The Consent Factory
So, Matt Taibbi is going after the Consent Factory.
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This Week in the New Normal #56
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1.Mink farms for the chop?
For some reason the MSM have turned their collective fire on Mink farming this
Distract, Divide and Conquer: The REAL State of Our Union
Step away from the blinders that partisan politics uses to distract, divide and conquer, and you will find that we are drowning in a cesspool of problems that individually and collectively threaten our lives, liberties, prosperity and happiness.
These are not problems the politicians want to talk about, let alone
Burundi: Journalist’s Conviction Violates Free Speech Rights
The conviction of the Burundian journalist Floriane Irangabiye on charges of “undermining the integrity of the national territory” on January 2, 2023, violates her rights to free speech and to a fair trial, Human Rights Watch said today.
The High court of Mukaza sentenced her to 10 years in prison
Incentivizing Censorship: A Snitch in Every Skull
An informational iron curtain is coming down across the West, and its architects are determined to make examples out of those who refuse to pick a side.
Our Democracy™ has adopted a zero-tolerance policy for pollution of the information ecosystem, and the Thought Police are standing by to halt rogue
Uzbekistan: 16-Year Sentence in Autonomous Region Protests
(Berlin, January 31, 2023) – An Uzbekistan court on January 31, 2023, convicted all 22 defendants in a trial over July 2022 protests in the Karakalpakstan autonomous region, Human Rights Watch said today.
The key defendant, Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov, was sentenced to 16 years in prison by a court in Bukhara. Fifteen
Chad: Justice Needed for October Crackdown
(Nairobi) – Chad’s transitional government should end its crackdown on opponents and provide redress for the serious human rights violations that were committed around the October 20, 2022 protests, Human Rights Watch said today.
The authorities have an obligation to conduct prompt, independent, thorough, and transparent criminal investigations into serious
Rwanda: Suspicious Death of Investigative Journalist
(Nairobi) – Rwandan authorities should allow an effective, independent, and transparent investigation into the suspicious death of John Williams Ntwali, a leading investigative journalist and editor of the newspaper The Chronicles, Human Rights Watch said today. Ntwali was regularly threatened due to his work as a journalist exposing human rights abuses
Don’t Trust the Government with Your Privacy, Property or Your Freedoms
How do you trust a government that continuously sidesteps the Constitution and undermines our rights? You can’t.
When you consider all the ways “we the people” are being bullied, beaten, bamboozled, targeted, tracked, repressed, robbed, impoverished, imprisoned and killed by the government, one can only conclude that you shouldn’
Politician Convicted for Harming Rwanda’s Image
The conviction of a Rwandan opposition politician for allegedly tarnishing the country’s image is an example of the government’s longstanding misuse of the justice system to stifle freedom of expression and association, Human Rights Watch said today.
On December 16, 2022, the High Court’s Rwamagana chamber sentenced
Déjà Vu In Front of the Tunisian Courthouse
During the long presidency of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, police largely prevented human rights associations and defenders from gathering.
“A New System” – Inside the Davos Summit 2023
The World Economic Forum’s annual meet-up kicks off tomorrow.
AUDIO: Behind the Twitter Files Hype
In this episode, James Corbett joins Whitney Webb of Unlimited Hangout to discuss the Twitter Files phenomenon and how the hype around it is being utilized for more than meets the eye.
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What to Expect from the Government in 2023? More of the Same
“There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.”
Montesquieu, Enlightenment philosopher
For those wondering what to expect from the government in 2023, it looks like we’re going to be in for more of the same
Where Have the Voices for Liberty Gone?
In early 2020, when American liberals wailed in unison that the First Amendment’s guarantee of the right of free assembly was a prescription for national suicide – and not one significant American civil rights organization protested.
Still, almost three years later, I am dumbfounded by how rapidly a nation that
