By Reuters

Reuters

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan on Monday said it had closed a probe into pagers that exploded in Lebanon in September and caused a deadly blow to Iran-backed Hezbollah, saying no Taiwanese citizens or companies were involved. Continue reading “Taiwan Closes Exploding Pagers Case, Says Not Made by Taiwanese Firms”

By Christina Maas – Reclaim The Net

A digitally manipulated image of the US Capitol building with a futuristic, neon overlay and reflections on a glossy floor.

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”

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly picked “AIPAC favorite” Florida Rep Mike Waltz to serve as his National Security Advisor. Continue reading “Trump Picks ‘AIPAC Favorite’ Mike Waltz as National Security Advisor”

By TYLER DURDEN – Zerohedge

A TMZ reporter confronted Oprah Winfrey about claims she was paid a million dollars to host a town hall for Kamala Harris’ failed presidential campaign. Oprah rejected those claims. While she may be correct that she did not receive a personal fee, her production company did receive campaign funds from the Harris team. Continue reading ““I Was Paid Nothing”: Oprah Denies Million Dollar Payment By Harris Campaign”

By David Krayden – The Post Millennial

Anthony Fauci had $15 million in taxpayer funded security post retirement

Dr. Anthony Fauci received $15 million in taxpayer-funded security for two years after his retirement. Fauci was the chief medical advisor to President Biden and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectuous Diseases. Since leaving NIAID, Fauci has been guarded against the danger of the “extreme radical right,” according to Open the Books, who discovered the arrangement within a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the US Marshals service and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) via a Freedom of Information Act request. Continue reading “Anthony Fauci had $15 million in taxpayer funded security post retirement”

By TYLER DURDEN – Zerohedge

People have called war many things—cruel and tragic, the final court of appeals, a racket, and the most noble thing people can do for their country. It depends on how you look at it.

Lysander Caligo, 39, a former U.S. Marine from Mesa, Arizona, saw the beauty and ugliness of the battlefield in Afghanistan in the early 2000s.

Continue reading “Veterans Reflect On The Boy Inside Them That Died On The Battlefield”

Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly denied US claims that Iran was involved in an alleged plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump, dismissing the charge as a way to “complicate matters” between the US and Iran. Continue reading “Iran Strongly Denies US Claims It Was Involved in Plot To Kill Trump”