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The ABC Settlement Is Just the Start of Trump’s Press Crackdown. History Shows Us What Comes Next.
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The ABC Settlement Is Just the Start of Trump’s Press Crackdown. History Shows Us What Comes Next.

Politico  

But as Lincoln’s crackdown on Fuller demonstrates, Trump’s anti-press stance is hardly unprecedented. The first wholesale assault on the free press in American history occurred during the administration of John Adams, when tensions with France led many leaders of the president’s Federalist Party to support a Sedition Act, passed in 1798, that aimed to suppress dissent and criticism of the …

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Aung San Suu Kyi: Who is to blame for Myanmar’s collapse into military tyranny?
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5 days, 11 hours ago

Aung San Suu Kyi: Who is to blame for Myanmar’s collapse into military tyranny?

The Independent  

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Aung San Suu Kyi: Who is to blame for Myanmar’s collapse into military tyranny?
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Aung San Suu Kyi: Who is to blame for Myanmar’s collapse into military tyranny?

The Independent  

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Michael Moore: Rage at health insurers is 'justified' — we should 'pour gasoline' on it
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Michael Moore: Rage at health insurers is 'justified' — we should 'pour gasoline' on it

Raw Story  

Left-leaning documentary filmmaker Michael Moore doesn't support the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — but he feels the public anger this crime brought to the surface about the health insurance industry is "1,000 percent justified," reported The Independent. Moore is well known for his 2007 documentary "Sicko," in which he explored how the U.S. health care system exploits and …

What Christopher Wray’s Resignation Costs Us
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What Christopher Wray’s Resignation Costs Us

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray announced that he would resign shortly before Donald Trump reenters the White House in January. Related From Slate It’s Looking Like Pete Hegseth Will Still Be Able to Drink Then, if the Kash …

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Ex-Republican official singles out Trump nominee slated to become his 'sacrificial lamb'
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Ex-Republican official singles out Trump nominee slated to become his 'sacrificial lamb'

Raw Story  

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele claimed he expected Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees will likely sail through their confirmation hearings despite GOP lawmakers' misgivings, but added one nominee would probably be thrown to the wolves. Speaking with "Morning Joe" regular Katty Kay, Steele, now a co-host on MSNBC's "The Weekend," also scoffed …

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'Wild and dangerous': CNN host calls out Trump for pushing 'debunked' health claim
1 week, 5 days ago

'Wild and dangerous': CNN host calls out Trump for pushing 'debunked' health claim

Raw Story  

CNN's Kate Bolduan hammered Donald Trump for again suggesting a link between vaccines and autism in his wide-ranging interview with Time Magazine after he was named "person of the year." "He also spoke and was asked about vaccinations," said CNN's Steve Contorno, "because he has Robert F. Kennedy Jr. now joining his administration and whether or not he believes Robert …

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Trump’s criminal state: MAGA’s jailhouse-to-White House pipeline is bigger than corruption
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Trump’s criminal state: MAGA’s jailhouse-to-White House pipeline is bigger than corruption

Salon  

Last Wednesday, Donald Trump announced the appointment of Peter Navarro as a senior counselor for trade and manufacturing during the second Trump administration. But, prosecutors explained that Navarro’s “wholesale non-compliance with the lawmakers’ demands put him far afield from the back-and-forth other former officials typically have had with lawmakers over their participation in congressional probes.” Navarro, released from prison barely …

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Taking on the Tyranny of the Tech Bros
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Taking on the Tyranny of the Tech Bros

Wired  

The glow of the tech bros’ halo is dimming and, in 2025, the computing industry’s sheen of glamor will continue to fade too. For example, in 2023, tech bros mobbed the Grace Hopper Celebration, the world’s largest conference for women and nonbinary tech workers. As Big Tech continues to deliver empty promises instead of solutions to social ills—while dodging taxes, …

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End of 54 years of Assad dynasty as rebels proclaim new chapter for Syria
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End of 54 years of Assad dynasty as rebels proclaim new chapter for Syria

India Today  

Rebels in Syria announced on Sunday that they had seized control of the capital, Damascus, in a swift offensive, and proclaimed the end of President Bashar al-Assad's decades-long "tyranny". Bashar Assad took power in 2000 following his father’s death and struggled for 13 years to maintain control during a brutal civil war that devastated the nation. Under Assad, Syria’s Alawite …

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'Red line': Trump legal ally threatens to make Senate Republicans' 'political lives hell'
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'Red line': Trump legal ally threatens to make Senate Republicans' 'political lives hell'

Raw Story  

Donald Trump on Saturday announced he would appoint Kash Patel to be director of the FBI, causing outrage among critics and leading to a pre-emptive strike to Senate Republicans from an ally of the president-elect. Kash will bring much-needed reforms to a badly broken and corrupt agency," Davis wrote on social media, noting that his legal group Article III Project …

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A dark mystery from America's past could save us from Trump's tyranny
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A dark mystery from America's past could save us from Trump's tyranny

Raw Story  

It’s probably, politically and spiritually, the darkest Thanksgiving for our nation in my lifetime. Adams’ use of “The XYZ Affair” to gain political capital — much like Trump demonizes Hispanic and Haitian immigrants for political gain — nearly led us to war with France and helped him carve a large hole in the Constitution. Similarly, much like Trump’s anti-media “enemy …

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Tamil Nadu Leaders Slam LIC Over Website’s Hindi-Only Page
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1 month ago

