<blockquote><ul><li>Political judge tells Jan 6 protestors 'enough of this nonsense'</li><li>Says their politics are irrelevant as he berates them for having the wrong political beliefs</li><li>Gaslights defendants, telling them he's not considering their politics as he considers their politics</li><li>Told defendant to go to different news sites</li><li>But applauds illegal protests by political allies</li><li>Light sentences for protestors connected to Marxist aligned movement</li><li>Harsh sentences for Free Speech advocates &nbsp;</li></ul></blockquote>Judge Christopher Cooper, an Obama appointee, has a mantra he repeats as he sentences January 6th protestors:<blockquote>You’re not being singled out for your political views.</blockquote>Biased? Not meIs one to suppose that this self-promoting statement inoculates Cooper from charges that, as a judge, he acts on his long time connection to Left-wing politics, as an&nbsp;<a href="https://americasfrontlinenews.com/post/fbidojcourt-jail-dr-simone-gold-for-trespass-politicizing-medicine">advisor</a> to the Obama administration who was married by the Biden administration's attorney general to a woman who&nbsp;<a href="https://americasfrontlinenews.com/post/meet-the-judge-sentencing-january-6th-attendees-to-prison">represents</a> the disgraced FBI agents who led an anti-Trump sting operation as an “<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lisa-page-transcripts-reveal-details-of-anti-trump-insurance-policy-concerns-over-full-blown-probe">insurance policy</a>” to “<a href="https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/392284-fbi-agent-in-texts-well-stop-trump-from-becoming-president/">stop</a>” Trump’s election.Your politics are irrelevant, but don't go to those news sites any moreAppearing to assume impunity, Cooper&nbsp;goes on to prove the no-bias claim to be false, immediately following up his mantra by blasting defendants for the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jenna-ryan-sentenced-capitol-attack-trump_n_6182bb4fe4b0c8666bd6f913?wmi">very political views</a> he had just claimed not to consider.&nbsp;<blockquote>“You’re not being singled out for your political views or anything like that,” Cooper said. “It’s how and where you decided to express them” ... At the end of the hearing, Judge Cooper also advised [Texas businesswoman Jenna] Ryan to think about what sources she relied upon for her news in the future.</blockquote>Believe what you want, but don’t believe thatIn the case of New Yorker&nbsp;<a href="http://buffalonews.com/news/local/judge-sentences-amherst-woman-to-probation-for-her-role-in-capitol-riot/article_b4ba3906-9591-11ec-aeb4-ffd80f22e739.html">Traci Sunstrum</a>, Cooper specifically discussed her political views after calling them irrelevant:<blockquote>Cooper said he was&nbsp;not punishing her for her political views or personal associations,&nbsp;but he expressed concern whether some conspiracy theory would cause her "to answer this kind of call again."&nbsp;"In light of her statements for being there because ‘my POTUS called me to be there,' it seems to me those facts warrant a period of&nbsp;probation or supervision to ensure that she is free from these sorts of influence going forward," Cooper said … The&nbsp;judge noted Sunstrum was wearing a&nbsp;QAnon hat during the riot.</blockquote>Judicial gaslightingA former city councilor from West Virginia, Eric Barber, received a special kind of self-contradictory sentencing speech from Cooper - in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mediaite.com/politics/judge-rips-former-city-councilor-during-sentencing-for-jan-6-actions-too-old-for-nonsense-like-this/">sandwich form</a>, getting berated for his political views both before and after being told that his political views were irrelevant, effectively gaslighting the defendant with an impossible paradox he’s expected to either accept or think he’s lost his mind because he can’t understand the judge’s implausible reprimand; “it’s about your political nonsense, it’s not about that, it is about that.”