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Government green paper proposes rules for platforms like YouTube to give special prominence to BBC ITV and Channel 4. Aim is to fight misinformation by making public service news easier to find. YouTube told creators new rules could control your feed and require putting some channels above others. Independent voices criticizing government could get less …
This story is getting attention because it touches the biggest question about social media during conflicts. Who decides what the public gets to see? According to reporting from The Intercept and internal Meta documents they reviewed, Israel’s government sent requests to Meta to remove content during the recent war, including posts supportive of Iran, criticism …
Tenant screening industry worth $1.3 billion blocks renters over old 1985 debt-to-income rules and dismissed evictions. Credit floors, non-refundable application fees and seven-year blacklists slam doors on working families. Landlords reject solid tenants while units sit empty in the middle of a supposed housing crisis.
Companies are running ad campaigns glorifying government assisted suicide in Canada This commercial is from a fashion retailer The message is, you just have to be brave enough to see the beauty in death It’s promoting where a doctor helps kill you in Canada’s MAiD program (Medical Assistance in Dying) Companies are running ad campaigns …
Contrary to Trump’s statements, senior Israeli and U.S. officials said that the United States had prior knowledge of the Israeli strike and even approved it in an attempt to pressure Iran. After the Iranians retaliated against Qatar’s gas fields, Trump is now changing course https://t.co/V1TTCJQf66 — Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) March 19, 2026 "You just have …
Hence the spending and deficits are congress’s albatross, not POTUS.They own them and they’ll continue to be outrageous from administration to administration because no one in congress will ever force spending cuts or even reasonable spending control. — Dave (@RVA_dave) February 20, 2026
The Dutch House of Representatives on Thursday voted to pass the Actual Return in Box 3 Act (Wet werkelijk rendement box 3), a reform that will tax residents at a flat rate of 36% on the actual returns they earn from savings and investments, effective January 1, 2028. The bill replaces a system that taxed …
They call it development money, but it feels more like a subsidy for shaping what people are allowed to hear. When one government funds another country’s media machine, you’re not looking at journalism anymore. USAID is BBC Media Action’s single biggest donor, other than the British government itself. BBC Media Action is the BBC’s giant …
More $$taxation because the government has no restraint on spending. NY, IL , Calif & Colorado….see a pattern? — floridanow1 (@floridanow1) November 5, 2025 Shannon Thompson, public policy and legislative chair for the Colorado School Nutrition Association, speaks at an event in support of two ballot measures that would shore up funding for the state’s …
U.S. regulators approved Pfizer’s updated COVID-19 shot Wednesday. U.S. health officials did not immediately confirm the news but they generally approve updated shots from the nation’s two leading COVID-19 vaccine makers at the same time. Moderna did not immediately respond to requests for comment. This year’s updated vaccines target a newer version of the continuously …
Don't forget, Biden approved 5240 before the election, allowing the deployment of the military. Both parties are one party. "It's all part of the plan." https://t.co/C0ZJgircr3 pic.twitter.com/McaoEkoZZF — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) June 8, 2025
City of Toronto’s planning department approved condos as small as 250 sq ft. Who in city hall signed off on these shoebox apartments? 250 sq ft isn’t livable for a single—let alone a couple or family. RIP Condos… you asked for it. pic.twitter.com/q0XcqbBvqA — Shazi (@ShaziGoalie) May 5, 2025
Most pigs in the US are confined to factory farms where they can be afflicted by a nasty respiratory virus that kills piglets. The illness is called porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, or PRRS. A few years ago, a British company called Genus set out to design pigs immune to this germ using CRISPR gene …
White House just announced $50B loan to Ukraine. Doesn't this piss a person off? pic.twitter.com/t4ZSAmRmSJ — JOSH DUNLAP (@JDunlap1974) December 11, 2024
“Of the many falsehoods, obfuscations, and pivots by Kamala last night, her claim that transgender surgeries at federal prisons started during the Trump administration if a full blown lie” 2/ But Biden-Harris Administration granted request–not because court ordered it but through voluntary settlement with ACLU. Here's settlement agreement. https://t.co/RKEoeziLFg — Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) October 17, …
