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Team Biden dumps ditzy disinfo czar Nina Jankowicz — but board remains threat [Video]

Team Biden dumps ditzy disinfo czar Nina Jankowicz — but board remains threat

The New York Post led the charge to expose the left-wing zealot that Team Biden chose to head its new Disinformation Governance Board, its Ministry of Truth. The Post showcased Nina Jankowicz shilling for the suppression of information on Hunter Biden’s laptop (first revealed by The Post) before the 2020 election. The Post highlighted her TikTok version of a “Mary Poppins” song warning “Information laundering is really quite ferocious” and her YouTube Christmas parody song performance, “Who do I f–k to be famous and powerful?” Thanks to a vigorous backlash by conservative media and activists, Team Biden has hit the “pause” button on the Disinformation Board and Jankowicz submitted her resignation Wednesday. The Washington Post reported that the Department of Homeland Security decided to close the board Monday but is hesitating to pull the plug: “Working groups within DHS focused on mis-, dis- and mal-information have been suspended.” The board could be reactivated at any point, especially if the Biden team can find a more credible boss. The Washington Post piece on the controversy was a classic of pro-Leviathan propaganda. It was written by Taylor Lorenz, who recently achieved fame after a tearful performance on MSNBC about how online criticism made her consider suicide. Lorenz’s pity party ignored her record exposing the personal lives of people she targets. Last month, she doxxed the conservative lady who runs the Libs of TikTok Twitter account. Lorenz justified investigating that person because she could have been a foreigner. (The lady was an American citizen, but no matter.) Lorenz quotes an unnamed DHS spokesperson: “The Board’s purpose has been grossly mischaracterized; it will not police speech. Its focus is to ensure that freedom of speech is protected.” Geez, why didn’t the Founding Fathers think of adding a clause to the First Amendment creating a nefarious-sounding government agency to ride shotgun on the nation’s media? Taylor Lorenz, the Washington Post’s reporter, wrote the article about Jankowicz’s departure. According to The Washington Post, the fact that Jankowicz was a Fulbright scholar and had “stints at multiple nonpartisan think tanks” proves she had no desire to censor. The paper did not let Jankowicz’s own words get in the way of the absolution. Jankowicz believes that “trustworthy experts” such as herself (she boasts that she is “verified” by Twitter) should be empowered to “edit” other people’s tweets to “add context.” She denounced Loudoun County, Va., parents who complained about left-wing school curriculum for “disinformation” and “weaponizing people’s emotion.” Jankowicz previously worked for StopFake, a federally funded media-influence operation that in 2018 “began aggressively whitewashing two Ukrainian neo-Nazi groups with a long track record of violence, including war crimes,” even dabbling “with Holocaust distortion, downplaying WWII-era paramilitaries who slaughtered Jews as mere ‘historic figures’ and Ukrainian nationalist leaders,” as The Nation reported. Nina Jankowicz recently resigned from her role with the Disinformation Governance Board. President Biden’s Disinformation Governance Board is currently on pause until further notice. How does The Washington Post know that Jankowicz is trustworthy? Lorenz’s article includes three references to an organization called Advance Democracy, which she identifies as “a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that conducts public-interest research.” Is that why Daniel Jones, Advance Democracy’s president, ran another organization — the Democracy Integrity Project — that “sent $959,613 to Fusion GPS in 2018 and $3,323,924 in 2017 for a total of $5,506,251, along with sending [British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s] company $197,608 in 2018 and $251,689 in 2017 for a total of $1,149,297,” as the Washington Examiner reported based on IRS tax returns? The lies in the Steele dossier propelled FBI surveillance of the Trump campaign and spurred years of Russiagate vitriol that was not debunked until special counsel Robert Mueller’s report in 2019. Jankowicz continued cheering for Steele long after his dossier had been shot to pieces by the Justice Department inspector general. The core of the media defense of Jankowicz was that only right-wing nuts fear the US government would censor Americans.

