By The Blaze. Is the Easter story also a “#MeToo” story? According to a CNN article published on Friday, the two stories are one in the same . . .

The article, which wasn’t placed in CNN’s opinion section, analyzes how “some pastors and biblical scholars say” the Easter story is also a #MeToo story.

“The men refused to listen to her story. She was publicly smeared as a whore. And when she emerged as a celebrated advocate, powerful men tried to silence her because she threatened their status,” the article says. “Nevertheless she persisted.”

“The woman we’re talking about, though, is not a leader in the #MeToo movement — the viral campaign raising awareness about sexual assault and harassment against women. She is Mary Magdalene, the first person Jesus appeared to after his resurrection, according to the New Testament, and the first person to preach the good news that he had been raised from the dead,” it adds.

The article goes on to claim the Easter story highlights many of the “same behaviors” that sparked the #MeToo movement, such as “the sexually predatory behavior of men, the intimidation of women and an orchestrated attempt to silence women who drew too much attention when they spoke up.” (Read more from “CNN Claims the Easter Story, About Jesus’ Death and Resurrection, Is a ‘#MeToo Moment'” HERE)

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How Easter Became a #MeToo Moment

By CNN.

“But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense.” — Luke 24:11

The men refused to listen to her story. She was publicly smeared as a whore. And when she emerged as a celebrated advocate, powerful men tried to silence her because she threatened their status. . .

She has been falsely portrayed in books and films as a penitent prostitute rather than what she really was, says Claire L. Sahlin: “The foremost witness of the resurrection and a visionary leader of the early Christian movement.”

“The #MeToo movement recognizes that men in authority used their power to sexually abuse women and silence their voices,” says Sahlin, an associate dean and professor of multicultural women’s and gender studies at Texas Woman’s University. (Read more from “How Easter Became a #MeToo Moment” HERE)

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“Politics is the ability to use any situation to advance your own status,” wrote Peter Pomerantsev for his book “Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible,” and in the world of U.S. politics and media, leverage is key if not survival.

The British son of Russian émigrés, Pomerantsev has worked in Russia’s tightly state-controlled television industry, describing a toxic environment where the regime could systematically recreate and distort reality to their will — a possible not-so-far cry from America’s current media division.

As Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s search into Russia-Trump collusion bears down on Washington, CNN took a final step of its own on Monday and sent CNN correspondent Ivan Watson overseas in order to obtain answers from the “missing link” that would reportedly close this investigation for good.

Belarusian escort Anastasia Vashukevich, who goes by Nastya Rybka, was arrested in Thailand along with nine others during an alleged “sex seminar,” hosted by Rybka, who is a self-proclaimed expert in the field.

On her way to the Thai jail, Rybka posted a video to her Instagram account where she pleaded for the aid of U.S. journalists to help her seek asylum in exchange for damning information — including naked pictures — on President Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and other high ranking officials.

“I’m ready to give you all the missing puzzle pieces, support them with videos and audios, regarding the connections of our respected lawmakers with Trump, Manafort and the rest,” Rybka stated. “I know a lot. I’m waiting for your offers and I’m waiting for you in a Thai prison.”

According to The Washington Post, Rybka had come under the spotlight just weeks ago after Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny had published his investigation into Rybka’s alleged connections with numerous prominent and powerful Russian men.

The young Belarusian has also described herself as a “seductress,” going so far as to even publish a “diary” on “how to seduce a billionaire.”

Evidence by Navalny reported a post from Rybka’s Instagram account showing a yacht trip in August of 2016 with Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska and Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Prikhodko, with claims that Deripaska had bribed Prikhodko with four women from an escort service on a luxurious getaway.

The report further speculated that the two men may have played a part in a conspiracy between the Kremlin and the 2016 Trump campaign, although the video itself offered no proof.

Prikhodko retaliated by stating Navalny was merely a “political loser” and sued Rybka — who was in Dubai when the report surfaced — for a violation of privacy. Shortly after, the escort traveled to Pattaya, Thailand, to participate in the seminar.

Though Russian Embassy consul Vladimir Sosnov stated that Rybka and several others had been detained merely for participating in an “illegal training session,” Rybka believes she was arrested on orders of Russian officials as payback.

“Please USA save us from Russia!” Rybka said from her Instagram account. “All this cases are political repressions!”

The recent plea to U.S. media, who have previously gone to great lengths for the slightest bit of information on accusations of collusion, came just weeks after 13 Russians were indicted in Mueller’s investigation.

“It is both dismal and amusing to see the rationalizations of the diehard Kremlin collusionists after Robert Mueller’s spurious indictment of the 13 Russians who will never encounter the vagaries of U.S. justice,” wrote columnist Conrad Black.

“With the Democrats’ Russian obsession having dwindled to absurdity, President Trump can continue to move the country forward,” he added, with other outlets calling the conspiracy of collusion the “Democrats’ Benghazi.”

He further reiterated the hypocrisy of American politics, as the U.S. itself has meddled “countless times” in the elections of foreign countries in order to gain benefit.

“The charge of conspiring against the United States is nonsense,” Black said. “And the whole ambiance of the investigation now is that of a phantom consolation prize for the absence of a crime, a victim, or a culprit.” (For more from the author of “Witch-Hunt: CNN Dispatches Team to Thailand to Find Hooker Who Claims to Have Dirt on Trump” please click HERE)

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Student speaks out … Colton Haab, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, claimed on local news that he chose not to participate in the CNN town hall on guns last night. Haab said that he made the decision after he was handed a “scripted question.” CNN has forcefully denied the suggestion. Haab is a member of the JROTC at the high school and wanted to ask a question about whether more security is necessary at schools. You can watch Haab speak here and make up your own mind.

They’ve done it before … CNN’s assertion rings hollow to me. You’ll remember Donna Brazile gave CNN town hall questions to Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign. CRTV’s Michelle Malkin reminded viewers of CNN’s history in a video released before the town hall. Malkin said, “CNN has a long history of rigging its town halls with phony plants and Democrat operatives to push left-wing agendas.” Malkin documented this history in a 2016 column.

The fact remains that the event last night was not news. It was political theater. From the name of the event — “The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action” — to the questions, to the raucous crowd: It was political. Just because the students have every right to speak does not mean that it wasn’t an orchestrated political event. CNN will have (more) egg on its face if Haab is able to produce proof of the scripted question.

Dana Loesch is on fire … If you watched the town hall last night, you undoubtedly saw the reaction that NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch received. It was vile and misogynistic, and it included threats of violence. This morning, Loesch spoke at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, about the reception and said she needed security protection to leave the premises. Conservative Review’s Chris Pandolfo shows you what you need to know about Loesch’s fiery speech.

Loesch torched the media for focusing their town halls on “crying white mothers” and followed up by saying “there are thousands of grieving black mothers in Chicago every weekend, and you don’t see town halls for them, do you?” You can read Pandolfo’s take and watch the full speech here.

Speaking of Loesch, here’s video of her husband, Chris, talking about the CNN event and whether it was scripted or not. Mr. Loesch notes how one student even asked Dana a question when she wasn’t on stage. (For more from the author of “Did CNN Script Anti-Gun Town Hall?” please click HERE)

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