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Does climate activist Greta Thunburg write her own Facebook posts?

Greta Thunberg (Facebook)

A recent software update at Facebook accidentally revealed that teen climate change activist Greta Thunburg may not be posting all of her social media accounts, according to Zerohedge.com.

The glitch temporarily allowed people to see who edited or published a post on behalf of a page by viewing the post's edit history.

It appeared that Svante Thunberg, Greta Thunberg's father, and Adarsh Prathap, an Indian delegate at the United Nation's Climate Change organization, had authored the posts attributed to Greta, according to Zerohedge.

Below are images showing what the glitch revealed:

On Facebook, Thunburg claimed she authored all of her social media posts, despite how things seemed.

Some people have been asking who manages this page. First of all, since last spring I only use Facebook to repost what I write on my Twitter and Instagram accounts. 

Since I have chosen not to be on Facebook personally ( I tried early on but decided it wasn’t for me) I use my father Svantes account to repost content, because you need an account to moderate a Facebook page. The rest that is shared on Facebook is reposted from Twitter and Instagram by the guy who founded the Greta Thunberg Facebook page long before I knew it existed. His name is Adarsh Prathap and he lives in India. Since a lot of people thought it was my official page in the beginning I asked if I could co-manage it and he said yes. 

All texts posted on my Facebook page has of course been written by me, just like everything else.

Greta Thunberg, Facebook

Thunberg, 17, was born in Sweden and gained prominence with her criticism of how political figures and other adults are addressing what she views as the world's climate change problem.

Her supporters have heralded her as a cogent voice supporting climate activism.

Her detractors have criticized her as uninformed and a tool of adults who surround her.

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https://www.zerohedge.com/political/youve-scripted-my-childhood-facebook-glitch-reveals-greta-thunburgs-father-posting

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Respected journalist, John Solomon, announces his new media outlet:

The following is an announcement from John Solomon at "Just The News":

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, award-winning journalist, media commentator, and digital media innovator John Solomon announced the creation of a new media outlet called Just the News, that will address the growing need for fact-based, impartial news and compelling digital content. JusttheNews.com will deliver exclusive news, podcasts, books, polling and video content showcasing some of the most respected and trusted journalists and editors in news media today.

Solomon, who has worked as a journalist and executive for the last quarter century at The Hill, The Washington Times, The Associated Press, The Washington Post, Newsweek and The Daily Beast, has built a reputation on sound investigative journalism that has led to major news exclusives and exposés addressing some of the biggest national stories in history, from the Clinton impeachment and Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks to the most recent Russia and Ukraine scandals.

Solomon announced that Daniel Wattenberg has been named the news outlet's Managing Editor.  Wattenberg worked for years as a senior editor at The Washington Times, where his team routinely produced award-winning work. He also has authored the Kindle Single Decatur's Wake for Amazon,  and written for a wide-array of news publications that include George magazine, Atlantic.com, Reason and National Review. 

In addition, Just the News has announced an initial team of senior contributing writers that includes David Brody, the long-time correspondent from the Christian Broadcasting Network; former CNN political director Christine Dolan, whose investigative work on sex trafficking and child exploitation has generated worldwide attention; and Lee Smith, author of the best-selling book The Plot Against The President. The site also expects to commission content from a wide-range of national journalists who include Sharyl Attkisson, an Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist formerly at CBS and CNN who currently hosts the weekly show "Full Measure" on Sinclair Broadcast Group; and Peter Schweizer, the best-selling author of such books as Clinton Cash and Secret Empires.

More hires and partnerships are expected to be announced in the next few weeks, and the JusttheNews.com website is slated to launch within the next month, Solomon said.

"True journalism has been on the decline for years as major media companies have built business models that push agenda-driven news, click-bait content and opinion masquerading as fact, fueling mistrust and contempt from the American people," Solomon said. "As the fallout from the recent Russia collusion narrative exposed, journalists today too often rush to get their stories first and then are left to hope they are right."

"Just the News will return to an era when journalists got stories first, but first got them right. We'll deliver fact-based news without an agenda, with a neutral voice and with unprecedented transparency, and trust the readers, viewers and listeners to make up their own minds."