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Charities webinar - Contract exposure: managing risks in legally binding agreements [Video]

On Wednesday 11 May, Edward Bouckley delivered the next webinar in our charities bite size series. In the webinar Edward looked at some of the key aspects of managing risk when entering into commercial contracts. He discussed:• What risk management is.• What risk is and why properly managing it is so important to charities.• Some of the ways risks can be managed in contacts.Edward also looked at some of the steps that you can take to better protect your charity when entering into contractual arrangements.Here are the timestamps to help guide you through this webinar:0:52 Birketts at a glance1:18 What we will cover today2:09 What is risk management?3:07 What is risk and why is it important?3:59 Contractual risk5:58 Identifying risk10:05 Written contracts11:34 Assessing Risk13:10 The danger of "pre-contractual" agreements14:27 A cautionary tale16:21 Rights and obligations17:51 Risk - allocating and controlling18:48 Transferring risk: indemnities20:00 Controlling risk: limitation of liability21:29 Practical tips23:18 QuestionsThe webinar ended with a Q&A. Disclaimer: The content of this webinar is for general information only. It is not, and should not be taken as, legal advice. If you require any further information in relation to this webinar please contact us in the first instance. Law covered as at May 2022. Meet our expert, Edward Bouckley: https://www.birketts.co.uk/our-lawyers/norwich/edward-bouckleyContact us at: https://www.birketts.co.uk/contact-usSign up to future webinars: https://www.birketts.co.uk/events​​​​ To ensure that you are invited to future webinars and receive our newsletters please opt in to our mailing lists and select the appropriate areas of interest. https://www.birketts.co.uk/register

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Chicago HOPES For Kids: Empowering Lives Through Education [Video]

Today's 5-Star Guest is Rita Kahn, Executive Director of Chicago HOPES for Kids.Rita Kahn came to the organization five years ago as Development Manager. She brings a variety of skills and experiences to her position including a teaching background, human resources and marketing leadership. Rita LOVES going to school. She received her Master’s in Education from Dominican University in 2010 and her Master’s in Labor Industrial Relations from Michigan State University in 1996. Before joining HOPES, Rita served as the Development Manager for Oak Park River Food Pantry where she increased community awareness of childhood food insecurity and raised funds to launch the community’s first summer meals program for at-risk youth. More About Chicago HOPES for Kids: https://www.chicagohopesforkids.org/Donate To Chicago HOPES for Kids: https://www.chicagohopesforkids.org/donate.htmlSupport This Podcast! Make a quick and easy donation here:https://www.patreon.com/dogoodbetterSpecial THANK YOU to our sponsors:Donor Dock - The best CRM system for your small to medium sized nonprofit, hands down! Visit www.DonorDock.com and use the Promo Code DOGOODBETTER for a FREE month!Brady Martz - The Nonprofit Audit Specialists! Visit www.BradyMartz.com to connect with folks to make your fiscal life a heckuvalot easier!About The Official Do Good Better Podcast:Each episode features (fundraising expert, speaker, event creator and author) Patrick Kirby interviewing leaders and champions of small & medium nonprofits to share their successes, their impact, and what makes them a unicorn in a field of horses. Patrick answers fundraising questions and (most importantly) showcases how you can support these small nonprofits doing great big things!iTunes: https://apple.co/3a3XenfSpotify: https://spoti.fi/2PlqRXsYouTube: https://bit.ly/3kaWYanTunein: http://tun.in/pjIVtStitcher: https://bit.ly/3i8jfDRFollow On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoodBetterPodcast/Follow On Twitter: @consulting_do #fundraising #fundraiser #charity #nonprofit #donate#dogood #dogoodBETTER #fargo #fundraisingdadAbout Host Patrick Kirby:Email: Patrick@dogoodbetterconsulting.comLinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fundraisingdad/Want more great advice? Buy Patrick's book! Now also available as an e-book!Fundraise Awesomer! A Practical Guide to Staying Sane While Doing GoodAvailable through Amazon Here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1072070359

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Devsectorseries: Funmi Akinyele, Ph.D. Executive Director FBFI [Video]

This episode of #devsectorseries features Funmi Akinyele, Executive Director, the Food Basket Foundation International, the first indigenous Nutrition-focused, non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) in Nigeria, was founded in 1989 with the singular mission of helping low-income families achieve food and nutrition security on a sustainable basis, especially for members of vulnerable groups.Dr. Akinyele has made remarkable contributions to the Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) as a member is the Chair of the Safeguarding Online Civic Space (SOCS) and the Co-Chair of the National Technical Committee on Self-Regulation. We are going to be talking about nutritional challenges in Nigeria. Join us WEDNESDAY, April 27th at 12 noon. Let's change the world together!