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by David Haggith The US has a long, long tradition that flaunts its all-out celebration of free speech by ridiculing the great and mighty with humor. As Trump continues to rant against Jimmie Kimmel for his latest stinging political humor, saying he will go after the ABC network, and as his words are backed by …
For the first time in nearly twenty years, more Americans are traveling to Canada than Canadians are heading south. This is not about money, seasons, or tourism campaigns. It is a quiet decision, a retreat from a country that punishes speech, targets political opinion, and treats visitors as liabilities. The United States has turned its …
MORE – Google admits censorship under Biden.https://t.co/cXvaTgHvOu pic.twitter.com/WdFvJFMgUj — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) September 23, 2025 “Senior Biden Administration officials, including White House officials, conducted repeated and sustained outreach to Alphabet and pressed the Company regarding certain user-generated content related to the COVID-19 pandemic that did not violate its policies.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/google-admits-biden-administration-pressured-it-to-censor-covid-19-content-youtube-to-restore-banned-accounts/ar-AA1NaEa0 “YouTube will provide an opportunity for …
via deadline: Just as Jimmy Kimmel jokingly predicted, his late-night show saw quite an audience boost upon his return to ABC on Tuesday night after the network “indefinitely” preempted him last week. Jimmy Kimmel Live! drew 6.26 million viewers on Tuesday night, per early live + same-day Nielsen data. Consider that JKL averaged about 1.77M …
The Biden team never had to silence anyone themselves. They just leaned on Big Tech and let the platforms do the work. Emails from the Murthy v. Missouri case show officials calling Facebook, Google, and Twitter, pointing out posts and memes they didn’t like, pushing them to take content down. YouTube changed its COVID rules …
🚨BREAKING: Due to our oversight efforts, GOOGLE commits to offer ALL creators previously kicked off YouTube due to political speech violations to return to the platform. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL. Thread: pic.twitter.com/60SsoCK2Yk — Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) September 23, 2025 “Reflecting the Company’s commitment to free expression, YouTube will provide an opportunity for all creators …
The walls are closing in, and most people are too busy scrolling to see it happen. All across Europe the internet is being reshaped, not by new ideas or better technology, but by censorship that no longer asks for permission. What started as a narrow strike against Russian media has turned into a wide net …
Japan’s leaders just showed the world they no longer trust their own people. A state only threatens to expose private citizens when it knows public anger is building faster than it can contain. That kind of move is not about keeping order, it is about keeping power, and it means the government feels cornered. Once …
Carney is not after hate speech, he's after speech that he and his Liberals hate. Big difference. — M N. (Stargazer) (@ManibalMf) September 21, 2025
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 …
Bondi in hot water over hate speech comments https://t.co/hRo1qMRKzH pic.twitter.com/5492wXyfbc — WATE 6 On Your Side (@6News) September 18, 2025 https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5508683-pam-bondi-hate-speech-controversy/ Attorney General Pam Bondi is under scrutiny over her comments about cracking down on certain rhetoric in the wake of the killing of Charlie Kirk, marking the latest controversy of her own making. Bondi …
What we need is a massive crackdown on trans terror cells, not some "hate speech" police. AG Bondi… yikes. pic.twitter.com/JmalZhcXy6 — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 16, 2025 Hate speech does not exist legally in America. There's ugly speech. There's gross speech. There's evil speech. And ALL of it is protected by the First Amendment. Keep …
It’s like they’re going out of their way to find new ways to turn people against Israel. If this passes it will be a huge loss for Israel & Trump. Trump said he was ushering in an era of Free Speech. Which now seems like the funniest thing he ever said. https://t.co/UaA4lxshdU — Jimmy Dore …
I’m going to use Congressional authority and every influence with big tech platforms to mandate immediate ban for life of every post or commenter that belittled the assassination of Charlie Kirk. If they ran their mouth with their smartass hatred celebrating the heinous murder of… — Rep. Clay Higgins (@RepClayHiggins) September 11, 2025 Emmy Security …
On the bluesky app there are people asking for the next person to be targeted. These include JK Rowling, Matt Walsh, Trump, Ben Shapiro, Libs of TikTok, Elon Musk, and Andy Ngo… screenshot URGENT. FYI. After Charlie Kirk, on the sky app there are people asking for the next person to be targeted. These include …
