Judge Rules In Favor Of Washington Man Who Had Guns Seized Over Satirical “Joker” Meme, Incel Jokes
By Chris Menahan A King County judge ruled in favor of 23-year-old Charles Donnelly and ordered the state to give him his firearms back after…
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Bolivia’s Coup Gov’t Targets Alternative Media as Crackdown Turns Increasingly Violent
By Alan McLeod Facing increased resistance to its rule, the new “transition” government of Jeanine Añez in Bolivia has begun to purge and censor potential…
In Russia, Individuals Can Now Be Branded “Foreign Agents”
By RuNet Echo Today, Russia’s State Duma passed the third and final reading of a new bill expanding the scope of the country’s controversial “foreign…
reddit Trendies Clamor for Internet Censorship
By corbettreport How do you encapsulate a news story in an article? And how do you capture the essence of that article in a headline?…
The Origins of the Thought Police — and Why They Scare Us
By Jon Miltimore There are a lot of unpleasant things in George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984. Spying screens. Torture and propaganda. Victory Gin and Victory…
New Legislation Will Throw People in Jail for Disrespecting Cops — Seriously
By Matt Agorist Albany, NY — In the land of the free, the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution explicitly prohibits the government from abridging…
Chechen Leader Ramzan Kadyrov Suggests Killing Users Who “Insult Honour” Online
By RuNet Echo Chechnya’s outspoken ruler Ramzan Kadyrov has publicly suggested the murder of his government’s critics online. During a government meeting about the development…
War Propaganda: “Fake News” and the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Influence (OSI)
By Arjun Walia The Facts: The influence of intelligence and government agencies when it comes to mainstream media is quite large. This article provides numerous…
Surveillance Capitalism And Social Media Surveillance In America
By MassPrivateI Freedom House warns that mass social media surveillance is growing. “Governments around the world are increasingly using social media to manipulate elections and monitor their…
A New Kind of Tyranny: The Global State’s War on Those Who Speak Truth to Power
By John W. Whitehead “What happens to Julian Assange and to Chelsea Manning is meant to intimidate us, to frighten us into silence. By defending…
Without Free Speech, All Speech Becomes Government Speech
By Barry Brownstein When I viewed this video, I wondered if it was a hoax. I thought it must be a group of actors trying…
The Incredible Shrinking Overton Window
Op-Ed by Caitlin Johnstone The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very…
Police State Escalates War on Freedom of Speech
By Kurt Nimmo According to the MAGA nationalists, the “deep state” only persecutes “conservatives” while liberals get a free pass. The Gestapo-style raid of liberal…
Australians Respond to Media Campaign That Calls Out “Creeping Culture of Secrecy”
By Kevin Rennie The Your Right to Know campaign launched by the major Australian mainstream media organisations on 21 October 2019 has brought about mixed…