By Al Jazeera Staff

Passengers wait for flights at the Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv during a nationwide strike

The largest since the start of war, the protests and strike are the latest outpouring of anger against PM Netanyahu for failing to reach a ceasefire. Continue reading “What are Israel’s protests and general strike about – and how big are they?”

By Stephen Clark – ARS

The director of the National Reconnaissance Office has a message for US adversaries around the world.

“You can’t hide, because we’re constantly looking,” said Chris Scolese, a longtime NASA engineer who took the helm of the US government’s spy satellite agency in 2019. Continue reading “NRO chief: “You can’t hide” from our new swarm of SpaceX-built spy satellites”

By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net

Silhouette of a person walking in front of a stylized red and white Canadian flag with a large maple leaf.

Canada’s proposed legislation, Bill S-210 (first introduced in late 2011 as the “Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act”) has cleared the Senate. It is currently close to ending its “journey” through the House of Commons before getting adopted. Continue reading “Privacy on the Line: Canada’s Bill S-210 Pushes Digital ID Age Verification as a Catch-All Solution”

By Chris Menahan – The Noticer

Kentucky Republican congressman Thomas Massie is being accused of anti-Semitism for stating that members of the US Congress should not be allowed to hold dual citizenship with other countries. Continue reading “US politician accused of anti-Semitism for saying Congress members should not be dual citizens”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov claimed on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces had engaged with North Korean troops in Russia’s Kursk Oblast for the first time. Continue reading “Ukraine Claims It Has Fired on North Korean Troops in Russia’s Kursk”

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

The Jerusalem Post on Monday released a bombshell investigation exposing a “potentially illegal ballot-harvesting scheme in Israel” that appears to be in violation of multiple US states’ laws only to delete the article entirely a day later without explanation. Continue reading “Jerusalem Post Publishes, Then Deletes Report Exposing ‘Illegal U.S. Ballot Harvesting Scheme in Israel’”

By TYLER DURDEN – Zerohedge

A high-pressure system over North America has caused widespread dryness across the Lower 48, pushing a record percentage of the US population into drought conditions, damaging crop harvests and cattle pastures.

The latest data from the US Drought Monitor shows that 78% of the US population resides in areas plagued by “abnormal dryness and drought,” according to NASA Earth Observatory.

Continue reading “Record Number Of Americans Plagued By Drought Amid Crop Damage Fears”

By Haaretz Explains

Did Netanyahu have a hand in the leaking of the documents? What interest does the Prime Minister have in leaking sensitive intelligence? What are the possible consequences for Netanyahu?

Feldstein pictured walking behind Netanyahu, wearing a black t-shirt, on the way to a situation assessment discussion at one of the IDF's bases, in June. Continue reading “BibiLeaks: Everything You Need to Know About Netanyahu’s Latest Scandal”

By Christina Maas – Reclaim The Net

Abstract artwork depicting a ballot box can with vibrant red and blue splashes in the background.

In the brave new world of the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public (CIP), it seems like “informed” is synonymous with “watched.” Birthed to combat the wildfires of online “misinformation,” CIP and its partners – including the defunct Election Integrity Partnership (EIP) and the short-lived Virality Project – thought they might have been celebrated defenders of truth. Instead, they became poster children for what happens when watchdogs get a little too cozy with power, diving into an experiment that teetered between public good and Orwellian oversight. Continue reading “Losing Their Grip: Why Anti-“Misinformation” Crusaders Are Mourning the End of Control”