The Israeli ambassador to the United States was on CNN this morning assuring us that when the truce is over, “the operation will resume” — i.e., the vengeful destruction of life and property in Gaza will continue. Then Dana Bash thanked the ambassador for taking time out of his busy schedule to come on the set and spout the propaganda. Continue reading “Weekly Briefing: The Israeli perspective — on genocide– dominates our airwaves”
The handwriting was on the wall. An Op-Ed in the New York Times entitled “I’m a Ukrainian, and I Refuse to Compete for Your Attention” summed things up nicely: a media junket the author’s friend had been organizing to Ukraine was canceled. The TV crew instead left for the Middle East. Continue reading “The Russia-Ukraine War Is Just About Over”
No one has a bigger cosplay fetish than an alphabet agency spook.
The inaugural titular head of the FBI, in fact, J. Edgar Hoover, was infamously reported to enjoy getting dressed up in lady-clothes and exploring his feminine side while trampling on the slaves’ Constitutional rights. Wearing pumps really, allegedly, got his authoritarian vigor up. Continue reading “More Fake Fed Nazis Show Up in Wisconsin”
A powerful United Nations agency has unveiled a plan to regulate social media and online communication while cracking down on what it describes as “false information” and “conspiracy theories,” sparking alarm among free-speech advocates and top U.S. lawmakers. Continue reading “Inside the UN Plan to Control Speech Online”
FILE – Robert Mason, a 56-year-old homeless man, warms up a piece of doughnut over a bonfire he set to keep himself warm on Skid Row in Los Angeles, on Feb. 14, 2023. A Sacramento prosecutor is suing California’s capital city over failure to clean up homeless encampments. Sacramento District Attorney Thien Ho announced the suit Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, during a news conference in Sacramento.
As municipalities across the United States consider acquiring and converting parking lots into homeless encampments with social services, some oppose the programs, citing high costs and poor safety, while others promote them as better than sidewalk encampments and a stopgap measure as more overall housing is built. Continue reading “Converting parking lots to homeless encampments brings mixed results”