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By Christina Maas – Reclaim The Net
The House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade spent its latest markup hearing on Thursday proving that if there’s one bipartisan passion left in Washington, it’s moral panic about the internet. Continue reading “House Lawmakers Unite in Moral Panic, Advancing 18 “Kids’ Online Safety” Bills That Expand Surveillance and Weaken Privacy”
The tireless hacks at the BBC have emerged from their bunkers once again to terrorise the public by bravely touring the hospitals and whipping up hysteria about the latest outbreak of flu.
It seems “literally hundreds” of patients have been bombarding A&E departments, according to Health Editor Hugh Pym and Chloe Hayward who have been courageously touring the front line: Continue reading “COVID Porn Is Back”
In mid-November, it was being reported that Israel-Syria talks were slowing to an impasse over Israel’s insistence that it wouldn’t withdraw its troops from the demilitarized zone between Syria and the occupied Golan Heights. Continue reading “Israeli FM Says Syria Deal Farther Away as Diaspora Minister Declares War ‘Inevitable’”
President Trump said on Wednesday that US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, marking the latest US escalation in its push toward a regime change war aimed at ousting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Continue reading “Trump Says US Forces Seized an Oil Tanker Off the Coast of Venezuela in Latest Escalation”
By Dan Frieth – Reclaim The Net
Foreigners planning trips to the United States may soon face one of the most extensive digital disclosure requirements ever introduced at a national border. Continue reading “US May Require Digital Background Checks for Tourists and Their Families”
By Kit Klarenberg – The Grayzone
Continue reading “US regime change front funded Nepalese youth revolutionaries, leaks reveal”
By quoth the raven – Zerohedge
The Federal Reserve finally made it official today: in a 9–3 vote, the Fed cut rates to 3.50–3.75% and—more importantly—announced fresh balance sheet expansion through Treasury bill purchases.
Whether we want to call them “Reserve Management Purchases” or use the adult, non-fiction name, quantitative easing, doesn’t change the outcome. Liquidity is being conjured out of thin air again, just as the most indebted federal government in U.S. history needs someone to quietly buy its bills for it. Continue reading “The Fed Hits CTRL+Print Again”
Amid growing concerns about the state of the ceasefire, Israel is continuing to not only attack Lebanon, but to escalate, with strikes on Tuesday hitting multiple towns in the Iqlim al-Tuffah region of southern Lebanon. As usual, Hezbollah was the pretext. Continue reading “Israel Escalates Airstrikes in Southern Lebanon, Hitting Multiple Towns”
A group of more than 1,000 American Christian Zionist pastors and influencers has spent a week in Israel on an all-expenses-paid trip that was funded by the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Tuesday. Continue reading “1,000 Christian Zionist Pastors from the US Visit Israel on Trip Funded by the Israeli Foreign Ministry”
By Christina Maas – Reclaim The Net
In January 2026, the Federal Trade Commission plans to gather a small army of “experts” in Washington to discuss a topic that sounds technical but reads like a blueprint for a new kind of internet. Continue reading “This FTC Workshop Could Legitimize the Push for Online Digital ID Checks”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
CBS News, under Larry Ellison’s hand-picked self-described “Zionist fanatic” editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, has reportedly selected former hair model Tony Dokoupil to anchor CBS Evening News. Continue reading “Bari Weiss Picks Tony Dokoupil to Anchor CBS Evening News”
For the first time, two US Navy F/A-18 fighter jets flew deep into the Gulf of Venezuela, the body of water bordered by Venezuelan territory on three sides, in what appears to be the latest ultra-provocative show of force from Washington. Some reports say the jets lingered long in the airspace, circling the gulf for some 40 minutes.
The flyover happened Tuesday and appears the closest known approach by American aircraft to Venezuela’s coastline since the Pentagon began a major buildup in the Caribbean several months ago, which has also seen over 20 deadly drone and aerial strikes on alleged drug smuggling boats.
Continue reading “F-18 Fighter Jets Flew Deep Inside Gulf Of Venezuela In Closest Approach Yet”
By Edward Hasbrouck – Antiwar.com
On Friday, December 5, 2025, the German Bundestag gave its final approval to a law that, beginning in 2026, will require all German men to fill out a registration form for military service when they reach age 18. Responses to the questionnaire will be used to generate a list of potential draftees to be used if military conscription is activated. Continue reading “Germany Enacts U.S.-Style Registration for Military Conscription”
In comments on Israel’s Channel 12, the Maj. Gen. Diodato Abagnara, commander of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said that the group has seen “no evidence” that Hezbollah is in any way rebuilding its capacity south of the Litani River. Continue reading “UNIFIL Sees No Evidence Hezbollah Is Rebuilding South of the Litani River”
By Dan Frieth – Reclaim The Net
US consular officers have been directed to screen foreign tech workers for any record of silencing lawful expression before granting them H-1B visas, according to a newly circulated State Department cable obtained this week. Continue reading “US Orders Visa Screening of Foreign Tech Workers Involved in Online Censorship”
Americans won’t riot — they’ll freeze, and they’ll obey. That’s the chilling warning from behavioral strategist Chase Hughes as nearly $11 trillion quietly migrates beneath the financial system. This isn’t 2008 déjà vu; it’s the blueprint for something far larger. Continue reading “$11 Trillion Quietly Moved: Americans Will Freeze & Obey When Market Collapses”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on 7 December that he will not retire from political life in exchange for a pardon in his criminal cases. Continue reading “‘Voters will decide’: Netanyahu rules out retirement in exchange for pardon”
US Africa Command has announced in recent days that its forces have launched at least seven more airstrikes in Somalia as the Trump administration continues its record-breaking bombing campaign in the country, which receives virtually no media coverage in the United States. Continue reading “AFRICOM Announces Seven More Airstrikes in Somalia as Trump Continues Record-Shattering Bombing Campaign”
By Ken Macon – Reclaim The Net
Alaska is advancing plans for a far-reaching redesign of its myAlaska digital identity system, one that would weave “Agentic Artificial Intelligence” and digital payment functions into a unified platform capable of acting on behalf of residents. Continue reading “Alaska Plots AI-Driven Digital Identity, Payments, and Biometric Data System”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
The Gaza genocide is just one big misunderstanding, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Continue reading “Netanyahu: Hamas Shoots Palestinian Civilians Just to Make Israel Look Bad”