Notes from the Resistance
My objective is to remind the UK that the Battle of Yorktown had political consequences, as they seem to have forgotten. [More]
The Office of Communication has threatened to fine 4chan, a U.S. company, for tyrannical censorship laws violations.
Sounds like a Streisand effect opportunity to me…
[Via Michael G]
AmmoLand is under pressure. The firearms industry has pulled back on advertising, and Big Tech—now powered by anti-gun AI—is quietly burying our pro-gun content in search results. These funding cuts threaten our ability to deliver the legal coverage, alerts, and fearless reporting you rely on. [More]
Just to share personal experience, I do a search for my work under Google’s News tab to see how it propagates and my AmmoLand stuff is routinely buried behind pages of returns, meaning it won’t be seen. I’ve also noted on several occasions links I post to Facebook to promote my articles result in “Forbidden” messages, meaning followers can’t access them:
On the trip I took recently, I noticed the wifi at Cleveland Airport wouldn’t allow me to load AmmoLand pages (I know, we shouldn’t make a practice of using public wifi but I wanted to do an experiment.) I’m going to test this further, because while it’s a private contractor deciding what gets through its filters, it’s a public facility and may represent a First Amendment violation by government using a proxy.
In the meantime, the appeal for help is real and wouldn’t be made unless necessary.
If you are an AmmoLand regular, that means you recognize that you get value from the site. If you’re a regular here, ditto.
A reason I find it a very useful outlet to write for is that — unlike the magazines — the ability to immediately post on AmmoLand means I can present original breaking stories and exclusives, including on FOIA requests and lawsuits I’m involved in, as well as unique observations on RKBA political and legal developments uncovered elsewhere.
I remember what I asked for when Mike Vanderboegh was undergoing his terrible ordeal and have adapted it for this situation:
I’m not going to ask you to send … a donation … Not a cent in gift money. What I will ask you to do –all of you who visit [the] site every day and receive value from it–is pay for that value. I’m asking you to voluntarily subscribe to [AmmoLand] and help [them] continue to bring YOU … daily reports and insights. Just so we’re clear: This is NOT CHARITY. This is PAYMENT FOR SERVICES BEING RENDERED.
And that goes double for the host of regulars who routinely take advantage of AmmoLand comments to amplify and make their voices heard .
We routinely complain about how the gun prohibitionists have no problem getting their talking point narratives parroted by the same major media that suppresses our arguments, and we see AstroTurf projects like the Michael Bloomberg-seeded propaganda mill paying good wages to propagandists masked as journalists. Here we have a valuable resource that’s struggling and asking for help, and if we lose it we’ll lose a unique voice that produces much content not provided on competitor sites.
I hope people reading this don’t find excuses not to do anything (or to air personal criticisms/grievances) — if you’re a returning reader/comment poster, you’ve already demonstrated you’re receiving value regardless.
Defend freedom. Voluntarily subscribe today.
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Hateful Bigots TRIED to RUIN my GUN EVENT! [Watch]
By letting venue management dictate who they would allow to speak, I’d say they succeeded. I’d also say know who you get into bed with and take the time to get to know them first.
[Via Jess]
Maine: Anti-Gun Professor Tries to Silence Pro-Gun Student – It Backfires Badly [More]
Like many bullies, she’s great at dishing it out but gets all psychically fragile when someone stands up to her. Let’s hope all the uproar sends her home quivering and reaching for the Xanax, box wine, and cat between outbursts of self-pity and rage.
Related UPDATE
The community college professor continued to heap insults on the student: “And think again about Jesus packing heat. Really. You and your ilk drive me nuts with your hypocrisy. Guns kill. Own it.” [More]
Jesus didn’t, but his disciples did.
[Via Andy M]
Missouri AG Warns Social Media Behemoths About Discriminating Against Firearm Content [More]
But…but…but community standards…
Now let’s see Bondi do it.
