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May 2, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
🧵 THREAD: The recent events in Sudan are related to Ukraine. Here's how 👇
1/🌍 Sudan's civil war has all the markings of a new Cold War proxy battle between the US and Russia. As the US pushes for a "civilian-led transition to democracy," Russia has expanded its arms sales to Sudan, and the stakes are only getting higher.
May 1, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Texas' Denton Independent School District is under fire as parents challenge explicit books available to minors in school libraries, with the board's review committee continually justifying the controversial content. upward.news/texas-school-d…
Documents obtained by Upward News show how the board’s review committee continually justifies the controversial content, leading to calls for change ahead of an upcoming school board election.
May 1, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
THREAD: El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has jokingly called himself the "world's coolest dictator" for his tough-on-crime policies, which have resulted in a 50% drop in the country's murder rate in his first year in office.
Bukele has cracked down on gang violence, with over 60,000 arrests made and the opening of the world's second-largest prison. Homicide fell by another 57% in 2022. newsletter.upward.news/p/el-salvador-…
May 1, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Immigration tensions escalate as Biden ends Title 42, rogue Democrats push back, and Trump unveils a bold deportation plan. America's immigration battle is about to get a whole lot louder. Here's what's happening.
🚨 President Biden is set to end Title 42, the public health authority invoked by Trump during the pandemic, allowing border trespassers to be quickly turned back. The administration expects around 400,000 migrants at the border monthly after the repeal.
May 1, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
🚨 BREAKING: Shocking case has emerged as a result of Biden's transgender prison rules.
Robert Perry II, a convicted child abuser, might be moved to a women's prison after identifying as a woman during sentencing.
2/ Perry was given a life sentence for sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl over an entire year. He started identifying as a woman around the time of the sentencing process.
As Biden overturns regulations on prison housing, Perry could may be transferred to a women's facility.
Apr 30, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
🚨BREAKING: Thousands of Chinese migrants are risking their lives and paying high smuggling costs to seek asylum in the U.S. through South America. This year alone, over 5,800 Chinese migrants have crossed from South to Central America, compared to only 376 between 2010 and 2021.
Many of these migrants are fleeing China's oppressive system and seeking freedom and opportunity in the U.S. However, concerns have been raised about migrants with ties to the Communist Party entering the country.
REVEALED: Michigan used $1.4 million in federal COVID relief to fund critical race theory courses.
When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appropriated the funds without using proper criteria, they ended up in university programs teaching future K-12 teachers to bring “anti-racism,” “social justice,” and “critical race theory” into classrooms.
Mar 18, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
BREAKING: Donald Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday, calls on supporters to protest.
This comes as Manhattan prosecutors continue to investigate allegations that the ex-president paid hush money to buy a porn star’s silence.
Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that he “will be arrested on Tuesday of next week”, citing unspecified leaks.
Mar 15, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
🚨BREAKING: U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized Pfizer’s COVID booster shot for kids under five years old who were previously vaccinated with three doses of the company’s vaccine. 1/3 2/3 Children six months through four years old who completed their three-dose primary series with Pfizer and BioNTech’s original shots more than two months ago are now eligible to receive a single booster dose of the updated shot.
Mar 15, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
REVEALED: Silicon Valley Bank, which collapsed on Friday after a classic bank run, donated more than $73 million to groups related to the Black Lives Matter movement, online records show.
A database from the Claremont Institute shows the bank donated around $73,450,000 to the BLM movement and other social justice-related causes.
Mar 7, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
As Fox News shifts to DeSantis, Murdoch considers firing hosts who defended Trump’s election fraud claims.
Read our full explainer here: newsletter.upward.news/p/murdoch-fox-…
Emails show that Murdoch wanted Fox to pivot its stance on the election, saying “We want to make Trump a non person.” He also said that there are Fox News employees who “should be reprimanded” or “maybe got rid of.”
Feb 20, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: Strong ~6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes near the border of Syria-Turkey — shaking felt as far as Israel.
🚨 JUST IN: Additional buildings have reportedly collapsed in Hatay, Turkey, again.
Tsunami warning under evaluation.
Feb 14, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
⚠️ HAPPENING NOW: Truck carrying hazardous materials overturns on the I-10 highway in Tucson, Arizona.
Residents told to shelter in place.
Resident near a crash in Tucson, Arizona, are being told to shelter in place after a truck carrying hazardous materials suffered a crash and has exposed toxic waste.
Feb 13, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
🚨 JUST IN: Today, 16 rail cars derailed in Montgomery County, Texas; at least one person has died.
Possible hazardous material situation. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Union Pacific monitoring air quality at the site of the crash. - Splendora Police Department
Feb 13, 2023 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
BREAKING: Toxic chemicals from the train derailment & explosion in East Palestine have reportedly “contaminated” the Ohio River as far as West Virginia, a water source for over 5 million.
‘The Ohio River is one of the nation's great natural resources. Over 30 million people, or about ten percent of the U.S. population, live in the Ohio River Basin. With numerous public drinking water intakes and industries, the river provides drinking water to +5,000,000 people’.
🚨 ALERT: A new NOTAM [Notice to Air Missions] has been issued by the FAA for an area over Havre, Montana.
The airspace has been defined as "National Defense Airspace." No further details.
NOTAM ISSUED OVER MONTANA: “INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE AIRSPACE”.
Jan 20, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
REVEALED: Utah Doctor destroyed COVID vaccines, administered 'fake' saline shots to children.
"Dr. Michael Kirk Moore Jr., 58, and his neighbor, Kristin Jackson Andersen, 59, have been charged a multitude of offenses including: conspiracy to defraud the US, conspiracy to convert, sell, convey, and dispose of government property, etc".
1/ NOW: Victory for DeSantis, 28 Florida colleges vow not to teach critical race theory.
2/ What happened? Following pressure from Gov. DeSantis, Florida’s university system announced a retreat from teaching one-sided progressive ideas.
Jan 19, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
🧵 JUST IN: America is far more ‘permissive’ of child sex changes than all of Europe. newsletter.upward.news/p/america-radi…
Mounting evidence shows how radical the “trans kids” movement is in the United States from both a legal and medical standpoint.
This is new, and for many Americans, it feels like it came out of nowhere.