Just the News will aim, Solomon said, to be a "back-to-the-future initiative" where old-fashioned, honest and exclusive reporting is delivered in a neutral voice but through the modern distribution channels of YouTube, podcasting, e-books and social media. And in a twist of old and new, Just the News journalists will offer a Dig Deeper tool on their Web site that allows consumers to see the underlying core materials and evidence that substantiate each of their stories.

Just the News will be headquartered in Washington D.C. and consist of four divisions dedicated to web-based reporting, video journalism, podcasting, and long-form nonfiction book publishing. Its mission can be succinctly summarized by four brand promises:

  • Honest Journalism, Trusted Reporters
  • Information Without Indoctrination
  • Rising Above Rhetoric
  • The News. Not the Noise

Watch for additional announcements soon by visiting www.JustTheNews.com, or get updates via social media @JTNReports on Twitter and @JustTheNewsReports on Facebook.

SOURCE Just the News

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https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/award-winning-investigative-journalist-launches-new-media-outlet-300987902.html

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Vermont lawmaker proposed banning cell phones for people under 21

A state law that was proposed by Vermont state Senator John Rodgers (D-Essex-Orleans) sought to ban cell phones for those under age 21. Violators would have been guilty of a misdemeanor and get up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. That's according to Timesargus.com reports.

Rodgers' bill stated that cellphone use is one of the leading killers of teenagers, contributing to distracted driving, bullying, and teen suicide. It also pointed out that teens access the internet and social media primarily through their cell phones, which youngsters may use to research previous shootings, and terrorists have used to recruit and radicalize.

Rodgers, a strong supporter of the Second Amendment right to bear arms, stated that cell phones are "much more dangerous than a gun" in the hands of teens.

Governor Phil Scott vetoed the proposed legislation and it is not likely to be taken up again, according to news reports.

Rodgers actually said he probably would not himself vote to approve his own bill, but that he proposed it to make a point, according to the Times Argus report.

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WATCH: "Why soldiers miss war"

The following is an excerpt from Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson. Watch the video investigation by clicking the link at the bottom.

There are more than 18 million living veterans in the U.S. Each returns home after a different experience to begin a new life. Some have a great deal of difficulty adjusting. Former special operations pilot Nolan Peterson plucks at this emotional dilemma in his new book: “Why Soldiers Miss War.”

Nolan Peterson: My previous profession was as an air force special operations pilot.And when I left the military I ended up embarking on a career in conflict journalism. And in 2014 when the war in Ukraine began, I moved to Ukraine full time to report on the conflict and over the years I've also been to Iraq and Afghanistan, aboard a U S aircraft carrier off the coast of Syria. I've even trekked through the Himalayas, trekking down Tibetan freedom fighters, so I've certainly had a very interesting, adventurous transition after I left the military.

Sharyl: Before we get into the topic of your book, since you spent so much time covering Ukraine, it's important to ask, I think, what you think is not being covered now that ought to be here in the United States?

Nolan Peterson: I think my major takeaway from living in Ukraine for the last almost six years is that I've had the privilege to witness the birth of a democracy. In 2014 when Russia invaded, it was everyday Ukrainians who went out and took up arms and stopped the Russian advance in the Eastern part of the country. It was a grassroots war effort and showing a country that did not need to be prodded into war by propaganda. And I think that Americans should look to that story and be inspired by it because it truly is a country fighting for what are essentially American values.

Sharyl: But they're still fighting today. Is that right?

Nolan Peterson: That's true. And for me, after reporting on the war for so long, it's sad in some respects that there's an ongoing land war in Europe and people just don't seem to be aware of that or seem to be willing to pay much attention to that fact.

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Sharyl: What gave you the idea for your book?

Nolan Peterson: So when I left the military, I experienced something which I think is very common among veterans, particularly combat veterans. And that's what I was searching for, a sense of purpose and meaning in my life and for me, my search to recreate that sense of purpose. After leaving the military, it led me to become a combat journalist and I ended up going off and going into some pretty dangerous places around the world from Iraq.

