By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net

Split image showing two men in suits; on the left, Padilla speaks at a podium with microphones and an American flag in the background, on the right, a Morelle is in a television studio with 'Meet the Press' graphics.

Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Representative Joe Morelle (D-NY) are once again championing censorship under the guise of election security, objecting to the Trump administration’s decision to sideline several officials within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). These lawmakers, both strong advocates for government intervention in online discourse, are alarmed that employees who previously played a role in monitoring and flagging speech for suppression have been placed on administrative leave. Continue reading “CISA Shake-Up: Democrats Fight to Restore Government Control Over Online Speech”

By TYLER DURDEN – Zerohedge

Weeks after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell evaded a sitting congressman’s questions about the central bank’s foreign gold holdings, the Fed has also declined to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request for records about such holdings.

Continue reading “Flashback: Federal Reserve Refuses To Provide Records Of Foreign Gold Holdings”

By Hannah Nightingale – The Postmillennial

60 Minutes featured former Biden USAID head's speechwriter as worker fired during DOGE spending cut spree

On Sunday, CBS News’ 60 Minutes aired an episode featuring two people who purportedly lost their jobs in the USAID shutdown. However, the two people featured in the episode actually worked for an outside company, not USAID. CBS said that Kristina Drye and Adam Dubard had been “fired this month in the chaotic shutdown of foreign aid distributed by the US Agency for International Development, USAID. More than 8,000 USAID employees were sent home by the administration.” Continue reading “60 Minutes featured former Biden USAID head’s speechwriter as worker fired during DOGE spending cut spree”

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

The Israel Lobby wants the next multibillion dollar US aid package for the Jewish state to “span 25 years, rather than 10” in order to “insulate the relationship against future US political vagaries and uncertainties.” Continue reading “Israel Wants Next U.S. Aid Package to Span 25 Years”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

US Africa Command said in a press release that it launched an airstrike in northeast Somalia that targeted ISIS fighters, claiming that two were killed. Continue reading “US Launches Airstrike in Somalia’s Puntland, Says Two ISIS Fighters Killed”