Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
The End of Western Pluralist Democracy
September 2nd, 2024“Soon we may be needing all our prison space for political offenders.” —A Clockwork Orange, 1971 Via: Craig Murray: No major western leader is ever again going to be able to speak about human rights or ethical values, without attracting howls of derision. They are turning on their own people in order to prevent protest […]
Chicago: City-Owned Grocery Stores
August 31st, 2024In related news: From Price Controls to Mass Starvation: As cities clear of food, you’d need police patrolling parking lots and armed escorts on delivery trucks — perhaps you could even have government-run groceries like Chicago just announced. Via: Chicago Tribune: Nearly a year after Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration floated the possibility of opening a […]
X Banned in Brazil
August 30th, 2024Via: The Verge: A judge in Brazil has ordered the suspension of X after owner Elon Musk failed to designate a new legal representative for the country, according to reports from Bloomberg and local news outlet Poder360. Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes told the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) to limit access to X […]
CIA And FBI Spread Disinformation And Interfered In 2020 Presidential Election
August 28th, 2024Via: Michael Shellenberger: Many people saw the letter that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent to Rep. Jim Jordan earlier this week as old news. In 2022, Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan that Facebook had limited the spread of the New York Post story about the Hunter Biden laptop in response to information from the FBI. “The […]
People Who Repressed Dissidents in Cuba Are Moving to the U.S.
August 28th, 2024Via: Miami Herald: Former members of the Cuban regime who have been involved in repressing dissidents on the island have abused the immigration system to come to the United States amid a large exodus from the island, activists with a Miami-based human-rights group said Tuesday. Cuban exile Tony Costa, the director of the Foundation for […]
Zuckerberg Admits Facebook Censorship on Covid and Hunter Biden Laptop
August 27th, 2024Mmm hmm. Via: ZeroHedge: In a stunning Monday evening letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, Zuckerberg admitted that senior Biden administration officials “repeatedly pressured” Facebook teams to suppress information related to COVID-19 that the platform would not have otherwise censored – and the administration ‘expressed a lot of frustration with our teams when we […]
Rumble CEO Flees France
August 25th, 2024I’m a little late to this, but for good reason — I’ve just safely departed from Europe. France has threatened Rumble, and now they have crossed a red line by arresting Telegram’s CEO, Pavel Durov, reportedly for not censoring speech. Rumble will not stand for this behavior and… — Chris Pavlovski (@chrispavlovski) August 25, 2024
Oregon: Taxpayer Funded $30,000 Homebuyer Grants, “Only for People Who Are Not American Citizens”
August 25th, 2024Via: Daily Mail: Oregonians have reacted angrily to a taxpayer-funded scheme that doles out $30,000 for non-legal migrants to buy homes, but excludes US citizens. Hacienda Community Development Corporation, a Latino-led group in Portland, says in a promotion that it will give first-time home buyers up to $30,000 to get on the property ladder. But […]
Billionaire Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Arrested In France
August 24th, 2024Pavel Durov left Russia when the government tried to control his social media company, Telegram. But in the end, it wasn’t Putin who arrested him for allowing the public to exercise free speech. It was a western country, a Biden administration ally and enthusiastic NATO member,… https://t.co/F83E9GbNHC — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) August 24, 2024 Via: […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Address to the Nation: Suspends Campaign, Endorses Trump
August 23rd, 2024Update: RFK Jr. Speaks at Trump Rally: — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Address to the Nation https://t.co/Wf4xt12GSX — Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) August 23, 2024