<blockquote>The judge also offered the former elected official a reality check.&nbsp;“You’re too old and you’re too accomplished and&nbsp;you’re too smart to get involved in nonsense like this,” Cooper said after he handed down the sentence.“This is not about the First Amendment. You are free to express your views. You’re free to support any political candidate or positions or issues that you want. I encourage that. But enough of this nonsense, OK?”</blockquote>AFLDS founder gets Cooper “sandwich” treatmentCooper likewise told America's Frontline Doctors (AFLDS) founder Dr. Simone Gold that her politics did not affect the two-month jail sentence he gave her for the misdemeanor of being present in the Capitol, in between statements about …&nbsp;<a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/16/politics/simone-gold-january-6-covid-us-capitol/index.html">her politics</a>!<blockquote>Your organization is leaving people with the misimpression that this is a political prosecution or that it's about free speech.&nbsp;It ain't about free speech.&nbsp;January 6 was about a lot of things, but it wasn't about free speech or Covid vaccinations... the only reason you are here is where and when and how you chose to express your views…&nbsp;</blockquote>Cooper&nbsp;<a href="https://aflds.org/news/press-releases/civil-liberties-heroine-and-medical-freedom-advocate-dr-simone-gold-receives-a-60-day-jail-sentence-for-the-misdemeanor-charge-of-being-present-at-january-6-2021-capitol-event/">continued</a> with an offensive against the voluntary member donations made to the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Dr. Gold.&nbsp;<blockquote>I find it&nbsp;unseemly that your organization is raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for its operations,&nbsp;including your salary.</blockquote>“It ain't about free speech” but&nbsp;you&nbsp;mustn’t use it!Cooper thus attacked Dr. Gold for using her first amendment right to free speech to discuss her prosecution while immediately afterwards telling her, “It ain't about free speech.” Cooper's publicly expressed outrage stemmed from the fact that, after getting fired from her emergency room position for her political views, her first amendment protected website expressing those political views remains successful.“It ain't about free speech” but&nbsp;you&nbsp;can use it!In a very similar but very different&nbsp;<a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/five-protesters-who-disrupted-the-supreme-court-are-going">case</a>, protestors who disrupted a Supreme Court hearing appeared before the same, but different sounding, Judge Cooper:<blockquote>US District Judge Christopher&nbsp;Cooper&nbsp;said on Monday that he&nbsp;did not doubt the sincerity of the defendants' beliefs, and that he&nbsp;applauded their commitment to participating in the political process ...&nbsp;However, they were not in court because of their beliefs, Cooper said... "We are here for one reason and one reason only, which is where and when and how you chose to share those views."</blockquote>The same mantra given to the Jan 6 defendants, but only after Cooper “applauded” their politics.Which politics did Cooper “applaud?”Ironically, the “applauded” demonstrators were anti-free speech activists protesting a Supreme Court&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC">decision&nbsp;</a>striking down a law that infringed upon the First Amendment right to post political ads.&nbsp;Light sentences for comradesJudge Cooper did not just take a different verbal approach to the anti-free speech protestors. He followed up his supportive rhetoric with quite different sentencing. While confining Dr. Gold to prison for two months, Cooper found a one-weekend jail term appropriate for four of those protestors, with a fifth defendant spending&nbsp;two weekends behind bars.