LGBTQ People to be Executed

Tennessee deceptive Grayson Fritts gave a sermon at All Scripture Baptist Church, where he is also a pastor, in which he said law enforcement and local government should make moves to arrest, convict, and “speedily” execute members of the LGBTQ community. He also said that he did not call on members of the church to act violently towards gay people, but that it was the responsibility of the government to act.

Fritts requested a county buyout offer and is currently on a sick leave from his position in law enforcement, and the matter is being investigated.

Read More: Newsmax

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Dems Want to Make Gun Makers Liable for Gun Crime

Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday brought legislation to both the House and the Senate which would hold gun manufacturers liable for crimes committed with their products.

The Dems hope to repeal legislation introduced in 2005 which offered protection for the gun industry.

However,  Lawrence Keane, senior vice president of government affairs for the NSSF said,“It’s like blaming Ford or General Motors for the negligent use of their cars,”

Read More: The Daily Caller