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The US military said Friday that its forces launched a strike in Syria that killed Abu-Abd al-Rahman al-Makki, who was described as a “senior leader” of Hurras al-Din, an al-Qaeda offshoot that operates in northwestern Syria. Continue reading “US Says It Killed Senior Member of Hurras al-Din in Syria”
In a revealing letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg has addressed significant controversies surrounding the platform’s content censorship practices, especially concerning actions taken during the 2020 presidential election cycle and the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading “Mark Zuckerberg Confirms Biden Administration Pressured Facebook on Censorship, Admits to Throttling Hunter Biden Story”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
French President Emmanuel Macron touted France’s alleged deep commitment to freedom of expression on Monday after arresting Telegram founder Pavel Durov for not having enough moderation on his social media site. Continue reading “Macron Claims France ‘Deeply Committed to Freedom of Expression’ After Durov Arrest”
Update(1235ET): It appears President Emmanuel Macron is feeling the pressure after French authorities arrested Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov over the weekend. The prosecutor’s office has since said his detention may last until Aug.28. Continue reading “Macron Widely Mocked For Saying Telegram CEO’s Arrest ‘Not Politically Motivated’”
By David Krayden – The Post Millennial
A federal judge on Friday ruled that a ban on possessing a machine gun is unconstitutional as he dismissed charges against Tamori Morgan, who had been charged with two counts of illegally owning a machine gun, the Daily Caller reported. Continue reading “Kansas judge rules ban on machine guns unconstitutional”
By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net
More revelations about the previously secret world of “coordination” between the Biden administration and major social media companies have come out with a new set of Twitter Files documents. Continue reading “Behind the Curtain: New Twitter Files Reveal Biden-Harris Team’s Global Censorship Web”
Early Sunday, Israel announced it was launching “preemptive strikes” against Hezbollah in Lebanon and carried out what appeared to be its largest bombing of southern Lebanon since the start of Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza. Continue reading “Israel and Hezbollah Exchange Heavy Round of Fire Across Border”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Pavel Durov, founder of the free speech-focused app Telegram, was arrested in France on Saturday allegedly as part of an investigation into his platform for not having enough “moderation.” Continue reading “Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Arrested in France”
The Washington Post cited unnamed administration sources to report that “U.S. debates support for Ukraine’s surprise offensive into Russia”, which suggests that some policymakers doubt that Ukraine’s invasion of Kursk advances American interests. To be sure, the US knew about this move ahead of time (if not actively participated in its planning) but didn’t thwart it, thus tacitly approving it. Nevertheless, five arguments exist for why this actually harms American interests, and they are as follows: Continue reading “Five Ways That Ukraine’s Invasion Of Kursk Actually Harms American Interests”
By David Krayden – The Post Millennial
Despite her sudden and apparent concern for the effect of inflation on ordinary Americans, Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris’s tie-breaking Senate votes contributed to the current inflationary crisis. Continue reading “Kamala’s tie-breaking Senate votes as VP led to drastic increases in costs of food, rent, gas”
Jewish leaders are calling for new editions of the Bible and Koran to carry warning messages which highlight anti-Semitic passages in the holy texts.
By Aaron Sobczak – Responsible Statecraft
A July poll shows that a majority of the American public does not support sending U.S. troops to defend Taiwan or Ukraine, sentiment that lines up with findings from other recent surveys on these heated subjects, which suggests that Americans appear to be warming to restraint and non-interventionism in international affairs. Continue reading “Fewer Americans willing to fight and die for other countries”
🚨🇮🇱 Israel has a history of attacking even its closest allies, raising SERIOUS questions about why we continue to fund them…
Here’s just a few of the MANY times Israel ATTACKED their ‘closest allies’ BEFORE October 7th!
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— The Saviour (@stairwayto3dom) August 22, 2024
The Middle East has been on edge all week as the world awaits a retaliatory Iranian attack on Israel that could spark a regional conflict. As of Friday, Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah rebels have been exchanging fire, and an oil tanker earlier this week in the southern Red Sea was hit by a missile attack, likely from Iran-backed Houthi forces. Continue reading “B-2 Stealth Bomber “Hot Pits” At Indian Ocean Air Base, Positioned Within Striking Range Of Iran”
By Andy Ngo and Katie Daviscourt – The Postmillennial
A Portland Public Schools (PPS) teacher has been arrested on child sex crime charges. Craig W. Douglas-Meyers, 38, of Portland, a math teacher at Hosford Middle School, has been accused of making plans to meet up with a detective posing as a 13-year-old child for sex. Continue reading “BREAKING: Portland middle school teacher charged for luring a minor for sex”
By Jenny Graves, The Conversation
The sex of human and other mammal babies is decided by a male-determining gene on the Y chromosome. But the human Y chromosome is degenerating and may disappear in a few million years, leading to our extinction unless we evolve a new sex gene. Continue reading “The Y Chromosome Is Slowly Vanishing. A New Sex Gene May Be The Future of Men.”
Speaking at the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday, Harris addressed tens of thousands of party members, stating, “I will always defend Israel’s right to defend itself, and I will always make sure that Israel has the ability to defend itself.” Continue reading “‘I Will Always Defend Israel’ – Kamala Harris Reaffirms Israel’s ‘Right to Self-Defense’”
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public under new laws approved by the supreme leader in efforts to combat vice and promote virtue. Continue reading “The Taliban publish vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public”
By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net
In the US, the Remote Identity Validation Technology Demonstration (RIVTD) – a scheme to evaluate biometric digital ID systems that has been in the works since 2022, is now in the final stages of development. Continue reading “The Selfie Surveillance State: How Digital ID Systems May Soon Decide if You Fly”
The Ukrainian Air Force said Thursday that its forces used a US-made GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb in a strike on a Russian platoon in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, Reuters reported. Continue reading “Ukraine Says It Used US-Made GBU-39 Bomb Inside Russia’s Kursk Oblast”