&nbsp;This despite their involvement with a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99Rise">group</a> that carried out a year-long “coordinated” effort to disrupt Supreme Court proceedings. These particular protestors interfered “with the right of lawyers to argue on behalf of their clients without having to worry if there would be another disruption.”&nbsp;Socialist protestors need not express remorse?Cooper accused Dr. Gold of not expressing remorse for mistakenly entering an open building and not expressing sadness at the&nbsp;<a href="https://americasfrontlinenews.com/post/fbidojcourt-jail-dr-simone-gold-for-trespass-politicizing-medicine">deaths of policemen</a> which never happened on that day,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jun/16/anti-vaccine-doctor-simone-gold-sentenced-to-priso/">despite the fact</a> that,&nbsp;<blockquote>Gold … said she deeply regrets entering the Capitol during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, and didn’t intend to get involved in an event that was “so destructive to our nation.”&nbsp;“It’s the opposite of who I am,” she told Cooper.</blockquote>Cooper did not seem to have a problem, though, with the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/five-protesters-who-disrupted-the-supreme-court-are-going">lack of remorse</a> expressed by one of those protestors that he sentenced to just one weekend for disrupting SCOTUS, who proudly proclaimed to Cooper's face:&nbsp;<blockquote>. . . if protests were an annoyance, "it’s an annoyance in the same sense that a fire alarm is."&nbsp;</blockquote>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99Rise">progressive social</a> movement organizing those protests was founded by <a href="https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/04/05/why-kingian-democratic-socialism-is-the-best-path-forward-for-the-progressive-left/">socialist Kai Newkirk</a> in the “<a href="https://occupysf.net/index.php/democracy-spring-2/">wake of Occupy,”</a>&nbsp;a <a href="https://thenewamerican.com/occupy-wall-street-meet-the-professors-behind-it/">revolutionary</a>, Marxist aligned, movement.Cooper’s other sentencesPlease check back as we look at Judge Cooper’s sentencing history and also see the official&nbsp;<a href="https://aflds.org/news/press-releases/civil-liberties-heroine-and-medical-freedom-advocate-dr-simone-gold-receives-a-60-day-jail-sentence-for-the-misdemeanor-charge-of-being-present-at-january-6-2021-capitol-event/">AFLDS press release&nbsp;</a>on Dr. Gold’s sentencing as well as the previous articles in our series on the politicization of police, prosecutors and judges:&nbsp;<ul><li><a href="https://americasfrontlinenews.com/post/fbi-no-time-to-interview-rape-victims-plenty-for-jan-6-trespass">FBI - No time to interview rape victims; plenty for Jan 6 trespass</a></li><li><a href="https://americasfrontlinenews.com/post/police-chiefs-discourage-violent-crime-complaints-to-give-appearance-of-reduced-crime">Police chiefs discourage violent crime complaints to give appearance of reduced crime</a></li><li><a href="https://americasfrontlinenews.com/post/police-plant-drugs-on-minorities-to-meet-arrest-quotas">Police plant drugs on minorities to meet arrest quotas</a></li><li><a href="https://americasfrontlinenews.com/post/fbi-fails-to-act-on-evidence-of-planned-shootings">FBI fails to act on evidence of planned shootings</a></li><li><a href="https://americasfrontlinenews.com/post/fbidojcourt-jail-dr-simone-gold-for-trespass-politicizing-medicine">FBI/DOJ/Court jail Dr Simone Gold for trespass, politicizing medicine</a></li><li><a href="https://americasfrontlinenews.com/post/meet-the-judge-sentencing-january-6th-attendees-to-prison">Meet the judge sentencing January 6th attendees to prison</a></li><li><a href="https://americasfrontlinenews.com/post/will-colbert-7-get-january-6-treatment">Will ‘Colbert 7’ get January 6 treatment?</a></li></ul>