Sharyl: You call it a sense of purpose, but in some cases, do you think it's veterans who are addicted to that sense of excitement that comes with fighting or is it more purpose?

Nolan Peterson: I think when you're in a war zone, you experience the spectrum of emotions, which far exceeds what you would view a normal life. And so for many veterans, when they come back from war or when they returned to civilian life after the military, they feel like civilian life just doesn't cut it. It's just not, it just doesn't give them the sense of feeling like they're truly alive. And so it makes it really hard when soldiers come back from war to find meaning in life and to also feel that sense of community and tribe that they likely felt while they are in the military.

Sharyl: When did you come to a realization that this is what had happened to you? That you left a war only to then find yourself seeking something similar?

Nolan Peterson: Yes, and it was, to be honest, it was sort of a downward spiral for me in a sense that I kept taking greater and greater risks. I was going out on the front lines in Iraq with the Kurds against Islamic state and I, I'm pretty sure that I probably would have ended up being killed at some point. I've lost friends over the years, including James Foley was the American journalist killed by Islamic state. So for me, I know that this search for purpose as a combat journalist was likely ending to sort of a bad conclusion for me. It was when I met my wife, Ukrainian woman named Lily. I fell in love with her and it was through falling in love with my wife, that I finally was able to rediscover that sense of purpose that I thought I had lost when I left the military.

Sharyl: What do you recommend for other people? Maybe they are not going to have a spouse or have a, have a new sense of purpose that comes to them in that way. What advice is in your book for them?

Nolan Peterson: I think that what veterans go through when they leave the military when they come back from war is a lot of ways, representative of what we all are seeking. We're seeking meaning in life. So I encourage people to look to the stories of veterans like myself who have been able to move on after war because I think that story is a universal story and it represents something that we all go through.

Nolan says if you ask most combat veterans to name the worst experience and the best experience in their lives— they’ll say the war in answer to both.

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Teens attack mom of bullied student outside California high school

Maria Jiminez and Eder Rojas, went to their daughter's high school to discuss their daughter being bullied by two other teenage girls, and were attacked by the girls accused of bullying their daughter before they could even enter the door of the high school, according to a report on ABC13.com.

The two teens punched, kicked, and dragged Maria Jiminez, breaking her nose. Eder Rojas, the bullied girls' father, says he tried to pull the teens off of his wife and daughter, who was also attacked in the incident, according to ABC13.com.

One of the teens has been arrested and charged with battery with serious bodily injury. Jiminez spent two days in the hospital recovering from the attack. She had a baby just four months prior to the attack. The school is still investigating the incident, according to ABC13.com.

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https://abc13.com/mom-brutally-attacked-by-teen-girls-outside-ca-high-school/5833801/

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Glenn Beck interviews Sharyl Attkisson about government computer intrusions

The following is from The Glenn Beck Radio Program:

Forget Chinese surveillance...it's happening here at home, too. Emmy award winning investigative reporter and former correspondent for CBS News, Sharyl Attkisson, details to Glenn the evidence she has proving government agents hacked into her computer and altered files relating to an investigation into the Fast and Furious scandal under the Obama administration.

And Attkisson says her team now has an important witness to back their case -- a former government agent who admits to similar wrongdoing. Attkisson says the government has software they use to not only hack devices, but they can use Skype to listen to conversations as well. But, the Department of Justice will never want to investigate ITSELF for these crimes, so nothing will change UNTIL there's enough public pressure for real action and change.

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Texas doors closed to new refugees in 2020

Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, has announced that the state of Texas will not accept new foreign refugees in 2020, reports The Hill.

Last year, President Trump signed an executive order that required refugees to enter the U.S. to resettle only in jurisdictions that have agreed to accept them. Texas is the first state to "opt out" of accepting new refugees in 2020 based on the executive order, according to The Hill.

Governor Abbott noted that Texas has borne more than its share of refugees during the settlement process and says the state has a responsibility to take care of the refugees (and Texans) who are already there before accepting more.

The policy does not prevent refugees from coming to Texas after initially settling in another state, Abbott clarified.

Click on the link below to read the full article in The Hill:

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/477755-texas-governor-says-state-will-not-accept-new-refugees

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