Hundreds of people from 63 countries packed into a Riverside theater last week to take the oath of citizenship. American flags lined the stage as messages conveying the immigrants’ new power played on a large screen: “Today, I am an American. Today, I am a citizen of the country I serve. Today, I can register …
THIS IS NOT SATIRE… The Supreme Court has ruled many times that ALL political Speech is protected speech, even lies. Of COURSE the SCOTUS will overturn this, but Democrats don’t care, as long as they can arrest and silence Elon Musk and others before the election. California governor signs laws to crack down on election …
by Mike Shedlock Kamala can hide behind her newfound support (lie) for fracking as long as she has “environment justice” and the courts on her side. DC Court Vacates LNG Approval Please note DC Court Vacates LNG Approval at Port of Brownsville The D.C. Circuit Court on Tuesday ruled against approval of liquefied natural gas (LNG) …
US officials, including Pranay Vaddi, an arms control official on the National Security Council, have made public comments about the changes to the strategy. Vaddi said in June that the new strategy emphasizes “the need to deter Russia, the [People’s Republic of China] and North Korea simultaneously.” The strategy also focuses on China for the …
🚨SHOCKING EXPOSÉ🚨 Our litigation just exposed that Biden’s FDA recommended approving puberty blockers to minors despite noting that these drugs are associated with an “increased risk of depression and suicidality.” DETAILS: pic.twitter.com/IfNc8ZQaaX — America First Legal (@America1stLegal) August 1, 2024 Read here: https://t.co/xyxq7atjy4 — America First Legal (@America1stLegal) August 1, 2024
Bill O’Reilly tells NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo that former President Barack Obama and Ron Klain, Biden’s former chief of staff, have decided President Joe Biden “has to go.”
Rapper ordered to have all future work approved by US government Ruling leads to claims that right to free speech unfairly challenged in another case putting on trial A US federal judge has refused prosecutors’ request to prohibit the rap singer from promoting and glorifying future gun violence/murder in songs and at concerts while on …
A California State Legislature committee has approved a bill that could allocate a staggering $800 billion for slavery reparations. This sum is more than 2.5 times the state’s annual budget. Notably, California was never a slave state historically, yet it will be paying individuals who themselves were never enslaved. The decision reflects an acknowledgment of the long-lasting harm endured …
This is the type of note that needs to be approved! — Suhr Majesty (@ULTRA_MAJESTY) June 1, 2024 IMPEACHABLE: Biden admin gives 'mass amnesty' to illegal aliens as it quietly terminates 350,000 asylum cases: sources https://t.co/8j5R5SHilg via @nypost — Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) June 2, 2024
What did they do to him or offer him to make this happen so quickly? I mean what goes on behind the scenes to make a man change his mind so quickly? Meanwhile… US Secretary of State Blinken announces $2 billion in Ukraine military aid in Kyiv BREAKING – US Secretary of State Blinken announces …
Same-sex couples with non-transmissible HIV will now be able to donate eggs or sperm and become parents. UK laws are changing to keep up with the science that shows it is safe, say experts. Highly effective medication means the risk of passing the virus on can be eliminated. The move is part of wider work to improve …
The price of shares in Digital World Acquisition Corp. closed trading Friday nearly 14% lower than their opening price after the shell company’s shareholders approved a merger with the social media company owned by former President Donald Trump. DWAC had opened the trading day at $44.20 per share, but quickly tumbled on the heels of …
WASHINGTON – The House approved a bill Wednesday that would force TikTok’s parent company to sell the juggernaut social media app or face a practical ban in the U.S. President Joe Biden has said he would sign it if it makes it to his desk, but the legislation’s fate is uncertain in the Senate, where …
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce committee on Thursday unanimously approved legislation giving China’s ByteDance six months to divest from short video app TikTok or face a U.S. ban. The 50-0 vote represents the most significant momentum for a U.S. crackdown on TikTok, which has about 170 million U.S. users, which had stalled over the …