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Light sentence for political allies; 'Enough of this nonsense' for freedom advocates

Judge in Dr Gold case applauded anti-free speech socialists disrupting SCOTUS

<h2>Move over book burning, hello de-platforming?</h2>Closed out of your Facebook or Instagram account? Maybe your website suddenly disappeared, or your YouTube channel was demonetized or deleted? Perhaps you lost access to thousands of hours of posts and videos you produced, and your years of work were gone in an instant? That's de-platforming; the modern version of book burning, a “punishment” for going against the mainstream narrative. And, the censorship doesn't stop with social media, it includes PayPal accounts and more.<h3>Getting up again</h3>How do individuals who went afoul of the globalists, who didn't keep quiet and let others do their thinking for them, respond when they find themselves de-platformed by social media companies and other services? Here's what London Real's Brian Rose, Americas Frontline Doctor founder Dr. Simone Gold, and independent researcher James Roguski did to pick themselves up and continue their work despite the heavy-handed censorship they experienced.Brian RoseWhen London Real YouTuber Brian Rose publicly began trying to understand COVID-19 and its countermeasures, he soon found his entire life seemingly deleted from the internet by the social media giants.&nbsp;Not only did he lose all his years of work, amounting to thousands of videos which he had uploaded to the internet. He also lost access to his Paypal account, and more, because in his search for the truth about the pandemic; his counter-narrative interviews with David Icke were too dangerous for the globalists to allow. &nbsp;In his below documentary, Rose&nbsp;recounts his experiences and how he ultimately started a channel of his own. He explains that he was wholly unprepared for what happened on May 3, 2020, even though he knew that many would want to stop the interview (@about 3:36):<blockquote>Over the past few weeks, our entire world has been transformed. Everything we took for granted has now been taken away and our freedoms have been replaced with fear. All those rights we fought centuries for have been handed over without a second thought.&nbsp;We all process fear in different ways. I cope by immersing myself in my work and today my job is to ask questions. One million people will be watching and they all want answers.&nbsp;Countless others are trying to stop this from happening. At any moment they can walk through that door or lock this broadcast. I'm scared but I don't know what else to do. I prepared my whole life for a moment like This. But nothing would prepare me for what happened next. . .</blockquote>&nbsp;<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">WATCH THE MOVIE THAT YouTube DOES NOT Want YOU TO SEE (and SHARE IT Far And Wide ) <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LondonReal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LondonReal</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeWillNotBeSilenced?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeWillNotBeSilenced</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StopCensorship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StopCensorship</a> <a href="https://t.co/txcVpjPDWz">https://t.co/txcVpjPDWz</a>— Brian Rose, Founder &amp; Host of London Real (@LondonRealTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/LondonRealTV/status/1796285778517221575?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>&nbsp;Dr. Simone GoldDr. Simone Gold, founder of <a href="https://www.aflds.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">America's Frontline Doctors</a>, was one of the first doctors to understand that how she was being told to treat COVID patients wasn't normal. Very alarmed at what was taking place she, along with other doctors, held the “<a href="https://www.whitecoatsummit.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">White Coat Summit</a>” on July 27, 2020, as well as a press conference on the Supreme Court steps. As she tweeted below, the press conference went viral, garnering millions of views before Big Tech and Big Media took the video down.She concluded by explaining their purpose and the result:<blockquote>Our fight was to show America the propaganda vs the truth, and then we were censored.</blockquote>&nbsp;<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Our press conference in front of the Supreme Court on July 27th, 2020 was a turning point in the fight against COVID Tyranny. After 20 million views in 8 hours, Big Tech colluded to wipe the video from online platforms. We knew in this moment that we would win the fight. <a href="https://t.co/9CP0Ogpnfp">pic.twitter.com/9CP0Ogpnfp</a>— Dr. Simone Gold (@drsimonegold) <a href="https://twitter.com/drsimonegold/status/1610416861723729921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Dr. Gold continues to <a href="https://aflds.org/about-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">advance</a> the mission of America's Frontline Doctors, to protect medical freedom and civil liberties.'James RoguskiIndependent researcher James Roguski who, <a href="http://jamesroguski.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">according</a> to his website, has been calling out lies and propaganda for decades, found years of work gone when the company that hosted most of his websites terminated his account for what they said were “terms of service” violations. It did not deter him from continuing his work, either.<blockquote>They deleted many of my websites, but they ignited my passion to burn even brighter. I now have most of my work on Substack.&nbsp;</blockquote>Roguski is interested in building a holistic alternative to the WHO and <a href="https://jamesroguski.substack.com/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">recruits</a> others to join him.<blockquote>The old system is crumbling, and I intend to help speed its demise, but we must build its replacement quickly.If you are fed up with the government, hospital, medical, pharmaceutical, media, industrial complex and would like to help , then feel free to contact me directly anytime.</blockquote>&nbsp;The information contained in this article is for educational and information purposes only and is not intended as health, medical, financial or legal advice. Always consult a physician, lawyer or other qualified professional regarding any questions you may have about a medical condition, health objectives, or legal issues.&nbsp;Related articles:<ul><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/covid-sceptics-won-out-globalists-fear-an-increasingly-disbelieving-public" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">'COVID skeptics won out' — Globalists fear an increasingly disbelieving public</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/colorado-governor-signs-off-on-bill-establishing-state-ministry-of-truth-students-atarget-of-new-law">Colorado governor signs off on bill establishing state 'ministry of truth'? Students a target of new law</a></li></ul>

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Globalism

How three individuals got up again after being de-platformed

Who's afraid of Big Bad Tech? 

