Tonight Trump appointed Pete Hegseth his Secretary of Defense.
Hegseth is a fanatical neocon who worked for think tanks funded by Paul Singer, the Koch brothers, and Sheldon Adelson. He believes “Zionism and Americanism” are intertwined. Cool. pic.twitter.com/GFEjHbFEnf
Newly sworn in Los Angeles Police Chief says the LAPD won’t assist with deportations and he will protect the illegals in his city pic.twitter.com/kQgN8ywpF0
Footage by a teenage YouTuber shows Tel Aviv Maccabi hooligans attacking Dutch police while pelting private homes with stones and hunting victims with metal pipes. The video offers the clearest evidence yet Israeli ultras provoked the violence which gripped the city.
People are angry after the Dutch police started arresting people that were attacked from the israeli hooligans couple of days ago. pic.twitter.com/IyuNCdqtFt
What happens when an agency meant to protect Americans from foreign propaganda starts tiptoeing over the line into the realm of domestic censorship? Enter the Global Engagement Center (GEC), a charming creation of the US State Department that was originally tasked with combating foreign disinformation. It sounds like something out of a spy novel: shadowy entities sowing chaos through whisper campaigns and disinformation dumps. But now, the real drama lies in how this agency has extended its reach beyond foreign threats and into the murky waters of the internet’s free speech landscape. Continue reading “A License to Censor? The Fierce Fight Over the GEC’s Renewal”