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Representative Mark Green Condemns Last-Ditch Impeachment Efforts

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“Every one of us has a role to play in bridging the divide”, Dr. Green said. “I urge all Americans to get off social media, and instead, talk with your neighbors, go to your house of worship, and call that family member you always argue with at Thanksgiving. And I hope President-elect Biden will ask his Congressional colleagues to work toward uniting the country instead of pursuing a rushed impeachment that will only deepen the wedge between us.”

https://markgreen.house.gov/2021/1/rep-mark-green-statement-on-congress-impeachment-vote

Angela Merkel Calls Suspension of Trump’s Twitter Account “Problematic”

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The German chancellor on Monday joined the growing rank of world leaders criticizing the unrestrained censorship that big tech companies are now engaged in, silencing elected officials, candidates and millions of citizens who have views and opinions that differ from the tech companies’ own.

https://www.wionews.com/world/suspension-of-trumps-twitter-account-is-problematic-angela-merkel-356052

Free Speech Platform Gab Reports 753% Surge in Traffic in 24 Hours

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As Twitter and Facebook are purging conservative and other dissenting users, alternative social media platforms, including Gab, MeWe and Parler are seeing an unprecedented surge in users and traffic as users are abandoning (or being suspended from) Facebook and Twitter.

https://www.nationandstate.com/2021/01/10/free-speech-platform-gab-reports-753-surge-in-traffic-in-24-hours/

U.S. Lifts Self-Imposed Restrictions on Relations With Taiwan

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For decades, the Unites States has limited itself in it’s interactions with it’s ally Taiwan, in an attempt to appease the Communist Party which rules the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

The PRC on the other hand, has become increasingly confrontational towards the U.S. in recent years.

On Saturday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. is finally abandoning it’s self-imposed restrictions when interacting with Taiwan.

https://www.state.gov/lifting-self-imposed-restrictions-on-the-u-s-taiwan-relationship/

Parler App can Still be Downloaded on its Own Website

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[Update 2/15/2021]: As of today, Parler is back online. While Apple does not allow iPhone users to install the Parler app and the app is also no longer available on Google’s PlayStore, at least Android users can once again download and install the Parler app directly from Parler’s own website (see link below).

[Update 1/11/2021]: On January 11, Amazon Web Services turned Parler offline. Parler is since looking for a new hosting company to host its social media platform. It currently has a placeholder website at www.parler.com, but no functionality beyond occasional notifications on its quest to return. The download links for the app (see below) are currently not working either.

[Original article]: As part of the Great Purge, big tech companies are currently aggressively removing alternative content and opinion and are banning conservative, libertarian or simply dissenting users.

Twitter just permanently banned the sitting President of the United States from its platform an hour ago. Google just removed the free-speech Twitter-alternative app Parler from its app store, Apple is considering a similar move.

The good news is: the Parler smartphone app is still available for download on Parler’s own website:

Here is the link to the Android App: https://company.parler.com/android

Here is the link to the iPhone app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/parler-app/id1402727988?ls=1

And here is the link to Parler’s website: https://parler.com/