Top 25 News Stories (February 2, 2024)
NATION
DeSantis Sending 1,000 Florida National Guard Soldiers to the Border in Texas
House Majority Hangs In Balance Of 2024 Special Elections
How China and the UN are Fueling the Invasion of America. Tucker Carlson Interviews Bret Weinstein (YT)
Inside Shelby Park: Texas Built a Wall, Placed Guards at Border and Illegal Aliens Stopped Crossing
4 Years Later: Never forget what they did to us
J6 Committee Admits Its Show Trials Were An Election-Year Publicity Stunt
The Beltway Judge Hearing Trump Cases and Her Anti-Trump, Anti-Kavanaugh Husband
ACLU Sues Ronald McDonald House for Refusing To House People Convicted of Assault
Jordan Sather Clickbait Series (Rumble) Editor’s Note: As previously mentioned, we side with Tim Pool on Pizzagate. A second criticism is that Sather is recycling many of his old targets. We will reserve further criticism
Today’s Censorship Is Personal
When I was a kid, “news” consisted of a 20-minute broadcast on one of three channels that said the same thing. We believed that’s all there was. With such strict controls on information, one can never know what one is missing.
In 1995, the web browser was invented and an entire world grew up around it that included news from many sources, and then eventually social media too. The ambition was summarized in the name “YouTube:” this was a television from which anyone could broadcast. Facebook, Twitter, and others came along to give every single person the power of an editor or broadcaster.
Keeping with the long tradition of control, what was government to do? There had to be a way but getting hold of this giant machinery called the Internet was not going to be an easy task.
WORLD
Chaos in Brussels as farmer protesters clash with police in front of European Parliament (YT)
Ukraine claims to have sunk another ship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, shares video
Time to Fight Back Against the Advertising Censors
Tinubu Flays Labelling, Blanket Stereotyping of Nigerians over Cybercrimes, Corrupt Practices
Iran Faces US Lawsuits Over Role In October 7 Atrocities
HEMISPHERE
Brazil’s Lula Still Losing Digital Battle To Bolsonaro
How Ortega Has Silenced 105 Political Prisoners and Families
HEALTH
MACRO
EL SALVADOR SET TO DOUBLE DOWN ON BITCOIN AFTER ELECTIONS – VICE PRESIDENT FELIX ULLOA
U.S. suspends economic support for Venezuela after Maduro’s crackdown on opposition parties
Kenya’s Inflation Rises to 6.9% on Higher Costs of Electricity, School Fees
MICRO
Web scraping and the future of AI
EV Fever Cooling . . . in California
WORTH ANOTHER LOOK
Lincoln’s Tariff War ~ March 2, 1861
PARAHERESY
Is Yahweh the Name of God?.. or an ET? | Paul Wallis on The JeffMara Podcast(Rumble) Editor’s Note: This idea that The Old Testament chronicles man’s encounters with aliens is new to us. Clif High discusses this at length but the editors are a bit leery of High. This is an excellent interview.
EDITOR’S NOTES
1. We do not link To Fox News or Fox Business News.
2. We sometimes link to Fox affiliates.
3. We sometimes link to sites that contain a video that might have a snippet from Fox News.
4. We try to avoid second hand news stories that are sourced from Fox News or Fox Business News.
5. We try to not link to sites with pay walls. This eliminates NYT and WaPo (who cares?) but also eliminates WSJ and Epoch Times. We hope that Epoch Times changes their business model because they are one of the best news outlets in the English language.
6. We believe it is more important than ever for Americans to monitor world affairs. The most influential man in America is probably George Soros and he is not in America–nor is he an American. Other understated influences on America include World Economic Forum, BBC, and CBC, to name but a few.
7. Most English language newspapers in non-English speaking countries are paid subscription sites. This presents an ongoing challenge to report on world affairs.
8. We try to avoid linking to mainstream media when possible We are not hesitant to link to mainstream sources if the news story involves raw data, such as the daily stock market or weather statistics or sports scores. Even then, we usually provide a “Mainstream” disclaimer.
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