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Meta’s Censorship of 2 Israel-Hamas Videos Reversed by Oversight Board

(Headline USA) A quasi-independent review board is recommending that Facebook parent company Meta overturn two decisions it made this fall to remove posts “informing the world about human suffering on both sides” of the Israel--Hamas war. In both cases, Meta ended up reinstating the posts—one showing Palestinian casualties and the...

FBI Spied on Calls between Hawaii and Japan before Pearl Harbor, New Records Show

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The FBI finally released its Pearl Harbor file on Monday, showing that the bureau was monitoring phone calls between Hawaii and Japan ahead of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack. The records, which remain heavily redacted more than 80 years after the fact, also show that the...

DOJ Begins Process to Unmask Clients of High-End Prostitution Ring

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy, who’s overseeing the prosecution of a high-end prosecution ring, has vowed to prosecute the elected officials, military officers and other high-powered officials involved in the sex-trafficking operation. Levy promised this in a Monday update on his investigation into an interstate prostitution network with...

Capitol Police Nabs 60 Rioters in Anti-Israel Protest Led by Linda Sarsour

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The U.S. Capitol Police detained at least 60 individuals following an illegal protest orchestrated by Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour inside the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday, according to the New York Post. The rioters protested the U.S. support for Israel as it defends itself against a Hamas terrorist...

Mass Protests Announced for Julian Assange’s Final Extradition Appeal Date

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) On Feb. 20, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has what will likely be his final appeal hearing to oppose extradition from the UK to the U.S. to stand trial for allegedly violating the Espionage Act—charges that stem from him publishing leaked records about U.S. war crimes. “The two-day hearing...

Records: U.S. COVID Researchers Concealed Links to Wuhan Lab from Pentagon

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Newly released records have been released about controversial gain-of-function research that may have led to the COVID-19 pandemic, showing that U.S. scientists downplayed their connections to the Wuhan Institute of Virology—where many suspect the pandemic originated—when they sought funding from the Pentagon. The scientists named in the...

Hamas Activists Terrorize Kids Waiting to See Santa at Canadian Mall

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Pro-Hamas activists terrorized children waiting in line to see Santa at an Ottawa, Canada, mall on Saturday, Red State reported. The activists waved flags, chanted and banged objects as they created a general ruckus in Ottawa's Bayshore mall. https://twitter.com/DreaHumphrey/status/1736260671409627500 "While you're shopping, bombs are dropping!" they chanted, some...

Young Americans Want Israel to Be ‘Ended,’ ‘Given to Hamas,’ Harvard Says

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) A recent poll from Harvard University revealed that a majority of young Americans who were polled think that Israel should “be ended and given to Hamas." The Harvard-Harris poll that was conducted between Dec. 13, 2023, and Dec. 14, 2023, among 2,034 registered voters found that...

Newsom Snubbed Chinese Dissident While Rolling Out Red Carpet for Xi

(Headline USA) California Gov. Gavin Newsom reportedly refused to meet with a Chinese dissident before or after his October trip to China, where he met with Chinese Communist Party officials, including President Xi Jinping. Anna Kwok, a Hong Kong activist who has been publicly outspoken against China’s takeover of the former...

Top Russiagate Investigator Given 50 Months Imprisonment for Ties to Russian Oligarch

(The Center Square) A former top FBI agent was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Thursday for helping a Russian oligarch avoid U.S. sanctions. Charles McGonigal, 55, the former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Counterintelligence Division in New York was sentenced to 50 months in...

Report: Army Platoons Begin Using Killer Robots

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The thought of someone like President Joe Biden unleashing an army of killer robots might sound like a right-wing fever dream, but it’s closer to reality than one might expect. According to a Wednesday report from the Military Times, efforts to incorporate robots in the military...

Congress Caves and Extends FBI’s Domestic Spying Power

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Despite all the bluster about protecting civil liberties, Congress voted on Thursday to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act—the controversial law that allows agencies to spy on foreigners, but which often results in the surveillance of Americans’ communications. Section 702 of FISA was...
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