A British vigilante group known as the “Blade Runners” is receiving widespread support from British taxpayers as it continues to destroy climate surveillance cameras across London.<h2>The ULEZ mandate</h2>By order of London Mayor Sadiq Khan, the city is peppered with ultra-low emission zones (ULEZs), areas accessible only to low-emission vehicles. Cars that do not meet the city’s environmental standards are charged £12.50 ($16) for entering the ULEZ. Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras positioned around the zones read license plates and check them against the vehicles’ make and model in real time. If a vehicle does not meet the environmental threshold, a fine is levied against the car owner.&nbsp;The ULEZ climate mandate has drawn heavy&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/london-hundreds-protest-against-climate-mandates">protests</a> from residents, including&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/british-veteran-launches-hunger-strike-as-unrest-grows-over-climate-mandates">hunger strikes</a> and refusals to pay fines. Taxpayers have also taken to disabling the ANPR surveillance cameras which Transport for London (TfL), the city’s transportation department, said will be used both for climate and law enforcement.<h2>Taxpayers cheer the ‘Blade Runners’</h2>Since the climate restrictions were expanded last year, the Blade Runners have taken to disabling and destroying hundreds of cameras. Between April and September 2023, Metropolitan Police recorded 200 reports of cameras being stolen and 595 reports of cameras being vandalized.TfL began placing black boxes around ULEZ camera wirings to protect them from being cut, but taxpayers found other ways to disable the cameras — like removing them completely.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"> MUST SEE: Blade Runners topple THREE ULEZ cameras in a coordinated strike… The people are fighting back! <a href="https://t.co/Yvr2Xr7Lun">pic.twitter.com/Yvr2Xr7Lun</a>— David Morgan #StayFree (@david_r_morgan) <a href="https://twitter.com/david_r_morgan/status/1802726912050995623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>In response, the city&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/london-taxpayers-attack-surveillance-vans-in-continued-revolt">deployed</a> mobile surveillance vans mounted with ANPR cameras across London in the hopes of evading attacks, but Blade Runners soon began targeting those as well. Some surveillance vans have been spotted covered in graffiti with their tires slashed, while others have been completely covered in tarp.Last month, 21 cameras were destroyed in the hours after Sadiq Khan was re-elected mayor of London, the&nbsp;Daily Mail&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13538797/Moment-Blade-Runner-uses-power-tool-cut-ULEZ-camera-traffic-light-latest-attack-Sadiq-Khans-hated-scheme.html">reported</a>. Last weekend, Blade Runners used power tools to topple a ULEZ camera and traffic lights to the delight of some fellow taxpayers. In a video that was posted to social media, passing cars can be heard honking in support.The video received over 37,000 likes. Comments on the post were largely supportive, with users writing that, “When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty,” and “Fair play to them, it's a complete scam that does nothing.”Blade Runner Matt Hardy told the&nbsp;Daily Mail&nbsp;that the Blade Runners are “people pissed off about the tyranny reigning over us and getting out and doing things about it – real votes, real boys here.”<h2>‘These cameras are not about the climate. They are about control’</h2>British actor and influencer Laurence Fox said this week he was just given back his electronic devices by police after being arrested earlier this year for cheering on the Blade Runners:<blockquote>These cameras are not about the climate. They are about control. They are the primary infrastructure for all sorts of things that ideologues like the midget dictator [Sadiq Khan] would like to impose upon us.I can now finally say the word ‘Bladerunners’ again. One of the ridiculous restrictions on free speech imposed by the police.It’s a dreadful shame to see so many of these cameras dying suddenly. I’m not at all thrilled about it. Just because I am smiling like a Cheshire Cat, it doesn’t mean that I am over the moon that these scameras continue to topple in high winds.&nbsp;Vive la résistance!</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">POLICE UPDATE Following 6 coppers bursting into my house earlier this year to arrest me for saying how pleased I was that the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ULEZ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ULEZ</a> scam was meeting such robust resistance, this morning the <a href="https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@metpoliceuk</a> were ordered by the magistrate to hand back all my devices, including my…— Laurence Fox (@LozzaFox) <a href="https://twitter.com/LozzaFox/status/1803030521095622912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> &nbsp;

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Climate Change

‘Pissed off about the tyranny reigning over us’

