By Christina Maas – Reclaim The Net

Stylized illustration of a woman's face displayed on a smartphone held in a hand with red-painted nails, set against a colorful geometric background with a large red fingerprint to the right.

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”

By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

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”

By Jason Ditz – Antiwar.com

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’”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

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

The Statue of Liberty on its stone pedestal on Liberty Island against a clear blue sky, viewed from a boat with blurred tourists in the foreground taking photos.

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

Leaked files reviewed by The Grayzone show the US gov’t covertly funded Nepalese youth groups in the run-up to a violent coup. The “Gen Z” shadow army mobilized as the US sought to neutralize Chinese and Indian influence over Kathmandu – now controlled by a leader chosen by an informal social media poll.

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”