The First Amendment protects speech, but only from U.S. government action, not from private companies, not from your boss, and not from foreign governments. It applies to everyone physically in the U.S., citizens, tourists, even undocumented immigrants, but its shield only works against federal, state, and local government attempts to censor, punish, or restrict speech, …
Bernadette Spofforth lay in jail on a blue gym mattress in a daze, finding it difficult to move, even breathe. “I just closed down. But the other half of my brain went into Jack Reacher mode,” she said, referring to the fictional action hero. “Every single detail was in this very vivid, bright, sharp focus.” …
Fed’s Common Inflation Expectations Index just got updated and makes JPOW’s JH speech look even more awkward, if at all possible pic.twitter.com/xh36qnP5nW — KKGB (@INArteCarloDoss) August 27, 2025 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1960748123900252638 “No consumer price inflation” Is this a comedy act? Show me the CPI in 6 months🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/tGtulWJ71S — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 27, 2025 Fixed 30-year …
Watch live as U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers a high-profile address at the annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium. Read more: https://bit.ly/4mDHhZd
Fascinating read: This is going to be a different Jackson Hole speech from Powell. No wonder the market is so jittery about it. The Fed could be completely revamping how they conduct monetary policy by focusing more on inflation and getting it back to 2%. pic.twitter.com/fCHSBNpRt2 — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 20, 2025 Mag 7 …
EU regulators are coercing US platforms to censor American speech. The Digital Services Act (DSA) threatens fines up to 6% of global revenue unless companies rewrite moderation policies worldwide. The House Judiciary Committee’s July 2025 report confirms it. The European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA) claims to target only harmful content in Europe, but our …
The Kids Online Safety Act closely follows the Anti-Defamation League’s bill targeting anti-Semitism, which often means anti-Zionism in practice. Critics say Western governments, after backing Israel’s actions in Gaza, now push this law to silence dissent online. The timing looks suspicious. The law claims to protect children but mainly punishes social media companies with heavy …
Britain may begin enforcing a crackdown on “extremist pub chat” under a new employment rights bill. The clause could hold pub owners legally responsible for customers’ controversial remarks, even if they occur between patrons. Brendan O’Neill, writing in the New York Post, warned that the legislation may require pubs to police speech to avoid lawsuits. …
Governments in the UK, US, EU and Australia are now censoring anyone who exposes their censorship while claiming to shield children. That co‑ordination looks oddly synchronized. In Australia the new law bans social media for under‑16s starting December 2025 and includes YouTube after eSafety flagged it as the most harmful among youth 96 % of children …
PANIC 🫨 Look at the panic on Starmers face when asked about free speech. pic.twitter.com/I83LuPIPeX — Steve Miller (@StevenJonMiller) July 28, 2025 BREAKING: British media is now reporting that authorities could BAN the use of VPNs. This comes after a massive surge in VPN use after the new draconian "Online Safety Bill" has been censoring …
Surprise guest speaker, DNI Gabbard, tells the corrupt MSM to their faces, that they knowingly pushed this Russia collusion lie, and were engaged in a “years long coup”. Gabbard is forcing the MSM to cover their own crimes. Seeds are being planted. Surprise guest speaker, DNI Gabbard, tells the corrupt MSM to their faces, that …
Former Irish MEP Clare Daly returns to the European Parliament and delivers a searing critique of the EU’s crackdown on dissent. In this explosive speech, Daly defends her past remarks that the war in Ukraine is a “NATO proxy war” and that EU sanctions are punishing European citizens more than Russia. Daly questions the very …
Police target online posts nationwide… Germany, a nation scarred by two of the 20th century’s most oppressive regimes, should be a bastion of free speech. The Third Reich and the DDR crushed dissent, silenced voices, and thrived on control and denunciation. Yet, instead of learning from this dark history, Germany now… pic.twitter.com/SA9fFBFv9u — Torsten Prochnow …
This is a great watch on the UN’s plot to go after X’s advertisers. They literally teamed up with CCDH to do it. https://t.co/KBbZwWGicE — Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) June 3, 2025