Tamil Nadu Leaders Slam LIC Over Website’s Hindi-Only Page

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: The public sector Life Insurance Corporation of India came under severe fire from the entire political class of Tamil Nadu, prompting Chief Minister M K Stalin to declare, ‘the LIC website has been reduced to a propaganda tool for Hindi imposition’ and even a BJP leader Tirupathi Narayanan protesting the site turning fully Hindi on Tuesday. ‘Even the option …

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LIC displays Hindi on website, MK Stalin slams ‘language imposition by force’; insurer blames ‘technical issue’
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LIC displays Hindi on website, MK Stalin slams ‘language imposition by force’; insurer blames ‘technical issue’

Live Mint  

State-owned Life Insurance Corporation blames a technical glitch for displaying Hindi as the default language on its revamped website. LIC's response came after many criticised it, especially in Tamil Nadu, to the extent that Chief Minister MK Stalin called it “linguistic tyranny” and “language imposition by force” on the people of the country. Apart from Stalin, leaders such as Edappadi …

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‘Linguistic tyranny’: MK Stalin slams LIC for displaying Hindi on its website in Tamil Nadu
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‘Linguistic tyranny’: MK Stalin slams LIC for displaying Hindi on its website in Tamil Nadu

Hindustan Times  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin strongly criticised the use of the Hindi language on the Life Insurance Corporation of India's website in Tamil Nadu, saying that the portal has been "reduced to a propaganda tool for Hindi imposition". Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin In a post on microblogging site X, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief said, "The LIC …

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LIC faces backlash over hindi-only website, resolves issue after criticism
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LIC faces backlash over hindi-only website, resolves issue after criticism

India TV News  

The Life Insurance Corporation of India came under heavy criticism on Tuesday by a range of leaders from Tamil Nadu after its website continued to display the content predominantly in Hindi. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin strongly criticized LIC, accusing the national insurer of turning its website into a "propaganda tool" for Hindi imposition; however, the latter clarified …

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Gladiator 2 is bad, but there’s one good reason to see it.
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Gladiator 2 is bad, but there’s one good reason to see it.

Slate  

Devising a logical sequel to the Oscar-winning 2000 blockbuster Gladiator was not a self-evident task, given that the hero of the original, Russell Crowe’s Maximus Decimus Meridius, does not survive the movie. Scott has always known how to direct a rousing grand-scale action sequence, but the advance of CGI has made those elaborate spectacles both less plausible and harder not …

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"Tools of tyranny": House rejects bill that would expand Trump's power to target critical NGOs
1 month, 1 week ago

"Tools of tyranny": House rejects bill that would expand Trump's power to target critical NGOs

Salon  

The U.S. House of Representatives voted down a controversial bill Tuesday that would have enabled President-elect Donald Trump to potentially crackdown on non-profits that displease him The “Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act,” also known as H.R. "This bill authorizes Donald Trump to impose a death penalty on any non-profit in America that happens to be on …

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The world’s most unlikely safe haven
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The world’s most unlikely safe haven

Live Mint  

To grasp how bad things are in Lebanon, consider that Syria—where war and tyranny created the world’s largest refugee crisis—now seems like a safe haven. The rest are almost all Lebanese Shia who hope Syria’s leader, who himself belongs to a splinter Shia sect, the Alawites, will be more welcoming than Lebanon’s rival sects. EU policymakers, who had feared Israel’s …

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Gladiator II review: 'By far the best popcorn film of the year'
1 month, 1 week ago

Gladiator II review: 'By far the best popcorn film of the year'

BBC  

Gladiator II review: 'By far the best popcorn film of the year' Aidan Monaghan Paul Mescal is the "mesmerising centre" of Ridley Scott's long-awaited Gladiator sequel, which balances emotional drama and social themes with all-out action spectacle. Mescal's intelligent performance raises the level of the film beyond its violent combat In the big-action arena scenes, Scott pulls out all the …

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FBI thwarts Iranian murder-for-hire plan targeting Donald Trump
1 month, 2 weeks ago

FBI thwarts Iranian murder-for-hire plan targeting Donald Trump

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington: The Justice Department on Friday disclosed an Iranian murder-for-hire plot to kill Donald Trump, charging a man who said he had been tasked by a government official before this week’s election with planning the assassination of the Republican president-elect. Investigators learned of the plan to kill Trump from Farhad Shakeri, an accused Iranian government asset who spent time in …

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The Trump effect: Why sale of dystopian books like ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, ‘1984’ is on the rise
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Trump effect: Why sale of dystopian books like ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, ‘1984’ is on the rise

Firstpost  

Donald Trump’s victory has left his critics, especially America’s liberals, worried. Dystopian books like ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, ‘1984’, and ‘On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century’ quickly rose to the top of bestseller charts after the results Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures as he walks with former first lady Melania Trump at an election night watch …

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Trump victory renews interest in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and other fictional dystopias
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump victory renews interest in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and other fictional dystopias

New Indian Express  

NEW YORK: “The Handmaid’s Tale” is selling again. “The Handmaid’s Tale” was popular throughout Trump’s first term, along with such dark futuristic narratives as George Orwell’s “1984” and Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451,” both of which were in the Amazon top 40 as of Thursday afternoon. Another best-seller from Trump’s previous time in office, Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from …

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Tyranny Expert Exposes Trump ‘Trick’ That Can Be Toppled ‘With My Little Finger’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tyranny Expert Exposes Trump ‘Trick’ That Can Be Toppled ‘With My Little Finger’

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Yale history professor Timothy Snyder, who is an expert on authoritarianism, this weekend argued that all of former President Donald Trump’s recent “fascist display,” “dark language” and “attempts of intimidation” is aimed at just one thing, making people afraid. “Once you see through that trick, once you recognize that that’s all they have got, then you see, …

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