RFK Jr: "The CIA … is the biggest funder of journalism in the world"
" … The Daily Beast … Rolling Stone … Scientific American, National Geographic, Salon, Daily Kos … direct connections to the intelligence agencies"pic.twitter.com/KBOJzNFp0K
— David Windt (@DavidLWindt) December 10, 2024
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HTS is no ‘liberation movement’
The overthrow of Bashar Al-Assad’s despotic regime in Syria this weekend has been cheered on by the UK government as well as much of the mainstream media.
Speaking on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on BBC One, deputy PM Angela Rayner said that she ‘welcomed’ the news of Assad’s fall. Yesterday, foreign secretary David Lammy celebrated the Syrian president’s toppling, telling MPs that Assad is a ‘monster’, a ‘drug dealer’ and a ‘rat’.
In a sense, the government’s response is understandable. No one should mourn the end of the Assad dynasty’s brutal decades-long rule. Furthermore, Assad’s fall deals another significant blow to his despotic backers, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Russia, depriving both of a key strategic ally. Lammy’s geopolitical analysis leaves a lot to be desired at times, but he is right to say that Assad’s defeat is a humiliation for both Moscow and Tehran.
Yet too often, this understandable happiness over the fall of the Syrian dictator has morphed into an endorsement of the Islamist forces that toppled him. Sir John Sawers, the former head of MI6, even went so far as to describe Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group that led the offensive against Assad, as ‘a liberation movement’.
Black Kamala campaign staffers claim there was ‘outright racial discrimination’ and mistreatment during race
Black staffers for Kamala Harris have claimed that the campaign leadership engaged in “outright racial discrimination” as well as mistreatment after the now-defunct campaign lost the election. The accusations were revealed in a report last week. A New York Times report revealed, “An internal survey commissioned by the Harris campaign also found that Black staff members were frustrated with campaign leaders and felt that their ideas were ignored at a rate far higher than their peers’. Some complained of outright racial discrimination.”
China Threatens Taiwan With Largest Military Drill In Decades As Biden Quietly Disappears From World Stage
The Chinese navy deployed a group of 60 ships and 30 coast guard vessels off the coast of Taiwan this week in what appears to be their largest show of force since 1996, according to the Wall Street Journal Tuesday. The move comes as Biden has increasingly winded down his duties in anticipation of passing his responsibilities to Trump, punctuated by him appearing to fall asleep during a meeting with African leaders in Angola Dec. 4.
The AI military-industrial complex is here
The Pentagon desperately wants technological superiority over its military rivals. And in 2024, that means it’s in hot pursuit of artificial intelligence.
That should come as no surprise; after all, the military has been a major funder, driver, and early adopter of cutting-edge technology throughout the last century. Military spending on AI-related federal contracts has been booming since 2022, according to a Brookings Institution analysis, which found yearly spending on AI increased from $355 million in the year leading up to August 2022 to a whopping $4.6 billion a year later.
Ontario university launches new 12-week course on Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour may have ended, but the artist’s status as a cultural icon is now more embedded than ever.
Those looking to learn and share more about the effect T-Swizzle and her defining brand have on the world around us have turned to the University of Guelph, where an online course starting in January will include a new case study of her meteoric impact.
With Swift as its lens, the Icons of Music open-education course offered in the upcoming winter semester, “will navigate the labyrinth of ways that popular music and popular culture intersect with art, literature, gender, sexuality, race, religion, politics, feminism, celebrity, fandom, business acumen, the economy and the law,” according to the school.
Why the Left Fears Pete Hegseth’s Crusader Tattoos
Once again, the “Left” is exposing its fear that Christians, who still make up sizeable majorities in the West, may one day do the unthinkable: reclaim their true Christian heritage and abandon the “Doormat Christianity” variety that has long been imposed on them.
Because Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick to lead the incoming Department of Defense, has Christian tattoos — including the Crusader Cross and the Latin phrase Deus Vult (“God wills it”) — the media, are suggesting that this is proof positive that, once in office, Hegseth will put all his domestic and foreign enemies to the sword.
Freeland doesn’t commit to meeting her own deficit target in fall economic statement
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is not committing to meeting the $40.1-billion deficit target she set for the government last year.
Freeland says she expects the fall economic statement, which she will present on Dec. 16, will show a declining debt-to-GDP ratio.
When asked if she would also meet her deficit target, Freeland wouldn’t answer, saying she chose her words “carefully.”
Daniel Penny spotted with his girlfriend as liberal media, BLM and AOC have complete meltdown over not guilty verdict
On Monday, the 12-person panel found him not guilty – causing progressives like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Chivona Newsome, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter Greater New York, to express disdain.
Both painted Penny as a criminal who cheated justice, joining an array of activists, anchors, and politicians in doing so.
LEVY: Ditch the DEI and get your house in order, TDSB
A new Ontario auditor general report on the Toronto District School Board provides an insightful overview of many of the issues identified under the toxic reign of now-departed activist education director Colleen Russell-Rawlins.
From underreported bullying and increased violence in TDSB schools to the abuse of sick days and the administration’s powers to investigate principals and vice-principals, it is clear that Canada’s largest school board needs a huge overhaul.
Luigi Mangione has violent meltdown then makes shocking outburst as he arrives at court after CEO’s murder: Live updates
Luigi Mangione suffered a violent meltdown as he arrived at court after being arrested for the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Mangione, 26, could be heard roaring about cops being ‘completely out of touch’ and ‘insulting the intelligence of the American people’ as he was bundled into court by a horde of sheriff’s deputies.
The suspected murderer was clad in an orange jumpsuit and had to be restrained as he was brought in to face a judge at Blair County Courthouse in Altoona, Pennsylvania, around 1:30pm ET Tuesday.
UN Exhibit Shows Rubble, Bodies In Gaza. They Don’t Mention Hamas Or October 7 Massacre.
The United Nations’ obvious prejudice against Israel has been demonstrated in numerous ways over the decades. As recently as late last month, a courageous woman from Kenya who serves as the United Nations Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide was fired after she stood up to the Israel-haters in the U.N. and refused to declare that Israel had committed “genocide” in its war against Hamas, as The Wall Street Journal reported.
Biden: “They just turned off my… I lost electricity here.”
NOW – Biden: "They just turned off my… I lost electricity here."pic.twitter.com/GtwmxU7ZTz
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) December 10, 2024
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