[Via Jess]
Why Are Authorities STILL Hiding Social Media Profiles After High-Profile Crimes? [More]
So much for government censorship being a First Amendment violation…
Which makes the advocacy by some on “our side” not to name names a self-defeating gift to the controllers, ever eager to seize the opportunity to blame opponents of Democrats with headlines like “Domestic terrorist groomed by MAGA parents.”
I’d like to see a bill putting constraints on disabling profiles, requiring a judge to determine which specific pieces of information must necessarily be withheld because they could jeopardize investigations.
[Via Michael G]
Obama: Distinguishing Between Fact And Opinion Will Require Government Constraints, “We Don’t Want A Diversity Of Facts” [More]
Because what works in Chicago may not work in Cheyenne, or something…
[Via Michael G]
Communism: Independent Thinkers Need Not Apply – – ACAT Speaker Lilia Slavova on the Luxury of Thinking for Yourself After Growing Up in a System Where Telling a Joke Could Land You in Prison [More]
They weren’t free like the West.
Like here in the land of the First Amendment.
Concern over mass migration is terrorist ideology, says Prevent – Online guidance says ‘cultural nationalism’ could be a reason for referring someone for deradicalisation [More]
“The attempt to silence critical voices by framing them as right wing and extremist. Under the pretext of fighting hate speech and disinformation, legitimate opinions are being criminalized. And finally, there is our domestic intelligence service, the so-called Office for the Protection of our Constitution. In reality, it’s nothing but a service for protecting the establishment’s dwindling power. [More]
Took me a sec to realize she wasn’t talking about the U.S…
[Via bondmen]
It’s a verdict that would make the Ayatollah smile. Today, in nominally liberal Britain, a man has been found guilty of a crime after he dared to burn a Koran in public. [More]
Now try it on a college campus in the land that imports Moslems to set Jews on fire.
[Via Michael G]
Why is Wired effectively providing a how-to guide on building a copycat weapon, especially when it’s being served up to Luigi Mangione’s fanbase of unhinged Marxist leftists? [More]
Probably for the same reason the witch told the flying monkeys to go and destroy…
You have to understand that Wired is owned by the same nepobillionaire who owns Teen Anal Sex Vogue, and as for YouTube making an exception to their rule, well, look who owns them.
They think they’ll forever be unaccountable, and that what they are abetting to bring about will always find them useful.
[Via bondmen]
A Michigan school did not violate the free-speech rights of a third-grade student who was told to remove a hat that had an image of an AR-15-style rifle and the message “come and take it” in capital letters, a federal court said Friday. [More]
I’m probably going to take the unpopular view here and say the parents knew what the dress code was and let their kid be the one to take the heat for their views by challenging school policy over an issue they’re hardly developed enough to understand beyond a superficial level.
I would not have allowed either of my sons to wear that hat to school for that reason, and also because it was my job as their father to minimize risks where I could, including now the child will have to deal with the fallout from other students and teachers, and it will follow him through the system until he graduates.
There’s a reason I have never named my sons beyond the created-for-effect “feral sons Uday and Qusay,” and never posted current photos of them. Choices I have made carry repercussions and even dangers, and those are mine to bear, not my family’s. That’s also why I deliberately kept a low profile on local politics.
Change my mind.
[Via Jess]
Not wearing a black hooded cloak for this, I see…
The same globalists who forced “vaccines” on bodies now demand to do it to minds.
[Via WiscoDave]
He emphasized the danger of anglers trying to lure white sharks onto the beach during the busy summer season, when tourists flock to Cape Cod en masse. They can’t coexist,” Silva said. [More]
There’s an analogy in here somewhere…
[Via Edmund M]
Speaking as someone who violates Facebook Comunity Standards, their algorithm picking this as something to celebrate is pretty ironic.
Did you know about the anti-Trump gunman who tried a mass sh—ting in Milwaukee on Feb. 12? Of course not! There’s a reason the MSM didn’t cover this extensively. Up until the shooting, Isaiah Stott urged his followers to “stay woke” & he also ranted in support of trans issues. [More]
First I’m hearing of it…
[Via Michael G]