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"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." - George Washington #commondenominators

To many people who have recognised its dystopian design, the Great Reset promulgated by the World Economic Forum is a communist coup, or a ‘great red-set’. To others it is an oppressive alliance of mega-corporations and governments – the true definition of fascism. Yet technocracy, as first proposed in the 1920s, is apolitical. Bluntly, it is the exertion of power through tremendous advances in technology. Nonetheless, strategies of left-wing political activism are useful to the mission to build a new world order, as explained in The Backstory of the Great Reset, or How to Destroy Classical Liberalism published by the Mises Institute. Faith, flag and family were targeted by the critical theorists of the Institut für Sozialforschung (Institute for Social Research) in Frankfurt, who realised that nothing really changes unless the culture changes. Cultural Marxism deviated from the economic determinism of Karl Marx, using Freudian analytical concepts to undermine the false consciousness that reinforces social structures. Globalist oligarchs, though certainly not Marxists themselves, have aided and abetted Cultural Marxism as a means of overturning Western society. https://lnkd.in/dzfcyCC4

Only about 150 companies on the S&P 500 index are aligned with ESG emissions reductions. In order to avoid doing business with every company that does not meet ESG standards, one would have to divest or skip over 350 companies on the index. The environment, social and governance (ESG) investing movement has faced a lot of criticism over the past couple years for undermining fiduciary responsibility and pushing progressive agendas through an undemocratic process. At the Energy Future Forum presented by RealClearEnergy Wednesday, Terrence Keeley, author and former senior advisor at Blackrock, argued that ESG is also misallocating resources and doing nothing for the environment it claims to protect. For “those who are ‘team humanity’ and ‘team abundance,’ it’s not climate deniers that are the problem. Our problem is the tradeoff denier — those who do not see any tradeoffs in these decisions,” Keeley said. Blackrock has been a leader in the ESG movement, and CEO Larry Fink has been one of its most outspoken promoters.  https://lnkd.in/dUEm7ZfP

New research by environmental organisation Urgewald reveals that investors are still pumping $4trn of assets into companies that are developing new fossil fuel assets. Institutional investors hold $4.3trn in bonds and shares of fossil fuel companies, with BlackRock, State Street and the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) having some of the biggest holdings, new research has found. The data was revealed in the 2024 edition of Investing in Climate Chaos, published by Urgewald and 17 other non-governmental organisation (NGO) partners, which shows the fossil fuel holdings of over 7,500 institutional investors globally. https://lnkd.in/dcQUtxWT

Iconic photographs of former US president Donald Trump surviving an assassination attempt have captured a significant “day of history”. The images come after a bullet had pierced the upper part of Mr Trump’s right ear. The former president was evacuated from the site by Secret Service following the gunshots. “What a day of history,” Sky News host Peter Stefanovic said. https://lnkd.in/dhEx_Pia

Sky News host Caleb Bond says former US president Donald Trump asking the crowd to ‘fight, fight, fight’ is him showing the public his “leadership”. “The Secret Service clearly wanted to get him the hell out of there, and he was like, no, no hang on a minute, I have got a crowd here in front of me that is hanging on what I am about to do,” Mr Bond said. “They are rattled, and I am here asking them to make me their leader and I need to show them some leadership.” https://lnkd.in/dCuGWcuT

"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." - George Washington

Dr Renee Hoenderkamp warns of the consequences of Ed Miliband banning North Sea oil drilling. 🤔 https://lnkd.in/dtQBMMef

Sky News host Gabriella Power has slammed CNN for its initial coverage of the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump. Ms Power said: “If you were following media outlets like CNN today, you would have thought Donald Trump had a fall”. A breaking CNN article included a headline which read: “Secret Service rushed Trump off stage after he falls at rally”. “Falls? It was an assassination attempt. He’s not Joe Biden,” Ms Power said. Ms Power said it was a “devastating day for America” and claimed there was likely to be growing support for the former president, following the attack. https://lnkd.in/dbJE48cr

Newly released records show Canada’s Ambassador for Climate Change, Catherine Stewart, billed over $254,000 in travel expenses in under two years, including stays at luxury hotels costing up to $623 per night. 🤔 Canadian Taxpayers Federation Alberta director Kris Sims joined True North’s Andrew Lawton to discuss this latest example of climate hypocrisy. https://lnkd.in/dyqZKtiA