British taxpayers cheer vigilante group destroying climate cams

Fisker is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the electric vehicle (EV) company announced Tuesday.<h2>‘Like other companies in the electric vehicle industry’</h2>“Fisker has made incredible progress since our founding, bringing the Ocean SUV to market twice as fast as expected in the auto industry and making good on our promises to deliver the most sustainable vehicle in the world,” a spokesperson <a href="https://assets.ctfassets.net/cghen8gr8e1n/6W19OiEBJDVIFVEmo4feHA/df902c5cb2b067251a300efb0b35f611/Fisker-Filing-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">said</a>.The California-based company added it is not the only EV maker that has been struggling to stay in business.“We are proud of our achievements, and we have put thousands of Fisker Ocean SUVs in customers’ hands in both North American [sic] and Europe. But like other companies in the electric vehicle industry, we have faced various market and macroeconomic headwinds that have impacted our ability to operate efficiently. After evaluating all options for our business, we determined that proceeding with a sale of our assets under Chapter 11 is the most viable path forward for the company.”Fisker’s collapse is the latest indication that the EV industry is folding due to sinking demand. Other EV industry players are also cutting their losses as they jump ship.<h2>Hertz</h2>In March, Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr&nbsp;<a href="https://www.motorfinanceonline.com/news/hertz-ceo-resigns-amid-ev-investment-setback/#:~:text=Scherr's%20departure%20coincides%20with%20Hertz's,electric%20vehicle%20(EV)%20rentals">resigned</a> after his bet on EVs cost the car rental giant its biggest quarterly loss since 2020. Hertz had been praised by the Biden administration for its ambition to convert 25% of its fleet to EVs by the end of this year. In January, however, the company announced it would instead be selling its 20,000 EVs — including Teslas — at heavily discounted prices and replacing them with gas-powered cars.<h2>Mercedes-Benz</h2>Mercedes-Benz also recently had to give up its ambition to only sell electric cars by 2030. Instead, EVs are expected to make up only 50% of the German carmaker’s sales over the next decade.<h2>Apple</h2>In February, Apple abandoned its multi-billion dollar effort to create an electric car. Despite being a decade in the works and employing 2,000 people, Project Titan was axed due to falling consumer demand.<h2>Aston Martin</h2>A lack of consumer demand is also partly to blame for Aston Martin&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13138123/Aston-Martin-puts-brakes-new-electric-supercar-2026-bosses-say-drivers-want-engines-throaty-roar.html">placing</a> its battery-operated “supercar” on hold until 2026.“Demand, certainly at an Aston Martin price point, is not what we thought it was going to be two years ago,” said Aston Martin Executive Chairman Lawrence Stroll.&nbsp;<h2>Ford</h2>In December, Ford slashed production of its flagship EV at its assembly plant in Dearborn, Michigan by half. The automaker cut the monthly production quote for the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck from 3,200 units to 1,600 units per month.<h2>Biden administration continues to force EV production</h2>Nevertheless, the Biden administration in March issued new climate mandates aimed at forcing more EV production. The new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contain tight emissions standards that will&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/epa-electric-vehicles-emissions-limits-climate-biden-e6d581324af51294048df24269b5d20a">require</a> 56% of new vehicle sales to be fully electric by 2032, with an additional 13% required to be hybrids.

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For the last two years, British authorities have been testing AI-powered emotion recognition cameras on travelers in train stations, according to recently disclosed documents.<h2>What can the cameras see?</h2>In each of eight train stations around the UK, five to seven cameras or sensors scan the passing crowds. Using AI software from Amazon, the cameras use object recognition algorithms to spot criminal activity, trespassing, weapons, wet floors, overcrowding, and overstuffed trash cans.&nbsp;They can also alert authorities when passengers engage in “unusual behavior,” such as shouting, running, smoking, or skateboarding.&nbsp;A combination of existing cameras and newly installed smart cameras are being used for the surveillance project. All are equipped with Amazon’s Rekognition surveillance system.<h2>Emotional recognition</h2>Through a combination of facial and behavioral analyses, the Rekognition software allows officials to also <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-ai-cameras-emotions-uk-train-passengers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">analyze visitors’ emotions</a>. Internal documents note that the cameras can detect whether a passenger is “happy, sad [or] angry.” They can also recognize passenger satisfaction, which “could be utilized to maximum advertising and retail revenue.”<h2>Anti-social behavior</h2>Authorities can also detect passengers who exhibit “anti-social behaviour,” which&nbsp;<a href="https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/asb/asb/antisocial-behaviour/what-is-antisocial-behaviour/">according</a> to London’s Metropolitan Police Service means “behaviour by a person which causes, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to persons not of the same household as the person.”<h2>Social distancing, face masks, and demographics</h2>Other&nbsp;<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24757655-usecases_dpas_review_managed_stations?responsive=1&amp;title=1">use cases</a> for the surveillance cameras include detecting whether passengers are keeping to social distancing rules and wearing face masks. The cameras can also scan for demographics by identifying people’s age profiles and “socio-economic classification,” which the documents note can create “revenue opportunities for better targeted advertising and product placement.”<h2>‘Quite a concerning step’</h2>The documents were obtained by Big Brother Watch, a civil rights and government watchdog group, in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. Network Rail, a body within the Department of Transportation which manages most of the country’s train network, has been overseeing the surveillance project.&nbsp;“The rollout and normalization of AI surveillance in these public spaces, without much consultation and conversation, is quite a concerning step,” Jake Hurfurt, head of research and investigations at Big Brother Watch,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-ai-cameras-emotions-uk-train-passengers/">told</a> Wired.As of now, the surveillance systems do not use facial recognition technology, which analyzes faces and matches them against facial images stored in certain databases.

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