By Didi Rankovic – Reclaim The Net

The United States Capitol building with a digital overlay of glowing data lines and city lights at night.

“The GEC is dead – long live the GEC!” That would be one way to summarize the situation around the US State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC) that has formally shut down. Continue reading “Global Engagement Center Officially Shuts Down, but Censorship Efforts Likely To Persist Through State Department Offices”

By Katie Daviscourt – The Postmillennial

Gang-affiliated teen kidnaps 14-year-old, ties him to tree, disembowels him 2 weeks after Seattle judge released suspect from custody: prosecutors

A violent teen with an extensive criminal history has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a 14-year-old boy, tying him to a tree, and disembowling him at a park in Everett, WA, a city located just north of Seattle. The suspect was released from custody by a Seattle judge just two weeks prior to the alleged offense despite the prosecutor’s objections. Continue reading “Gang-affiliated teen kidnaps 14-year-old, ties him to tree, disembowels him 2 weeks after Seattle judge released suspect from custody: prosecutors”

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

The short-lived era of Elon Musk’s Twitter being a semi-“free speech platform” came to an end on Friday after Musk started banning right-wing critics of his who vocally opposed his plan to radically expand Indian immigration. Continue reading “Elon Musk Launches Twitter Purge, Bans Critics of His Push to Expand Indian Immigration”

By Brendan McDonald – Campus Reform

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Tufts University is offering students a chance to study transgender-identifying persons throughout history in a course called “Transcestors: Trans History, Narrative & Influence” next semester. Continue reading “Tufts University offering ‘Transcestors’ course next semester”

By TAREQ S. HAJJAJ – Mondoweiss

Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Husam Abu Safiyeh (middle), holds up his hands during the Israeli invasion of the hospital, October 26, 2024. (Photo: Screenshot/Social Media)

Patients are trying to sleep inside the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip. But just outside, they can see a remote-controlled robot carrying explosives sent by the Israeli army. It’s only a matter of time before the bomb is detonated. Tanks and bulldozers move around the hospital and in front of its entrances all day long. The sounds of explosions and bullets do not stop. Continue reading “‘We will leave when the last Palestinian leaves’: The defiant last stand of the doctors of Kamal Adwan Hospital”

By Middle East Monitor

Israeli soldier controlling a tank as military mobilization of Israeli army near Gaza border continues on May 16, 2024. [Mostafa Alkharouf - Anadolu Agency]

Israeli soldiers are increasingly engaging in acts of brutality and war crimes in Gaza, with the appearance of more “callous” and “ideologically violent” troops, according to a detailed analysis published in Haaretz by Professor Yoel Elizur, former chair of the Council of Psychologists and emeritus professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Continue reading “‘These kids need to be killed’: Israel ‘losing its humanity’ in Gaza”