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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 …
Canada passed Bill C-9 (Combatting Hate Act) on June 18, 2026. It received royal assent and comes into force July 18. The law adds new Criminal Code offences: intimidating or obstructing people from accessing places of worship, schools, community centres, and other identifiable group spaces. It creates a standalone hate crime offence and bans certain …
French innovation at its best. And critics say France can no longer compete with the US. pic.twitter.com/sqDKSXPcLF — Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) March 17, 2026
When did using the legal term illegal aliens become grounds for violence? Chris Cuomo scolds CNN's Scott Jennings for using term 'illegals': 'Don't be a tough guy' https://t.co/lfiaS3D1gU pic.twitter.com/2qOd3wrkL1 — New York Post (@nypost) January 22, 2026 😜pic.twitter.com/fgx9SzgmmA — MAZE (@mazemoore) January 22, 2026
🚨OMG: In a historically shocking moment, Donald Trump just went further than ever before – openly praising authoritarian rule. “I’m a dictator… but sometimes you need a dictator.” The mask all the way coming off. Anyone still pretending this is normal is lying to themselves. pic.twitter.com/jvxvnKO9OJ — CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) January 21, 2026 • …
You know why I like Twitter so much? Because fake news like this gets fact-checked by Community Notes right away. Donald Trump: ‘NATO is nothing without America’ Meloni: ‘Perfect! Then we’ll close your bases, ditch your trade deals, and boycott McDonald’s for good measure. 😏’ Meloni dropping truth bombs like a boss! 🔥🇮🇹🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/rQy0LU2fok — …
The most overvalued stock on Earth may be that of Palantir, the corporate Big Brother that is getting huge contracts from the Trump administration and helps the US government wage war and carry out mass surveillance. Executives have been selling billions of dollars worth of shares, yet CEO Alex Karp attacks short-sellers like “Big Short” …
BILL MAHER: I see SO many people upset that Trump’s building a ballroom. I couldn’t give a F**K! I don’t give a sh*t about his f***ing ballroom! https://x.com/i/status/1992209420944609556/video/1 MEL ROBBINS: I do, we’re paying for it! Whether you voted for him or not. MAHER: No, we’re NOT paying for it. It’s private. And even if …
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "There's free speech and then there's hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie, in our society…We will absolutely target you, go after you, if you are targeting anyone with hate speech." pic.twitter.com/Bqj6TQOGwP — The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) September 16, 2025 Perhaps as part of …
They moved within 72 hours of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. State and media forces locked into place. They mourned nobody. They investigated nothing. Their goal was punishment. The White House, the Pentagon, the FCC, and the largest broadcast networks aimed at critics instead of the killer. The warning landed like a hammer: mock, question, or dissent …
Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes now wears a new label in Washington: sanctioned for human rights abuses. The U.S. government accuses him of abusing power to silence dissent, targeting Americans through secret court orders that pressured major social media companies to ban voices critical of the regime. His judicial overreach includes authorizing pre-trial …
DNC is “desperate for cash” and is reportedly even having to borrow money to pay the bills. This wouldn’t be happening if Democrats actually came up with good ideas for America. Unfortunately, Dems would rather riot, cheat in elections, and pander to illegals. pic.twitter.com/nK8NJoD270 — Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) June 18, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL-SA41hnOY The Golden Dome is a proposed U.S. missile defense system announced by President Donald Trump in May 2025. Inspired by Israel’s Iron Dome, this ambitious project aims to protect the United States from various missile threats, including ballistic, cruise, and hypersonic missiles, by deploying a network of space-based and terrestrial interceptors. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/what-is-golden-dome-missile-defense-shield-2025-05-21/
How f*cked up is Canada? This f*cked. Why wait for care when you can k1ll yourself sooner. pic.twitter.com/qH1UmAKgxV — Ryan Gerritsen🇨🇦🇳🇱 (@ryangerritsen) May 19, 2025 Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program is set to expand in 2027, allowing individuals whose sole underlying condition is mental illness to seek euthanasia. The policy has sparked intense …
“The private sector’s hiring was much stronger than expected. Economists had forecast 115,000 jobs. Businesses added 209,000 jobs. The workforce participation rate climbed from 62.4 percent to 62.5 percent. The average workweek lengthened, a sign of increased demand for labor. Average hourly earnings rose 0.3 percent compared with February and 3.8 percent compared with a …
President Joe Biden has announced that individuals affected by the recent catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles will receive a one-time payment of $770. This statement comes in response to the fires that have devastated communities, displacing thousands and causing billions in damages. This financial aid, while intended to provide immediate relief, has sparked a wave …
The Biden administration will provide a record $15 billion loan to Pacific Gas & Electric to support the utility’s efforts to combat climate change and improve the power grid. The Department of Energy loan comes as a financial boon for the utility recovering from bankruptcy and facing pressure to limit rate It is expected to …
“President Javier Milei of Argentina continues to stun his critics with an economy that has outperformed expectations and continues along an ambitious path for national security, including pursuit of a NATO global partnership. “The fact that you have a president, head of state, who is defending the free market, who is defending the role of …
11 percent of adolescents reported being unhappy with their gender 19 percent who reported unhappiness as kids no longer expressed it as adults The majority of gender-confused children grow out of that feeling by the time they are fully grown adults, according to a long-term study. Researchers in the Netherlands tracked more than 2,700 children …
President Joe Biden on Monday said he did not declare Easter Sunday the Transgender Day of Visibility and slammed Speaker Mike Johnson as being ‘thoroughly uninformed’ for accusing him of doing so. Biden sparked a torrent of criticism from conservatives over the weekend after issuing a proclamation recognizing the day to celebrate the lives and …
Dossiers were compiled by 15 departments after scouring social media activity to vet people invited to speak at official events The guidelines are designed to prevent anyone who has criticised the government in the previous three to five years from speaking at government-organised conferences and other events. In September, the Observer revealed how three early-childhood …
CHRISTIAN TOTO: When Film Critics Actually Defended Free Speech. The removal of one four-letter word from an Oscar-winning film created a panic in 2011. Today? The classic film “The French Connection” loses a brief but powerful sequence to appease the woke mob, and most film critics look the other way. That wasn’t the case with “The …
