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More than 100 students rallied at the Colorado Capitol on Thursday to show support for a bill that would ban the sale of semiautomatic firearms that can use detachable magazines. Continue reading “Over 100 Colorado students rally at Capitol to support gun restriction legislation”
The US-led coalition in Syria launched a drone strike in the Idlib province, targeting a car, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Thursday. Continue reading “US Launches Drone Strike in Syria’s Idlib Province”
By Jack Poulson – The Grey Zone
By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net
The UK’s government continues to use last year’s Southport killings which led to widespread protests to promote online censorship, as a supposed panacea for the society’s ills. Continue reading “UK Gov Pushes Censorship, Blaming Online Content for Southport Killings”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally thanked President Trump on Thursday for signing an Israel First, America Last executive order calling on the Department of Justice to prosecute Americans for so-called “anti-Semitism.” Continue reading “Netanyahu Thanks Trump for Executive Order on ‘Fighting Antisemitism’”
Statista’s Anna Fleck reports that, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, the costs attributed to defense equipment, personnel, operations and maintenance came to nearly $1.3 billion in 1993 and rose to nearly $2.4 billion in 2023.
Continue reading “Global Military Spending Has Almost Doubled Since The Early ’90s”
By Katie Daviscourt – The Postmillennial
A grand jury indicted an illegal immigrant from El Salvador in connection to the death of Samantha Dailey, 32, of Charles Town, West Virginia. David Antonio Calderon, 46, has been accused of killing Dailey in Jefferson County and then setting her body on fire in a field in neighboring Berkeley County. The murder occurred in May 2024, The Spirit of Jefferson reported. Continue reading “Illegal immigrant indicted in West Virginia for killing 32-year-old woman, setting her body on fire”
Breaking 🚨: Pelosi has done it again
Back on 1/14, she opened a new ~$100K position into the AI company Tempus AI $TEM
Since her buy, it's up 72%
Never doubt the queen pic.twitter.com/Yx9XzxKgp8
— Nancy Pelosi Stock Tracker ♟ (@PelosiTracker_) January 30, 2025
Israel’s blockade of Gaza and attacks on healthcare facilities created life-threatening danger for women and girls since October 2023, with the rate of miscarriage having increased by up to 300 percent, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has revealed. Continue reading “HRW: Israel’s Blockade Causes 300% Rise in Miscarriages in Gaza”
American students are performing poorly in reading and math skills, failing to regain lost ground during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tests administered to fourth graders and eighth graders.
“The most notable challenges evident in the 2024 data are in reading comprehension. Reading scores dropped in both fourth and eighth grades since 2022, continuing declines first reported in 2019, before the pandemic,” said a Jan. 29 statement from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), which administers the tests. Continue reading “American Students’ Reading Scores Decline, Show Little Improvement In Math”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
President Donald Trump, who stood down during the anti-White Black Lives Matter riots, is reportedly going to sign an executive order to “marshal all federal resources” to fight the “explosion of antisemitism” in America since October 7th. Continue reading “Trump Order Will ‘Marshal All Federal Resources’ to ‘Fight Antisemitism,’ ‘Deport Antisemites’”
Five people arrested over murder as the Swedish prime minister said the shooting could be linked to a foreign power. Continue reading “Salwan Momika, Iraqi man who burned Quran in Sweden, killed in shooting”
By Katie Daviscourt – The Post Millennial
An armed suspect took a bus driver hostage in Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday, resulting in a large standoff and the deployment of the Portland Police Bureau’s (PPB) emergency reaction and crisis negotiation teams. The incident began around 12:15 pm local time in the Old Town neighborhood. The suspect was taken into custody around 3:44 pm. Continue reading “UPDATE: Portland Police arrest armed suspect who took bus driver hostage”
By Dareh Gregorian, Adam Reiss and Jonathan Dienst – NBC News
A judge sentenced an emotional former Sen. Bob Menendez to 11 years in prison Wednesday for a yearslong bribery and corruption scheme that rewarded him with gold bars and stacks of cash.
Continue reading “Former Sen. Bob Menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison in gold bar bribery case”
A Philippine platoon will be trained on how to use a controversial US missile system, known as the Typhon, that’s been deployed in the Philippines since April 2024, The Defense Post reported on Tuesday. Continue reading “Philippines To Train With Controversial US Typhon Missile System”
By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net
In the UK, two censorship groups – the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) and Stop Funding Hate – have received money from other organizations that are in part funded by taxpayers. Continue reading “UK Censorship Groups Received Taxpayer-Linked Funds, Tied to Labour Figures”
By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation
Florida State Senator Randy Fine, who has sought to criminalize criticism of Israel and Jews and last year celebrated Israel killing an American citizen peacefully protesting in the West Bank, won a special congressional primary on Tuesday that nearly “guarantees” he will replace Mike Waltz in the House. Continue reading “Florida State Sen. Randy Fine, Who Celebrated Israel Killing an American, Wins Congressional Primary”
By Thomas Stevenson – The Post Millennial
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz confirmed on Thursday that at least 30 bodies have been pulled from the Potomac River after a Black Hawk helicopter collided with a commercial Bombardier airplane on Wednesday night over Reagan International Airport (DCA) in Washington, DC. The search and rescue mission turned to a recovery mission at 4 am on Thursday morning as no survivors were found. Passengers were found under water still strapped to their seats. Continue reading “BREAKING: At least 30 bodies recovered from Potomac so far after American Airlines crash as search and rescue turns to recovery mission”
As the extended ceasefire in southern Lebanon gets underway, Israeli fire against civilian targets continue as they had throughout the initial 60-day ceasefire. At least 24 people were wounded today in a pair of Israeli attacks on the southern Lebanese town of Nabatieh and the neighboring town of Zawtar. Continue reading “24 Wounded in Israeli Strike Against South Lebanon Towns of Nabatieh and Zawtar”